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Ms. Lee was looking at her sleeping children with loving eyes. "Baby...hello?" Ms. Lee was brought out of her daze and brought the phone back to her ear. "Yes, I'm still here". She closed the door to her kid's bedroom door and walked over to the kitchen and sat on the table. "My love, when can we tell our children?"

Ms. Lee held the cup of coffee in her hand, contemplating on what to say, she was a bit flustered from the question. "Not yet, I don't think they're quite ready for it... a little longer, I'm sorry." "Don't apologize, if you're not ready, then we'll wait." A smile appeared on her face and she let out a breath she didn't even know she was holding.

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"So, Jisung how is school going?" Jisung looked up from his phone and gave all of his attention to her. A week had passed and Jisung had gotten a tad bit closer to his 'band mates'. They already made a group chat, and all decided to commit 100% to this, but they also agreed to get the rest of the guys to join. "It's going good, I even have some friends."

"Oh that's great, I'm sorry I haven't been around as much, work is killing me..." Jisung reaches out for his mom's hand and their fingers intertwine. "Mom, don't worry about me, it's going good." "How could I end up with such an excellent son." Jisung laughs and starts getting his backpack. "And how could I end up with such an excellent mother." Jisung's mother laughs and kisses Jisung on the forehead and waves him off.

Jisung ends up at school and is greeted by Felix heading his way. Next to Felix he notices a girl who he didn't recognize and assumed it was Felix's sister Chaeryeong, who he has mentioned. Next to them, he sees Minho who he met in detention, and who they need to convince to join them.

"Hey mate!" Felix puts his arm around Jisung's shoulder as they start heading into the school. "Hey, um was that your sister?" "Who Chaeryeong? Yeah, she's my little sister and then you know Minho." The thought of Minho sent some type of feeling to Jisung's stomach. He doesn't know what it was but quickly dismissed it.

"Oh and about the band, I don't think Minho will join." Jisung stopped in his tracks and wondered why Felix concluded so rapidly. "Why do you say that?" "Well, I talked to him and he said no, like, I tried convincing him but he just won't budge." Jisung didn't like the idea of Minho not joining. He didn't know Minho well, but he could tell he has a special place for music and he has a talent for sure.

"Anyways, I'll try again some other time, but do you want to come over tonight, I wanted to show you some equipment that can be used for the band." Jisung was brought out of his thoughts by Felix's question. "Oh yeah sure, but what about the rest?" Felix thought for a second and quickly agreed. "You're right, I'll text the rest." Felix brought out his phone and texted the group chat. "Wait, what about your siblings?" Jisung asked, not wanting to be a bother. "I'm sure they won't mind."

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It was the middle of the school day, and everyone already texted back a response to Felix agreeing. Chan was heading to the Freshman classroom to pick up a student.

Specifically, Yang Jeongin

He entered the classroom and quickly whispered in his teacher's ear saying he needed Yang Jeongin. The teacher nodded his head in agreement and made an announcement. "Yang Jeongin, you're needed at the office, Chan will escort you." Jeongin was a bit nervous wondering why the office would need him, but once he saw Chan, his worries oddly vanished.

Jeongin made his way to Chan and they started walking down to the office. "Do you know why they need me?" Jeongin asked Chan. "I don't know, they needed both of us but they told me to get you first." Jeongin felt even more nervous, he thought he was in trouble and he was internally panicking.