i love you | treasure 13th member [1]

★ keep moving forward

"Just two more rounds, and I'll come home. Manager-oppa is still in the company, so I'll come with him."

Park Eunbyul tried convincing the oldest of their group, sighing in relief once he agreed through the phone. She spent the next five minutes biting back her smile as Hyunsuk lectured her on overworking herself.

"If you aren't home in the next hour, I'm going to pull a Junkyu and lock you out. And I'm sure you learnt your lesson from last time," Hyunsuk threatened, though he was smiling to himself. "Don't work too hard, alright? Come home soon."

"Yes, alright. Thank you, oppa."

Eunbyul shuddered at the thought of getting locked out and set a reminder to finish within half an hour. The last time she stayed behind to practice, Junkyu fell asleep while waiting for her, resulting in the youngest being locked out of her dorm.

Since it was late, she only called the oldest members, but none of them answered her calls. And that's the summarized version of how Eunbyul stayed outside her dorm from 12am to 3am, before she was let inside.

The youngest of TREASURE played the group's newest song, practicing it twice in a row until she was satisfied with the look. Instead of wrapping it up, Eunbyul practiced some songs of other idols, since it would be necessary if TREASURE were to go on some variety shows.

While trying to copy an idol's dance on the screen, Eunbyul held onto her foot, raising it above her head, trying to twirl around. The mix of her tall height and terrible balance did nothing to help as she lost her footing, falling to the floor as she twisted her left ankle in the process.

Eunbyul got up, not thinking much of her fall, waving it off as normal. It wasn't until she applied pressure on the ankle she realised that something was wrong. Even the slightest touch somehow brought tears to her eyes, and she figured it was best to call an adult.

Nope, that adult wasn't one of the TREASURE members. It was Manager Park.

"Manager-oppa," she softly spoke to the man who answered the call within a single ring. "Could you come over to the practice room?" She ended the call as she sat on the floor, too scared to move her foot.

While waiting for her manager, various thoughts ran across her head as she realised the weight of her accident. Their comeback was nearby, and it definitely wasn't ideal to have a sprained ankle for it. She thought of it as her curse, as she seemed to always get hurt before their comebacks or during their promotions.

Deciding on not to mention it to anyone, Eunbyul put on her best acting as Manager Park came to the practice room just as she had asked. Seeing the female on the floor, Manager Park realised something was wrong — especially with the way Eunbyul was behaving.

TREASURE was a group he had been with since TREASURE BOX days, so he knew all of them like the back of his hand.

Nevertheless, he thought little of it, since Eunbyul worked overtime with her acting and had him convinced that she was completely alright. After all, she was Star 7 in their web drama, and had learnt a lot from it.

"I didn't see the chair and hit against it," she explained when her manager noticed the reddened area on her ankle. "Some ice and it will be fine. Can we go home now?" Eunbyul seemed indifferent, hobbling slightly without expressing the pain.

"Yeah, let's go. Let me know if the pain worsens, though. We can check it out if the ice does nothing," Manager Park offered, walking in front of the female as he went out of the building and towards the company car.

Eunbyul limped behind him, ignoring the pain and walking normally whenever her manager turned to look at her. Each step was pure pain, but she couldn't afford to worry the boys at a time like this, so she really hoped that the ice would work.