OPEN YOUR EYES (BLIND I) - MUSIQ SERIES PART 2

32. FIRST LOOK

Days went by with the girls getting ready for the program and C1K working on their comeback, so the couple could not see each other much, although they called each other using Axel's new number to be as discreet as possible.

The day of the first day of recording the program arrived soon, however, so they all got their last things ready and bid goodbye to their families and friends as they did not exactly know when they would be back.

"Heejin, don't forget to always be polite and be careful," her mother told her as she got ready to leave to the venue for the program. "Just focus on doing your best and don't mind the comments you may receive unless they are constructive criticism."

"I know, mum. Don't worry about me," she assured her, although they didn't know that she had already received many hate comments thanks to being close to Axel. "I will try to call you at least once a week, okay?"

"If you get to meet any of my favourite idols, get me an autograph, please!" Min pleaded. "I'll do anything you want."

"I'll try to, but I can't promise you anything. I don't even know what we will be doing during the program, to be honest. I know just what I told you."

"When is Eunae coming?" Yunghoon asked, checking the time.

"They had to pick her up from the trainee dorm before coming here, so I don't know. They said at around three, so soon, I guess." She shrugged. 

They would be going to the venue in couples, so they had paired up they were given a different time to be ready and go to the venue. In their case it was at around three, but Juiyu and Juna, for example, were told to be ready by half-past three.

Not soon after, the doorbell rang, signalling it was time for Heejin to leave. The venue was located in Paju, around an hour and a half away from Seoul, so they would have a long time to mentally prepare before getting there.

"I'm so nervous!" Eunae said as Heejin got in the car with her. "How will the program go? How will the venue be?"

"I'm torn between being nervous and excited," Heejin said before greeting the driver, finally noticing that the car had some cameras filming them. "Oh, we're filming already?"

"I may have been talking to a camera for the past fifteen minutes to try to get some nervousness off me..." Eunae admitted, making her laugh. "But, anyway, how do you expect it to be like?"

"I don't know for sure, but I guess something like a small training site or something like that? We are only a few, after all."

While Heejin was the type to fidget while nervous, Eunae was the type to not be able to stay quiet for more than a minute, so they did not have to worry about airtime or distractions for the hour and a half that they were in the car.

One thing that Eunae always found interesting about Heejin was how, no matter how much she talked whenever Heejin needed some peace and quiet, how much she tried to jokingly upset her, or simply just how much she tried to get on her nerves, Heejin never seemed to be angry at her. Her patience was something she envied a lot, as she was one to burst very easily, but at the same time it made her curious since she wanted to know exactly what would make her finally let everything out. Even her brother seemed to have a few topics and things that would make him actually angry, but with Heejin it seemed as if she did not have any.

When they finally arrived at the venue, they could not believe their eyes. Two big buildings located seemingly the middle of nowhere and surrounded by a tall white fence with black and golden ornaments stood before them. To the left, an L-shaped building with white metal-looking walls and big windows in only one side of it; to the right, a taller building with brown toned bricks and plants scattered around the façade that somehow still have a fancy hotel feeling, especially with the small terraces in every corner.