1.the rink

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2028

The ice skating rink was the perfect place for my kind of date. But I never had a boyfriend, whom I could go with to ice skate. So basically I have never tried ice skating but here I am today. And my boyfriend here, is helping me put on the ice skates, like the gentleman he is. Jaehyun. A world renowned kpop idol, an nct member. Yes , and my boyfriend. Its funny how a few years ago, I was just a very normal nctzen  drooling over Jaehyun and now I am his girlfriend. It was like a dream. Well I am y/n and I am supposedly the fifth member of aespa. That explains how I came to meet Yuno. My life has been crazy the past 6 years.

Flashback to 2022

"If I fall two times I come back on my third,  jheol taero phogi ahnji and thats my word~, ahhhh why is it so hard to rap im korean!! This way I will never be able to pass the audition",
well there is an audition, kwangya audition to be exact and I just wanted to give it a try. Honestly being an nctzen and generally a kpop fan, I have this secret urge to become a kpop idol. But we need talent for that right. And also good looks from what I read on quora and redit. So what I feel is , I am a bit talented in rapping and I also may or may not be good looking. I think I'm more of like cute than pretty but ykwim. And thats how I got the courage to actually sent my rap video to sm. And I am waiting for my results to come out. Hoping to pass the first round, I am practicing a Korean rap, memories by Yoon Mirae, and damn its hard but I have to try my best.

Few days later

"MOM, I PASSED THE FIRST ROUND!", I exclaimed excitedly. My mom was expecting me to pass so she wasn't shocked but she was really happy for me. Now I really needed to buy earphones for the zoom audition bc my earphones are dead. Well I persuaded my mom into giving me a few bucks so I could buy an earphone. And good news I got a cute white one.

Forward to zoom audition (2nd round)

"Y/n don't make mistakes,Y/n don't make mistakes", I chanted. I'm so nervous! Hope it goes well.
The audition starts and my nerves are dead but I manage to somehow spit out what I had practiced. Made few mistakes here and there but overall, it went well. The judges were smiling and they asked me to dance a bit as well. And again, being a kpop stan helped. I dance to zoo (nct x aespa) and they said nothing and just asked me to wait for the results. It actually got me anxious because I made some mistakes in my rap and I wasn't really prepared with my dance so I guess I failed. Well its fine, I'll just study hard and go where life leads me. But honestly I was a bit disappointed.

Day of results

"SHIT, I PASSED THE SECOND ROUND? MOM, I GOT INTO SM!!" , my mom hugged me damn tight and I teared up." Mom I'm going to korea. I am becoming a kpoo idol. I'm fulfilling my dream!" Wow, I am soo happyy. The best moment of my life. The email said that I was pretty talented and that if I was trained by professionals and lost some weight, then I was set to debut. But again my debut wasn't guaranteed but who cares. I got into sm.

I left for Korea at the age of 16, all alone and it was my first time on the plane. I watched some safety videos on YouTube and made sure to find the paper bag just incase. After getting lost in the airports and switching planes, I finally landed in Incheon. Finally I could breathe Korean air. But again from there, I had a domestic flight to seoul but it was pretty short. I reached soul and saw a sign reading my name. It was a young, very pretty woman, who came to pick me up. I greeted her and she took to the trainee dorms and helped me settle in. Well after that everything was so hectic to even be recorded. Practice , diet , sleep , practice, repeat. After a hectic 6 months, I had lost 18 kgs so I came down from 66kgs to 48 kgs and was finally skinny. I am about 1.7m tall so that was the perfect weight for me. Well now that I am trained and also had lost some weight, it was decided that I would debut as aespa's new member. Well it was destined that I would receive hate, like our senior did but the company decided it was for the best. So I was asked to prepare for my debut, both physically and mentally. I had to be strong and so I was when I made my debut. As expected, hate showered me but it lasted only for a short period of time. I was getting the limelight after a while and I was the maknae, 05 liner. I was the rapper along with giselle unnie and also a sub vocalist. My dancing skills were fine and I didn't lack that much. I fit perfectly into the group and now we were like family. The unnies were really nice to me and treated me like their own. I was specially close to ningning and I liked calling her ningnie (ningning+unnie).

Life was filled with up and downs, happy and sad and was pretty good in the last 6 years, and now I am 24. Still very young but 6 years into debut. I was living my life to fullest ,
Until...
NEWS BROKE OUT...

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