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Chapter 31: Anniversary Surprise For Mini & Rin's Comeback Era

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-Friday, June 10, 2022~7:52PM-

~Mini's POV~

I was staring out the window when the car came to a stop.

"Come on, Mini." Yoona grabbed my hand.

"I'm good." I replied, pulling away, my gaze fixed on the emptiness of the outside world.

"Look, Mini, we're sorry you had to spend your anniversary with us." Gaeul said. "But at least let us make it up to you by grabbing food from your favorite restaurant."

I looked at them, seeing the emotion in their eyes. They truly felt bad and wanted to do something for me. Besides, it's not like it was their fault. It was my company's for planning it.

I sighed. "Fine."

I followed them out of the car and up to the restaurant doors.

"Aren't they about to close?" I asked.

"Yeah, but that's why we will get take-out." AJ replied.

I nodded, understanding, and followed them inside. But the whole place seemed desolate.

"Where are the workers?" Rin asked.

All my members ended up splitting up as they searched for the workers. Too depressed to move, I sat down and waited. That's when the lights went out.

"What the-" I said to myself.

I noticed a figure enter the room but I couldn't tell who it was. Expecting it to be one of my members, I stood up.

"Unnie, what happened to the lights?" I asked.

That's when the lights came on and standing in front of me wasn't any of my members. It was my boyfriend, Chani, holding a bouquet of roses and a box of chocolates.

"Happy Anniversary, Mini." He spoke.

I covered my mouth as I felt the tears well up. I couldn't even bring myself to speak and it caused Chani to run up to me. He seemed worried but I threw my arms around him.

"I'm sorry I couldn't spend our first anniversary together." I said before anything else.

"Hey, don't worry about it." He said, pulling me from the embrace. I saw that he had a bright smile. "I'm an idol too, Mini. I get it. Things happen."

"But this was supposed to be our special day." I said.

"So let's make it a special night, instead." He said, taking my hands in his.

That's when a slow song started to play.

"Will you have this dance with me?" He asked.

I giggled as I shook my head. We started dancing and after the song, we sat down and ate. I guess the manager had let him use the restaurant for the night after he told her what he was planning. And since I come here often, the manager was ecstatic to let him do something special for me. I was too. I hated not being able to spend the whole day together on our first anniversary, but we were able to make it up at night. I couldn't thank the restaurant, my members, and Chani more. I just hope next year we could do more for our anniversary rather than one of us having to do some stupid jacket shoot.

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-Wednesday, June 22, 2022~6:07PM-

~Rin's POV~

The door opened to our manager Jungwoo and we immediately started yelling at him to hurry up.

"Come on oppa!" AJ exclaimed. "It was posted seven minutes ago!"

"You girls waited for me?" Jungwoo asked as he set the groceries down on the counter.

"Of course!" Yoona exclaimed. "You're part of the family."

Jungwoo tried not to but he couldn't help but smile.

"Okay, just let me put the refrigerated stuff away first." He said, causing all of us to groan.

"It can wait." I said. "Get your butt over here."

Jungwoo snickered and joined us in the livingroom. We watched the music video together, reacting to every scene and person's lines. Even though we've heard the song a million times when practicing and recording, hearing it while watching the music video had a more powerful effect.

After watching it, we all tried to calm ourselves down from the excitement.

"Wonderful job girls." Jungwoo said.

"Thanks oppa." Gaeul smiled.

"Especially you, Rin." Jungwoo said.

My eyes widened. "What?"

"I don't know." Jungwoo said. "This was one of my favorites for you."

"It's because she raps in this one." Mini said, being a fan of my rapping part. "I'm kind of jealous."

I snickered. "Don't worry. I could never take your place."

Mini giggled and the rest of the members added something.

"I agree with oppa." AJ said. "This might be your era, Rin."

I blushed, trying to keep myself from smiling. "Thanks guys."

"Now, shall we celebrate?" Jungwoo said, getting up from the couch.

"What did you get~?" Yoona grew excited.

Jungwoo pulled out a bag of fried chicken hidden in the groceries.

We all shouted as we stood up. Jungwoo snickered and we all enjoyed dinner together. We were happy to have finally made a comeback and I was looking forward to being on that stage again. I was happy to hear the comments from my members and manager because I felt I put more effort into this comeback because I wanted it so bad. I'm happy it paid off and I hope it will on stage too.

~Authors Note~

Hey guys! I was going to add a scene of Gaeul being asked out by Sunghyun so I wouldn't forget but I already have a couple anniversary in June, I felt it would be better to have it later in the year. Let's hope I do that lol. Anyway! I updated a second time because I was so close to the comeback, I hope you guys are cool with that. Hope you enjoyed and I will see you soon. Biez!