THE EXES || Lee Chan

ONE

"Excuse me?" Dino said, looking at his manager. "A solo collaboration with Soyeon." Dino was still confused as hell. "She's new from the entertainment. She debuted a month ago, meaning you're her senior. And, Chan... Please be careful with her." Said the manager, Dino just nodded a yes and asked. "Where she at now?" The manager turned towards him. "Oh, you'll be meeting her later at noon. For now, get yourself ready. I should call you once Soyeon's manager messages me something." He said and told Dino that he could go now.

Dino stood up from the seat he was sitting in and went back towards the others, who were now looking at the youngest, standing there. "What did the manager say?" S.Coups asked, worried about the youngest who was called by the manager earlier when they were practicing their newest song. "It's a collaboration with some girl in our entertainment. A solo artist I assumed, I didn't know there was a new solo artist in our entertainment. How come I didn't know about it?" S.Coups gulped knowing who it was, Dino talked about her a lot in the past.

"Well... I think you weren't just informed about it last month ago." Said S.Coups. It was only an excuse so Dino won't question it anymore.

"Okay??" Said Dino with a questioning tone. "But congratulations, Dino!" Said S.Coups, smiling at their maknae. It is Dino's first Collaboration without some of his hyungs. A-Teen, 9-Teen, and sweetest Thing doesn't count since he is with his hyungs that time, but this... This is a different atmosphere for him. "So when will you meet Soyeon?" S.Coups asked. "Later at noon." Answered Dino, honestly.

"Alright, let's get some Practice before you go." Said the oldest member.

They practiced their heart out of the newest song. There were quite a few mistakes but they manage to make it as Sync as possible they can. "A heard from a camel that you're going to collaboration with the new artist." Dino looked up and saw Woozi, the small male sitting beside him. "Yeah." Simply said the maknae, sighing. Still not knowing about this artist.

"Just don't go hard on her, Dino," Woozi said, standing up and going towards Hoshi.

Dino was thinking should his first impression of the artist, he's her senior. He should make a good impression, a good moral character. Just thinking of that makes him cringe at himself. "Lee Chan, you're gonna make a fool of yourself." He sighed then the door opened and he saw the Manager, going towards him and the manager told him. "Come on... You're off practice for the day." Dino got his things and went with the manager and towards the studio, Dino was hearing two distant voices, one was very familiar.

"Manager–" — "No buts, he is the only choice. He's the first thing I thought about when it comes to this song." Dino saw them, two female figures one of them was the singer, who was wearing a hoodie and shorts underneath her hoodie and sneakers. "Ah, they're here." The two managers greeted each other as Dino entered the studio, greeting the woman in front of him his eyes went towards the artist, and his eyes went wide when he saw the familiar browned short boy cut female.

"Chan.../Soyoen..."