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-Sunday, May 7, 2023~6:08PM-
~Gaeul's POV~
Our food arrived and my members all looked at me, their hands in their laps. They knew better than to start eating.
"Way to not eat, kids." I complimented.
"We know the drill." AJ replied.
I held up my glass and my members followed. "It's officially been five whole years since we've debuted. I think that's a huge milestone for us. Many kpop groups don't make it this far. Let's keep it up and make it to the next big one: passing the seven year curse. Cheers to SECRET.ED!"
"Cheers to SECRET.ED!" My members all repeated.
We clanked our glasses together and took a drink. They all stared at me, waiting for my permission. I couldn't help but snicker. "You guys can eat now."
They all smiled and dug in. I was happy to have made it five years and I was really hoping we would make it eight but I knew it would be a challenge: one I was willing to accept.
*****
-Thursday, June 1, 2023~12:24PM-
~Gaeul's POV~
We were practicing when the door to our practice studio opened to a male who made me smile. He was holding bags of food. We finished the song and I looked at our choreographer, giving her puppy dog eyes.
She sighed heavily. "Fine, we'll take a lunch break, as long as there's something for me."
"Of course." The male bowed to her.
"Yay!" Mini exclaimed, rubbing her stomach. "Lunch!"
"Sunghyun-ah!" I exclaimed, running up to my boyfriend.
"Hello, beautiful." He said, pecking my lips.
"Ew." Rin looked disgusted. "Can you guys not do that here?"
"Yeah, no PDA please." AJ said, grabbing some bags from Sunghyun.
Sunghyun and I both snickered as my members all took the food from him and sat away from us to eat.
"Will I get to spend your birthday with you?" Sunghyun asked, holding my hands.
I shrugged. "I'm not sure Jiyeon will let us leave early with how close our comeback is."
Sunghyun gave a sad smile. "Well, I guess I can deal with it if it means you get to have a comeback. It's been too long."
"Full albums take a while."
"I wouldn't know."
His comment made me frown. It was so sad to know he never released a full album.
"I'm sorry." I looked down.
"Don't be." He lifted my chin, flashing me a smile. "That's all in the past now."
"But I know it's what you want to be doing." I replied, still feeling empathetic.
"I'm acting now." He said with a smile. "It's good enough. I've decided to live my idol dream vicariously through you."
I snickered. "I love how positive you are."
He grinned. "I better let you guys get back to practice."
"No, stay and eat with us first." I gripped his hand.
"Is it okay with your members?" He glanced at them.
"Why wouldn't it be?" I raised a brow.
"PDA." He whispered.
I rolled my eyes. "Mini has a boyfriend too. Making fun of PDA is just a joke with us. Besides, I don't care what they think. It's my birthday."
Sunghyun snickered. "Sure, I'll join you."
"Yay!" I exclaimed, then led him over to my members who were sat in a circle and we sat down.
"Ugh, he's staying?" AJ asked jokingly. You could tell she was playing because she had a smirk on her face.
"I can take the food with me if you'd like me to leave." Sunghyun played along.
"No!" Yoona exclaimed, hugging her bag of food.
"I was only kidding oppa!" AJ exclaimed, making Sunghyun snicker.
"Thank you for the food oppa." Rin said.
"Of course." Sunghyun smiled. "I'm glad somebody is appreciative."
"It's annoying when they make fun of your relationship, isn't it?" Mini asked Sunghyun, her knowing the feeling.
Sunghyun nodded. "I don't know how you do it."
"Me neither." Mini played along.
We all laughed at the playful conversation and it made me happy to see them all accepting of Sunghyun and welcoming him so easily. It was nice to see and I was glad he showed up to surprise me like that, especially since Jiyeon didn't let us leave early despite it being my birthday. I was okay with it though because I knew the practice was worth it.
*****
-Saturday, June 3, 2023~6:05PM-
~Yoona's POV~
We were on our way home from picking up dinner, everyone complaining about how we missed the release of our music video, when I felt my phone vibrate. I looked at it to see a text from my uncle PSY. I looked around at my members to see Mini and AJ, who were both sat in the back with me, were too immersed in the conversation to pay attention to what I was doing. I opened the text from my uncle and read it.
Just watched your new music video. It was cute. Congratulations on the comeback, sweetie!
I smiled and went to text him back when I heard my name.
"Yoona?" Rin said from the front of me.
"Huh?" I looked up, pressing my phone's power button and placing it between my legs.
"Who do you think will fit the concept best?" Rin asked again.
"Oh." I snickered from relief. "I don't know. Mini maybe?"
"She did lose her innocence." AJ thought aloud.
"Excuse me?!" Mini piped up, shocked by what AJ said.
"I just mean you have a boyfriend now and-" AJ started to explain.
"Let's not go there, please." Gaeul pleaded.
"Please!" Mini added, making AJ snicker.
I laughed along with them. After a few minutes, we arrived home and watched our music video together while eating. It wasn't until I checked my phone before bed did I remember to text my uncle back. I felt bad for leaving him on read at first but at least I replied eventually. I was just glad my members didn't catch me texting him.
~Authors Note~
Hey guys! Weird way to have their comeback music video release but I already wrote two Gaeul POVs and if I was going to make this chapter interesting, I had to include Yoona's secret lmao. Anyway! I hope you guys enjoyed and I will see you soon. Biez!
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SECRET.ED
RandomSECRET.ED is a new girl group under Pinky Entertainment. They are among immense popularity, but what people don't know is that each member has their own big embarrassing secret.
