Butterfly Effect | Han Taesan

27.

Saneul sat at the noisy cafe filled with people buzzing about. Quietly sipping her iced coffee as she zoned out into the void. Haneul who sat across her observed her physique with a worried look etched on his face.

Throughout the day he noticed her zoning out a lot and although he did ask her what's wrong multiple times, Saneul brushed the question off every time. He knew that there was definitely something going on, if only he could push her to spill the beans.

"Hey should we go to the park after this?" Haneul asked, wanting to do something that can help ease his sisters' mind.

"Okay" Saneul mindlessly responded, and Haneul knew that. Knowing that she wasn't paying any attention to whatever he was saying, he tried again.

"What about the mall next door?"
"Okay"

"And the zoo?"
"Okay"

Haneul frowned, he really wanted to know what was troubling his little sister.

"Sis, what's wrong? You've been zoning out the whole day looking dejected and you even agreed to go to the zoo?"
"Huh?" that snapped Saneul back into reality. "Oh sorry, what were you saying?"

Haneul sighed, taking a sip of his hot tea. Adjusting his glasses before staring at his sister. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, she has been eating well, maybe not sleeping as well as she hoped, but she didn't look entirely exhausted.

"Are you okay? You've been in your world the whole day. I'm worried about you." he said.

Saneul shifted uncomfortably in her seat. She didn't know how to explain to her brother the events that just happened less than 24 hours ago. She knew that he was a protective brother who wanted nothing but the best for her, but she didn't want him to push the blame onto her boyfriend who did nothing wrong.

"It's nothing. Don't worry about it, I was just uhm... thinking about some work projects." Saneul lied, trying to reassure him that it was nothing big. She didn't want to make this into an even bigger issue.

Deciding to let the matter go, the two siblings spent the rest of the day doing some light Christmas shopping. Saneul tried her best to not think about Taesan to avoid more questions from her brother.

However, her brother was no idiot. He knew this had something to do with the conversation he had with her the previous time, and he wanted to do something about it.

When the two parted ways from their day out together, Haneul fished out his phone from his back pocket.

Han.taesan

Hi are you Taesan? Saneul's boyfriend?
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And now, the waiting game begins.

After another long day of practices, Taesan sighed, settling himself down on one of the couches in the practice room. Knees propping up against the couch and head leaning against his knees, he ruffled through his hair stressfully.

The company found out about Taesan's producing skills and offered him an unbelievable deal. They wanted the group to perform one of Taesan's songs for the opening of one of the upcoming performances.

Everyone in the group was excited, wanting nothing more than to support Taesan with his dreams by allowing him to showcase his skills through everyone's hard work and determination.

As everyone sat tirelessly in the practice room, the song chosen for the opening act was playing in the background. However, the boy was too lost in his own world to realise that a staff was asking for feedback regarding some parts of the song.