Part fourteen

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One more late night practice. We released our music video yesterday. Promotions went well, although the videos were tiring. Our company isn't popular so we had to get the word of our music video in different forms than just having a popular label. We asked people on streets to watch our video. We did performances with Astro, thanks to Jinwoo suggesting so to his manager, and we did multiple covers of famous songs. Tomorrow was our debut stage, and we all were really nervous. "Arina, practice your high notes and vocal ranges." Eunjae suggested. We practice our vocal ranges together. "Yeonjin practice your rap lines and harmonization with us." Miran practiced her fan service and rap lines as well. At the ending of our practice session, we went over the dance routine once more. "I think we're ready!" Miran cheered.

The next day, we were so excited. The debut stage was fantastic. "We finally made it." Yeonjin said to me. We performed our debut stage perfectly. There was no mistakes at all. At the age of 16, I have debuted as a member of 4tell on Mnet. The feelings afterwards was fantastic, so fantastic that I cried. As we started to relax and pack up to go back to our dorm for the night, I received a text message.

SanHOE
Congratulations on debuting! I wish you a successful career as well. Your performance was amazing, and I'm sorry I've been ignoring you. I've been a horrible best friend. I hope one day you'll be able to forgive me. If you don't, I won't blame you. I can't even forgive myself. I wish you best of luck with 4tell!

It was a very hard thing for me to process. I couldn't believe he had the audacity to even message me..... But I'm glad he did. Although, I no longer had feelings for Sanha, I don't think. I don't believe he is my best friend anymore, a best friend wouldn't ignore the other. Minhyuk is now my best friend.. He has comforted me, helped me figure out how to overcome my sadness, and frankly, move on. My thoughts were interupted by Yeonjin, "Arina! We should pick an English song to cover!". I nodded slowly and thought on English songs that would fit both mine and Yeonjin's voice. We've decided on 'Lovely' by Twenty Øne Pilots. We proposed it to the manager and he thought it was a good idea.

It was weeks with continuous shows. One after another, after another. We were so tired and had to eat and sleep in the van. I missed seeing Minhyuk. The amount of texts he sent me were decreasing, but the amount of time I had to read texts was decreasing as well. I hated that I had to do the same thing everyday for so long. It got boring very fast, but I still loved performing on stage. They even gave me the honors of producing a song for the intro. I composed a piano piece along with lyrics for Eunjae to sing. The rest of the songs were produced by the company. We were a guest on After School Club, and the hosts were so nice to us. Jimin thought we were all funny and energetic, Kermin thought we were silly and young. Which, we were all of those things. On the show, myself and Yeonjin performed Lovely for the first time. With only practices inside a van and briefly in a changing room, it was actually okay. We had fun overall, AND THEY GAVE US PIZZA! I WAS SO HAPPY TO GET PIZZA!

Two months later we were finally done with our many shows. Our group was now well known and Astro was preparing for their summer comeback. We returned to our dorms and late practices. On the bright-side, I got to see Minhyuk. As soon as I got to the dorms I crashed. It was late at night and I hated sleeping in the van. When it was around 8 am, I got up and began making food. I thought it'd be best if I made a vegetable dish topped with an egg. I looked to see if we had the ingredients that I needed to make the dish, but to my luck, we had barely anything. I slipped a sweater over my t-shirt and black puma creepers on. Then started walking to the nearest grocery store. I grabbed a basket, starting to collect vegetables and fruits to prepare our breakfast. The vegetables were piled onto a table, but in the middle were carrots, which I couldn't reach. After multiple attempts to grab some carrots, someone grabbed them for me. "Here you go, miss." A male voice said.

I turned to thank the individual, but the person was gone by the time I turned around. I gathered the rest of the items I needed and cashed out. I walked back to the dorm still confused, and began making breakfast. After breakfast was prepared, everyone was still sleeping, so I ate alone. It was still early, around 9:30 am. I messaged Minhyuk if he wanted to hang out for a little.

Me
Hey! Would you like to hang out if you're not busy?

Minhyukie(ಠ_ರೃ)
I'd love to! It'd have to be a bit private though, since we're both idols.

Me
Oh yeah, sure!

Minhyukie(ಠ_ರೃ)
How about this old library near my dorm?

Me
That sounds great, see ya there in 30

I got dressed in clothes more suitable for going out to see someone. I pulled on a pair of light blue jeans, a maroon blouse and black puma creepers. I grabbed my library card, and a miniature black leather backpack. I walked over to the library 10 minutes early and of course he wasn't there yet. I decided to go ahead and sit on the floor while reading a couple of books they had in the science fiction section. After reading about six pages of a book called Unwholly, I got a text from Minhyuk.

Minhyukie(ಠ_ರೃ)
I can't make it, but I'm having someone else bring you company.

I sighed, disappointedly. Then knocks were heard on the short shelf above me. I looked up, and was automatically shocked. Minhyuk, you better have had a good reason to cancel on me like that.

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