Day&Night (Wonho) COMPLETED

Forty

SeolHyun

I wake up in the morning a bit disorientated. I don't know where I am for just a split second. Then I remember being in my dorm room again. As usual, I'm the first one up. Breakfast isn't going to make itself... I fall back into my usual routine and start making them rice and soup. They'll appreciate it. I've truly missed them and can't wait until we can all sit down and chat again.

"Good morning!" SooMi says as she exits her bedroom. EunHa is probably up already too since SooMi is often very loud in the morning. She goes directly for the bathroom, before anyone else can claim it. Next is indeed EunHa. She is a little more grumpy as she sits down at the table. I pour her a cup of coffee, since she can't live without that in the mornings.

"Thanks, unnie", she says groggily. I know my members well.

MiJin is the next member to exit her room, quietly, making me think the others are still asleep. I smile a little at how considerate she is of her members. Everyone follows after each other and all of them sit down at our little table. They eat and talk as if we haven't been apart for a few days. It's like it's all the same. And in a way it is. Except for me. I'm different in a lot of ways. Not that any of them really notice. Which is good for now, I guess. I want to tell them in my own time.

"How was your little vacation, unnie? Did you go home?" EunHa asks me while I finally join them for breakfast. MiNa eyes me from the side of the table. She's the only one who knows 'home' is a sensitive subject.

"As a matter of fact: yes", I smile a little and eat some more rice. MiNa's mouth almost falls open with her rice still inside of it. I shoot her a look so she won't worry. "We need to talk about that soon. It's time I tell you guys something."

Everyone eyes me strangely while we eat some more. It's unusual of me to say such things. But I'm ready. I've started my healing process and I've met my father. Wonho is also by my side, which gives me more strength than I've ever had. We wash up and head out the door in a few more minutes and head over to the company building. We're supposed to be discussing our comeback.

"Welcome back girls", our manager says while we sit down around the big table. There is a slide show present, probably to show us our next concept. "I hope you've had plenty of time to rest, because as of today we'll be practicing non stop."

All of us sigh collectively and look at each other for support. Everything went so fast last time, but this time we'll have to take our time in preparing. It'll be a while before we can come back on a show.

"You have exactly 3 months time to perfect this and record the album. It'll be hard and a lot of work, but it'll be even better than last time. Your fanbase is expanding and you've been asked to do a lot of shows. You'll be going on one next week: weekly idol", he informs us slowly. We all gasp a little since weekly idol is a big thing. "You'll be joined by one other band. They wanted to do one girl and one boyband."

"Which boyband is it?" I ask without even thinking. I'm going through the options in my head. It could be so many. A lot of rookies debuted already this year.

"Monsta X", he says while looking me in the eye. Of course he knows too. The president can't have not told him since he's my manager. The fact that they're saying yes to this surprises me a lot. "It'll be a test for all of you." He's still looking at me, knowingly. The rest of the girls are talking among themselves. Only MiNa stops talking and turns towards me. She takes me in and then takes my hand in hers. Her soft squeeze makes me breathe again. I had no idea I was even holding my breath at all. I look up at all of them and they're still talking.

"Are you going to be okay on this?" MiNa asks me in a low voice. I shake my head and then nod slowly. I'm confused about it all. What should I say? Do I tell them I got this or do I tell them I am clueless. A good leader would do the first thing.