Family Secrets

Growing Closer

Choon-Hee quickly hung up and took the girls to where Sang told her the boys were practicing. She thought it was strange, but they had been practicing in the middle of a mall, which Choon-Hee thought was a weird place to practice. They got there as soon as possible and saw a large crowd. The girls practically ran towards the crowd, assuming that's where the boys were.

When Sang saw the girls, he smiled a little and called them over to where the boys were. They were all there, excluding Dak-ho. "There you are! What took so long? We were all waiting for you." Sang quickly texted Dak-ho to tell him that they were there.

"Sang, where's my brother? What happened, and why do you seem so happy? You sounded like there was a serious problem on the phone." Choon-Hee was speaking quickly, which was a habit she had when she got nervous.

As soon as she finished speaking, Dak-ho took a seat next to Sang. The boys were all sitting on one side of a long table side-by-side. "I'm right here, Choon-Hee. Sorry I missed seeing you walk up. There was something I had to take care of."

"Are you okay? Sang said you kept asking for me and wouldn't accept anyone else's help. What happened?" The boys and staff behind them were all smiling and on the brink of laughing, but the girls were serious and clearly worried.

"I'm fine. I was asking for you because we have a surprise for you. We already talked it over with your company, and they're fine with it. You five girls just stand there and look pretty for a moment." Dak-ho smiled at the girls before turning to the crowd of their fans, speaking into a mic. "Hello FIGHTERS. We brought some very important people with us today. I'm not sure if you are aware, but this is my sister and her band, DAYBREAK. Aren't they pretty?" The crowd all started cheering to answer his question before Dak-ho continued. "They had no idea that we were planning this or that we even had a fansign today, but we talked to their company and asked permission for the girls to perform for us, and they agreed. In a few minutes, we will have them take the stage while we meet some of you. Please respect and love them. Thank you."

"Wait what? You mean that 'emergency phone call' was a prank? Chang Sang! How dare you worry me like that? I was freaking out! I seriously thought something happened to my brother!" Choon-Hee quickly hit Sang on the arm as the other girls started to tease her again.    

Not long after, the girls all stood in a row spread out behind the boys. They decided to sing the only song that they had completely finished. Thankfully, the staff working with the boys already had a copy of the song. They sang through the song, not doing the choreography as they haven't had time to practice it yet. When they finished, the crowd of fans erupted in applause.

That night after the fansign, all of the boys and girls went to the dorms for TH1RT3EN for dinner, since they figured Ae-Cha would be asleep by now and they didn't want to disturb her.  Kwang-sun and Yeo went into the kitchen to cook while the others sat around the living room.

"I still can't believe all thirteen of you boys would pull a prank like that on me! I would've come if you just asked me to! You did so much more than you had to." Choon-Hee scolded the boys, directing it specifically at Sang. "It's not fair of you to use your skills as an actor to prank me like that!"

Sang laughed softly and wrapped his arms around the girl's waist. "Sorry, Choon-Hee. It was your brother's idea, and he just asked me to make the call. If you're going to mad at anyone, be mad at him, not your loving boyfriend who loves you."

"Sang! Don't turn my little sister against me! Even if I suggested it, you agreed to it. You didn't have to agree with it. It was just a suggestion." Dak-ho retorted, sitting on the other side of Sang.