The Tales of Usagi and Kirin

Of Coming Back Home and Last Chance to Debut

Since she can remember, Yunjin always love to sing. She liked to sing everytime and everywhere. She sang when she had her bubble bath with Mrs. Duck and her three kids, she sang when she rode her pink bicycle to the park, when she scared to walk alone to the bathroom at late night, she sang all the way to the bathroom and back to her room. Yunjin liked to sing all songs, from Barney’s songs to Disney’s songs.

One day when little Yunjin was in kindergarten she was asked to sing the solo part of her class choir for the annual Christmas party. Her class was gonna play Noah The Arc, so they’ll gonna wear animals costum while singing and dancing. Little Yunjin can’t wait to wear her fluffy giraffe costum, she keeps on staring lovingly to the costum every night before she drift off to sleep.

On the morning of the Christmas party day, little Yunjin woke up even before her chicken alarm rang. She got up from her bed and ran all the way to her parents room, and woke them up. Later that day, Yunjin stand on the stage in her cute giraffe costum, little Yunjin sang with all her might, she felt so happy when the audience clapped their hands and her parents waved cheerfully from the front seat. A big smile beaming on her red cheeks, she waved back to her parents while giggling in happiness.

That night in her sleep, little Yunjin dreamt being a singer.

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Having a Mom as an Opera singer, Miyu learned to sing even before she learned to talk. She learned to play piano and classical ballet when she’s just 2 years old. Her mom would always ask her to play her favourite songs, so Miyu would play every song that she took a liking on her piano. From Doraemon’s songs to the song from the train station near her house. She liked to play her mom’s favourite song on her birthday. On her father birthday, she would play the piano and her mom would sing, or sometimes her mom would play the piano and little Miyu would singing her own version of happy birthday song.

On her 4th birthday, little Miyu went to watch her mom’s show. Along with her Dad, little Miyu excitedly sat at the front seat. Little Miyu always like how beautiful her Mom, how her long curly hair would be so soft and smell like lavender. How her Mom would look so cute wearing the cute rabbit pyjamas that she also had.

Now standing on the stage her Mom looks so different, gone was her long curly hair and was replaced with a neat styled hair. Her Mom always look amazing even in her rabbit pyjamas but now that her Mom was in a beautiful red dress Miyu thought her Mom was as beautiful, no she's more beautiful than any Disney Princess.

Miyu always like how sweet and soothing her mom voice, how she always drift off to sleep after hearing her Mom singing a lullaby. But now under the spotlight, her Mom sounds even more wonderful. Never had she heard this deep, powerful, and high pitch voice from her Mom. As the song ended and the curtains going down, Miyu alongside with other people standing up and clapping her hands with all her might.

Later that night when she wish upon her birthday candles, she wished to be a singer just like her Mom.

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Closing the door of her agency office with a heavy sigh, 17 years old Heo Yunjin walked to the nearest bus stop. While waiting for her bus in the cold night she can't help but to think about what her agency's staff just told to her.

"Yunjin, as you probably know there's a new survival show on MNET called Produce48. We all agreed to send you there alongside with Gaeun as our agency representative." Mr. Kim the head of PR team said to her as the two of them were in his office room.

"Gaeun unnie and I were the only representative? What about other trainee who trained longer than me?" Yunjin asked, while being happy to having this opportunity she can't help but to think about other trainee.