"We shine the brightest when 9 of us stand as ONE."
"And...CUT!" The director shouted as nine of the girls in front of him did their final pose. "Thank you, girls. That's a wrap." He added on as he went back to watch his monitor.
The nine girls heaved a sigh of relief before erupting in cheers and happy faces as they bowed politely, thanking all the staff members involved in recording their new MV.
"That's it?" Yoona asked Yuri beside her, who was still busy bowing.
"What do you mean?" Yuri turned to face her as she began to remove the accessories on her hand.
"Did we just record the ending pose?"
Yuri laughed. "Is today your first time recording an MV?" She playfully ruffled Yoona's hair.
Yoona smiled half-heartedly. But deep down, she was unsatisfied with certain thing. Why am I not in the centre? Am I not needed anymore?
"You ok?" Yuri immediately stopped laughing when she saw the slight change of expression.
"Huh?" Yoona snapped out of her thoughts.
"You ok?" Yuri repeated her question.
"Yeah yeah." Yoona replied nonchalantly. "I'm good. Just glad that filming is complete."
"Yeah." Yuri nodded in agreement, obviously not noticing the troubled latter in front of her. "Come on, let's watch the MV and see if we want to do a retake." She took Yoona's hand, wanting to pull her towards the rest of their member, most of whom have gathered around the small monitor, reviewing their takes with the director.
"It's ok." Yoona stood still. "I'm going to the washroom first."
"Oh. Ok then." Yuri let go of Yoona's hand and proceed to where she intended to go.
Yoona stood there, observing the rest of her members happily laughing or seriously looking at the video cuts that they just film. why am I feeling this way? She frowned at her own thoughts. Suddenly she felt insecure and she resented Taeyeon for taking her usual centre spot. Well, maybe they wanted to try something new. Or my new position is for my own good. She tried to think of a better reason for herself and not let her emotion takes better control of her. Or maybe, they just wanted to replace me as the centre of SNSD because my popularity have dropped. Am I not working too hard? In the end, she can't help but let negative thinking engulfed her. She decided to push that thought away and walked towards the changing room, wanting to be away and alone from the rest of her members.
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"Unnie." Yoona called out to her two unnies in front of her as she took a seat across from them.
"Hmmm?" Yuri replied without even looking at her while Jessica didn't even move at all. Her eyes were already half-closing as she lay her head on Yuri's lap.
"Can I talk to you?" She said in a serious tone.
That made both Yuri and Jessica looked at her. Yuri patted Jessica's arm, gesturing her to sit up. Jessica obliged. She lifted her head off Yuri's thigh and sat beside her, hugging a cushion instead as she looked at Yoona.
"What's the problem?" Yuri asked.
"Where should I start?" Yoona sighed before taking a deep breath. "Have you ever felt that you're being unfairly treated but yet you can't confront that person because you love her so much, you don't want to cause an argument with her?"
