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"M-mei? Mei Noona?"

She grasped as she heard the male mention her name with honorifics. Immediately, she covered his mouth before he can even say anything near the crowd with almost everyone looking at them.

"Shhhhh..."

When he finally got to his senses, the latter kept silent which signaled the tall female to remove her hand. As she does so, the male breathed and Manager Jigaemae finally had the chance to check out what's going on. "Mei, have I ever told you to not talk to strang-"

"Chill, Hyung-nim."

The questioning manager was silenced by the commotion of the brunette female. He raised his eyebrow indirectly asking why.

"It's okay. I know him. Don't worry, he could be trusted."

"Noona?" The male spoke once again, still processing the whole situation.

"Park Jung Hoon."

And the moment he heard her say his name, he already knew he was facing in front the sister he admired two and a half years ago. He whaled dramatically of disbelief.

"You're alive!"

•●•●•☆•●•●•

"How are you?" Mei asked grabbing an iced coffee after inviting Jung Hoon to a cafe ten blocks away from the agency where no one is around to find out about their unexpected meet up.

He sighed. "Pressured by the grand finals of the survival show."

"Really? You joined?"

"Yes. hoping that I could finally have my debut because my life inside XY's dungeon is hopeless. It's depressing, you know. I've been keeping up for 8 years now ever since I was thirteen." Jung Hoon grabbed his ordered frappe to prevent himself from stressing out.

Meanwhile, the older looked down upon hearing the news of failing to debut for a long time. "They're wasting you so much. When is the grand finals anyway?"

"Tomorrow."

"Really?!" Surprised by his announcement, Mei's jaw suddenly dropped.

"Yeah. If you want you can come."

She felt excited imagining her dongsaeng on stage. However, reality sink in as she realized she's not allowed to go anywhere else tomorrow because of their manager's hectic schedules. She sneakily looked at manager Jigaemae who's currently on-call while standing near the entrance. She knew for a fact that it would be hard to convince them since they always talk about how live broadcasts are off-limits. Either way, she can't help but to affirm a long-time-no-see encounter. "Definitely."

Jigaemae then dropped the phone call signaling Mei to come close for a second. "Excuse me for a while." She stood up and went to where her manager was standing.

"Mei, I'm called for an emergency. It seems like one of the Bangtan members forgot something for an interview and Hobeom is asking me to go back to their apartment. We're going."

Before he can even go out of the cafe lounge, he was pulled back by a hand holding his wrist. "Wait."

The brunette female pleaded as Jigaemae looked back. "Can I stay a bit longer? I need to talk to Jung Hoon about something."