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3RD PERSON'S VIEW

on the other hand, minhyun continued working hard as a trainee with his future bandmates. the training schedule was really packed such that the boys had no time for their own activities. with minimal hours of sleep every day, minhyun felt tired but satisfied.

at the same time, his busy lifestyle kept his mind so occupied that he seemed to have slowly let go of his sadness. or rather, he just didn't have the time to think about it.

seongwoo has been a great company. he was relieved to see that it didn't bother minhyun that much anymore.

seongwoo watched as minhyun laughed at jaehwan's cold
joke during their barbeque party outside their dorm. he smiled,

"i'm glad, i never told you about it. even though you might blame me in the future, i'm happy just watching you being happy right now."

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MINHYUN'S VIEW

"yah! park woojin!" i screamed as woojin spat his mouthful of coke on me after listening to jisung's cold joke.

everyone laughed at the scene. i looked at my wet shirt and sighed in defeat, "i'll go in and get changed first."

i headed back into the dorm alone. i looked and my wet shirt and took it off, throwing it in the laundry basket before returning to my room.

i ran through my wardrobe and picked out a plain black tee. at the corner of my eye, i saw something at the side of my desk that caught my attention.

i walked closer and picked it up, it's an arcade card.

oh.

the memories started flowing back.

i thought i have moved on. or have i been pretending to?

i held the card tighter, hands slightly trembling.

where are you, j-

"what's taking you so long?" sungwoon suddenly barged into the room.

i quickly hid the card behind me and slid it into my back pocket.

"you're busy with something?" sungwoon asked.

"n-nothing, let's go join the rest."

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3RD PERSON'S VIEW

a week later, minhyun and the other trainees got called to the president's office.

the boys stood nervously in a line as the company's president flipped through some documents on his desk.

finally, he looked up and cleared his throat, "can you boys introduce your name one by one?"

the boys were a little stunned by the sudden request but jisung, the oldest, calmly started first and the rest continued.

the president seemed satisfied as he smiled.

"great, this is exactly what i want."

"i have been observing you boys for months now, and i also know that you have been training for years. your recent street performance video had blew up on the internet, and most of you have gained some popularity. hence, the company has decided that all 11 of you will be debuting in may under 'wanna one'." the president announced the good news.

the boys' expressions lit up in joy, some still in disbelief. minhyun too, was relieved that his dream of becoming a singer is coming true.

"we'll start preparation for the debut this week. your debut song is being written now so your training will also gradually gets tougher during this period. but i believe you guys can endure it."

"yes, daepyonim. we will do our best!" the boys said in harmony.

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MINHYUN'S VIEW

after the happy news, we went to the barbeque to celebrate as a team. everyone was delighted at the news and we all shed tears of joy.

after the night, we returned to our bedroom to rest. since i was the first to wash up, i laid on my bed while fumbling with my phone, scrolling through instagram.

"i'm going to shower," seongwoo said as he threw the towel across his shoulder.

"oh yeah, remember manager hyung said we need to delete our social media accounts by tomorrow," seongwoo reminded before he left the room.

that's right. our official training for debut will start tomorrow and we will be soon introduced to the public's eyes. the president then told us we need to be away from our personal social media accounts until we officially debut.

without much hesitation, i deactivated my instagram and twitter accounts. i scrolled through my apps and saw kakao talk on the last page.

have i mentioned? but i stopped using kakao talk ever since it happened. because it hurts too much when i see the conversations we had.

i mustered my courage to open up kakao talk again. among the chats, i could only see that one, familiar yet unfamiliar contact name.

"i think... it's the time to do it."

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[22 FEBURARY 2016]

[9:45PM]
minhyunnie:
hi, jonghyun-ah...