Destiny [MOONSUN]

A magical performance

"I told you we'd be late if you ate that ramen."

Hyejin, who was warm and happy sipping the soup of her chicken ramen as they walked towards the venue, stuck out her tongue at Wheein.

"I wanted to pour boiling water from the shower, but Byul wouldn't let me..."

"You're a weirdo," Moonbyul replied with a smile.

Who'd let her be the only adult in the group... Fortunately, they had only arrived a few minutes late, so the fans hadn't been waiting too long. They took a deep breath and instantly Wheein and Hwasa looked at their respective tattoos. Of the three, only Wheein had found her soulmate, Taehyung. She'd met him at the Starbucks in front of the company, she was the new barista. Hyejin and she were still searching.

Moonbyul couldn't even look, her mark was on her hip.

They corrected their posture and, as soon as they entered, they heard a girl from the back row say:

"I'm going to sing so well that we'll win the contest. No problem."

Hyejin couldn't help but laugh quietly, though not with malice, of course. She found passionate fans adorable, although Moonbyul should have stopped her before she shouted:

"Well, here we have a very confident contestant!"

The girl who had said it turned as if in slow motion, her heart in cardiac arrest. She was beautiful, her hair was brown, wavy and very long, and a cute beauty mark under her eyebrow. The scare had made her face go white.

Next to her, an open-mouthed girl grabbed her arm, and she shot Hyejin heart eyes. Her friend looked at the fan with a raised eyebrow. Seeing that she was not going to answer her, mostly because the poor girl didn't have the words, she added in a slightly softer and clearly joking voice:

"Cat got your tongue?"

"Leave her alone, Hyejiiin."

Wheein pushed her and smiled apologetically at the girl. Moonbyul almost laughed, but concentrated on keeping a friendly face. She made a brief apology and jumped up the stage with the others.

The introduction was the same as always, but before doing anything else, Moonbyul announced what they all anticipated:

"It's time for the contest!"

They explained the instructions and encouraged their fans sincerely. They had already done that several times throughout the year, and it had been a lot of fun. In some fan meetings there were very good groups, which might well have been idols if they had set their minds to ir. In some, the level was more equal.

Wheein and Hyejin liked to make bets on who they thought would win just by looking at the groups, who were being given the positions in which they'd perform.

"Those three girls look good, they're dressed up and all," Wheein said as a group prepared to take the stage.

They were first, and they looked nervous as they grabbed the microphones and took deep breaths. It was true that their outfits were very accurate for Starry Night, the song they were going to perform, but Hyejin shook her head.

"That girl in the back said she'd win, I trust her!"

The turn of the girl Hyejin was betting on didn't come to the end. Both came up the stage: the brunette who looked at Hyejin as if she were the light of her days, and the pale girl. Suddenly, the room began to scream with emotion, and the fans pointed as they mumbled. Moonbyul seemed to hear something of 'Irolar' and 'Butiuv'... Wheein was right, she was going deaf by listening to music 24 hours a day.

"Hello, girls!" The brunette greeted the audience. She'd taken off her coat to reveal a pretty set of black pants and a blazer. Her cheeks were flushed and she had a smile of pure happiness on her face. "And good morning to our lovely judges too!"

"We are Irene and Solar," the other girl continued with energy and confidence. It drove the audience mad. There wasn't an ounce of nerves in her beautiful voice. She wore the skirt version of the brunette's ensemble, and it fit her like a glove. Who were those girls? "And we're singing Décalcomanie. We hope you like it!"

The two friends exchanged a look and nodded, as if to say something that only they understood, and motioned to the person in charge of the music.

The song started well. They had arranged the lines differently to fit two people instead of three, and they had made the choreography a harder, and sexier. Irene seemed immensely concentrated as she danced and rapped, while Solar seemed more focused on nailing each note.

They both seemed to have a lot of practice and interacted a lot with the audience. They had lovely smiles that melted the fans, they winked at them... They weren't afraid to move around the stage, and the confidence they showed was very attractive. Where the hell had those girls come from? Had a new group of idols sneaked in to mess with them...?

Her eyes went straight to the brown-haired girl. Before, she had seemed nothing more than a fan intimidated by her presence, but on stage she had charisma for days and, why deny it, she was sexy. They had chosen the perfect song for them. Wheein and Hyejin, who had been commenting on the other presentations, were speechless.

Though not as speechless as when Solar pulled her hair from her right shoulder before singing the last note, and Moonbyul saw her tattoo, on the side of her neck. It only took a moment for her to recognize it.

It was hers.