Destiny [MOONSUN]

A fated (fan)meeting

"I told you we'd win!" Yongsun repeated tirelessly.

Irene rolled her eyes, but she was very happy. They hadn't been able to see Mamamoo's faces when they counted the votes, because they were too far away. However, girls nearby told them that they had voted for them, that they were big fans, and that they wished they would arrange a meeting so they could get to know them better and hear them live. Irene and Yongsun had thought it was a great idea and were talking about how they could do it when Moonbyul had taken the stage, followed by her teammates, and announced their names. People cheered, including Wheein and Hwasa, although the group leader seemed a little puzzled. Didn't she think they deserved it?

Anyway, they had gone to sit in the front row, and enjoyed the fan meeting from there. Yongsun and Irene participated as much as they could in the various games, and each won a lollipop for answering well to the questions. They listened carefully to each of the three girls' words. They were all very funny, and you could tell at first sight that they were very close, although Moonbyul seemed to be a little distracted. What was wrong with her?

Faster than Yongsun or Irene would have liked, it was time for the fan meeting itself. Having won the contest, they would go first, and then they would have to wait for the gifts. Her friend looked beyond herself with excitement, so Yongsun let her go before her. She looked at Irene's bright eyes as she shook Moonbyul's hand and confessed that it was thanks to her that she had begun to like rapping. The leader of the Mamamoo smiled sweetly as she thanked her, and accepted the letter and her star necklace.

After signing the album, Irene moved on to Wheein. Tt was her turn.

"You were amazing."

That was the first thing Moonbyul said to her when they exchanged greetings. She held Yongsun's hand for a few seconds longer than usual when she shook it.

"Thank you very much!" Yongsun replied, handing her the album. "You have been such an inspiration to us. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to sing today."

"I think all these girls would have been happy to have heard you sing instead of us," Moonbyul joked as she signed.

"That's not true!"

As always when she got nervous, she caressed the mark on her neck. Maybe it was silly, but to think that her soulmate was in the world and took care of her through that tattoo calmed her down instantly. Moonbyul followed the movement of her fingers with cautious eyes.

"Your tattoo is very pretty."

"Isn't it?" Yongsun smiled proudly at her and stroked the lavender flowers on her neck again. "Roses of this colour symbolise love at first sight. I think they're so pretty because the relationship with my soulmate will be great from the beginning, even though I don't know who they are yet!"

That seemed to catch Moonbyul's attention. She moved her hand almost imperceptibly towards Yongsun's neck, but stopped at once. How strange!

"Whoever your soulmate is, is very lucky. You are nice and very pretty, and you sing like an angel."

Yongsun went red. While all that was a little intimate to be saying to an idol, it seemed right to her, somehow. She leaned a little more towards Moonbyul, ready to thank her again, when someone suddenly grabbed her by the arm.

She was startled, but it was just Irene, looking at her with amusement.

"Don't monopolize Moonbyul, the others also want to talk to her."

"Don't you want to talk to me, Solar?" Wheein asked, pouting sadly.

"Of course I do!"

She took one last look at Moonbyul and said goodbye quickly. Whatever had cast a spell on her had already been undone, and she focused on Wheein and Hwasa with renewed energy and joy, delighted to meet them both. The latter made her blush again, alluding to her comment when she was sitting in the back row, but she went along with ir jokingly.

Yongsun felt strangely reinvigorated and in a very good mood, although a very important part of her felt something was missing. What would that be?

They waited until the end of the fan meeting very calmly, sitting in the front row and observing the reactions of the three girls to the different gifts or the fans' greetings.

It seemed like the best day of Irene's life. She wasn't usually so talkative, but then she kept talking to her about how happy she was and pinching her cheek, wondering if it was real.

As she scolded her for pinching her cheek red, they got called to get the presents. There were so many of them, thank goodness they also gave them bags to carry them! The two missing versions of the album, a bunch of posters and photocards, and the list went on... Hwasa and Wheein had to tap Moonbyul to get her out of there, because she kept looking at Yongsun like she'd seen a ghost. What a strange girl.

"Yongsun, there's a post-it inside the album. It's got some numbers!"

"Oh yes, it's a client's number, isn't it?" Irene shrugged, obviously, because she had no idea, but Yongsun was quite convinced. "I wrote it down yesterday and put it there to remind myself to call him."

She took the note her friend handed her and she threw it into a nearby trash can.

"Well, where do we eat?"