Chapter 16: 2nd Birthday, Sad Mini, & AJ's Protection

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-Sunday, May 3, 2020~3:13PM-

~Rin's POV~

"SECRET.ED is next." The staff called out.

"Finally!" AJ exclaimed, excited to perform.

"Let's cheer." Gaeul said.

As we were putting our hands together, I spoke up.

"Unnie, can I do it this time?" I asked, wanting to be the one to say something since I was the most excited for this comeback.

Gaeul smiled at me. "Sure Rin."

I smiled back and looked around at everyone.

"I don't know about you guys but this is the most excited I've been for our comebacks." I started.

"Well this is your era." Yoona spoke. "This concept fits you best."

I smiled. "I hope you guys will be excited with me and it is our first album so that's something to be happy about. Let's go out there and do our best just as we've done in the past. SECRET.ED..."

"Fighting!" We all shouted, throwing our hands down.

We all broke and waited by the stairs up to the stage.

"Good job RinRin." Gaeul put an arm around me.

"Thanks unnie." I laid my head against her's.

Not long, our name was called. We headed on stage and performed our new song for the first time. It gave me such a rush and I couldn't wait to perform it even more.

*****

-Thursday, May 7, 2020~6:24PM-

~Gaeul's POV~

Our food had just arrived and before anyone had enough time to touch their food, I stood up and clinked my glass to get everyone's attention.

"I'd like to say a few words." I spoke.

Everyone stayed quiet, stared at me, and listened.

"I've had the pleasure to be with you guys for two years and must I say, I wouldn't want to be with any others." I started. "Like seriously, I love you guys and I'm glad we've gone through this journey together."

"Unnie, you sound like your leaving. Stop." AJ said.

"Sorry." I snickered then raised my glass. "I just want to say congratulations to us for making it 2 years. Let's make it 8 more."

They all snickered and raised their glass as well.

"To SECRET.ED." I said.

"To SECRET.ED." They repeated in unison.

We all took turns clinking each other's glasses in cheers.

"Enjoy your meal everyone." I said sitting down.

Everyone dug in and we enjoyed our meal while discussing all the best memories we've had in the last 2 years.

*****

-Saturday, May 9, 2020~3:12PM-

~Mini's POV~

We were waiting backstage for the show to start. We were one of the first performers so we had to be ready. I looked around and saw the hosts walk in together. My eyes landed on the boy that made my heart race, SF9's Chani. He continued preparing and I would look over at him once in a while. Finally after a while, he saw me. I looked away, pretending like I didn't see him, but when I looked back over, he was on his way over. I started to walk towards him so we had a bit more privacy and weren't near my members.

"So you are gonna stare at me and then pretend like you aren't when I see you?" He asked.

"I don't know what you are talking about." My gaze wandered.

"Hi Minhee." He said, hugging me.

I was shocked but I did wrap my arms around him, lightly patting him on the back.

"Hi Chanhee." I mumbled.

He broke our hug and stared me up and down.

"You look cute." He said.

I blushed. "Thanks. You look good too."

He snickered. "It's nothing special."

"Still." I shrugged.

"Hey, I wanted to ask you something really important." He said.

My eyes widened out of curiosity.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Would you want to-" He started to ask, a little shy about it, until he was interrupted.

"Mini!" I heard my name being shouted.

Running in came NCT Dream who ran over giving me a big hug. As they all surrounded me, I tried looking over them to see Chani but once I finally could, he was gone. I looked around but I couldn't see much as the young NCT members were blocking my view. I just sighed and pretended to be happy as I greeted my friends. They talked to me up until I had to go perform. I was really upset because I wanted to know what Chani had to say. I even tried looking for him after the show but we had to get going to our next schedule. It really ruined my mood and I hoped I could still know next week when I see him.

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-Monday, May 11, 2020~9:26AM-

~AJ's POV~

We were doing an interview and they had moved onto the next topic.

"I want to move onto a topic that you girls haven't really talked about in the two years you've been a group. Your family." The host said.

My eyes widened and I immediately froze up. I looked around at other members, trying to seem normal, and I noticed Mini looked flustered too. Her and I both were ones we didn't like talking about our families. I didn't know her reason, but I knew mine and I definitely didn't want to share the truth. My members talked about their families, all but Mini and I.

"Mini, what about you?" The host asked.

Everyone looked at Mini. She froze and I could feel it too. I would be that way too.

"Isn't that enough?" I asked. "We only have limited time anyway. Let's keep people guessing." I ended with a nervous laugh.

The host snickered. "I guess we can move on."

The host looked down at his paper and I felt my hand being touched. I looked to see Mini's hand was on top of mine. I slightly looked at my neighbor, Mini who just smiled at me as a thanks. I smiled back in a you're welcome and we moved on as if nothing happened. We never brought it up later in the day. Although I wanted to know her reason, I knew I wouldn't want people asking about me so I respected her wishes as it was probably the same. So we went on with our day as if nothing happened even though I felt emotional about it.

~Authors Note~

Hey guys! I thought this was a cute chapter. I don't really have much to say but I hope you guys enjoyed and I'll see you soon. Biez!
P.S unedited.

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