You Make Me Better

The Dark Drought

What was it like? You can barely remember. A time before you fell in love with IZ*ONE. The only thing that feels representative of that time is the lack of any great memories. You faintly remember wearing a plain expression that led people to ask if something was bothering you.

You didn't lie by saying nothing was wrong. Your problem wasn't a great issue, it was much more elusive. Nothing was wrong but nothing was right. You tried to explain it to your mom when she asked but she just stared blankly until finally asking what she could do to make it better.

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It was the night you found IZ*ONE for the first time...

...

You laid in bed staring at the ceiling fan because you didn't really have anything to do. You tried to listen to some music but it felt more that you were filling your ears with noise than resonating with another human being.

You browse through YouTube and find "IZ*ONE moments" or something of that sort. You saw twelve beautiful girls but didn't really understand what they were doing in these video clips so you looked through your recommendations again.
"Violeta..."
You watched it and were quite impressed. Now you searched for IZ*ONE content specifically and took the first step into a new, brighter world.

You went to sleep later than normal but in your dreams your heard a voice you'd only recently found and saw a face you partially recognized. She laughed and you smiled. It was Chaeyeon.