Hello everyone!! 

First of all, I would like to say sorry because I abandoned this story after, like, 4 months already. I need to work on my scholarship and examination for my college, so it took most ofmy times on those past 4 months.

But here I am now, at Osaka, sooo far away from my hometown, but I am happy because now I am living at the town where WenRene first bloomed.

The last first chapter was written so badly, so I revised it and repost it. Hope you will be like it.

Enjoy, and don’t hesitate to leave the comments!! I am open of opinion and suggestion of my writing!!

(PS: To differentiate between Seohyun and Irene who have same name, in this story Seohyun is often called as “Hyun” when Irene is called as “Joohyun” or “Bae”)

--- Chapter 1 ----

[December 4th 2014, 5.40 am, Hongkong-Seoul flight]

A soft spoken voice from attendants filled a plane, informed their passengers that the plane would be landed in a while, and Joohyun was awaken by that. She opened her eyes slowly, almost unmoved, digest her surrounding blurry, and she sighed.

The Hongkong-Seoul flight was just three hours, and she felt betrayed by how short the flight was, meant, how short her freedom was.

She knows very well that on the time like this, she was blessed by her own freedom, where she could do almost anything, far from those eyes which ussualy follow her. Where she could close her eyes almost peacefully, far from those noises she ussually get from downtown traffic. 

She already did this for years and yet she still felt tired.

Hence, she repositioned her neck, tried to get deeper sleep on the last minutes.

“Joohyun...” A gentle soft voice was spoken.

“Joohyun..”

“Joohyun,” Knowing only call didn’t work, Tiffany rocked the woman’s shoulder beside her a bit.

The woman then lit up a bit, she sighed.

“I am sorry, I need to wake you up, Joohyun-ah,” Tiffany guiltily confessed. “We will landing on a mere minutes”

“It’s okay, Unnie.” Joohyun positioned herself, grogilly, and fastened her safety belt. There was the ending of her sleep.

“Still tired, I guess?”

“And I am wondering why you are seems not.” Joohyun questioned. “You didn’t sleep at hotel before we take this flight, didn’t you?”

“I did sleep.” Tiffany gave her bitter smile. “Even in a mere minutes, I did sleep. The meeting was . I hate on how they explain what I need to do at airport this morning.”

“This dawn, you mean?” Joohyun corrected. She was aware that her watch showed that it was merely 6 o’clock at the morning.

“Stupid cameramen.” Tiffany shook her head, humped herself to the seat. “Our manager asked me to check the internet and it was mindblowing.”

“On a negative or positive way, Unnie? Water?” Joohyun offered the mineral water. “Have you discussed with your boyfriend about it?” Joohyun knew while asking, that, Tiffany would not do something like that. Instead, she would call companies to redeem the artcles about how his boyfriend was captured by cameramen when she accepted awards, and stupidly –that’s how Tiffany cursed last night before flight- gave them some of unnecessary –that’s how Tiffany grumbled last night- actions in front of cameras. Now, when the articles couldn’t stop published online, Tiffany should do something, and made sure that it would not be affected their schedule plan, and image.

“Thanks,” Tiffany gulped down the water. “No need. I already be able to guess what will he say to me, meanwhile I will the one who will make a great deal of it. You know, the last time I asked him to not do something regarding our relationship, he did just the opposite. He blocked our fans and posted what-so-called-as-sweet-comment on his twitter. I know it was sweet, and I loved it. But He must remember who we are! He is at maintaining his social media. Talking to him is equal with throw gasoline to the fire.”

Joohyun laughed. “ but you love him that much”

“Not if he does something stupid and damage my career.” Tiffany said.

“But still.” Joohyun smiled.

“I am sorry, Joohyun-ah.” Tiffany pleaded. “Because of me we had to take this early flight rather than go back easily this afternoon like it was planned before. Maybe you can nag to our manager after this. I am supposed to be the only one who need to avoid him to meet at airport.”

“But I don’t think I can nag, Unnie.” Joohyun said.

“Why not?” Tiffany said, her tone was surprised a bit.

“I don’t know.” Joohyun sighed “Seems like we need to take this flight not because of your boyfriend, but because of our schedule said so. Last time I checked my agenda and they already put something at 8 o’clock”

“What? What is it?”

“I don’t know. It is just written ‘SM Entertainment. 8 o’clock’.”

“They want you at office?” Tiffany asked.

“I said our schedule, Unnie. Us.” Joohyun threw an incredilous look. “You haven’t check your agenda, have you?”

“Why-“ Tiffany jolted softly, realized something. “Oh my God, don’t say. So we need to attend something at office? Why- But what?” Tiffany said in disbelief.

“Just pray it is not about your boyfriend again. I already lost count on how many I get my nerve wrecked because of our company’s nag about him.” Joohyun desperately said.

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“You know, Unnie,” Tiffany said unpatiently. “Now I need to apologize to him because I said that I went home early because of him. God, you made us on the tip of needle.”

“Hey, you was wrong about something. Your rescheduled flight this morning absolutely has something to do with him. Besides, having your relationship with him on the tip of needle is your daily basic activity Fany-ah. I am wondering on how relentless both of you are for still relying on those thread.” Their manager said.

Tiffany threw a serious look. “You know, if today’s meeting is discussing about him, I won’t come.”

“No, no, of course we will not discuss about him. It is about Joohyun.”

“Me?” Joohyun, who was silent for the last half an hour because of tiredness was awaken. “What about me?”

“They will give you some projects Joohyun-ah.”

“And what kind of project if I may know?” Joohyun asked

“Wait,” Tiffany cut the conversation. “Don’t be. We already busy because of our tokyo dome.”

“No, the project is more on kind of, how to say, long term project?”

“A long term project?

“Yes,” The manager paused a second, “They give you, uh, maybe better if you know by yourself.”

Joohyun was thinking. What exactly the company wanted from her? She barely did nothing, there was no drama, no variety shows, and barely no advertisement. She currently was not at relationship, and there was no specific project she wanted to be involved.

Her last discussion between her and company is her contract. Of how Joohyun was intended to not prolong her contract after 2016, anf of how the companies encouraged her to reconsider about the decision.

Did the company do something regarding her contract?

“If this about Joohyun, why there is one on my schedule too?” Tiffany asked
“they need to retake your recording” their manager said, there was a hint of carefulleness on his tone. “Well, something like that. Taeyeon and Sunny would come too later.”

“Okay I understand.” Tiffany nodded, Installed her travel pillow around her neck and adjusted it. their manager took a glimpse of Tiffany form the rear mirror and felt relieved, there was no drama on this dialogue, at least.

At least, they can ride car to the company rather peacefully.

“Minjin Unnie,” Joohyun cleared her troath, tried to speak with her manager as slow as she can while Tiffany was drowsing at car. She needed to make sure few times that Tiffany was already asleep. She knew that her next word was forbidden for Tiffany. “Is the meeting is about contact?”

Minjin cursed on the deep of her heart. The drama was here. From the nice and quiet Joohyun. “ You will know, Joohyun-ah,”

“So it is about the contract.” Joohyun mumbled. Minjin should knew of how smart Joohyun was.

“Okay, I will give you some of things I know.” Minjin grabbed the gear stick, slowed down their car “It seems they give you some of new project in attemp to prevent you terminate the contract.”

“Something like what?”

“I don’t know Joohyun-ah. Maybe they would allow you to release some of solo singles. Doesn’t that something that you have been dreaming for a long time?”

Joohyun Remembered of how she always wanted to sing her own music, far from Girls’ Generation give to the public. but, as always, she knew that her vocal skills would never enough. She needed partner. And that was something that never been solved. Once, Joohyun found someone that she though she could rely on this matter, but it was scattered now.

That September gave Joohyun a hard job, right to her head, that those singles, those songs, would never been publicized. Not after her partner left that September.

“I,” Joohyun didn’t know how to start the sentences. Normally, for speaking something that would hurt her manager, she choosed wise word, which every word, syntax, and expression was wrapped nicely. Now, whatever word she choose would gave same impact. It would hurt Minjin.

Minjin saw Joohyun beside her, and Minjin’s soft eyes made her gave away a sentences, pure from her heart, without any consideration of which word she should choose. The words was purely spoken, “I don’t think I still want it, Unnie.”

“That’s what I thought, Joohyun-ah” Minjin said, full of concern. “Either it’s about contractor not, you still need to come to the meeting. That’s unfortunate.”

“Yes.” That’s all Joohyun could say.
“Just give away what they will talk to you. Don’t worry about anything, you always know what you need to do.” Minjin always believe Joohyun. The quiet-mature Joohyun.

“But,” Now Minjin was the one who thought about how to make her speech sounded nice for Joohyun, “If it is about that Spetember, please, Joohyun-ah, stop blame yourself regarding that matter.”

“Yes.” Again, that was all Joohyun could provide for Minjin.