“And…sent. Yes! Now if only-“

            “Boo!” Chaerin pops up beside S.Me and smiles wide. S.Me screams and slams her laptop shut. Chaerin giggles and sits beside the girl. “That has made my day ten times better. Heck, it has made me week ten times better!”

            “Hasn’t your week been good already?” S.Me asks her, her hands over her heart, hoping her heart rate returns to normal. Chaerin has done things like this to S.Me all week. First Chaerin put hot sauce in her smoothie, put mayonnaise in her shampoo bottle and now this. What was up with her?

            “Not really,” Chaerin tells her, smiling. “And I’m sure it is only going to get worse, but hey! At least I can scare you and have fun, right?” Chaerin pats her unnie’s head and stands up, walking out of the room. EunMi and Yoo Sawng pass her on their way into the living room. The sight of a smiling Chaerin isn’t abnormal, but something about her smile was weird.

            “What’s up with her?” Yoo Sawng asks, looking from S.Me to EunMi and back at S.Me. Both the girls shrug, clueless. Of course neither girl has any idea what Chaerin is up to – it’s Chaerin! But they are worried. What if she found out?

            “Do you think…she knows?” S.Me whispers, eyes going wide with fear.

            “She would’ve told me already,” EunMi reassures S.Me. “So, she probably doesn’t know.”

            “Location?” Yoo Sawng asks.

            “Check!” EunMi answers, nodding her head once.

            “Food?”

            “Check!”

            “DJ?”

            “Check!”

            “Awesome outfits?”

            “Check! And mine’s not girly, thank God!”

            Yoo Sawng lets out a chuckle and marks ‘awesome outfits’ off on her check list. She looks over the other marked out items and spots one unmarked item.

            “What about the guest list?” EunMi asks as Yoo Sawng looks at her paper. Yoo Sawng looks up at her and smiles sheepishly. “Give it.” Yoo Sawng slowly hands her a blue piece of paper and waits for EunMi’s response. After a couple of minutes, EunMi looks up at her, expressionless. “Seriously?” Yoo Sawng just nods. “Okay then. When the place starts to burn down and people have been murdered, I’ll be by the snack table, eating those fancy cheese things.” EunMi hands Yoo Sawng the guest list back and walks away.

            Maybe Yoo Sawng has crossed the line with the guest list. But all these people were friends with Bae Kyon too. After all, this is her party. No one would mess it up…right? Right. So, Yoo Sawng wasn’t afraid of who she invited really. It was more so Chaerin that she was worried about. How would she react?

            Yoo Sawng stands there, still thinking, when her phone goes off. She recognizes the tone and knows it’s an alarm, not a phone call. Her eyes widen and she quickly pulls her phone out. It’s time already? Really? Aish! I better go... but what about EunMi-yah? Yoo Sawng shuts the alarm off and slips the phone back into her pocket. She eyes EunMi and crosses her arms. “Yah!”

            EunMi turns around and looks at Yoo Sawng confused. “Neh, unnie?”

            “I have to go run some errands. Mind finishing up here?”

            “Ah, neh. We’re almost finished anyways. Go!”

            “See you later!” Yoo Sawng walks past her, handing her the checklist and notebook on the way. She gives a brief eyesmile before bowing slightly and leaving the building. She is glad she is wearing her flats, not her heels, as she takes off running down the street. Within ten minutes, and a five minute break, she reaches the café. Crème Café. It was a quaint little shop; homey layout and a warm feeling to it. Yoo Sawng steps inside, instantly feeling warmer than she was outside – the temperature was around 50 degrees. She looks around, trying to spot the familiar male figure.

            “Did I make you wait long?” a voice whispers in her ear. She covers as she jumps slightly, turning on her heels to face the man. She drops her hands from and gives a small smile.

            “Let’s find a seat before someone recognizes you. Arasso?”

            Vizio was dancing around the dorm – ignoring S.Me’s constant shouting, Chaerin’s scaring, Bae Kyon’s doe-eyed expression that seemed to be permanently fixated on her face (and Vizio liked to about it whenever she was near), or the her phone’s annoying noise (she kept forgetting she had her volume up, so she yells at it every time she gets a text)..

            “JunSeong will be here in ten minutes! Where is Yoo Sawng unnie and EunMi unnie?” S.Me yells, running down the hall and crashing into Vizio, making them both fall onto the couch.

            “Watch it!” Vizio tells her in Mandarin, holding her injured wrist above the two of them.

            “Sorry~” S.Me tells her, standing up and brushing herself off. Vizio sits up on the couch and tries pouting, causing S.Me to laugh at her actions. Vizio then sticks her tongue out at the girl and goes back to her music that is playing. S.Me goes to the front door and slips on her heels – something Chaerin had made a habit for her. “Come on guys! Am I the only one on time today? Aish!”

            Bae Kyon turns the corner and walks past the living room and into the small area near the front door. She eye smiles and waves at S.Me. “Rinnie and I were busy. Sorry unnie.”

            S.Me pats Bae Kyon’s shoulder and smiles at her. “It’s fine. It is MiMi and Sawnggie should be the ones afraid now. JunSeong will-“

            “Is he here yet?!” EunMi yells, opening the front door; her hair a mess, her scarf barely around her neck and her jacket falling off of her shoulders.

            “You look awful,” S.Me tells her, stepping away from the door.

            “Thanks,” EunMi tells her, making a face at her. She shuts the door and looks around. She assumed their manager wasn’t here and that she wasn’t in trouble. Good. EunMi takes her jacket off, followed by her scarf, placing them on the coat rack and quickly runs to her room to grab her shorts and hoodie. “Move Chaerin!” EunMi slides by Chaerin as Chaerin steps out of the bathroom, eyes wide at the sight of her unnie running towards her.

            “Are you ready?” S.Me calls to Chaerin. Chaerin walks to the door, grabs her heels, and nods. S.Me smiles contently and looks in the direction of the living room for their leader. “VIZIO!”

            “WHAT?” Vizio yells back, not moving from the couch.

            “JUNSEONG SHOULD BE HERE SOON!”

            “OKAY!”

            “Since when did S.Me unnie become such a leader?” Bae Kyon whispers to Chaerin. Chaerin just shrugs and puts her heels on.

            “You’re still way taller than me. You need to wear flats. Or sneakers. Like all the time,” Chaerin tells Bae Kyon, looking from her feet to her head.

            “I’m only three or four inches taller,” Bae Kyon tells her, chuckling afterwards. “I’m not that tall.”

            “So, Big Bang is going to be really busy next year. That’s great, right?” Yoo Sawng says quietly, a smile forming on her lips.

            “Yeah, but we won’t get many breaks. Ana-“

            “Yoo Sawng,” she corrects him, grabbing her latte and taking a sip from it.

            Seungri chuckles softly and looks down. “Right.” He looks back up at her. “Yoo Sawng. It just means more schedules, more practice, and less sleep. A maknae needs his rest.”

            “Don’t ever say that around my maknae. She’ll use that against us.”

            “If I meet them. How many are there? Five others, right?”

            “Vizio unnie is our leader, then me, then S.Me, then EunMi, then Bae Kyon, and then Chaerin. They are all so talented and amazing. They are like my sisters.” Yoo Sawng looks down at her latte, tracing the lid with her thumbs. A faint smile appears on her face and Seungri gazes at her, smiling slightly at the sight. It’s rare to see Yoo Sawng smile.

            “They sound great.”

            “Yeah…” Yoo Sawng looks up at Seungri, who realizes he is still staring at her and he awkwardly coughs and averts his eyes. Yoo Sawng chuckles and props her head upon her hand. “I never realized how hard it is to be an idol. Like right now. You are trying to spend time with a friend, like a normal person, and you have sunglasses, a beanie, and a scarf on – not to mention the jacket. If people would find out, we’d be a scandal, you know.”

            Seungri looks at her and smirks. “Actually, that’d be-“

            Yoo Sawng’s phone starts ringing and her eyes go wide as she looks down at her pockets. She pulls it out and quickly answers it, turning sideways in her seat. “Hello?”

            “Where are you?” S.Me asks.

            “Wait. What time is it?”

            “Almost 7 PM. JunSeong is going to be here soon! We have practice until 3 AM!”

            Yoo Sawng groans and nods her head. “I know. I’ll be there soon. Bye!”

            “By-“ Yoo Sawng hits the ‘end call’ button before S.Me finishes her goodbye. Yoo Sawng puts her phone in her pocket and looks at Seungri apologetically.

            “Vizio?”

            “No. S.Me, surprisingly. I’m really sorry! I have to go though. I have-“

            “Practice. I understand. Don’t worry,” Seungri lets out a fake chuckle, which Yoo Sawng doesn’t catch on to. She just smiles back.

            “Let’s meet up again.”

            “Yeah.”

            Yoo Sawng stands up and bows slightly, “I’ll be leaving first then. Bye!”

            Seungri watches her leave and sighs, leaning back in his seat. He looks at his hot chocolate and frowns. “If it isn’t your stubborn personality or your hatred towards guys…it is your job.”

@tina_luvs_music   10, more or less. I’m sorry~ TT~TT  Applications are due the 12^th, so if you still want to apply, hurry~

We’ll have to see~ And I’m sure after reading this chapter, you know who called her. ^^ I can’t wait either~ It should be fun to write.

@Mikunnie  Sadly, yes. *nods* And to make sure this fic is as real as possible, we have to make sure to point out the competition. It’s it ironic how EXO and Lilac are both debuting in Korea and China? I never planned for this when I started this fic, but fate is weird that way, yeah? ^^; UCC? My mind is blank.. orz  Explain? Keke~

This is the first time you didn’t guess who called her. I am literally in shock. *O*

So, to my lovely few (who are basically the characters themselves – since you are the applicants~), I’ll give a reason as to why I am ending this so soon.

1) I could probably do a full 60 chapters (that was my goal in the beginning), but I keep running out of ideas. I also had a brilliant idea (or so I think) of how I can end this. ^^ You might hate me afterwards. Kidding~ I’m sure you won’t.

2) I’ve been helping my close friend, Krystal, with her fanfics and my inspiration for Lilac has just…it’s almost gone. And I keep having new ideas for stories. And we know Lilac can’t go on forever (sadly~ I mean, I adore these girls!)

3) The main reason is because my laptop crashed. It had the applications (for every applicant), my ideas, my plots, my chapters, EVERYTHING was on it…now it is gone. TT~TT  I could easily retrieve the applications, or so I thought, but many have been marked private and it is too much of a hassle to go ask everyone to make their blogs not private. So~ blah.

Buuuuut~ I have an idea. And I’m not giving away my idea until I finish this. Sorry~

Also, I’d gladly appreciate if you’d check the following fics out. They are Krystal’s. And they are really good, no doubt. ^^

Truths and Lies – starring an OC/Kris. It is a fantasy fic about vampires, dark angels, and other mythical creatures.

The Geek and the Jerk – complete - starring an OC/Luhan. What happens when a geek and a jerk fall in love? Their lives change. But will one of them have to change to make their relationship work?

Dream Boy – starring an OC/Baekhyun. A girl searches for her dream boy. When her best friend introduces her to his 11 friends, she feels as if one of them is her dream boy. And he’s unexpected.