The more you rush ahead
You will lose the important things
Give some more time to yourself
So you can take a breath

I was still under the tree. Could hear people in the background, but the main sound I was hearing now was my heart beat. Didn’t want to disappoint the boys and kids so I hid my face to mask my sobbing. Suddenly I heard a crack and peaked through my fingers just tosee a pair of shoes in front of me. It wasn’t any of my back-up dancers because they all had matching shoes. To my shock it was the person whom I feared it would be the most. Chanyeol bended and held out a hand. I looked at him and coyly took his hand and got up.

"Uhm, I was, here", I began mumbling but suddenly stopped and melted in a warm embrace. This reality was far beyond my wildest dreams.

With my face burning, I woke up. It was all a dream. I opened my phone and saw the message from my admirer and knew what reality was true. Stumbling to the kitchen to drink some water, I saw Baekhyun was already having breakfast.

"Good morning, sister. You looked really tired last night, I thought I should let you sleep more."

"Yeah, thanks."

"Why are you so red, did you had a naughty dream?" he asked smirking at me.

"What? No."

"Come on, it’s normal", he began teasing.

"Stop it, it was just hot in the room."

"Sure it was", he said sipping his milkshake.

In a way I was missing the show, more the preparations we made, the fun we had together. I shared my thoughts to Baekhyun and he felt the same.

"It was like in the drama", he stated. "When HaeSoo went to the palace, they also missed their time together."

"Don’t cry so early in the morning", I mocked him.

"I won’t, but it was sad."

"Life is sad, get over it", I said tired of the silence sorrow.

"Yeah, it is. By the way, I received an e-mail from my professor, I’m scheduled next semester for my practice."

"Isn’t that very late?"

"We are many students this year and I don’t exactly excel at studying, so I was among the last to be scheduled."

"Aigoo, my poor brother, how can’t they see you are so smart and talented", I asked patting his head.

"I know, right? They’re blind."

Next day Hyorin and I were walking through the university halls, sipping our milkshakes and gossiping. Lord forbids we lost some weight. Latest events were our social posts. Everybody posted something cute, an image with the kids. I posted a photo with mini Mina who looked adorable in a pastel green dress with flowers in her head while Suho posted a photo with him and Bommie and Sehun a photo with smiling D.O right before a kid hit him with a ball. We still haven’t heard from Sehun. The cherry on the top was, of course, Chanyeol’s post.

He seemed so proud of her. News were Tiffany released a cover on the internet and was receiving a lot of praise for her popularity. I didn’t check it, it was over the top that she had the beauty, brains and talent.

 It felt like we consumed lots of energy in the weekend so we were treating us with all sorts of unhealthy things. Soon, we lost our appetite when coming in front of us were Tiffany, Chanyeol and So Hee.

"Hi, unnies, So Hee", saluted us. "This is Tiffany, I don’t know if you guys were formally introduced."

"We’ve met before", I said recalling the uncomfortable meeting at the mall and the stalking I’ve made.

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