Yerin slumped into her sofa, clearly exhausted from the eventful day she just had. She still has her light makeup on and badly needs a shower but first, she wants to check her twitter and update her followers on what’s going on, of course. She immediately took out her phone and tapped on the blue bird icon. 

“Hi everyone, I just got home. Today was such a fun day and Sinb was so lovely and nice as always! I recorded her performance today, too, and that will be released soon. I hope you guys had a fun day today as well, let’s all just relax and enjoy Sinb’s comeback, shall we?” 

She tapped the blue tweet button and sent it to her followers, immediately getting replies and retweets. She reads through a couple and responds to some questions that caught her interest before remembering her photobook. 

She takes it out from her bag and flips through the pages to find the page where it had the blank sticky note. 

“82 175 5566 121, please text this number tonight, yerin-ssi”

Yerin’s eyes widened at what was displayed in front of her. Who’s number was this? No… it can’t be? It can’t be Sinb’s?

She grabbed her phone and dialed the number carefully, making sure every number was correct and saved the contact as “Sinb (?)”.

Shaking her head, she put her phone down and decided to finally take a shower, maybe that’ll clear her mind before texting the number. Should she even be doing that? It seems a bit sketchy, too. 

She really doesn’t know what to think anymore. It’s been a long day, anyway.

***

After showering Yerin decided to have some dinner, she made the instant tteokbokki that she had stocked up in her cupboard for tiring nights like these. It was delicious though Yerin’s poor stomach was still begging for an actual meal.

She sat back at her sofa with the photobook still there. A sigh left her. She’s still having doubts on whether to text the number or not, what if it’s a scam? But Sinb wouldn’t do that to her, would she?

She took out her phone and opened Kakaotalk, typing “Sinb” into the search bar and tapping on the name, the chat opened. She begins typing…

YR: Hello…?

Yerin couldn’t help but feel her heart going crazy. It’s like she’s texting her crush for the first time, but she’s never had a crush so she doesn’t really know what that would feel like.

She exited out of Kakaotalk and sat her phone down. She felt thirsty all of a sudden so she went to her kitchen and grabbed a cup wanting to fill it with water, and that’s when a “TING!” rang from her phone. She gulped down the not even half filled cup and left it on the counter, sprinting her way to her phone. 

Sinb(?): Is this Yerin-ssi?

Yerin took a second to think about her answer. 

YR: Can I know who I’m talking to?

Sinb(?): I have an idea, I knew this was pretty risky in the first place

Sinb(?): Let’s video call

And before you know it, a facetime call appears on Yerin’s screen from Sinb(?)

She looked at herself through her front camera and adjusted her still a little wet hair, cussed at herself for not having any makeup on. 

Tapping the green ‘accept’ call button, the connection was established. 

She tilted her phone so the other person, whoever they were, could only see her eyes and forehead. 

The other screen was dark, possible because they had their back camera and they sat it down somewhere, at least that’s what Yerin had assumed. 

At this point, Yerin’s front camera was pointed up the ceiling of her apartment because she’s scared of what’s going to happen. It’s been a good minute and both of them are silent. 

“Yerin-ssi…?” a familiar voice called out her name, it sounded a little different, though, so Yerin didn’t assume much. 

“Who are you?” Yerin questioned. 

“Um… it’s me, Yerin-ssi. It’s Sinb. Hello.” 

“How can I be so sure? Technology is pretty advanced these days you know…?”

Then, the other person on the line flipped to their front camera. Only showing their eyes like Yerin did earlier.

And that’s when Yerin finally believed that it was indeed, her favourite idol, Hwang Eunbi. 

Yerin knew all too well how Sinb’s eyes looked like, almost similar to a cat's, long eyelashes with dark orbs that always looked like they were searching for something. And her cute eyebrows, though not fully filled right now.

The girl wasn’t sure what to do, and the last thing she wanted was for Sinb to regret her decision of giving Yerin her number. 

“Let me get my airpods for a second, is that okay?” Yerin asked, camera still angled to her ceiling apartment. 

“Okay” 

Yerin placed her phone down on the coffee table, next to the photobook that has been sitting there for a few hours now. She quickly grabbed her bag and fished out her airpods pro, immediately opening them and putting them into her ears. She thanked whichever god that they had a full charge. 

“Hello? Can you hear me?” Yerin said once she’s settled down. Picking up her phone and walking towards her balcony.

“Yes I can” Sinb only replied from the other line. 

Yerin sat down by the end of her balcony which she had decorated with a table and chair since she likes to study and read outside sometimes. She sets up her phone so that it’s upwards and now Sinb can fully see Yerin’s face through her screen. 

The girl brought up one of her legs up to her chin, hugging it tight. “Hello, Sinb-ssi.”

Never in a million years would Yerin think she’d be sitting on her balcony, in the middle of Seoul where she lived, facetiming one of the biggest soloist in South Korea right now, which also happens to be her favourite idol. But here she is, doing just that. She’s really not sure how she’s acting so calm right now, though her heart is beating too fast that it might as well jump out of her chest, her mind going through thoughts miles per minute. 

Yerin glanced over the time at the top of her phone, it’s 9:45 PM. 

“Hello, Yerin-ssi. How are you?” 

It’s almost been 15 minutes into the call, and all they’ve said is Hello.

Yerin still couldn’t believe what she’s hearing through her airpods right now, Sinb’s voice all soft but still deep and husky at the same time. She can tell that she’s exhausted from all the singing and dancing she did today.

“I’ve been okay, just tired… But I can only imagine how tired you must be” 

“Don’t mind my voice, it’s always like this by the end of the day. Have you eaten?” Sinb replied as if she could read Yerin’s mind. 

“Just some instant tteokbokki, probably why I feel so tired. Haven’t had a full meal yet today. Did you have dinner, Sinb-ssi?” Yerin let out a breath she didn’t know she had held in softly as her eyes diverted to her surroundings, trying to calm her heart and anxiety from everything that’s happened. 

“I did, just some rice and side dishes, nothing special but it filled up my tummy so....”

“That’s good, you need all the energy you can get to perform” 

Yerin heard an audible sigh from the other line. 

“Is something the matter?” Yerin immediately asked. 

“No not at all, I just can’t believe you actually texted and picked up this video call…” Sinb replied, her voice felt heavy. 

“Ah… I’m not sure why I did either, but I figured I saw you wrote your number right in front of my own eyes so…”

Then, Sinb finally moved her camera back further from her face. Yerin stared at her screen, it is actually her. Hwang Eunbi, bare faced with her hair still a little wet just like Yerin’s. She looked just as pretty to Yerin.

“Are you not freaked out?” asked Sinb, Yerin saw her lips move this time. She was in awe. 

“A little, but I don’t want to scare you away” Yerin whispered a little.

“You won’t, I gave you my number because I trust you.”

“How can you trust me so easily?”

“Just my gut feeling...”

“Ah…” was all Yerin managed to say. A small smile formed on her lips. She knew Sinb was the type to always trust her instincts, but she never imagined this would be one of them. 

“How did the photos and videos turn out today?” Sinb asks. 

“I haven’t reviewed them yet, but I think they turned out pretty okay. I actually just bought a new camera and a few new lenses so overall the quality should be better…” Yerin started to trail off, her eyes gazing again around her surroundings instead of at her screen, a habit she has while talking about something. 

She then goes on to talk about how she can’t wait to see how they turned out and when she’s going to post them on twitter and that’s when she realises that she’s actually being nerdy and rambling to her idol. 

Her eyes averted back to her screen and Sinb can be seen just admiring the girl from the other side. The idol’s eyes soft and pure, genuinely enjoying and listening to every word Yerin had to say. When Yerin stopped talking, she raised her eyebrows in question.

“Go on?” 

“I’m sorry, sometimes when I talk I tend to just trail off into things and jump from topic to topic..”

Sinb’s smile grew. “I don’t mind. If anything, it’s fun to hear you talk about these things. I’ve always been curious about it anyway,” Sinb reassured before continuing, “plus, I see what you post on Twitter, it’s honestly such an honor to be photographed by you. You’re really talented, Yerin-ssi”

“I’m nothing compared to you, I should be the one who’s honored to even be speaking to you this way right now...” 

“Just be yourself, though I’m also surprised how talkative you actually are, but I guess that’s a given since you’re at home and comfortable”

Yerin nodded, “Ah… well being surrounded by other fans with their eyes on us the whole time while trying to have a conversation is quite nerve wrecking, I really don’t know how you do that on a daily basis…”

“You just get used to it I suppose…” Sinb said softly, her attention solely focused on Yerin. She wasn’t sure why, but her heart’s going crazy again. Her tummy filled with heavy butterflies, as if her gut is trying to tell her to give all of her to Yerin. This is crazy.

A soft smile formed on Yerin’s lips. “I admire you a lot Sinb-ssi”

“Please, you can call me Eunbi if that makes you anymore comfortable, and thank you, Yerin-ssi.” I admire you a lot too, Yerin-ssi. More than you’d think.

The idol can feel her cheeks get hotter, flushing itself red. 

“Okay, Eunbi-ssi.” Yerin obliged, her words came out soft and full of admiration. At this rate, she’s not entirely sure if whatever she’s feeling right is because she’s talking to an idol, 

or because she’s just talking to Eunbi, as just Eunbi. 

--

“I have a proposition to offer you, Yerin-ssi” Sinb said as she sat up straight. Yerin took note that she was on her bed as the bedframe can be seen in the background. Her walls were a light shade of blue. She nodded in response.

“Would you perhaps have dinner with me sometime…?” 

Yerin’s eyebrows shot up in question, then furrowed as she thought of an answer, her lips pursed together with a soft hummed coming out of her. 

“Dinner…” Yerin whispered to herself. “What’s the occasion?”

Sinb blinked blankly at Yerin’s question, and that’s when she realised that there’s that one possibility that Yerin might not have swung her way. She gave herself a mental slap for that one.

But the idol figured that she’s already too deep into this to back out or make up other excuses,

“A date.” 

Yerin tilted her head with her eyebrows still furrowed together, confused. “A date?”

“Mhm.”

Yerin couldn’t process this properly. Sinb--wants to go on a date with her? How on earth did she come up with that? 

“Like… a friendly fan and idol dinner date?”

Sinb didn’t know if she wanted to laugh or sigh at Yerin’s question. She thought it was adorable, but is Yerin really this oblivious? But then she remembered her conversation with the girl earlier today and it made sense.

“No, Yerin-ssi. A date as in… a romantic date. I would like to take you out for dinner, and treat you for the night. We would dress up and meet somewhere, eat good food and see where things go on from there…” Sinb explained thoroughly. 

“Oh… But wouldn’t that be difficult considering… you’re… you know… Sinb?” 

Sinb chuckled lightly. “I will figure something out, so… what do you think?”

“Um… yes. I’d love to…? Though, I’m just a little confused…”

“What about?”

“Why me? I’m a girl?” 

“That’s exactly why, Yerin-ssi” Sinb only smiled at Yerin’s cluelessness.

“What? ...Oh? Huh? You’re…?” 

“Let’s save that conversation for our date, shall we?” 

“Okay…”

“Okay… I’d love to talk to you more, Yerin-ssi, but we both have a long day ahead of us tomorrow. Let’s get some sleep.”

“It’s already 10:45 PM? Whoa…”

“Will you be there tomorrow for the fansign?”

“I wasn’t able to get the tickets to them for tomorrow, but I will be there next Thursday”

“Ah, that’s a bummer. Do you still want to come?”

“If I had a ticket, I would love to, but I don’t… so…” 

“I’ll give my manager a call and set something up for you… Goodnight Yerin-ssi, don’t forget to check your phone tomorrow morning!”

Everything went by so fast and before you know it, Yerin whispered her “Goodnight” and Sinb immediately ended the facetime. 

A text came through her Kakaotalk.

Sinb(?): Thank you for talking to me tonight, Yerin-ssi. Goodnight.

YR: It’s a pleasure, Eunbi-ssi. Goodnight, sleep well.

Both girls sighed as they locked their phones. Yerin slumped into her chair, while Sinb couldn’t help but feel so happy that she squirmed into her bed, hearts thumping hard and fast. 

Yerin still couldn’t wrap her head around what just happened. Sinb actually gave her personal number to her. 

And Sinb had no idea how she got so bold.

It seems surreal and she doesn’t know if she’s dreaming or not. All this time, she has been keeping her distance and took extra measures to make sure Sinb can’t even notice her. So why her? There are other fans who deserved this more than her, and a date at that? Shouldn’t Sinb be going out with someone of the same level as her? She didn’t mind the fact that Sinb might be gay, but at the same time how is this going to be perceived if it get out? So many questions are running through Yerin’s mind right now. 

She feels a little heavy from what happened but at the same time she’s floating, she felt really happy that Sinb trusted her that much to even give her personal number. It felt like she achieved something, though she doesn’t want to feel too over the moon because things might go downhill from here.

Yerin didn’t know what to do now. She checks her schedule on her phone, since she didn’t get the tickets for the fansigning she had a free day tomorrow to do whatever she wanted. But since Sinb said that she should check her texts tomorrow morning, she thought she should consider it to be true just in case and prepared her camera for it. 

***

It was almost 12:00 AM when Yerin finally finished transferring all the photos and videos from her camera’s memory card to her laptop. Her eyes sting from staring at her laptop for too long and probably because they’re begging to close right now. 

Shutting her laptop down, she left it there and went straight to her bedroom, plopping herself down on her comfortable bed. She can already feel her mind drifting into slumber, but she had one last thing to do. 

She unlocked her phone and went into the Phone app, searching for Sinb’s name. She tapped on the edit button and changed it. 

‘Eunbi’

A small smile formed on her lips unknowingly as she then went ahead and opened Kakaotalk.

YR: Sorry to text you so late, Eunbi-ssi. But I just wanted to let you know I’m waking up around 9:30 AM tomorrow. I hope that’s fine since you said to check my phone in the morning, you didn’t specify the time so I just made a good assumption. I hope it’s not troubling you or your manager. Thank you. Goodnight, I hope you are sleeping well. 

Yerin locked her phone and plugged in the charger, setting it on her bedside table. Finally, she can drift into sleep. Though her hands are clammy and cold, with her heart still beating as fast as ever. She hoped that this feeling would settle down in the morning.

***

Eunbi: Good morning, Yerin-ssi. Thank you for texting me last night, here are the details for today’s fansign.

Just contact this number (it’s my manager and he’s aware of who you are) and let him know when you’re outside of the venue. He’ll bring you inside. 

I’m sure you already know what time the fansigning starts, but it’s okay if you want to come early too, perhaps around 2:30 PM? 

I hope to see you soon. Have a good morning and don’t forget to eat some breakfast and lunch. 

Yerin accidentally hit snooze on her phone and ended up waking up around 10:15 AM instead. 

The girl had her breakfast, took a refreshing shower and did her makeup for the day. She wore her usual all black outfit, adding different accessories to make it interesting. This time she styled her outfit with a black cap that had those holes and rings on the side. 

It’s almost 12:00 o’clock by the time she got ready for the day. She calculated the time for travel and concluded that she needs to leave the house around 1:30 PM if she wants to be there on time. Since she has about an hour to spare, she decided to review her pictures of Sinb from yesterday. 

She reviewed each picture one at a time, copying the ones she liked and thought was the best into a separate folder. Yerin knows she can’t get this all done in one sitting so she doesn’t rush it.

Half an hour has passed and she got a couple good pictures from the hundreds that she took. Satisfied with her progress so far, she shut down her laptop and decided to just sit down and enjoy her leisure time before heading out. 

If Yerin was going to be honest with herself, she’s actually a little addicted to Twitter, that blue bird app is sometimes the cause of her not being able to sleep at night. That doesn’t stop her from going on it, though.

She goes through her mentions and scans the many questions she’s gotten. Being a fansite meant that other fans would want to know pretty much about a lot of things. Since she’s good at english, she also has an international following and she loves the international fanbase because they’re really funny. 

Sinb_fans0306: Masternim… HQ juseyo…

hwangttinb: Masternim… reveal your face juseyo!! I bet you’re really pretty!!

Ttongdari_sinb: Masternim, how was Sinb when you met her recently? Was she doing okay?

Eunbihwang__: Sinb is so pretty!

She chuckled at her fellow fandom members. She decided to reply to the question that asked if Sinb was doing okay. 

Replying @TTongdari_sinb: She was doing fine, we had an interesting conversation that I cannot disclose to the public though… kkkk

Immediately after tweeting, other users started swarming her notifications, curious to what the conversation was about. She giggled to herself and decided to address it before any rumours started to spread.

Okay everyone… for the sake of Sinb’s embarrassment I will only say one thing: it had something to do with wanting to go to the bathroom…

This was the first time she had to lie to her followers about whatever Sinb had said. The last thing she wants is for the idol to be in bad light. 

After that tweet, everyone in her mentions couldn’t help but clown the idol and as much as Yerin felt bad, she loved reading the tweets as they were really funny. She was sure that Sinb wouldn’t come across the tweet too so she didn’t really think much of it. 

Yerin was more bubbly and cheerful online, she thought of it as like a persona she had inside of her. Though she was still herself, just more cheeky and playful. She didn’t want to be too serious so this is what she came up with. It’s been going great so far.

She scrolled down through more tweets and liked a few that she thought was funny. One stood out in particular, she decided to quote it.

@EunbiEunbi: she really out here talking about wanting to poop with fans… but what can we really expect from her? *sips tea* she’s lucky we love her 

Quoting @EunbiEunbi: that’s our hwang eunbi kkk

Yerin chuckled while tapping the tweet button. She glanced at the clock on her phone, it’s 1:15 PM already. She got up from her sofa and went to double check everything before starting her travel.