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Seventeen Little SecretsSoHyeon’s POV.
After I replayed his question in my mind for seconds, Donghae had finally elbowed me back to reality.
"U-uhm, h-he was just inviting me over to, uh, hang out over there..you know, since my credit card was maxed out, so I can't go shopping with the other girls, y-you know?"
I nearly cringed on how my lie sounded so bad in front of Changmin. I've been undefeated in the Lying Games in BoA's class, so why now?!
I saw Changmin give me a skeptical look, then I looked down and tightly gripped Donghae's wrist, signalling that we should go.
"Well, uh, let's go, SoHyeon! I'm sure the other members will want to meet you, eh?" Donghae asked, pretending to be excited, while we walked past Changmin.
As we walked around the corner to the elevator, I facepalmed myself, stomping my feet. "Uuuugh, I sounded so bad in front of him, this ! He will hate me even moreee!" I wailed.
"Eh? So you like him? So does almost every girl in all of your classes!" Donghae chuckled, as we went into the elevator and he pressed a button.
" 'Course not! P-plus, he wouldn't like a hoobae like me, that would be sooo weird! Ahahah.." I laughed nervously, feeling myself boil at the jealousy filling up inside.
"SoHyeon, even a regular person outside of this company would know you're lying." He rolled his eyes and chuckled. Luckily, before I could reply, my phone rang in my pocket, as we walked out of the elevator, when the doors opened.
"Hello?" I spoke into the phone softly.
"SOHYEON. WHERE ARE YOU?" Yewon screamed so loud, that I had to put the phone away from my face.
"Uhm...SuJu's dorm.." I muttered, even though it's freakin loud on the other end.
"OH. WELL WE SEE THE CUUUTEST DRESSES AND OHMYGOSH THE GROUP'S AND ALL OF OUR SOLO SHOTS EVERYWHERE! WOWWW. OKAY OKAY AHREUM LET ME HAVE MY FUN. I'LL SEND YOU PICS, OKAYY?" Yewon immediately hung up after that.
"You alright?", Donghae looked over to me, while he held the door open.
"Uh, yeah of course!" I nodded, as I went in. I couldn't help but stare at everything. The living room was like an arcade, the kitchen was like a hotel bar, while several bedrooms were on the other side.
"HEY ITS YOUUU!" I hear someone yell from across the room, then that someone hugs me very, very tightly. "A..air..!"
As soon as they let me go, I see Kyuhyun standing there, waving and smiling. "Annyeongha-haseyo, sunbaenim." I bowed at a 90-degree angle.
"No! No formality!" Kyuhyun pulled me back up, as I jumped a little. "You're the maknae of the new girl group, right? Wahh, that makes you my dongsaeng!! I'm the maknae, tooo!" He pinched my cheeks afterwards.
"I-i know, Yewon l-looves you." I struggled to speak, while I held his wrists until he let go, leaving some redness on my cheeks.
"Wanna play a game?" Kyuhyun smiled, already running towards the gigantic leather sofa infront of the plasma TV and its' various video game consoles.
"Sure!" I finally smiled, glad that I could so something where I could breathe.
I hear the door to the dorm open. We look back and I see Ahreum hanging onto Eunhyuk, with several shopping bags hanging from her arms.
"S-SoHyeon?!" Ahreum gaped at us. Well mostly me.
"C'mon, we gotta play!" Kyuhyun grinned, handing me a Wii controller, while he waved at Eunhyuk. "Hyukkie hyung!"
"Aish, stop calling me that." Eunhyuk said, before kissing Ahreum's cheek. Now THAT'S when I gasped.
"You guys are..?" I stuttered. "What about YeJun? And where are the other girls?"
Ahreum set her bags down and sat next to me. "Yep, you didn't know? It was obvious at the dance practice." On my side view, I saw Eunhyuk turn red, at hearing the comment.
"Eh, forget YeJun. Besides, I never see him anymore these days, except for photoshoots. It's lame, so now all he wants to do is to hook up." She rolled her eyes and continued on.
"And the girls are still shopping. I just snuck out with Eunhyuk oppa."
She giggled into my shoulder. I was quite weirded out on how she was being so nice to me and was acting like as if we were best friends or something.
I handed her my Wii controller, letting her play instead, as I would just sit and watch. I saw Kyuhyun pout, as he saw me do that.
The phone suddenly rang and Donghae sprinted from his room to get it.
"Hello?" He spoke into the phone. "Ah, Changmin-hyung? You wanna come here? Oh, sure, we got plenty of room! Alright, see ya in a few minutes!" After that, he hung up the phone.
And my eyes couldn't help but widen in shock.
ChangMin’s POV.
When I finally managed to find the room card key to Super Junior's dorm, I was about to slide it swiftly, but I hear some screaming inside.
But not guy screams, it was really high pitched and...oh my god, they probably did something unforgivable to her, knowing how they are!
I forgot about the card to the dorm, while I knocked the door frantically. I threw out all of my thoughts out of my mind, as I screamed, "SHIM SOHY--"
I shut up as soon as Eunhyuk opened the door. "H-hey, man!" He tried to smile at me, but he was probably weirded out, as well. He then let me come in, as he said, "So, uh, what got you so panicky at this time of night? Needa pee?"
Then, on the left, I hear a slight giggle. I see SoHyeon and Ahreum smiling, then they looked at me and Ahreum glared. "Aye, her last name is Lee, not Kim, for your information." Oh good, she must've misheard. Hopefully.
Then, SoHyeon shrugged and said, "Uh, we were playing a-a game. I won against Kyuhyun!" She then stood up and put one hand on her hip and did a peace sign with the other. Ahhhhh.
"You so cheated!" Kyuhyun pointed a finger at SoHyeon, accusingly. "No way! Maybe I'm just better!" She grinned evilly. "Then I better get a rematch!" "Get ready to lose again!"
"You better winnnn!" Ahreum grumbled, while she shared a bento full of sushi with Eunhyuk. Sadly, at that moment, I became hungry again. I sat in the middle of Kyuhyun and SoHyeon quickly, before I started.
SoHyeon stared at me weirdly, right then and there. Suddenly she turned a bit red. Ohmigod, she better not be sick.
"Uh, you wanna play a round with SoHyeon?" Kyuhyun suddenly asked me, obviously not wanting me to be an awkward outsider. He quickly handed me the Wii controller. "I gotta warn you, she's tough. And she's only a rookie!"
"No way! I gamed a lot when I lived in Japan for a few years! Probably more than you!" SoHyeon protested against him, while she picked out her character in the game, as I chose mine.
"Oh really? What else did you do in Japan?" I asked, curiously.
"U-uh, it's complicated." SoHyeon stuttered. She quickly pressed start. "Uhm, if I win, you have to s-sing for me everyday!" Awh, she's not the cunning type.
"If I win," I said, smirking. "Then you have to cook for me every weekend and quit with the formality!"
"Eh?" Ahreum raised her eyebrow. Even though everyone ignored her.
SoHyeon's mouth gaped opened, but she quickly closed it and faced back towards the screen.
After a long period of grueling and awkward silence, I had finally won, then I jumped up with Kyuhyun and we high fived. "YESSSS!"
I could see SoHyeon pouting on the side, while Ahreum patted her back. "Oh what should we do, now you have to call him oppa..." She cringed. Or at least that's what I think she did.
"Hyung, you avenged me!" Kyuhyun cheered happily.
"I-i didn't know you were, uh, so good, sunba-o-.....o...o-oppa.." SoHyeon stuttered, then slightly smiled at me. At. Me.
"Well," I say, taking a deep breath. "I'm looking forward to what you're cooking tomorrow! And don't lie, Seohyun told me that you cooked for the girls a lot."
"You were...? Nevermind, uh, Ahreum and I have to go meet up with the girls at the dorm. We're late!" SoHyeon says, pulling Ahreum with her.
"What the hell--" I hear Ahreum and her talk lowly out the door, before they were down the hall.
"Looks like it's just us guys! Oh yeah, Eunhyuk, we didn't know you liked that girl so much!" Donghae said happily.
"Wait, what girl?!" I say, hoping that it's not who I think it is.
"Ahreummie! Too bad Hyukkie snatched her up, she's sooo pretty. A supermodel turned idol!" Kyuhyun sighed.
"Yah, you bastard, she's mine!" Eunhyuk snapped at Kyuhyun.
While they argued, I just stood there, wondering why I was so relieved that they didn't say SoHyeon's name.
No One's POV.
As the two girls bursted through the dorm door, Ahreum once again said, "Blegh! I was just about to get another date with oppa! We were gonna talk about ways to hack the system, so we can go on an operation together!"
"Ech, enough." SoHyeon waved her hand at her, as she sat down.
Her phone ringed a little bit, signalling that she got a text message. Ahreum sat with her at the kitchen table, looking at the lock screen. "Hm, the girls are coming any--"
"WE'RE HOMEEEEE!" Yewon, Lizzy and JiHae shout, as they strutted in with new Miu Miu heels.
"What the-- did you get taller or.." SoHyeon looked up and down at the trio.
"Nah, heels." Yewon giggles, as she kicked her foot in the air a little. "Don't worry, we all got you something. I'll put the stuff in your room!"
After a few minutes, they all sat down infront of the TV, while SoHyeon sat at the kitchen table, typing away her reports on her laptop.
"Oh look." SoHyeon scoots closer to her laptop screen, as an e-mail message popped up. "J-Hwa said that she's coming back! She sent it from her official SM account, so it's no faker." She sat back and continued her work, smiling from relief.
"Awesome! I missed her soo much, it felt so empty in the dance room all the time!" Lizzy said, as she laid her head on JiHae's shoulder.
As usual, she shrugged her off.
After a few hours, Yewon and SoHyeon were browsing random websites as usual. "Nothing interesting.."
"Yeah..." She sighed. The girls were wide awake at 11 PM, but they were bored as hell. The rule was that everyone, but the staff, had to stay in their dorms for precautions, unless it was for a schedule or mission.
"SoHyeon...you're not gonna like this." Yewon in her breath, as she looked at her phone. Soon, the other girls had the same look as they were on their laptops or phones.
"Eh? What?" By the time, they had the look on their faces, SoHyeon's laptop was already off. She then went to Ahreum and her laptop and her expression changed dramatically.
Naver.co.kr / Allkpop.com
SCANDAL's SoHyeon's predebut activities revealed!
Left: Haruka / Right: Haruna (SoHyeon, almost three years ago, 2007)
Lee SoHyeon, the youngest and most recognizable member of SCANDAL, the upcoming SM girl group, has apparently been active in the entertainment industry in the past, before she was accepted into SM Entertainment!
A majority of her past experiences have been revealed to be primarily in Japan, which could be the leading cause of SCANDAL's arising popularity overseas, even before debut!
(A screenshot from a Cinnamon CM)
In her early teens, SoHyeon moved to Japan, after being in LA for so long and a year in Korea, and was scouted by several advertising companies and entertainment agencies. Ironically, not in singing or dancing. She was a CM icon for snacks like Peppero (in Japan and overseas, it is Pocky) and more cute things, that are known to usually target females, marketing wise. Her stage name was in fact "Himeka-chan," taking after several Japanese animation characters.
However, after five months, her company's economic stocks slowly begun to decrease, resulting in bankruptcy, because of her CMs were turned down by several Japanese TV networks, causing Himeka-chan, or SoHyeon, to work several part time jobs. (Update: It is still a rumor to date, but her classmates have said that she didn't attend school everyday and was never seen purchasing anything absurd, such as drugs.)
After that, she came back to Korea with her family, and auditioned again at the mall for another anonymous agency, letting her train in singing and dancing. She had released a few singles, but all of them falling short again.
(Although these don't look highlighted, they DO lead to the songs, so just click on them, like normal.)
She was reported to be seen leaving for Japan again, after meeting a group of girls who primarily performed as a Japanese pop rock band, whom performed in Japanese and English. Occasionally in Korean, as well. The band was reportedly to be called AOA, Ace of Angels, and consisted of three girls, before SoHyeon joined. According to several netizens, Korean and Japanese, SoHyeon was the lead guitarist and second vocalist, following their leader and main vocalist, who went by the name, Haruka. SoHyeon went by as Haruna.
(Pictured: SoHyeon leaving to go back to Japan, joining AOA at the time.)
(Left to right: Tomomi, Haruna (SoHyeon), Haruka, Mami)
They had released several singles and two AOA albums (out of print), only falling short to the 40-70 range on the Oricon charts overall. After a few tours, Sony Music Japan, offered the band to go further than their indie label and go on live more. However, it was reported that after a few tests runs and few releases, only the two vocalists would go on, while the rest was only used as instrumentals and not visually.
The two girls were soon dubbed as HARUKA×HARUNA by the label and the media, resulting in some increased popularity after a limited edition photobook and mini album release.
Soon, HARUKA×HARUNA debuted at #5 at the Oricon singles and albums chart, which became one of the highest records for a debuting duo. The girls had released two solo singles, but decided it was best to keep on going as a duo, stated by Haruka, on a Japanese television show.
After another album release and a few drama activities, HARUKA×HARUNA was scheduled for another tour. It was reported that the two other girls (from the former AOA) would be part of the backup band for the tour. However, due to personal reasons, Haruka could not show up to the finale concert in Tokyo. Sony Music Japan stated that Haruna would perform solo just for that one day. "I will do my best to perform at the finale, for the both of us. Although, Haruka nee-san may not be there physically, please cheer her on as well!"
Before the finale, Japanese netizens circulated evidence that the label may drop Haruka and let Haruna be a solo act. J-Netizens concluded this because Haruna's drama views, solo single, solo photobooks, solo CMs and photobook sales were indeed much higher than Haruka overall.
Several rumors of bullying towards Haruna surfaced online with photos, anonymous online journal entries and videos.
Unkwown of this, Haruna went onstage, performing the HARUKA×HARUNA songs, as well as the old AOA hits and some of her own originality thrown into it.
(The Finale. ^^ = Korean, -- = Japanese, `` = English)
MOYA^^
avalon blue-- (just to warn you, it's pitched up)
awanai tsumori no genki de ne--
haruka-- (Haruka's first notable solo song, covered by Haruna)
shoujo s-- (Haruka's second solo single, also covered by Haruna)
scandal nanka buttobase-- (Haruka's third solo, Haruna live ver.)
don't say lazy-- (the first HARUKAxHARUNA song, Haruna solo live ver.)
pin heel surfer-- (HARUKAxHARUNA's second single (first album title song))
However, at the end of the last song, Haruka came up stage and caused a tyranny by allegedly assaulting Haruna, surprising several fans. It was reported that she had hit Haruna in the rib cage, breaking some bones, and attempted to suffocate her.
She had also stated that she's been angry at Haruna for performing her solo songs.
Haruka had also brought a weapon with her, causing the audience to panic, announcing that Haruna will be damaged severely or even killed, if the solo deal was not offered to her.
Shortly afterwards, Haruna was pushed off the 5 feet stage, sustaining several injuries, being driven to the hospital, ending the concert.
The rest remained unkwown, as several news reports disappeared quickly, thus bringing the downfall of the rising legendary duo, HARUKA×HARUNA.
(UPDATED) It has appeared that the former HARUKAxHARUNA member, Haruka, has redebuted into the popular Japanese girl group, Morning Musume.
After the girls had finished reading it a few times. The silence remained.
"S-SoHyeon is this...is this..t-true.." Ahreum asked quietly. No one said anything, until SoHyeon went on the ground on her knees, burying most of her face in her hands.
Tears had quickly fallen from her eyes, causing her eyesight to be a bit blurry from all the tears, and soon the sniffling evolved to full out crying and wailing, as she threw her phone at the wall. Most words couldn't be heard, while the girls all hugged her for support.
"SoHyeon, it's okay, it's all over..you're with us..!"
"W-WHY..H-HOW DID THEY EVEN...RIGHT B-BEFORE THE S-SHOWCASE.."
Now everyone will call me Haruna...or even worse.."Himeka-chan"
SoHyeon continued crying loudly for a few hours, still being hugged and shushed by the other girls.
Then, she was let go, and they all stood by her, just in case. She went up to get a drink of water to swallow back any of her last tears.
Ahreum slowly went to turn off her laptop, then crawled over to where SoHyeon's phone fell.
She heard frantic "hello?!"'s and "SoHyeon!!!"'s over the other end, before she could look at the screen and looked at her groupmates.
"Who is it?" JiHae mouthed to Ahreum.
Ahreum gulped and said.
"I-it's Changmin..a-and I think he heard everything."
Suddenly, SoHyeon let the glass fall out of her hands and onto the floor, all shattered.
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