DECEMBER 13th, 2010

"Drink your tea."

"Ah, yes," Kyojin gently picked up the large tea cup, facing away to take a sip.

"Drink comfortably," Hyunbin asserted, his long legs crossed.

Kyojin nervously bit her lip, placing the cup back on its plate. "I think if you told me the reason you wanted to see me, I would be able to drink it comfortably."

"It's nothing much," the fake CEO responded, looking bored. "How does dinner sound?"

"Excuse me?"

"Let's eat dinner."

"With me?" Kyojin pointed at her chest, confusion showing on her face.

"You're saying we can't?"

"Well... we can," Kyojin slowly spoke, careful.

"I have one condition," Hyunbin said. "To bring your closest, your very closest, best friend."

"And to wear something really pretty?" the idol bashfully asked.

"Of course."

"And... CUT! Great work," the director assured.

Kyojin bowed to everyone as she walked off the set, making a beeline for her manager.

"Hey, the company is asking a question about you," Sihyun handed his cell phone over to the idol.

She gave him a weird look, slowly taking the phone.

"Just a simple 'yes' or 'no'," her manager smiled, gesturing for her to answer the text.

How informal, she thought as she read the small text on the screen.

Do you genuinely like acting?

What kind of question was that? Kyojin sent her response within seconds of reading the contents, handing the phone back to its rightful owner.

"Your facial expressions are beautiful~"

The actress jumped in surprise, eyes widening before softening when she saw her three smiling members. "What are you doing here?"

"What? No hug?" Sara fake pouted, holding her long arms out. "We came all the way here to see you!"

Kyojin's lips pulled up into a smile, accepting a hug from each of her members.

"Your Korean is amazing," Ana smiled.

"The lines are really helping me learn," she grinned.

"How are you feeling?" Ellie softly asked, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Tired, I feel like if a breeze hits me I'm going to topple over."

Without a word Sara started riffling through her purse, pulling out a tiny bottle and pushing it into Kyojin's hand. When she looked down at it she shook her head. "I'm not taking Five Hour Energy, do you know how bad this is?"

The rapper shrugged. "It's that or you stay tired."

"And she crashes in five hours?" Ellie's eyes narrowed towards the energy drink, snatching it from the younger girls hand before anyone could ingest it. "We're not even actively promoting, we're only going on music shows, she can get enough rest in between shows and acting."

"You forgot practicing," Kyojin pointed out, her eyes