]❝18 Dream Eighteen 
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                                   April 2013

 Around two hours later, the girls finally landed in Beijing and after getting their luggage, they made their way to the exit. 

However as soon as they walked out, they were surprised when they were greeted by a group of people. Immediately screaming when they were spotted, the fans started waving boards with their names on it. 

"Woah, that's my name!" Yukari exclaimed as she waved excitedly at a group of girls. Hyun Jae suppressed the need to roll her eyes when she saw a camera taking pictures of them. 

"Congratulations, you can read." she commented in a low voice for only the members could hear as she tried to smile at the fans though it came out a bit awkward. The fans didn't seem to mind because they cheered more at this. 

"Nova, your dancing is daebak!" A group of boys yelled out and at this, Minah smiled widely before doing a little dance move that made them go crazy. 

"U-uh, thank you." Seulki stammered out when a boy pushed through the crowd and shoved a heavily decorated box into her hands. 

"Ky, we love you!" a group yelled in English and Kairi promptly blushed as she nodded her head at them. 

"Sky, you're so pretty." Someone also said in English with starry eyes and the blush that appeared on Song Yi's face could put a rose to shame. 

Thankfully before things got out of hand, security came over and managed to the girls out safety. When they were finally on their way to the hotel in a van,  Seungho let out a sigh. 

"The company did say you were all more popular internationally, but I didn't expect that." 

"Woah, all these goodies! I think I'm in heaven~." Yukari said as she had a paper bag on her lap before she hugged them. Hyun Jae reached over and saved some packaged bread at the top. 

"Hmm, never seen these before." she commented as she twisted it in her hand to look at it in different directions. 

"These are so cool!" Minah said as she looked at the board that had her name on it that was written in what looked like gold glitter glue with a background of a bunch of different color stars. 

"Really? I never knew that." Song Yi seemed to the only one who was paying attention to what Seungho had said. 

"Yeah, I guess it's the popularity of K-pop worldwide." Sumi commented before she looked through the box Seulki had gotten before with Kairi. 

"Woah, a mini Seulki doll. How cute." Kairi commented as she played with the doll in her hand and poked Seulki on the cheek who let out a small giggle. 

"Ah, before I forget,  I wanted to give you guys you're room assignments. It's two per room, got it?" This grabbed at the girl's attention and they looked at their male manager. 

"I don't want to room with Yukari." Hyun Jae stated and Yukari pouted at this. 

"Aww, but Hyun Jae~. We could have so much fun." Hyun Jae gave her a pointed glare and before she could say anything else, Sumi started talking. 

"You're in luck cause you're rooming with Kairi." There was a long silence in the car as the girls looked between Kairi and Hyun Jae. Even though they got along better now, the two of them weren't fond of talking with each other for long periods of time especially since Hyun Jae had no problem asserting herself when needed. 

"Is that really a good idea..." Minah asked, nervously before Sumi gave her a confused look. 

"Why would that be a bad idea?" 

"It's fine. Whatever." Hyun Jae said and Sumi shrugged her shoulders at this. 

"For the rest of you, Yukari and Seulki are going to room together which leaves Song Yi and Minah." 

"YAY! SEULKI, WE'RE GOING TO ROOM TOGETHER!" Yukari yelled before she reached forward and hugged Seulki in the seat in front of her. 

"Is that really a good idea? What if Yukari corrupts her." Kairi pointed out and Yukari pouted. 

"But, I'm clean! Right, Minah?!" 

"She did shower before we left." Minah pointed out and Kairi just gave the two an exasperated look. 

"You know what I mean." 

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After putting their things in their respective rooms when they arrived, the girls met at the lobby of the hotel where both Sumi and Seungho were waiting for them. 

"Hurry, we need to go the stadium! You guys are needed for rehearsals." At this, Minah and Yukari let out 'awws' at the same time. 

"We weren't going to go explore the city?" Minah asked. 

"Sorry, we don't have time to explore. After seeing that crowd at the airport, we figured it was a better idea for you girls just came and went as quietly as we could. After rehearsals, we're going to stay at the stadium until show time before coming straight back to the hotel. Our flight back to Korea is tomorrow in the morning, so you all need to rest up." Seungho announced before he gestured everyone to follow after him. 

Trailing back, Minah and Yukari walked next to Kairi who eyed them suspiciously. 

"Pst, Unnie. I say we sneak out when they're both sleeping." Yukari started before Minah spoke up in her agreement. 

"We can't just come to a new place and not explore. Please?"

"Guys, no. We can't get in trouble." Kairi hissed at them before Hyun Jae scoffed as she walked by. 

"Like you have the guts to." Kairi sent a glare at Hyun Jae before it morphed into a pleasant smile when Sumi turned back to see everyone was still behind her and Seungho before the male manager once again dragged her into a conversation. 

"You know what, I change my mind. We're going." 

Song Yi hearing this, seemed surprised. "Are you sure, Unnie?" 

"Will we be okay?" Seulki asked, worry lacing her features as Kairi gave her a reassuring smile. 

"Don't worry. I won't let anything bad happen under my watch." 

"Yes!" Both Minah and Yukari stated at the same time before high-fiving each other, looking all sorts of excited as Hyun Jae tuned them out as she reached for her her Ipod in her pocket. 

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✉(A/N).

The girls decided to sneak out, though I don't blame them especially if I was in a new city and wasn't going to be able to do anything in it. That would a total bummer. 

Just did some light planning for the chapters right after chapter twenty. The girls will have one more comeback as a whole in Korea, though I'm wondering if it would be better to do it before their sub-units or after. If you have a preference for which, I would love to hear it. 

Excuse the short chapter. I figured it would be better to put everyhing about them exploring in the next chapter, hence why it's so short. 
 

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