chapter one: ten years after

posted on; december 5th

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OH HEY TEN YEARS AGO, AND THE DAYS UNTIL I MEET YOU HEY TEN YEARS AFTER, AND THE DAYS WE GONNA WALK FROM NOW ON...

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Ten years have past since Donghae and Dara had last seen each other. But that didn't exactly stop them from achieving their dreams nor did it stop them from thinking about each other from time to time.

Donghae was now a successful dancer, being one of the most popular choreographers in Seoul, making him possibly one of the most wanted bachelors out there. However, he lived with his best friend so people always wondered whether or not he was gay. But that never stopped the girls from trying to give him their number only to get no call. It wasn't that he was being heartless. He just didn't see any of them that way. He wasn't even sure whether or not they were actually going to be friends with him or if they were using him. That was something that he never exactly understood about reaching his dream. Once he had achieved his goal, was that it? Was he already done? Was he going to have eternal happiness?

That may be true for some but to him, although he was now at the career path that he had chosen, he wasn't exactly happy. It seemed a bit surreal to him. It seemed as if he was missing something.

He walked into his room and opened his drawer, looking at an old polaroid from 2004. He sighed as he smiled at the faces in it. "It's been ten years.. I hope you're doing well..." he whispered.

The front door had unlocked indicating that Hyukjae had just came home. Either that or there was a burgler in the home. But the latter was least likely. "Hey Donghae... there's someone I want you to meet," he called out, smirking at the visitor that he bought.

"Is it another girl?" Donghae asked, hoping that it wasn't. He was tired of seeing Hyukjae bring girls home for him to meet. Although he knew it was never in the way of trying to hook them up with him. Hyukjae knew very well that Donghae wouldn't even look at them that way.

"Yes it is... now come and meet her..." he yelled out.

Donghae groaned as he walked out of the bedroom and his jaw automatically dropped. "Luna!" he yelled, happily.

The girl smiled at him. "Hae oppa!" She ran to him and hugged him tightly. Overall they haven't seen each other for about a year due to her being away at school and focusing on her studies. "How have you been? I see that you finally got to be a choreographer now rather than just a well known dancer."

He grinned and nodded. "Yeah... how have you been though? Still working on trying to get into the company of your choice?" He overall wanted to ask her about Dara but he refrained himself from doing so.

"Yeah. I didn't even known it would be this hard to accomplish." She sighed dramatically. "Now I know the big dreams take longer just like yours and Dara unnie's." She blinked and covered , not realizing what she had just triggered.

Dara... Dara... Dara...

Her name kept echoing in his ears as he heard her name. But at the same time a sheepish smile formed on his lips. Memories started to flood back as he remembered his first love. He hadn't moved on from her because he saved himself for the day that he could tell her how he felt. He could finish what he was trying to say at that station.

"Let's get something to eat, neh? I'm so hungry I could eat a horse," Luna said.

The two boys smiled and nodded as they agreed to get food. "Good. Hyukjae's paying this time," Donghae said before his best friend could even have a chance to say anything.

"What? Why me? Ugh! Fine!" the older male groaned as he put his shoes on. "Since we never go out what do you guys feel like eating."

Donghae looked at Luna, letting her decide on the food to order.

Luna grinned and exclaimed, "Kyochon!" The thought of the chicken made her smile. She would have said that she wanted bulgogi but she knew if she went out with Donghae and Hyukjae, people would frown upon her. As well as it wouldn't exactly look good on Donghae's part since he only really came out to go to the dance studio and when he went home to Mokpo to visit his mother and brother.

Hyukjae nodded as he went out, wondering whether or not Donghae will be okay there with Luna. Of course, there was never a problem. But Donghae did have a slight habit of trying to ask Luna if she had gotten in touch with Dara and such.

~*~

The sun slowly set as the three friends took finished their food and took out the Entertech MicSing and first up was Luna. She held the microphone tightly and smiled at the two older boys before the song came on, which turned out to be the song "My Bestfriend."

As the boys watched her sing, they couldn't help but notice how much she has improved while being away at school. "Is this really the same thing my umma and hyung thought when they sent me away for all those years?" Donghae thought as he closed his eyes, listening to the song. He couldn't help but wonder.

The song ended and Luna looked at Donghae and Hyukjae. "I invited someone here as well if that's okay."

Their eyes widened as they looked at Luna, wondering who she could have invited. "Yah... you better not have invited your boyfriend!" Hyukjae yelled, not wanting any other guy in their apartment. But they couldn't help but wonder even though they were hoping it wasn't a guy. Luna was like a little sister or daughter to them. She was just someone that they had to watch over.

Luna laughed. "Ani... ani... it isn't anything like that..."

~*~

A long sigh escaped past the lips of a young woman... well not that young anymore since she was already near her thirties. But her facial features and body made her look a lot younger than her real age. "I wonder what they're going to say..." she muttered as someone gave her a water bottle.

"Sandara... we just have one more scene that you have to film and then you're free to go home," the director said to her.

Dara looked up and nodded, getting off her seat. She actually went by her full name now without her last name. Mostly due to her name being rather long. But she allowed people who were close to her to call her Dara.

She looked at the guy who she was acting with whose name was Park Chanyeol. She smiled at him and looked at the director, wondering what scene they were supposed to do.

"This is where you have to kiss his cheek and tell him that you can no longer be with him due to loving someone else," the director said.

Her eyes widened in a way that it was partially true. Although f