“CHO HEE!” Cora screamed, throwing her towel on the ground. She’d just gotten out of the shower and found that the plumbing had broken somehow, and the heater wasn’t working so she could only get cold water. Cho Hee had stopped by to give MinHee the notebook she’d left at the studio, and was now being attacked. “I don’t think you understand just how much this is not working! I know that boarding houses are the thing, but I can’t stand this any longer. I need my own space.”

Cho Hee sighed and crossed her arms over her chest. “Cora, I already told you I would get to work on it. I talked to my supervisors and the living advisors, and they’ve been working on it.” Cora opened to start shouting again, and Cho Hee gave her a poisonous look. “Before you start getting frantic, they have guaranteed that they can give more rooms, but we don’t know which rooms, and when you’ll get them. This time, there will be two people to a room. Two of you will be staying in this room and by the end of the week I should be updated with more information.”

Cora frowned and fell onto the floor dramatically. “I can’t survive in this hell hole.” She whined.

MinHee frowned. “Excuse her.”

“I typically do.” Cho Hee sighed. “Anyways, you ladies need to get down to the van. The practice isn’t going to start by itself.” The girls were supposed to be on their way to practice their performance for one of the upcoming award shows, which would take place the day after they debuted in early September.

Cora groaned and picked herself up. “We’ve got beef Cho Hee. You hear me? Beef!”

Cho Hee sighed. “I doubt it, since you don’t even have enough money to buy yourself ramen.” Cora frowned and Cho Hee grinned. “Let’s get going.”

MinHee was less than ecstatic when she woke up early Saturday morning to Cho Hee ringing the doorbell. She was even less ecstatic when no one else got up to answer the door. She dragged herself out of bed, still aching from a long days worth of dance practice, running around tying up loose ends, and meeting Jackson for dinner, which took a lot of rearranging.

She trudged towards the door, rubbing her eyes as she went. She pulled open the door and Cho Hee shoved something into her hands before pushing past her. “Get up girls! Get up get up get up!” She sang, marching towards the bedroom.

“What is this?” MinHee called after her, opening her hand to find a key. “Oh,” She said lightly, a little surprised. She had managed to get the rooms fast.

“Cora!” She sang, walking towards Maria and Cora’s bunk.

MinHee gasped and shot forward. “Cho Hee wait!”