The members of Weki Meki were sitting in an unused conference room, signing CD booklets. They'd been at it for an hour already, and the stacks of booklets left to go didn't seem to be getting any smaller. Elly stopped signing for a moment to rub her hand where it was starting to cramp up. A lull fell over the conversation and Elly decided it was time to start laying the groundwork for tonight's dinner. She put a thoughtful, somewhat confused expression on her face, and asked "So. . . kind of related to the 'what's your ideal type?' question that interviewers always ask us, what do you think of the half your age plus seven rule?"   "The what?" Lucy asked. Looking around for support, she added "Am I the only one who doesn't know what she's talking about?"   "Apparently so!" Doyeon said with a laugh.   Suyeon volunteered to explain the rule to Lucy, "The rule is that the youngest person you're allowed to date is someone half your age plus seven."   Lucy still looked confused - math had never been her strong suit. "I don't get it."   Suyeon pressed bravely on. "Suppose you were thirty. Half of thirty is fifteen, plus seven is twenty-two. So if you're 30 years old, the youngest person you should be dating is someone who's 22."   "So. . ." Lucy paused for a second, mentally scrolling through her mental stores of K-drama trivia, "sort of like Yoo Seung Ho and Park Min Young in Remember?"   Rina scowled at her. "Why did you have to bring up that show as your example? I still get sad thinking about the ending of it!"   Elly saw a chance to steer things in her favor. "What about Ji Sung and Lee Hyeri in Entertainer? I thought they made a cute couple!" And as if happened, they had an almost exactly the same as hers with her boyfriend.   "But he was so old!" Rina exclaimed.   "Well, he was," Doyeon said, looking slyly at Elly, "but he was handsome, and kind, and seemed to really care for her."   Yoojung looked up from the booklet she was signing. "He could manage my career any day!" she said with a laugh. She and Doyeon exchanged high-fives over this.   Except for Rina - whose resistance was perhaps to be expected, given her age - the group seemed to be in agreement that Ji Sung and Lee Hyeri made a good couple. The conversation then veered off into other drama couples, and whose relationship worked and who they just could never believe they'd be together. Elly knew she couldn't get the conversation back to s without seeming suspicious, but she hoped that she'd planted some ideas. At the very least, from the looks Doyeon was giving her, she knew that at least one of her members was figuring things out.   ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^   When they got to Lee's American, the hostess recognized Elly right away and led the group to the upstairs private dining room. Elly went in first, and was pleased to see that he was already there. She quickly crossed the room to him and exchanged a quick hug before turning back to face her members. "Everyone," she said, her heart in , "I'd like you to meet--"   At this point Lucy had just entered the room and was unable to stop herself from bursting out. "K.Will-oppa?" Sidestepping her other members, she moved to the front of the group and stood in front of him. "It's an honor to meet you!" she exclaimed, bowing deeply. She turned to Elly: "Are we going to sing a duet with K.Will-oppa?" She turned back to K.Will: "Are you going to write a song for us?"   Finally Doyeon and Suyeon were able to grab Lucy by the arms and pull her back into the group. "Just let Elly-unnie talk," Sei whispered in her ear.   Elly laughed - Lucy's impetuousness had certainly broken the ice. "As Lucy has correctly identified, this is K.Will. I dont know if we're ever going to sing a duet for him or have him write a song for us - that's between our agency and his. No, I brought K.Will here to meet all of you because he's--"   "He's your boyrfriend!" Lucy burst out, earning an elbow in the ribs from Doyeon.   "Yes, Lucy," Elly said with a laugh. "He's my boyfriend."   Elly began introducing K.Will to all her members, starting with Suyeon. By the time she got to Lucy, apparently Doyeon had been saying something to her, because Lucy bowed and said "I'm sorry, Elly-unnie. I hope I didn't spoil your surprise."   Before Elly had a chance to respond, K.Will said "I think Elly will agree with me that your excitement only made the day better. I'm very happy to finally meet you." He turned slightly, to include all the members in his gaze. "To finally meet all of you. Elly's told me so much about you."   Just then the waitress came in with a stack of menus. She looked to K.Will to see where to seat