April 13th, 2018. 11:20 AM.

In an arcade somewhere in Seoul, there were two girls. Minatozaki Sana, and Hirai Momo. For the past hour, Momo has been trying to master this game she saw, but, as expected, she failed every time at level ten.

“Do you wanna give it up now?” Sana asked, a little bit annoyed by how long she's been waiting.

“Uhh...” Momo just stared at the screen as it started to countdown. “I guess....”

“That was.. surprisingly easy.” The younger girl replied.

“I've got to open the studio, and I need a class to teach.” The older girl stated. “So...”

Momo is a well-known dancer around South Korea. She owns a dance studio in which she gives dancing lessons for free, and she records dance covers. The dancer would occasionally have people come in for private dancing lessons, in which she gladly does it. They would always pay her, without her even asking for it. Momo would usually get recognized when she would go around.

Before, people would crowd Momo and ask for an autograph, take pictures, etc. But after Momo released a statement asking for some space when she would go out in public, she would only be approached by small groups of people, usually more shy fans. Regardless, Momo would always treat them with respect and kindness.

“A class to teach at 11 am?” Sana asked.

“Well... at 2 PM.” Momo replied.

“Why are we heading to your studio so early, then?”

“I want to record a couple of covers.”

“Oh, I see then.”

Minatozaki started walking towards the front of the arcade, Momo just trailing behind her. As they exited the arcade, Sana could just see somebody in the crowd of the sidewalk.

“Hey, how about you head over to your studio right now? I'll meet up with you.” Sana said.

“Huh? Oh, sure... See you in a bit, Sana!” Momo waved bye as she left the girl by herself. With that, the younger girl made her way towards the person she saw, finally catching up to them. She tapped them on the shoulder.

“Hey!” Sana said to a girl. The girl turned around to face her. “Oh! Hey there!”

This is Kang Seulgi, one of Sana's close friends. Seulgi is... definitely an interesting personality, but Sana likes that about her.

“That is so weird!” Seulgi said. “I actually was about to go find you!”

“Oh really?” Sana asked.

“Yeah.” The Korean girl replied. “Can we find somewhere to sit? It's noisy out here..”

“Sure.”

Sana brought Seulgi back into the arcade, and the two girls sat on the bench against the wall. Seulgi made sure nobody else was listening in, then she looked at Sana.

“Soo.... you know how I've been trying to get into some entertainment companies?” Seulgi asked.

“JYP... YG... SM..” Sana listed off.

“Yes!” Seulgi replied. “Welllll... I got some news!”

“Oh?”

“I got accepted into SM!”

Sana just pulled Seulgi into a hug. “I'm so happy for you!” The older girl hugged her back. “Thank you!”

After some time, they pulled away from the hug.

“I'm going to sound like a spoiled brat, but I wish they had accepted me earlier.” Seulgi pouted.

“You mean way back?” Minatozaki asked.

“Yup!”

The Japanese girl took a few seconds to collect her thoughts, then she spoke up. “Who knows? Maybe you could have debuted with Red Velvet. You would have fit in well with them.”

The Korean girl just raised an eyebrow. “I don't see it. I think I'd be better off solo, anyway.”

“We'll see.” Minatozaki smiled. Her phone vibrated. “Ah! Totally forgot! I have to go meet up with Momo!”

“Well, hurry along then,” Seulgi smirked. “Go meet with your girlfriend.”

“Oh, shut up!” Sana growled, getting up. “She’s not my girlfriend! A-Anyways... what are you going to do?”

“Um... go home?” The Korean girl replied. “I don't start training for a couple of days from now.”

“Ah, okay.. see you!” The Japanese girl waved bye, before leaving.

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11:42 AM.

Eventually, Sana made her to Momo's studio and got to the second-floor dance room. In there, Momo had already finished covering one song.

“Oh hey.” Momo greeted, putting her hands to her hips. “I was wondering when you were going to show up.”

“I was talking to Seulgi.” Sana informed.

“I know that.” The dance teacher replied.

The younger girl stood there for a couple of moments of silence, then she looked around the room.

“What songs are you covering, actually?” Minatozaki asked.

“Just some songs from last year, since I didn't get to cover them before.” Momo replied.

“Oh.”

Sana sat on the couch, while Momo started up a song.

“Feel free to watch.” Momo smiled.

“A-Ah... yeah.”

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11:59 AM.

For the past couple of minutes, Momo had been sitting next to Sana, taking her break. The younger Japanese girl was just using her phone, while Momo continued to study some more choreographies in her head.

“Hey,” Sana said, looking up.

“Mmhmm?”

“Soo... do you want to watch a movie tomorrow?”

“Yeah, sure. What kind?”

“Horror.”

“W-Waaaahhh! Why HORROR!?” The dance teacher pouted childishly.

“Because I'm getting bored of watching comedies.” Minatozaki remarked.

“A-At least I can watch those!”

“If you watch the movie with me, then I'll buy you as much food as you want.”

The older girl immediately fixed herself to be looking right into Sana's eyes. “Really?”

“Yup.” The younger girl replied.

“You're not joking?”

“Not joking. As much as you want, the possibilities are endless.”

“Mmm...” Momo stood up. “Fine. You win this time, Minatozaki.”

“That's the spirit.” Sana smiled.

Sana's phone buzzed, and she looked at it.

“O-Oh..” The younger girl coughed. “Hey, um, I'm going to go out for a bit, is that okay?”

“Uh, yeah, sure...” The dance teacher replied. “My break is done anyways, so... I'm going to record now, but uh... you might have to stay out for a couple of minutes.”

“Okay,” Minatozaki said. “I'll be back.”

Sana left the room and proceeded to call the number that had previously texted her.

“So, what's going on?” Sana asked the caller.

“Eh? I didn't think you would call me..”

“Your text sounded pretty serious, sorry if I got worried.” The Japanese girl replied. “Now, Jihyo, tell me, what's up?”

“Oh.. well..” Jihyo sighed. “I was thinking about Dahyun, and how she's been living with Chaeyoung..”

“Are you getting jealous?” Minatozaki asked in a teasing fashion.

“What? Why would I get jealous?” The Korean girl was completely oblivious to Sana's teasing. “No, it's just... My sisters are going to move out next month.. and, um, I'm going to be lonely.”

“So, you want your beloved Dubu to live with you?”

“I-I mean... is that so wrong? After all, I am her unnie. And we're childhood friends, too. We've slept in the same bed before.” The JYP trainee said. “Besides, Dahyun's turning 20 next month too, so... I kinda want to help her out there too.”

“Go for it. You know Dahyun the best out of any of us.”

“Yeah, you're right... Thank you, Sana.”

Jihyo hung up. Sana stared at her phone.

...Geez. Sana thought to herself.

Sana would occasionally think about Jihyo, but not in a romantic sort of way. Or... at least she hopes it isn't romantic. Minatozaki would catch herself thinking about Jihyo in a certain way, and paying attention to her laugh, or her moles, or-

A-Anyways... Sana respected Jihyo and really appreciated her caring and motherly nature.

“...?” Minatozaki looked at her phone again, a new text appearing. “Oh.”

“Heya, Sana!” The text read. It was from Seulgi. “I have some news for you! A new arcade-minigolf-whatever place just opened, and I was wondering if you wanted to go out tonight?”

“Sure. I'll bring Momo.” Sana texted back.

She put her phone in her pocket and peeked a bit into the dance room.

“Hey!” Momo said. “Come in already!”

“Oh, sure.” Sana replied, entering the room.

“I decided not to record, because I was thinking you weren't going to take that long.” The dance teacher replied.

The younger girl pulled out her phone. “Seulgi texted me. Some new place is opening, and she wanted to go check it out.”

“Is it that minigolf-arcade place? I can't seem to remember the name...” The older girl trailed off.

Sana looked up at her. “You wanna go?”

“Yeah, sure. Just let me do my business first, and then we can go.” Momo replied.

“Well, it's later tonight, though.”

“Oh, okay.”

Momo proceeded to start a song up again, so Sana sat on the couch and just watched her dance.