It’s 6 a.m. in the morning when her phone dinged. The owner of the phone rubbed her eyes weakly before searching for her phone. Once she found it, she unlocked the device and saw onne text message coming from her mother.

From: Eomma

Minjoo-ya, I’m sorry to wake you up early in the morning. I’m pretty sure you’re very tired by now but I really think that you should know about this. I opened up the internet before and there’s an article about your leader. I was very curious so I opened it and it broke my heart so bad, Minjoo. You listen to me and take a good care of her, okay? I’m very worried of her, please stay by her side. Here’s the link of the article.

The young girl clicked the link her mom sent her. She waited patiently till she finally saw the title of the article. ‘Netizens Claim IZ*ONE’s Leader Did Plastic Surgery In The Past’. Minjoo couldn’t help but to widened her eyes in shock. She then sighed in disappointment. No wonder her mom was so worried that she texted her very early in the morning.

To: Eomma

Don’t worry, eomma. I’ll try my best to take care of her. We would stay and be by her side.

She sent the message to her mother and let out a heavy sigh. Reluctantly, she got up from her bed and did some stretching before going to the bathroom to cleaned herself. After she had freshened up, Minjoo walked out to the kitchen to fix some breakfast for herself when she saw Eunbi stood up in front of the fridge.

The younger girl walked to her favorite eonnieand back-hugged her. “Good morning, eonnie!” Said the girl as she rested her face in the crook of her neck. She could feel Eunbi slightly jumped and that made her giggled. “Did I scare you?”

Eunbi sighed and shook her head. “You shouldn’t do that again or I could be dead from a heart-attack! Good morning to you too, by the way.” The leader of Iz*one pulled away from the hug and turned herself to face her dongsaeng with a motherly smile plastered on her face before pulling her back into another hug.

This instantly brought a happy smile to Minjoo. “I’m sorry, eonnie. How was your sleep, hm? Did you sleep well?” Minjoo looked down to face Eunbi after they weren’t hugging anymore. Her fingers went to help Eunbi to tidied up her hair. “Yeah, I did. I hope you did as well~”

Minjoo wasn’t stupid. She noticed the black eye-bags and the tired eyes and Minjoo was very worried. But she didn’t want to bring the topic up for she knew that her Eunbi eonnie would open up to her when she was ready to.

‘She must had read those articles… Now what should I do to lighten up her mood?’ Minjoo thought to herself. She thought for a while before smiling widely. She knew that her idea might not lifted up the other’s mood but at least she wanted her to know that she would be by her side no matter what.

The taller girl walked closer to her small eonnie and hugged the woman tightly. “Eunbi eonnie, I know you’re still sleepy, why don’t we go back to bed? I need someone to cuddle me to go back to sleep.”

Her member sudden request made Eunbi chuckled. “Just say that you want me to cuddle you because you’re sleepy!” And with that, the both of them went back to Eunbi’s bed where Minjoo wrapped her arms around Eunbi and made sure to keep her safe and sound.

In the afternoon, all the members of Iz*one were gathering in the room 203. The room where Leader Eunbi, Minjoo, Hyewon, Yena, Chaewon, and Yujin lived. Everyone was having a great time together, especially after Eunbi finished cooking their food.