Yongsun closed the practice room door shut and locked it, ignoring the banging and knocking from the other side. She tried her best to hold her tears in, refusing to show any weakness in front of her fellow trainee friends even though she knew they could see right through her. 

“Unnie... You don’t need to do this. Nobody said you needed to choose. You can have both.” Wheein, a trainee friend of Yongsun, rubbed soothing circles on her back. 

“Yes I do.” Yongsun sat next to Hyejin, another close trainee friend of hers. Through training together for two years now, these three forged a tight friendship as they went through thick and thin. 

“No you don’t.” Hyejin chimed in, turning her body towards Yongsun. 

“Stop it!” Wheein whispered as she stretched her arm behind Yongsun, trying to slap Hyejin on her shoulder.

“I’m debuting soon and she’ll only suffer with me. Do you know how long I need to take to breakeven and start earning money? And what if I don’t become famous? I’ll be in so many debts. I can’t put Byulyi through this, I can’t be selfish.” Those tears that Yongsun held in earlier started streaming down her cheeks.

Wheein wiped her tears with her thumb, holdi