The phone pinged several times under Mina's pillow while she was asleep. Although her initial plan was to ignore it and go back into her deep slumber, she unlocked it to make sure it wasn't an emergency.

Immediately, she realized it wasn't.

Sana – 08:02

good morning girls 💞

i just sent the letter

Momo – 08:08

It's too early what are u doing 🔫

Spam the penguin until she wakes up

If I'm up so is she

Sana – 08:09

oki

mina

mina

minq

mina*

mina

Momo – 08:09

SHES ONLINE

Sana – 08:09

OMG HI LOVE 🥺

HOW WAS YOUR SLEPE

sleep

Mina – 08:09

Why

Momo – 08:10

We missed u :(

What did you write in your letter to artsy girl

Mina – 08:10

As if

Told her I'm looking forward to meeting her and that type of stuff

Wbu

Sana – 08:12

i told her i like makeup and dancing

Momo – 08:12

I said I like cooking and dancing

Sana – 08:12

fan behavior

Mina – 08:13

PLEASE HAHAHA

I feel like my letter was boring now

I hope she isn't disappointed

Momo – 08:13

It'll b ok, besides we r meeting em soon so dw

That morning, Mina stayed in bed longer than usual, contemplating how her life would change upon her arrival in Korea.

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The man knocked on the door several times, only opening once Chaeyoung said he could. “Chaeyoung, clean your room. Please. The girl is coming today.”

“Mina. Her name is Mina.” Chaeyoung kept herself busy by drawing eyes to avoid thinking about her new guest's arrival. “I'll clean it later, I promise. Please go to work.”

After procrastinating for an hour, she finally organized her room. It actually took a lot more time than she expected because she had to empty a lot of things so Mina's belongings could fit somewhere. Chaeyoung divided the space into two, and even measured it to make sure it was as even as possible.

Her room that was relatively large, at least when compared to her brother's, with a big window that overlooked the garden. Pushing her double bed to the left side of the room, Chaeyoung left a bed with clean sheets and a few necessities on top ready for Mina's arrival; she was excited and nervous at the same time, a strange feeling she had never experienced before.

She was about to put on the shower so she would look more presentable once Mina arrived, when her phone suddenly rang. “Dahyun, don't you have stuff to do?”

“I need you to come over. I still haven't put the bed together.” Dahyun's voice was breathy and wobbly, she sounded desperate. “Please.”

“You have to be ing kidding me!” Chaeyoung screamed. Of course she would help her friend, but that didn’t mean she had to be nice about it. After not receiving any type of reply that proved it was a joke, she huffed and replied. “I'll be there in ten.”

She took her bike and rushed to Dahyun's place. Once she arrived she looked at the time, she had 30 minutes to get everything done if she wanted to be able to shower before Mina arrived. Allowing herself in because the door was already opened, she screamed so her friend could hear her wherever she was. “Dahyun, the IKEA team is here, where should we start?”

Coming out of the hall with a dirty rag in her hands, Dahyun dropped it somewhere. “I need you to help me carry these,” she pointed at a few boxes that were next to the stairs, “they're heavy.”

“I'm going to need monetary compensation in return.”

“I'll pay, with love.” She grinned, “Besides, you still owe me for that time you pushed an old phone's antenna up my nostril!”

Chaeyoung couldn't keep her act up any longer, it was too amusing. “I told you it was an accident!” She affectionately punched Dahyun's arm. “Come on, we got work to do.”

Several cuts and arguments over who was right later, the bed was finished. According to Dahyun, she got so caught up in deciding which duvet to buy Momo that she completely lost track of time. Also, she did not realize how heavy the boxes were until she got home since an employee carried them to her car.

It was all going according to plan, or so she thought. Chaeyoung's heart sank when the doorbell rang; the duo was drenched in sweat, definitely not ready to meet someone. 'If she's here, that means Mina is at home with mom by herself.'  Dahyun was cursed out of the room by Chaeyoung, giving her some time to pick up the tools on the