8 years. It has been 8 long years since they’ve debuted, but it’s actually been 10 years since they’ve been together. Those two years of endless training, continuous rehearsals, tormenting lectures from managers, and difficult dancing, added to 8 years of hard work in the industry, makes an entire decade of bonding. Five men, then boys, first met in a small room, each hoping to fulfill their own dreams. One wanted to be a guitarist, two others wanted to be singers, another wanted to be an actor, and the last wanted to be the perfect role model for his little brother. None of them expected to be put in a group together, a group of idol singers, a group of five trying to reach stardom in the showbiz industry. It was that first meeting, however, that the lives of these five talented beings became fated to intertwine. It was as if everything was written in stone for them, that it was meant for them to be with each other forever. Each one of them had his own outstanding talents. All could sing and carry a tune but each had their unique skills. One carried a beat, played the guitar, and excelled in dancing like no other. Another had the most angelic voice anyone could ever imagine, hitting all the high notes effortlessly. The third had the kindest smile and carried a crescendo without hitching a breath. The fourth had the deepest, richest baritone anyone had ever heard. And the last, but not least, shined with the best projection and the cutest demeanor no one else can compare. Every single one of these boys, at the mere age of 19 and 20, had immense talent on their own, but together, they created the most harmonious sound that even the heavenly angels couldn’t compare. When they sang together, they sounded like one voice. It was as if they were meant to be in a group, and never to be separated. It was as if they completed each other, filling the void that each of them had to make them whole. Perhaps it was destiny, perhaps it was by mere chance. Either way, these five boys shined brightest when they are together. Either way, this group of five individuals—who had originally come together to fulfill a dream, to work towards a goal—had become a family, brothers who cannot live without each other. They are 5 forever as 1 and one missing is NEVER okay. A decade of bonding, a decade of brotherhood and friendship that can never be broken. Nothing will break their bond, not even the approaching end of a contract, not even that fateful day when everything seem to come to an abrupt end.