2 years earlier.

Yonghwa didn't usually like to go the company parties, the thought of mixing business with pleasure seemed to him

very strange and was not something he liked to try. Honestly, he just couldn't be his relaxed self when the people

whom he was going to see at work the next day were watching. Every single drink, laughter and glance towards

someone could be observed and then used against him. You might even call him paranoid, but being a celebrity for

several years had made the idol cautious in every aspect of his life, he had learnt so the hard way. Despite all of

that he was holding a drink in his hand, in the midst of his co-workers and band members, making small talk with

some and nodding a hi to others and most notably his attention was drawn to a new face in the crowd, and he was,

for the first time in long staring, speechlessly, at the young woman who was showing a bright smile to Aoa's

manager.

 

「 Yonghwa would never forget this moment, her slender figure, wrapped in a flattering cream one-piece, her long hair resting on her back, its waves almost matching the curve of her back, the smile, oh the smile which would stay with him forever, it was all like an imprinted image at the back of his mind, staying there permanently, no matter how much he tried to erase it, no matter how many bottles of soju he would pour down his cold body at a monday night, only so he could get some sleep. 」

 

Present.

Yonghwa almost held his breath as he heard the first tone of his song play, although he had been playing it,

hearing it non-stop for the past months (more frequently the last couple of weeks) the emotions it brought up inside

him were still as strong and having to show it to the members after a lot of persuasion from their side made him

feel slightly light-headed. He leaned back against the table, closing his eyes for a moment as the members were

listening to the song intently, not making a sound as if they were scared of Yonghwa changing his mind any

moment. The tune had been easy to make, it had taken him a couple of days with his guitar at home to finish it

several months ago, it was the lyrics which he struggled with. Each word would make him lose his strength and

bring back memories he was still not ready to put down on paper. That's why the whole process had made him

nearly 4 months to complete. He listened now to the finished product, unsure of what to think of it, feeling slightly,

numb.

"I knew all along, 

your name was only the start"

 

Yonghwa didn't approach her then, nor when he found out that she was the addition to the press crew in

the company, but when Cnblue a few weeks later came back from their Japan tour and were at the company more

frequently, having to face most of the staff daily, Yonghwa couldn't hold back his interest in her. At first, he didn't

know what to do, he talked to his closest friend and fellow idol Lee Joon about it as well as mentioning it to the

band a few times, the last mentioned mostly with the intention to put dibs on her, letting them know that he had

seen her first. To his surprise, none of his band members seemed very interested in her at all and were all

encouraging him to use his charms he was so well known for to get her on the fall. 

 

「 It's funny how the member's initial reaction was telling him to make her fall for her, when in reality he had fallen long ago, unable to make himself stand again, hitting the ground so hard that he could no longer see clearly, it was only a fog, the only clear vision present being the image of her. 」