━ { Mid 2013-2015 Recap, What We Missed

July 1st, 2013 at 11:12 a.m.; Lau Maeri

"Okay, Junseo was added eighteen days ago," Seulki groaned in frustration, "Now she's gone and we have another replacement? My team can't take this, Soojin."

"Um, actually Seulki, it's not your team anymore. Meet Lau Maeri, the main dancer, lead vocalist, and new leader of WARdEN," Maeri walked in through the door, and the manager looked at the main vocalist with regret, but she stood up, flipping off her new teammate.

"I...No. No. you, all of you. I'm leaving," And leave she did. Seulki stormed out of the practice room, slamming the door shut. It wasn't hard to hear her crying as she stomped down the hallway. Sumia reached for the handle of the door to follow her, but Maeri laid her hand atop the youngest's, giving a gentle smile.

"Don't worry about Sun- Er, Seulki, I guess she named herself now? She'll cool down sooner or later, I've known her for years. It's very nice to meet you, Hisakawa Sumia. I'm Lau Maeri," The new leader's smile was surprisingly warm and kind.

"It's very nice to meet you, Unnie," Sumia bowed back, and the other three followed suit. Soojin watched proudly from the background- Four out of five getting along with the new sixth member was good, really good. Better than he could have hoped for, though he could still feel his anger for Seulki burning in his chest. CEO Ahn knew just as well as he did how much Seulki could not stand Maeri, though Soojin had a feeling that it had more to do with her anger at herself rather than the Chinese member. Something had happened, years ago, that caused that kind of hurt. He wish he knew what, because he desperately wanted to fix it. He wanted his girls to be happy.

December 20th, 2013 at 9:46 a.m.; The accident

"Hello?" Soojin answered his phone groggily. It was finally his two week vacation, as it was for the girls, and as a newlywed he was beyond grateful for the time off. Next to him, his wife Ahseong looked up at him half-asleep herself. She watched as Soojin's expression turned from sleepiness to confusion to horror in the span of a few moments. Immediately concerned, Ahseong got out of bed, getting dressed. She had a feeling that they had somewhere to go, and quickly. She was brushing her hair when her husband hung up the phone with a quick, "Thank you."

"Soojinnie?" Ahseong asked, turning around to face him. Soojin's face was pale, and his eyes had a hard time finding her.

"Sumia. Sumia, she had an accident- Rock climbing, you know how she likes rock climbing and she fell her equipment broke on her and she fell she's hurt Ahseong. She's hurt," He rambled, and would have continued uselessly has Ahseong not held out her arms. He swallowed thickly, falling into them as his tears did. Ahseong held him tightly, running her hand through his hair.

"She is a strong girl, Soojin. Sumia will be fine, I promise. She's a tough kid, it's okay," She cooed. By the time they got to the hospital. Soojin had made calls to WARdEN and their parents. Sumia's parents had bene informed already, and Soojin had forbade the members to show up until he had a full grasp on the situation. Sumia was in surgery for twelve hours. Twelve hours much too long, and Soojin walked into her hospital room, trying to hold back his tears again. She look small, too young and too hurt. The manager was certain if she was awake, she would have been in a lot of pain. He was glad they were keeping her under until Christmas Eve-If she made it that long, but he shoved those whispers away from his mind. It would have been hard to watch otherwise...

"Please be okay, Sumia."

February 14th, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.; The meeting

"WARdEN will be continuing without Sumia."

March 31, 2014 at 3:22 a.m.; First anniversary

"Tell me about her," Maeri whispered to Yoonmi. It was early in the morning, but the girls were all up with Soojin and Ahseong, all in the kitchen making Iseul's favorite breakfast. Yoonmi was sitting up in her bunk, stiff, and Maeri made her way to the younger. The rapper looked up, nodding slightly to the elder, though her expression was strange.

"Iseul Unnie was really amazing. I loved her rapping- It was much better than mine, but I think I'm almost her equal now. She looked so young even though she was older than three of us. She was the start of the Unnie line, while Miyoung Unnie started the maknae line. She really loved to smile, and she loved her job. She was the first member, you know? CEO Ahn looked at her and said, that's her. That's who I want to debut. Iseul Unnie felt special because of that," Yoonmi giggled, "Of course, we were all handpicked by CEO Ahn, but Iseul Unnie was the first. Then Sumia-yah and Soo Jung Unnie, Seulki Unnie and I, then finally Miyoung Unnie. You know how we debuted? What positions, I mean?"

"I don't," Maeri shook her head. It was a lie, really, but a little white one. She didn't want Yoonmi to slip back into her quiet self. She loved hearing the new maknae talk, say what she wanted to when she was passionate. And she wanted to know about Iseul, how WARdEN was before she came along. She was always painfully curious.

"Seulki Unnie was still named Sunhi, and she was the leader, main vocalist, and dancer. Unnie was a great leader, she was playful but serious enough, she took care of us and made sure everything was okay. If she had to, she'd share the burden so she wouldn't crumble. She was perfect, and only twenty. Soo Jung Unnie wasn't that good, she was a simple vocalist, rapper, and the face and was eighteen since it wasn't her birthday yet. Unnie has always been really popular! Iseul Unnie was the main rapper and our variety star, she was so good. Unnie was eighteen too, and was always really funny and she had a lot of attitude. Sometimes she had so much attitude it scared me," Yoonmi laughed affectionately, clearly lost in her memories, "One time, we put pink powder in the shower head at our old dorm, just to see who would shower first and turn pink! It was Unnie's idea, but you know who showered first? Iseul Unnie, she forgot! It was ridiculous, and she came out and looked at me and we just laughed. Oh, yeah, debut positions, sorry. Miyoung Unnie was sixteen, and wasn't good either, she was just a vocalist and dancer. We didn't have a visual then. I guess Unnie and I were too young to be chosen as a visual? We were supposed to choose one later, depending on what the fans said. If we had any.

"I was a rapper and sub-vocalist, I guess the only good ones were Seulki Unnie, Iseul Unnie, and Sumia. I was sixteen, by the way. Then, finally, Sumia! Lead dancer, center, maknae. At sixteen, she was the only one with a lead position! Our average age was seventeen, pretty young, right? It was Seulki Unnie and Iseul Unnie that kept us together through all of our training. The company was new so we weren't that...Put together yet. We're lucky we got the money we did to film a music video, it's thanks to Seulki Unnie really. She was able to convince her parents to help pay for everything, you know? I'll always be grateful to her for that. Anyway, Seulki Unnie was the really strong, mature one- Hard to believe, I know- While Iseul Unnie kept everything as lighthearted as possible with jokes. I just...Maeri Unnie?"

"Yeah, Yoonmi?" The rapper had put her head down, staring at her lap. She suddenly looked up, tears b in her eyes.

"Doesn't...Cancer hurt? Badly? Don't you get tired and sad? Why didn't Iseul Unnie say anything? We could have helped her...Unnie, she could still be here, why didn't she trust us?" Maeri's expression tightened, but she put her hand's on the younger's shoulder- When did she get so thin? She felt so breakable, or maybe that's because the porcelain doll was finally showing the cracks in her skin.

"I'm sure she trusted you. That's probably why she didn't say anything, right? She did want to worry her best friends. Iseul must have wanted you to be happy."

"But I'm not happy if she's not here..." She cried, covering her eyes with the back of her hands. Maeri finally relented and pulled the younger into a tight hug, allowing her tears to soak her shoulder and her sobs to echo in the eldest's ears. The dancer could hear the others in the living room, some shedding their own tears as they recounted their tales of Kim Iseul.

Maeri couldn't decide if she loved or hated Kim Iseul, for having such an impact on the lives of some of the people she cared about the most. All she knew was that she had to take care of them. That was her job, and it always would be...

December 31st, 2015 at 9:34 p.m.; Second meeting

"WARdEN will be making an official debut in the summer of 2015."

May 17th, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.; Third meeting

"WARdEN's official album release and debut are scheduled for August 15th, 2015. Do not let me down."

August 15th, 2015 at 12:00 a.m.; MV release

"We'll make it big this time, okay?" Seulki assured everyone, watching their MV end with bright eyes, "This is exactly what we needed to do well. This is perfect. This is WARdEN."

August 22nd, 2015 at 5:15 a.m.; Music show prerecording
The girls of WARdEN were chatting excitedly among themselves, waiting for their turn. EXO was performing just above them on the stage, and Soo Jung watched intently, trying to study everything she could. Watching their performances, her charisma and stage presence just weren't that good, and she needed to improve. Beside her, Yoonmi was stretching, talking very excitedly to Seulki about the soloist Jolin Tsai, whoever that was. When she looked back, EXO had finished their performance and were walking down the stairs. Once they came to the bottom, all five stopped what they were doing and bowed to their sunbaes. EXO bowed back, hurriedly exchanging greetings and introductions before being whisked away.

"Wow...Are we gonna have that little time to introduce ourselves to hoobae some day?" Miyoung asked as they made their way up the stairs.

"Probably," Maeri relented, and they got into position.

August 22nd, 2015 at 9:01 p.m.; Convenience store

Yoonmi walked into the convenience store, heading straight to the back- She wanted her coffee milk, and Soojin had given in, as a good job for her live performances. As the rapper, she had the stage presence and charisma needed to make a good impression, and she was gaining fame. Not as much as Soo Jung, but certainly enough. Upon reaching the back, she spotted a very familiar face- Suho of EXO, who she'd exchanged greetings with earlier that morning. Immediately, she turned to face him.

"Hello," Yoonmi mumbled, bowing to him. On his part, Suho- Junmyeon, his real name?- Seemed very on edge, offput and worried. He gave a short nod to her.

"Hello," It was pretty obvious he didn't recognize her, and that disappointed Yoonmi. Surely it was because of how hurried they were, right? Not because she was forgettable or boring. That had to be it. They awkwardly walked to the counter at the same time, Junmyeon allowing her to check out her coffee milk first. She ever grabbed a strawberry tart to eat before she got back to the dorm. Before leaving, the young rapper turned to him one more time.

"It was nice to see you again," She walked out of the door, this time not looking back. Junmyeon tilted his head.

"Again...?"

August 15th, 2015 at 7:23 p.m.; Music show backstage

"Guys, sorry I took so lo- Oh," Miyoung had definitely walked into the wrong dressing room, because while Soojin Oppa was admittedly attractive, he was not a twenty-something year old taking off his shirt and flashing some nice abs. She was staring openly, and the guy was staring was now staring at her, cheeks pink and hoping she would just leave. This was embarrassing, why didn't he lock the door? He was so regretting it. Miyoung suddenly looked up, sputtering and bowing, "I-I'm so sorry, oh my God I'm so sorry sunbae! Sorry, sorry!" She slammed the door shut. Well that was horrible.

September 1st, 2015 at 12:33 p.m.; WARdEN Notebook Season 1 EP.1

"Deul, set, annyeonghaseyo! Here to keep your heart, we are WARdEN!" The girls crossed their index fingers in front of their hearts before bowing and clapping.

"Welcome to...WARdEN Notebook!" Rose gestured towards the logo in the bottom right corner. It was an ornate but feminine shield, with their name "WARdEN" stretched across. Their individual names were in smaller text above WARdEN- " Nari · Rose · Sera " and under it- " Miyu · Byeol " and it looked pretty cool. The five girls were standing in a row, still dressed in their outfits from a Rum Pum Pum Pum performance.

"In WARdEN Notebook, you'll see a different side of us!" Miyu smiled at the camera, making a cute peace sign.

"We'll even show you our favorite foods," Nari winked.

"But we might not be nice all the time~" Byeol spoke mischievously from the back. Rose immediately pushed her up front, instead taking the back spot. Sera looked back, unsurprised to see her there. She was always the kind to do that, give up something better to one of their bandmates. On the other hand, their maknae seemed embarrassed from suddenly being the center of attention, so Sera spoke.

"We're leaving from recording Show! Music Core, let's go~" The vocalist cheered, grabbing the camera and skipping to their van. Soojin made sure the camera wouldn't capture his face as he ushered them in. Rose and Byeol shared a look, and the ever-lovely subtitle appeared. "Mission Get Manager Oppa On Camera, Commence!"

"Waaah, our dorm is so far away from here~ Manager Oppa, when will we get back? Manager Oppa, Manager Oppa, Manager Oppa, look at me!" Rose whined, and Nari slapped her shoulder, giving her a look that said, You're actually joking.

"Can't, Rose, I'm driving," He replied tightly. Miyu groaned before whispering to Sera,

"Getting him on camera is gonna have to wait until we're home. Which actually isn't that far away," She gave a pointed look to their main vocalist, who just shrugged in response and pulled out her phone. Byeol grabbed the camera from Sera's hand, starting to fix her hair in the viewfinder.

"Hey- Stop that!" Miyu laughed, poking the maknae in the side.

"Nope, and fix your own hair, it's a wreck!" Byeol pulled her face into one of surprise, eyes wide and mouth a perfect little "o." She then shook her head, as though Miyu was simply hopeless, and the older yelped, grabbing the camera only to discover...

"Byeol, my hair is perfect."

"Yeah."

"You...Okay."

"Sounds good," Byeol's twinkling laugh filled the van.

Will WARdEN get their handsome manager on film? Or will they fail Mission Get Oppa On Camera? Find out next episode!

September 7th, 2015 at 12:32 p.m.; WARdEN Notebook Season 1 EP.2

WARdEN arrived at their dorm, plans well-formulated in their minds. They were going to get Soojin on camera, whether he wanted to or not-

And he very clearly didn't want to.

The girls settled on the couch, Soojin keeping his hat on but starting on making their meal- Plan chicken and spinach salad, strawberries but no dressing. Doable. Before he could get far, a call from the connected living room caught his attention.

"Manager Oppa!" Miyu called. Soojin had to stop himself from turning, instead raising his voice.

"Yes, Miyu-yah?"

"Mm, never mind."

"Alright," He spoke pleasantly enough.

"That's not fair!" Rose whispered furiously, "Soojin Oppa is definitely working against us. We have to work smarter and harder. Who's with me?"

"Definitely!" Miyu grinned, and Byeol nodded. The three looked to Sera, who was busy taking a selca. Everything went dead silent as they stared at her. When things were suddenly quiet, Sera looked around and blushed in embarrassment. She gave a sheepish smile.

"Uh, getting Oppa on camera, right? I'm in, don't worry. How about you, Nari Unnie?" She deflected the conversation masterfully. The main dancer studied her bandmates before shaking her head with an amused sigh.

"Well, whether I help or not you'll do everything you can, so I might as well make you do it right. The key is to get him when he least expects it."

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They had many attempts, from sneak attacking him in the kitchen to hiding behind doors and even waiting silently outside the bathroom door. All failed quite miserably, and with a lot of laughing from whichever members had sat that particular attempt out. Finally, Soojin ordered for them to stop filming and head to bed- After all, the girls had early schedules. He came around a few times, telling them yet again to get into bed when they continued to mess around. Finally, the lights were off and it was over. Or so he thought. When WARdEN as sure he settled down on the couch to sleep- Heading home would have been wasted time, unfortunately- They gathered on Nari's bed.

"Let's just go film him, quietly," Nari said, "Why are we even all here? He's asleep!"

"I'm drawing him his face!" Byeol declared, holding up her silver Sharpie. Before anyone could stop her, WARdEN's Angelic Devil grabbed the camera, made her way to Soojin, and drew a lovely picture on her manager's face, filming all the while. The other members filed out of the room and sighed. Poor Soojin.

September 18th, 2015 at 12:01 p.m.; WARdEN Notebook Season 1 EP.3 SEASON FINALE

"Three episodes in and we're doing a season finale," Rose pouted at the camera before adjusting her hair in the viewfinder. These girls really needed to be stopped.

"It's because we're done with debut promotions!" Sera scolded her, "Don't bother worrying about it~ So! Today, we're just staying in bed because we can. How great is that? Don't take not having a job or staying in bed for granted! It's a miracle if we sleep past six in the morning, or going to sleep before two. We're just too busy~" Sera passed the camera to Nari.

"Hey everyone! Debut promotions were really a blast. It was amazing to feel your support and love while on stage. Please continue to show love to WARdEN and our members! We promise to come back soon~ Look out for Miyu's photoshoot with a mystery man idol!" Nari grinned, showering the views with hearts. The triple-threat mumbled in embarrassment, taking the camera.

"Unnie~" She whined, "Don't just promote me like that. Anyways, thank you lovely viewers for taking care of us up until now~ We promise to work even harder next time, so please wait patiently!"

"And don't forget, WARdEN is always here to steal your hearts!" Byeol made the X gesture over her heart, "This has been WARdEN, let's sign out~"

"Deul, set, annyeonghaseyo! Here to keep your heart~ Up until now this has been WARdEN!"

Yeah, three to five minute episodes weren't that exciting.

September 22nd, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.; Grazie photoshoot

Miyoung was nervous. She landed her first collab photoshoot so soon after debut, but it was without her members and that was nerve-wracking. She was never that loving of herself, so photoshoots were bad enough, but with a mystery guy, it was worse. At age nineteen (Twenty in Korea), she wasn't quite ready for a couple photoshoot. At least, she didn't feel it. Han Jieun, UouO Media's female acting coach who doubled as a manager for WARdEN when the girls had separate schedules- Occasionally- had come with, and the married woman grasped her hand tightly and nodded at her in encouragement. She would be just behind the camera, which made Miyoung feel only so better. Miyoung sat in the chair and allowed the Grazie makeup artists do her hair and makeup as they pleased.

Her partner was apparently on the other half of the studio, not having enough room to put both teams next to each other. That made Miyoung even more nervous, and she pulled out her phone, doing anything and anything to distract her. Unfortunately, the rest of WARdEN were working with their dietitian, whom Miyoung had already met with through the past week to prepare for her photoshoot. She was kind of jealous of them, she wished they could switch places...

About an hour later, things were in place for the photoshoot. The director called her over, and of course it was him. The very man she walked in on shirtless, stared at, and then slammed his door- In Jaebum, or JB. Great going, now she had to do a photoshoot with him and she was already beside herself. The very same man looked at her and she nearly ran at that moment. However, the director began to point to poses he wanted them to try out, all of which were semi-intimate and she was unprepared beyond belief.

After half-an-hour of discussing things, it was about time to shoot. Miyoung was taking deep breaths, trying to calm herself when she saw Jaebum approaching her. He started with a slight smile and a small bow.

"Hey, listen, don't worry about what happened. It was a long time ago- You can just forget about it, okay? So don't be awkward or nervous."

By the end of the photoshoot, thanks to Jaebum's reassuring conversations, they had the beginnings of a friendship and each other's numbers in hand.

October 2nd, 2015 at 4:23 a.m.; Fourth meeting

"You'll have a new EP released at the end of the month. Most of the songs will be ones you already recorded and were rejected for Say Hello. The only one will be the title track. Seulki, you have a solo photoshoot on the fifteenth, so make up the hours you're missing in the shoot instead prepping for your comeback the next day. Understood?"

"Yes."

October 15th, 2015 at 7:30 a.m.; Seulki's photoshoot

"Don't up and we won't have a problem.

"Yes sir," Seulki bowed. It was a low budget shoot, bad camera quality, she was sure the director would be pissed either way. Might as well look as good as possible in the not-HQ cameras. Hopefully he wouldn't blame her.

October 21st, 2015 at 9:21 a.m.; Bestie

"Wow, Uji is really good," Soo Jung whispered to herself.

"Well, Haeryung is a . Knew her in high school," Maeri replied fearlessly. The lead vocal rolled her eyes- Did everything have to be about Maeri- Before shrugging.

"Wouldn't know."

November 3rd, 2015 at 2:13 a.m.; Something isn't right

"What...What is this doing here...?" Yoonmi stared at the photo of her family that sat on her bed. All four of her siblings as well as her parents stared up at her, as well as herself- A much, much younger version. The only problem with the picture being on her bed was, Yoonmi had left it in her room. Her room at her parent's house. In Daegu, "What the hel-"

"Yoonmi?" Maeri asked, coming up behind her. The maknae stood up, hiding the picture frame behind her back. The main dancer's brow raised but she didn't comment on it, "Soojin wants us to eat before bed."

"Oh, uh, okay Unnie. Be right there," Maeri left her to her own devices and the rapper looked back down at the picture, gaze fearful, "How did somebody get this?"

November 4th, 2015 at 2:18 p.m.; Better

"Soojin, you wouldn't believe it," Ahseong spoke excitedly into the phone, "The physical therapy is really paying off. Like...Soojinnie, she's running now, and her old dance moves- Not as well, but she's doing it. I think she could come back, I really do."

November 5th, 2015 at 10:22 p.m.; Alcohol

Soo Jung hummed in discontent, staring at the open fridge in the convenience store. What alcohol to buy? Apart from the soju, anyway. She couldn't drink too much since they're were still in their comeback, but a bit here and there wouldn't hurt. However, she'd been standing there for much too long, and she just didn't know.

"Forget it Soo Jung, just take the freaking so-" Her hand was on the left bottle when a larger, much warmer one laid atop of hers.

"Sorry," A familiar male voice apologized, retracting his hand.

"Oh, uh, never mind, you can take this!" She grabbed the bottle and turned, handing it to the man. This is the answer, I should try the other drink. She looked up at him and barely held in her surprise, "Sunbae!"

"Sunbae?" Lee Jinki repeated, brows furrowed. Who...Oh, "Ahh, Sun- Er, I mean Seulki's friend. Bandmate. Both?"

"Both," Soo Jung confirmed, hiding her smile when she saw Jinki's. He held up his six pack of beer a little higher.

"I've already got this, so you can take the soju!" The singer gave her a small bow, "I'll see you later, good luck with your promotions! Your new song is good."

"Thank you sunbae!" Soo Jung called after him as he made his way to the cashier. She her lips, thinking a moment, "That beer does seem nice though..." Making a split-second decision, she put back the soju, grabbed a sick-pack, and whipped out her phone.

"Hello?" Maeri answered.

"Unnie, I'll be late, just so and don't worry I'll be fine...I'm pretty well disguised!" She spoke quickly, running to the cashier and paying before racing after Jinki, "Sunbae! You're alone? Mind if I join you?" She asked. Jinki was never the kind to let go of an opportunity to get to know his hoobaes. He was an old man, he needed to brush up on the new slang...Or whatever it was.

"I was going to head back to the dorm, but if you're offering to drink together, I'm not good at saying no. The Han River?"

"Sure!"

"Then jump in," He gestured to his car. Soo Jung smiled. She loved this guy already.

November 10th, 2015 at 1:24 p.m.; News

"In February of 2016, WARdEN will be holding their first solo concert. We expect there to be three days. We'll start preparing for it now, so don't slack off. It's early in your career but we expect you to release one single and one minialbum between now and then, so you'll have plenty of music and fans. Do not make me regret paying for this."

December 8th, 2015 at 1:01 a.m.; Baek Yoonmi's Diary

If somebody finds this, please don't read it unless something happened.

I'm scared. Someone is following me, I know it. Taking things from my house and leaving them here, stealing my clothes, like bras and pants. But sometimes it's worse.

They move things- Just a little bit, just enough to make me question if it was always that way or that I'm imagining things. I can't tell anymore, and maybe these things aren't stolen, they're lost or someone threw them away without telling me. Maybe these things were always here and I just forgot about them. But that can't be it, right? SOMEONE IS FOLLOWING ME. They tap on the windows when I'm alone or at night. They call but don't say a thing. Always a restricted or unknown number. It's terrifying. I'm scared.

I'm losing it, but I can't tell anyone. I can't tell anyone, they're think I'm lying.

Help me.

-Baek Yoonmi

December 30th, 2015 at 4:32 p.m.; The joint party

"It's snowing...Yoonmi whispered to herself. Everyone had arrived and in about half an hour, streaming would start. Soojin had called, convincing their creative director to let the girls do their own (Or each other') hair, makeup, and outfits, to make everything more realistic and relatable. Despite that, they'd all dressed in formal wear, but of their own choices. It was pretty amazing. The maknae wore a long cream dress, with golden sequins and jewels covering above the created waistline, and down the middle. It was somewhat sheer fabric, thin but heavy, and it laid gently on the ground, just longer than her. Her heels were high- Three, four inches?- Four different straps making two different x's, one near her toe and one near her ankle. It was a mix of creme and gold, snakeskin pattern and shining. Her hair was in a complicated braid-like structure, courtesy of Seulki. White gold ring on her left hand, and dazzling earrings paired with her sparkly white gold clutch, her makeup was simply and gorgeous. Everything she wore was old but still fit- WARdEN had yet to make a profit, and her parents had all but cut her off. She was lucky Jihoon was willing to sneak her some of her older but nicer things. Her thoughts were cut off when Miyoung opened the fancy glass door, walking out onto the balcony with her.

Miyoung wore much different attire, her dress short, pure white, and larger than her, cuffed sleeves and a skirt that puffed out at her artificial waistline. It was stiff but overall lightweight, though a bit itchy. Her shoes were simple white flats, with little bows. She wore safety shorts underneath, not that you could tell, and her necklace was strange, gold and large and some starts and planets, not that you could tell they were such. Miyoung's makeup was trendy Korea makeup, with ombre artificial pink lips (Darker in the middle, lighter going out). She had a good amount of concealer for the bags under her eyes, but her skin was still baby soft. Her eyes had dramatic eyeliner on the lid, and a little on the water line. Her eyelids were covered with pale pink, hardly noticeable eyeshadow, and her brow bone highlighted with a shimmery silver. Her long hair was down, but partially curled the last five or so inches. Miyoung was stunning, and judging by the way the elder gazed at her, she was thinking the same about her maknae.

"What are you thinking about, Yoonmi?" Miyoung questioned, laying her head on the younger's shoulder. The rapper fought to not stiffen, she couldn't be suspicious. Sure, she's bene thinking about her problem, but there was something, someone else she'd been thinking of too.

"Sumia must be sad she isn't here with us."

"Yeah, probably," The triple-threat admitted easily. Yoonmi looked at her sharply, and the elder shrugged, "But I'm sure she's happy she's getting better. Her happiness must outweigh her sadness, right? That's how Sumia has always been, you don't have to worry about her, Miss Jack In The Box." Yoonmi raised a brow.

"Alright then, Mochi-chan."

"Hey, that's not fair!" The two began to squabble, playful but nearly serious, and from the inside Soo Jung laughed, staring out at them. She herself was all dressed up. Her dress was a shimmery light blue, sparkly threads sewn in through the whole dress. The neckline was high and the sleeves went just below her elbows. It was painfully itchy but beautiful. Her earrings were bright, copycat diamonds with a flower pattern on top that dangled into a tear drop. She wore three-inch heels that really complimented her height. The ring of Soo Jung's right hand was large but matched well. Her silver clutch would likely be forgotten at some point through the night. Soo Jung felt her hair down and natural, along with her makeup- Nothing too showy. She liked it the best that way. As Soo Jung observed the two youngest, a sudden weight on her back had her nearly falling. Maeri's laughter filled the room, and Soo Jung turned around to berate her for jumping on her back, but was stunned into silence. Maeri was gorgeous.

She has taken a completely different take on the whole thing. Maeri wore a stunning, long, blood red chiffon dress, with intricate silver designs weaved through it. It gathered just above her natural waistline, and went down in a stylishly crinkled wave. It was stiff, probably a similar material to Miyoung's dress, but must more mature and hugged Meri's body tightly. Her shoes were dark red as well, studded with equally as red jewels. The bracelet on her right wrist was thin and silver, with fake rubies studded along it. The dangle earring and heart necklace matched perfectly. Her hair was in a simple messy bun, but it complimented her tan eyeshadow and simple eyeliner. Soo Jung simply hugged the leader. Maeri hugged back tightly.

"You look amazing. I can't believe how great we all look!" The dancer spoke excitedly, "I wonder what Seulki looks like, all I know is that her dress is shorter like Miyoung's. She's taking so long to get ready." Soo Jung looked at Maeri with confusion- Openly talking about Seulki?

"Um, Unni-"

"Oh, come on Soo Jung, Seulki and I used to be best friends you know. I know how great she can look, especially when she puts effort into her appearance."

"Thanks, Unnie," Seulki called from down the stairs. The other two of the Unnie line looked up to find Seulki in a short beige dress, soft and flowing. It had a V-shaped neckline and a golden belt just at her natural waistline. Seulki had chosen a neutral color of velvet for her heels, about four inches high. Her golden earrings were two hexagons, the smaller, thinner one hanging inside of the thicker, larger one.  Her hair was pulled into a cone-like bun, but a few curly strands hanging around her face to create the "fashionably messy" look. Her golden bracelet was on her right wrist, another hexagon pattern inside two lines. Her makeup pulled the whole look together, pale pink blended with silver and gold to highlight her brow bone. Seulki's mascara with subtle, and just a small amount of eyeliner left her -colored lip gloss enough room to really shine. Just like the rest of them, Seulki was an attention-grabber with her looks that night.

"Wow, Unnie!" Sera waved at her, "You look really good! Very...Mature. It suits you."

"No, I think it's the atmosphere that suits me," Seulki laughed, "CEO-nim really rented a nice place, huh?"

The room was gorgeous, except for it's ugly floor, but it had been covered temporarily with fake hardwood for their two-hour long stream. The chandeliers are particularly amazing, and overall the event was fancy. Maeri was starting to wonder why they could afford to rent a place like this but not make such fancy music videos. Of course, it was like Seulki had read her mind. It used to happen a lot.

"My parents chipped in a lot to rent here. Good thing they have money to spare."

"Unnie!" Miyoung came running in before Maeri could give a snarky response- How could she talk so freely of money like that? Not everyone was rich and she treated it like a toy. However, their triple-threat was the more pressing matter at the moment.

"What is it, Miyoung?" Seulki questioned worriedly, immediately checking the younger for injuries before eyeing Yoonmi who was walking more calmly towards them to make sure she hasn't fallen off the balcony or something equally as horrible. Upon reassuring herself the maknae line was fine, she looked back at Miyoung, "Is everything okay?"

"Okay?! Everything is great! Soojin Oppa came to see us! He's coming up right now, I saw his car!" She cheered, grabbing onto the vocalist tightly, "Come one, let's meet him there!"

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Half an hour later the cameras were starting to roll, with Soojin just behind them. The girls of WARdEN were standing close together, eyes bright. Their friends stood to the side, waiting for the signal to come in.

"Deul, set! Annyeonghaseyo, here to keep your heart! We are WARdEN!"

(author's note) Wow, a very long chapter with many different emotions. I didn't plan for it to go like this. XD See all photoshoots HERE. The blog will be updated with each new photoshoot through the fic (iF i DON'T FORGET.;). And so 2015 comes to a close, let's hope I can get through 2016 soon. Also, I actualy spell-checked this so less spelling errors than usual! Hope you enjoyed the over-6,000 words~