Hectic afternoon (Ju Hyun's POV)

After separating from Chris Oppa, I quietly arrived at SM, ready to start training once again. I was really happy right now because of not only the gift I received, but also the gift Oppa prepared for Unnie.

As I stared at the bracelet I just got, my smile got wider, and before noticing, I was already at my training room, all changed and awaiting instructions from our trainer.

I noticed Unnie from the corner of my eye, but I couldn't really talk with her right now. Attentively listening to the instructions from the trainer, and looking everywhere for my most recent friend, while at the same time anxiously waiting for the end of the session to give Unnie her gift, it was really exhausting.

Like REALLY REALLY exhausting and frustrating.

After what felt like hours, the trainer finally gave us some rest, which I immediately used to approach Unnie, after noticing that Eimi was nowhere to be seen.

— Unnie! — I approached her while cutely making little hops, it always worked with Chris-Oppa, but Unnie usually shrugs it off.

My eye smile was also important, it always worked...

— Ju Hyun-ah, everything's okay? You told me you were coming alone this time, why didn't you wait for me? When I got to your school, they told me you already left — Unnie said while pouting, I could sense she was a little bit mad.

I immediately started rubbing my hands in front of her, while apologizing multiple times.

— Sorry Unnie, I had to go somewhere else first — Unnie was glaring at me, so I quickly took out something from my pocket and showed it to her.

— Here Unnie, a gift Op..... a gift I prepared for you, it matches with mine — I almost revealed the truth which Oppa clearly specified not to do, so I tried to shrug it off while smiling, hoping she doesn't notice, while at the same time showing her my own bracelet..

Fortunately, all her attention was on the bracelet that was already on her hands. Right now, she was inspecting it all over, noticing not only the initials that Oppa asked to engrave on it, but also the message. After around half a minute, she finally started talking once again.

— Are you really giving it to me? It looks expensive? How did you get the money? — I was starting to get nervous with all the questions, Oppa said it wasn't really expensive, but now that I think about it, what Unnie is saying sounds plausive.

Just when I was getting cornered by all of her questions, the trainer came to save me.

— Seo Ju Hyun, can you please go to this training room? — she said while handing me a paper with the number of another dance studio in the building — Park Eimi is waiting for you there, remember I told you to help her a little bit.

Sighing in relief because of the save, I quickly nodded at the trainer, while apologizing to Unnie for having to leave. As I tried to quickly abandon the room, I could hear Unnie saying behind my back

— Don't ever think this is the end of this.

As I was not looking at her, I failed to notice the smile that was plastered on her face, something which I'll find about much later.

After looking for a couple of minutes for the training room where Eimi was waiting in, I finally got to the one, and after noticing she was a little bit distracted, I kept quiet, while looking at her.

She was still as breathtaking as always. Her now silky light brown hair, her small face, her body proportions, her pretty legs. When I first saw her, I really thought that was the way all celebrities should look, her looks were basically the definition of a celebrity in my opinion.

Also, her face would definitely be appreciated by both eastern and western audiences, especially her deep blue eyes that were almost violet under certain light conditions. She was now absentmindedly looking at the roof of the room, supporting her face with both of her hands, while hugging her legs in a crouch. I finally interrupted her thoughts by saying.

— Eimi!! I'm here! — while approaching her, a shiny object around her neck caught my eye, making me excitingly ask — Oh? What is that?

She showed the object to me, and it was actually a violet necklace, or actually a double necklace that ended with two letters at the front. It was actually a letter "E" and "P" that were beautifully arranged in the necklace.

— So pretty!! So pretty!! I also got a gift — I said, while showing her my new bracelet. Both of us started inspecting each other's gift. The letter engraving in her necklace was really similar to mine, so it was almost as if it was a match.

— So, Eimi, did your parents give you this one? — I said at the same time I gave it to her once again.

She was quiet, almost as if she was thinking, but then nodded..

— Indeed, I received it for no reason at all recently, but still quite liked it — she said that at the same time she gently caressed it — and you Seo? — that was the name she usually called me by. It seems she was too shy to call me by my name so she simply uses my family name constantly.

While looking at the door of the room, I got a little closer to Eimi and whispered.

— Remember that Oppa I told you about? — she slowly nodded — he gave it to me for my birthday, but don't tell Yoona-unnie, or both her and Oppa will be really mad — I said that at the same time I put my index finger on my lips, gesturing for her to keep quiet about it.

As she nodded, she continued.

— That Oppa must really like you a lot, is he in love with you? — I quickly shook my head while saying.

— Not at all — my eye smile came back as I said — he's just like that, he's basically the only one that treats me as a little sister.

— And how can you know that? — that question made me think a little bit, but then I remembered those clear golden eyes of his.

— Eimi, it's just that he's really transparent, if you ever meet him, you'll also realize it. That's why I really love being with him, it's almost as if you could sense the honesty from his eyes — without realizing, my smile widened a lot.

— Okay, Okay, so, what's the name of this Oppa of yours? — Eimi finally asked.

— He's Chris-Oppa, Park Chris-Oppa. — Immediately after I replied, Eimi's eyes widened in surprise.

I felt almost a deja-vu from earlier with Chris-oppa, when talking about Eimi. Then I remembered the message that Oppa wanted me to pass.

— Oh yes, it seems Oppa has seen you before, he wanted me to pass a message to you — Eimi was instantly puzzled, so I continued — he said "C hasn't forgotten about you".

As I finished, the surprise was once again evident on her face at first. then a smile appeared while she slightly shook her head while grabbing the necklace she showed me earlier. I could hear a whisper coming from her.

— So it was indeed him....

Then, nothing could be heard in the room for some time, before Eimi once again interrupted the silence.

— Anyway, I have good news, I overheard some interesting chat earlier, it seems the company is finally planning to debut a girl group. From what I heard, they'll first debut a boy group next year, and then a girl group, you know what that means, right?

I immediately nodded with a serious expression while saying.

— It means we have to give our all for our debut, now more than ever — I was really pumped up now, even forcing Eimi to cheer ourselves up multiple times. After that, I finally said.

— That also means you have to listen to me so that your dancing can get better — the only thing I earned from her was actually eye-rolling.

That way, I spent the rest of the day with Eimi, even though I could feel she was kind of reminiscing about something, it seems both her and Oppa are hiding me something...

Anyway, Oppa, you better debut fast, or else, your little sister will debut first.

Also Oppa, your little sister is giving her best....

I would be really surprised, had I known at the time, that those same thoughts were going through Eimi's mind...