5

On our way to the xxx restaurant, my phone vibrates, a notification from our group chat. I open our group chat.

Aespa Member:

N: Can't wait to see you again, Karina Eonnie.

W: We miss you~

N: Same here 🙋‍♀️

W: I hope this dinner can make Karina Eonnie back. If not,

I'll tell the MY's for helping me.

N: Why did you bring the MY's? It's our problem.

G: They are our heroes.

N: You right! I can imagine, all the MY's said 'MY's Essemble' as Avenger did.

W: Uh, it's not what I mean. I'm okay with it. It looks cool! I will be

K: Hi

W: Omo! Eonniie!! You're back! Where are you?

N: I can't live without you~ Please come back here, babe.

N: D-did I flirt? Wait, why did I stutter?

G: 🤢 Don't mind her, Karina. Where are you now?

K: Still on the way. See you there girls~

I chuckle, can't wait to see them. I put my head on the window see the night view of Seoul. A raindrop starts to fall slowly. I love this feeling, relaxing in the car while enjoying the raindrop view. It keeps me calm. I didn't realize that I fell asleep on the whole journey.

We open the restaurant's private room. I greet them and take a seat beside my BFF, Giselle. "Karina, this is Shin Yuna," said Aecha Eonnie; she's one of the producers. We introduce ourselves. "Can you come out?" whisper Giselle. I nodded.

"So, what happened?" I ask,

"Are you gonna quit the group?" asked Giselle,

"Nah," I said, her eyes gleam. She hugs me tightly. "I knew it. You won't give up easily," Giselle said. I smiled at her. Can I trust her this secret? I shrug the feeling. I send her a private message on her phone. I see her eyes gone wide. I start jogging away from her, "YA! You better explain this to me," said Giselle running toward me. I smirk, one mission accomplished.

I sign Giselle to low her voice. "I'll tell you later, not now," I said. She just nodded. "We're back," said Giselle entering the room. "Where have both of you been?" asked one of the producers, "Searching fresh air," I said. I order Tonkatsu and Ice lemonade. "What are you gonna do after this day?" ask Aecha Eonnie, "I dunno, maybe, continuing this life as an Idol," I said, "It was a good choice then," said Aecha Eonnie. I nodded.

The sound of a spoon falls makes our attention goes to Winter. "Jimin Eonnie, it means that you did not quit this group, right?" asked Winter, "Maybe," I said. I signaled the producers for the show.

Winter and Ning-Ning both receive an email. But, only one of them gets the letter. Ning-Ning was the lucky person. She read it out loud.

"Dear Ning-Ning,

Congratulation! You and your team got prank by the famous show by Karin Team. There's something under your table. Enjoy and have a nice day~

Love,

Karina and Heejin Eonnie"

Ning-Ning and Winter glare straight at me. "What?" I said. They smiled at me as something unpleasant feeling would happen to me. "Heejin Eonnie, can I go sleep at your house for a day?" I ask, "Sorry, it's closed," said Heejin Eonnie. She smirked evilly at me. They found out that Yuna was the fake member and a member of ITZY!! I was dumbfounded.

Ning-Ning and Winter go straight to Yuna's seat, "We're sorry."

"It's okay," said Yuna,

"You," I said,

"Remember me already, Jimin Eonnie?" said Yuna to me,

"The pink girl with pigtail, right?" I said. She nodded.

"Hussey, I missed you. I'm sorry for not identifying you before," I said,

"Aww, I missed you too, Eonnie," said Yuna. I hug her. We bid our goodbye to the producers and Yuna.

Yuna:

K: Give my hello to the others,

Y: Sure. It felt so good meeting you again. After, we lost contact for over 8; years.

K: Me too, sunbae~

Y: Don't call me that; it feels weird.

K: Alright. I'm arriving at my dorm. See you later?

Y: I'll call you later, bye.

I told Giselle that I met NCT Dream sunbaenim this evening at Heejin Eonnie House. I told her that I take a picture with them. "Lucky you," she said. I smirked at her. I enter the dorm with my luggage beside me.

"Let me help you, Jimin Eonnie," said Winter with her charming smile. She takes my luggage, puts them in my room and Giselle. We do our nightly routine. Now, I'm on my bed looking at TikTok. "Everyone, gather in the living room now!" I shout from my room.

I tell them the good news. "So, we will go to Croatia for over 2' weeks," said Ning-Ning, "Like for real?" asked Giselle. I nodded. I take the ticket from my bag. I show them a big pink envelope with the company logo. There are 4' tickets for each of us.

"Do you know in here we have a hidden camera that records our movement?" I said, "I know, behind that tree and on the living room, right?" said Giselle, "Yup," I said. Ning-Ning just silent. "My cried face is on record!!" said Ning-Ning, "It's okay; your face is visual even when you cried," I said, hugging her.

"Ready for Movie Night?" said Giselle cheer up the mood. "Yeah," we said. We watch Space Sweepers on Giselle MacBook pro. It was pretty good. The background stories of all the characters were beautifully told and cool. I especially liked Captain Jang's character. I didn't think there was anything stereotypical about her because she is a woman.

I yawned. "This day was tiring," I said, "Should we pack our things now?" ask Ning-Ning, "I think it was a great idea," I said. We go separate to our room. *Phone rings*

Call Conversation:

"Hello sunbaenim, and Yuna" I said,

"Just call us normally," said the girl with hazel hair,

"I'm Yeji; this is Chaeryeong, Ryujin, and Lia," said Yeji. Now I get it, Yeji is the brown hair with pigtail; Chaeryeong is the hazel hair; Ryujin with pink hair; Lia with brown hair.

"What are you doing?" ask Chaeryeong,

"Just packing for our reality trip show to Croatia," I said,

"Isn't that your wishlist country?" ask Yuna. I nodded. I show Giselle to the camera and walk to Winter and Ning-Ning's room.

"This is Winter and Ning-Ning, our maknae," I said,

"This is our maknae, Yuna" said Lia,

"Yuna? maknae? I bet she always annoy you, Yeji," I said,

"Yep, true," said Yeji laughing at my comment,

"It's midnight already. We should go take a rest, and you should too," said Yeji,

"Goodnight, bye~," I said, ending the call.

I put my luggage near my bed. Giselle and I talk a bit about the trip. "What should we do tomorrow?" asked Giselle, "I don't know. Maybe, I'll visit my parents. You wanna come with me?" I said, "Sure," said Giselle, "Good night, Aeri," I said, "Night, Jimin," said Giselle. I text Rose and Irene Eonnie on our family group. "Eonnie, can you pick us up at our dorm tomorrow? I'm tired so, I'll tell you tomorrow, goodnight," I said and left them to sleep. I sleep at 11.30 p.m.