she’d had a long, hard journey, but she’d finally struck gold with siren. or at least she thought so. this was the closest she’d ever been to a debut, and it meant a lot to her. sure, there was no clear debut date for midnite yet, but the fact that they had a name and were rehearsing together, just the four of them…. it meant something big.
she’d been in the idol project audience to support mirae, and to a lesser extent yihwa as well. she’d seen him onstage. and now, running into him like this, it was more than clear. “i– ilhoon?” she asked, eyes searching his face. “i’m fine, are you okay? i……..ilhoon?”
“yeah, i’m fine-- it was just a little bump,” he insisted, smiling and getting a better look at her. “it’s been forever,” he said, shaking his head. “how have you been? where’d you end up? what brings you here?”