August 8, Monday / After Schedule / Dorm
The members went inside their dorm after the long and exhausting training they had earlier. All of them went inside their bedroom except for Iseul who walked towards the kitchen to cook something for dinner.
After a few minutes, Hyun-Jung came to the kitchen as well to help their leader.
"Need help?" Hyun-Jung said, tapping Iseul's shoulder.
"No need. I can do this." Iseul answered as he smiled at Hyun-Jung before watching the eggs boiling in the pan.
"I can help you clean. Just tell me if you need help with anything." Hyun-Jung said.
"I will," Iseul answered before the room became silent.
"Iseul?" Hyun-Jung called Iseul before he went closer to him.
"Yeah? You want the eggs now?" Iseul said, pointing at the boiling eggs.
"That sounded wrong, Iseul," Hyun-Jung said before they both giggled.
"Oh. sorry!" Iseul said while giggling. The moment they both stopped giggling, Hyun-Jung walked out of the kitchen and Iseul noticed that the male walked away, knowing it still has something to tell him.
"Hyun-Jung. Did you forget to tell me something? Why did you call my name earlier?" Iseul said, wanting to break his curiosity.
"Oh.... uh... nothing," Hyun-Jung said before going to their living room and sitting on the couch.
August 9, Tuesday / After Schedule / Dorm
"Think fast, Minsu," Ji-Hun said as he quickly threw his bag at Minsu. Minsu's reflexes are quite good so he caught Ji-Hun's bag just fine.
"That's close," Minsu said before he placed the bag on the couch. Hyun-Jung went to the bathroom before the other members went to the living room as their leader told them to do.
"So now what?" Ji-Hun said as he already knew that this was about Hyun-Jung's birthday.
"Do ya'll have any suggestions?" Iseul said, keeping his voice low.
"How about we make him wake up late tomorrow? we can surprise him from there!" Minsu said, giving ideas to their leader. Iseul was very intrigued by the idea.
"That's good! Who's gonna keep him up this night?" Iseul asked.
"I think you should go for it. As long as you will wake up early tomorrow." Ji-Hun suggested before he pats Iseul's shoulder.
"Yeah, go for it!" Minsu said, encouraging their leader.
"Fine. I'll do i- You put my stuff there. Thanks, Minsu!" Iseul said, once he saw Hyun-Jung come out of the bathroom, he gave his bag to Minsu. Ji-Hun and Minsu went to the bedroom as Iseul stayed in the living room, calling Hyun-Jung to sit beside him.
"Do you need anything?" Hyun-Jung said before he sat beside Iseul.
"Oh, nothing. I just thought that if you want to talk about stuff." Iseul made an excuse.
"Stuff? like what? Just us?" Hyun-Jung asked.
"Yeah, like how will we do in our first comeback or something," Iseul said.
"You want me to call the other member-"
"No! No need. Just us!" Iseul said as he prevent Hyun-Jung from calling the other members.
In their bedroom, Minsu and Ji-Hun were on the same bed, minding their own business as they scrolled through their phones. Nothing special is happening.
"Just us... okay?" Hyun-Jung said before he sat beside Iseul. They had a chat for almost an hour that kept Hyun-Jung awake. Minsu and Ji-Hun in their bedroom were both sleeping peacefully.
"...Oh yeah! We have to prepare for our album. Congrats on your lyrics! I'm excited to sing them, knowing it was you who wrote it." Iseul said, smiling at Hyun-Jung.
"I completely forgot about that. I put all my brain cells there just to write good lyrics. I'm happy our Producer liked it." Hyun-Jung said as he was happy about the lyrics he made. The male was excited to sing or hear the final lyrics of their comeback song.
"We've been talking about stuff for almost an hour. We should head to sl-"
"Sleep? Wait." Iseul said as he stopped Hyun-Jung from standing up from his seat.
"Hmm?"
"I have something to tell you," Iseul said before Hyun-Jung turned his head to Iseul.
"What is it?"
"Do you remember the time when you were drunk?" Iseul said, finally telling Hyun-Jung about what happened.
"Drunk... I knew I drank when its only us in the dorm, but I don't remember anything. Did I do something wrong?" Hyun-Jung said as he became curious about what happened that day.
"You said you wanted to date me," Iseul said before Hyun-Jung's eyes widen, shocked by what he heard from Iseul.
"I SAID THAT?" Hyun-Jung said as he stood up from his seat.
"Yeah. You dozed off as you said my name. Without any explanation at all."
"Oh god... Uhhh... Hold... BYE!" Hyun-Jung said before running towards their bedroom.
"Shit... fuck..." Hyun-Jung whispered as he head towards their bed. Iseul followed but as soon as he looked at Hyun-Jung, the male was already sleeping.
August 10, Wednesday / Before Schedule / Dorm
All members except for Hyun-Jung went outside their bedroom. They didn't know what to do for Hyun-Jung's birthday so they thought of the idea of pranking Hyun-Jung on his day. Iseul told Minsu and Ji-Hun what their plans are and they both listened, eager to do everything according to the plan and not wanting to mess it up. They all hide as soon as they heard Hyun-Jung calling them.
"Guys? Iseul? Minsu? Ji-Hun?" Hyun-Jung said as he came out of their bedroom.
"Oh god... Am I late? Oh god!" Hyun-Jung added before he went inside the bathroom and took a shower.
"Go!" Iseul whispered as Minsu turned off the lights quietly around their dorm and they both stood next to the bathroom door, waiting patiently for Hyun-Jung to come out of the bathroom. After a few minutes, Hyun-Jung opened the bathroom door...
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" All the members shouted, making Hyun-Jung freaked out. He was confused as he knew all the members were gone.
"Wha. What???? I thought you guy- I'm confused!"Hyun-Jung said.
"It's your birthday~," Minsu said while giggling. The members were laughing at how Hyun-Jung was confused about the situation.
"Hyun-Jung, look at the time, it's 4:30 am. It's still early for you to be late." Ji-Hun explained.
"Ohhh! So it's your guys' plan all along?" Hyun-Jung said to clarify everything that just happened.
"It was Iseul's plan, We just followed it." Minsu clarified.
"Well, I was the one who thought of turning off the lights," Ji-Hun said as he let the members know that they should turn on the lights because it was dark inside their dorm.
"Oh yeah, sorry," Minsu said before turning all the lights on around their dorm. The members went all to their bedroom, following Hyun-Jung.
"You guys, I didn't expect you to remember my birthday. At first, I thought you don't know when my birthday is." Hyun-Jung said. He was touched by what happened today and it sure made his day.
"How could we not know? It's basically on our memory now." Iseul said as he smiled.
August 10, Wednesday / After Schedule / Luminous Music Lobby
They also celebrated Hyun-Jung's birthday by staff giving him a cake. They also start a vlive for the fans to know it was Hyun-Jung's birthday.
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Hyun-Jung was sitting alone, looking at the camera, as the wall behind him was decorated with his pictures and his name on a letter balloon.
"This cake is so delicious..." Hyun-Jung said before Iseul went to Hyun-Jung and puts the birthday hat on Hyun-Jung's head.
"To everyone watching this, greet Hyun-Jung a Happy Birthday!" Iseul said before he went out of frame, going back to the couch to watch Hyun-Jung hosting his Birthday live.
"Instead of them giving me something or greeting me first thing in the morning, they decided to just prank me. And what makes it more confusing is that our leader, Iseul was the one who thought of the idea." Hyun-Jung said before the members laughed at it. They find the plan successful.
"We knew you didn't check the time when you woke up so it was easy for us to prank you at that time," Ji-Hun said off cam.
"Why did you all know me so well?!" Hyun-Jung said while laughing at it. The fact that members knew how he act makes him realize that these people were truly his friends. The live went on for about an hour. There were laughing, almost crying because of how Hyun-Jung was touched by everything.
August 13, Saturday / Before Schedule / Luminous Music CEO's Office
The members went inside the office as they knew the day has come for their album preparation.
"We have to record b-sid- Hello M41! Have a seat first. We can go after this meeting, okay?" Their manager said before he continued to talk about stuff to the CEO and their producer. After a minute, they all turned their attention to the members who were patiently waiting for their meeting to start.
"So M41, Our plan for today is to record all B-SIDE first, then we can focus on days 2 to 3 for the Title track. today will be an exhausting day but I know it would be easy for you as you all were trained during these past days." The producer said as their manager and the CEO listened as well. Once the meeting ended, the members followed their manager on the way to their van so they can go to where they will record their album. The members were excited. However, something felt not right about Ji-Hun lately.
"This part is your adlib, right?" Ji-Hun said to Hyun-Jung as he turned his head to where Hyun-Jung was seated. Ji-Hun's voice was raspy, low and it was off.
"Ji-Hun, are you okay?" Hyun-Jung said before Iseul turned his attention to Ji-Hun.
"I'm okay..." Ji-Hun said. Iseul knew Ji-Hun has a sore throat.
"Ji-Hun, you're not okay. You have a sore throat." Iseul said.
"No I don't hav-"
"I told you to not drink cold water while singing. You still didn't listen to me last night did you?" Minsu said as he was quite angry about it.
"I'm sorry. But what should I do? I don't wanna delay the schedule." Ji-Hun said. All the members were panicking, not knowing what to do with Ji-Hun and it would delay the schedule if they told their manager about Ji-Hun. They were also worried about Ji-Hun.