Break day!

The girls were extremely excited to be going on tour very soon. It was already the begining of August and the tour would begin on August 12th 2008. To the surprise of many people, the concert tickets were sold out within the first hour! Yes! A rookie group sold out the tickets in the first HOUR!

Most people were extremely doubtful of the success of these five girls. It was mostly because "girls" were expected to behave in a certain way. They were supposed to be "virtuous", "obedient" ,"feminine" , "cute" but not "strong", "independent" and "powerful". 2ne1 was basically a everything that society did not want girls to behave like. They were different. And being different is a sword, a sword that could either help you to defeat all your enemies, but it could also be used by others to crush you.

2ne1 was heavily criticized by netizens. They were completely going against the trend. Most popular girl groups in the 2000's went for the cutesy girl vibe. It came to a point where there was no originaity in the new groups. 2ne1 was going for more of a "bad girl" vibe. It was a fresh concept and was not easy to pull off by most people, but at the same time, was also looked down upon.

So, when the tickets were sold out, everyone was in shock. They did not expect this at all.

While these 5 girls were creating shockwaves in both the kpop world, and the whole country, they themselves were clueless. They were all in their dorm enjoying their long needed break. They did not have to film for their variety show, they did not have to practice, they were allowed to laze around for a whole day. I repeat a WHOLE day. This was like a dream for all of them.

So-Young decided to take a break too. She was working continuously for almost 2 years both for 2ne1 and for her company. She wanted to unwind and spend some time with her friends.

Most of the blueprints were sent to her father and all the everything was being manufactured steadily. They had to make machines to manufacture the products, and these machines needed to be set up in the factories. Kim Myung-Soo (In case you forgot..It's been so long so I'm not going to be surprised if you did forget.. it's So-Young's father) managed to find people who could make them. He estimated that they could start producing products within a year.

*IN THE DORM*

Sandara: "It feels soooo good to wake up so late! I love this feeling!"

Bom: "Um.. you do know that it's only 9:00 am. I do not think that is late."

Sandara: "Oh come on! we used to get up at 5:00 am everyday! This is soooo much earlier compared to that."

Minzy: "I know right! but i am so happy that i finished all my homework yesterday. Now I can have fun today!"

CL: "Exactly. We finished the work for the next two months so that we could go on tour with ease."

Bom: "I almost forgot that we have babies in the group. Dwo Ywou nweed anwy hewlp with ywor hwomwork?" (spoken in a babying voice)

Sandara: "Oh! don't tease the babies Bom, You are going to make them cry!"

Minzy: "Yea! and we all know that only the aunties can stop making the babies cry! So you are the only ones who can console us."

CL: "I sometimes forget that you have a very sharp tongue. It is a huge contrast compared to how innocent you look."

MInzy glared at CL and continued.

Minzy: "You should be on my side!! "

Bom: "Ok ok stop fighting. Where is So-Young?"

CL: "She is asleep."

Sandara: "Is she okay? she usually gets up on time."

Minzy: "She said she wanted to sleep well and she did not want anyone to wake her up."

Bom: "Let her sleep in. She needs it."

Everyone agreed. They knew how much effort she put in and wanted her to have all the rest possible."

*12:30 pm*

So-Young walked into the living room while rubbing her eyes. She was wearing an oversized t-shirt and HUGE pants. Her hair looked like a mess. When Bom, Sandara, CL and Minzy saw her like this, they couldn't help but think 'She is just a big baby'. So-young's voice was usually deep in the morning but this time it was deeper than usual

So-Young: "Good morning eonnis"

Sandara: "Young lady, this is no morning. It's almost time for lunch."

So-Young: "Oh..."

She then plopped herself on the couch and sat down next to Bom.

Bom: "Are you hungry? Do you wanna eat something?"

The sound of a grumbling stomach was the answer to her question. All of them started giggling. After eating her meal, she returned back to her usual self. She skipped her exercise for the day as she was feeling extremely lazy. The five girls sat together in the living room.

So-Young: "so it's a break today huh?"

Minzy: "YEPPP"

So-Young: "So what are we going to do now?"

Sandara: "We decided to binge watch Coffee prince today"

Minzy: "It is extremely popular! All my friends are talking about it."

So-Young: "Are we really going to do this?"

CL: "Come on! It's going to be fun!!"

Bom: "Be a sport."

So-Young: "...ok"

It was not like So-young did not like watching k-dramas. But it was because she watched them too much. She had watched tons of them in her last life.

Minzy: "Did you get the popcorn? Were you able to sneak it in?"

Sandara: "Don't worry! I sneaked some in yesterday. I just made it now."

CL: "Eonni, what about the soda?"

Bom: "Yep. All ready!"

Minzy: "YAYYY!!"

So-Young: "..." what was happening?

The girls sat down and the started the first episode. So-Young, was completely indifferent to the drama. The other girls were squealing while she was sitting like a statue. She had always watched k-dramas as a means to study rather than for enjoyment. Though she sometimes did enjoy them, she usually loved counting the number of sentences she understood than the actual plot. So, this was the first time she actually watched one for enjoyment.

She must say, she understood the hype of these dramas. She could see herself watching a few of these just to enjoy herself. But, she did not think she would be able to become an addict. She did not understand romance nor did she want to. She was content with what she had now - her family and friends. this was more than she could ever asked for. She was the kind of person who would sit on the side and make fun of the drama... and that's exactly what she did.

(this part is from the first two episodes of the k-drama "Coffee Prince")

So-Young: "ok wow! this makes soooooooo much sense!"

So-Young: "why would she enter the men's washroom? Is she dumb?"

So-Young: "Sure, I would love a TOTAL stranger to RUIN my car" she said while chewing fiercely on a piece of popcorn.

So-Young: "Okay, why would he randomly kiss her? what is even going on?"

Minzy: "SO-YOUNG!! ITS NOT BEEN EVEN TWO EPISODES AND YOU HAVE SPOLIED THIS FOR ME! KEEP QUIET AND JUST LISTEN!"

Bom: "Um.. I think we had enough of it for the day.."

CL nudged so-young on her shoulder and whispered to her.

CL: "You know how much minzy loves k-dramas... i think you should say sorry. She is really upset."

So-Young: "..I know.. I guess I was over excited."

So-Young walked to Minzy and apologised but Minzy completely ignored her. So-young tried to make her laugh but she was completely ignored. So-Young was completely stumped. She did not know how to solve this problem. CL whispered something in her ear and she reuctantly agreed."

So-Young: "If you forgive me, I will act out any role from any k-drama for you."

This caught Minzy's attention. She turned to her and pretended to still be angry.

Minzy: "You promise?"

So-Young hesitated, but still nodded.

Minzy: "You can't go ba-"

The doorbell interrupted what she was going to say. Sandara walked to the door and saw their manager standing outside the door throught the peephole. She was stunned but quickly ran to the living room and said hastily.

Sandara: "Our Manager is here!! QUICK HIDE THE POPCORN AND THE SODA!! FASTTTT!!"

The girls rushed to hide any form of junk food they were eating. They were idols, and had many restrictions on the food they could eat. within 2 minutes, they hid everything. They acted as if they did not understand what the word JUNK means. Sandara adjusted her expression and opeed the door.

Sandara: "Hello Manager-nim! What brings you here?"

Kong Chung-Ho: "I'm here to check up on you bunch. I don't know what will become of this place of you are left alone for too long."

Bom: "What are you saying Manager-nim!! We are responsible adults."

Kong Chung-Ho: "uh-huh... "

So-Young: "Would you like to come in and have a glass of water?"

Kong Chung-Ho: "No, I have work to do. I was just here to make sure nothing was wrong. Enjoy your break. You all need it."

So-Young: "Thanks for worrying! see you tomorrow."

CL: "Bye Manager-nim"

Minzy: "Bye-bye"

Sandara made sure he was gone and shut the door. The girls heaved a huge sigh of relief and started laughing like crazy. This was another one of the experiences they had together, that they would never forget.