Chapter 1

Present"Hyung!!!!!" Dal Rae yelled. "This is really unfair. Have you seen our calendar? There's no rest days!"I snorted at him, and four pairs of eyes looked straight at me, waiting anxiously for my words."Tell me that when I just got out of my post and the next thing I knew I was in a photo shoot." They all groaned with a pained look on their faces. We all finished our military service together when we decided to enter at the same time. This will be the first time we greet our Nari. This is the first time in a while that we are going to meet the idol again."Myeon Jin Hyung, are you okay?" Minho inquired while trying to understand the printed papers our manager handed over three hours ago."I'm good; no need to worry; let's sort things out and practice hard for the album and prepare for the concert tours.""Hyung, can we just have a week or two off?" Seonhwa asked while scanning through consecutive photos in his social media account, while other members have their own world to mind."Why?" I scanned the papers that contain a variety of schedules and meetings, including the music sheets and lyrics."There's this place I wanted to visit in Gwangju; it's called...""Wisteria Trail." I murmured. Everyone looked at me and frowned. "What? I've been there, and it's the same time of year when wisteria trees bloom.""How come you have been there when we are all serving the military at the same time and three of us are in the same unit with you?" Dal Rae asked while sporting a mischievous smile.Donghwa stared at them and smiled. "Hyung, was that the same place you met her? What was her name again?" Donghwa teases. I almost leaped from where I'm sitting. Now, everyone is curious about whom the lady is."What are you talking about?" Seonhwa moved over to Myeon Jin and gave him a nudge."Fine, fine, I will tell you. It was on the military break; I went there and made a wish." Getting back to his musical sheets. Well, I don't mind telling them the story, but it will bring back those precious memories."Wait, you're forgetting something, Hyung! Who is that lady, Donghwa Hyung, was talking about?" Minho now joined the ruckus."She must be special, since Donghwa Hyung remembered her." Dal Rae instigated more fuel for the little fire."Her name is Jinju. We met there and went on our separate ways. That's all.""That's all?!!! No spark, one-night stand, or anything?!" Dal Rae shouted and slid down the floor. "Hyung, you should have gotten her number and all. The name is nothing; there are hundreds of Jinju in Korea.""Getting involved with females is my last priority; our comeback is near, and we've got a lot going on." And getting her involved in our world will be sheer hell."But this is no ordinary lady because you remember her, and Donghwa Hyung remembers her." Dal Rae added more fuel to the growing fire of curiosity."That is enough I think, ha ha ha, he will soon reveal it to us." Minho handed over a stack of CDs on the coffee table."These are just a bunch of demo tracks?" Dal Rae said as he scanned the stickers on the CD cases. "Wait, these are all demos made by females."Everyone was shocked and bewildered by Dal Rae's words and looked at the CD cases."Yah!! They're going to make us sing female songs?" Seonhwa said.Myeon Jin scanned the CD and caught a familiar handwriting. "Who sang all of this?""She's new here; from what I know, she got employed around a year ago, and all the demo tracks that she did were released as B-sides or even as title tracks. She is phenomenal, as they say. She is also actively promoting herself in China as a solo artist, and now they want her to debut in the Korean industry. Manager-nim told me to listen to this. It's a cover of SNSD Taeyeon's song Fine." Minho handed Myeon Jin one of the CDs.Minho walked towards the player and played the CD. [Lyrics excerpt from the song Fine.]"My true feelingsOn a torn paperAre you getting clear on something about you?Yeah, you look like me, but different somehow.I wonder if you feel the same way as I do.There's no hope, but I expect it.After a day, a month, and a year,We would live different lives.No, I'm notI don't think it'll be easy for me.You still fill my days.No, not yet.I'm repeating like a fool.I can't hold back the words lingering on my lips.It's not fine.Ah ah ah ah, it's not fine."I stood up from where he was sitting, which shocked everyone in the room."Who sang this?! What is her name?" I shouted."Hyung...." Dal Rae did not expect their oldest to be so worked up by the song."It's her; I can't be wrong; I know it's her." I sat down and looked at the CD case with the name on it."What do you mean, Hyung?" Seonhwa was shocked and puzzled."The lady from the Wisteria Trail, a year ago." I murmured. What are the odds? A memory of the past is now haunting my future."You said you only knew her name, right? Why would you think it's her?" Donghwa looked at him, expecting an answer."She sang that very same song while we walked towards the wisteria tree to make our wishes. I can't be wrong about this; it's really her.""Hyung, are you sure as hell it is her?" Dal Rae said."Yes, yes, because that very same voice was the voice of that lady." How can I forget such lady?"She will be here today to meet us, Myeon Jin; they personally asked her to come today for feedback, and she doesn't know that it will be us doing her songs." Minho says this while clearing up the CDs."Wow, so we are going to meet the lady behind the golden voice." Seonhwa said."It's not a normal meeting that is going to happen, guys; she will have her debut collaboration with us, which will be included in our album." Minho explained."You're telling me we are going to work with her?" I looked at Minho for confirmation."Yes, we will boost her name first." Minho is handling the lyrics sheets one by one. "They want us to remake this song Made in You by Suho as a B-side track; she will sing with us in this song.""This song is like a confession song; I don't think it fits all of us." Seonhwa said."That is why she will meet us today for a dry run of the song in its original key." Minho sat beside me. I'm still in shock from all the information coming fast as a bullet train. "Also, we can confirm if she is the girl Myeon Jin is talking about.""It is intriguing and pleasing to hear that Hyung; apart from her singing with us, we might as well see if she is the wisteria lady." Seonhwa smiled, a smile that has more meaning than it does.The silence was broken by a knock, then the door opened and a lady appeared."Hi, I'm Lee Jinju; I'm looking for Minho."I stood up from his seat and looked at the girl. It's her; it's really her! I can't believe my eyes; that lady I met a year ago is right in front of me, and I could not even move. She is still as beautiful as before.Minho stands up. "That would be me. What can I help you with?" As Minho walked towards her and my freaking body wouldn't even dare to move, I diverted my glance to the members who were also looking at her intensely."I'm Lee Jinju; I was told to look for you by my manager. Manager Song will be here shortly; he's kind of trapped with the sponsor meetings." She extended her hands, and that damn Minho received it (not that I complain, since it was only formality)."Nice to meet you. I'm Kang Minho; you can call me Minho. It's all good, but did he realize that he sent you to an all-male room?" He chuckled and ushered her in."Well, I think he didn't know that you weren't alone, and by the way, I'm a fan, so it's also nice to meet you." She smiles, and for God's sake, that smile almost gave me a heart attack."Shall I introduce you to everyone?" Minho pointed to each member. "That one is Donghwa, AKA Yongdam; Seonhwa is there; Dal Rae is there; and Myeon Jin, AKA Jangmin."Everyone greeted her with enthusiasm. Much to my surprise, she shook everyone's hand, including mine. There's a fine line between imagination and reality, because if this is my imagination taking over, please don't wake me up; I need more time to get to know her. She smiled at everyone and greeted them."We heard your song cover fine a while ago; we were quite amused by it and didn't believe that we would meet you today." Seonhwa offered her a seat, and Dal Rae gave her a bottle of water. I'm still shocked and unable to move, but I've already sat down because I'm afraid my feet will give out at any moment.