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Your morning is normal, getting up early just as the sun rises. A shower before touching up your face for work. Breakfast is quick but tasty as you drive down towards the station.
It’s the same as it always is, a routine. Sometimes you wish your life was a little more exciting but honestly? It’s great. Being a journalist was your dream and it came true. Work is good and you get to meet a lot of interesting people.
Your work also takes you across the continent, over to Korea once a month and sometimes across to China a few times a year. It’s something you quite enjoy. Each country and culture is so different and interesting, you can’t help but love it.
The sun is shining as you pull up, setting the bonnet of your car shimmering. You quickly hop out, looping your bag over your shoulder, and head inside.
“Hey, (Y/N),” Mari, the secretary at the desk greets. “Just in time. The girls are almost here. Will you greet them at the door?”
Ah yes, you were due to interview a duo of Korean idols. They're currently promoting in Japan for their latest mini album so they were on your list for an interview. It was something you were actually quite looking forward to.
“Sure, of course. Just give me a sec to get in.”
She dips her head and looks back down at her work.
Heading down to the room, you drop your bag off before checking the note you got again. Dreamcatcher. You vaguely remember them from last year, perhaps from a friend or other media coverage yet you can’t quite place them. You wonder if their music is good.
“Su-a and… Shi… Siyeon,” you murmur, trying to get the pronunciation right. You knew Korean but there were always phonetics that threw you. “Sua. Siyeon. Sua. Siyeon.”
Luckily, theses ones aren’t too difficult in comparison to some others you’d worked with previously.
You exit the room and walk down to the main entrance. Mari glances up before looking back down at her work again. You check your watch.
Almost exactly on time, you see a car pulling by the door. The windows are tinted dark to protect the idols within. Normally there’d be at least a couple fans waiting outside, desperate for a picture or two but these two somehow managed to slip under the radar.
From the car emerges two staff members, one a recognised translator that you’ve actually met before. She gives you a little wave and you chuckle before waving back.
With no crowd around, they aren’t wearing hats or masks to hide their face and you see them perfectly. Both are breathtakingly beautiful, startlingly so.
One is smaller with almost elf-like features and pink-ish hair. She beams at you, energy already filling the room. She seems like someone you could be best friends with.
The other is taller with long blonde hair and a wicked smile. Her eyes are alluring, drawing you in in a swirl of brown. She's like someone you’d love to get to know better.
You’ve met idols before, you’ve met artists before but none have stopped you in your tracks like these two. Brushing yourself down, you quickly go to meet them.
“Hello, I’m (Y/N),” you greet, bowing. “I’m going to be your host for today’s interview. It’s nice to meet you.”
Both bow back.
“I’m Sua,” the smaller one says in Japanese, bowing again. “Thank you for having us.”
“And I am Siyeon,” the blonde one says.
The staff member with them says something in Korean which you only catch parts of. You can hold a conversation but they’re a little too quick. The translator starts talking. “They’re wondering if you could start as quickly as possible. They’re on a tight schedule.”
“Of course, of course. Right this way.”
You lead them down the corridor until you enter the room. It's already set up.
Sua talks as you go, not in your direction but towards Siyeon. Siyeon’s more content but you feel her eyes on you. You glance back, meeting her gaze and she jumps, seemingly embarrassed by being caught staring.
“In here,” you say.
It’s short work to get everyone in and seated, headphones hooked up so the translator can talk without disruption. Giving you thumbs you, you’re ready to start. The cameraman gives you the signal and you know you’ve just begun filming.
“Hey so today as special guests I have two members of Korean idol group, Dreamcatcher.” You look towards them and say in Korean “Hello~”
Sua’s already giggling but Siyeon says it back, quiet response almost lost under her friend. Both seem high energy, ready to enthusiastically respond.
“Ah, hey, let’s do the introduction,” Sua says, patting Siyeon arm.
Together, both of them say their greeting. “Dream of me, good evening, we are Dreamcatcher!”
Sua pauses for a second to smirk at the camera. “I am Queen Sua!”
“And I am Wolf Siyeon!” Siyeon accents her introduction with a howl, making you chuckle.
“Hey, can I try?” you ask, playfully taking part.
Both look at you, enthused.
“Hello, I am (Y/N)!” You say it in the same fashion as they did.
“Oh! Your Korean is very good!” Sua says.
You nod. “I go to Korea once a month for work. So I was really looking forward to using my Korean.”
Both nod.
“If you come to Korea, call me,” Siyeon says suddenly, motioning like a phone by her ear.
It takes a second but then Sua’s half laughing half gasping with surprise. You fight the urge to blush.
“I’ll go to Seoul fashion week, next week,” you say back.
Siyeon smiles at you, tossing you a wink. She is shockingly bold, more than anyone else you've met. Sua's beaming from ear to ear.
Clearing your throat, you move on but every so often, you flirt a little. And both of them flirt back as if it was natural. It is; for them anyway.
You don't need to up the enthusiasm, they're genuinely funny and interesting people. You can see why they're said to be rising as an idol group, they have everything one would fall in love with.
Before you know it, you're coming to the end of the interview.
“And we’re closed,” the camera-man says.
"That was great, guys!" you say, removing your headphones. "It was really good!"
You excuse yourself to go to the bathroom. Heading down the corridor, your heart's beating in your chest. Something about that was exhilarating.
You emerge from the stall and start washing your hands. When you look up in the mirror again, you’re surprised to see a blonde head next to yours.
“Hey~” Siyeon says, standing by the sink.
“Oh! You surprised me!” You grab paper to dry your hands.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to.” She smiles warmly but you can’t help catching the nervous undertones. She glances at the floor.
“Can I help you?”
“Ah… ah yes…” Siyeon looks down at her feet before reaching your eyes again. “I know we were, you know, messing in front of the camera, but-” She extends her hand to you. “-here. If you are ever in Korea, let me know.”
You take the piece of paper from her. Unravelling, it’s a phone number—her phone number.
“Oh wow,” you gasp. “I…”
Siyeon suddenly flushes. “I’m sorry, was that too forward? You—I mean, you don’t have to, um-!”
Before you can say anything, Siyeon’s already retreated out the door and vanished, leaving you there with her number in your hand.
She couldn’t be serious. She is an idol and as far as you know, idols aren’t allowed to date in Korea. Maybe that’s why she caught you in the bathroom, away from prying eyes.
But you?
You tuck the paper into your pocket and head out. The small group is already preparing to leave.
You gratefully thank them for coming and all other pleasantries.
You try to catch Siyeon’s eye. You wouldn’t dare say anything in front of the others but you just want to see her reaction. Just a look to help you understand what just happened.
She shrugs, almost helplessly.
Your fingers touch the paper, wondering what in the world it meant.