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“Ms. Kim, there’s a Byulyi outside, should I let her in?” Yongsun was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard her fitting room door opened. She looked at her assistant and nods.

“She’s Chairman Moon’s daughter, you should probably let her in,” Yongsun instructed the girl and she immediately followed her order, and Byul came in with a fresh bouquet of white roses.

“There’s a Byulyi? Are you kidding me?” Byul started as she came in giving Yong her flowers and kissing her cheeks.

“Let the girl breathe, will you? She’s new.” Yongsun said and Byul just shrugs.

“How’s my best friend? You’re all over the news!” Byul said excitedly as she sits on the couch placed on the side of the room. Yongsun followed and sits beside her opening the box of donuts Byul brought.

“Ahhh! I know right? Thank you for saving me, I owe this to your father. I should really thank him personally.” Yong said and Byul just shrugs it off.

“You don’t have to thank the old man, there’s no convincing really, he told me that if you wanted to come back here he’ll give you a show you deserve, and it's with Jin, for crying out loud,” Byul said proudly when she literally made her father cast two of her best friends on the same Drama. “When I took over? Imagine your careers!”

“Okay, don’t go overboard,” Yongsun said as she finished a donut.

“But don’t you miss it? LA?” Byul asked and Yongsun shakes her head.

“Maybe I miss... freedom? But the discrimination, and the way they are casting me for ‘visuals’ I hate it, at least respect my art? My skills?” Yongsun said in disappointment and slump herself on the couch. “I miss being appreciated.”

“Well, I do love your show, we watch it all the time. Please, just admit you live for the applause, there’s no humble way to say it.” Byul teases her best friend and Yongsun just smiles, she gets it. This is what she missed, to be surrounded by people who personally know her as a person. “Well, I have to check on Jin now, I’ll see you later. You look super gorgeous on that makeup though.” Byul said and bid her goodbye.

Yongsun kept playing the trailer of Autumn Letter (premiering tonight), she can’t help but felt mesmerized on how the show started filming six months ago and they’re now ready to show it to the whole country. She felt proud, also, the comment on the trailer video is overwhelming. Of course, she'll read it all! She loves receiving affection.

Fan 1: Queen Kim Yongsun is back! Pack your faves bags because she’s gonna take over now.

Fan 2: Kim Seokjin can sing, act, and dance. How much to pay to be on Ms. Yongsun’s place?

Fan 3: Bisexual culture is trying not to fall in love with #KimKimDuo at the same time! They’re both look so hot.

Fan 4: Okay, visuals of this Autumn Letter aside, but sis! My youtube Queen Jung Wheein finally made it to the mainstream! I’ve watched her for years now on youtube and she’s actually singing #SHADOW_AutumnLetterOST . She’s debuting with Seokjin and Yongsun yall!

Reply to Fan 4: Actually, sis, the OST truly slaps. I’d be lying if I said I did not cry hearing it for the first time!

Reply from Fan 4: Yassss! Army and Solar’s Angels! Please stan Jung Wheein!

Kim Yongsun arches an eyebrow as she agreed to this fan. She really loved the OST, she found herself singing Shadow at some point. She opened her youtube app and search for the singer, she’s probably gonna meet her tonight, might as well listen to some of her songs. Yongsun connected her phone on the room’s Bluetooth speaker and scans to the girl's youtube channel. Yongsun spends two hours watching Wheein’s youtube channel, and well, she instantly became a fan.

Jung Wheein and her Partner in crime/manager/personal assistant Ahn Hyejin were walking on the hallway searching for their rooms (They're both 19 at this time) when Hyejin heard something. “Someone’s blasting your songs, Wheein!” Hyejin shouted from the other side of the hallway and Wheein looked at her as she carries her small duffel bag.

“Huh?”

“Come ‘ere!” Hyejin shouted and Wheein jogged to her direction and as she comes closer, she’s hearing her covers. “That’s YOUR voice! Singing Honey!” Hyejin shouted excitedly.

“Shhhh!” Wheein shushed her best friend as she tries and listen. “Yeah, its from my channel,” Wheein said, and as she slowly lifts her eyes and finally saw the name written on the door.

Autumn Letter – Kim Yongsun

“No way… Look!” Wheein said as she points to the sign.

“Holyshit! She better shares your youtube link to her minions!” Hyejin said and Wheein is just blushing. They found themselves giggling outside the door when-

“Wahhh!!!” The door opened revealing Yong’s PA. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to-”

Wheein waves her hands in front of her and smiled at the girl. “No, no it's fine! We’re just a little bit lost-”

“What’s happening here?” Kim Yongsun, the goddess herself emerge from the room and Wheein’s jaw literally dropped on the floor. Sure, she knows the song will be played on Yongsun and Seokjin’s show but to see the stars in flesh just made her fangirl heart soar. “Jung Wheein?”

“Oh my gosh, she knows your name, Whee.” Hyejin said behind her and Wheein bows at least three times before greeting the older girl.

“Pleasure to meet you, Ms. Kim!” Wheein said too politely that made Yongsun smile, gosh those dimples. “This is my best friend slash manager, Ahn Hyejin.”

Yongsun smiled and definitely loving the attention. “I’m a fan, nice to finally meet you, Jung Wheein, Ahn Hyejin…”

“No! I am your fan! I’m sorry but can we take a picture?” Wheein politely asks the actress and Yongsun agreed to it and smile on Wheein’s camera. “Wow, thank you for this opportunity, Ms. Kim.”

“Drop the Miss. Just call me Yongsun or Yong, whatever floats your boat.” Yongsun said and she immediately blushed when she heard that Wheein’s songs are still being blasted in her room. “Sorry about that, I hope you don’t mind.”

“No, not at all,” Wheein said and this time, it's her turn to blush even more. Hyejin just watched the exchange knowingly, and in the back of her mind, she’s already planning a wedding. Hyejin smiled slyly on that thought.

“Ms. Kim, the carpet’s ready.” The PA told Yongsun and she excused herself from the two.

“I’ll see you two later.” Yongsun smiled at the two and then looked at Wheein. “I’m looking forward to your performance.”

“Good luck on your premier as well, Ms. Kim!” Wheein said and she waved goodbye to the prettiest human being she ever saw. Then she finally met with Hyejin’s eyes looking at her... maliciously. “What?”

“I can hear wedding bells…”Hyejin teases her best friend and Wheein pouted at her and slaps her arms.

“Shut the fuck up, as if, someone like her would even look twice in my direction,” Wheein said as they continue searching for the room. “How come are you managing my first mainstream project and didn’t even bother to ask where the fuck should I prepare?”

“It's my first time too, Whee…” Hyejin said as she scans her phone for the room number again.

“You literally had one job,” Wheein said and they finally reached the damn room, there’s a whole staff waiting for Wheein. Literally her anxiety, skyrocketing. “We got lost, I’m really sorry,” Wheein announce as they enter the room and a really tall woman greeted them, she’s wearing a nicely fitted red suit.

“No worries, Jung Wheein, right? Moon Byulyi, Star Studios Junior Marketing head, we’ve met before…” Byul introduced herself and Wheein nods.

“Yeah, of course, thank you for this opportunity, Ms. Moon, I still can’t believe it,” Wheein said and she shakes Byul’s hands.

“Ms. Ahn Hyejin? Right? I’m the one who’s sending you those emails.” Byul said as she faces Hyejin’s direction. “You still have at least two hours to prepare, the red carpet for the stars just started, the whole cinema is already packed tho,” Byul said as she looked at her watch. “Good luck on your performance, there’s a lot of young audiences here today, two stars are debuting with a big existing fanbase, make them fall in love with you,” Byul said and this made Wheein even more nervous, she felt her knees gotten weaker. “Now let them do their job. Go.” Byul said guiding Wheein to the staff.

“So… You’re Wheein’s manager? Aren’t you 19 years old as well?” Byul asked.

“Does age matter?” Hyejin asked with all the sass in her system.

“Not really, but when its legal work, it is?”

“Excuse me?”

“We would like to sign Wheein, on Star’s recording company. I don’t know if you’re the right person to talk to?”

“Uhm? I’m supposed to feel offended, but I won’t, I’m a business student and Wheein and I are graduating college next year so, talk to us by then.” Hyejin said Byul just laughed at the girl.

“Got it, debut after graduation," Byul said mentally noting what this girl told her. "So you’re really managing her?”

“Yes? Got a problem with that? Junior manager Moon?”

“I guess not.” Byul smiled and gave a calling card to Hyejin. “Consider us, and we’ll take Wheein as a trainee now, we can finalize everything after you guys graduated, so it’ll be formal by then. Will that be around May next year?”

“Hopefully, If my best friend does not flunk the rest of the semester…” Hyejin said as she watches her friend getting ready.

“You two got a really cute setup. A talent-manager relationship but you guys are literal best friend and at the same age.” Byul said and Hyejin raised an eyebrow.

“I want money and Wheein loves sharing her music… we made a pack, our relationship is better than marriage, we have joint accounts and shit, so… we won’t be a problem for you...”

“Well then, I’ll look forward to working with the two of you in the future.”

“You bet your ass you do, Ms. Moon,” Hyejin said leaving Byul smiling as she finally left the room.

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Yongsun was on her phone while waiting for the program to start, she was scanning through her social media feed and liking every comment from her fans. She’s very thankful for everything but at the same time, it's her own blood sweat and tears, its a rough road getting her to reach this peak of her career, she finally saw Hyejin and Wheein come out and smiled, Yongsun remembered herself when she was just starting, and she’s watching this girl’s debut because of her show, Yongsun gave herself a pat on the back.

She watched the two girls on the side of the stage, she can clearly see from where she’s sitting that Wheein is having a hard time killing off the nerves, she saw the girl’s head peek through the curtain and immediately retreated, this made the actress smile.

Hyejin and Wheein are already on standby backstage, Wheein peeks through the curtain and saw the cinema’s packed with fans. “Oh god, Hyejin, I’m gonna fucking vomit.”

“I know pup!” Hyejin squeezes Wheein’s cheeks with both of her hands and smiled at her best friend. “You can do this! This is your dream! Now go and make me some cash!”

“I hate you sometimes…”

“I always love you,” Hyejin said as she blows a kiss on Wheein’s direction who is now walking to the stage.

The MC for the night introduced Wheein, the whole cinema still cheered though they didn’t even know this girl.

“Hi, Wheein! How’s life?” The MC asked as she comes out of the stage.

“I can’t still believe that this happened, I was just a uni student doing youtube videos at home, now I’m here,” Wheein said in such a lovely way.

“And you’re 19, right?”

“Yeah, I really want to grab this chance to thank everyone who made this possible. Thank you so much.” Wheein said and they all cheered once again.

“So Shadow, how was that come about?”

“I was contacted by Star Studios, they asked me if I can send them a demo of one of my songs, and I did send Shadow demo, I wrote it and I’m so proud of it.”

“You wrote it? And you also used to cover songs on youtube?”

“That’s right and I'm still doing covers until now.”

“Plans on official debuting as an artist?”

“My manager will stay in touch with STAR, I guess. She’s also 19 guys, you know? my manager” Wheein said and she got collective laughs from the audience as a hand from the backstage wave enthusiastically on the crowd.

“Shall we hear it?” MC asked and Wheein just nods and positioned herself on the center of the stage, when she looked up, Kim Yongsun is sitting in front of her. First row, center. Wheein closed her eyes and heard Hyejin’s “Fighting!” and smiled as she starts the song.

***play shadow here*** lol

She ended the song beautifully, she felt her heartbeat making unusual pattern. The cinema's quiet. Oh god, they didn't like it? Ughh- 

She finally opened her eyes and everyone started cheering hard for her, even Kim Yongsun and Kim Seokjin stand for her clapping. Wheein finally let herself breathe and smile to her biggest audience ever, her eyes never leaving the actress who's pointing at her phone... clapping... jumping for her.

"Oh wow! wow! wow! Who else felt they just entered the gates of heaven!?" The MC announced, everyone cheered for her, and Wheein bowed to everyone. "Let us all support this young singer Jung Wheein as much as we support the series, and now, we'll start watching Autumn Letter's first episode." the MC said and the audience are even louder, she exits the stage and immediately enveloped in Hyejin's arms.

"Hyegi... are you crying?" Wheein asked the girl, even herself is still shocked because of what she just experienced.

"Yes! And what about it?" Hyejin said as she tightens her hug, Wheein started coughing. "I'm so proud of you, Wheepup!"

"Ugh, stop, you're literally killing me, I can't breathe!" Wheein said and Hyejin finally broke the hug.

She took her phone out and it is literally on the verge of automatic shut down, it's been vibrating non-stop. "What the hell is happening?"

The next thing she knows, her insta and youtube channel are blowing up… 

She finally clicked her insta and saw she's been tagged on Kim Yongsun's post. "Oh my gosh, Hyejin, LOOK!" she showed the post on her best friend and their jaws both dropped to the ground. "What should I say? Holyshit."

"You idiot, you thank her! Then ask her on a date." Hyejin said jokingly as she watches her friend type on her phone. "God! I'm so proud of you, you little shit!"

Wheein grabs Hyejin's hands and placed it on her left chest. "I did that huh"

"Yes you definitely just did THAT." Hyejin said and she dragged Wheein backstage to celebrate away from people's eyes, it's making her Wheein shy.

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