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Dispatch: Breaking News!
Aespa Winter and Treasure Asahi are in a romantic relationship. The two reportatedly have been together since September last year and got acquainted through a friend with the initials BY who has collaborated with Winter before. Now, the two meet during their free time at Asahi's private studio.
(Update! SM has confirmed the relationship of its artists. SM: "Winter and Asahi have similar feelings for each other. We wish MY and Teume the best of support.")
(Update! YG has confirmed its artist's relationships and took the same side as SM. YG: "We support our artists as much as SM supports theirs.")
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That day Winter was practising by herself because her solo was due to be released next month. It was already 2pm and the girl continued to practice. Either because of her perfectionist nature or because she was chastising herself for her dating news. That's right, it's been about two days since the news of her and Asahi's dating broke. And it's also been 2 days since Winter's mobile phone has been constantly vibrating without stopping whether it's a message or a voice call from Asahi, all of which the short-haired girl hasn't replied to at all. Now it was the same, her mobile phone was vibrating and she didn't want to check it at all.
The girl simply played back the title track of her solo song and started dancing again. With agility and precision, the girl danced very well. Every detail was perfect. Her singing was also perfect. Absolutely perfect. The girl then went on and on dancing until there was a small knock on the door of her practice room. "Who?" Winter shouted from inside who had now switched off her music and walked towards the door.
There, she found a long haired man with slightly curly hair who was smiling from ear to ear while carrying a bag of food. That's right, there was Asahi, her boyfriend whom she had ignored for two days. Winter was of course confused as to how to behave. She was surprised because this was the first time Asahi came here especially when their news was still a hot topic.
Quickly, Winter pulled Asahi into the practice room and locked the door. Then, the girl looked at Asahi with an incredulous look and said, "Are you crazy? Why are you here? Did anyone see you?" Said Winter who was still in shock. The girl didn't even notice the food Asahi had brought even though she was very hungry.
Asahi, who was shocked at being pulled away suddenly and asked all sorts of questions, simply smiled before pulling Winter into his arms. Then, he landed a short, soft kiss on her lips and held up the food he brought for her to see. "I miss you and I brought food, hehe. You must not have eaten yet, right? I know. Let's eat first." Asahi said before pulling Winter's hand and inviting the girl to sit down.
Then, the man swiftly unwrapped the food which turned out to contain spicy tteoboki and some fried foods. Furthermore, the man even opened the chopsticks for his girl and made sure they were clean before giving them to Winter.
Winter who had been shocked and blushing finally followed Asahi and calmly accepted the chopsticks from Asahi but she still continued to stare at her lover and waited for a definite answer. "Asahi, answer me." Winter said starting to get serious again. Now the girl was looking even more deeply at Asahi. Trying to emphasise her desire to Asahi. "Has anyone seen you?" Asked Winter anxiously which this time made Asahi let out a long breath and smiled a little.
"I don't know but I came through the back door and your manager helped me in." Asahi replied before taking the chopsticks for himself and devouring the warm tteokboki. Then the man smiled back at Winter and added, "Besides, SM and YG have confirmed our relationship. Even if I'm being seen here then I just have to say that I visited you. I just need to be honest now, Minjeong-ah." Asahi added.
This time Winter just nodded her head and tried to believe that indeed everything would be fine as long as they were honest from now on. Then, the girl joined her boyfriend in eating the tteokboki. Winter then realised how hungry she was. After training for almost a whole day, the girl finally wanted to eat something. And a warm, spicy tteokboki at night was just what she needed. Asahi does understand me, Winter thought before smiling widely at Asahi. Winter's wide smile was of course returned with an equally wide smile by Asahi. And the two then enjoyed their evening. It was quiet, peaceful, and pleasant.
"It is tasty, right? Eat more, Minjeong-ah."
"It is! Where did you buy this?"
"Your favourite place. You're always so happy when you eat food from there,"
"Ah Sahiya..."
"Hm? Why Minjeong-ah?"
"Aniyaa. Uri namchin gomawoo,"
"Geura geurae. Just promise me you will finished them."
"Don't worry, your girlfriend can eat a lot."
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In the days that followed, both Winter and Asahi continued to find it difficult to bare sometimes. Even when they were confirmed to be dating, both of them received a lot of insinuations from both MYs and Teume. Not a few of them told both Winter and Asahi to find other partners who were more 'appropriate' for each other. Of course, this was painful for them especially Winter given the fact that she is a female that always receiving more hated and more suggestion of the better partner. However, they have their own way of dealing with it.
Then one time, Winter had a live schedule and there were many people asking about Asahi, giving bad comments as the dating is ruined her solo debut. There is also MYs who preferred Winter to be with other idols. And other thing Winter don't like. It really felt like Winter just wanted to switch off her mobile phone and finish her live. But just as she was about to do so, a very interesting message appeared in Winter's eyes.
(MJ01sunsfollower: I think Winter-nim is very pretty today, the yellow colour in your shirt suits you very well)
(MJ01sunsfollower: Yellow yellow yellow my sunflower 💛)
(MJ01sunsfollower: Winter-nim don't mind what other MYs say, to me you are always beautiful. Keep up the dating success with that boyfriend of yours!)
Winter would laugh inwardly every time user MJ01sunsfollower commented. Why? Because the day before Asahi had told Winter that he would be watching and asked her to watch out for users with names containing the words sun, flower, and everything that could possibly be him. The man did hide his account but Winter knew instantly that it was Asahi from his typing.
Winter wanted to eroticise and retaliate against Asahi but she held back. It would be bad if their fans and even their haters knew that it was Asahi. However, the comment from Asahi through the fake account certainly encouraged Winter and made it through her live session.
On another day where Treasure was scheduled to go on the radio, the radio MC blatantly asked Asahi about Winter. "Asahi-ssi. You were recently confirmed to be dating Aespa Winter. Are you guys very happy now that you're dating publicly?" The MC said to Asahi which suddenly made treasure members excited.
Starting from Jihoon and Hyunsuk who were clearly shocked, Jaehyuk who immediately stood up and covered Asahi, Jeongwoo and Haruto who followed Jaehyuk so that the camera could not capture Asahi's expression, Yoshi who vocally asked the manager and mc if it was okay for questions like this to air, and Doyoung Junkyu and Junghwan who were excited and shouted together.
The manager at the time gave Asahi the decision to choose considering that YG had officially announced it. Asahi of course hesitated but remembering Taeyang who succeeded in dating freely because he was always honest made him firmly answer, "We are very happy right now. I apologise to fans who feel hurt but both Winter and I hope that you find your own happiness. I hope you can meet someone who makes you happy like I am when I am with Winter." Asahi replied which made the members even more excited.
By now, even Hyunsuk might have climbed the table in shock if Jihoon hadn't held him back. There was Haruto actively shaking Asahi out of pride and there is Jaehyuk trying to lift Asahi up. Then there was Junghwan and Doyoung who went around to all the cameras showing off his brother, Junkyu who was frozen in shock, Yoshi who kept clapping non-stop, and Jeongwoo who screamed in highnote and excitement. Asahi, of course, then smiled a wide embarrassed smile at the response of his friends.
Then when Winter finally released her solo song, Asahi also sent a coffee truck for the MYs who waited and supported Winter at her promotion at the first music show. The man even wrote a message in the form of a short poem for the MYs who still supported Winter. Touched, Winter then posted a photo of herself with the coffee truck on her personal Instagram with the caption "Gomawooo".
There was also an incident in a variety show that aespa starred in. At that time, aespa was asked to choose an artist that they wanted to collaborate with. Then, Ningning casually mentioned the name Jennie Blackpink and suddenly the members called Winter to ask Asahi. Winter casually replied, "I'll ask him, but he might not know or don't want to give it to me. Jennie sunbaenim is a superstar." Winter said, which was not approved by her members because Asahi would have provided assistance if it was Winter who asked. Ningning even said, "You can't say I want it. If it was you, Asahi would have given Jennie Sunbaenim's contact information." Ningning said, to which all the members agreed. Eventually, all the members teased Winter until the girl was completely embarrassed.
Besides the on-camera moments, of course, Asahi and Winter are getting closer and closer. The couple easily found each other after their on-camera moments. Because of those moments, there are now more people supporting them. And that makes both of them happy.
They were even very relaxed now where Asahi was, at the Aespa Dorm and waiting for Winter and her members to come home. The man already knew their passwords due to his frequent visits (re; being asked for this and that favour by Winter feat. Aespa whenever she needed to invite her members). For example, now. Then, Asahi immediately made his okonomiyaki as soon as Winter contacted him and the members were almost there.
The man made four large portion of okonomiyaki with abundant toppings and arranged them neatly. He planned to bribe the aespa members to let him spend the night there. No, he wasn't going to act weird. It was just because he wanted to spend some time with Winter since he hadn't seen her for a month.
It wasn't long before the aespa members returned home and everyone was mesmerised by Asahi's fragrant okonomiyaki. Ningning even ran over and grabbed her portion as soon as the girl opened the door. Followed by Karina and Giselle who did the same. "Take your bribes, girls. I might have to borrow your sister for a while." Asahi said briefly before meeting Winter who happened to be the last to enter. Suddenly Winter's three girl friends gave a thumbs up and immediately took their respective portions and went to their own rooms.
"Okay, you can stay over today." said Giselle who casually went to her room. Then Ningning added "This is delicious, Sahi-ge. Thank you. I'm gonna go to eat this first."Ningning added before running off to her room. As for Karina, she glanced in their direction and was wary before saying, "Asahi listen, I'm with the others is here. You can stay but don't anything weird. If you get weird, watch out!" Threatened Karina who gave a warning look before heading to her room. All the aespa members's words were of course only replied with a thumbs up by Asahi who was now only focused on Winter.
"Hey,"
"Hey."
They greeted each other before embracing and breathing in each other's air. Next, Winter cupped Asahi's cheek and kissed her lover. Of course Asahi was surprised. Although Winter sometimes liked to take the initiative first, he was always surprised. But of course he was happy and smiled widely. Winter was the same way.
"I miss you," Winter said as she looked deeply at Asahi. In her gaze, there were various feelings mixed together. The girl missed her beloved and now she was happy even if their meeting was only brief. For the girl, every moment was precious.
Asahi then smiled before returning to kiss Winter for a moment and said, "I miss you, too." Asahi told Winter sincerely. By now, Winter was chuckling. Not because Asahi's words were funny but because the girl was embarrassed and misbehaving. Happy to see Winter's response, Asahi then led Winter towards the kitchen to show off her cooking. Winter, of course, happily followed Asahi.
Winter always liked Asahi's food. Again and again. Whether it was because the one who made it was her boyfriend or because Asahi was a good cook, Winter didn't care. For the girl, this moment was perfect. From Asahi, their relationship, and the public sentiment that was starting to favour them. A blessed indeed, Winter thought.
For Asahi, too, everything was perfect. Now the man could openly love his girl. So, he smiled broadly once again and savoured every second of their conversation. For him, moments with Winter were always exciting and time flew by.
Winter? The same. The girl also felt the same way. She could get lost in hours of conversation with Asahi even if their topic was not clear. Even the girl could fall silent and just stare at her lover for a long time and not get bored. Just like now, the two of them were completely lost in their world and didn't realise how many hours had passed.
On the other side of the aespa dorm, Karina just remembered that she had a live scheduled and hurriedly turned on her live. Then, of course, she professionally went live. Everything went smoothly until some comments started popping up asking about other members. Patiently, of course, Karina answered one by one.
However, MYs at that time asked Karina to present Winter which was greeted by Karina who shouted Winter several times. Not long after, there was a knock on her door and Karina told the knocker to come in. "Just come in, it's not locked." Karina said to the knocker.
"Jimin nuna, Minjeong asked why you called her. She is still very lazy on the sofa so I came here instead." Said the heavy voice that opened the door earlier. That's right, it was Asahi who opened the door. And of course, his voice and self directly entered Karina's live. And instantly, the two of them fell silent as the live audience's comments went crazy.
The End.