Summer Night's Dream
Episode 2 - Coincidence

Jogno-3-ga.

Chul Goo stopped his car in front of a house on the corner. From the outside the house looks like a typical suburban house, with a brown wooden fence that is not high enough and stone walls surrounding the house and yard. The house is two-storied with shades of pastel white and brown, decorated with a spacious front yard where there are park benches and barbeque equipment and a gazebo.

"Whose house is this? Your committee bought it?" juno asked as he turned his body looking in amazement at his surroundings.

"This house has one of our committee members. Name's Jessica. Her parents live abroad and she says she doesn't want to live alone in a house this big. So he moved into a smaller apartment, kept this house he loaned us. After all, he is also the nephew of the head of the CSEGroup, the promoter of this program" explained Chul Goo as he led both participants to the entrance.

"Hmm, rich people are sometimes a bit strange behavior," Juno rolled her eyeballs making Chul Goo and Nara laugh.

"So the password for the door is 505090, do not forget, because you only need that password to open the door," Chul Goo showed Juno and Nara how to open the front door of the house.

"Oh so we just need a password huh? Good dong, next time if I go to Korea again I will just stay here, I already know the password," Juno chuckled with her own idea.

"Yes! You think we're that stupid? Of course we will change the password periodically. So every time a program is completed, there will be a new password as well," Chulgu punched Juno's shoulder in an agitation.

"Ck. Fun no,"

Now they're inside that house. Juno and Nara's mouths opened wide as they walked in. The house was very large with a spacious and beautiful front room and filled with expensive-looking furniture.

"Come, I'll take you around" Chul Goo led their way to show the rest of the house. "So as you can see this is the front room. Then there is the dining room and kitchen. There is a refrigerator that you can fill food to your heart. Then there are 7 rooms in this house, 4 rooms upstairs and 3 rooms downstairs. You can choose any room you want and each room has a bathroom. There's a pool in the backyard and. the best part is..." Chulgu walked towards the room located beside the stairs. "Yetoo!! Home theater! You can use as you like, there is a popcorn maker, a comfortable sofa, and of course movie collections!!"

"Guabe!!" Juno and Nara jumped up in excitement while clapping happily.

“If it's like this anyway we don't have to work on the program. We're just relaxing at home, aren't we?” juno exclaimed with a face of sumringah, making Chul Goo snap her head to dispel that thought.

"By the way, did the two of us arrive?" ask Nara.

"Nope. There's Lisa from Singapore. The rest will arrive tonight and tomorrow morning. But I don't know now where Lisa is, maybe at the club,"

"Yes!! You're stupid, aren't you? Who do you think is going to the club at this hour?! Juno raised her hand to show her watch to Chul Goo. A large needle and a small needle indicate it was still 2 p.m.

Chul Goo patted his head off. He forgot it was still noon. "Ah, you're right. It's because he kept asking me where the most famous club around the area was, so it stuck in my head."

"So how about tonight we'll hang out at the club? Nara?" Juno raised her eyebrows as a sign of persuasion. "Come on's..."

"No, thank you. Don't count on me," Nara declined the offer as she waved both hands.

"Boooooooo!!"

"Whatever!" Nara slid her tongue towards Juno. Whatever Juno says, he's definitely not going to the club. He really doesn't like many places.

"By the way, guys,” Chul Goo glanced at his watch, back at the time. “It looks like I have to leave you guys. I have to go now, there's still other business. You can do whatever you want today, unpacking maybe, shopping, or just take a rest. So just call me if you need anything, okay? Bye~" Chul Goo said goodbye in a hurry, leaving Nara and Juno who had not even had time to reply and finally just resignedly waved their hands.

"I want to take care of my things" Nara said, pointing to the room she was going to be in.

Juno pointed upstairs, which meant he was going to take one of the rooms above. "I want to rest" he said.

"Yup, see you ton!"

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Tomorrow. It's a sunny afternoon. Hongik University Hall, South Korea.

Nara gripped the handle of the chair she was sitting on. His two soles incessantly stomped on the black carpeted floor below. He sang the song he would sing again and again while waiting for their welcoming event to begin. His eyes looked towards the front where a stage unfolded like he was waiting for him. In 30 minutes, he will be on stage, performing their performance, singing the song 'Okey Dokey'. And now he's biting his nails, a sign he's getting more nervous.

"You okay?" Juno who had just come patted Nara on the shoulder from behind. But Nara gave no answer. He ignored Juno and even kept biting his nails. "You nervous?" juno asked again and then took a detour to sit on the seat next to Nara.

Nara only nodded when she saw that Juno had arrived and sat down beside her. "I don't think you're gonna be nervous. You seem to have been calm all this time when we were training. What else do you have to fear anyway? This is not a big concert stage or an important performance. The people who came were only program participants and organizers," Juno tried to calm his duet friends later.

Nara lowered her head, "Your guess is wrong. I'm very nervous when I'm the center of attention in a crowd,"

"Then why did you agree to perform with me?"

"Because I want to overcome..." Nara stopped her sentence and fell silent for a moment like she was thinking of something. Then he cleared his throat before finishing his words. "...my nervousness," he continued.

Juno simply nodded, trying to understand. "Then let's practice backstage again," and without waiting for a reply he pulled Nara's hand to follow her.

The music intro of the song 'Okey Dokey' echoed throughout the hall. Juno began their performance by entering the stage and performing the initial verse of the song. After that, Nara also entered the stage and began to sing her part. Nara tried to calm herself down, but she felt suddenly the whole room was spinning and she felt her head throbbing. With the entire audience clapping, some cheering, and some singing along with him, he felt his pupils begin to shrink. But he still tries to control his feelings. Until when his part was finished and continued again by Juno's part, he remained on the stage trying to choreograph them even though his gaze had started to blur. Fortunately, he was still able to reply to Juno's fist exactly as they did during practice.

"Come, Nara, hold on. It's almost done," Nara tried to calm herself inwardly.

Finally their appearance was finished. Stalled music was replaced by boisterous audience shouts and the sound of clapping hands filled the room. Nara could not hold it anymore. Other than his head that seemed to want to explode, he had already started to feel his breath choking. He immediately ran off the stage and out of the hall, looking for a place to calm himself down . With a split breath he moved into the woman's toilet and locked himself in one of the cubicles.

"There's no sound... I didn't hear anything... I didn't see anybody... There is no one..." Nara muttered with her eyes tightly closed and both hands patted her ears.

After a few minutes of doing so, Nara felt a little calm. His breathing had started to return to normal, and although he still felt a little dizzy, his gaze was already not blurred and did not turn around anymore. He took a deep breath and took it out slowly before finally walking out of the room.

Seeing his reflection in the mirror, he stopped his steps for a moment and repaired the hair that began to fall from the tie. "Ah, surely they will be worried looking for me who suddenly left," thought Nara slightly regretting her behavior. After her hair was tied neatly, she pulled her slightly tangled shirt and patted it softly.

"Okay, you're okay now," Nara nodded towards her reflection then then turned around and stepped quickly to return to the hall when suddenly...Bam!! He hit someone.

"God!! Cheosohamnida ..cheosohamnida?" Nara panicked when she realized the person she hit had fallen to the floor.

"Ah, ne ... gwencanha," He stood up and patted his clothes and pants to clean up any dirt that might be stuck.

Dugs. Dugs. Dugs. Dugs.

Nara could feel her heart pounding very fast when she saw the person standing before her. "Ji-Ho??"

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