Babysoul's POV:

The day of the performance came. I kept pacing back and forth in the dressing room. I'm so nervous. This will be my first performance on national TV ever! And to think I'll be doing it with Sungkyu!

"Soul, relax." Hye Jin eonnie must have noticed me. Everyone's calling me Babysoul now. The boss told us to keep that nickname as my stage name.

"Eonni! I'm scared!"

"Soul! You can do that. We're all rooting for you. You know what, you actually made us realize dreams do come true. Imagine, one day you were one of us serving artists, now you are the artist!"

"Awww... That is such a sweet thought of you eonni. Thank you. I actually feel sorry that it happened that way. I was afraid they'd think differently that I'm a former staff turned artist."

"No, don't think that way. You are here because you deserve it. As I have told you, we are proud of you."

"Thanks eonni. This means a lot."

"Don't cry. You'll mess your make up," she said. We both chuckled.

"Soul-ah!" Dongwoo came in loud and laughing.

"Let's do our best on our performance okay?"

"Yes sunbae-nim!"

"That's my girl!" he said and gave me a hug.

"She's not your girl," Sunggyu pulled away Dongwoo.

"Hyung!" Dongwoo complained but was laughing.

"We better go back stage now. Let's not waste time," Sungkyyu went on.

Now, both Sungkyu and I are on standby at the backstage waiting for our turn in the set. Dongwoo, who was in charge of the male rap part was on stand bye too but was busy chatting with the staffs. He is just hyper as usual.

I looked at the stage and felt the pressure. I let out a breathe out loudly.

"Are you nervous?" Sungkyu asked.

"Yeah." I looked at him.

"Sungkyu... I'm... I'm scared."

"That's normal. But don't let it eat you. Just focus on our performance," he took my hand. "We can do this together. We'll sing together and give an excellent performance. Okay?"

I nodded.

And our time to record came.

I was nervous but I held on Sungkyu's words. I trusted him and so I gave my all to that performance. I was actually mesmerized by him. He was just spectacular specially when he is performing.

Dongwoo was also remarkable. His rap parts were solid and cool.

I enjoyed the stage so much. It was so vibrant and happy and entertaining.

The performance gave positive results. We won that round. All the staffs and back up dancers congratulated us.

I'm so overwhelmed. I really wanted to cry.

I want to go to Sungkyu and thank him personally but there are lots of people surrounding him. After taking selcas and lots of pictures, I decided changing from our performance costume into my normal clothes, some jeans and hoodie.

When finally, I saw Sungkyu being alone and quite distant, preparing his things, I walked up to him.

"Sunbae-nim," I cleared my throat and called his attention. "Ahm... Thank you so much for this, for everything."

He stared at me for quite some time.

"Okay. If you are really thankful, you should treat me," he straight forwardly said which taken me a back.

Here is Mr. Sungkyu acting cool again.

"Why not?" I asked. "What would you prefer? Coffee?"

"A date," he said without a blink

"Huh?"

Sungkyu took a piece of folded paper from his pocket.

It was old and yellow and quite familiar.

"The place is written here. It is your choice if you want to come or not. I won't force you. But I'll be waiting there from 7 till 9pm." He gave me the paper.

He smiled meekly, took his bag and went away with the manager.

I'm about to open the paper when Dongwoo came.

"Soul! Our rapper Soul is daebak! Whoooh!"

"Thank you!" I bowed to him slightly.

"Hey! Our CEO watched our performance! He is so delighted."

"Really?" I placed the paper in my pocket.

"Let's go see him!" He pulled me to where the CEO is.

"Babysoul! Congratulations! That was awesome performance!" he offered me a shakehand.

"Thank you sir. Thank you for trusting my abilities."

"You deserve it!"

"Sir!" Hye Jin eonnie injected. "You should treat us dinner."

"Why? No~"

"Sir! You have to so that good luck keeps on pouring!" the other employees added.

"Come on Sir! It's been a while since we last tasted the fruits of your money. Please treat us! A simple noraebang party will do."

Everyone was cheering 'Noraebang', 'Noraebang'.

"Fine. Fine!"

Everyone rejoiced.

We all went into a near Noraebang and celebrated. Soju and pork bellies are overflowing.

Hye jin eonnie and the others were so happy taking turns to sing.

"Sir Lee Jungyeop! Watch me sing and make me your artist," a staff named Ji Sun offered but when he sang, everyone closed their ears. Everyone was laughing and having fun.

"Too bad. Sungkyu left early," Dongwoo suddenly commented.

"That person, he should be here because he is the main person of the event," the CEO replied. Did anyone contact Sungkyu?"

Everyone went silent.

"How could you all forget Sungkyu? Aish these people." Sir Jungyeop opened his phone and dialed Sungkyu's phone.

"Hey kid, where are you? We are here celebrating your win. I'll text you the address.

-What?"

-Fine. Do whatever with your life. Bye!"

Is he coming?" Dongwoo asked.

"He is not coming."

"Why?"

"He said he has something important to do and it's a matter of life and death." The CEO took a shot of Soju. "That kid." It seems like the CEO is already quite drunk.

I got stopped from swallowing the pork in my mouth.

Suddenly, I remembered the paper Sungkyu gave.

I took it from my pocket.

It's really strange how it looked familiar.

I opened it and I was shocked. Even though that place was deem, I know what the contents of the paper is. Tears streamed in my face in an instant.

"Hey Soul. What's the matter?" Dongwoo asked.

"I-i have.. have to go."

"I have to go."

"What's wrong?" Hye Jin eonnie asked again.

"I'm sorry. It's an emergency!"

"Is that a life and death situation too?" someone from the end of the table asked.

I took my bag and went out with wide steps.

I looked at my phone and it's already 8:37pm. I remembered what Sungkyu said a while back. 'I'll be waiting there from 7 till 9pm'.

I tried to contact Sungkyu but I can't reach him.

I want to cry harder.

"Taxi!" I called for a ride but no one seems to notice me.

'Sungkyu, wait for me.'

"Taxi!"

It took sometime before I was able to call for a taxi.

"Mr., please take me to 'Secret Garden'."

"Is that the place near Seonyudo Park?"

"Yes. Please let us hurry."

"Okay Ma'am."

I bit my lips. If I am to answer that question a while back, I'd answer him 'Yes- This is a matter of life and death'.

I opened that the paper again and touched the address written on the bottom part.

I looked at the time again and it's already 8:54pm. I'm running really late.

'Sungkyu, please wait for me.'

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A/N: Have you heard/ watched INFINITE's teaser for Tell Me?

Seems like song is about waiting, pleading someone to comeback... again hahahh! Classic Infinite.. It's so beautiful.. I can't wait for it to get released... kyahhhh > <