You could say I woke up on the wrong foot in the morning. The last few weeks were all about rushing, and I wasn't the most rested. I felt that I was nearing the end of my strength. I didn't even know why I was doing it at all. Many times I vacillated between love and hate regarding my work. I loved it because it was my dream, but I also hated it because it consumed all my energy and time. This is especially bad on days like today.

White Day, haha. Like I have time for relationships.

The agency didn't really care about the fact that both the idols and the staff were slowly getting sick of the tempo. We just finished the world tour, but we are already preparing for a comeback.

As the head of the stylists, I had a huge responsibility on my shoulders, and the hairdressers and make-up artists also belonged to me, who all relied on my opinion and instructions.

Day and night I brainstormed, planned, and put together different concepts for the songs, because after a comeback we had to take care of more than one performance, and that meant at least four or five sets.

I've been planning until dawn, because today we're taking photos of the boys. Some final adjustments, small refinements, and perfect concept photos were taken.

I was lucky with the boys. Although they were like a pack of rabid puppies, they always treated me and my team with the utmost respect and patience. If they didn't like something, they never yelled or fought. They humbly asked me to come up with something, and we always found a suitable solution for everyone. There were times when they didn't like an idea at first, but I tried to convince them, and in the end they admitted that they looked really good in that dress. That's why I tried to come up with compositions in which they don't feel uncomfortable.

Today's photo shoot was dominated by the sleek black style. We followed simplicity in hairstyles and make-up as well.

I helped them all adjust their clothes, sew up a button that had escaped, and roll up the long pants. The guys I dressed changed under our hands like a crop rotation, went further under the hands of the hairdresser, and then between the hands of the make-up artist. In the end, they went through the photo shoot one by one, and finally as a group.

- Thank you all very much for your work today - the photographer bowed when he finished. Really great pictures were created.

We helped the boys get back into their everyday clothes, freed them from their make-up, and then I started to pack away the costumes, one by one, packed by name, because they will still be needed during the performances, and it will be easier to find them that way than sorting through each piece again to see which one belongs to whom.

I had just finished when the leader stood in front of me:

- Y/N, would you come up to the rehearsal room when you're done. We should talk about a few things about the comeback.

- Of course - I sighed, because I was hoping that after the photo shoot I could go home, take a hot shower and crawl into bed, with some snacks and a good drama. Well, it seemed like I'd have to put this off for a bit.

I quickly finished packing because I didn't want to keep the boys waiting.

Arriving at the rehearsal room, I first thought that I was not late after all, because it was too quiet and there was no light.

But when I opened the door and entered the room, I almost had a heart attack:

- Surprise! - the light came on, and eight pairs of happy eyes looked at me.

- Happy White Day! - they added, and stood in front of me with a snow-white cake.

- Congrats (chukhahae) to the best stylist on earth! they said in chorus.

Moved to tears, I didn't even know what to say, I just blurted out a quiet thank you. Blushing, I hid behind my hands, it didn't occur to me that they were preparing for this.

"Group hug," Mingi calls out.

Eight pairs of hands wrapped tightly around me. I stood in the middle of the pile, touched.

- Alright boys, let's go before you blow she - Seonghwa ordered the younger ones in order.

- Come Y/N sit down - Wooyoung pulled me to the set table.

We had a really fun dinner together, which made my evening much better than my original lonely plans.

But what surprised me the most was that at the end of the evening, when they said goodbye, I also received a joint gift from them. A beautiful snow-white jewelry set, a very pretty white casual dress, matching shoes and a bag.

- This really shouldn't have happened, boys - I look at what they put in front of me with emotion.

"It's nothing Y/N after what you do for us," Hongjoong said.

"We wanted to thank you for working so hard for our success," Yunho said.

"Actually, it's not enough, compared to how much you do for us," adds San.

- In this you can come celebrate with us after the comeback - Yeosang says with a smile.

- It's very nice of you, I really don't know what to say - I look at them with tears in my eyes.

- Just give me a kiss and we're done - Jongho says cheekily, and everyone starts laughing, but Seonghwa fatherly slapped the cheeky maknae.

I kissed them around so that they would blush too, not just me.

In the end, my day that started out as lonely ended really nicely.

The end

Happy White Day everyone!
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