Areum walked alongside Jeaki quietly, hands clasped properly in front of her with a blank expression as her brother arranged a new meeting on his phone, his tone changing from pleased to frustrated and then back to pleased as a compromise was settled fairly quickly.

She checked her watch, seeing that it wasn't another hour until their shifts at C&R started. She huffed as she pulled up the cuffs of her jacket sleeves, looking bored as she stared into the shop windows, studying the reflections of her and her brother and noting, with glee, that Jeaki finally hung up the phone. She turned to him as he ran his fingers through his hair, messing up his neat ponytail and letting strands fall out of it. He'd have to fix that before they got to C&R HQ.

"Okay, so I think I have some things settled,"

"What kind of things?" Areum asked, wanting him to clarify exactly which meeting he had just made time for. Since she was the one who did all the assistant work, it was strange for him to arrange a meeting himself, even if he didn't dump too much work on her.

"Just a meeting with the cherry farm dad likes so much," Jeaki said with a grin that told her he was pleased with himself but she could almost groan. Even as a child, she never really liked the cherry farm. She got too entirely dirty for her taste and she didn't want to get dirty unless it was on the judo mat. Jeaki, however, absolutely loved it. It seemed she was the only one in their family that didn't like the farm if they made her do the work. She much would rather stay with the family cat indoors and play with her.

"We're renewing a plan or something?"

"Just a revision of the old plan, now that C&R is run by me," Jeaki said as he gave her a smile of pure joy. Of course he was excited to change a few things to his own standards. He and Dad had a few similarities on how to run a company, but Jeaki was a lot more casual. One of the first things he did when he was in charge was to make it clear that he'd rather be called by his first name than "Mr. Han,".

Not that he hated his family's name. He just saw that name belonging to his dad. He felt weird being called that. Jeaki was something he was used to, especially since some of C&R's oldest employees would call him that as a child. Now they work under him.

"Well, maybe we can visit the farm afterwards. You know, to take a breather?" She suggested, knowing just how much of a relaxing time he had when he went there. She almost laughed at the thought of their first time there. Dad didn't pick the cherries himself before that time but Jeaki had other plans as a child, wanting to get dirty for once.

"Brilliant!" Jeaki exclaimed, his decision to not talk anymore on it telling her that he had stored it away in his mind to talk about details later, such as a date they can go and the time. They finally made it to the building, showing their employee badges to the scanner before being allowed entrance. Heightened security after the events that happened with Mint Eye before they were born. They had only been told small things but they know that's why Saeran is with them now.

And in return, Laon.

Areum walked with Jeaki until they passed the restrooms, making a pit stop beforehand. "Sorry, Jeaki, but I gotta use the toiletries. Perhaps calming your mess of hair would be beneficial to you too? Or maybe you could cut it," Areum said over her shoulder, knowing her brother had rolled his eyes at her before entering his office. He'd cut it eventually but it wasn't needed in his mind. He thought he suited it.

Areum stopped in front of the bathroom mirror, opening her purse as she retouched her makeup and combed her fingers through her hair, fixing anything that had been messed up. Today was an important day. Apparently, there was this girl Jeaki met. She had brown, curly hair and freckles, hazel eyes and dark skin. She had been somewhat of a fan of Jeaki and, knowing this, he invited her for an interview. Areum was excited to meet her.

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Haruna stood on stage, smiling with her friends and sister as the concert ended. Sighing when the curtains drew, her sister Chika ran into her and put her arms around her, laughing while evacuating the stage with thier other friends.

"What a performance, Haruna! You were amazing for once!" Chika exclaimed as she nearly dragged Haruna along with her.

"Thanks. I—-hey..." Haruna said in mock hurt, finally catching up to what her sister said before sitting at her makeup desk and looking in the mirror. Blood had rushed to her face as it had grown red and she looked out of breath. It had been exciting, even after a few years as idols with her friends.

"Don't get too comfortable in that seat. I heard that Zen's coming to Tokyo and he's coming here in around five hours..." Chika whispered to her, making Haruna smile and stumble over her words.

"S....Seriously?! Are you sure?!"

"Yeah! Be on your toes! That dude is big in South Korea!" Chika said, giving her finger guns as she sat at her own makeup desk. Haruna turned, smiling in determination as she looked at herself. Maybe she could make herself look even better. Would his daughter an son come too? Mrs. Hyun has unfortunately died before he really got big but the star seemed to be okay now. It's been a while. How old is his daughter? Wasn't she 9 or something when her mother died?

She's like 24 now, right?

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Areum's eyes widened as her brown eyes met another set that looked nothing like hers, an image of a completely different person slowly forming in the mirror.

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Haruna almost let out a scream at the bizarre image of a business woman looked right back at her in the mirror.

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Areum got closer to get another look.

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Haruna touched the mirror to see if it was some sort of paint trick.

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And then

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Dark.

A/N: This is a collab piece with kamiya_yukina

The new characters are hers except for the woman I mentioned Areum was meeting today. That woman is essential to the original story but she's only briefly mentioned here.

This timeline has nothing to do with the original story. This is more of a what if scenario.

Hope you enjoy!