how we met

16: singing

It was a chill day today

But you were super damn bored.

So you decided to go get your guitar and your phone camera to record yourself to make a song cover and send it to your company so they can upload it on your group's official YouTube channel. Scrolling through the lists of English songs on your phone until you finally choose "Back To December" by Taylor Swift.

You stood up from your futon and rummaged through one of your bags, to search for your portable microphone then set it up on the small wooden table inside the room you were staying inside. You took out your phone right after and then pressed the camera icon, switching the mode to recording, and then put it to the side, showing your side view and a bit of your guitar and mic. After a few minutes of practicing the chords and the song itself, you pressed the red button to start recording.

I'm so glad you made time to see me

How's life? Tell me, how's your family?

I haven't seen them in a while

You've been good, busier than ever

We small talk, work and the weather

Your guard is up and I know why

Because the last time you saw me

Is still burned in the back of your mind

You gave me roses and I left them there to die

So this is me swallowin' my pride

Standin' in front of you sayin' I'm sorry for that night

And I go back to December all the time

It turns out freedom ain't nothin' but missin' you

Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine

I'd go back to December, turn around and make it alright

I go back to December all the time

You were too busy to even notice granny and grandpa peeking inside your room, granny holding a tray with a bowl of peeled and cut-up fruits and a glass of Japanese fruit soda. Meanwhile, Yumi was busy inside her room, replying to emails while eating her fruit bowl. She was also monitoring your social media accounts, reading all the comments thoroughly, using a translator app for foreign comments, and then reporting harsh and inappropriate comments, making sure that she does her job as a manager protecting the idol on her watch. Yumi also checked the other members' accounts and then reported to the company that she was able to clear out almost all the comments that were very disrespectful to the members. Idols are also human, 'fans' often forget that.

These days, I haven't been sleepin'

Stayin' up playin' back myself leavin'

When your birthday passed and I didn't call

Then I think about summer, all the beautiful times

I watched you laughin' from the passenger's side

And realized I loved you in the fall

And then the cold came, the dark days

When fear crept into my mind

You gave me all your love and all I gave you was goodbye

So this is me swallowin' my pride

Standin' in front of you sayin' I'm sorry for that night

And I go back to December all the time

It turns out freedom ain't nothin' but missin' you

Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine