I walked into Cube for the first time in my life, amazed at everything around me. It was all so beautiful, so surreal, so hard to believe. I took in everything with my hungry eyes, and felt them welling up with tears. My dream had come true.

Did you think I was going to say that?

No, I was late as usual. With my awesome speed and dexterity, I practically hurtled through the sliding doors of Cube Ent. headquarters, knocking down some poor guy who was just coming out of the building.

Great, my first day, and I knock someone down.

"I'm so sorry!" I jumped to my feet and bowed in apology, hoping that I would not be reprimanded.

"It's alright." A kind voice said. Strange, that voice sounded somewhat familiar.

I snuck a glance upward, and saw Yang Yo Seob dusting himself off, a half-smile hanging on his face.

Oh my gosh. Yo Seob. Up close, he looked more handsome than ever. Although I couldn't really see his face, since he was looking down, and his hair - dyed dark brown now - concealed most of it.

I jerked my gaze back down to suppress the fangirl squeal which was threatening to escape, and bowed again.

"I'm really sorry." I said before scurrying away. If anybody saw my face now, it would be plastered with a foolish grin. Fortunately for me, the corridors of Cube headquarters were empty.

Or maybe not...since it probably meant that training had already started. Cursing to myself, I dashed into the changing room and changed in record speed, before running to dance studio 203.

I knocked on the door timidly and pushed it open to reveal a group of 20 people, seated in a circle.

"Good afternoon, I'm here for dance lessons. Sorry that I'm late." I smiled sheepishly, hoping that it would take the edge off the trainer's anger.

The trainer was a tall, lean man. He looked kind enough. At least, he didn't seem to be angry at me for being late. He motioned for the other trainees to widen the circle so that there was an empty space for me to sit. I quickly walked over to the space and sat down.

"It's alright, we were just doing some self-introductions. But if you're late again, you're dead." His eyes suddenly turned cold as he emphasized the last word. I gulped.

"Y-yes sir."

"Good. Now, can all of you introduce yourselves again?" His face changed abruptly, replaced with a cheerful smile, which he directed at the rest of the group.

If anybody was annoyed, they hid it well. They merely started introducing themselves all over again, unnaturally bright smiles pasted on their faces. I guess I wasn't the only one who found the trainer's sudden face change scary...

After self-introductions, the trainer went through some basics of dance. Those were easy enough; I had learnt a bit of dance before, after all. After that was over and done with, he gave us a 5-minute break.

Not wanting to spend the rest of my trainee life alone in a corner, I quickly turned to the girl beside me.

She was tall, thin and pretty, and had long black hair, which she had pulled into a messy bun at the back of her head. She wore a loose purple off-shoulder shirt, which revealed the pink tank top underneath, and black tights.

"Hi! I'm Hae Won!" I said cheerfully, extending my left hand towards her. The girl seemed to have gotten a shock by my sudden exclamation, but she smiled warmly and clasped my hand with hers.

"Yeah, I know, we introduced ourselves earlier, remember?" She shook my hand twice, then released it. "Do you remember my name?" She asked, a teasing glint in her eye.

A pained look played out on my face as I glanced left and right. "Um...um..." I'm sure you know by now that I wasn't good at faces. "Min Ji?" I guessed, a brief memory coming to mind.

She burst into laughter.

I smiled awkwardly, grateful that she wasn't angry with me for forgetting her name, but also feeling like an idiot.

"Ah..." She wiped her eye. "Close enough. My name is Ji Min."

"Oh." I felt my face become warm. "Heheh. Sorry."

"Nah, it's okay. I'm just naturally better at remembering people's names." She gave a mocking arrogant look, and walked to the front of the studio, where there was a carton of mineral water. I followed behind her.

She took two bottles of water, and handed one to me.

"Thanks." I smiled at her.

"So...why do you wanna be a singer?" She said after a swig of water. I almost laughed at the cliched question, but it wasn't meant as a joke, so I didn't.

"Uh..cuz I like music?" I answered with an awkward smile. It wasn't that I didn't trust Ji Min, but I saw no point in telling her the long grandmother's story about why I wanted to be a singer.

"Uhuh." She raised an eyebrow at me. "Not because you want to chase down some idol or anything?" She made circular movements with her hand, obviously teasing.

"Uh-oh. I've been discovered." I widened my eyes and took a step back, acting like a criminal who had just been caught red-handed.

That earned me another laugh from Ji Min. She seemed to like laughing a lot. I smiled. I liked her already.

"Alright, break's over. Everybody come back!" The trainer called out, clapping his hands with a large, exaggerated motion.

Ji Min and I turned to each other and smiled, before we put down our bottles and went back into position.