Chu Ga-eul shifted uncomfortably on the leather sofa in Gu Jun-pyo's room. The guys had suggested that they all get together to celebrate the news of her and So Yi-jungs's baby boy. Though she relentlessly tried to explain that she wasn't nearly far enough along to make such a big deal everyone was excited upon learning the gender and insisted that it's never too early to celebrate a good thing. Which brought them to Gu Jun-pyo's house where they were attempting to wrestle Gu Jun-pyo out of bed.

"It's nice to see you all together." Gu Jun-pyo's father said entering the room. His presence stopped the boys' shenanigans as Gu Jun-pyo scrambled out of bed to properly greet his dad. "It's a pleasure to see you again," Ga-eul greeted standing to give a respectful bow. Shes greatly admired Gu Jun-pyo's father since she got to know him after his heart attack. "My dear, please call me grandpa. It's always lovely to see you." He smiled back at her. "I have a gift for you, from someone special." Turning to his personal secretary he passed Ga-eul the stuffed bear. "It's for your little one." So Yi-jung stepped forward to examine the bear, his smile turning to concern when he noticed Ga-eul's tears as she clutched it to her chest.

Her tears put the four men into overdrive each one concerned about the sudden outburst. "Do you think it's hormones?" Jun-Pyo whispered to Ji-hoo who was about to graduate from university as a doctor. Ji-hoo shrugged his shoulders unsure exactly what triggered Chu Ga-eul. "How is she?" Ga-eul managed to ask through her sobs, hopeful for some news on her beloved friend. "Geum Jan-di is in good health it seems." The mention of Geum Jan-di's name caused everyone to perk up and direct their attention to Jun-pyo's dad. "You got to see Geum Jan-di?" Song Woo-bin asked excitedly, looking around to see if the others shared his excitement.

Mixed expressions filled the room as each of them remembered the pain Jan-di caused them when she alienated herself from her friends, and Jun-pyo. "I did get to see her. Tried to convince her to come visit herself, but she won't. If you all are looking for something to do, I'd recommend watching the interview she just did last night. We have it recorded." With a smile Jun-pyo's father turned to leave the group to wrestle with this information themselves. "How?" Jun-pyo asked causing his father to turn back to look at him, "how did you get to see her?" Jun-pyo's expression was torn, this news deeply disturbed him and in what ways no one knew for sure. "I'm surprised honestly, all these young minds gathered here and none of you have ever heard of a VIP pass." With that Jun-pyo's father exited the room, his secretary closing the door behind him.

"Can we?" Ga-eul began, looking around at everyone with tear filled eyes "can we watch the interview, all of us together?"

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The group had settled themselves on the sofa, Yi-jung had his arm around Ga-eul. Woo-bin sat on her other side with Ji-hoo next to him and Jun-pyo was in a chair across the room, the projector set up on the table. They had found Jan-di's interview without difficulty, but no one had managed to hit play. They all sat in silence waiting for someone to gather the courage to start the video. Finally, Jun-pyo hit play and they all sat anxiously waiting for Jan-di to be introduced.

"Hello and welcome to Stars with Ji-woo!" The famous hostess greeted in her normal enthusiastic manner. "Tonight I have a special guest, here for her first interview with me ever is the charming Geum Jan-di!" Ga-eul almost burst into tears at the sight of Jan-di, at first they followed her career closely, but after a while it became too painful. "I am so excited to have you here tonight to go over your new single "Daniel" on the release of your newest album!" The camera focused on Jan-di as she smiled

"Thank you, it's such a honor to be here on your show tonight." Simple and to the point as always. That was their Jan-di alright never one to be in the spotlight for too long. "Tonight's show is going to be a little different." Ji-woo stated causing a look of concern to flood Jan-di's features. Brows furrowed together Jan-di seemed to muster her best smile but nothing could fool her kindergarten best friend. Ga-eul knew it was forced. She could hear the concern in Jan-di's voice "different how?"

"I have a collection of questions your fans have sent in, that we're going to be asking you tonight." Jun-pyo leaned forward resting his elbows on his legs with his hands clasped under his chin as he took in the hostesses words. It was uncommon for Ji-woo to do something like this on her show and from Jan-di's expression it was not something she had planned on, not at all. Maybe this is why father wanted us to watch this, he thought still curious of his fathers motive for the suggestion.

"That sounds great." It was obvious that her voice cracked with emphasis on "great." It seemed to be anything but great.

"First question is from a long time fan of yours who is curious about where your inspiration came from when writing your new top single, Daniel." Everyone looked around trying to figure if any of them had actually listened to the new hit single, many of them stopped listening to her music a long time ago. No ones expression seemed to give anything away forcing them all to redirect their attention to the interview.

"Daniel is actually a story from a fan of mine, whom I met on my last tour."

"Oh I think there's more to it than that."

"What?" She sounded so surprised, Ga-eul could only imagine what was going through her mind. This is definitely going to be Ji-woo's most personal interview.

"Jan-di, you sing the song with such emotion. This has to have touched you in some deeper more meaningful way." Jan-di's expression was that of pain. Ji-woo leaned over and grabbed hold of her hand. Without a word Jan-Di's voice filled the room, each of them getting lost in her song they were hearing for the first time. Ga-eul couldn't help it, by the time Jan-di's voice faded out and the song ended she was sobbing, Ji-woo was sobbing, and she watched as her dearest friend cried too. It was obvious who that song was for, they all knew. But none of them dared to glance at Jun-pyo, they couldn't take their eyes off of Jan-di's tear stained face. Yi-jung grabbed hold of Ga-eul's hand giving it a quick peck and a gentle squeeze.

"You can not tell me that the story in your song 'Daniel' is strictly a fans."

"No, it's not." Jan-Di mumbled drying her tears with her sleeve.

"Your tears gave you away." Ji-woo stated patting her hand gently.

"They're not tears, they're memories."

"So it's safe to say that this song reminds you of a past love? No ones gotten a chance to discuss the famous Jan-di's love life before. I must know, how many lovers have you had?" Tension swept over the room like a flood, shocking each of them as they waited for the reply. Ga-Eul unable to help it any longer snuck a peak at Jun-pyo. His expression was unreadable but he was holding his breath in anticipation, he was also waiting for her reply.

"Just one."

"One?" Everyone even the audience looked shocked by this confession.

"That means… you left the only man you've ever loved?"

"Why?"

"The situation was complicated and I'd wish to not go into detail." Jan-Di commented quietly. "I left my friends and family too, I haven't seen any of them in three years."

"I have one more question about this topic before we have to move on or we'll run out of time." Ji-woo stated frantically trying to clean her face of tears. "Why haven't you tried to reconnect with anyone?"

Each of them sat on the edge of their seats, obviously they all knew the answer. It didn't take long for them to figure out that Chairman Kang had begun targeting them to hurt Jan-di. Still, the closure they needed was to hear it from her.

"One of the greatest things about my poor upbringing is that I can endure many things. I can endure hunger, cold, pain both physically and emotionally. I've slept on the streets and struggled for my next meal and I have worked myself to the point of breaking my body down and fainting. However, in being able to endure all that I discovered the one thing I cannot endure, which is the suffering of my loved ones."

"I have so much more I want to ask, but I have to move on. Okay, next question is…. What is your favorite song from your new album?"

Jan-di grinned and commented quickly.. "My favorite song is a song I wrote for my family called Heaven's too far."

"I do not believe I have heard that one."

"I haven't released it yet, would you like to hear it?" Ji-woo nodded excitedly. .

Ga-eul was crying again by the end of the song, Ji-hoo offered her a handkerchief realizing that she probably wants going to stop crying anytime soon. Grateful, Ga-eul accepted it "That was so beautiful" Ji-woo cried out blowing her nose. "Why did you dedicate that particular song to your family? It really is beautiful, we must know!"

"A year ago today I learned that my father, mother, and younger brother died out at sea in a storm. Their bodies were never recovered." Jan-di's expression was pained, as it was when she spoke of her song about Jun-pyo. "Jan-di! You're breaking my heart tonight. Can I hug you? You know what, I don't care I'm giving you a hug! I am truly sorry to hear this about your family." The exchange looked awkward as the petit hostess leaned over and embraced Jan-di. Ga-eul felt a pang if jealousy watching Ji-woo embrace her friend. She'd give anything to be able to embrace her right now. Stroking the bear in her arms she cried harder.. "You must tell us something happy, who was your support during this last year? Who does Jan-di turn to when battling with loss?"

"I wish I had someone to name for you Ji-woo. I really do, but I don't have anyone I've turned to in dealing with the loss of my family." The hostess looked speechless for a moment."No one? Jan-di, you are something else. Tell me then what gets you through each day?"

"That's easy, my music is my biggest outlet. I have some fun songs that I just enjoy but mainly my songs are parts of my life and what I'm dealing with. It took me a year to finish Heaven's too far and I'm glad to be able to play it for the first time on the anniversary of my families claimed passing. My other outlet it my schooling. I truly have a desire to help people and my goal of becoming a doctor helps me stay focused."

"That's truly inspiring. It also ties into our next question. Your fans are wanting to know why go to school to become a doctor? Why not pursue singing and modeling full time? I think it's obvious that they want to see and hear more of you and are concerned that when you become a doctor you'll step out of the spotlight completely."

"I've always wanted to help people, since I volunteered at a clinic when I was in high school I knew the way in which I wanted to help people was by becoming a doctor. Singing and modeling have been a great means of financial support, and don't get me wrong I do love it. It's just not the only dream I have, you know?"

"I can look nice dolled up with make up and nice clothes and I appear to be a talented singer. But, why should I stop there? What does those things do for me other than provide financial security? Why am I expected to settle and not pursue more with my life. I want to do more than exploit my talents, I want to better my community. Becoming a doctor fulfills that desire. I'll still continue to sing I just may not tour as often."

"Well you definitely have my support. I have the feeling that you could become anything you put your mind to anyways. Truly an unstoppable force."

"Thank you, Ji-woo."

"Our last question is in regards to your living situation." Jan-di looked concerned about the topic, money always was hard for her to talk about."You live simply, so to say in comparison to others with the same success you've had. Do you think you live more modestly due to growing up as a dry cleaners daughter?"

"I'm sure it does. I was not born with a silver spoon so I cannot say for sure. But I'd rather put more money into charities than living above necessary means."

"I know I said that was the last question, but I have one of my own if you don't mind. You reference the United States a lot in your songs. Is there a specific reason for that?"

"Well.. I spent some time studying abroad there. I thought being so far away from home would help me cut ties. All it did was make me miss everyone more. As a distraction I traveled as much as possible. I go back to those memories a lot when writing my songs."

"Well there you have it, thank you for joining me tonight. I'm sure your fans are standing behind you with lots of love and support. You heard it here first on stars with Ji-woo!" Just like that it was over, she was gone again.

The room was silent aside from Ga-eul's crying, no one spoke, not even when Jun-pyo stormed out. There were no words to be said, they all missed Jan-di.