october

I knew it.

Cara was back, not only from hiatus but back to how he used to be.

The boys finally came back on the 1st of October. I have been waiting for this moment to come. What is crazy is that these days were supposed to happen a little earlier. They were supposed to come back on my birthday, but things happened which made me push this back to October.

I was really happy with the outcome. Cara returned and redeemed himself like nothing happened - it’s like the inconsistency never really existed. What I did not expect, however, was that I had witnessed his biggest return from hiatus. The boys had just released a new song, and it was very good! The song is called “My Universe”, and it was a collaboration with one of my favorite bands, Coldplay. It was a dream come true for me, since I had been waiting for this since the Me & You era! But here’s the thing - the entire promotion time period from memo to release, including its music video which came out separately, all happened during the hiatus! It’s like I missed a comeback. The music video even came out hours before they came back!

In spite of all these, I have decided to shape up. I still continued on with.. as I would call, my ‘hiatus life’. I went on with my plans for the remainder of the year. That was until an idea came to mind to do a story of seven girls in a fictional group, which later became an opportunity to make some more money. Its initial intention, however, was to bring the topic of mental health to light, as well as the dark side of the industry they are in. That’s right, I never had any first hand experience in the idol world!

That, plus a new start up plant business, were the only two things I placed my focus on for the month. I became so focused to the point that I was becoming disengaged again with the boys, more specifically Cara - even though I was aware of so many things that happened to him that month, such as, among others his dating rumor scandal, his reaction, MBTI change and his leg injury which made him unable to perform fully at his group’s online concert.

The hiatus some sort of never ended. It’s just that Cara and friends are here, pretending they aren’t.