“Why is it so hard to see each other when we live on this small piece of land?”

“You do realize just who makes it hard to meet up, right?”

Maru looked at Jichan, who feigned ignorance. From what he heard, Jichan was busy holding overseas fan meetups and exclusive concerts, participating in movie shoots, and even preparing a mini album.

“Hyung, I gotta say, you have great stamina. I saw your schedule and it should be enough to send someone to the grave.”

“I should earn while I still can. This year might be my last year as an idol after all. I will continue to do music, but I don’t think it’ll be possible to do tight choreography like I’m doing with the others right now. That was why the domestic concert schedule was so tightly scheduled.”

“But your group doesn’t run into accidents or controversies.”

“We’re so busy that we don’t have time to fight. Also, we’re all doing one thing that we want to do, so we don’t clash either. Then there’s the fact that we’ve gotten old enough to not fight over trivial stuff like that.”

“You’re gonna be thirty in a couple years, huh?”

“I’m still twenty-seven, in real age.”

Jichan took out an envelope from his inner pocket. Maru received it before asking,  

“What’s this?”

“An invitation to my concert. It’s an S-class seat. It should be really expensive, you...