A Precious Present

**A Precious Present** is the 5-star focus card of the *Dreaming of You!* event. It is centered around Yoona Ahn from first-generation group Dream Hour.

The card story features Akari Suzuki, Chinami Doidoiyama, Selene Florentino, Mamiko Aledaria, and Kylie Kwon.

## Card Story

Yoona walked to a cat cafe with a hood over her head, looking around to make sure no one saw her, and for her fellow idols. Seeing them all at a table, all with some “inconspicuous” disguises, she saw Akari wave her over with a warm smile. As she walked over, Yoona giggled at her friends’ outfits. Sunglasses, hoods, hats, masks, all to not get noticed by any fan in the area.

“Sorry I’m late, I got caught up in a few things.” Yoona said as she sat down next to Khoi, who nodded in understanding.

“It's fine, no worries. We all had a bit of a hard time getting here without being spotted.” Akari chimed in. “Now that we’re all here, we should talk about our group’s anniversary.. We should do something special for our fans..”

“What about a special livestream? That would be nice..” Violetta said with a smile, “It would cater to our international fans as well.”

“A giveaway? A lot of idol groups have done that before..” Chinami chimed in with a grin.

“Special performance at our next show would also be just as good..” Khoi said quietly, sipping on her drink.

“They’re all good ideas, but maybe something different..” Akari pondered for a bit.

“What about a collaboration cafe? One in America would be good since a good percentage of our fans are there.” Yoona suggested as she put down her menu. “We could host a fanmeeting, bake them some sweets, receive some gifts, it’d be like a fan meet and greet.”

Khoi and Violetta looked at each other, thinking of the same thing. “We may have someone who could help with that, it’ll take a lot of convincing though.”

“Alright! It’s settled then!”

~

*“If you could help us..”*

*”You will? Thank you so much!”*

~

*”I’ll help with the planning since it was my idea!”*

Yoona sighed as she thought back to that moment. Looking through the various papers she had to go through, and the notes of who to call, when to call. She never realized how much work she’d be doing. It only dawned on her then that there was so much pressure on her now. It all relied on her planning.

Akari came in with some tea and sweets, placing them on Yoona’s desk. She frowned at her groupmate, taking some of the papers into her own hands

“Hey wait-“

“You’re overworking yourself Yoona, let me help you. Besides, you seem very tired, me and the others can take care of the rest from here.”

Chinami came into the room not long after, looking over Akari’s shoulder and also taking some of the papers. She shook her head with a ‘tsk tsk tsk’

“Akari’s right, you know. You really are overworking yourself. Let us help you.”

Yoona sighed before nodding along and letting them take the papers from her desk.

“Thank you guys..”

“Of course, that’s what friends are for. Now go take a break and get some rest.” Akari said as she pulled Chinami away with her.

“… Maybe I should go out for a drive.. I’ll ask our manager..”

~

Yoona drove herself to a secluded area, making sure she wasn’t followed. She looked up to the night sky with a slight smile, finally being able to have some peace and quiet.

“If I take a break now.. I’ll disappoint our fans..” She mumbled. Just as she leaned back into the driver’s seat, she felt her phone buzz.

‘Khoi is now calling’

“..Hello?”

*“Yoona! Hey, we were wondering where you were..”*

“I’m.. Out right now. Just thinking to myself..”

*“I see.. Well, we wanted to tell you that we finished all the paperwork needed, so you don’t need to worry anymore.”*

“Wait- But..”

Another voice butted into the call. It sounded a lot like Mamiko.

*“No buts! You deserve a break after how much you’ve worked."*

“The event, are you sure its properly organized? You called everyone needed and-“

”Yes yes, we did! You don’t have to come back right now, but come back soon okay?”

“…”

*”Yoona, are you crying..?”*

Yoona didnt realize her cries were audible, she made sure to muffle them and answer, but her voice betrayed her, coming out broken and quiet.

“No.. I-… I’m not crying..”

*”Yoona how about you take your time there and we can talk in the morning, okay?”*

“Okay..”

The phone call ended there and Yoona stared at the drivers wheel before letting out a sigh.. It was supposed to be her responsibility, and she *failed* to do it.

She couldn’t do it right and that caused her fellow idols to have to help her out.

“Stupid..”

~

As the days rolled by, their plane trip to the States came. It was early in the morning when they boarded, half the members already beginning to fall asleep. Yoona, however, couldn’t fall asleep so easily. The stress of the upcoming event, how it would go, if there were any problems, she was too worried about it.

Just as she was about to check the notes for the event again, a hand stopped her. Violetta’s.

“Hey, let’s not worry about the event for now. We’ll do great! Everything is planned out, and even if there's some twists and turns, we’ll be in it together. Okay?”

“Yeah.. You’re right.. But it’s just.. I feel bad about having you guys take care of so much of this event.” Yoona said with a frown.

“You took up most of the work either way Yoona, we’re here to help you you know. It’s *our* job.. Not just yours.”

“Mhm.. Haha.. Yeah you’re right again.. I’ll try to stop worrying for now. Thanks Vio..”

With that, the two of them went to sleep.

~

Now it was the day where they had to go set up the cafe. Yoona looked at the cafe doors reluctantly, feeling the pressure build up in her chest again.

‘Dont mess up.’

“Alright! Let’s decorate!”

The group walked into the cafe together and got to work. Setting up tables, decorating them each with their respective colors. Setting up a merchandise table in the corner, talking to the manager, and finally, baking the treats for their fans. However, Mamiko left early due to wanting to visit her brother. That leaves the rest of the group to bake the sweets themselves.

Everything had been going perfectly fine, everyone was doing great. That is until Yoona realized the ingredients were wrong.

“Everyone stop!”

“Why? Is something the matter Yoona?” Khoi asked with a frown.

“The ingredients.. It’s the wrong recipe.. We’re doing this all wrong..” Yoona said with a panicked frown. It was all going downhill now, they had already made the batter for the baked goods, and honestly, all seemed fine until now.

“What's wrong with what we have now..? I mean- The batter should still make cupcakes..” Chinami said, trying to make light of the situation. “

It’s not what we promised the fans, we have to take into account that they were anticipating certain treats and we didn’t make them..!”

“It’ll be okay, we can just make new batches-“

“Do we have time for that though..?”

The whole group fell silent at that. Could they really pull it off if they started all over?

“And at that, can Mamiko even make it back in time to help us? I don’t know.. Maybe we should just drop this part of the fanmeet..” Yoona said, disheartened.

“Hey.. It’ll be alright. We’ll go out to get some more supplies and we can start baking again. Thankfully, we didn’t put anything into the oven yet. But.. We can’t really put this out.. We can decorate the cafe’s cookies though” Violetta said with a smile, putting a hand on Yoona’s shoulder.

“Yeah, and we can use the batter we have now as treats for our staff, so it doesn’t all go to waste.” Khoi said as she took the bowls of batter to a different counter.

“But the amount of time we have.. And Mamiko..”

“There’s still time left in the day. Don’t worry. We’ll get it done.” Violetta said as the group started getting more organized.

“Alright.. Also.. I’m really sorry I pushed you guys away before I.. I have a hard time asking for help.”

“It’s alright Yoona, really. We’re your friends, not just your coworkers. We’ll help you anytime.” Violetta grinned again.

“Now, let's get working!”

As they finished up cleaning, the bakery took out the cookies they could frost. Each member took some creative liberty with their cookies. Some turned into cats, others had cute messages, and some.. Looked a bit confusing.

“Um.. Cute giraffe..!”

“… Its a cat..”

When that was over, they all started writing messages for their fans. They all had cute messages that showed their personality. Yoona was happy that it all turned out okay, everything would be in order thankfully..

“Oh! What about we announce our own little messages with a mic too! We can just write it down, and we can announce it at the cafe!” Chinami suggested with a smile.

“If we have time, sure.”

~

The next day came by so quickly. And before the group knew it, they had already gathered a large amount of fans, and passed out many of their treats. When someone entered the store, they would always be able to hear,

“Thank you for coming!”

“Thank you for supporting us!”

“Thank you for being our fans!” Yoona chuckled at a small fan who gave her a present, giving them their sweet and card for coming.

“Thank you for the gift! It’s very thoughtful..” Yoona said as she opened it. It was a teddy bear. Nice and huggable..

“Its really cute! Thank you again!”

Akari tapped Yoona’s shoulder and gestured to the mics they had, signaling that it was a good time to do the thank you messages.

“Hello everyone! We are Dream Hour! Thank you so much for supporting us here! We all have some messages we would like to convey to you, so please listen to them!” Akari said into her mic as the fans settled down into their seats.

Akari went first, then Chinami, and after that Violetta, then Khoi, then Mamiko, and finally, Yoona.

“Hello everyone! I want to personally thank you all for coming to our event, and for all the support you’ve given to us as an idol group. This cafe meetup was such a joy to see you all in. Knowing that all our hard work was able to make you all so happy today.. It makes my heart swell with joy. So thank you for coming! Please keep enjoying our music! It wouldn’t be possible without you guys!”