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She pulled out all four versions. Spread them on her carpet. The Bluebook’s grainy film photos. The Bunny Bag’s handwritten lyric card. The Powerpuff’s retro comic strip. The Weverse’s Polaroid of Hanni laughing mid-sentence. Each one was a different angle of the same heart. The fifth version wouldn’t complete her—it would just be more .
Mina held the box. It was heavier than the others. Not because of the inclusions—a phone charm, a folding poster, a CD with one hidden remix—but because Yunah had chosen this version for her.
Mina ran downstairs. Inside was a padded envelope with no return address. She tore it open. The "Phoning" version. A note taped to the front in Yunah’s messy script:
Mina refreshed resale pages until 2 a.m. The prices were obscene: $180, $220, one for $400 with a "slightly dented corner." She almost clicked Buy. Then she stopped. new jeans album all versions
“I waited in line for four hours. You mentioned it once. You don’t have to collect everything to deserve something beautiful. Happy birthday, three weeks early.”
And for the first time, she didn’t feel the itch to complete. She felt the warmth of having been seen . Want me to adjust the tone (more emotional, fandom-focused, or whimsical) or turn it into a script-style fanfic?
Mina had never been a collector. Her room was a study in minimalism—white shelves, a single succulent, and a laptop that held all her music. But NewJeans had done something to her. She pulled out all four versions
She placed it at the end of the row. Five blueprints. Five ways of listening.
It started with the "Bluebook" version. She’d walked into the store just to listen, just to see the display. But the moment she held the box—the cool, matte finish, the smell of fresh paper, and the photobook filled with Han River dusk photos—she felt it. Not just ownership. Belonging.
Why?
It was limited. Store-exclusive. Sold out online in 47 seconds.
But that night, her best friend Yunah texted: “Check your mailbox.”
By the end of the week, she owned "Bunny Bag" (pink, messy, with a plush keychain that jingled when she walked). Then came "Powerpuff" (glossy, cartoonish, a sugar-rush of PVC stickers). Then "Weverse" (holographic edges, a QR code to unreleased practice tapes). Four versions sat in a neat row on her desk. But the fifth—"Phoning"—was the ghost. The Bunny Bag’s handwritten lyric card
