8 years walking together…

For most people, June 8th can be just another day. For Triple S, it means the beginning of a story. A story full of smiles, happiness, tears and obstacles… but more than that, a story of five guys that united their ways for the same dream.

June 8th of 2005 was the beginning of everything. The moment in which the green flame was lit. The moment in which the green ocean started to arise.

8 years have passed ever since that moment and that flame is still present. As long as Triple S stays next to SS501, that flame will never be extinguished. 

For Kim Hyun Joong, “the stars never shine alone”. Don't ever forget that “SS501 is the star and Triple S is the sun. SS501 reflects the light of Triple S and that’s why it can shine” (Park Jung Min)

The moment we abandon this family and leave them alone, at that exact moment, these stars will stop shining. As long as we believe in them, staying by their side no matter what, SS501 will never die.

They have asked us to believe in them, just believe in them. No matter what.

It’s been almost three years the group has been in hiatus (pause), and it’s very easy to give up and abandon the ship. Is it that easy to leave aside all that love we say we feel for them? Is it that easy to give up and leave everything?

One occasion, our Leader said: “If there is one member or two members, there’s always one name… let me tell you that we will be SS501 forever.”

No matter what other people say or what they want us to believe. Beyond any other comment, the most important thing is that they and we always have to keep in mind that SS501 is not just another group. SS501 is a family. Five guys who are consider brothers and never, ever will stop being. That despite everything, they keep insisting they have never separated and that will not happen.

Do you remember Hyun Joong’s words on June 3rd 2012 during Kyu Jong’s fanmeeting? He didn't only presented himself as the Leader of SS501, but also emphasized: “SS501 will never disband, so please wait for us.”

It’s already been a year of that and they keep insisting on it. Whenever they have the opportunity, they remind us why we should keep the green flame burning.

Hyung Jun mentioned that they know what they are doing and that their jobs as a solo will help the group to be better. Jung Min has also said they are still as one and that SS501 will continue as a group, like it has always been. Let’s not talk about Kyu Jong, our Triple S President, our eternal center, and the one who always reminds us of the existence of SS501.

Young Saeng too never stops mentioning the group. Maybe he is the one that recently has frequently expressed how much he misses doing activities as a group. Time after time he repeats that he misses them and that the group will definitely come back.

“I miss SS501 and the days doing activities all together, especially now that we are doing our solo activities”, he expressed in April.

He also made clear: “It is very difficult to say when we’ll do our comeback, is still hard to say when.”

Let’s not be impatient. It’s not just about saying: “We want a Comeback”. There is a lot of factors that influence on that, starting with the fact they are on different agencies. Their individual schedules are also another element we have to keep in mind. If it was up to them, they would’ve made their comeback already. They were about to do it last year. It was those same factors, along with the problems regarding Jung Min with his agency and Kyu Jong enlisting to the army that prevented them to do so.

Patience, patience and more patience. Things will happen when the right time comes.

For Jung Min and Young Saeng the best moment will be when the five of them finish their military service. Remember that, right now, the only one completing this obligation is Kyu. All of them have to go through it.

Let’s keep being patient. We still have 3, 4, 5 years ahead… whatever time it takes. At the end it will always be worth.

I see Shinhwa and realize that everything is possible, regardless of what everyone else believes. I see Shinhwa and I see our guys reflected in them. Both groups have had similar situations. Now we see Shinhwa. The Legend is Back!!

I always remember the story Saeng told about the day they were watching the TV program where Shinhwa was the main guest and when he sent a text message to the members of SS501, all of them were with the same feeling as he was. At that moment, YS realized they are truly one.

How to forget Saeng’s “SS501 Fighting!” during his “The Art of Seduction” comeback? Or the reunion of the 87’s guys promising a soon to be reunion with the “elderly” of the 86’s? Or all those times in which Hyun Joong joins Hyung Jun to play on the FC Avengers? How to forget Kyu Jong going to support his members in each event?

Every detail the guys have towards the fans convinces me that I’m not mistaking… makes me realize that it is worth it to keep supporting them, that it is worth waiting for them for how long it takes.

Even, just a picture of Hyung Jun holding an SS501 banner during an FC Avengers game makes us say: “It is worth”.

A simple “thank you” may not mean anything to most people, but that simple word, written by Kyu Jong and HJB along with the pictures of the 8th Anniversary Bus, contains many things for Triple S.

Only they can make a “thank you” encloses a universe of feelings.

“SS501's biggest charm is that our hearts and fans' hearts are together as one.” That way Leader referred to the biggest attraction of the group.

Definitely, we are together as one. Both, them and us hope for the same thing: for SS501 to continue as a group and to have activities as such again.

Don’t just believe anything you read or something that someone outside the Green Family might tell you. “Just believe in SS501 and that will be enough”.

Always keep in mind: Once a Triple S, always a Triple S.

Original: Tati

English translation: Areli