Flowers of Despair || Haruto from TREASURE

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January 8, 2022

The first thing Eunhye saw when she got out of her room was Akake, Hwayoung, and Fumiko staring at her while sitting down in the dining area. "Uhm good morning?" She greeted them with a weird look on her face.

"Unnie, I don't think it's going to be much of a good morning for you..." Fumiko said in  a soft tone.

"What do you mean?" Eunhye sat down on the remaining empty seat and glanced at her.

"Dispatch released another article about you." Hwayoung showed her phone.

"NCT Dream's Chenle and CARAMIA's Eunhye are Dating"

Her eyes widened. "Can I borrow your phone?" She asked Hwayoung who nodded her head in response.

She read through the article and saw pictures of Chenle and her in front of the YG building. Apparently Dispatch used this as a "confirmation" after they have been suspected to be "dating for 9 months now". They also attached pictures of Eunhye, some of her non-showbiz female friends, and some NCT members hanging out in a garden themed cafe.

"Before you freak out and ramble to us, yes we know that you're just friends. You're friends with everyone. Don't cry please." Fumiko tried calming down Eunhye whose eyes were tearing up while she was pouting.

"It was just flowers from a secret admirer, not from him. I hate Dispatch so much." Her pouting lips were trembling and a tear rolled down her cheek.

Just in time, Kyungmi entered the dorm and saw everyone sitting down in the dining area. "Oh no my baby!" Kyungmi approached Eunhye and gave her a hug. "Our fake maknae, the smallest of the group, our soft baby, what happened? Don't cry!" She stroked Eunhye's hair while comforting her.

"I'm really gonna sue Dispatch if this gets any worse." Eunhye sniffled.

"Mhmm, yeah go sue every single Korean media outlet out there. I'll be in full support of that." Hwayoung said. The girls chuckled since it was actually possible for Hwayoung as she the daughter of the Prince and Princess of South Korea.

A loud knock was heard on the door, making them turn their heads. Fumiko stood up and opened the door, seeing their manager looking very stressed. "Is Eunhye awake?" She asked Fumiko and rushed inside.

"Yeah, she just woke up." Fumiko answered and closed the door.

Their manager joined them in the dining area and she panted. "Eunhye, I'm sorry." She looked at her seriously.

"W-Why?" Eunhye's heart was thumping extremely hard at that moment. The girls' expressions were now fearful of what they're about to hear.

"Your producer title has been taken away. You can't produce songs in the artist studio anymore." Manager Ayeon sorrowfully said. The four other girls finally had a sigh of relief after hearing that it wasn't as bad as it seems.

But for her, it was the worst news she heard in the 19 years of her life. "H-Huh?! Why?! T-That's the only place I can make my own music!" She stood up from her seat and yelled out of confusion. Kyungmi tried calming her down by placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Eun please... just hear me out for a moment. You've been having a lot of issues here and there as well as new rumors being released. Management doesn't want you to produce songs for now. Just for now. Once everything clears up you'll get it back and everything goes back to normal." Their manager tried explaining.

"But when will it ever go back to normal? When will they just stop caring about what other people do to make themselves happy? Gosh, even meeting my friends has become such an issue!" She angrily yelled and entered her room again. Eunhye slammed the door and locked it.

Her back slid on the hard surface of the door, she sat down on the floor and leaned her head. Producing music was something that made her happy and what made her unique. She knew how to sing but wasn't a vocalist, of course she knows how to dance but isn't the best at it, she was a rapper but isn't given much lines cause she isn't the main rapper. Yeah, maybe she does have the visuals cause of her French father and Korean mother but she wasn't appointed as a visual or face of the group either. All she had that made her different was being a producer.

She got her phone on her bed and saw a notification saying that someone messaged her thru Instagram. Eunhye unlocked her phone and saw that it was from Haruto. She was tempted to open it but after seeing that he was asking about what happened, it made her roll her eyes and not want to talk about it.

Maybe some alone time can help her clear her head about everything that happened.

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Just a heads up that this is a different universe so some things may not actually be the same with my previous book, just like Eunhye's parents switching nationalities. I hope you guys don't get confused. 😂

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