"We can't be together, you know that."
"Why? Because you're scared of reasons that concern other people and not your own damn feelings?" Jeongguk murmured, looking down before staring at her with his eyes blazing.
"Because I don't want you to get hu...
“Yah Jennie. This is the 3rd scandal you’ve been involved in a month. Do you have to give me a headache every week?!” Her manager scolded, standing next to YG as she stood there with her head bowed.
The rumours were not true. She thought.
“And we have to keep releasing a new statement every week! How can we deny those rumours if you’re obviously a wh-” Manager rambled on, stopping before he was about to utter the last word.
A whore? Was that really what he was about to say?
Jennie couldn’t help the tears that started to form, eyes blinking rapidly as she tried to push them back, staring ahead as she opened her mouth to speak.
She couldn’t believe her manager she had worked so hard to please were to call her such a degrading name seconds ago.
“Manager-nim, I’ve told you those rumours weren’t true. None of them were.” Jennie replied back, trying to keep her voice steady and confident.
“Sure it wasn’t.” He murmured nastily, turning to face his boss who had veen silent this entire time to show him the ‘receipts’ that were spreading all over the internet at this very moment.
“Look boss, this was in the first week of April and A man who claims to be Jennie’s ex, with proof, posts him with her and captions it ‘Today with J.” He said angrily.
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“Thats not me! I know this guy but from my high school and we were only friends. Does J mean it's me?? He is spreading lies for clout obviously.” she shouted bewildered, only to be even more astonished as YG glared at her.
“And next is this photo with Kai at the Hanguk river, when paparazzi caught them.”
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Of course she knew about this photo, and Kai’s her freaking cousin for god's sake. This was a moment of comfort between them and he’s like her brother.
“Okay yeah - he’s her cousin, but obviously his fans don’t want him in radius within another girl yet a world famous idol! Jennie should know better than to get caught.” The manager continued on rambling, hands on the desk.
“And not to make matters worse, she’s getting caught going out of houses left and right! The recent scandal is about her glaring at a member of another group.”
A member of another group? She wondered, her brain going haywire at this very moment. She very clearly remembered not to make eye contact with any idol considering they've kept her in a leash lately.
She really didn’t know what she did to deserve this.
Staying up late, reading Knetz dehumanizing comments, comments of them comparing her to other members, and everything that could make her willpower break.
“Leave it. We’ll make Jennie release a solo and the attention will be on that instead.” YG said with his hands crossed, signifying it was the final decision.
A solo? What?
This was definitely not the time for her solo. But she couldn't go against YG and risk her career either. The manager sputtered but accepted it anyways.
“Youre excused, Jennie-ah.”
Hanging her head down defeated, she left the room as she immediately slumped against the wall.
She wanted anything, anything that could make her have hope for this world.
And just as she thought that— the elevator dinged, revealing a masked man with a black hat on, grey t-shirt and joggers.
Thinking it was just staff, Jennie stood up, not wanting to embarrass herself because she was literally just sitting outside YG’s room on the ground. Her misery could be limited to herself thank you very much.
She glanced up, only to notice the man was still staring at her with a calculative gaze in his dark orbs. For some reason— He looked oddly familiar. And had an idol vibe.
“Um... Hello.” she bowed down, waiting for him to greet her back.
“Hello.” He bowed, only to watch her eyes widen in shock, only for him to realise shit his army tattoo was visible in his knuckles.
He quickly bowed and took a left turn to god knows where as Jennie stared at him in absolute astonishment. Was that Jeon fucking Jungkook?
What was he doing at YG building?
And most of all, did she just talk to her idol?
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A:N so this is the first chapter! Hope you guys enjoyed it. there's only more to come as my confused and honestly indecisive babies start to meet.
