Wait, when did you turn straight?? ✔

Chapter 14

This is VenBara spin-off chapter. 
It's about how Barbara will notice that Venti has been her online crush all the time.

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Venti and Barbara got into the same musical agency after their graduation. It was a famous agency that is said to only accept talented people. Barbara believed she was lucky that she has someone she knew from college. As a beginner, she had to face a lot of hardships but Venti and her online friend, Barbatos, were always there for her.

Whenever she feels down from work stress, Venti would tease her or sing her songs, do anything for her smile to return on her face. Barbatos would give comforting encouragement and inspiration. Though she never saw his photos, she somehow trusted this person deeply. He would switch topics whenever she mentioned meeting in real life. She's interested in this person but if he's still nervous to meet her in person, she would give him time as she doesn't want to lose him. He never shared too much about him. She would sometimes hear the sound of a parrot in the background when he sent her new compositions that he's working on.

The only problem she's facing now is something that every idol might have to face sooner or later – a stalker.

Barbara exhaled deeply after she had successfully closed the door of the agency behind her.

"Is it that stalker again?", Venti asked her worriedly.

She looked up at him and nodded with a frown.

His normally cheerful face darkened with anger, "that's it. I am going to confront him today."

He rushed to the door. She held onto his hand with both of her hands and shook her head, "no, you might get caught up with paparazzi if you get into a fight with him."

He looked back at her, anger still evident on his face, "it's the third time for this week alone, Barbar! I don't want to see you worrying over that bastard."

She winced slightly. Even though she knew his anger wasn't towards her, she felt bad that she was the cause of his anger.

Venti realized when she winced so he lowered his tone and spoke gently, "sorry, I should not have raised my tone at him. I'm just mad at that guy."

His hand raised to hold her hands warmly, "I am sorry, Barbar."

She shook her head and looked up at him with a comforting smile, "no, it's fine. I know you didn't mean that towards me, Ven."

His face turned back into his normal cheerful expression when he saw her smile. He said as he fixed her hair, "did you run from the parking? Your hair is a mess."

Her face brightened with blush and looked down at the ground. She only nodded at his question and let him fix her hair.

If she has another problem, it's her feelings towards these two people. It seems she likes both of them more than a friend.

"There, you are cute now", Venti winked at her after he's done fixing her hair.

With her blush still presents on her cheeks, she flashed him a grateful smile, "thanks, Ven."

He went still in front of her.

"Oi, Barbara! Let's go! Dance practice in 5 mins!", her colleague, Xinyan called her.

"Coming!", she replied to her.

She patted Venti's arm softly, "see you at lunch, Ven", and ran off.

Only after she disappeared, Venti raised his one hand slowly to cover his blushing face and mumbled, "when will she know how effective her smiles are?"