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(y/n) lives in australia for this :)

being the ex-girlfriend of a member of a kpop girl group that is steadily rising in popularity in australia is incredibly difficult. especially when my best friend is their self-proclaimed biggest fan and has decided to buy herself and me a ticket to go to their concert in a week. i tried to get out of it, telling her i was too busy with work, but she saw right through me and refused to accept it. so now i'm forced to go, with soundcheck tickets no less, and have rosie possibly see me in the crowd. this is not going to be fun.

rosie and i split up about a year into her trainee process because her schedule just got too busy for us to see each other anymore and while it was amicable for the most part, we haven't really spoken since. i congratulated her when she debuted and she did the same for me when i got a promotion at my job but other than that it's been very dry. so yeah, there are no hard feelings or anything but i don't necessarily want to go to her concert. it took a long time to get over her and i worry that if i see her in person again, those feelings will just come flooding back. i can't have that happen, her career is too important.

i really try to get out of going to the concert again on the morning of but emma refuses to hear it and ends up dragging me out of my house anyway. that's how i end up in the second row of the floor pit, heart pounding like crazy in my chest, knowing i'll be seeing rosie for the first time in years in a few minutes. i'm absolutely terrified that she's going to see me and it'll mess up her performance. i'd rather die than bring any attention to myself right now.

when blackpink finally come out on stage i'm relieved to see that rosie is standing on the opposite side of the stage than me. jennie is standing right near me and emma but either she hasn't seen me or doesn't recognize me so i think i'm safe for now. i let myself relax a little and take the chance to finally listen to their songs. they're actually really good, it gives me a sense of pride for rosie. she always loved singing and performing when we were together so it makes me happy to see that she was able to do it as a career, and do so well in the industry. it's quite nice to see her perform again, despite the fact that the sight of her looking so beautiful is sending my stomach into a swarm of butterflies like i'd worried. i can pretend it isn't though, as long as she doesn't see me.

yeah, i should have known it wasn't going to go that way.

about half way through the concert the girls stop singing for a few minutes to talk to the crowd and, of course, rosie walks over to mine and emma's side of the stage. i try and hide my face from her, hoping nothing will draw her attention down to me, but unfortunately emma doesn't get my mental signal to stay quiet. she screams rosie's name, holding up her sign making some corny joke, which ultimately causes rosie to look down at us. she smiles at emma for a split second before her eyes find mine and a look of pure, unfiltered surprise flashes across her face. she very quickly schools her expression into a small smile but i can still see that look of confusion and shock in her eyes that are refusing to leave mine. i'm eventually the one to break eye contact as it is just going on for too long and i'm sure the fans will start to catch on soon but as the girls continue to chat to the audience, i feel rosie's eyes keep coming back to me. all i can think is: great, this is exactly what i wanted to avoid.

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the concert goes on for just over an hour longer and when the group are performing their last song, i chance another look up at the stage. rosie is still right in front of me and emma and her eyes are on me despite being mid performance. she gives me a look as if to say 'why are you here?' but i just shake my head and mouth 'focus' to her. she stumbles for a second on the move she was doing but quickly gets back on track, giving an apologetic smile to the audience.