“Best Female Artist goes to…” the male announcer paused as he lifted the envelope he was holding and took out the paper inside where the winner of the said award was written before smiling and raising his gaze to the audience and announcing, “Kim Taeyeon of Girls' Generation.”
The MAMA 2015 audience, which was made up of fans from all KPOP groups, clapped and cheered for the woman who had suffered a lot in the last few months of 2015 after dating her hoobae last year, which also ended in the middle of 2015, but she still tried her hardest to be strong as she worked hard for her career now.
“Best Female Artist… You've done well this year, Taeyeon,” she thought, mentally patting herself on the back for her efforts.
Taeyeon rose from her seat and bowed to the audience, to their fans who voted for her and worked tirelessly for her to win this award, before beginning to walk towards the stage to accept her award. She noticed Baekhyun watching her intently while clapping with his members, cheering for her as she walked past where EXO was sitting.
“I just hope I get to say and show how happy I am for this award to him, but we haven't talked since the concert in Japan,” she thought as she walked to the stage, feeling the sudden loneliness and loss of someone with whom she could talk about her future goals, about anything.
She misses having Baekhyun by her side, the funny one, the caring one, the Baekhyun who loved her despite the fact that she was always doubting herself, he made her believe in what she was capable of. And she was happy when she was with him, even though their relationship lasted only a year.
“I hope I get to congratulate you and tell you how proud I am like I always did,” he thought as she passed in front of them and walked straight to the stage where she received her award and gave her speech.
EXO also took home four awards that night, including Album of the Year, Best Male Group, Global Fan's Choice, and Best Asian Style.
They are both proud of each other, but they don't know how to express their feelings now that they are no longer together, no longer talking to each other, and no longer seeing each other.
Many KPOP boy and girl groups performed at the event, but Baekhyun was eagerly awaiting his ex-girlfriend's performance, while Taeyeon was looking forward to EXO's performance. They may be singing in front of an audience of their fans, but who they are singing to is each other.
“Flower petals wilt, I had difficult times, but followed a small light. Distant day, let it go far, far away, I fly splendidly.” —I (Kim Taeyeon)
“A bright, moonlit night, the stars give off their fireworks. Shall we fly a little bit higher?
Feels like my heart will explode right now, we're the only ones floating up Leaving the earth behind, below our feet, love me right.” —Love Me Right (EXO)
After saying their goodbyes to the audience, each artist exited the stage and went backstage. Taeyeon saw EXO talking to other KPOP artists, but when she didn't see the person she wanted to see, she became sad and disappointed, and just as she was about to go where her manager is, her name was called.
“Taeyeon-ah!”
Turning around, she smiled as she saw her friend Ravi from VIXX approaching her, and she greeted, “Hey, Ravi. Nice performance earlier.”
“Well, thank you,” he bowed and smiled at her as he came to a stop in front of her. “Nice performance as well, and I'd like to congratulate you on winning Best Female Artist; you deserve it, Taeyeon.”
“Thank you, Ravi,” she said as she drew him in for a hug and remembered something, “and it's good to see you again, it feels like I haven't seen you in ages.”
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Fanfiction"What if we had fought for our love before it was too late? Perhaps we wouldn't have had to say goodbye back then."
