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Chapter 50

During the festival, Amara watched all of the stages. She watched the joint stage, that was titled Legends of Kpop, with Enhypen and TXT performing different songs from popular artists throughout the years. It was a great stage and she was even civil to congratulate TXT. Most of them all smiled and thanked her. Except for Kai. He was still angry and ignored her when she told him great job. He simply walked away. She told Enhypen great job as well, and most of them were happy and thanked her, giving her hugs. Just like earlier, Seonwoo, Riki and Sunghoon ignored her. They were still jealous about her interaction.

"Will the three of you stop being so immature? We're better than this. Get over yourselves," Jungwon scolded them, smacking all three of them on the back of the head.

When Riki tried to protest, Jungwon smacked his head again, making him yell out in pain. "Get going, you idiots," He pushed them away.

He gave Amara an apologetic smile, before going after them and continuing to scold them.

When they left, she stayed behind to watch Astro's stage. They performed one of their newest songs, After Midnight. She'd only heard it a couple of times, and that was a long while ago. Hearing it now, she remembered how good of a song it was. She smiled as she watched them performed. It was a bit disheartening to not see Minhyuk, due to his injury. But, it helped to hear his rap part while they performed. When they finished performing, they all gave hearts to their fans in the audience. After the stage was finished, they all ran off, the rest of Astro surprised to see Amara.

"Amara! Long time no see! How are you!" Sanha gasped and pulled her into a tight hug.

She laughed softly and had to push him away. "Hey, Sanha. Be careful. You can't hug me as tight as you used to,"

That's when him and the others noticed,

"Wow! Congratulations! You look great! You're glowing," Jinwoo said, with a big smile and ruffled her hair.

She laughed again, pushing his hand away. "Thank you guys. You're so sweet," she smiled, giving the others hugs.

"It's such a bummer Minhyuk isn't here to see you. He'd love it," Mj said with a pout.

"It's alright. You guys can just tell him that I said hi," she said, hugging him as well.

"We should really get together soon!" Moonbin said, ruffling her hair as well.

She had to push his hand away as well, with a smile.

"We actually planned to do that. I met her earlier, before our stage. We talked about going to a ramen shop, like me and her used to do when we were younger," Eunwoo said, finally coming into the conversation.

"Well, about that. I think we'll have to change the schedule for that. I don't think my boyfriends are happy that I know you, Eun," Amara sighed, her smile fading.

The two of them looked over, to see Enhypen standing a few feet away. The three jealous ones were glaring in his direction.

"Why? What did I do?" he wondered, frowning.

"You did nothing. I just think it's a petty jealousy thing. They actually asked me if we've ever dated," Amara rolled her eyes.

Eunwoo had been given water and was taking a drink. He suddenly spit out the water, coughing.

"Us? Dating? That's crazy!" he said loudly, before laughing.

She laughed along with him. "I told them that! And we were just friends! But, I don't think they believe me. It's so stressful," She sighed again.

"Maybe you should go tell them yourself, Dongmin. Eh? They're probably threatened by your model looks. And that lady killer smile of yours," Jinwoo laughed and smacked his friend on the back.

Sanha started laughing loudly and teased his band member. Amara giggled along with them.

"Yeah! Amara is the only one that smile of yours didn't work on! It just proves pretty boys don't faze her! Isn't that right?" Mj snickered, throwing his arm around her.

"That is right!" she giggled,

"But, really. You should probably go tell them yourself, that you two never dated. You two are more like siblings. You guys would argue every time you two would view one small thing differently. Aish," Sanha sighed, shaking his head.

Eunwoo closed his water and started walking away, with Amara following after him quickly. Mainly because she didn't want a fight to break out. It wasn't him she was worried about starting the fight. It was the other three. She saw them look up as the two approached. They tried to leave, but Jay shoved them back, to keep them from doing so. Neither of them looked happy about it, not bothering to hide it. They wanted to make it known to Eunwoo. And he was very aware of their looks.

"What do you want?" Riki grumbled to him, crossing his arms.

Jay smacked him on the head, making him grunt and glare at the older.

"You three have nothing to be worried or jealous about. Me and Amara have never once dated, let alone even saw each other in a romantic way. We've always been best friends and we act more like siblings. I've never seen her in that way, nor her me. It's never happened and it never will. I see more like a sister to me."

When Eunwoo finished his explanation, the three stared at him. They were still questioning it.

"You're sure you've never felt romantically towards her? Not even a brief passing thought?" Riki asked, glaring.

"No, never. We've always been friends," Eunwoo shook his head.

After a minute of more looks to make sure, Amara noticed that they seemed to relax a little.

"Okay. I guess you're fine," Riki said, crossing his arms and looking away.

"I still think I'm cuter," Seonwoo said, managing to walk away, before Jay could grab him.

"Okay."

Was all Sunghoon said, before looking away as well. Amara shook her head, sighing at their pettiness.

"How about you guys join us for dinner one of these days? I know you two talked about going together after the festival. But, how about we just move the date to all of us getting together?" Jay suggested with a friendly smile.

"Really? You'd be okay with that?" Eunwoo asked, surprised.

"Of course! I don't get jealous unless it's necessary. And just because you guys are friends, doesn't mean anything. I think it would be fun. Don't you think so?" Jay smiled.

"I do. That sounds great, actually," Eunwoo said, his own smile appearing.

"That's great! The others can come, too. I'd love to get to know the person she was close with, before we met. It's comforting to know that she wasn't completely alone before I met her," Jay said, putting a friendly hand on Eunwoo's shoulder.

"Oh, believe me. That was hard to prevent. She's so stubborn!" he said, laughing.

Amara watched, a smile on her face as the two walked away. The rest of Astro ran after them to join in on the conversation.

"It was good to see you. I'm glad you came."

A voice startled her, making her jump a little. She looked up, to see Yeonjun approaching her. Her smile faded to a normal look.

"Yeah. I came to support them. But, I also supported all of you. You guys did great, too," she said, giving another smile.

"Thank you. It means a lot hearing you say that," he said, a small smile on his face.

"Of course. You guys did amazing," she smiled in return.

Even though she was smiling, it was still a bit hard for Amara to be around them. But, she was going to do her best to try. Even if it caused her heart a little bit of pain. But, she knew she'd be okay. She knew that the pain would eventually go into a dull throbbing, over time. It would never go away, but it would eventually become manageable.