Leader's Duty (Ryeji fanfic)

"Drama at the MAMA's

{Days later}

POV Yeji

We arrived at the huge and long red carpet of the venue. It's the first time since the pandemic started that we got the opportunity to interact with fans and other kpop groups. People were screaming our names. We stood in front of the paparazzi to take our photo, a sasaeng managed to evade security and almost hug Yuna but our manager quickly intervened.

The venue was almost full, there were lots of fans waiting to get in. Every Kpop group was in their designated makeup room, next to us was Mamamoo, Enhypen, and Aespa.

The makeup team started to do some touch ups while the stylist ordered us to put on our stage outfits. We were going to cover them with black hoods. The awards started and the first ones to perform were Enhypen, they combined "fever" with "blessed cursed". Their stage was amazing, they had lights, scenery and back up dancers.

The awards continued as planned until it was our turn to perform. I felt my heart race with each passing second, we walked backstage and the sound team handed our in-ears. Usually at this point I always held Ryujin's hand to calm down but she was on the other side of the stage.

We took our places on the platform under the stage, the intro started to play and Ryujin was the first to appear, the fans went crazy. From my position I could see how she moved perfectly on stage, every move she made was in sync and clean, when she dances she forgets about everything and enjoys the moment.

The platform went up to show the rest of us. We danced "Loco" with all our energy. At the end Ryujin was taken backstage to get ready for the next performance.

The rest of us returned to our seats still wearing the microphones, this wasn't a problem because they were off. "Party monster by The Weekend" started to play and Jimin appeared on stage, he danced beautifully with two pieces of black fabric, later Ryujin appeared next to him and danced as well.

My attention was totally on her. She was flawless, the performance was about to end but they shared a kiss on live television. All the fans went crazy, they stood up from their seats and started to take pictures. Lia took my hand and gasped.

The main camera showed our reaction and my anger was more than obvious. When I realized our faces were on the big screen, I changed my facial expression and smiled.

During the BTS performance I returned to our private room and Ryujin was there, she was half naked, just wearing underwear. She looked at me and said nothing.

-"Good performance" -I broke the awkward silence. This is the first time we talked in days.

-"Thanks" -she put on her red carpet outfit and walked past me.

-"Ryujin?"

-"Yes?" -she closed the door again.

-"Never mind" -I chicken out.

-"Thanks for everything Yeji" -she said sincerely and noticed her eyes watered.

(Play song: Something's gotta give by camila cabello)

I returned to my seat and Ryujin wasn't there. Did she feel sick and return home? No way, her manager would tell us if something changed. After their performance BTS sat behind us and Jimin took the chair right behind me, he leaned a little and talked.

-"Yeji?"

-"Yes?" -I need to look friendly in front of the cameras.

-"Ryujin just left"

-"What? Why?"

-"She had a fight with her manager. Ryujin said something about resignation"

-"Is she going to leave the company?" -I felt how my blood boiled inside my veins.