An Idol's Secret | SKZ Fanfic ♡

Chapter 34

"Deal? Deal!"

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Tiffany looked up at her, her face showing anger and disappointment. She had never seen such an expression of hers, not even at the worst of times.

"Rose...?"

"We are not forcing anyone to do anything, Tiffany. This is the decision that both I and Dahyun took and you should respect that."

"Are you fucking kidding me, Rose?! You know it's part of our contract for a reason and you know why we've laid low for an entire year while waiting for our chance to debut."

"Don't you realize just how much we have sacrificed for this life?! Don't act like you didn't get the better end of the deal..." she muttered the last sentence, looking away from her, catching Rose's full attention. Her face showed distraught and disgust, as she stared at Tiffany.

"Excuse me?"

"Don't act like you were the one who had to sacrifice everything for us!! Do you know how much it hurt when I left Baekhyun?! Everything was perfect!!! He was supposed the man I was meant to marry, and now it just turned into this mess we call our life!!" she screamed, drawing even more attention to herself, even accidentally waking up Aby (who blacked out from all the alcohol), but luckily she just decided to fall asleep once more.

"Do you think I didn't love Taeyong?! He was my first love, my first boyfriend...my first everything!!"

"You broke up with your toxic boyfriend who wouldn't leave you alone, we broke off with our perfect lives and partners just for this...we are not the same Rose."

Tiffany's POV (EXPLANATION)

Look, I know that I have a lot to explain and a lot to apologize for. I'm not even sure where to start, but I'll have to give it a try.

Out of everyone, it was obvious that I always gave importance to F5 since the moment we debuted. Everything I did, everything I sacrificed, was just to debut alongside my members and I know very well that they supported and even did these things by my side.

We sacrificed our relationships with our family, friends, and social life, just to experience the day-to-day life of being an idol.

We threw away everything, just to have a CHANCE at debuting.

Those moments of hardships that were filled with pain and sadness, moments where most of us thought of quitting, as we just couldn't take it anymore, meant so much to me and I bet it also meant something for Dahyun and Rose.

The memory of us hearing the announcement of our official debut taking place is engraved in my brain. At that moment, we promised each other that we wouldn't take any of this for granted and were going to be the best F5 we could be.

Not letting any distractions, or anything hurt us.

Once it was announced that Rose would be our leader, she promised to protect us from everything and be the best leader she could possibly be.

We all knew, since the very beginning that we couldn't date, as it was part of the contract and it was safer for our group, that's why I sacrificed my relationship with Baekhyun, didn't I?

So when I heard that Aby couldn't break up with Dani, I felt betrayed and I felt as if she didn't care about any of this, any of the things we were sacrificing.

But, once I calmed down, I knew, from the bottom of my heart, that she wasn't going to get caught, no matter how obvious they could be.

Because Dani was just too busy to even see her, most of the time.

They barely ever saw each other and I dare to say, that Dani was always much busier than Aby, EVEN DURING OUR DEBUT.

I also knew that he was probably going to be extremely careful, probably more careful than her, since he didn't want to get into a scandal with an idol, as it would be to the detriment of his career.

They both had things that came first than their relationship...so sometimes I would even wonder in my head if they were even dating at all.

And I know damn well that Aby has questioned it before.

This completely differed from Rose and Dahyun's case, especially Dahyun. I knew how Dahyun would act when she'd be in love, she'd forget about the world around her and just focus on her love.

This is what almost cut her from making the final lineup and this is why she still, even after breaking up with Taemin and him doing such terrible things to her, loved him with all of her heart.

Something that I was sure Hyunjin didn't quite know yet.

And with Rose...honestly, I was so shocked and was trying so hard to try and figure out why she made such a decision. All I conclude was...

That she was just too in love to look back behind her.

Rose's POV

My hands were shaking from the fear, as I gazed upon Tiffany's face, I could tell she felt pleasure at the sight of my pain.

She was feeding off her apparent righteousness, knowing that she once again had all the correct answers.

I was wrong, she was right...there was no way to change such a cycle.

But for once in my life, I wanted something, I wanted someone.

I wanted to love...love that I wasn't sure was healthy or an escape from reality. I wasn't sure whether or not I was using Bang Chan to escape Taeyong, to escape the tempting want of Jaehyun's bright-colored lips, his charming smile.

But I just didn't care at that moment, I had no worries, it was as if I had snapped.

I liked this new me, a free person.

"Tiffany, enough...this is getting out of hand." scolded Chaeyong, snatching the phone away from her. She was the only one who could calm her down and those sorts of moments, but even she wasn't much help.

"What, are you just going to let her ruin our careers just like that?! Chaeyong I have waited two years, two fucking years for this moment, I am not going to allow them to ruin our lives. I forgave Aby, but I'm not going to let this one slide."

"What made you forgive Aby? The fact that she doesn't have to worry about whether or not an ex will hurt Daniel? Or is it the fact that they only see each other a couple of times a year?" I spoke up, and as a sudden light bulb twitched above my head, an idea was forming!

Tiffany slowly nodded, looking at me as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Then let's make a deal, if we get caught by anyone, whether that be our exes or the public...then we'll immediately stop and deny the rumors."

"And how will they believe you?" a sly grin slowly appeared on my face, as she looked at me with a confused expression. I chuckled a bit and that's when she realized just how serious I was.

"What do you think it takes to ensure our innocence? One of us has to be the villain in the public's eye..."

"It's either us or them...Straykids, or F5."