Rainbow

Chapter 11

Irene's POV
"Come here, everyone. It's girls' talk time." I said after I sat on the couch in our living area.

Girls' talk time is like an open forum or a time you could say what you want to voice out. It can be what's on your mind, your problems, or your secret you want to share.

We are doing it every quarter. Our rules on this talk are we are not allowed to use our phones during that time, we need to listen to the one who will speak, and we only have to listen and can't talk when it's not our turn yet to articulate. We also can't tell others what we talked about here, and it has to stay in our group.

After a moment, they all arrived and sat down. I looked at my members and it seems like it's going to be a long night.

"Okay, Yeri. You can speak now." I said.

Yeri turned on the night light in front of her. There are four night lights on the center table in front of each of us. When one of the members turns it on, it means she is the only one who must speak. We can talk and give our opinions, thoughts, advice, or encouraging words after all the members finish talking.

She sighed before she looked at us. "Uhmm... First of all, I wanted to say sorry to all of you because I know sometimes my jokes are beyond the belt, and sorry if you feel I'm disrespecting you. I know there's a time I'm hurting you, but you just let it slide because I'm your baby. And I'm sorry if I'm failing to keep up with our steps. I'm sorry for ruining our group's perfect choreography. I think the netizens are correct about all that. So I apologize to you now. They even said I needed to return as a trainee and practice hard or just leave our group." She looked down and wiped the tears that fell from her cheeks. "They also said I need to learn how to control my facial expression because they can see me having a blank face from time to time." She sniffed. "What can I do? I'm having a hard time controlling it. It's hard for me to smile all the time. I'm also a human. I am facing problems too, like them." She sobbed and turned off the night light.

I looked at Wendy and Joy, who were also sniffing and wiping their tears. We kept silent for a while before Joy turned on her night light after they were okay.

Joy breathed heavily before she spoke. "How can I start it?" She mumbled. "I'm having a hard time right now taking good care of my figure. The netizens said I'm gaining weight, and my stomach is huge in one of my photos." She pouted. "They also said I was rude to Wendy unnie on one of our LIVE. Don't they know how friends treat each other? As if they don't have friends. The netizens also said I lack communication with our fans on social media. They said the other members are also busy but still find time to post or communicate with the fans. While I was so busy dating and texting my boyfriend that I don't have time to post or be active on my social media accounts." She sighed. "They don't know I'm not only busy being an idol but also busy with the variety show I'm working on now with other celebrities. I even don't have time with my boyfriend." She turned off the night light with a frown and leaned on the couch afterward. She looked stressed.

Joy's relationship with Shin Hyoseob, known as Crush, became public just months ago. I remember that day she was afraid of how their fans will accept their relationship. Luckily, there are more positive comments about their relationship, and most of their fans support them.

Wendy turned on the night light. "I haven't much to say. I'm just sad that our promotion of this comeback is short. I even think I haven't given my best in our performances. In terms of netizens, I am now getting used that some are calling me ugly and criticizing my appearance." She shrugged nonchalantly before turning off the night light, but there was a glint of sadness in her eyes.

I don't understand the other netizens why they were calling Wendy ugly. If you see her in person, she's really pretty even without makeup. Many people also have a crush on her, including Seulgi.

I turned the night light and sighed before speaking. "I just wanted to say that we can consider what others said to us. We can reflect on ourselves through that. Sometimes, the criticism of others can help us to improve ourselves and help us to be stronger. But we keep in mind that we are the ones who should decide for ourselves. We have our own minds, our own decision. We already know what is good or bad. If you think you should do this or that, do it. But if you think what the others said to us cannot help us, let's try not to take it in our hearts and forget about it." I said and turned off the night light.

After that, they gave their comments and encouragement on what members said earlier.

Seulgi's POV
One of my hobbies, when I have time at night, is walking to the park near my unit. And I'm doing it now because I'm free tonight.

I was walking in the park and enjoying the night when I heard the shutter sound. I looked around and saw a man wearing a cap hiding from a tree not far away from me.

I looked at who he was photographing, and my eyes widened when I realized it was Chanyeol hyung and Miss Rosé.

I approached the man silently while he was still busy with his business. I tapped his shoulder after I came close to him and spoke. "Don't you know that it's illegal? Photographing people without their consent is considered a criminal offense."

He looked at me in surprise and ran away from me. I sighed because I'm not in the mood to exercise tonight, but I don't have a choice but to chase him.

I looked where he was now before running towards him. Is he an idiot? Why is he running towards Chanyeol hyung and Miss Rosé?

Maybe because of panic, he didn't know what he was doing. I ran faster and grabbed his overcoat back collar to stop him and kicked the back of his knee. I caught my breath after he knelt down.

"Seulgi?" I looked in front of me when I heard Chanyeol hyung voice.

They both looked shocked while looking at me and the guy I was holding. They are only meters away from us now.

I just smiled at them before I grabbed the guy's camera. I looked at the pictures on it, and when I saw that he had pictures of Chanyeol hyung and Miss Rosé, I took out the camera's memory card before handing the camera back to the man.

The guy ran away after he took his camera, while I looked at the two who still looked surprised until now.

"Here." I handed them the memory card after I got close to them.

Chanyeol hyung took it. "Thank you, Seulgi." He smiled at me before he looked at Miss Rosé. "He's one of SG's backup dancers and one of D.O.'s friends. Don't worry. We can trust him."

Miss Rosé bowed at me. "I'm Rosé. Thank you for what you did."

I smiled at her. "Don't mention it. My cousin will also be in trouble if you get in trouble." They looked confused about what I said, but I just let them be confused and bowed at them. "I got to go now. And please be extra cautious next time." I added and walked away from them.