It was the day after and that's when I woke up and saw it all. All those damned articles.
⭐️Breaking news: ZeroBaseOne's Ricky and Startrix's Aella are confirmed to be dating.⭐️ - Koreaboo
⭐️ZeroBaseOne's Ricky and Startrix's Aella are confirmed to be High school sweethearts⭐️ - Soompi
⭐️ Everything we know about ZeroBaseOne's Ricky and Startrix's Aella's relationship⭐️ - AllKPOP
⭐️Netizens react to the news of ZeroBaseOne's Ricky and Startrix's Aella's dating news⭐️ - Panchoa
"Hey put that phone away. It's not going to help you with anything. You're just going to see all the bad things. Besides all of the real Starlights will be on your side. Not these people." Nemy said to me and I nodded at her. I'd seen that people had protest trucks out and ready and it broke my heart.
"I didn't think this would happen from me just loving someone." I said to her and that's when I saw Aree.
"Well people are funny. They forgetting that you're human too. Take no notice from them." She said to me and I looked up at the doorway.
"Besides it's not like you let the relationship take over your career. You are the biggest hard worker that I know." Gueroo said to me as she walked in and sat beside me. Hugging me.
"I wouldn't be able to do it. You've got a ridiculously hot boyfriend but you only think of your performance and your career. And he does the same. I'm surprised you made it through all of those performances knowing you were watching each other." Azumi said to me and that's when I saw Jihye.
"And you are still the same Ae that we've all grown with and bonded with. And you always will be. Some relationship wouldn't change that." She said as she came and hugged me as well.
"And if people start hating on you. They are hating on us. We are all one team and there's no space for OT8 people here. We are a nine. That's not going to change." Katsuki said to me and I loved for this. I loved all of them.
"Besides. You know we'd all take a bullet for each other and if anyone asks us anything and hates on you. We won't listen or we will defend you." Hyunjoo said to me and I looked around at my eight sisters.
"And I love you all for that but this is my thing. I will deal with it. I might need help but for now. We got this together." I said to them all with a smile. As they day went on. We went to the building to start on practice for the comeback but I went to the writing room. I wanted to write a lyric to Starlights. And that's what I started to do.
'Starlights, it's me Aella. I'm sorry for hurting you all with the news. We didn't want people to find out now. We wanted to tell people in a few years. But I know that wouldn't have mattered. I'm sorry that I've betrayed all of your trust. I should be someone you look up to with a clean slate with nothing on it. But I'm only human and I want to be loved as well. I can't imagine how badly I've hurt all of you Starlights but I hope you can all understand. Everyone that supported me since Star Girls I know that must be hurting the most but I hope that one day you'll forgive me. I hope that the next time we meet we will all be on good terms. I'd like that. I'm sorry to everyone I've hurt and I hope you all eat well. I love you all and I'm sorry.'
I wrote the letter in English, Korean and Mandarin. I wanted people to be able to read it without having to translate it. I know they would be hurting a lot. "Aella, your needed now. We're doing your part for Hit Me." Geuroo said to me and I took a picture of my letters.
"Coming. I'll be there in a second." I said to her and I nodded. That's when I posted my letters to our Instagram and our X account. I then saw the comments.
'She does all the love and Ricky is the one to give it to her!'
'I can't believe she posted this to try and seem innocent. It doesn't work on us #aellaout'
'I feel bad that she's having to apologize. Let's keep hating so she'll post more!'
'I love Aella and she'll always be my bias. But where is the Aella protection account!? In the last 24 hours she's received so many hate comments but that account has done nothing. I guess I'll be taking matters into my own hands!'
'Aw, baby. Don't feel bad for being in love. I'm sad it's not me but you and Ricky are so cute together.'
It made me smile when I saw the good comments but those comments filled with hate and backlash I hated them. They made me feel like nothing. Especially the ones with the jealous Ricky bias comments. They were the worst. When I made it to the studio. I then entered into the booth and just gave it my all. I saw that they were filming us for our comeback vlog and I smiled as I took pride in my work. Especially when I got to rap my own verse. "Aella! That's how it is done!" Hyunjoo shouted as I finished and I smiled and laughed.
"Thank you but it's like you. These lyrics are just perfect. And the beat. Don't even get me started." I said to her and she looked at me with a smile.
"You always have a way with your words." She said making me laugh. I was lucky to have a support system like this and I felt safe with them. It then got to the ending of the song and we all crammed into the booth. We had to sing all of the parts together and it made more sense to us if we all went in the booth and sang together. At the end we all started laughing at each other. That was definitely staying in the song. Just like how I was staying here in Startrix.
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The Contract // Ricky X OC // ZB1 ✔️
FanfictionA scandal that's what we would be called if people knew about us. Ricky and Aella had been in a relationship for longer than the two could even remember. They'd become trainees to idols and now it was up to them to make sure to keep their relationsh...
