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Today is a big day. You get to see one of your favorite girl groups, IVE, in person. You're attending a concert for the first time ever, and you couldn't be more excited. You're over the moon about it.
Once you reached the venue, you felt a rush of adrenaline as you peered up at the bright lights and then at the crowd of people. After getting inside and finding your seat, you waited patiently for the show to start, scrolling through pictures of the girls to pass time.
Throughout the entire show, you were screaming and jumping and dancing in your seat, waving your lightstick at every given chance. The crowd was amazing, and the girls' performance was wonderful. The interactions were also fun.
When the concert was over, you were quite sad. You didn't want to go home. If you could, you would love to see them again tomorrow, but you can't because you have work, unfortunately. But nonetheless, you enjoyed tonight's concert and were happy that you treated yourself to this. You're only eighteen, but this has, by far, been one of the greatest experiences of your life.
As you were headed out the venue, you were a part of the crowd that was last to leave, and you were in the very back. So one wouldn't be surprised that you were the one to hear and witness what you were about to.
You looked to your right and, a little ways from you, further down the lot, you saw a group of people arguing loudly. Upon coming to a halt and looking harder, you recognized the IVE members on one side of the argument, and assumed that the other people were staff members. You saw that some of the staff were standing around them, watching the fight go down with cautious eyes, while all of the members seemed furious. Well, except for Leeseo-she had her ears covered and was crying in Yujin's embrace.
You heard Liz yell at the main staff member they were fighting with. "You had no right to put your hands on our maknae, and we don't give a flying duck if you're a member of the staff or not!" She shouted. Yujin cradled Leeseo to her chest.
Your eyes widened upon hearing her words. When you saw the staff member step closer to the girls with a furious expression, your body acted on its own accord, and before you knew it, you were standing in between the staff member and the girls.
You heard the girls gasp, startled by your sudden appearance, while the staff member huffed loudly. You read his name tag. Jeong Yushik.
"Get the hell out of my way and butt out of our business, brat!" Jeong Yushik snapped at you.
You shivered, greatly intimidated by him, and you couldn't help but instinctively try to make yourself smaller, but you held your ground.
"N-No. You're- You're being rude to the girls and I-I am not gonna just stand and watch."
Yujin's eyes widened as she listened to you speak. She realized that you're a fan that attended the concert. You're a DIVE. She must really love us if she's willing to physically put herself in front of us to protect us, she thought to herself.
Jeong Yushik's nostrils flared in anger, and before anyone could react, he had raised his hand. And then he brought it down with great force, smacking you right across the face.
Loud gasps from everyone filled the tense air.
The impact caused you to lose your balance and stumble to the side, as your hand flew up to cup your stinging red cheek. You whimpered in pain, and tears were instantly streaming down your cheeks.
Finally, after what felt like forever, and should have happened earlier, bodyguards arrived and surrounded the girls, separating all of you from Jeong Yushik and the bystanding staff members.
You felt arms wrap around you and a hand push your head down onto their chest. You looked up through your blurry vision and saw that it was Gaeul. She held you closely as she apologized, while a couple of bodyguards took care of the staff, and others led you away from the dark area.
"I am so sorry that you got hit. But thank you for trying to defend us, we greatly appreciate it. I just feel so bad. This is exactly what we were arguing about with him," she said quietly.
You lifted your head to look at Leeseo, who was still in Yujin's arms, trying to calm down. You frowned. "Leeseo. W-Will she be okay?" You asked, worry evident in your voice.
Gaeul frowned as well. She hated to see her members hurting, and she hated to see that you, an innocent fan, also got hurt.
But then she smiled. "Why don't you go and introduce yourself and ask her?" She suggested.
Your face flushed red as you shook your head. You're extremely shy, especially in front of the people you look up to and listen to on a daily basis. Sure, you look up to them as sisters, but you're still shy. You never thought that you would ever actually meet.
"I-I'm too shy," you murmured.
She giggled and let go of you, instead grabbing your hand. Your heart warmed at the reassuring action. She led you over to Leeseo and the rest of the girls, who all looked worried. But they all smiled softly when they saw you.
You pursed your lips and hid behind Gaeul slightly, to which everyone (except Leeseo) chuckled at. Gaeul nudged you gently.
You looked around. "Uhm... Hi, my- my name is L/N Y/N, I'm e-eighteen years old, a-and I'm a big fan of you guys!" You said quickly, bowing just as fast. Everyone giggled at your nervous actions. You then looked at Leeseo. "L-Leeseo-ssi, are you okay?" You questioned. You were really worried for the youngest member.
Leeseo looked up at you and remained silent. But then she wriggled out of Yujin's grip and ran to you, throwing herself onto you. You caught her in your arms and slowly hugged her back just as tightly as she hugged you.
"I'm okay! Thank you so much for helping us! Thank you, thank you, thank you! And we're so sorry that you got hit too! I'm sorry!" She wailed, squeezing you.
You felt tears brim your eyes as you cradled her head to your chest and laid yours atop hers. "I'm okay, Leeseo-ssi, don't worry about me. You guys' safety is one of my top priorities. I just didn't expect it," you assured her.
She sniffled and rubbed her cheek against your shirt. "Thank you, Y/N-ssi," she whispered.
Yujin and the others came closer to you. The leader placed her hand on your shoulder. "She's right. We're thankful, but we're also really sorry that you got hurt because of us. We weren't expecting that either."
You shook your head and looked around at all of them with a soft smile.
"Don't worry about it. I'd do it again in a heartbeat."
♥︎ FIN ♥︎
A/N : the reason that this chapter has.a header is bc it's prewritten and was prepared b4 my storage sucked </3
