Idolised Lies

Chapter 10: Warm Kindess

"Gotta say Leafy, I don't think I've ever been prouder of you!" Four smiled as they sat with Leafy in their company's dance studio, checking every social media platform for feedback on last night's show.

"I'm pretty proud of myself I can't lie," she chuckled slightly, checking all the comments on videos from the show.

"Are you seeing this, Four?" Leafy questioned excitedly.

"Yep, these comments are looking great," they nodded.

It was true, there were basically zero bad comments to criticism on Leafy from that concert, everyone who posted about it was calling her brave and super professional and an absolute icon, praising her for how she performed and how she handled the crazy Fan who forced their way on stage.

Her name was trending.

Things were going well, she wanted to celebrate.

"So Four, I was thinking, you know what I was thinking would be great to mark this milestone?" she grinned.

"We should go for drinks! We haven't done that for ages,"

"That's a great idea Leafy but I have some paperwork I need to take a look at, let me just say it's very beneficial for you," Four smiled knowingly.

"Oh, what are they?" Leafy asked eagerly.

"That's for me to know and you to find out but trust me, it's very much worth it for you," Four said as they tapped the side of their nose with a smirk.

"Aw come on... Anyways, does that mean you can't go tonight?" Leafy asked.

"I'm afraid so, but we can definitely go next week, I'll have to pull a few all nighters but it's all good," they gave a thumbs up.

"Okay, sounds good, I look forward to it!" she smiled enthusiastically.

From there, there conversation was about Leafy's social impressions and plans of what to do next, Leafy was eager and ready to work harder than ever to reach her goal of returning to her spot as the Number 1 Idol.

She did a brief run-through of some choreography after Four left to grab something from their office, they were gone for fifteen minutes.

When they walked into the studio, turned off the music and pretended Leafy with her favourite drink, an iced caramel macchiato, with extra caramel.

"Aww thank you, Four!" she squealed, happily taking the drink.

"Think of it as my way of saying you did well," the scoffed affectionately.

Leafy hummed in response as she sipped the drink in satisfaction.

"But don't overwork yourself, you can't burn out right at the start, we still have a lot to do, so go home today and get some rest and meet here on Monday, alright?"

Leafy complied with Four's request, not having to any more strenuous workouts was a welcome offer and she left not long after.

...

She was bored, it was only one in the afternoon and she was laying on her couch doing nothing but scroll on her phone, liking every post about her, but she felt lonely even despite the thousands of hearts she saw and the countless positive words that were being posted, she wanted real affection.

She wanted to celebrate how much she had worked and how it was paying off, she wanted to go out and treat herself to a few drinks and have a good time.

She opened her contacts list and scrolled down all the way to the bottom, looking to see who she could invite out with her.

"Oh, that was quick," she whispered sadly as she reached the bottom of her list.