Forever & Always, Maira | BP LISA

↳ CHAPTER 25 ༉‧₊˚❦

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Aamaira washes her hands as the high from performing Luvstruck B-side single from their newest comeback single album also seems to wash away. Still, she was giddy with anticipation as she stood in the restroom on Mnet's M!Countdown studio. Today was the ninth of March, just three days after their second comeback on the sixth.

Aamaira exits the restroom and is greeted by a man. He was stout wearing a pair of large round Harry Potter glasses.

"Hello," Aamaira greets him, a bit hesitantly while she politely bows. Isn't it weird for a grown man to be lingering by the female restroom?

The man grunts in acknowledgement, while also in contempt. "Do you think you are better than us? Than your peers?"

Aamaira was taken aback, to say the least. "Excuse me?"

The poor seventeen-year-old was confused by the sudden accusatory tone of this man she had not previously met.

"I took a chance on you! Made you a lucrative offer and your team turned me down without even hearing me out! At the very least Blackpink's team had the decency of attending the meeting!"

"Meeting?" Aamaira repeats. Her confusion was apparent. "Sir, I think you have me confused for another person."

"You are Maira, rapper of Luvstruck and the only foreigner at YG Entertainment, right?"

How can someone be so loud and wrong at the same time? Well, at least he was partially correct.

"Actually," Aamaira immediately corrects the strange man. "I am not the only foreigner at my company."

The man flushes a blotchy red on his face and neck, probably from embarrassment. Aamaira was not sure.

Aamaira could care less too. "You mentioned a meeting. What meeting?"

The man had the nerve to look affronted as if he was not the one who bombarded her outside the restroom. "The meeting to pitch Mnet Checkmate: Idol Rapstar."

Aamaira blinks. Sparsely. Checkmate: Idol Rapstar. Wasn't this the same show she had shown an interest in joining a few weeks ago?

"When was this?" She asks.

The man—whose name she still has not gotten—mouth opens.

"Maira!" Her name is yelled, cutting off the man's next word. Aamaira looks over her shoulder to see her manager approaching them.

Great! Just the person she needed present.

Hongkyu bows respectfully to the man as he halts before them. "Han Dongchul-nim, it's been a while since I have seen you last."

The man, Han Dong-chul, smiles. "Hongkyu-ssi, you look healthy! May I ask how do you know Maira here?"

Honhkyu grins proudly. "I manage the group she's in, Luvstruck."

The man's face clouds. "Oh, I see."

Hongkyu frowns. He looks from Aamaira to Han Dong-chul then back at Aamaira. "Is everything okay?"

"Well, everything will be great after Mr. Han Dongchul-nim explains exactly when he was at YG pitching Checkmate: Idol Rapstar. Furthermore, who rejected Luvstruck's offer on our behalf."

Hongkyu nostrils flare at the news. "You wanted Maira to be a part of your show?"

"I wanted either one of YG's rookie groups to be a part of the show, but the offer for Luvstruck was rejected even before the official meeting." Han Dongchul explains to Hongkyu.