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11

the car ride to the studio was very silent.
and I was pretty sure jisung was panicking inside.

the closer we got, the more I could see the panic in jisungs eyes.

honestly, i wanted to tell the driver to turn around and just drive away, but I couldn't do that.
I would be fired.
and I couldn't do that to jisung.

we arrived at the studio soon enough.

jisung was looking at his lap, playing with his fingers.
he was clearly stressed out.

I sighed.
"cmon sung, we have to go. your dad is probably already inside."
I said, giving him a small smile.

jisung nodded, and we made our way into the studio.

he was looking at the ground, walking as slow as possible.

soon enough, we arrived at the place where the interview will be. people were getting everything ready, checking the cameras and the mics.

"hello, are you han jisung?"
one of the workers asked when her eyes landed on jisung.

jisung slowly nodded, still looking down on the ground.

"amazing. come, we will prepare you."
she said, as he put her hand on his shoulder.

I swear I could see jisung flinch.

she started leading him into a room that was probably the room where you get the make up on and the clothes and shit, I don't know.

I followed them, and stood by as a make up artist started putting make up on jisung.
I could see he wasn't comfortable. his leg was shaking and he was playing with his fingers.
I wanted to go to him and just hold his hand, but I couldn't.
all I could do was just stand there.

jisung was already changed into an outfit. it was send to him to the mansion to save time and I must say, he looked gorgeous, and when they did his make up and styled his hair, he looked even better.

the stylists left the room, so it just left me and jisung there.

he was sitting, looking at himself in the mirror.

sighing, I made my way to him, putting my hands on his shoulders.
"how are you feeling?"

jisung sighed.
"I don't know."

"hey, don't worry. even tho I won't be next to you, I will be right next to the cameras, so you will be able to see me. I will be there with you, okay?"

jisung nodded, looking down as he stared playing with his fingers.

I sighed.
I put my hands behind my neck, feeling the chain of my necklace and i took it off.

"here."
I said, putting the necklace on jisung.
"if you feel stressed out, just remember that I'm here with you."

jisung put his hand on the necklaces charm, smiling.
"thank you."

I returned the smile.
"of course. come, we have to go."

jisung nodded, and we made our way out of the room.

we looked around, seeing that jisungs dad was already sitting on the couch, the interviewer sitting on a chair next to the couch, going trough the questions and the camera people were already prepared to film everything.

"jisung, come here!"
his dad yelled with a happy tone when he noticed jisung.

fuck this man.
why is he acting like he's glad to see him?

jisung slowly made his way to the couch, sitting next to his dad, really unsurely.

as I promised, I stood next to the cameras.
jisung was playing with the necklace I gave him, while looking at the ground.
I absolutely hate the fact that I can't do anything to help him at this moment.

"okay, we are going live in 10....9..."

I've noticed that mr. han whispered something to jisung, which made him tense up.

oh god, I'm going to punch that guy someday.
I promise.

"6....5....4..."

I kept my eyes on jisung, and I've noticed that he was looking at me too.
I gave him a reassuring nod, and he gave me a small smile.

"2....1.....live!"

"hello, welcome to the news. today, we are here with the CEO of skyskape, han jaewoo, together with his son. hello mr. han, we're so glad that you could make it here."
the interviewer started, looking at Mr. han

"of course. it's our pleasure to be here, right jisung?"

jisung just nodded, still looking at the ground.

"well, I see you're not much of a talker jisung. so, you were never really in the media. did you want to have a private life?"
the interviewer asked.

jisung started playing with my necklace again.
"uhm...yeah....i think so?"
he whispered.

"we're all sure that you will be an amazing CEO, and that you will definitely continue with your fathers work at skyskape. are you excited to become the next CEO?"

jisung just nodded.

the interviewer chuckled.
"mr. han, tell us, what's your secret to success?"

mr. han started talking about some shit I didn't care about. all I've cared about was jisung.
he looked super uncomfortable there.
this wasn't right.

suddenly, our eyes met.

"you've got this."
I mouthed, and he gave me a small smile.

"damn, that's super interesting mr. han. what do you think about it jisung?"
the interviewer asked.

"y-yeah. cool."

"you will definitely have to work on your speaking, right mr. han?"
the interviewer and mr. han chuckled.

I saw jisung tense up even more.

"he's not so social, but we're working on it. aren't we, jisung?"
mr. han looked at jisung, who just nodded.

after another hour of me standing there and reassuring jisung whenever he looked at me, it was over.

jisung was lead into the same room, and when they removed his make up and left us alone, he got up and hugged me.

I was caught off guard, but after few moments, I hugged him back.

"you did a good job."
I told him, as I patted his back.

"I can't do this. I can't do this ever again."
he said, hugging me tighter.

"you did so well. I'm proud of you. it's okay now, I'm here, you're safe."

jisung whined, before pulling away.
"oh, I almost forgot."

I saw him trying to take off my necklace, but I stopped him.

"don't. you can keep it. it looks better on you anyway."

jisung had the biggest smile on his face.
"thank you, thank you so much."

I gave him a small smile in return.
"of course. come, let's go home."

A/N:
uhm...two months without an update...😃
I'm deeply sorry my people🫣
gonna do better, I promise 🕺🏻