Will Love Bloom? (BINI Mikha x OC)

Chapter 30: Top Spot Battle

Mikha's POV

I was practicing the choreography alone when Sheena suddenly shouted and announced, "UNO just passed us and topped the charts.", "What? Let me see." Jho raced to Sheena, "Wow! He's amazing." Ate Aiah remarked, "It took us a couple of years before one of our songs reached the top 10, but UNO topped the charts in just a few weeks." Ate Colet followed.

"He's really the 'Golden Trainee' for a reason." Ate Maloi added, "Now, we can't lose. We need to get the top spot back." Jho declared, "Of course, we will." Stacey agreed, I smiled at how competitive the members were, "I should congratulate him later." I thought before I joined in the huddle of the members.

Uno's POV

I took a deep breath in and out before I walked up the stage, "There's no one like me! I am UNO." I greeted as I stood in the middle of the stage, "Hi UNO. First of all, congratulations for taking the top spot in the music charts. How does it feel?" one of the media asked, "It's surreal. I still remember the exact time I got the news; it was 5 in the morning when I felt my phone vibrating, I thought it was my alarm, but it showed a caller ID, it was my manager, John. He was screaming gibberish that it made me think I was still dreaming until I realized what he was actually saying 'You're top 1! You're top 1 in the music charts.' That made me jumped off my bed and checked if it was true and it was." I explained, "After that, I cried and bawled my eyes out. That's why I'm wearing sunglasses since my eyes are still red and swollen." I added which made them chuckle.

"You took the top spot from BINI, as a fan of them, are your feelings conflicted?" another asked, "Yes and no. Yes since I am a fan of them for years and I didn't even dream of being in the same profession with them and no because being in the same category as them means I'm doing something right and it bears results. I will always be a fan of BINI but UNO strives to be great as well and to provide great music that will help change the landscape of the music industry." I answered.

"Are you preparing any new song or songs since 'Imahe' has been a huge hit?" one guy in the back asked, "I am actually. I have some songs lined up and they're different from 'Imahe' since I want to show more sides of me and my music but nothing's fixed yet since anything could happen." I replied, "BINI announced that they're having a comeback next week, any thoughts?" one lady in the front questioned, "I'm excited. I think I won't be on the top for too long." I said, "Are you not supposed to say something like that?" she followed, "Why not? It isn't illegal to show support to my fellow artists especially someone like the Nation's Girl Group, BINI. Isn't it great for the music industry to have a little bit of competitiveness?" I responded, "Any more questions? If not, that ends our conference. Thank you for coming." the host announced, I waved and thanked them before going back inside the building.

Third Person's POV

The whole music industry was put on notice after the much-awaited comeback of BINI with their song 'Pantropiko', a song that best describes summer love.

Just like what Uno said in just a few days BINI took back the top spot of the music charts, "I knew it." Uno remarked as he was chilling in the practice room, singing some of his new songs, "I'm sure they'll hold some event that I need to attend to." he said as he tried dancing along the choreography of 'Pantropiko'.

Without missing a beat, the Nation's Girl Group was swarmed by interviews and public appearances left to right. Even online, there was no social media platform, not playing BINI's new song, 'Pantropiko'.

BINI continued to grow exponentially, and Uno was supporting them all throughout the way.

Uno watched everything they were in since he was completely captivated by the beauty of the red-haired goddess of summer.

Uno's POV

It's been a week since 'Pantropiko' was released and I'm jamming along as I just finished my morning run and arrived at KLM.

I started focusing on playing my new songs again, trying to look for something needed to be changed.

After that I did some choreography of various dances, may it be boy or girl groups. I was in the middle of resting after singing and dancing for a good 3 hours when I saw John coming inside the practice room.

"Hey John." I greeted, "I have something for you. I'm sure you'll like it." John smile, "Okay... What is it?" I asked, "Here." he pulled something out of his pocket, "NO! NO WAY!" I exclaimed, "I told you, you'll love it." he laughed as he gave me a ticket to BINI's Meet and Greet that I wasn't able to get since it was sold out as soon as it went online.

"How?" I asked, staring at the ticket, "I knew a guy. I knew how much you love BINI or someone specific, so I got you a ticket, consider it as my gift for debuting and topping the charts." he told me, "Thank you!" I hugged him, "I'll start preparing." I said, "You know, the event is still 8 hours away." he chuckled, "Oh right." I smiled, "You seem a little too excited, huh?" he laughed which I did so too.

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I spent the rest of the day singing along BINI songs since I was so excited for later and after that, I went home to get changed.

I wore something simple, the hoodie that Mikha gave me, jeans, red cap, sunglasses, face mask, and red shoes. I tried my best looking unsuspecting since I didn't want to ruin their Meet and Greet by taking the attention from them.

John picked me up from my house, "You look... completely normal." he looked from the rearview mirror, "I just want to enjoy the Meet and Greet without drawing attention, just like how it was back then when I wasn't 'UNO'." I replied, "Make sure you do that since I won't be able to go with you since if they saw me, they'll surely think you are there as well." he reminded, "I know. I'll just stand in the back and watch them. No funny business." I promised, "Why am I feeling that something would happen?" John said, "You're worrying too much." I responded and flashed him a wide smile, "Just call if something happens." he told me, I showed him a thumbs up.

John reminded me a couple of more times of what I shouldn't do before dropping me off, I easily knew where to go since the humongous crowd of people were all heading the same way.

I was just following along the crowd as the personnel started checking our tickets, I showed them mine and he looked at me like I'm crazy, "Why are you here?" he asked, "I just followed the flow of the people." I told him, "You're SVIP. You don't need to stand in line. Follow me." He instructed so I followed him and in just a few minutes, I was already inside finding a seat. "Thank you, John." I whispered as I looked for the best possible seat, "Here." I sat down at right at the middle where I can see the whole stage without any hindrances and when I stand up, I still have a great view.

I was on my phone waiting for the show to start when the BINI songs started playing, "I want to do something like this." I said to myself, "Soon." I smiled since I began believing in myself more ever since Mikha told me to.

Slowly, I could hear the number of Blooms growing in number as their cheers started echoing inside the venue, "BINI! BINI! BINI!", I looked around and I could see numerous and various tarpaulins, cutouts, and names of the BINI members held up by Blooms.

Then the lights went out, "Are you ready?!" I recognized Maloi's voice, and the crowd went into a frenzy, the large screen onstage started showing the names of the members as they began to pop out from under the stage, "That's cool." I muttered as BINI started performing their newest hit single 'Pantropiko'.

It was deafening there, mostly because the girl sitting next to me was singing her lungs out, but also because almost 1000 people or more was singing along with them.

I could really see the impact they had, and they deserved every bit of it. After 'Pantropiko', they sang 'Karera' and then 'Lagi'. Even after they performed three songs back-to-back to back, the crowd was still chanting 'ENCORE!'.

"2... 3..." Jhoanna initiated, "Mabuhay! We are BINI!" all the members said in unison and the crowd changed their chant into 'BINI!', "HELLO BLOOMS!" Maloi greeted, and the crowd roared.

"We are so happy to be here with you. We couldn't have done all of this without your support. To the old and new Blooms, thank you." Colet said, "Let's have a great time together, Blooms!" Aiah exclaimed, and the crowd cheered, almost matching the loudness of the speakers.