Tainted Heart

Chapter 2

February 1, 2022,
Bighit's anniversary,

It was their first ever official meet up as a girl group, as Twilight. Every other senior idol, staff, crew, manager were present there.

Moon grew up watching idols performing, working hard for their dreams online. She was then one of them. It was hard for her to believe. Her eyes were sparkling with admiration. She would be working in the same roof as the other idols that she loved.

Moon was looking here and there until her eyes caught up the sight of a smiling Yoongi talking to some unfamiliar faces. She guessed them as staff or his acquaintance. The smile caught her eyes. Every other person seemed to be fade away around her.

She felt Yoongi turn to her side and smile as approval. Her heart jumped in happiness thinking her idol smiled at her. She felt an unknown emotion. Her heart beat was too fast. As per novels or dramas, it happened only when someone fell in love.

Her eyes were having an ocean of admiration and love towards the smile and approval nod. It felt like she was going to her dreamland. But the dream was short-lived as she realised that the smile was not for her. She followed where he was staring at. Following his gaze, she saw that it was for her group leader, Min Yunhee.

Her heart felt certain type of emotions. Probably hurt, jealousy and it also ignited the insecure soul in her.

Back to present,

Soul, Haejin tried to call Moon and reach out her. But it was continuously telling that her number was unreachable.

There was arguments before also but Moon never switched off phone or didn't pick up the call. She would always pick up the call and would act rude but would say that she was not in the mood or something.

It was already morning. Soul went to check on her. She rang the doorbell twice but no one responded. "Eonniee..." calling she knocked on the door but to her surprise, the door opened with her slight push meaning the door was open whole night which scared Soul. She quickly rushed in the house. The kitchen, living room were fine which relieved her a little but as soon as she went in front of her bedroom, her heart dropped.

"Eonnie...eonnie...." yelling she went near Moon's figure which was lying on the floor. "Eonnie....wake up. Eonniee....eonnie.." she kept calling and yelling being scared.

Moon opened her eyes slowly. She didn't know when she fell into sleep. She slowly sat up on floor and looked at the scared and crying Soul and asked her in sleepy voice, "What happened?"

Hearing her voice, Soul became dumbfounded for a minute but immediately hugged her. "I thought..." she hiccupped. "I thought something happened to you." she was crying by then.

"I was sleeping." Moon said. Soul broke the hug and said, "Eonnie...are you crazy? Why are you on the floor? And...and what did you turn the room into? Eonnie..." she scolded and whined as she pointed at the mess she made last night. The broken mirror, broken phone.

"You know everyone was so worried. We called you so many times and every time, it said unreachable. We were worried, eonnie." Soul scolded. She also asked about the mess in the room.

"Let's not talk about this." Moon just ignored.

"Arasso....now you go and fresh. Till then, I make you some breakfast. After that, we need to clean these." pointing at the mess. "You slept on floor. What if any piece of glass hurt you?" she asked then said, "Now hurry up. We need to go to company in an hour."

Time skips,

"Eonnie...you go ahead. I will join you later after parking the car." Soul said.

"I can wait." Moon said.

"Ani ani, recording will be late then. You go first." Soul said.

Sighing Moon got out of the car and went inside the company. She went towards the elevator. Unfortunately, all the elevators were full or different floors except one. But Moon didn't want to step in as before her, there were one more person who entered the elevator. She cleared her throat and pulled out a sunglass from her bag and wore it. She went in front of that elevator but the door of the elevator closed. She was kind of happy that she wouldn't have to face him then. But to her surprise, the elevator door opened again and their eyes met. Though only Moon could see his eyes, her heart skipped a bit. She was numb again.

"Are you not gonna come inside?" Yoongi asked.

Moon cleared her throat and gave him the basic respect that he deserved from a junior idol and entered inside the elevator flipping her hair behind a bit.

She pressed the button of the floor she was going and stood there still. There was pin drop silence which felt awkward for her. The journey from ground floor to 12th floor seemed a long journey to her.

"What happened to you in the last night concert? Did you forget the lyrics?" He asked.

"Kind of. It happens. No big deal." She replied politely.

"Your fans were really supportive tho. Lucky you." He smiled. The smile that she could die for. She didn't look. She was staring straight.

"They were. But even if they weren't, I wouldn't care." She said.

"Damn care attitude might cost you a lot of hatred." He said.

"As if it is not already." Moon replied. This was truth. Ever since she debuted, in her group, the most rumours and scandals were of hers. She became most hated idols after Jennie of Blackpink.

"And like I said, I don't care. No matter what I do, there would be certain people who would be hating me from the core of their heart." Moon added.

Yoongi chuckled. "You didn't let me finish. I was saying damn care attitude could cost you a lot of hatred as an idol but I like your attitude." Hearing these words, Moon looked at him. If he could see her eyes that were hidden behind the sunglass, he probably could have seen a pair of loving and happy eyes.

She remembered the first time she met his gaze two years ago which was not really for her. She shrugged and moved her gaze from him. The elevator reached his floor and he got out of the elevator but didn't leave yet. He made the elevator to stop at it's place and looked at her, "I have got to hear that you have been misbehaving with Yunhee a lot. I don't know what happened between you two or if I have the right to speak between you two, but I would like if you don't hurt her. Don't tell her that I said that to you." saying he left leaving her alone with her insecurities and heartache. The elevator door closed trapping her with loneliness, insecurities of her own.