Chapter 20: Star
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Im Raeya's POV
"Unnie, hurry!"
"Aren't you that excited? It isn't even 2 hours before the fan meet! Calm down!" I laughed at Hyejung's giddiness. I just got out of the shower and she's already ushering me to our room to dress up.
"I'm sure fans are already there and our oppas are getting ready and they changed and they probably forgot about us and they'll ignore us and-"
"Jungie, they won't and they certainly did not forget about you guys," I comforted her, putting my outfit on. "They're just a bit busy, that's all. But other than that - they're still the same, I'm sure."
"Calm down, Jung." Krystal slightly giggled. Hyejung pouted and sat quietly with her phone. All of us resumed to fixing our hair, applying makeup and the like.
"Unnies, a lot of people are at the venue already! Let's go quickly, please? Pleaaaaase?" She pleaded. We all looked at each other and then Hyejung. I swear she's the biggest fan of iKON.
"Alright," we said. She cheered and got her bags and hurriedly ran outside. We hastily followed her outside and then we rode our bicycles to head over to the venue.
When we arrived, fans of iKON were screaming, and it hasn't even started yet. We immediately parked our bikes and went backstage. We showed our YG training ID and the staff assigned at the door let us in.
Everyone was frantically running around, making sure that everything would be at its best when the event starts.
We slowly walked in the hallway, looking for iKON's dressing room.
Should I let them see me? I thought. Well, Junhoe wanted me to fly here to Japan to watch them. I didn't tell him that I was staying here for a month.
"You girls go and see them," I stopped walking.
"Why, unnie?" Minseok asked. They looked at me. I smiled to hide my uneasiness, well - they don't know I am in love with iKON's leader and that I ran away from my friends without saying goodbye.
"I'll just say hi later!" I lied. "I'll be sitting with the audience, text me if you need me!"
They all looked at each other, suspicious. They know I'm super close to iKON, so they were pretty confused as to why I refused to say hi. They shrugged and started to walk away.
"Oh, and don't tell them I'm here! Tell them that I was left back home. I'll surprise them later," I lied again. I winked to convince them. They smiled and went to iKON's room.
I made my way inside the fan meet venue using the backstage passage. Fans are still not allowed to enter the venue until 10 minutes. I chose the seat that's not too near the stage, and it's also not too far.
I observed the venue. It was nice; everything was perfect. Was. Everything was perfectly okay.. but then I saw Hayi walking to the center of the stage to take a picture of it. She was smirking at her phone, and then she made her way back to probably iKON's room using the stage door at the side.
I was beyond disappointed.
Wait, what am I saying again? Raeya, stop! You're in Japan because you don't want to think of Hanbin again... but oh, you're at their event, thinking about how disappointed you are because Hayi's here, definitely spending his pre-show time with Hanbin. Can I be any more stupid?
Finally, the fans started to enter the venue which snapped me out of my little bubble. I sighed and waited for the seats to be filled with iKON stans.
