EXO's Manager (EXO Xiumin fanfic) (COMPLETED)

43 // "Do you think we're stupid?"

"I have to go," I said, hesitantly. "Jimin, go make yourself ramen." I looked at Jungkook, asking for help through eye contact.

"I'll walk that way. I need to get back to practice anyway," Jungkook said, and we both quickly walked out of there.

After a safe distance, I felt like I could breathe again. "Oh my gosh. I didn't know what he would do."

"Hey," Jungkook said, grabbing my wrist to stop me from walking, and then pulled me into a hug. The sudden action surprised me, but I hugged back. I cared so much about this boy. "Thank you for leaking the video."

"Really?" I asked, and we let go.

"Yeah," he said. "I'm worried about you, but I'm glad he was fired. He's not a good guy."

I nodded. "You don't deserve that. I'm serious."

Jungkook looked away, and I wondered if he actually believed me. "Anyway, let's keep walking. I'll go back to working out in case Minhyuk catches me wandering the halls again. Hopefully Jimin actually makes the ramen. If you come to the gym after your meeting I'll walk you back to the dorms."

"Thank you," I said to Jungkook. When we came to Kim Tan's office, we parted ways, and I walked in and closed the door behind me. "You wanted to see me?"

"Sit," he said. I obeyed. He narrowed my eyes after I did. "Do you think we're stupid, Amelia?"

"Uh..." He knows.

"Do you remember your previous manager, Kim J?"

I nodded. Of course I remembered him - half of the people I met in Korea have the last name "Kim." It's helpful for me.

"Before you came here, he alerted me that you leaked a song that the EXO band had created. However, it turned out to be a good thing, so he never got after you about it. However, he told me that you might end up doing something like that again, so I should keep an eye out on you." He tilted his head. "Did you honestly think we wouldn't find out it was you?"

"Uh..." Honestly, I thought I hid the leaking of Promise well. Obviously not.

"I am fluent in three languages - pick one and speak it! This "uh" shit is not acceptable!"

"What do you want me to say?" I snapped. "I'm really concerned about their well being. Jimin thinks he's fat, okay? You know who's fault that is? Jan Di."

"You want Jan Di fired too? Is there anyone you don't want fired?" Kim Tan asked.

"I didn't say that," I said. "There's so much verbal abuse... but when I saw the physical abuse, I lost it."

Kim Tan shook his head. "You see, this shouldn't have been an issue. But you had to release it onto social media. Fans from all over the world saw that video and were overreacting and upset. Minhyuk even got death threats, did you know? All because of you. We had to fire him. If the fans hadn't reacted like that, it would have been a non issue."

There was a time when I had to go to my boss's office because of dating issues. That was easier to deal with than this.

"I'm sorry," I said quietly.

"Are you?"

"Well, not really," I said. "I care about Jungkook more than Minhyuk."

Kim Tan exhaled. "I don't know what to do with you. I want to fire you, but you do a good job and the boys seem to really like you. Which isn't a bad thing, because they're doing pretty well with this comeback. This is your first warning. If you pull another thing like this, you're done here. And I will make sure you do not get another job at any of the other music companies."

"Okay," I said. I left his office, and quickly walked back to the gym to get Jungkook. We walked back together, and I was happy to see that Minhyuk had finished moving out. We walked to Jimin's dorm, and closed the door behind us. I was happy to see that Jimin had made ramen.

"You didn't get fired too, right?" Jimin asked me. "I've been worried about you."

"No, but next time I will be fired, and I will probably have to leave Korea," I said. I looked at Jimin. "Have you eaten?"

"No, I've been waiting for you guys."

"I don't know why," I said. "You're going to eat the most."

Jimin exhaled, rolling his eyes. "Okay, Mom."

"How did he know it was you?" Jungkook asked. "Did Minhyuk tell him?"

"I'm not sure," I said. "I think they track us. Because they caught me at SM Entertainment, and I just found out tonight."

"What?" Jungkook asked. "You've leaked videos before?"

"I leaked a song." Their eyes widened. "Not like that. Lay gave me their song Promise that he composed, and I gave it to my boss, but he said that it was trash. But it wasn't, and the fans needed that song...so I leaked it. So he had no choice to put it on the repackage album," I explained.

"Sweet," Jungkook said. "We can use her as a resource, Jimin. In case any of our songs get rejected."

"No," I said. "No, I'm not doing that again. I want to stay in Korea." My phone started vibrating in my pocket, and I looked at it.

Why was Kai calling me?

My heart started beating faster. No, why was he calling me? In the nine months I've been gone, he's never called me. "Excuse me," I said, standing up and walking to the corner of the room, away from Jungkook and Jimin. "Yeoboseyo?" I answered, just like a regular phone call. 

"Amelia?"

"Kai?"

"Stop with that Korean. I'm so glad you answered." Kai's voice seemed panicked.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"You need to come to the hospital right now," he said, his voice breaking. "I'm serious."

"Why?" I asked. He wasn't answering. "Kai!"

"Amelia?" A deep voice said. Chanyeol. "Amelia, are you still there?"

"Chanyeol, where did Kai go? Is everything okay?"

"Xiumin just collapsed," he said. "He won't wake up. The ambulance just came. We're all on our way to the hospital."