Read // Taohun

VIII

After the promotions for EXO's debut had ended, the boys went straight back to working on their comeback album. Everyone thought being in a group was all about the glitz and the glam, and it was the perfect life. But when you're under a strict entertainment group, you honestly don't even have a life. The moment you put your signature on a contract, you don't represent yourself anymore. You represent your entire company, and one fuck up can ruin your company.

Sehun, being the naive maknae he was, hadn't realized this until now. Tears were streaming down his face which had become a sickly ghost white. He didn't mean to do it. He was just messing around, but the company took it as something very serious, and said if he didn't clean up his act that he would be kicked out of the group. What made it worse was that after the company had finished lashing out their anger on him, both leaders of the groups scolded him. And every single member had watched this happen. You know what they did?

They did absolutely nothing. They just watched him break down in tears with their beady black eyes. They treated him like he was some sort of monster that shouldn't even be allowed in the room.

It's funny how the people who you trust the most can turn their backs on you in a heartbeat.

But the person who turned their back on you first will always be there for you.

This didn't really make sense to Sehun until he felt someone wrap their arms around him, and gently rub his hair. He was startled at first, but when he saw the person's arm he could tell from the dark skinned muscles that it was Tao.

Huang Zitao, the guy who told Sehun to never talk to him, was cuddling him while he cried.