I'm His... Makeup artist and Stylist

Chapter Six

Chanyeol and I were both silent but comfortable at work. It was early in the morning yet adrenaline was there, makeup and styling done in less than an hour. We were tired from all the running but still, the show must go on. I went after Chan in the backstage.

Where is he?

I went to the backstage, it was quite dark. All I could see were silhouettes of the people whom I assume were the staffs. Thankfully, because of his tall figure, I was able to find him.

He's a giraffe... with big ears of course.

They were waiting for their turn to perform. The members were practicing their lines, the others were playing, and some were dancing to the current performers' song. Chan found me and signaled me to come over. While on the way to Chan, I passed by his co-members so I greeted them.

I saw Suho. Omo!

He smiled at me like I was an old friend of his. He still looks handsome as ever.

"Did you bring water with you?" Chan asked, looking thirsty. Good thing I brought water with me! I handed him the bottle of water I brought and he drank it.

It was very hot backstage that Chanyeol was starting to sweat. It really is humid in backstages. I was getting worried about his makeup that it might start to melt.

I gave him a few rolls of tissue and told him to dab it lightly on face to get rid of the sweat to avoid the makeup from getting ruined.

"Oh, thank you." He said and smiled.

I thought that he might not want to be treated like a 'baby' so I just told Chan to do it himself. He dabbed the tissue on his face while watching the girl group performing on stage. His eyes looked so focused. Hmm, this guy must like one of those girls.

"Aigoo!" A person from the back said.

"You guys look so sweet! Yehet! Ohorat!"

Chan and I both turned back. It was Sehun together with the other members.

"What?!" Exclaimed Chan with an annoyed look but his members continued to tease him.

I felt embarrassed. They might think that I like him when I actually don't. Chan looked at me with an expression that clearly says, "What?" So I moved back, maintaining a distance away from him.

EXO's performance ended with wild cheers from their fans. All of them looked cool while dancing to their song 'Call Me Baby'.

They went down the stage. I could see Suho going to my direction.

"What do you think about our performance?" He asked. He was clearly sweating from their intense dance routine plus the humid air in the studio.

"I can't deny the fact that all of you guys looked great on stage!" I replied happily of course. I handed him some tissue. I can't believe that I was talking to one handsome man.

"Oh, thanks."

He was about to say something when we heard someone cough near us. We both looked in the same direction. It was Chanyeol. Why does he always arrive in times like this when I'm enjoying a conversation with Suho? I cry.

Suho looked at me. "'Gotta leave both of you guys. See you later Chan."

I watched Suho leave. Chan looked at me, "You're clearly disappointed that I destroyed your moment, huh?" He teased.

"Aish. Stop it." I scoffed.

Chanyeol asked for water before we went back to his dressing room together.

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"I'm so tired."

He said as he collapsed on the couch. I did not know what to do so I just stood there awkwardly until I noticed a fresh wound on the left side of his forehead.

It's bleeding.

"Hey Chan. You have a wound on your forehead."

I said while trying to get a closer look of the wound.

"What?" Chanyeol asked calmly.

He tried to locate the wound by touching his forehead until he felt blood on his fingers. It was quite big and deep. I had no idea where he got that but the only thing I knew that it was really bleeding. I quickly grabbed the first aid kit inside one of the cabinets in the room. I told him to sit on the chair for me to be able to clean his wound.

I applied a small amount of water on to the cotton.

"You shouldn't just touch your wound with bare hands. You don't know if your fingers are clean or not. The wound might get infected." I said. "Where did you get this by the way?"

"I don't know. I wasn't feeling anything until we were on our way back here. It stings." He was quite startled when I started to dab the damp cotton onto his wound.

I noticed that Chanyeol was silent while I was taking care of his wound.

"What are you doing?" He asked with curiosity.

"I'm applying some Betadine on the wound. It will reduce the bacteria and prevent it from developing skin infections."

Chanyeol smiled and said, "Wow. You're really like a doctor."

I smiled at his compliment.

"I hope to see you finally wearing a lab gown soon."

I looked at the mirror and there he was, looking at me. I finished cleaning his wound by putting bandage to it. "Thank you, Irene." He gave me a shy smile.

"You're welcome."

Chan's next schedule that day was aTV show guesting at 8pm in a building nearby so I had quite a lot of time for myself before I go to work again. Chan allowed me to go home and so I did.

Before heading home to rest, I went to SME's cafeteria to grab some food. I was lining up to order food and I saw Taeyeon in front of me, lining up for food too. I immediately greeted her when she saw me.

"Annyeonghaseyo, Taeyeon unnie." A wide smile plastered on my face.

"Oh, annyeong! You're the new SM employee right?" She asked.

"Yes unnie." Taeyeon's makeup artist is actually a friend of mine back in the Philippines. We're not that close but we both know each other. In fact, we talked for a bit before I headed to Chan's dressing room.

I knew that she has been working in the industry for almost a year now based from my research yesterday. She has gained fans from all over the world but she remains such a humble and down-to-earth person despite all the success and fame she has.

Taeyeon and I continued to chat as we moved our trays to get orders.

"I hope to see you around soon. Have fun working here in SM!" She said as she left back to work. I got my orders too after hers so I left the cafeteria just right after she left.

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I was lying down on the sofa inside my apartment when I received a call from my cousin who lives here in Korea. Vivianne is an older cousin of mine who married here and already has cute 3-year-old boy named Adrian. Vivianne and his husband owns a company here in Korea.

"Hi Irene!"

"Oh, Vi! Hi! Why did you call?" I excitedly answered.

"I heard that you're already here in Korea. I really need your help."

"Sure thing. What is it?"

"My husband and I are going to attend a very important meeting with our business partners in two hours," She continued, "Adrian's nanny went on a day-off yesterday until tomorrow,"

"Can you take care of him until we finish our meeting?"

Hmmmm...

"I guess that's fine, Vi. See you!"

Babysitting isn't that bad. Long time no see, Adrian!