No You Girls || 艺兴

t h i r t y t w o

t h i r t y t w o

All the group members of Baby Lips were left with their mouths hanging open in surprise. Their first tour as a group, and the the very first concert of that tour, and Sun was going to miss it because Pledis was trying to punish her for dating the enemy in secret. 

Sun didn't even protest the decision made by the agency. The ones who did were Sarang and Minnie. Rin, Juri, and Suk stood by without saying anything. They supported their group mate, but they had prepared so long for that moment, to be able to perform on stage at their first concert as a group. Sun didn't resent the three of them for not protesting the decision, nor would she have resented Sarang and Minnie if they hadn't stood up for her. Her group mates had all worked hard to be where they were, and giving it up for her was one thing she would never ask of them.

"That's not fair." Minnie piped up, her words full of indignation. "Sun has worked just as hard as all of us. She should be at that concert. Baby Lips is a group of twelve in case you forgot."

Bom reminded her. "We used to be just fine as an eleven member group, before she showed up."

Before Sun joined Baby Lips, Minnie and Bom had been best friends. Bom felt that everything had been taken from her by the maknae.

Minnie shot her a glare, but instead Sarang was the one who replied to her. "Without Sun--without any one of us--Baby Lips cannot exist. We are a group of twelve because that is how we debuted. Twelve members, one love." Her words were an attempt to convince Bom and the other members that the most important thing was for them to stick together. They were a group and they were supposed to be a family. 

The BLK maknae rolled her eyes in annoyance at her group leader. "Sarang unnie, can't you see that she lied to all of us? She doesn't deserve you defending her."

The girls standing by her side nodded in agreement.

With a sigh, Lina stepped in to stop the argument before it got out of hand. "Park Mae is not allowed at the first concert because she's a problematic idol who needs to be corrected before she gets more out of line. Pledis has issued a statement, trying to fix the damage. But they assigned a punishment so that our other idols could see that there will be consequences for bad behavior." She explained to the girls. She knew that there were tensions within the group since the evidence of a secret relationship with Zhang Yixing had emerged, but she was just now seeing in person just how much the girls were no longer getting along. There was a division in the group which Lina attributed as Sun's fault.

"I still think this is unfair." Minnie protested, crossing her arms over her chest. "You could have done anything other than this. The first concert will be our most memorable and Sun won't get to be there. It won't be the same."

Her words full of venom, Bom said, "I think its fair. Honestly, I think Mae shouldn't even be part of the whole tour."

Minnie glared at her group mate once again.

Linking arms with Sun, Minnie declared, "If Mae can't go to the first concert, then I won't go either." The group members in the room gasped in surprise. Minnie and Sun were both main vocalists in the group. With both of them gone, that would only leave Ara and Rin as the only two main vocalists. The other members did backing vocals or rap, but the ones with the most lines were often the main vocalists. Ara and Rin would have to pick up the slack during the concert.

Sun gave a quick shake of her head at her group mate. "Min unnie, you shouldn't do this for me. You've worked so hard for your career. You've worked so hard to get to where you are." She told her. She was closest with Sarang because they were room mates whenever they were in Korea, but being the vocalists of their subgroup, Minnie and Sun always dormed together when they went abroad. They were also very close and considered each other best friends. With Sarang it was a friendship--but something more like a siblings relationship.