No You Girls || 艺兴

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It was the night before their first concert--the kick off for their very first tour called the Across the Universe Tour. EXO would be kicking off their own tour on the same night, in the Olympic Gymnastics Arena not too far from the Seoul Olympic Stadium. Even in times of inner crisis and rumors surrounding both groups, the media still tried pitting them against each other, comparing their feats when it came to ticket sales, and stadium grandeur.

EXO had managed to sell out their first three days of concert tickets at the Gymnastics Arena which only seated about twenty thousand people. Even with those three days, there had been too little tickets for the people who wanted to go to the concerts and there were complaints online from the fans. Baby Lips on the other hand had no problem with their first three tour dates. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night back to back concerts sold out at the Olympic Stadium which seated sixty thousand people. But with stage equipment and other safety measures, the seats had been shaved down to forty thousand. But that was still double what EXO seated in their full arena venue.

It was the one time Baby Lips had seen a victory against EXO--the latter had been a victim of circumstance since they had booked a smaller stadium to perform in--and the girls could not enjoy that win properly since they were all at each other's throats.

They had practiced on stage all week for the three day event. But they had practiced in separate groups of six. One side was Bom and her supporters, while the other six were Sun and the ones who had taken her side. The hostilities had gotten so big between them that they could no longer be in the same room--let alone the same stadium--together without Lina fearing that Minnie would tear Bom's hair off her scalp.

Sun was allowed to practice with her group mates, even though she wouldn't be able to participate in the first concert as punishment for her bad behavior. Minnie also practiced with them. She refused to participate in the first concert because her best friend and group mate was not allowed to be there. Then there was the fact that she had attacked Bom as Bom herself put it when she complained to the higher ups in the company. That had earned Minnie a two concert suspension, meaning that she would also miss the second concert for violent conduct. Meanwhile Bom had gotten off punishment free for inciting violence and verbal attacks on her group mates.

Minnie didn't mind, since she didn't want to participate in the first concert without her best friend. But her boyfriend was sure peeved when she told him about it.

All week, he had started a social media campaign with the hashtag #JusticeForSun&Min which had gained a lot of support in Latin America before it moved overseas to gain support in Asia.

Sarang told the other girls that she wanted to support them too, but both Minnie and Sun agreed that Sarang needed to be at the first concert. Baby Lips needed her leadership, and without her they feared that everything would fall to chaos.

They were finishing up their practices for the afternoon and the music cut off. Sun went off to the side to grab her water bottle and took a long sip. Lina walked out from behind the stage as Sun returned towards her group mates and sat down on the stage with them. Lina stood in front of them and heaved a warning which was directed more at Minnie and Sun than anyone else.

"The first concert is tomorrow, girls." She said, even though it was a known fact that Sun wouldn't be participating in the first concert, while Minnie had been banned from the first two concerts. "I want you all to behave. I know we're having some internal problems, but just try not to kill each other on stage. Just pretend you don't hate them--pretend everything is fine."

Minnie crossed her arms over her chest and scoffed. "Hate is not enough to describe this feeling, Lina unnie."

"But Bom used to be your best friend when you were trainees." Lina pointed out.