Val: Bad Girl

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"So tonight, our lovely fans, we proudly give you- ROYALTY!" I recognized the leaders voice.

The crowd went wild, I could hear the guys running off to the side of the stage.

"NOW!" The director queued.

We posed like we were supposed to as the platform started to lift. Fans were chanting our name.

ROYALTY! ROYALTY! ROYALTY!

Demi Lovato's Confident blared through the speakers, sending chills down my spine.

As soon as my head lifted, thousands of tiny camera lights came into view. Endlessly flashing and clicking as the platform stopped completely. There was electricity in the air as the fans grew restless.

Cam kicked it off, strutting to the middle of the stage while she belted her heart out. Chelsea and I followed suit, jumping in when we needed to then breaking apart in harmony. In some parts of the songs we showed a little aegyo, cutely doing our choreo. It drove the fans nuts.

The song came to an end too soon. We made our way to the center of the stage.

"Hello Korea!" I waved.

The crowd cheered, loudly yelling my name.

"Thank you for having us here it's such an honor!" Chelsea beamed.

They screamed, frantically reaching towards the stage.

"To show our gratitude, we prepared 2 treats for you tonight." I turned to Cam. "Pick a hand Cam."

She looked at my outstretched fists, lips pouting in concentration. "That one." She chose my left hand.

"Whoo! Okay Cam, will you do the honors of telling them the treat?" I asked.

"Sure thing! Anneongasseyo Korea!" She ran cutely to the crowd. Not surprisingly, she got the loudest applause. A standing ovation. All of our fans loved Cam.

She was the energetic one, the Hobi of our group you can say. She was the glue that held us together. Put it this way, if it wasn't for her, Chelsea and I wouldn't have ever spoken to each other. Cam was the one who broke the ice and got us to start talking.

I smiled at her, glad to know she'd never let her fans down. Even if they were the ones who got her in this situation in the first place.

"Okay, so who's ready to hear the treat?!" She held the mic towards the screaming audience, laughing at their restlessness. "Araseo, araseo. So our first treat for you is also a worldwide announcement." She paused for dramatics. The crowd fell silent.

"We will be having our first ever Korea takeover tour featuring yours truly, BTS!" She boomed. The crowd went bazerk, everyone fan girling and one in the front row even fainted.

"Omo!" Cam ran down the stage to the fan. Security scrambled after her, protecting her from anyone who tried to attack. The crowd was still cheering, unaware of what was going on.

I turned panicked eyes to Chelsea.

Stay put. She mouthed.

I nodded, still nervous.

Looking back at the crowd, I saw Cam cradling the poor girls head in her lap. Gently fanning her face. Soon after, her eyes slowly started to open.

"Gwenchana?" I read Cams lips.

The girls eyes flew open when she realized who she was laying on. She darted upright, only to stumble backwards, clutching her head. Cam caught her effortlessly, as if she expected that to happen.

Cam mouthed something to the security guards. They nodded, carefully helping up the little girl.

She made her way back up the stage, security just behind her.

"Can you get me a chair please?" She asked me.

I nodded, darting backstage to grab one. One of the backstage workers handed me a folding chair.

"Thanks!" I ran back to the stage, handing it over to Cam.

"Thanks boo." She opened the chair, setting it center stage. "Sit her here, please." Security obeyed, gently sitting the poor child down before filing out.

Looking closer, she looked to be about 7 or 8. Her face was red, no doubt from the summer heat, which was probably why she fainted. But there was something else, she looked so familiar!

Cam smiled, handing her a water bottle. "Sit here and drink this, okay?"

The little girl blushed, shyly taking the water bottle. "Gamsambnida unnie."

I smiled, walking over to the little girl. "What's your name sweety?"

She turned to me, wide innocent eyes. "J-Jung Seo Woo." Her voice was so squeaky and adorable.

Cam knelt beside her. "Okay, Seo Wooyah. Can we sing a song for you?"

Seo Woo looked surprised. "Jjinja?!"

I wanna squeeze her cheeks so bad!

"Mmhmm. Choose any song you want, and we'll sing it just for you. If we know it of course." Chelsea laughed.

Her face lit up. "Do you know Cheer Up by Twice?

Cam squealed. "Like hell I know that!"

I laughed. Cam loved Twice. Like so much to the point where she memorized all the lyrics to most of their songs. She even got their choreo down in less than an hour, and then forced us to learn it with her.

"Can you do it with us?" Cam begged.

The little girl went nuts. "Yes! Yes! Yes!"

"Alright! Everyone give it up for Seo Woo!" Chelsea screamed.

The audience cheered, loudly shouting her name.

"You can be Nayeon and I'll be Jihyo, okay?" Cam asked.

"Okay!" She beamed. The back stage people were busy pinning mics and boxes on her. Meanwhile, we lined up for the song.

"Good job Cam! Music is almost ready." I heard the director through my earpiece.

I jabbed a thumbs up to her. She smiled.

Although this wasn't part of the show, Cam is widely known to change things up a bit at the last minute. So everyone's used to it by now. Even us.

"I'm ready!" Seo Woo squeaked.

"Awesome! Let's go!" Cam signaled for the music.

Cheer Up blared through the speakers as Seo Woo led the dance. I swear she looked familiar to me.

But I looked past her, to Cam. A huge goofy smile was plastered on her face as she slowly got up with her flower aegyo.

My heart melted at the sight. It felt just like the old days.

Bad girl? I don't think so.

Maybe that little girl could be the key to bringing her back. Well, it's worth a try isn't it?

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