EXO's new manager

PART 7

the hot chocolate has been surved again ..
and Tae fidgeted in his place .. chewing on his lower lip ..
" umm .. okay .. so .. let me start with what happened before high school .. "
he took a quick glance at the members and saw that they had encouraging smiles on their faces .. so his shoulders relaxed a little .. " so .. I lived in Busan .. and my family had many financial problems .. my father wasn't the best .. he always come back home late , drunk .. and smelling of all different kinds of alcohol .. and he was .. aggressive .. with me , my mother , and my sister .. so it wasn't the best condition for two kids to be raised in .. and of course .. you can't expect us to be .. umm .. polite .. or even nice .. since we never had them in our home .. our mom always tried to steal some bread for us .. and did .. stuff .. for the money .. so yeah .. that's the begening .." he looked at them to see shock overtook their features .. which Is understandable .. so he took deep breath and continued after sipping some of the hot chocolate " so .. anyways .. umm .. I was shy in school .. I always got bullied and due to my low self confidence or love .. I didn't fight back .. but when I got into middle school .. I met my 'gang' .. the ones we met today .. they were the ' bad boys ' in school .. for some reason .. the leader .. Jong won .. he  found me once beaten up pretty bad .. specially my face .. and he said if I wanted to be with their gang .. it was a surprise really .. why would 'They' want to hang out with a loser like me ? it was suspicious .. but back then I was really really ... desperate for any attention or care towards me .. so I accepted immediately .. and .. by time .. I got attached to them .. and when they knew I had problems at home .. because the bruises were obvious .. and they were all the day with me but not when I go home .. so they knew it was the source somehow .. so .. to help me .. they .. they .. umm "
ran a hand through his hair and released a sigh .. " they got me into their ' work ' .. which was .. umm selling and buying .. drugs .."
some members gasped while others got worried
Tae wished the ground could open up and swallow him .. his face was crimson .. he drank the rest of his mug in one go ..
kyungsoo poured some water in a glass and put it in front of Tae .. Tha later thanked him ..
" umm .. so .. I worked with them .. they let me live with them even .. yeah .. I ran away .. almost 7 years I worked with them .. but second year in college .. I met this teacher .. who didn't treat me like the others who saw me as a trouble maker .. someone who started bullying too .. and became scary .. he smiled at me everyday .. and one day he invited me for a mug of coffee ! I was genuinely surprised .. but didn't get my hopes up .. because .. well .. who would want to hang out with a person like me ?! but he actually just talked to me normally .. told me how he was a "bad boy " too back in high school .. and that he had problems because his mother ran away when he was young .. and his father worked 5 jobs .. but he was helped by his cousin who studied outside and wanted the best for him .. and he gave him books .. about self love and confidence and such .. he gave me those books .. I was crying without sensing that until he said it .. I wiped my tears and confessed that I don't understand why he was doing this to me .. he told me " that's how we repay for others".. his cousin helped him .. and he saw in me his younger self .. and he told me to try to help others too ..
and I got closer to him .. which of course I got further away from my friends .. they always ask me what happened but I didn't tell .. because I thought they would beat me up or something but should have known better .. they really consider me as their brother .. as Jong won always said " no one beats my bro but me ".. one day I quit doing their business .. but I couldn't imagine looking in their eyes after all they did to me ..  so I ran away again .. back to my home .. which was totally destroyed .. my father ran .. my mother was sick .. and my sister was selling drugs .. and worked In a club .. but I stopped her .. and started to work in a restaurant .. of course it took me forever to make my mom and sister accept me back in .. because I did like my father .. run from my responsibilities ..
anyways .. weeks of reading books from my teacher .. his name is Choi kon moon by the way, meeting with him , working different shifts .. and a lot of hardships .. and here I am .. "
Tae got very emotional so he couldn't talk in more details ..
his face was flushed and his eyes were glistening .. fighting back tears ..
the members were really speechless ..
how can  a great person like him have such a dark past ..
if they liked him before .. now they admire him even more ..
he could be still in the wrong path .. who knows where he would be or what he does ..
he grew in hard conditions yet he took responsibility after been slapped by his talk with that teacher ..

Baek muttered " wow .. "
lay was crying and wiping his tears ..
Chan had a surrowful look ..
Kai and Chen had their heads lowered
sehun didn't know what to do .. he was really shocked ..
suho beside Tae hugged him .. and the members all stood and gave him group hug ..

suho called later a restaurant to have pizza and coke for dinner ..
when they were eating in the living room xiumin said calmly " manager hyung .. "
Tae looked at him worried .. he learned that whenever they say ' manager ' instead of ' Tae ' it is serious ..
he thought to himself <do they want me to quit ???? god .. no please no >
he gulped hardly and answer'' yes xiumin ah"
xiumin looked at the members who nodded at him ..
" we talked in the kitchen when we were preparing dinner .. and .. we decided something "
tae's eyes widened < OMG THEY REALLY WANT ME TO QUIT AREN'T THEY ! >
" NO PLEASE NO ! " tae shouted and stood up terrified .. they all looked at him surprised at the sudden outburst " I PROMISE I WILL WORK HARD AND BE A BETTER PERSON ! I .. I SWEAR ! YOU .. YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ME QUIT .. I I P-PROMISE .. MY PAST WON'T AFFECT ME ! P-P-PROMISE !!!"
the members kept a blank face and then exploded laughing ..
tae was dumbfounded .. this is serious .. why are they laughing ?!?
xiumin shook his head " you got it all wrong manager hyung .. please calm down .."
tae slumped in his seat again .. " umm ? "
xiumin chuckled before continuing " we decided to not judge you at all for what you have been .. because we all had reasons to be bad a period of time .. and we all were raided differently .. what matters is what you have become ! you are now a mature man who is trying his best to give his members all what they need .. and try to become a better person ! we are very proud to have such a great man as our manager! ''
sehun nodded " yeah .. we are .."
the other members nodded with big smiles
suho added "you are our model now to look up to .. let's try to get better guys and be like our great manager .. EXO SARANGAJA !"
they all cheered happily .. until lay said " Hyung?!?!? why are you crying ??? "
they all gasped .. Tae had tears streaming nonstop down his cheeks and he exploded " WAAAAAH .. WAAAH .. YOU ARE ALL SO AWESOME .. WAAAH .. THANK YOUUUU "
he stood and hugged each one dearly and saying thank you ..

suddenly.. tae's phone rang .. he got it out of his jeans pocket and stiffened. . " it is the company ! did they hear the conversation? !??!"
Baek said surprised " they have cctv here ??"
Tae answered hesitantly " h-hello ? yes? ..umm .. yes .. what ?? really ?! wow .. umm okay then .. yeah thank you "
Tae turned to the expecting members and said with a smile ..even though his face was blown and eyes were puffy .. his hair ruffled .. but the members found him like this adorable .. because he looks like a child .. which gave him a more human like picture .. because they saw him all happy all the time .. so it warmed their heart knowing that he trusted them and told them about the most embarrassing and horrible things that happened to him ..
they smiled back ..
" we ARE GOING TO CHINA NEXT WEEK FOR AN AWARD GUYS !! appearantly your song .. the Chinese version .. was very good !!"
Tae wiped his years with back of his hand and sniffed ..
" are you guys okay with this ? or do you feel tired ? "
the members nodded " finally .. we can meet Kris and luhan and Tao ! " lay said happily
the members nodded ..
Tae said suddenly " oh right .. I didn't have the honor to meet them .. "
chanyeol slang an arm around  the manager's shoulders " you will now "
Kai smiled " yes .. they will be happy "
the members were happy that the smile was back to their manager ..
now their respect grew towards him .. and they now have motivation and dedication to change and be amongst the best bands who fight together against hardships ..