I am NOT your fan | EXO CHEN

3. Discovered

Song: What is Love? - TWICE ✨

'I wanna know how it keeps you smiling all day, how the whole world turns beautiful? I wanna know, what is love? Will love come to me someday?'

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"ROSIE PARK WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" Mel struggled out of my hand right after we got out of their resting room. I was still fuming at the thought of nasty Jongdae. "Hmm? Care to explain already?" She snapped her fingers in front of my face and I shifted my attention back on her.

"Oh," I reacted.

"Öh? Oh??!! Do you realise what you just did to them? Are you out of your mind?!"

Yeah, I'm out of my mind alright. I'm not in the right mind for liking someone so despicable. I can't believe I devoted so much time fan-supporting him when he isn't worth it.

"ROSIE!!" Mel shrieked into my face.

"You don't know!" I finally burst. "You don't know what he said to me! They're mean people! They don't deserve our love as fans, Mel. I'm officially over this group. Totally, completely done!" I spewed out my frustration and walked away from my also-agitated friend.

Sorry to generalize 'mean' to all of them, because Jongdae was clearly the only asshole. Xiumin was nice... but I was too angry to correct myself. My current mood makes me chant words like stupid guys in my head.

"What? What do you mean?" Mel dropped her harsh tone. "Rosie, wait for me!" She spoke more gently and chased after me. I stopped and let out a sigh before facing her again, knowing that I should tell her what happened.

"What about Baekhyun? Did you see him?" Mel asked after hearing my story, but I shook my head. It was a waste to miss him out back there.

"I don't think I saw him. Or maybe cause I was too angry to notice."

"B-But Xiumin was nice! Was he not?" Well, that I couldn't deny. I nodded to that and turned away from Mel to end the conversation. Making my leave, I trudged down the hallway in heavy footsteps, soon glancing up to my surroundings when I realised we have yet to exit the backstage area.

"Hey," Mel called out to me. "C-can we still go in there and watch them perform? Like...for me? I still want to..." Her voice grew softer and softer. She knew that I was determined to forego the music show and leave this place, and I could sense that disappointment in her.

I breathed in and out. "Today's the first and the last time that I'll ever do this," I told her, never feeling more decisive than this. Her face brightened up instantly, sending me her biggest, most grateful smile. 

"Who's there?"

Instinctively, Mel and I turned our heads towards the person who voiced out to us. Shit, we're caught. I briefly scanned my surroundings hoping to find an escape route, but we were cornered this time.

We won't have a way out, and Mel must have thought the same because she wasn't planning to run. "I-I'm sorry..." She started making her way towards the male staff.

"Who sent you here?" He asked strictly, scanning us from head to toe. "I'm pretty sure you don't have business here."

Mel and I kept silent for a while. Sheesh, I really wanted to run.