Chapter 36

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Rosè POV

The auditorium was deserted with five people including myself. Three men and a woman were seated behind a desk. They had stacks of paper sheets beside them. The picked one and scanned through it. Then their attention was on me. The shot me intimidating looks but I chose to ignore it.

I took a deep breath and introduced myself to them. I grabbed my guitar and wore it around my shoulder. I closed my eyes and thought of Changmin. I thought about how much he wanted me to go to Korea and debut alongside him. Instantly, the motivation hit me and I sand the first song that came across my mind. I adjusted my fingers to the guitar chords. I started the song with A minor and slowly improvised.

Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby, I can see your halo

You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby, I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away

I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo

(Halo – Beyoncé)

"How did you go, babe?" Changmin ran towards me as I stepped out of the audition room. He helped me carry my guitar.

"Can't really tell" I said confused "They said that I was good but I couldn't read their expressions well. I'm not certain if I'll make it."

"Hey~ Don't worry I'm sure you aced it" he comforted me.

"I'm sorry if I don't make it" I apologized.

"Shushh! Don't worry. Let's just hope for the best until the results are out. Alright?" he said brightly "Ice cream?"

"Yes" I gave in.

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The results took about a week to process. Every day, Changmin would remind me about it. He grew impatient with the results. Until, one day he came to me with his laptop.

"Rosé. The results are finally out." He sat next to me.

"That's great. What does it say?" I asked.

"I don't know. I haven't read it yet" he said nervously.

"Hey! Don't worry. We've got each other's back" I cheered him

"Okay" he took a deep breath.

"Open it up!" I insisted him to press the link he got on his mail.

There was a silent pause as he scanned through the results. He read it once, then twice. He repeated the same cycle until I spoke to him.

"So.. What does it say?" I asked.

"You made it!" he tried to smile.

"You did it!!" he smiled bitterly "You ranked third in the audition"

"Wow! I didn't expect that" I felt proud of my achievements "What about you?"

"Well, only the top five gets to go to Korea as a trainee" he started "I stood sixth"

"Babee..." I caressed his shoulders "It's okay. I'm not leaving without you"

"I'm sorry okay. I didn't mean for you to get all excited for nothing" he hugged me "Forgive me."

"It's okay. This was a good experience. It sort of boosted my self-confidence. I now know I can sing" I attempted to make a joke but he was still a bit down.

"Come on. It's not a big deal. Let's forget it ever happened"

My phone buzzed. I opened to see a mail from the audition company. It was an acceptance mail.

"I wish they could have sent the mail to both of us and not just you" he said while he read my mail.

"It doesn't matter. Here watch me decline them" I grabbed my phone back from him.

I sent them a reply saying that I refuse their proposal.

"Done" I smiled at him "I love you. I don't want to go if it's not with you. It's either us or none of us"

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Ever since, the audition Changmin behaved very differently towards me. He got angry very easily. He repeatedly brought up the audition matter and threw a tantrum about it. Finally, he took out all his anger at me.

"Why do you make me feel so inferior?" he yelled at me once.

"What are you saying?"

"You got into the audition even though you didn't want it. Whereas, I tried my level best but couldn't even make it to the mere top 5" he scoffed

"I'm sorry that you didn't get in. I don't see how it's my fault. Plus, there no such thing as 'you got in' or 'I got in'. There's just us, okay? We didn't make it. Remember, we are one" I grabbed his shoulder as I tried to explain my words.

"You lied to me. You said that they were neutral towards your audition." He mumbled.

"They were!" I stated.

"Liar!!" he yelled "How the f*ck would they be neutral towards the top 5 audition?"

"This is pointless. Why are you even arguing about that?"

"I don't know. I seriously don't know why but it's really annoying the crap out of me" he raised his hands in frustration.

"I can't be with you right now. I'm heading out. The more I see you, the more annoyed I get" he grabbed his jacket.

"Babe.. you don't mean that, do you?" I looked at him in surprise at his choice of harsh words.

"Whatever" he slammed the door and walked off.

That was the last I saw of him. Ever since I started dating him, he never stormed out of the door leaving me all by myself. Now, this was the very first and last I saw of him. I assumed it to be a casual fight and he he'd come back to apologize but I didn't hear from him until the next day when I found a note on my bedroom door.

I'm sorry but I can't be with you any longer. I love you but we don't belong together. I'm sorry and I hope you'll understand my genuine intentions. Take care of yourself.

There was an eerie feeling when I stepped into my room. It was as if, it was my first time stepping in this room. All his stuff was missing. The cabinets were empty. Where could he go?

I received another mail from the entertainment that conducted the auditon. The subject of the mail read 'Updated List'. My instincts knew exactly the content of the mail but my heart wasn't ready to face it. Finally, after several prayers but heart faced the inevitable ugly truth.

#5 Changmin.

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