Present: Aftermath

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It's only 7 in the morning, but Chaeng was woken up by a call from her manager.

"Park Chaeyoung!" the manager shouted.

"Wae? It's still early in the morning... Our schedule is still at night." Chaeng replied.

"Oh... nothing. Just open Naver and I'm sure you're gonna call me again." the manager said then dropped the call.

Chaeng was clueless and shocked so she immediately opened her phone.

Thousands of notifications from instagram
Lots of messages from her friends
BLACKPINK groupchat also going wild

Even with all the notifs, she decided to open NAVER first. 7 Trends from the Top 10 belongs to the issue.

1. Chanyeol and Rose
2. Blackpink Rose
3. EXO Chanyeol
4. YG Entertainment
5. ONE comeback
6. SM Entertainment
7. Blue House
8. Cruise Ship
9. Rose and Chanyeol
10. Kim Jaewon

Chaeng was still clueless with what was happening so she decided to open the top article.

EXO AND BLACKPINK'S CHANYEOL AND ROSE REPORTEDLY DATED YEARS AGO.
Last night, the online world was shocked with a comment saying Rose and Chanyeol were spotted in a Cruise Ship together. A few pics of them hanging out in the cruise was also releases to prove the comment. After that, more comments of netizens saying they have seen the pair together in other places, EVEN JAPAN also came about. The netizen who first commented about the cruise ship said that he chose not to release any of it thinking it was a group date but he did not know it will gain so much attention and more comments of them together will follow. As of the moment, we are waiting if SM Entertainment and YG Entertainment  will release a statement.


Chaeng did not know what to do so she decided to call her manager.

"Manager-nim..." Chaeng said with a worried voice.

"Chaeyoung-ah... I don't know how this comment came about or the comments that followed it but we'll tell the truth okay." Manager said.

"We'll release a statement saying you became friends after sbs gayo daejun and continued to be friends and hung out. It's not like you really dated right?" the manager said.

"Oh... yeah..." all chaeng was able to say.

"I mean, i know about the cruise ship because you had other friends with you but... Parking lot? Restaurant? JAPAN?! who would believe that right?" manager said. 

"I'll drop the call okay. I'll tell you if there will be updates." manager said.

"Wait. Manager-nim... I actually have something to say." Chaeng was about to continue when he heard the manager shout.

"WHAT? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?" the  manager shouted.

"Manager-nim, Why? What happened?" Chaeng was worried.

"SM Entertainment released a statement saying you two dated before but that was years ago. I mean, why would they say that?!" the manager was confused.

"What were you saying?" manager asked.

"Manager-nim... actually..." Chaeng can't spit it out.

"Don't tell me Chaeyoung-ah..." the manager felt where this was going.

"We really did date." Chaeng said which shocked the manager.

"WHAT? When? HOW?" the manager was furious and shocked.

"2 years ago." Chaeng answered.

"Okay... You need to tell me everything. No, not just me... every staff who's trying to save you needs to hear." the manager said and made Chaeng nervous. She knew this could affect her career but she also knew she can't hide it for long. The manager then put Chaeng on loud speaker so everyone could hear.

"We dated for almost a year. 2 years ago we broke up... kinda. But yeah. The cruise ship is a group date I can promise that. Manager-nim knows that. The parking lot, I'm not sure because we only met up twice but... it was so late at night." Chaeng was talking but she heard a sigh. The manager was shocked with her revelations and how she hid it from her. 

"Uh... yeah... uhmm... The restaurant thing is not true. We don't hang out in restaurants because we know it's risky, even with friends. The Japan thing... all of it was... it was true. He did follow me in Japan for a concert and we did go out at night but I thought no one would notice. Well... yeah. I'm so sorry everyone. I thought it would just stay unknown... I mean, it's been so long." Chaeng said.

"It's been so long and none of us knew. Did your members know?"

"Yes... but please don't punish them."

"Of course they know. And don't worry, we won't punish them since it's you who chose that decision. By the way, you have a schedule together with the casts and Yoo Jae Suk might ask something about this. It's your choice to answer or not but people are expecting an answer  Chaeng... you should have a talk with Chanyeol." Then the manager dropped the call.

Chaeng immediately went to her members who comforted her immediately. While with her members, she decided to call Yeol.

"Yeol... how do we..." Chaeng doesn't know what to say.

"We don't have to open up the topic... but if they ask, I think there's no point in hiding." Yeol said.

"I'm afraid." Chaeng said worried about how this will affect not just her but also her members.

"Don't be. It's just this interview and we'll never talk about it ever again. I'll be here." Yeol said then dropped the call.

"Will you be ready for later Chaeyoung-ah?" Jisoo asked.

"I have to be Unnie." Chaeng answered.

Chaeng was nervous about how the interview will go but one thing's on her mind. Members. 



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