The Eyelash Wish - Starring B1A4's Baro

Chapter 19

Baro and I impatiently waited backstage for the stagehands to call us up. We awkwardly sat on seats that the stagehands had provided us.

"Don't be nervous." Baro spoke out in a calm tone.

"Easy for you to say." I scoffed.

In the corner of my eye, B1A4's manager rushed towards us. Baro and I stood up in sync.

"Okay, remember to act cool, and don't be nervous." he reminded us, pointing it out to me more as he shit me a few looks. "Try your absolute best to act like a tight couple, yes?"

Widening my eyes, I slowly turned my head to face Baro. He exchanged a small and unsure smile at me as he nodded his head in agreement.

The manager let out a relieved sigh as he fixed up Baro's collar. "Fighting!" he cheered, pumping his fist in front of his face. Baro and I followed after him then returned to our seats as the manager rushed away.

"I think I might have a nervous breakdown." I nervously admitted as I gazed at the floor.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine." Baro gave a warm smile as he put his hand onto mine.

I guess I was already used to his touches as we already had many awkward times like this in the past. Instead, I gave him a half smile back, still feeling nervous.

Just when I didn't want it to happen, a stagehand walked up to us. "You're up!" she said, escorting us up the stage.

My heartbeat increased by a hundred times more than the speed it was beating before. I let out a sigh and wiped my sweaty hands on my washed out jeans.

Baro stood up and held out his hand towards me with a smile. Tilting my head up, I gave a small smile and took his hand as we walked up the stage.

A good amount of a crowd were standing up clapping loudly; most of them screaming and cheering. JC stood up with his welcoming arms held out towards Baro and I.

Feeling overwhelmed, I studied the audience who all had their eyes on me with different expressions. I managed to follow Baro to the couch as we linked our hands together.

"Ah, take a seat, take a seat." JC welcomed us, trying speak over the loud audience.

Baro and I gently sat on the famous couch that I had recognized from JC's previous interviews.

JC took his seat and crossed his legs. "Everyone, Baro and Anna!"

The audience roared with screams and cheers. Baro raised a waving hand to the crowd, still having his other hand interlocked with mine. I forced a smile, remembering what the manager reminded us.

"It's nice to have you here Baro, and I see you have a new leading lady!" JC began as the audience gradually became quieter.

"Yeah, yeah, its nice to be back home." Baro chuckled. "As most of you know, this is my precious girl friend, Anna."

I could feel the sudden change of temperature, creeping through my face. "That's me!" I nervously spoke out.

I sighted a few people whispering amongst eachother, totally helping me out in the situation.

"Lovely, so uh, how did you two meet?" JC quickly asked, leaning his face closer.

Baro cleared his throat and shuffled around on the couch. "Well, the first time we met was at a coffee shop in Australia and then we just clicked like that." he answered as if he had practised answering the questions.

JC shifted his eyes over to me and I managed to nod my head in agreement with Baro. JC grinned and moved onto the next question.

"So Anna, tell us a little bit a out yourself."