Together As One

Sharing with Moos

[Wheein's POV]

I carefully laid Hyejinnie on the sofa while sticking my hand out for someone to pass me Hyejin's anxiety medicine. I felt Manager unnie press 2 pills into my palm and mumbled a quick thank you.

"Hyejinnie, eat this. Take the water also." I gently use the pills to pry open her mouth which took me no effort at all with how she was not resisting. She opened her mouth and let me pour some water in. Quickly, I capped the bottle back and stared nervously at my best friend.

Slowly, her eyes regained some focus and her face was slightly less flushed.

"I'm sorry Whee... I don't know why it happened. Everything was going fine, I took my medications earlier and all. I must have messed things up badly didn't I? I need to go and apologise to our fans. They must be so disappointed at how unprofessional I am." Hyejin said with guilt in her tone.

"Hey... it's not your fault and it isn't unprofessional of you okay? The fans will be okay with it. They will understand okay? They will. Trust me on that. I'm just glad you're okay..." I gently rub my thumb over her cheek and smile sadly.

"Wheein ah... do you think I should explain the whole situation of this... my... my condition to the fans? Would that be the right thing to do? Will it cause the rest of the members to suffer?" Hyejin asks softly.

I look at her directly in the eyes. "If that is what you want, then I will support you in your decision. I'll always support you. Don't worry about the other consequences first. As long as your wellbeing is taken care of, that is the best right now."

Hyejin's lips twitched a little.

"CEO-oppa..." She calls out suddenly, surprising everyone in the room.

"Yes Hyejin? I heard what happened from Manager. Are you okay now?" He asks Hyejin with great concern in his eyes.

I greatly admired and treasured our CEO-nim. He was like a father figure to us especially with how we were more often than not apart from our families. He always took care of us and tried his best to protect us from the sneaky media whenever he could.

"Sorry CEO-oppa... I caused trouble again... I wanted to ask you... if you think it is a good idea for me to explain my condition to the fans. I'm afraid if I don't, they may jump into conclusions that can negatively affect Mamamoo..."

Dohoon oppa seemed to be thinking hard about Hyejin's question. "Okay. You know... it's your call now... if you think that is what you would like to do, to share with your fans what's your struggle right now and your situation, I will agree definitely. But I'm just worried if you would get more hurt from this. But there are definitely both pros and cons. Either decision you decide to make, I will approve. As long as you are comfortable with it." He gently smiles at Hyejin fatherly before nodding at me as well.

"Okay... I think... I owe the fans an explanation. Are the unnies still outside with the fans?" Hyejin asks.

Dohoon oppa nods his head in response.

"Okay. I'm going to tell them then." Hyejin gets up suddenly and I immediately jump up on my feet to go with her back on stage.

[CEO's POV]

I sigh out loud when the two young girls left the waiting room. I just hoped the best for them. Especially Hyejin right now. I had heard about what happened earlier on. I was still working on a way with the legal team to address that issue.

[Hyejin's POV]

I quietly walked out. This was it, I thought to myself. Suddenly, I felt a hand slip into mine.

"Hey... I'm going to be here the whole time okay? I promise you I'm not going anywhere and if anything goes wrong, I'm going to fight them for you. Regardless of who they are." Wheein says assuringly into my ear. I smile slightly.

"Wheein ah... I don't know... I don't know if I'll be able to explain things myself... I might stumble and fail to explain things logically..." I start to say.

Before I could finish my sentence, Wheein stopped me.

"And that's okay. I'll help you. I will. You can trust me on that." She softly smiles and I nod my head, walking back on stage.

The whole event hall was silent suddenly when we re-entered the stage. I felt my hands starting to sweat and my mind starting to go blank.

"Hyejinnie and Wheeinie are back!" Yong Sun unnie tries to greet me.

Wheein takes a mic from the table and starts to talk.

Wheein: Hey moomoos...

MOOS: Hello

W: I know some things just happened and you all are confused and Hyejinnie and I are here... to... to explain things to you all.

MOOS: murmuring going around the hall

W: But I know our moos are trustworthy people and I need you all to help us out first okay. Please switch off all your devices meant for recording. And, dear moos... this is extremely important. Please, whatever is going to be said in a few minutes. Do not, I repeat. Do not spread it and tell anyone who is not here today. If we find out, there will be severe legal consequences and we will be extremely disappointed. That's simple right? Okay... Hyejinnie?

I look at Wheein, hands still shaking anxiously, unable to speak a word into the mic.

"I... I've been diagnosed with schizophrenia and depression with an anxiety disorder. I... uh..." I glance at Wheein and the unnies for some help.

W: So, to explain, Hyejinnie experiences auditory hallucinations sometimes and she hears voices talking to her. More often than not, they are triggered by negative things and emotions. Earlier on, Hyejin was having such an attack and when it happens, it gets really hard for her to even function.

Before Wheein could continue helping me explain, I hear Yongsan unnie cut in.

Y: I want to address this thing as well. Keyboard warriors. I think as you all know, Wheein was also and still is suffering from depression sometimes and now Hyejin as well. One of the main things was the nasty and disgusting comments left online. I believe none of you all had posted them but please don't ever do that. Whether to us Mamamoo or any other idol/celebrity out there. It hurts. It really does. And what you all don't see if how much it hurts us when we read it. We take this very seriously so if we ever find anyone out there making nasty comments, we will deal with you.

Byul: I agree. So with that said Moos, we seek your understanding and cooperation to keep all that has been shared to yourself. Whether this gets released to the public, we will decide that. Not any of yall. Remember to be nice to everyone. You won't know how much the person could be hurting inside.