"Dumbass one, two, and three." I call as I stand at the foot of the steps; "Wait, are you referring to us?" Minseok asked as he walked down the steps and tilted his head. Minseok and I have become good friends, and he's the one member beside Kyungsoo, who makes me feel like a family member, Junmyeon is just a different situation. But Minseok, he's like a dear uncle or father. Baekhyun comes rushing down the steps, and Chen gives me a death glare; "I prefer if you didn't call me that, makes me think I'm less worthy." Chen pretends to be hurt, and Baekhyun nudges Chen: "D-3 don't worry, she means it with love." We all look at Baekhyun: "D-3?" Baekhyun adjusts his jacket and points at Minseok and Chen: "Dumbass 2 and dumbass 3." And the gestured towards himself: "Dumbass 1, because I'm the one." He says and winks: "No, because of you're the biggest one." Minseok says, and I laugh; "You ready? I need to 'get you to the studio, and Minseok, you have a v-live to handle, and Chen you are doing a radio show later tonight, and Baekhyun, you have that fashion dinner in Shanghai tomorrow so we have to leave today." I say as we walk to the car.
"I know, I've packed, have you thought?" I sighed: "Yeah... I hate going on these overnight things." I sigh as I pick up my bag, Baekhyun gets his own and smiles: "You'll be with me, and it will be fun, and hopefully we get to see Lay." I smile and nod; I've never met Lay, but it for sure going to be great to meet him finally. Minseok takes my bag as I hand Jongdae my iPad with today's schedule. "You forgot your keys inside," Baekhyun smirks at me, and I know exactly what he meant. I hurry inside as I walk into the office where Junmyeon is waiting for me, he's quick to push me against the wall and kiss me feverishly.
We live in the same house; we sleep almost every night together, but still, we barely do get to see one another, but these are the moments we cherish. The sneak kisses now and then, which is also risky because the other managers come and go, but the members love the fact to see Junmyeon happy, so they insist on keeping this a secret for us. "I don't like that you're going." He mutters, and I smile: "I'll be back in less than two days." I smile, and he nods; "You better." He says with a pout as I pull away and giggles lightly. "By the way, don't forget, Lee's show is releasing tonight, so you should watch it with the members," I tell him, and he makes a face as I walk back out of the house.
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The day had been longer than expected, and Baekhyun and I board our plane. "You didn't have to come with me, you know." He said, I think he said it because I'm said to leave Junmyeon and I frown: "Yeah, right, you know we have quite a tight schedule for tomorrow, that event is insane." I say and look through my iPhone and sighs as the team meeting is about to start. it's late already we had to take a later flight, later than planned that is.
"So Lily, you might be surprised." Tad says as I watch him through the screen; "What you mean?" I ask as I look over at Baekhyun, who's passed out: "The star of the first episodes aren't the boys." I frown: "Lily, twitter is going crazy over Exo's female manager, they basically made it look like you're a princess, and the boys are all in love with you, they went loose with the hearts and stuff." I sigh: "I wasn't supposed to be in it." I say, annoyed: "Can I sue someone?" Tad starts to laugh, "I'm just saying, even if you aren't in the front, I think you might have to go in and do side interviews for the following weeks." I rub my forehead as I sigh: "Can I not?" I ask, and he shakes his head: "All publicity for the boys is good publicity." I yawn; "But not for me." I state, and he laughs.
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When the plane lands in Shanghai, it's almost midnight, and the car I've ordered has arrived. "Baekhyun, do you want to do a reaction video to the Exo at the home show?" I aks him, and he nods; "Why not, wanna do it at the hotel?" He asks, and I nod: "You wanna sleep, though?" He laughed: "I slept the entire trip, you should sleep, and I should react."
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Next day:
"Baekhyun, this reaction is amazing. "I laugh as I watch his video: "You think so?" He asks excited after a string of interviews for different magazines, and now we are heading towards the office of the clothing company Baekhyun is a spokesperson for. "Yeah, the managers will be so pleased." I say as I watch the video and laugh at his reaction, "I'm going to hand it over to the editor when we land tomorrow and have the video up by tomorrow night." I smile as we get out of the car. And is guided into the building, the head designer and head of the company come to greet us. "Baekhyun!" He says excitedly, "Leo." Baekhyun says and embraces the designer.
"Leo, this is my manager, Lily." Baekhyun says after brief small talk and gestures towards me as I nod and extend my hand, but Leo pulls me in for a hug, and I'm surprised and hug him back awkwardly: "Hello, we spoke on the phone earlier" I say softly. "Wow, I didn't expect this face to your voice." He says, and I'm not sure if it's an insault or a compliment, and smile awkwardly: "Thanks, I guess." I reply: "Baekhyun, is she coming to the event too?" He asks, and Baekhyun smiles and nods: "Yeah, now she is." He says happily: "She's great fun." Before I even get a chance to react, they are pulling me into the viewing room. "Good, I have something I think she'll look amazing in." Leo says and smiles wide: "You could be a model, you know." And for some reason, I don't contain myself: "I do some modeling for my friend's webshop." And I suddenly reminded myself it doesn't matter because we are supposed to keep in the background.
"Good, we'll get you ready here before we head over to the event, I think." Leo said proudly as Baekhyun and I are lead into a pair of makeup chairs: "I didn't sign up for this." I say and look at Baekhyun, who laughs: "Babe, your one of us now." He says, looking smug: "Dumbass, don't ever call me babe again." I point at him as he laughs: "Well, I'm the main guest because I co-designed some of the pieces, I do wonder which one he'll put you in."
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After about an hour and I've been handed all sorts of drinks. I feel even more out of place because I'm on the clock, so I'm not allowed to drink. When I look at myself in the mirror, I don't recognize myself.
"Wow, Lily, just wow." Baekhyun says as he sees me, and I watch his phone in his hand; "What are you doing?" I questioned: "I'm sending this to.." He goes quiet, and I shake my head. Seconds later, my phone buzzes with a message: 'You look amazing, now get undressed, that's for my eyes only.' I smile and shake my head; "The king has spoken." I say as I get off the podium, "Look at you, completely stunning." Leo says as he grabs my arm; "Now let's head out." He says, and I barely managed to grab my Ipad.
In the car, Baekhyun looks relaxed, working with him and knowing what kind of crack head Baekhyun really is and how he quickly goes from crazy to pro. It's astonishing. "What about our stuff?" I ask Leo, who's checking himself in a mirror: "Don't worry, I've had them sent back to the hotel." Baekhyun said and placed a hand on my arm, and Leo gives us a look: "Are you two?" He asks and gestures between us, "I wish." Baekhyun laughs as he smiles at me. "Y'all need to stop being creepy." I joke, and Baekhyun chuckles.
When the car arrives at the red carpet, Baekhyun hands me a lovely purse, shaped like a black panther, and I watch the purse, and then Baekhyun. "What's this?" He smiles: "A token of gratitude, this is my design." He smiles, and I open to see my wallet and phone and room key. I feel relieved. "Thank you," I say with relief.
When the door opens the flashes on the cameras is blinding, and Baekhyun helps me out of the car, Leo grabs my side and forces me to walk with him and Bakehyun in. Like I was his date, and something tells me this isn't a good thing.
