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Chapter 8 - Emotions

THIRD PERSON

Ryujin slowly makes her way to the stage where Beomgyu and Haechan were both standing next to each other as they rehearsed their lines, she stops walking and observes as Haechan nudges Beomgyu for his act that was scripted. She mentally cringes when Beomgyu does aegyo then she paints on a straight face as she goes on stage.

Both of the male idols turn to Ryujin as they hear her footsteps coming up the steps, Beomgyu eyes the way Haechan gazes down at her with a grin and joy written all over his face. Unconsciously, Beomgyu clears his throat to get the two out of their own worlds. "We're going live," he reasoned out with a small smile tugged on his lips, clearly not satisfied with whatever he was witnessing.

Ryujin steps in between the two idols and face the camera along with them, "Hey, um - your hair's a bit.." Beomgyu's head turns to Haechan, who was facing Ryujin. As Ryujin was confused and was trying to fix her hair, Haechan slowly and hesitantly raises his arm to help the girl. He pushes the strands of hair away from her eyes and smiles when their eyes meet, "The fans won't be happy when they can't see your pretty face," he said as he retracts his hand.

Beomgyu unknowingly grits his teeth and he pretends like nothing happened, "Oh.. Thank you." Beomgyu heard the girl mutter. "Live in three, two, one." the three face the camera and puts on smiles that are possibly deadly.

"Knock knock!"

"Who's there?"

"Music Bank."

"Music Bank who?"

"Music Bank is back again to introduce some of the groups that will be performing today." Beomgyu holds out his hand and puts on an adorable smile. "And you'll be voting!"

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"Are you scared of monsters? Fear no more, Seulgi and Irene are here to destroy them! First up, sub-unit Seulgi and Irene."

Ryujin bites her lips and taps her foot to the beat of the song playing on stage, it's almost like a reflex to copy their moves and bop her head to the song. The song's catchy and it's definitely sexy, especially when Seulgi and Irene are the ones performing. Ryujin couldn't take her eyes off of the senior group, although they're a sub-unit that had only debuted this July, they're still her seniors.

Ryujin's lips curl up into a smile when they finish and bow as they walk off stage. Beomgyu chuckles but looks away to avoid any suspicions between them, just in case. Haechan stands up and holds his hand out towards Ryujin, "Let's go?" Beomgyu instantly stands up and walks away to manage himself. Goddamnit, Choi, why can't you act normal?!

Ryujin hesitantly glances at Beomgyu's direction then she stands up by herself, "Yeah, let's." she muttered and walks ahead of Haechan while keeping her gaze on the ground. Ryujin stands beside Beomgyu as she scans her lines on the cue card in her hand, she whispers some of her lines to make sure she can get them right but something on her left arm stops her. She lifts her head up and turns to her left, seeing Beomgyu shuffling closer, making their arms collide with little force.

Beomgyu purses his lips as they make eye contact, "Sorry." he muttered an apology and moves away, glancing at Haechan to see if he noticed. When Haechan heaves a sigh, he unconsciously smiles to himself but he quickly changes to a straight face. "How I wish they could perform all day.." Beomgyu's eyes lands on the camera as he hears Ryujin speak. "Sadly, they can't. But, hey! There are plenty more groups lined up to perform today."

"You're right. Let's see, who's next?"

"Well, they are the fantasy their fans."

"Woah, woah, Haechan-ssi. Did you just point out to MONSTA X-sunbaenim?"

"Did I?"

"You totally did!"

"That's right! Next is MONSTA X performing Fantasia."

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Ryujin hums to the song that is currently playing, Hwasa dancing with her dancers to her new solo 'Maria' and the lighten up stage gives the girl a certain vibe. As Ryujin tilts her head to her right, an arm stops in front of her view with a draped blanket, "Here." Ryujin's eyes lands on the blanket then on the person. "Thanks, but I'm okay." she smiles as a sign of appreciation.

"Oh, well.."

"Don't be stubborn."

Ryujin freezes when a deep and stern voice interrupts from behind, her head turns to Beomgyu who was standing dangerously close behind her chair. She gives him a confused look before parting her mouth to speak, "It's cold, Ryujin." he muttered and takes the blanket out of Haechan's grasp. Ryujin's breath hitches when he bends over, his face stopping right in front of hers and his arms draping the blanket around her to cover most of her skin as she was wearing some revealing clothes.

"Ah.. Well,"

Beomgyu gives her a cold stare before she could continue, "You didn't have to do.. th-that." she stuttered and Beomgyu chuckles at her with his cold gaze still on her. He shakes his head with a sigh, "Next time," he pauses and leans closer to her ear. "Don't be stubborn when I'm around."

. . .

"Beom!"

Beomgyu squints his eyes and smiles, "What are you doing here? I thought you guys had a photoshoot," he chuckles as he sees Yiren shrugging her shoulders with an 'eh' as she walks towards his direction. Yiren lowers herself into the chair beside the male idol, "They did, but guess who's turn it is at 4 o'clock sharp, tomorrow morning." the boy laughs when Yiren scoffs loudly with an eye roll.

"Right, what are you doing here, anyway?" he emphasized and turns his body to face the girl.

Yiren shrugs her shoulders, "Truth is, I wanted to get lunch." she said and gives him a cheeky smile before Beomgyu realizes what she meant. He grunts as he stands up, walking away from the girl sitting in the chair. Yiren scowls, "He totally thought of it the other way around." she muttered before standing up. She tails behind him and pounces on him, jumping on his back and putting him in a playful headlock. "You didn't let me finish, you dumbo!"

"Get off of me!"

"Let me finish my sentence."

"Get off, please. Before someone gets the wrong idea." Beomgyu said as he tries getting the female idol off of his back, which seems to not work as she was clinging onto him pretty tightly. Yiren raises her eyebrows and stops the headlock, "What do you mean? What idea?" she questions as she rests her arms on his shoulders. "I don't want people to think that we're dating, so please get off."

Yiren falls silent, she feels a piece of her soul chip away and leaving her with a completely different feeling. She slowly slides down Beomgyu's back and steps back with heavy footsteps, "Oh.. Yeah, sorry." she muttered and turns her back on him. Beomgyu's head snaps towards her, something about the girl's back facing him as she walks away tells him that something is definitely wrong, but he can't seem to point it out.

"I thought you wanted to get lunch.." he whispers under his breath before turning to the stage where Ryujin and Haechan are conversing. They're smiling and laughing, it was great to see Ryujin smile but Beomgyu knows that that smile wasn't a real one just by looking. He's worried, but then he thinks to himself. Why should I be?

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Hey, hey, hey~ Look what I got! A broken guitar and pained fingers. Also, ignore the mistakes if there are any.

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