Fated||K

chapter four

it was the day of chloe's debut stage at music bank, which is where she was currently at.

not a single hour went by where chloe didn't think about k. she didn't think about him because she felt some sort of affection for him, but because he was her soulmate. it was nice for chloe to know that her soulmate was someone that shared the same passions as her.

"FIVE MORE MINUTES!" the stage manager yelled.

"okay," jaehyung breathed out, "you ready for this?"

"yep," chloe smiled, "there's no going back now."

jaehyung was leading chloe to the main stage when her eyes landed on someone familiar that was looking at her with a smile.

"chloe!" k called out, walking closer to her.

"so you are here," chloe smiled.

k nodded, "i'm here as the special mc."

"ah i see .."

"well i'll let you head up onstage," k smiled.

chloe nodded and smiled back, bringing her hand to push her hair behind her ear. she waved and walked away.

"chloe!" k spoke up, making chloe turn back around, "one more thing."

he walked closer to her and smiled, "you're going to do fantastic. don't let your nerves get to you. your number one fan is watching you right here."

"number one fan?"

"me," k nodded.

"unbelievable," chloe laughed.

she walked towards the staircase that led to the stage and stopped to turn around.

"thanks," she replied, seeing k hold two thumbs up.

chloe found it silly, yet slightly cute how k called himself chloe's number one fan even after only knowing her for a little more than a day. however, she was going to take his words as inspiration and perform her best.
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"good job," a staff member complimented.

"ah thank you," chloe smiled back.

getting off the stage after successfully completing her performance, she took a mini fan from one of her crew members and went about her way to the dressing room again.

on the way back, many other people, including other artists complimented her on her performance and congratulated her on her debut, making chloe feel much more welcomed into the industry.

"you finish your stage and all of a sudden you're too cool to even give me a hello?"

chloe turned around to the voice and immediately let out a laugh after seeing who it was.

"hi k. i didn't see you. sorry," chloe laughed.

"as your number one fan, i am deeply hurt," k dramatically sighed, placing his hand on his heart.

chloe went on her tippy toes and placed a hand on k's shoulder, playfully sighing, "wow .. i'm sorry i hurt you. that- sucks."

k's jaw dropped as he folded his arms, looking down at chloe.

"and it sucks that .. you have to get on your tippy toes to talk to me," k mischievously smiled.

chloe gasped and slightly backed away, "you're just too tall."

k cutely scrunched his face up and replied, "you're just too short."

"but that's not a bad thing sometimes," he added.

"chloe, you ready?" jaehyung asked.

"yes," chloe replied.

"i'm going to go now," she smiled, receiving a smile and nod from k.

chloe followed her manager to the dressing room, but paused in her tracks when her name was called again.

"hey manager jae .. i'll meet you in the dressing room in a sec," chloe spoke up before turning around and walking back to k.

"yea?" she asked.

"you did amazing onstage," k smiled, "i was watching on the monitoring tv earlier and your voice is amazing and you looked amazing as well."

"really?" chloe asked brightly.

k chuckled at how chloe immediately brightened up and nodded.

"your debut stage was probably even better than my debut stage," k chuckled, "you were more than amazing."

chloe became flustered and shyly chuckled, "are you flirting with me?"

"what- i didn't mean to say that out loud-" she stuttered.

"chloe," a voice called out.

chloe turned around to see her manager gesturing for her to go into the dressing room, so she nodded and turned back around to face k.

"i-i'm going to go now," chloe quietly spoke.

k looked down at chloe in amusement, finding it adorable how easily and quickly he could make her flustered, having a secret he kept to himself.

"you do that," k chuckled.

"okay," she smiled, "oh- thank you. thank you for- just thank you."

k began chuckling at how chloe quickly walked away from him after saying thank you.

"i can get used to this," he mumbled to himself.
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"why did you sound so shy talking to k earlier?" jaehyung teasingly laughed.

"you saw that too?" chloe gasped, mentally face palming herself.

"yes," jaehyung replied.

"i think the soulmate thing is getting to me," chloe sighed.

"already?" jaehyung chuckled.

"i'm afraid so."

"afraid? k can't be that bad."

"oh he isn't. he isn't bad at all," chloe defended, "what makes you say that?"

jaehyung lifted his hands up in defense and chuckled, "nothing. nothing at all. it seems like you're becoming fond of your soulmate already."

"i- pfft. manager jae! don't-" chloe exclaimed in disbelief, entering a playful argument with her manager.