Rosé or Roseanne?

BETRAYAL

Rosé's POV

I widen my eyes, Jeon Jungkook only models with me, the face of Piskissa, and now, he is working with this unfamiliar girl...

Betrayal. 

That's the first thing I feel, how could Jungkook just replace me with this new girl? Didn't we know each other longer? What have I done wrong?

Then the mature part of me kicks in, of course he will. This is the law of the modeling world: no matter how shiny and beautiful you once are, the audience will get bored eventually. That new girl standing next to him, so fresh and mysterious, her lips in a shy grin, who wouldn't think she should take my place?

The corner of my lips twitches, she is just like me a year ago. 

But it still hurts, to be hurt by him. 

"You... didn't really get fired by Piskissa, right?" Monica asks.

"No." I give the phone back to her, "Thanks for providing the information."

She opens her mouth, wanting to say something more, pretending I haven't seen, I turn and make my way back home slowly. 

With the slightest hint of hope, I dial Jungkook's number, maybe he can explain what happened, deep inside me, I know it's useless. But I just need something, something to grasp, someone to tell me everything is going to be alright again. 

It twitches to voicemail. 

Smiling bitterly, I shove my phone into my pockets and quicken my pace, knowing that the moment I am at home, tears will start flowing. 

Jisoo's POV

I close my eyes and leans my forehead on the train window, not having any motion sickness medicine before the travel is a mistake, "Jungkook, pass me my phone."

He passes me my bag, "Jisoo, can I..." He draws back his outstretched hand, "Nevermind."

"You know, half-sentences are more annoying than you think," I say, he mumbles a reply, already turning back to the window.

I sigh and unlock my phone, "I am going to check how our shoot turns out."

It's great, but the smile on my face kinda cringes, how do people even want to use this photo to promote their brand? It had only been 1 day and so many likes... I can't believe this! I stroll down to the comment section. 

Comments

PiskissaFan: OMG that gurl is beautiful~ What's her name?

JisooChu: She is called Kim Jisoo~ And IKR, she is so pretty. She deserves to be the face of Piskissa instead of that rat woman. 

Moonlight: JisooChu stop saying bad stuff about our goddess Rosé, and please, Rosé is Rosé, Jisoo is jisoo!

IHateRose: Seriously, you still support that rat? She is only a pretty face and Piskissa had finally kicked that rat out. I bet she sleeps with half of the company to get her place. 

JisooChu: Exactly, IHateRose. Rosé vapes and goes to night clubs, this kind of woman DOES NOT deserve recognition! 

Moonlight: What? Does she really? there are no official announcements and the kicking Rosé thing is only a rumor...

I gasp, what happened? Why is everyone spreading rumors like this? I believe in Rosé, she is definitely not people think she is! There were a couple of times where haters leave comments like this, but... I scroll through the comments, almost everyone is convinced Rosé is a horrible person, why? Why are they suddenly like this?

Then I realized... It's me. 

If I haven't modeled for the shoot with Jungkook - Rosé's rumored boyfriend and light the spark, spreading the already starting fire wilder. I want to be a model only because of her, and instead of working with her and give her support, I caused so much trouble.

All of this won't happen if I am not a model!

No, all of this won't happen if Seokjin showed up that day... 

A few days earlier. 

"So I have to work with someone else?" I asked, biting my lips, "I thought I am doing it alone."

"No, you will be fine," Jungkook smiled encouragingly, "It's Seokjin I am worried about, what if you accidentally annoy him to death?"

I ignored him, "But aren't Kim Seokjin famous? Why is he working with me?"

"Because you are a newbie and you have to do the jobs most models don't like." He shrugged. 

I thought it was because of his poor modeling skills, but turns out it wasn't. 

"Where is him?" Said the head photographer impatiently, "Oh, Director Jeon, it's a surprise to see you here."

He grinned, "Came here for the free food. Have you contacted Seokjin or his manager?"

"We did, they said they are coming in 5 minutes."

"Don't models get punished for being late?" I commented, remembering Jungkook screaming his lungs off to wake me up. 

"Seokjin is way too valuable for that, displease him in any way, end of the story, he won't ever work with you, let's wait a bit more then we start without him." Sighed the photographer. 

In the end, with no trace of Seokjin, the camera crew decided on the spot that Jungkook would take his place. If we just give up that day, the lighting, the setup, the camera crew, makeup artists... the loss would be unbearable. 

So when they asked Jungkook to do so, I expected him to agree without hesitating, but he just stood there, his eyes locked on a spot next to his feet, lost in thoughts, eventually, he returned to himself and did the shoot without a word. 

That day... was he thinking about Rosé? did he know what will happen if he did the shoot? is that why he was so lost in thoughts? 

"Jungkook, look at this," I show him the page, "According to the comments, it's all over the internet," I say, watching his face draining color, "Should you call Rosé? Can you do something about it?"

He closes his eyes and puts his hands over his face, "No." 

My jaw drops, "No? So you are just going to let them create this I-HATE-ROSE cult?"

"That's not what I mean," He frowns, "My phone is broken, can I use yours?" Before I can answer, he is already making calls, his hands shaking but his voice is steady and professional, only the slightest hint of frustration and anger can be heard. 

I leave him to deal with the news articles and start wishing Rosé haven't seen the mass hate, maybe Jungkook can sort stuff out and redo the shoot so she won't notice,  or that she is too experienced to care about the hate...  

"Dear Passengers, 5 minutes until we stop at Seoul Train Station." Announce the speakers on the train, for some reason, it makes me nervous, like something bad is about to happen. 

Jungkook probably feels it too, he turns to me, "At the station, do you have someone to pick you up?" 

I shake my head, "Where are you going? Are you going to find Rosé? Can I come?"

He nods, "Okay, I need you to do some explaining, thanks." Then he gives my phone back, his body set in a position when he can bolt any second. 

"This is a bit personal, but, do you like Rosé?" I ask gingerly, there's a lot of rumor about those two, with Jungkook leading Rosé into the industry and all. The biggest 'evidence' for the Rosekook shippers is when Jungkook was asked if he like her, he didn't say no nor yes, which lead fans wondering. I never believe them, but seeing Jungkook like this, so jumpy and angry, unlike his usual self, it's clear he cares about her very much. 

"No." He says, turning his back to me, "Oh, the door is opening, grab your luggage."

Before he turns, I spot the two blush on his face, his ears are slightly pink, too.