Preparation To Dance With Death

Surviving Life
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Diana's POV

  A week passed since that day Clara and I had called each other. Most days she just ignored me or purposefully avoided me. I couldn't help but feel hurt when she did this. Luhan noticed me frowning one day in HQ, and he came and approached me.   "Hey Eunnnn! Why are you sad?" He leaned down to level my eyes with his and bumped our noses. I chuckled a little and he smiled at the turn of events. "It's whatever Lulu~" He raised an eyebrow and pulled me to sit down. Then he proceeded to sit in front of me in a professional manner, imitating interrogations in movies.   "Well you have just received an award for the worst liar ever! Congrats! But girl, I ain't sitting here to celebrate the award with you. I'm here to know your . So spill!" He sassied me and I laughed this time. I looked around to make sure no one is in the room and looked back at him. He expectantly smiled at me and I began to tell him of my woes.   He listened carefully and nodded once a while but didn't comment a single bit. Once I finished the story he was silent but looked up at me and sighed. "Well, the only thing you can do is talk to her. Whatever the outcome, you must swallow the pill. Because these kind of situations are ones we cannot control. But it is sad to think that she has to live with that much sorrow everyday."   We talked about a lot of things after that, catching up to lost time. Until I had to go back to the company because Claire had suddenly called me to come. I drove my car from my mansion to the company, not before saying goodbye to Luhan of course. All the time I had been driving, I kept thinking on how to begin my talk with Clara. But before I knew it, I reached my destination already.   I got off and went up the elevator but stopped to visit Baekhyun first. I wanted to know what he was up to these days. I walked down the hall and made a left to the first door on that second hall, reaching EXO's practice room. I knocked on the door because I didn't hear music, indicating that they must have stopped to rest or something.   The door opened but I was greeted by Tiffany from SNSD, "Oh! Hi Diana! Come in!"  "Hey Unnie! Are you guys practicing for the SM concert?" She smiled at me and said, "Yeah we were actually. We were taking a 10 minute break." I nodded at her and turned to look at Kyungsoo who waved at me. I went to greet SNSD and waved at the EXO members.    I spotted Baekhyun lying on the floor, and because I was wearing shorts instead of a skirt, I went and casually sat on top of his lap. He groaned in response and said, "Can't you let me take 5 babe?" I chuckled and bent down to pull him up by the shoulders. He seemed to have lost all his energy  that as soon his back lifted from the floor, he slumped into my chest. He rested his head in the crook of my neck, his arms wrapped around my waist while he took a deep breath and sighed.   "Are you that tired?" He just nodded and I threaded my finger in his hair, slowly him for comfort.  Chen suddenly spoke up, "Aw, I wish I had a wife to do that with too! It looks so comfortable..." I laughed at his remark, "It is comfortable oppa. Go get a girlfriend!" Kai grumbled at me, "You always say that, but you never allow us!" "That's because it's too dangerous for you to have one. A girlfriend isn't law official. Fans will try to break up your relationship and mess you up."   Hyoyeon unnie smiled at me and asked, "Is Baekhyun asleep there?" I chuckled a bit and checked, "He is! Are you guys always this tired? Maybe you shouldn't practice too hard. Keep the hours short and expand the days. Can't we do that instead? I don't want any of you unnies and oppas to get sick or suffer physical injuries."   Chanyeol replied, "Well, we can change it into your way. But then, we'll earn less in a span of for example, 5 days." Kyungsoo nodded along, "Yeah, as a businesswoman you can depend on a steady stream of income from one project. But we have to do multiple projects to earn as much as you." "Oh but, maybe I can change the deal. From whatever income you get, you can have 70% of it and 30% should get into the company. How is that?"   Xiumin looked shocked, "You can do that?" I smiled, "Of course I can. I don't actually depend on SM to give a stream of income. Not to brag or anything but Baekhyun and I have more than enough money to last 7 life times without even having to combine our bank accounts. I only need a little profit to continue to maintain SM as a company. But I don't need any money to go into my personal pocket."   Lay suddenly woke up from his supposed slumber and asked, "How much does your parents actually  earn per week?" "Per week? I'd say a little about 50 million won." Suho exclaimed, "But they don't even do anything, besides travel, spend money and call people!" I laughed, "That's exactly how being a businessman work. My father and mother usually strike deals on the phone or have the CEO of that company, since they own a lot, be a representative in meetings and such. All paperwork are delivered through his secretary, and all he needs to do is sit, think, call and sign papers."   A chorus of sighs and "must be nice"s came from the idols came and I laughed a little.  "Let's not talk about that. What upcoming events do you have together?" Chen chirped up from his wallowing and said, "We have a gathering of chosen idols to be interviewed together in 3 days. We finally get to meet our friends again!"   I looked at him and said, "Oh that's great! I hope you guys have fun. Maybe you should all go back home now. It's almost 6 p.m. and I have to get this big baby home and cook dinner for him." Soo looked at me and said, "Really? We get to go home this early?" I chuckled and said, "Of course you do!" The idols jumped up in new energy suddenly spoke of their sudden change of plans and new plans of making the best of the rest of the night while Baekhyun stirred in his sleep.   He looked up at me with droopy and sleepy eyes, which made me want to kiss the life out of him. "Hey oppa, let's go home and eat dinner yeah?" He looked confused and scrunched his eyebrows, "But I still have practice to do..." He rubbed his eyes and I couldn't help but to pinch his cheeks and said, "Why are so cute oppa?" He smiled a little bit and leaned to kiss me, "Only for you baby. Now let's go home!"   We got up, said our goodbyes and walked out of the room. In the end, I never asked Claire what she needed me for and we headed straight to our penthouse. The day ended with a delicious dinner and a movie night. It was fantastic to say the least.   Nothing major happened for the next 3 days, only that Connor came and started working out the equation on the piece of clue. Other than that, I was only anxious about the interview. I had a bad feeling about it but Baekhyun reassured me that everything will turn out fine. Oh, if I knew how wrong he was.   The day of the interview arrived and I woke up extra early
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shizamatsah
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Chapter 8: Interesting stories.. Looking forward next chapter :)