Chapter 9

ENGLISH VERSION

“HI!!THE DADADADA(BIGX4) DONG IS HERE!” Jiro barged into the concert hall with Guigui scurrying nervously behind him.

“DADADADA(BIGX4) DONG my foot!” Calvin poked fun of Jiro as he buttoned his jacket on.

“Why are you so late? We have finished changing already!” Wu zun complained as ogled over a food magazine.

“Where's Aaron?” Jiro ignored the others comments and explored the room, his eyes wide open looking for Aaron.

“In the changing room---eh?Guigui?Why are you here?” Calvin stuttered as he preyed upon the nervous Guigui who was holding tightly onto Jiro’s arms and equipped with a hat and shades.

“I—”

“She wanted to see me peform really badly!” Jiro boasted and patted his own chest proudly.

However, Guigui glared at him in disgust.

“As if!”

“You better admit or i am going to chase you out of the concert hall!” Jiro warned Guigui as a cheeky smile crept over his face.

“Alright,alright.I wanted to see you!” Guigui rolled her eyes as she headed towards the changing room to look for Aaron. However, as she got closer, it was obvious that Aaron was not the only one in the changing room. Guigui crept towards the end of the room slowly and what she saw made her heart crack.

“Qiaoqiao?What are you doing here?” Guigui whispered.

“Guigui？” Aaron and Qiaoqiao responded together.

Aaron sat in front of the mirror as Qiaoqiao stood behind him, combing and rearranging his long hair before carefully gelling it down. Qiaoqiao tried to make a rooster-hair style for Aaron, lifting his fringe up and away from his eyes. On the other hand, Aaron laughed joyfully as he slapped Qiaoqiao gently on her hand, commanding her to re-style his hair properly. In fact, the duo was having such a whale of a time that they didn’t even realize Guigui was standing behind them.

“I--Jiro brought me along.Sorry for the distrubance, i better be moving on to look for Jiro.” Guigui explained quietly behind running off, not even turning her head around. She ran and ran. Tears filled her eyes up uncontrollably. She didn’t understand, Aaron could have invited her to this pre-performance but he had chosen not to. Instead, he asked Qiaoqiao to tag along. Aaron had always found a dozen and one reasons why he couldn’t meet her, thousands of explanations that he really wanted to meet her. But that wasn’t the truth was it? The harsh truth that Guigui saw was that Aaron liked being around Qiaoqiao more than her.

“So all these times when I was crazily thinking of him, he was with her?!” An inner voice yelled in a heart.

“So all these times when he said he missed me, he was actually having so much fun?!?!” She screamed silently as she crumbled to the ground, breaking in silent sobs and hiccupping helplessly.

“I'm so stupid--so stupid!” Guigui knocked her head repeatedly as a strong pair of arms encircled her and pulled her close to his chest.

“Get away from me! Ihate you!” Guigui screamed.

“Sorry,sorry! I didn't know that qiaoqiao was going to be here!” The voice whispered.

Guigui hastily looked up and saw a worried Jiro biting on his lower lips. Instantly, another round of hot tears gushed into her eyes. She had thought the person hugging her was Aaron. However, she was wrong. Despite Aaron being the one that hurt her so badly, he wasn’t the one who was trying to mend her heart. He wasn’t the one who came first to wipe her tears dry.

“Jiro- - - ” Guigui hugged Jiro even tighter “I'm confused--I'm so confused!”

Jiro held onto Guigui gently as tears welled up in his eyes. He had never once seen Guigui so broken. “It's alright- -” He patted her head, trying to soothe her.

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[Aaron’s side]

“Guigui looked a little upset.You sure yo don't want to go comfort her?” Qiaoqiao asked. She was sure that tears were starting to form in Guigui’s eyes.

“I--I am running later. I will have to find her later.” Aaron replied helplessly. He had seen Guigui’s anguish when she saw Qiaoqiao beside him. However, another thought lingered in his mind. “She came with Jiro? Their relationship---is it that close?” Aaron sighed and silently vowed that he would try his best not to let Guigui and Jiro spend too much time together.

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“Jiro- -” Guigui and Jiro was heading towards the front stage so that Jiro could warm up and prepare to dance.

“Yes？”

“Can I--hold your hand a while? Only a little while, I promise!” Guigui was still feeling empty inside. She needed a strong hand to warm her heart up, to cheer her up, and to sweep all her unhappiness away.

“Silly,of course you can!” Then, Jiro grabbed Guigui’s hand firmly.

“Eh? When did the two of you--” Calvin teased Jiro as he ran up to the duo, and seeing their hands clasped together, he thought they were already together.

“Stop it！” Jiro nudged Calvin angrily. “She's feeling down so i'm just doing my job and comforting her alright?” Jiro rolled his eyes as Guigui blushed slightly and pulled her hand away.

“Feeling down? What happened?”

Just then, Aaron appeared. He had seen Jiro and Guigui’s hands interlocking.

“GUIGUI！”Aaron called. Guigui turned away, pretending she didn’t hear him. But Aaron wasn’t going to give up that easily. He went up to her and tried to get her attention.

“Gui,why did you come? And it's with jiro---”

Guigui ignored him again.

“Guigui,listen to me alright?” Aaron gripped Guigui’s shoulders firmly. Guigui tried to push him away but having done quite a few gym sessions; Aaron was much more muscular than before. He refused to let go but pulled her close to his body. He needed her more than anything else. However, now the girl of his life was mad at him. Guigui struggled furiously. Then, she couldn’t take it anymore.

“Let me go! I HATE YOU!” The angry words flew out of Guigui’s mouth like a fire arrow, burning every nerve in Aaron’s heart. Then, as Aaron’s grip loosen, Guigui flunked Aaron’s hand away and picked her bag up.

“I'm sorry, i'm not feeling too well.” Guigui hurried away, not even stopping to steal a glance at Aaron.

Aaron stood rooted to the ground helplessly. He didn’t what he should do. Run after her? Make her stay? Even if he wanted to do that, his manager wouldn’t allow it. After all, he still had to prepare for his pre-concert and running after Guigui could cause a commotion that would expose their relationship. Aaron stared at the ground and slowly turned around, heading back to the stage to start his warm-up exercises, he had to question Jiro.
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“Jiro ” Aaron walked up to Jiro when he finished warming up.

“Aaron, listen to me.I really hope that you will stop hurting Guigui like this!” Jiro looked at Aaron, his face held an extremely serious expression. Aaron stared back, his expression hard as a rock and his fists clenched at his sides.

“I also hope that you will stay away from her from now on.”

“Impossible.” Jiro sniffed a laughter and looked away. He couldn’t leave a girl alone when she was so hurt thanks to his own buddy.

“Stay away from her!” Aaron lowered his voice as a tone so menacing and cold was heard.

“So what are you going to do if i didn't?” Jiro rolled his eyes in exasperation. He didn’t know that Aaron was jealous.

“Why were you holding her hand? She's mine!SO stay aay from her!” Aaron flew into rage as he rushed forward and grabbed Jiro by his collar, his other hand raised, ready to strike Jiro if he breathed another word.

Instantly, Wuzun and Calvin rushed forward and pulled Aaron and Jiro apart. Aaron struggled furiously, trying to nudge Wuzun away so that he could break free. However he was definitely no match for a gym coach. Wuzun lugged him away as Calvin raised his voice.

“What are the 2 of you doing? If there's a problem then just sit down and solve it!Do yu know if the reporters caught that scene on camera, Fahrenheit's future si doomed?” Calvin glared at Jiro and Aaron fiercely as he let go of the struggling Jiro. “Do you think that fighting for a girl is worth it? We are brothers!Our relationship isn't so fragile!”

By now, Aaron had stopped struggling and was staring at the ground. He was guilty and ashamed of his actions. Never had he thought that his rashness might harm Fahrenheit in any way. He kept silent of a few seconds before his mouth twitched and a few words came out.

“I'm sorry.I didn't mean it.I--I just lost control.”

“Forget it.At least, from your actions, I can still tell how important she is to you.” Jiro sighed as he walked up to Aaron and patted his back. “She my friend.Friend.” Jiro emphasized as he saw Qiaoqiao run up the stage to try to comprehend what had just happened. Then, sighing once again, he walked off.

“Let's start the rehersal!” Calvin announced as he motioned Qiaoqiao to back off.

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13.12.09

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