- TAEHYUNG'S POV -

My heart wrenched with sorrow as I watched Aera struggling to stand still on stage. I knew she would be scared, but never this scared. After the other celebrity opened the winning envelope, her eyes changed dramatically. It was like something was written on the envelope, but what? Then the next thing I knew, she sprinted off stage. I quickly ran around backstage and found a crowd of people surrounding Aera as she cried into her hands.

"What the hell is wrong with me?!" Aera yelled. Everyone tried comforting her, all pushing through to touch her. This angered me, they need to give her some ing space.

I marched towards the crowd and pushed through, I bent down and hauled Aera to her feet. She looked up with teary eyes. I was taken back when she suddenly pushed me away. 

"Aera?" I said with a confused expression. She stared at me through her red eyes. From then, I knew she was beyond furious.

"Taehyung! You messed up my mind!" She yelled, pointing an accusing finger at me. "You made me think I was going to die! I was going crazy, Taehyung!"

"Aera, it's okay. Calm down," A stranger patted her shoulder, trying to release the tension. I averted my attention to him. It was Jin's client, Psy who stood behind Aera with a worried expression. "You'll be okay, Aera."

I had a sudden thought.

If Psy is here, then Jin should be close by. I could ask him to help me protect Aera. I needed all the help I could get. I started scanning around for Jin, except he was nowhere to be found.

Where was he?

Jin said he was protecting Psy for the night, so why isn't he here with him?

Unless...

"Taehyung! Aren't you ing listening to me?!" Aera shouted. I snapped out of my thoughts and looked at her.

"Oh, I'm done trying to calm her down," Psy exclaimed, pushing through the crowd to leave. My feet moved on their own as I followed him, pushing through the crowd. Aera's shouting became louder as I moved further away from her but my main focus was Psy. She became irritated and stomped away from me, back into her dressing room.

I closely watched as Psy walked away with a script in his hands. A fellow bodyguard closely followed him. Except, the bodyguard wasn't Jin.

What the hell?

Walking up to Psy, I loudly asked him, "Where's Jin?"

"Who?" Psy annoyedly retorted.

"Jin," I repeated louder.

"Never heard of him," Psy rudely answered as he walked back on stage.

My heart dropped. I was left standing alone with my mouth gaped open. That's it. Everything fell into place. I turned around and walked back to Aera's dressing room.

I know who it is.

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I quickly entered but there was chaos in every corner of the room. Aera was swearing and having a tantrum at one end of the room while Gun and Junsoo were arguing in the other. Jaeho was frantically trying to calm everyone down