Italicized: "external dialogues", internal dialogues

Default: POV

Irene Louie's POV

"Ms. Lou? You'll be on stage in 5 minutes. Please prepare thank you!"

I just shot a smile towards the stage director. Everyone is busy. Running here and there. My make up artist is busy fixing my make up, making sure that I look presentable infront of the cameras and the crowd. I took a deep breath and pursed my lips, cracked my knuckles, preparing myself to perform infront of my fans. 

1 minute left, it's almost time to face my fans after 5 years of hiatus.

Not gonna lie, being a public figure scares me so much. I mean, my name has been known to the public, everywhere I go people know me. People recognizes me. They recognize me as Lou, the famous worldwide singer, but not as Irene. Who am I really? The public doesn't know. I am a very private person. Aside from my closest friends and immediate family, no one knows what's really going on in my life aside from being a singer-songwriter.

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Seconds more and I will be back on stage after 5 years.

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Cheers and claps of thousands of people welcomed me as the stage riser slowly revealed me on stage. All of their eyes are on me. I can even see some crying tears of joy, still on cloud 9 thinking whether or not if all of this is real or just a dream.

I started to strum my guitar and along with this are the confettis are flying, giving effects to my performance. That scared me, damn. 

After performing my stage comeback song, we had a short break wherein I was being interviewed by the host, asking