Drama Before the Show
Kiss Note Cupid: feat. Minho and Dara"Thanks for today!" Dara said as L.Joe walked her to the front door of her house. "No problem! see you at school on Monday!" he
said with a wave. Dara waved back as she closed the door behind her. Sigh, what a day! She thought. Just as she started to walk up
the stairs, Zelo returned to his normal appearance and popped up in front of her. "Aren't you forgeting something?" he asked as
Dara walked past him to enter her room. "Hello! Dara, can you hear me?" He asked as he floated through her closed door. Dara
grabbed stuffed Hamtaro and plopped onto her bed, completely unaware of Zelo's words. "Dara! The bathroom is on fire!" Zelo
yelled. Dara snapped out of her trance and bolted out of her room and ran down the hall to the bathroom. Two minutes later she
returned with an annoyed look on her face. "Very funny." she grumbled. "Well how else was I supposed to get your attention?!" he
yelled. "I've been trying to tell you something important the whole walk home and you ignored me!" Zelo's eyed became shiny and
Dara's expression softned. "Are you going to cry?" she asked. Zelo shook his head furiously. "No!" he said with a sniffle. "Dara
walked over to him and patted his head. "There there. What is it you were trying to tell me?" she asked. Zelo wiped his nose and
pointed to Dara's bed. "That. You brought it home without knowing." Dara looked on her bed and found the diary with white
lettering on it. "Oh no! What if someone lost it?!" Dara began to panic as her phone buzz suddenly. It was a picture message
for Ji Eun with the title, Chanyeol told me to send you this. Dara opened the message and saw an invite to Exo K's masquerade
style concert tomorrow night. Zelo peeked over her shoulder. "You have to go." Dara looked it him puzzled. "Huh? Why?" Zelo
pointed to the screen. "Because the owner of the diary will show up." Dara looked at the diary and picked it up. "How do you know
that?" Zelo scratched his head and floated around the room. "Its hard to explain...I just know that the owner will be there if you
invite L.Joe to go with you. Dara looked up L.Joe's number in her phone and hesitated. She barely survived her first day with
L.Joe today. How would she handle a night at a concert with him? Zelo patted Dara's back. "Don't worry noona! I'll be right there
with you!" Dara turned to see Zelo giving her a 'fighting' pose. She took a deep breath and began to type.
The night of the concert, Exo K were getting ready backstage. "Noona! Have you seen my blazer?" Sehun yelled from behind a
changing curtain. Ji Eun scrambled from behind the clothes rack and threw the blazer over the curtain. "Ow!" Sehun whined. Ji
Eun halfheartedly yelled 'Sorry' and ran back to the clothes rack. She had to make sure every outfit was labeled and in order of
member entrance. "If you feel like quitting your old job, you could always be our manager or stylist." Baekhyun said from behind
her, his hair full of clips and tin foil. "Thanks, but this is too stressful for me. And I thought I told you to sit under the dryer! Your
highlights have two more hours left!" she said frantically. "I was under the dryer, but Kai pushed me out of the chair because the
his hairdryer broke. I would've opposed it but he's pretty soaking wet." Baekhyun said. Ji Eun breathed deeply and tried to calm
down. "Its fine. Just...I don't know stand under one of the stage lights or something! Maybe the heat coming off of it will be enough
to let your hair get finished. "Ok. Noona fighting!" Baekhyun said with a smile as he exited the dressing room. Ji Eun went back to
sorting the clothes. I wonder if Dara got my message. She thought. Ji Eun took out her phone and checked for missed calls. She
saw one tect left by Dara about an hour ago and opened it. It read: I invited L.Joe to the concert and he said yes! You're going to
be there too right? I need your help keeping my cool. Please don't bail on me!! >///<. Ji Eun sighed as she put her phone away.
Why are so many people depending on me these days? She thought.
Dara paced from her closet to her bed, laying out every possible thing she could wear to the concert. "What about this one?" She
asked Zelo, holding up a sparkly pink dress. "I think you'd look like the Good Witch from the WIzard of Oz." he said, hovering
around the room. Dara threw the dress down on the bed and face planted on top of it. "I give up." she mumbled against her
covers. Zelo hovered over her and patted her head. "There there Noona. Do you want me to help?" he asked. "How could you
help?" She asked, refusing at him because she felt like tearing up. Zelo left Dara on the bed and the room was quiet. Dara felt
her body become lighter and she opened her eyes. She saw dozens of pink sparkles floating and popping in front of her eyes.
When the sparks faded she looked down to see a beautiful pink gown with a victorian theme. She had silk fingerless gloves
on her hands, and when she looked in the mirror she could see a matching mask, and her hair done in waves. "It's perfect!"
she squealed. Zelo puffed his chest out in pride. "Told you I could help. There's no way L.Joe will keep his eyes off you tonight!"
Dara blushed at the thought of L.Joe staring at her. "Maybe I should wear something else..." Dara thought nervously. Zelo looked
her straight in the face and pressed her cheeks with his hands. "Don't even think about it! Now you are going to that concert
and you are going to have a good time with him. Got it?!" he asked. Dara nodded, unable to speak because her lips were
squished together. Zelo let go and smiled. "Good! Have fun with your prince charming!"
An hour before people were going to start showing up, and Ji Eun thought she was going to die. Baekhyun had taken her advice
and used the stage light to dry his hair, but now his highlights were bleached! "What do I do?!" Ji Eun yelled in a panic. Baekhyun
held her shoulders in reassurance. "Its not as bad as yo think! In fact, I kind of like it." he said with a smile. Ji Eun tried to calm
down as everyone else filed into the rehersal room. "Hyung! What happened?" D.O. asked, staring at Baekhyun's head. "Did you
get struck by lightning?" Kai joked as the other members snickered. "Haha." Baekhyun said sarcastically. "Just get in formation."
Ji Eun started the music as the boys went through the motions of 'Wolf' and 'Growl' for what felt like the millionth time. "Okay, now
Baekhyun and D.O. practice your duet for 'What is Love'" Ji Eun said as she changed the music and the other members moved to
the back of the room with her. "Noona, are you sure you don't wan to be our manager?" Sehun asked while moving next to her.
"You're really good at it." Ji Eun shook her head. "You just want free labor." she said. Sehun's eyes softened. "That's not true..."
Ji Eun looked at her brother. "Of course it is! I act as you stylist and I manage your concerts but can you pay me? No! I work to
feed us Sehun. Do you have any idea how important it is for me to have a job? How could you when all you do is sing and dance
all day-" Ji Eun stopped herself too late. Sehun had already exited the room in a fit of rage. Baekhyun and D.O. stopped singing
when they heard the door slam. "What happened?" D.O. asked. "I messed up." Ji Eun said, walking out of the room to find her
brother. "Sehun!" she yelled. The other members followed her and looked for him. "I found him!" Kai yelled from under a table.
"Why'd you pick this place to hide?" he asked Sehun, who had his knees pressed to his chest and his head down. "S-Shut up."
Ji Eun looked under the table, and didn't blame her brother for not looking at her. "Sehun...I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to say all
those things. I know how important this group is to you-" "It wasn't about the group!" he yelled. Sehun wiped his eyes and looked
up. "I barely get to see you Noona. You're always working so hard to feed us, to feed ME, but you work so much that I don't
even get a chance to thank you. I asked you to work for us so I could see you more. I want us to remain close because you're
all I have left in this world." he said, trying not to cry again. "Oh yeah? then what are we?" Kai said, putting Sehun in a headlock.
"Aren't we your family too?" D.O. asked. Ji Eun smiled. "Well...I guess if you started to actually charge for admission to your
shows...you could pay me that way." she said. Sehun wrestled his head from Kai's arm and looked up. "You mean it?" he asked
hopefully. Ji Eun nodded yes. "Great! now lets have a great concert!" Kai yelled, dragging Sehun to his feet as everyone huddled
into a circle. "Who are we?!" Kai yelled. "EXO K!" yelled the circle."And what are we?!" "We are the best!" D.O. cupped his hands
around his mouth and yelled: "I say Exo, you say K! Exo!" Everyone yelled as loud as they could "K!" Baekhyun pumped his fist in
the air and cheered. "Lets do it!"
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