022: It's Official

--HaeJin—

“We have a problem.” That was the first thing that my manager, Alex told me when I woke up.

He was standing in front of me, looking completely unhappy. I would have asked why he was early but I remembered how horrible I looked.

My eyes were puffy as expected and Nichkhun end up spending the night with me after I told him what happened with Taemin. Nothing happened between us. He just comforted me and I was thankful for that.

I slept on the couch with Nichkhun sleeping beside me. He was still sound asleep until my manager slapped him on the back. “Wake up Nichkhun-sshi. You have a long day ahead of you.”

I rubbed my eyes and slapped my cheeks a bit to wake myself up. “Sunbae…”

It didn’t take long to wake him and while he was being roused from his sleep, I used the opportunity to freshen up. When I looked onto the mirror I saw my eyes were swollen and the bags under my eyes got worse. I splashed my face with cold water until my eyes look less of a disaster and changed my clothes.

After cleaning up, I got out of the bathroom and saw the serious expression in everyone’s faces. I turned my attention to my manager who was pacing furiously.

“Skye this thing you have involved yourself with… it’s bad.” He said to me and kept on shaking his head in disappointment.

Nichkhun approached me and handed me his phone. I saw and article and read it aloud.

As I continue to read, I felt my whole body froze. It was really bad.

“A scandal…with Sunbae?” My voice had the trace of disbelief. I gave my friend an apologetic look as I returned his phone. “I’m sorry for dragging you into this.”

He shook his head. “It was my fault for not taking precautions when I came.”

His words comforted my but it wasn’t enough to put me at ease. “I shouldn’t have called you.” I argued. “I cou-“

Nichkhun stopped me by holding my hands and squeezed them to make a point. “I’m your friend Haejin. It was my choice to come and I told you that you could lean on me.”

“Are you sure you’re just friends?” Alex interrupted us.

It caused me and Nichkhun to laugh at the silly notion.

“He’s like my brother and that would be like .” I replied, wiping the tears that were threatening to fall.

Both men cringed at the image of but still smiled.

“Ok. I believe you. I, too, don’t think Nichkhun will be the man for you.” Alex teased and I looked at him open-mouthed in surprise. I didn’t expect him to be playful at this crucial time.

Just then, Alex’s phone rang. My manager’s expression turned from cheerful to serious. It wouldn’t be a surprise if it was JYP or Lee Sooman.

“Hello? Yes Sooman-nim…. I understand…”

He shut his phone and massaged his temples.

“SMent’s wants to see you in his office in an hour.”

I held my breath and let it all out slowly. Facing SM’s CEO was the scariest thing in the world. I still remembered my first meeting with him and I almost peed that time. That feeling still hasn’t disappeared whenever people mention that man.

“Do you think he’ll drop me?” I asked them both.

“He won’t.” Alex told me confidently.

It calmed me down a bit.

“Ok then. Let’s go.” Nichkhun said and walked towards the door.

“That might not be a good idea.” Alex told us as Nichkhun was about to approach the door.

Nichkhun already had his hand on the knob and twisted it. Seconds later, a horde of reporters were screaming and blasting him with questions. Alex immediately ran to the door and helped Nichkhun close it.

I watched in amazement and let the moment sink in before I spoke. “What was that? Reporters?”

They were both panting and Alex answered my question. “The scandal brought a lot of attention to both of you. This is the first scandal Nichkhun-sshi has been involved with. And with his clean image and your rising popularity… both of you are fresh meat.”

Fresh meat?

I swallowed hard. “How can we meet Sooman if there’s an army of reporters barricading us?”

“Don’t worry, both companies are sending security details as we speak. It won’t take long now.” My manager assured me.

“Am I included in this meeting with SM?” Nichkhun asked.

They still kept their backs on the door just in case the people outside started to get violent.

Alex turned to Nickhun and smirked. “Lucky for you, you’re not. Your manager is waiting downstairs. We just have to deal with the people outside and then we’ll be on our separate ways.”

He looked relieved by the news, but it was short-lived when Alex added,

“By the way, you’ll be staying at the company for the time being.”

No one likes being detained.

As Alex promised, reinforcements came in less than 5 minutes. We quickly got out of my apartment and head down to a separate van from Nichkhun. I gave him a small wave before going inside the van.

The trip to SM entertainment’s building didn’t take long.

Facing Lee Sooman was more pleasant than I have expected. When I entered the room with my manager, the CEO was sitting on the opposite end of the conference table, looking at the articles being shown on the projector screen.

I couldn’t see his expression since his back was facing.

I stood at the other end beside Alex who was acting all serious and stiff. “You look like someone stuck a stick in your ” I whispered.

Alex glared at me and I couldn’t help but let out a small laugh.

“Be serious, will you? Your career is what’s at stake here.” He pinched me on the side.

I yelped and covered my mouth when I saw some of the people inside looking at me. I bowed and apologized quickly.

“I was trying to make you relax.” I elbowed my manager and kept quiet as possible.

Most of the people in the conference room from what I could understand where public relations staff.

They were responsible for damage control in short.

All of them were busy doing calls while some where monitoring feedbacks from online.

I never knew it was this hectic. I was actually feeling bad for making them do all this work.

“Sir? Am I in big trouble?” I couldn’t help but ask. Alex’s eyes widened at my bravery. I shouldn’t be so straightforward but the suspense was literally killing me.

If Sooman wanted me gone from the industry, at least I had the courage to stand for my actions.

Several heads turned my way, probably because I just spoke up to Sooman.

I held my breath, waiting for his answer.

He turned around and looked at me in the eye, letting the sounds of phones ringing and continuous typing echo throughout the room.

“Not really.” He clasped his hands together and it caught my attention. For some reason he was calm, like the situation wasn’t serious. “We’re going deny the accusations unless… are you involved with Nichkhun-sshi or anyone we should know about?” He raised a brow at me and I shook my head furiously.

“Sunbae and I are just friends” My answer was immediate. I wanted to jump in joy that my career was still intact.

But it was interrupted by a woman who approached the CEO with a laptop.

“Sooman I think you should see this.”

Sooman nodded and an assistant helped the woman project the contents of the laptop.

On the screen, comments from netizens were shown. Everyone was surprised even myself was surprised at how Nichkhun and I were being perceived.

A match made in heaven!

 

So jealous. I wish Nichkhun was my boyfriend.

 

She’s one hot gurl. Nichkhun’s lucky to have her.

 

If this is real, I’m gonna ship them forever.

Was I dreaming?

I looked at my manager who had an unreadable expression on his face.

“I need a word with JYP.” He looked at me for a moment before stepping outside the conference room with a phone on his hand.

I could sense that there was something bad about this.

Only at that moment, one of the staff inside offered me and Alex a seat where we could get comfortable. He even mentioned that it might take awhile before SM returns.

The only thing I could do was nod and obediently waited. I had no phone at that time. It was confiscated as a precautionary measure.

An hour later, Sooman came back with Nichkhun and JYP behind him. The fearsome CEO of SM was smiling and JYP as well.

My eyes were trained at Nichkhun who caught my eye. “What are you doing here?” I mouthed.

Before he could answer, JYP told me the news.

“It looks like you’ll be ‘dating’ Nichkhun from now on.”

My eyes went wide and turned to Nichkhun who just shrugged helplessly.

Oh dear.

I edited the fic a bit... in appearamce. I am a messy writer sorry about it.

I'm sorry I'm just having so much fun with them being like this...

More complications but I promise that Haejin will see the light and confess...

To who? Guess...

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