Just as they were reaching towards the studio, their manager, Min, walked in from the other corner. The girls greeted her with a defeated tone.

“H-hey… what’s wrong? Are you girls alright?” she worriedly asked.           

“We’re fine. It’s just … the fans outside. That’s all.” Miyeon whimpered.

“The fans? You mean the boys’ fans? Did they hurt you?” Min grabbed Yumi and inspected her

“They didn’t physically hurt us… but…” Yumi gasped at her manager’s sudden action

“But what?” Min pressed on as she looked warily at the girls. “Did they…by any chance, said anything bad to you girls?”

Yumi nodded.

“Oh my dear girls…. I’m sorry you have to go through that. Unnie will protect you. I’ll drive you girls to the building and back from now on, okay?” Min suggested in her motherly tone.

“You don’t have to unnie, we can use the back entrance.”  Eun Bi responded.

“No, I have to Eun Bi-ah. The fans also know about the back entrance. It’s dangerous for you girls too.”

All of them sighed. They didn’t really want to be a burden to their manager but at the same time, walking to the building was a nightmare.

“Jennie? Are you okay with it?” Min asked the leader who was awfully quiet.

“Yeah. Sure. Okay.” Jennie’s voice was monotonous.

“Jennie, are you sure you’re okay?” Lalice asked from the back.

Jennie just nodded as a response.

“Oh Jennie-ah!” Min suddenly exclaimed, “You