Upon following EXO back to Seoul, Soona gets a surprising offer for her Sasaeng blog.

Paparazzi
Following:

Later that night, Soona directed all the girls to meet back in the hotel room. She made it clear those three were lucky they weren't caught by security trying to follow Baekhyun and Chanyeol around. Hye-Jin, however, was able to capture Chanyeol on her phone peeking behind the wall at her and then running away while she chased after him. Soona's call came in just in time for them to make it back since Baekhyun called for the hotel security. Hyejin watched the video over and over again as she sat on the floor, giggling and boasting about how close to Chanyeol she got. Her voice on the recording could be heard by everyone of her shouting Chanyeol's name, her laughter synced up with her current laughter. Meanwhile, Eunjoo was busy on her laptop and talking on the phone to someone who worked at the airline. Soona was busy uploading the Tao recording onto her blog, thinking about how much she should charge for people to unlock the post.

"Yes!" Jae-Eun cheered, smiling at her laptop screen, "D.O.'s underwear just sold for over a thousand dollars!"

"What about his hair and Tao's Rolex?" Soona asked. She looked away from what she was doing on her laptop. 

"Some people are still bidding," Jae-Eun replied.

Soona nodded and glanced at her sister Soojung. She had stopped crying when Yixing and Tao showed up. The taxi situation didn't seem to be bothering her now since she was now acting like her usual self. She was on one of the beds, scrolling through her phone which Soona knew must be pictures of Sehun.

"Okay. It's official," Eunjoo said. She clapped her hands together as she grinned at her laptop. She hung up the phone with the airline and finalized their flight, "Our plane back to Korea is the same plane that EXO will be taking. First class! Hold your applause." 

"Perfect!" Soona smiled and then looked at Soojung again. "Soojung, aren't you happy? You'll be on the same plane as Sehun!"

Soojung looked up from her phone at Soona's words and took a hand away from her phone so she could sign, "I am happy."

"Well then act like it. Getting this plane wasn't easy," Eunjoo said, "You know how much I had to transfer to the airline employee to get this info? A lot."

"Go easy on her," Hyejin said, "You know she's sensitive."

"I know. That became clear when she stopped talking." Eunjoo replied. Her eyes focused back on the laptop.

"This should add to our happy moods." Soona clicked a button, completing the upload. An audio clip of Tao's shower singing played on the speakers. "It's up on the internet now. Fifty a person to unlock it."

"Everyone is going to go crazy over this!" HyeJin laughed hysterically, "It's never not funny."

Soojung wanted to say that they should think about Tao and how he would feel to have such privacy disrespected and taken away, but she knew no one cared about what she thought. She sighed and decided not to say anything. Whenever they got all wrapped up in the things they did to EXO, she was always the one to fade into the background.

She looked back to her phone and continued looking at pictures and videos of Sehun. She admired him so much and thought of him as a person. She saw him as a handsome man with feelings. He was nice, talented, and was someone she respected. She didn't think about wanting to follow him around everywhere or stealing his belongings. What was so bad about just admiring your idol from afar? Why would she want to hurt him, frighten him, or humiliate him? How was any of that love?

"D.O.'s hair just sold for 2 thousand!" Jae-Eun gasped, "Thank you Kyungsoo!"

"Hey, what time is it?" HyeJin looked around the room, asking anyone who would answer.

"Three a.m. Just in time for EXO-M's photoshoot we're going to miss," said Eunjoo. She gave a side-eye to Soona who didn't notice, "We should get some sleep. We have to get up early for the flight tomorrow."

"You're right," Soona smiled, closing her laptop, "All right guys! Time for bed!"

Soojung wasted no more time and changed position so her head was on the pillow and not at the other end of the bed. Soona got on the other side soon after. Jae-Eun and HyeJin took the other bed, giving Eunjoo the floor.

"It will be a good day tomorrow, Soojung," Soona whispered once the lights were shut off. "I know it will."

__

Tao looked on the internet and saw it the next morning. It was an immediate scandal with the netizens. He thought he was alone when he was showering. They stole his gold watch and had the audacity to record him in the shower. He was thankful it was just audio though and nothing more than that. He shuddered at the thought of them being there when he had assumed he was alone. His phone rang and he saw it was someone from the SM staff. He had asked them to find out where the recording came from so they could take it down. However, after seeing how much it had circulated so fast, it seemed impossible to accomplish now.

"We traced back the post to a popular sasaeng blog," The staff member said, "People pay to see each individual post. Odds are someone who bought to view it ended up posting it elsewhere. There's no way we can take them all down now, Tao. I'm sorry."

Tao said a quick thank you before hanging up. He felt so angry he wanted to punch something. He wanted to enjoy being back in his home country even if it was only for two days. He couldn't have a single moment of peace the entire way. It felt like these sasaengs were there at every turn and were impossible to escape. 

"I'm sorry, Tao," Yixing said. He patted Tao's shoulder, "Come on. We have a flight to catch. Let's just try to forget about it."

"I should've known someone was in here," Tao frowned, feeling nothing but embarrassed. Kyungsoo said he chased two girls out the hotel window, not knowing they had a recording. "It's like we can never be alone."

"I guess that's a price we all have to pay." Yixing frowned as well, leaving the hotel. "Looks like there's no taxi following us today."

"As far as we know," Luhan commented, climbing into the van, Tao and Yixing following. "Wow, it's like a clown car with all of us in here."

"Thank you for that, Luhan." Sehun couldn't help but laugh. They didn't want to think about what the sasaengs did the night before. They just wanted to fly back home and forget it happened.

"Weird," Kyungsoo thought out loud, rechecking his bag before putting it in the trunk, "I could've sworn I packed five pairs of underwear, not four...Oh well."

As soon as Luhan, Chanyeol, and Minseok sat down in the van, they immediately passed out. The rest tried their best to stay awake at least until they could make it onto the plane. Suho could hear their manager on the phone in the passenger seat chatting up someone else on the SM Staff. From the sound of it, it sounded like he was speaking with Lee Sooman himself. He wouldn't stop saying things like "That sounds great" over and over for five minutes straight. 

"Great news, guys!" the Manager, Yong Min, smiled after he hung up the phone, "Your comeback has been