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The commercial was filmed within a few hours with Florencia and Sehun pretending they liked each other and that everything was okay while they were on camera. The whole plot of the video played the two off as love interests--who also happened to be famous in their own countries. Florencia would then ask Sehun to get her some Lala yogurt, but upon seeing that two little kids had the last ones, the two would then try to negotiate with them. 

As soon as filming for the commercial ended, Sehun stormed off to his dressing room, trying to get out of there as soon as possible. With the commercial, they had also taken pictures for promotional posters which would be placed in super markets around Mexico and the United States, there was a behind the scenes video filmed and finally a small greeting together for their fans in Korea and Mexico. The latter had been the idea of SM Entertainment, who posted it on all their social media platforms, while Florencia's management posted it on her social media platforms and her personal website.

When he left the studio in a hurry Florencia followed him, surprisingly quick in her five inch sparkly high heels, and she reached for his hand to stop him. "Sehun, wait." She said to him.

He stopped for a quarter of a second before he easily yanked his hand out of her reach and continued down the hallway. He said nothing to her and only snuck a tiny glance as he opened the door to his dressing room and disappeared inside, shutting the door behind himself.

Florencia heaved a sigh and went to her own dressing room to change out of her outfit for the shoot. 

Over the next few days, she was surprised to find Sehun at every commercial shoot she went to. And in every one of them, they were played off as a couple. If the gossip magazines already thought they were an item, the ads they were filming together were doing nothing to help them.

In the Barcel chips ad, he was a tourist arriving in Mexico who coincidentally ran into the former Miss Universe at the airport. In the Aeropostale, Hollister, and Forever XXI ads they just had to pose next to each other, smiling and laughing like they were two young people in love. In the Coca Cola ad they were two people meeting and falling in love at a mutual friends' party. For Sabritas chips, Florencia was introducing her foreign boyfriend to her family. They were initially unsure about him because he didn't speak any Spanish, but everything was made better when they saw that he showed up with a bag of original flavored Sabritas.

The extra week in Mexico had been eternal for Sehun, and he felt that time wasn't going fast enough by the time they got to the last commercial filming--for Marinela pastry snacks.

They had dressed both of them in clothing from the nineteen fifties, Florencia with her hair in an updo and a dress, Sehun wearing a suit. Two children had been hired to play their children, one of them a Mexican-Japanese little boy who was six years old and the other was a Mexican-Chinese little girl who was only four. They intended to make them pass off as Mexican-Korean. The commercial was to celebrate the sixty year anniversary of Marinela snacks.

With her family sitting around the dinner table, Florencia clad in an apron and oven mits would bring out s magnificent cake, which was the original recipe of the first Marinela product. She set it on the table, in front of her husband and would give him a peck on the lips before cutting it into slices and giving her family a piece.

In between breaks of filming, Florencia stood off to the side with a sulk. Each time she tried to get close to Sehun, he would walk away from her. He mostly kept to himself since he didn't speak any Spanish, but was polite each time someone talked to him. One of the children walked up to her, the little boy who played her son in the commercial. He gave her a sly smile and then complimented her, "You're so pretty Flora." He said to her. Since her name was a bit difficult to pronounce for him and the little girl, he had shortened it to Flora. "I wish my real mom was as pretty as you."

Florencia smiled wide at the compliment, and squatted in front of him to get at eye level. She cooed back, pinching his cheek gently. "Thank you, Kei. That's so sweet."

Taking her by surprise, his small hands shot forward and grabbed her chest. "You're so pretty, but you're flat chested so you'll probably never get a boyfriend." He told her, laughing mischievously and running away to cause trouble somewhere else. He only went nearby and started playing with one of the light switches on the set.

Florencia straightened herself out, green eyes widened in shock. 

From nearby Sehun had seen everything. Their eyes met for a moment and he sighed, walking past her. Her eyes followed his movements and she saw him walk up to the little boy. Standing over him, full of intimidation, he grabbed his hand, which was on the light switch and pulled the boy's attention towards him. Getting down at eye level with him, he said something to the boy, face serious. Florencia wasn't sure what he said to Minami, but the little boy nodded in understanding. The two then walked towards her, stopping when they were just within range of her.

Sehun pushed him forward gently, then crossed his arms over his chest. The little boy started out shyly, "Flora, I'm really sorry about grabbing your boobs and saying they were small and saying you would never get a boyfriend because of it. Sehun said he thinks you're pretty anyway, even if you have no boobs, and he said that its rude to say things like that even if they're true." He apologized with blunt honesty. Florencia felt the heat making its way onto her face as she started blushing madly.

She only nodded and the little boy looked towards Sehun. He nodded in approval and Kei ran off again. Florencia smiled slightly at Sehun. If he had done that for her, she thought that perhaps he had forgiven her. "Thank you, Sehun."

He replied coldly, never facing her as he spoke. "I didn't do it for you. Someone had to stop that little boy before he grows up to be a pervert."

Florencia felt her heart drop.

They were called back to resume filming after their short break and finished within a few hours. With them being seen together and filming ads all week, the press kept them in the front pages of their gossip magazines and websites. By the end of that week, fans all over the world were convinced that Sehun and Florencia were in love. No one knew what was really happening behind the scenes.

-

Sehun packed up his belongings as soon as he got back to the hotel from the Marinela shoot. His manager was on the phone with the airline company, making final arrangements for their flight back to Korea. When he hung up the phone, he turned to Sehun with a smile. "Its finally time to go home." He said to him, and Sehun smiled wide as well.

He had been away from home for two weeks now and was eager to return. Their continuation of their tour was approaching and he would have to be in Japan within four more days, one of which would be spent on the plane back to Korea. 

They were about to head out when his manager got another phone call. Sehun huffed in exasperation as his manager asked him to wait a moment. The maknae stomped over to the bed and plopped down harshly. Somehow, he figured it would be something that would prevent him from leaving Mexico again. And he confirmed his suspicions when his manager hung up the phone.

"That was one of our managers from back home, with a message from our chairman." The manager informed after hanging up the phone. He walked back into the room and sat down on the bed opposite Sehun. "He said that you and Florencia have gotten so much positive attention from the media and the fans, and look so good together, that he wants the two of you to date. They're contacting her management right now to see what they think of the idea. If they accept, you two will be a couple by tomorrow."

Sehun groaned out loud. "I'm trying to get away from her, and you guys won't stop pushing us together."

His manager shrugged. "Its what the people want, and it helps us. The amount of Latin American EXO fans has skyrocketed since you've been seen with her. Even your Korean fans have started getting used to the possibility of you dating someone."

"I don't have a choice." Sehun commented without enthusiasm. Even if he wanted to argue, it was pointless.

He laid back on his bed and waited to hear news from Florencia's management.

-

Florencia had her things packed and was ready to return to Veracruz, hoping to forget everything that happened over the past week. Her mother had gotten a call, which she had to take, while her daughter was on her phone, scrolling through social media. Most of the tweets directed at her for the past week asked her if she was really in a relationship with Oh Sehun. She ignored all of them, since she knew that they were just rumors that would go nowhere.

When her mother got of the phone, she walked over to Florencia and explained what the call had been about. "Sweetie, I just got a call from Sehun's manager at SM Entertainment." At the mention of Sehun, Florencia tore her eyes away from her phone and put all her attention on her mother. Valentina Orizaba continued, "Apparently they want to offer you a job, but I don't know if its something you'll want to do."

"What kind of job?" Florencia wondered.

If it involved Sehun, she knew she probably wouldn't be very happy with it since he was doing nothing but ignoring her. But she also thought that whatever it was, she could use it as her opportunity to ask for his forgiveness. 

"They want to pay you to date Sehun." Her mother informed. She was also unsure about letting her daughter do that, but the manager at SM had been good about trying to convince them. "He said that your influence has really helped him and his group expand across Latin America. They said that they want you to move to Korea for a few weeks, so you can be seen with him. He said it would be beneficial for both of you."

Florencia gave a shake of her head. "So I'm just supposed to put all my projects on hold?"

She had been planning to audition for the telenovela called La Malquerida, and another one called Azul Como El Mar. She was scheduled to film promos for her family's football teams for the upcoming Christmas season.

"Well, I can talk to Televisa. They were the ones seeking you out for the role, so they might make an exception." Her mother offered, trying to convince her. "Maybe you can send in an audition video instead of going in person and the filming for the drama won't start until January if you get the role. By then you'll probably be back in Mexico. The Christmas videos can be filmed in Korea if we need to. Your sisters will have to stand in for the ones filmed with the players. But I think this is a good opportunity to expand your fan base."

Florencia heaved a sigh. "If you think its a good idea...then I trust you, mom."

With the decision already made, her mother made a phone call back to the manager and they made arrangements to meet that night. While Sehun and Florencia were forced to go to dinner together, their managers met up to solidify the details of their deal.

Maybe this was Florencia's chance to show Sehun that she was really sorry for trying to sabotage him and get the magazine cover for herself. But that didn't mean that because they were going to pretend to be together, he was going to listen to anything she had to say.

-

this was the detail i was talking about when i said i couldnt update sasaeng yet. another dating rumor that sm has cooked up in order to gain profits. sehun and florencia together. and theyre even gonna move her to korea for a few weeks to make the relationship seem more real.

so now i can go and update sasaeng again.

i'll try to update it tonight. but if i cant, it will have to wait until about thursday. monday tuesday and wednesda i go to school all day. so i have no time to write. 

thank you loads for reading and supporting. it means a lot to me!

-clary xx