19 | diecinueve

By that afternoon, Florencia was already in the studio working on translating the Spanish song into English. It didn't take her very long, since her parents had money, owning a football team, and she got to study at the best schools in the country. There, she had learned other languages, apart from her native one. Florencia spoke English, Portuguese, and Italian fluently. She translated the song into English herself and then handed it over to another music writer who spoke both English and Korean.

The writer was then in charge of translating the lyrcis and making sure that everything sounded right. Florencia had been in the studio for hours and they didn't let her leave until late that night.

Her manager informed her that the next day she would be filming teaser images, as well as videos in anticipation of her debut. Her managers looked over the world, excited to see their newest idols debut as a musician. Florencia was sure it wasn't her they were happy for, but the extra money she would be raking in for them.

On the first day she would be learning the lyrics to the song as they had been translated to Korean. On the second day she would get teaser images and videos done, which would start being posted on the SMTown official youtube page immediately. Her manager explained that on the third day, the company would create social media pages for her--one twitter, one facebook, and one instagram. They would be separate from her personal, used only to promote her music and engage with her Korean fans. By the fourth day was when they planned to get Jongdae involved in the process with her debut and the song. The two would then work together to see just how well they sounded together. How they could make their voices go well with each other. They would spend a week practicing the song together. Then they would record their vocals, have a photo shoot together, and finally record the music video.

The managers had explained to her that for the month following that, she would promote in order to create a hype for her debut. The whole process would culminate with Kkot debuting as a solo artist with a mini album titled Flower Girl. They were giving her a cute girl image, since they had commented that she had a sweet face.

By the time they let Florencia go back to her apartment, it was fifteen minutes past eleven and she arrived at her apartment at about half past eleven. Her boyfriend Sehun was sat on the couch waiting for her, with his dog Vivi sat in his lap. They were watching a music show on television, which made Sehun feel a bit awkward because it was a re-run of an episode where he had appeared with EXO, performing Call Me Baby.

As soon as Florencia arrived, he grabbed the remote and turned the television off. But she wasn't paying attention to him. She was like a zombie as he entered the apartment. The smile that had been on his face faded and was replaced by a frown. "Did they just let you out of the SM Town building?" She was still dressed in her work out clothes from when she had gone to see her personal trainer. Black Adidas joggers, a black sweater, and a black cap on her head, her dark hair pulled back into a pony tail.

He felt for her. Even though his schedules were often heavier and more hectic--at times he'd get home around two in the morning--but he knew she wasn't used to that. For her it was a brutal form of torture, to keep her at work for over twelve hours. They left at the same time that morning, at around seven, and she was just getting back. And yet, he didn't know that the next morning she was asked to be in the studio at five in the morning, which meant she'd be getting up at four.

She said nothing as she cut the distance between them and when her knees hit the edge of the couch, she let herself fall onto it face first. Her feet fell onto her boyfriend's lap, starling Vivi. The pup jumped off his owner's lap and scurried somewhere else in the apartment.

"I don't understand how Korean idols do it. I swear, you all must be super human." She complained into the couch cushions, completely drained. "Mexican entertainment idols don't do nearly this much work. My feet are tired and my legs feel like lead. I don't even think I can make it to my own bed by myself. I'm so tired, and they won't let me rest." She said the last sentence in an overly dramatic way.

"Aish." He chuckled at her words, despite knowing that she was being completely serious. "You just need a massage and a good night's rest."

She scoffed. "A good four hours of rest is all they're giving me tonight. I have to be there at five tomorrow."

Sehun frowned at that. It was earlier than the start of his schedules. "Why?"

Florencia heaved a sigh and then began to explain after turning herself around to face up. "One of the managers heard me singing in the showers, and now SM thinks I should become a soloist." He instantly noticed that she didn't sound at all pleased by the idea.

"Just sleep and relax, okay? Tomorrow will be better." He told her, pulling her shoes off gently and starting to rub her tired feet.

Florencia sighed comfortably and sunk back into the couch, her eyes fluttering closed. She couldn't help but feel for a moment that she and Sehun were starting to act like a real couple. She wasn't sure if he liked her, or even tolerated her, but at the moment he was being very supportive. It was the very last thought she had as she felt herself fall into the comfortable clutches of sleep.

-

She half awoke when he picked her up in his arms and took her to her bedroom, setting her down in her bed. He walked to the door and turned the light off, about to leave her apartment when she called to him in a whiny voice. "Hunnie, what time is it?" She refused to open her eyes out of worry that she would scare away her sleep. Espantar el sueño as they said in her native language. But she could feel the fluffy mattress beneath her and she knew she was in her room.

He got his phone out of his pocket to look at the time. His lock screen was a picture of him and Florencia, which they had taken for show and posted on their instagram accounts, in order to show how in love they were. They both had been forced by their managers to use the picture as their lock screen. But once the phone was unlocked, he had Vivi as his home screen. He knew that Florencia had a picture of her family's football team logo as her home screen background.

The phone went black after a moment and he responded to her, "Its twelve fifty five."

"Hm." She hummed tiredly. "And where do you think you're going?"

"Back to the dorms." He replied to her simply, not thinking about it any further.

She gave a firm shake of her head. "Its not safe to be walking by yourself at one in the morning."

Sehun found himself amused by her words. "I literally live across the street from you, Kkot-ah. It'll take me about two minutes to get home."

But she insisted, refusing to let him go. At least not without a fight. "Anything can happen in two minutes. Why won't you please me? I really want to get some sleep, and I can't rest easy if my namja chingu is out there on the streets alone. What will I tell the police if you go missing, hm?" She questioned, still refusing to open her eyes. By now she felt awkward keeping them closed since her sense of sleep had been scared away already.

"Ah, you're so dramatic." He said with amusement, pretending to feel burdened as he took a step into the room. He sounded a bit too proud of himself as he questioned her choice of words. "Your namja chingu?"

Florencia nodded, her green eyes opening to see him standing a  few feet away.

He knew that she was practicing her Korean skills with dedications, which made him even more proud of hearing her speaking his language. For the most part when they talked, they had to meet each other halfway and speak in English, and Sehun's English wasn't exactly the best. But at least she was able to understand him. 

"Come here already." She whined, holding her arms open for him.

He rolled his eyes at her, pretending to feel annoyed, but he ended up giving in. He cut the distance between them and climbed into bed with her.

She immediately scooted close to him, draping an arm around him and resting her head on his chest. Almost as quickly as he laid down, she drifted off to sleep again.

-

Her alarm rang promptly at four in the morning and she hit snooze. A second alarm rang again ten minutes later. She wanted to ignore it so badly, but instead she opened her eyes. Her boyfriend was sleeping soundly next to her. Florencia climbed out of bed and got in the shower. When she got out, changed into her clothes for the day, she saw Oh Sehun already awake, sitting on the edge of the bed waiting for her.

When he saw the look of confusion on her face, seeing him up so early, he informed her, "I didn't want to leave you alone with this. Doing schedules alone is no fun." He crinkled up his nose. Getting up off the bed, he added, "Give me ten minutes to shower and I'll meet you in the living room so we can head out."

Ten minutes later they were both in the living room. They were ready to head out and Sehun had asked Florencia if she wanted to have any breakfast. He wasn't very hungry. His body was already used to eating much later in the morning. But Florencia, on the other hand, was starving. She said nothing of it though. According to the diet plan set by her doctor, she wasn't allowed to eat anything until eight in the morning. She was only allowed to have an apple for breakfast, and some plain yogurt.

The couple headed out of the apartment building. It was still dark outside and the streets were empty. Still, they called a company car to pick them up. Florencia almost felt bad for the driver. It was a bit before four in the morning and he was already at work.

Since it was the second day of her schedules as a pre-debut trainee, she would be getting pictures and video taken for her teasers. Sehun had nowhere to be for the next three hours, so he happily sat through it, watching her walk out in different outfits which she was going to wear for the teasers. It took about twenty minutes to get her dressed for the first teaser. Since they were going for a cute theme, they first dressed her up as a school girl, with her hair down and straightened out to give it an Asian feel.

When the first set of pictures were taken, she was given a break of a few minutes, which she spent with the only person she knew and actually got along with. She sat with Sehun, a camera close by recording everyone on set. But it was mostly there to capture interactions between the two idols. 

"Don't you feel weird dressed like that?" He gulped, looking her up and down.

He couldn't deny she looked good, especially her legs, but he thought she might feel strange in that outfit. All eyes were on her.

She gave a shake of her head, along with a very nonchalant shrug of her shoulders. "Amor, I've been photographed in less clothes than this." She said, gesturing to the short skirt and the tight button up. He couldn't help but have flashbacks of the pictures Baekhyun once showed him when they were in Mexico. Several pictures of Florencia Orizaba in a swim suit. "I'm used to people always looking at me. I had to the moment I decided I wanted to be a model and an actress. I suppose being a singer won't be too much different."

Her words still did nothing to make her feel better. Florencia didn't want to be a singer.

-

florencia and sehun actually getting along for a bit. but not for long (?) lol. only i know what will happen next, of course. so please stay tuned. i was going to update this as well as "musi". but wattpad has been acting like a bitch for about two weeks now.

literally i wrote this whole chapter when wattpad decided to refresh itself. 

so then all my work was lost. i am stupid, i didn't write it and save it onto google docs. but still. wattpad has been disappointing me a lot lately.

-clary