Chapter 32 - Tabloids
Daesung was stepping out of the shower in his personal apartment. He had a towel wrapped around his waist when he stepped out into his room, only to spot his manager sitting on his bed as if it were his own. Daesung jumped a little back in shock and held a hand over his fast beating heart at the sudden appearance of his manager who wasn't supposed to be there until later on in the day. His manager however, hadn't even noticed his entrance since he was so glued to his phone, scrolling the screen with his thumb while his face conjured into one of absolute confusion.
"What are you doing here?" Daesung asked running an extra towel through his hair. "My schedule doesn't start until twelve." He says checking his phone to see if he had the correct time on it.
"No, we have to get yourself ready for the beginning of your schedule." He looked up and stared at Daesung. "Have you heard from President Yang? I've been calling him but, of course he doesn't answer when the matter is important."
Daesung looked at him confused. "President Yang hasn't called me. I haven't talked to him for a week or so. And what's so important? Did something happen that I didn't know about? Does it have something to do with you?"
"This has nothing to do with me." He scolded towards Daesung. Daesung guessed the matter was serious. "Here." He handed Daesung his cellphone. "Read it out loud."
Daesung took the phone and sighed. "If you say so." He said looking down at the phone. "Big Bang member Kang Daesung was spotted last night in a popular restaurant among famous idols and actors, located in South of Seoul. Photos come to reveal the idol having dinner with a rookie model from YGK+. Rookie model, Jung Catalina who caught the eyes of the public with her unique outer look as well as her tanned skin, was seen on the night out with fellow member of Big Bang, Kang Daesung. Fans are already speculating that the two are dating while other resources claim them to be just good friends." Daesung looked at his manager with a serious expression. "Was it really necessary to point out her tanned skin."
"What are you going to do?" He asked Daesung who seemed not at all concerned for such accusations pointing towards him. "Are you really dating her?"
Daesung walked over to his walk in closet where he entered to put some clothes on. "I am." He said without hesitation.
"Daesung, you know it's very important that you watch what you say. Especially because it could hurt your career, as well as the model's career. She's still a rookie and dating you could cause some mishaps on her side of her career." He informed.
Daesung stopped for a second while pulling his shirt over his body. His manager did have a point. Big Bang did have a lot of fans and he himself did too. If this were to go south, this could only hurt Lina in the process. He didn't want that for her but he still wanted to date her. Even if it was the request of the CEO. He always found himself wanting to hang out with Lina. She was the coolest person he has ever met and despite the fact that she could get hurt, he doubted it would actually happen.
"Nah, she'll be fine. Besides, just from being caught out to dinner with Lina, doesn't prove the fact that we are dating. If anyone were to act upon it, I wouldn't care too much because they don't know anything." He smiled confidently. "Let's go."
Daesung made his way out of the room and towards the front door where he began slipping on his shoes to head out. His manager followed behind him giving him odd looks from his answer about dating Lina. He didn't find it odd that Daesung was dating, he found it odd he was dating someone who was still fresh to the celebrity world. He figured Daesung must have really liked her for him not to be too bothered about it.
"We have a few things to do today which is why I came early, so you could get your hair done and then head to the company to pick up your sponsored items before your schedule." He informed Daesung as they climbed into the elevators to head down to the van.
"That sounds fine." Daesung says keeping a smile high on his face.
His manager just shook his head as he pressed the buttons to take him down. Daesung kept his eyes down on his phone, looking at the article about Lina. Not only did he feel like his popularity will make her be able to get the recognition he knew she deserved, he felt like his fans wouldn't hurt her in any way. He knew out of all the members in Big Bang, Daesung's fans were the most kindest of the bunch. They were understanding and very nice, no harm would come to Lina if he knew his fans would get involved. His fans would even go so far as to support Lina in everything she does so long as he continues to portray Lina as the goddess she is.
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Lina sat in a quiet and awkward bubble. She made sure she kept her concentration elsewhere because if she payed attention to what was happening on the table, she would lose this battle. The food that sat before her began wafting into her senses, seducing her with the amazing smell of meat as it sizzled on the grill the longer she waited it out. The small barbecue restaurant was one where nobody would notice who she was which she barely cared about. She was sure nobody would have noticed her even if it was a popular restaurant. She was supposed to be on a diet but she felt like eating the longer she sat on the table. She figured, a little bit of food wouldn't hurt her and she knew she could always work the calories off. Because she was basically on call with her modeling career, she wanted to make sure her body will always be in top shape for when the time comes she has to do photo shoots or runway stuff. Especially because she is much more curvier than whats wanted in the modeling world, she wanted to make sure her body wasn't something to hold her back.
But there was meat being fried in front of her. She couldn't just ignore it.
"Oh god! Just eat it!" Lina looked up to Bae Jang Mi who sat across from her, mouth filled with food, which wasn't surprising. "What happens if you die tomorrow? Your only regret would be that you didn't eat this meat frying in front of you." Jang Mi smiled as she began cutting a large piece of meat onto Lina's small plate.
"Give her some credit Jang Mi. She sat on this table without touching any of the food longer than you have." Hyorin teased with a sly smile. "Which you're also supposed to be on a diet."
"Diets are for those who don't mind dying. I on the other hand do." She says with a shake of her head. "At least if I died tomorrow, I wouldn't have any regrets." Jang Mi smiled evilly while shoving another piece of lettuce wrapped meat into her mouth.
"Doesn't sound like you mind dying at all." Hyorin said under her breath.
"You're not wrong Jang Mi. She does need to eat." Nabi smiled while eating her portion of food. "Please Lina, eat something. You've already lost somuch weight and I much prefer the body size that you had when we first met. I need to talk to my uncle if you keep going down this road."
Lina smiled, making herself some wraps to eat. "It's not like I'm insecure or anything like that. I just need to make sure I'm picture perfect when I get calls."
Nabi shook her head and swallowed her food down before she choked while talking. "You're someone who was street casted which means you were perfect from the start. They wanted you because you were different and would give the company a more diverse look. It's not just about your body size Lina, you were chosen because you were different." She smirked while looking at Jang Mi. "If they were looking for someone who you're trying to be, they would of went with Jang Mi."
Jang Mi looked like she was about to argue until she stopped herself and nodded in agreement. "It's true actually. I have a normal face and a normal body with zero percent S line. Plus I'm too clumsy to be walking down anywhere in expensive clothes." She smiled.
Lina chuckled at Jang Mi's bizarre explanation. "I know I'm a little odd but I do want to get to know the two of you better." Lina looked to Hyorin and thought about one of her favorite movies of all time. "I'm a huge fan by the way. Especially of all your films. Mostly Sunny."
Hyorin smiled and thanked Lina. "It was very fun to film the movie. Even though I was too old to be playing a high school student." She chuckled. "It was a great movie."
"What have you been up to?" Lina asked Jang Mi since she hasn't yet seen her in any dramas.
Jang Mi smiled happily. "I am currently working on a single with producers who aren't from YG which is exciting in it's self."
"Who are you working with?" Hyorin asked. "You didn't tell me they weren't from YG."
"Why would that matter?" Jang Mi asked while smiling widely. "But I will be working with the talented producers, Groovy Room which I'm quite excited about."
"Groovy Room? Don't they usually work with rappers? How did you manage to get them when you're a singer from a different company?" Nabi asked while chewing on some food.
"I cried and promised to treat them out to a nice dinner." Jang Mi smiled. "Of course they refused and said they were too busy." She gave the girls a wink. "But for the right price, I was able to get them to work with me."
Hyorin looked at her friend as if she had lost her mind. "What does that even mean?"
Jang Mi's face went sour. "It means they only wanted some type of way of meeting the Big Bang members. Any of the Big Bang members." She said rolling her eyes. "One of the biggest producers in South Korea and they want to meet Big Bang." She scoffed. "They should go crazy to meet an EXO member or even a BTS member. Even Seung-Hyun freaked out when I did a music video with Nam Joon. It was for a different reason but that's be beside the point." She said shaking her head. "Big Bang." She scoffed again.
Jang Mi got the girls to all laugh while shaking their head. There was some type of truth behind what she was saying. Everyone did freak out when they get to meet a member of Big Bang but they were all dating a member of Big Bang. Nothing too special was found in the meeting of these boys. Even Lina had to admit she'd have some sort of break down if she met with any of the members of EXO or BTS. Big Bang was also really popular but she didn't feel the need to make herself crazy trying to get in contact with them.
After the laughter died down, Nabi decided it was best to ask the question that she needed the answer to, even going so far as to setting up a little dinner together with the other members who were dating Big Bang members.
"I know it's a sudden change of subject but I wanted to know if you went out with Daesung the other night?" Nabi asked while taking a bite of her meat as if she didn't just throw out a prying question towards Lina.
The question caught Lina off guard and it caused her to start choking on the food she was currently trying to swallow. While Jang Mi began laughing and Hyorin whacking her arm to shut up, Nabi went over to Lina and began patting her back to get rid of the coughs. Even though Lina was too busy choking, she did not miss the small smirk that hung easily on her lips.
"You cannot just spring out with such a question Nabi." Jang Mi scolded while shaking her head. "But, we are curious." She smiled evilly.
Lina sat there like a deer caught in head lights. The three of them stared at her awaiting the story that she knew they were going to force out of her. The truth was, she didn't know how she was going to explain herself when people started asking about it. She didn't know how to tell these people who knew her and she wondered if it would match up well with Daesung. She didn't want any of this to bite them in the butt. All she knew was, this was something she was asked to do and she agreed to it without caring too much about the conditions or what would come out of it.
"We might of went out for dinner." Lina said shyly with a small smile.
The girls cheered and congratulated her on being in a relationship with Daesung. "How did that happen?" Nabi asked.
Lina didn't want to say President Yang's name so she kind of game them a fake and awkward smile while shrugging. "I don't know it just seemed to happen when we met back up at the entertainment by accident." She said, feeling proud for lying so cleanly.
"Oh come on, there has to be some more details than just that." Jang Mi says.
Lina chuckled but shook her head. "There isn't." She took a quick swig of her drink and quickly followed up with a question for them. "How about you guys, how did you guys end up dating and marrying a member of Big Bang."
Lina thought it was weird but there was a sudden awkward silence among the girls that even Hyorin caught it for a slight moment. Nabi's face suddenly went red and she forced herself to look elsewhere so she didn't give away anything to the others.
Jang Mi just sat there with a tight smile. "Seung-Hyun tried to seduce me." She said not too sure of her answer. "And then BAAMM!" She said whacking the table and causing the other girls to jump back in shock at her outburst. "I was seduced."
"That can't be it right?" Hyorin asked. "Now that I think about it, you never really told me about how you two met."
"That's it. Kind of a boring story." Jang Mi smiled. "What about you Nabi? What's the story between the two of you?"
Nabi chuckled. "I met Ji-Yong at your wedding and then we were destined to be together."
"Obviously this conversation is getting weird, maybe we should just not ask about it." Hyorin says looking at her friends awkwardly.
"Agreed!" The three said in unison then looking at each other and laughing awkwardly.
It was definitely an awkward night for Lina but it was also refreshing. She liked it and hoped to be able to hang out with them in the future. They were really fun and she liked having them as friends. It reminded her of her one friend who hasn't been contacting her in awhile.
Just like that, the devil herself calls Lina in that moment. She excused herself to talk on the phone and when she did, she was shock to hear a man's voice. One she swore to never hear again.
"I'm at your dorm. I need your help." Hyun Bin's voice said in a breathy tone.
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Hello everyone!! I'm sorry updates are so damn slow. I have a lot of things to do so I can only update once in awhile but I will continue to give you all the chapters as soon as possible.
I don't know if you're all too familiar with my love for dramas....but I need to tell you how much I HATE Kdramas Ugh....
Why do I hate Kdramas? It's the romance....
And I noticed something that I was constantly and repeatedly doing while watching these freaking romantic comedies about how much people love each other....
And I'm tired of all these lies they're feeding us through Kdramas. Guys like those don't exist in real life TT
Kdrama men
VS Real life men
With that being said.....is anyone watching My Father Is Strange.....Cause I'm hooked
Anyways, thanks for reading the story......ask me anything....I'll answer it to the best of my ability
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