On and Offline - 사랑해 [Part 2 of New Text Received]

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Aria's POV

I nervously tapped my fingers onto the table. Alison had been gone for quite a long time now. I really wondered what the manager wanted to discuss with her...Suddenly I heard a familiar voice. Was that...Park Jinyoung?! I slowly sneaked towards the door. The manager and JYP held a heated conversation. "She will calm down again. Please consider she is still young!" Were they talking about Alison? "Yeah, but still...this matter affects my company so I am very concerned. That's also something that you have to understand" Which matter are they talking about? What the heck happened? "I hope Jisung and her can agree on something and I just pray that they will decide wisely. This is no joke...if something went wrong, I would be forced to kick Jisung out of Stray Kids..." EXCUSE ME?! "I'm sure they're mature! Alison wants to keep her relationship with Han and she also wants to save her friend's relationship with Channie! Don't jump to conclusions too hasty please, Sir!" Okay...now I'm really REALLY worried. And what has this to do with Chan and me? "I'll wait until our next meeting! Please tell them they need to meet me tomorrow at 9 am!" Then both of them bowed and JYP headed towards the elevator. Hellll...I needed to find Alison right now. I stumbled through the hallways in order to find her anywhere but I couldn't. Maybe I'll try it upstairs? But also on the 12th floor I didn't find her. Shit...where did she go...I knew that if something really bad happened, Ally had tendencies to depression. She needed me and I felt that. I ran to the staircase and wanted to climb up to the 13th floor when suddenly Han rushed past me. He didn't even notice me and seemed extremely angry. It dawned on me in a flash. Fuck...I dashed up the stairs and saw a big door at the end of the hallway on the 14th floor. A big sign which was written on in capital letters "옥상 - ROOFTOP" I didn't hesitate a second and opened the door. My intuition proved to be true. Alison was standing there like a picture of misery facing the wall. "Alison...", I began gingerly. Her head lifted and before I knew what was happening she hugged me tightly and started sobbing. Whatever happened, it must have been bad. I patted her back trying to comfort her. "Aria, I-I c...", she tried to start but failed due to another wave of tears. "Shhh, it's alright. I'm right here by your side"

When Alison had told me everything I got shivers. "He just left me here alone. Without a word...Do you think he-" "will break up with you? No! Never! He loves you, Alison. I know the first fight is hard. And I won't say that I know how you feel because I don't. I can just guess. But I can be here for you and we can solve this together!" Alison hugged me again. "Thank you...I am so glad to have you. I wouldn't know what to do if you weren't by my side". I smiled warmly. "So he still wants to make your relationship public?" Alison nodded. "You should try talking to him once again. He was probably shocked by the bad news and you know that he is hot-tempered. He wants to be the great savior for you now..." "But this is not what I want..." I laid my hand onto her shoulder. "Talk to him once again when you both cooled down a little, alright?" "Okay...Should we go back now?", Alison finally agreed and her voice got stable again. "Yeah let's go back, or no no no wait I know something better!"

"God, I love you, Aria! Ahhhhhhh this is so yummyyyyy!" I took her to an extremely cute café near the training centre, which I found the other day when I accidentally got lost in Seoul. They sell the cutest stuff but also bake delicious cakes. And don't get me started on the drinks. I've been to such a kawaii style café back in Australia but here the atmosphere hit differently. "Ohhh I found you!", a voice suddenly chimed. Jeongin jumped next to our table. "Ya, how did you find us?", I laughed. "Snapchat knows everything, Aria hehe", he grinned sweet and sat down next to me. "I actually came to talk to you about what happened at the company today. Jisung seemed to be extremely stressed out and didn't do well during our group practice...but when we asked him, he rushed away. "Typical...", Alison hissed quietly. I glared at her. "Give him a chance to make up" "What happened?", Jeongin asked again. "Alison and Han were caught kissing...the photo got published in the newspaper and JYP even thinks about kicking Jisung out of the company if the situation got out of hand...", I explained calmly. "WHAT?!" Jeongin was horrified. "Because you two are dating, JYP wants to kick Han out?" Alison nodded. The maknae's face got pale. "I gotta go- please head back to the company as soon as possible. The boys need you. Tell them I'll be back soon", then he jumped up and rushed away. "What was that?", I asked confused. "I have no idea...he will have his reasons. But he's right, we should go back!"

"Finallyyyy! The girls are back!", Hyunjin shouted when we passed the door. "But Jeongin is missing now ugh" "He told us to inform you he'll be back soon but something urgent came up" Hyunjin nodded and grinned again. "We finished our workout without you...actually we planned to film a special dance practice today but no you guys were missing but nevermind, we can film tomorrow, right?" "Of course!" I winked and smiled at him. I noticed Alison that avoided eyecontact with Han noticeably. I really hope they would make up again already but if they avoid each other like this, I don't think this will be the case. Come on, Alison! Be that girl I know.