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

17

Aria's POV

I pulled Alison towards the door when Jeongin and I were about to leave the room. "Huh?", Alison gasped. "What's going on?" "Jeongin wants to talk to us. And I think I know the reason..." I.Ns eyes widened. "Y-you do?" I let out a little sigh and continued: "Well, your reaction was kinda odd when Alison was in trouble..." "She's not in trouble anymore?", Jeongin yelled and clutched my lower arm tightly. "Uhm...Jeongin, you're behaving weirdly again", I faltered and looked down at his grip to give him a hint to let go of me. "Oh I'm...sorry" Alison let herself fall onto a lonely chair that was standing around. "So...let me guess, you have a girlfriend...or a boyfriend? And you are scared?" Jeongin's face got gloomy. "Had..." "What? Why? What happened?", I asked very concerned and grabbed his hands. "It's just-..." Suddenly he started crying and threw himself into my arms. I tightly wrapped my arms around him. "No worries... We are here. Let us hear your story...Just start from the beginning and take your time", I whispered while throwing a worried glance at Alison. She seemed a little overwhelmed as well. "It all started in high school...", the sobbing maknae started. "I fell in love with my classmate Yeri...she is the most beautiful girl I ever met and also the kindest. I confessed to her while we were riding the Ferris wheel at an amusement park. I know it's quite cheesy but it was the best way. We've been dating ever since. But I wanted to become singer so badly...I couldn't give up my dream... neither her...So I thought I could cover it up. Everything. Our whole relationship. I didn't see her during my trainee days and the survival show. But after that, we weren't standing in the spotlight anymore so I met her several times and it still felt like the years before. But then there was your issue, Alison. I...i got so scared. JYP says dating is prohibited. Our career is important. Even if the dating ban expires, the undesirability of dating is still there and it could affect all the members. So I thought Park Jinyoung wouldn't go easy on you...And I...broke up with Y-yeri..." He started weeping copiously again. It broke my heart seeing him like that. Ahhh what should I doooo?! Seeking help I looked at Alison as she was the one that was good at talking. "Jeongin, I'm so sorry...if Han and I would've been more careful...I feel so bad and I am so so sorry", she began hesitantly. "If there's anything I can do for you..." "You're not at fault...I should have ended it years before. And before you ask, no, I'm not gonna get back together with her. I just need time to process the break up...but I wanted to talk about this with you because I might need someone to spill my guts to...any time". He smiled a little forcedly. "We'll always be there for you!", I answered calm and hugged him once again. "Thank you... would you- would you mind not telling the others?" "We'll keep your secret, honey..." He brushed his tears away and took a deep breath. "I am so glad that you two came back to be members of our staff team. You're not only the best colleagues but also my best friends asides from the group members. I just wanna say I love you both", Jeongin whispered and smiled warmly. "We love you too"

It was already 3pm now and I was ₩260,000 poorer. I really bought them lunch. Ahhhh my poor wallet. That's about 300 Australian Dollars!!! And for the Europeans, it's freaking 200€!!! I'm gonna die poor. Thinking about my financial crisis I sat in the room we called 'living room' (it's not a living room but yeah okay maybe it is one? I don't know! I'll refer to it as a living room) and played with my phone. Let's check instagraaaam. Oh damn! I had this international friend who was also Stay and she was one of those friends that don't know I was dating Channie. So what she's been trying everyday was making me despair by sending me loads of Bangchan pics. Well, I won't complain as I still love seeing pictures and videos of my boyfriend hehe. I opened the first post.