Fake | BaekYeon

-15-

"We have temporarily stopped all of your individual actives and group activities while we try to solve out the rumor that has been spreading around."the representative of the CEO informed Taeyeon. Krystal gasped and looked at Taeyeon, but she didn't seem bothered by that at all. "We need to investigate whether this is true and then we will see if you can continue staying in our agency."

"But Taeyeon did nothing wrong. How can you just fire her like that?"Krystal defended Taeyeon.

"We will see after investigating. For the mean time, don't leave your dorm and stay there until we relay to you what we decide to do next."he said. "You two can leave now."he dismissed them. Krystal grabbed Taeyeon's wrist and pulled her out of the room. 

When they are finally alone, Krystal turned to Taeyeon. "Are you not at least a bit bothered by what he just said just now? You can lose your job."she said.

"No. I'm fine."Taeyeon smiled at her. "If they want to fire me, it's fine."she said.

"Are you okay?"Krystal asked, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"I'm fine. I look fine, don't I?"she asked, pointing at herself and smiling cheekily at her.

"But you-"Krystal paused, trying to find the right word to say. "You are way too calm. It's like you don't express your emotions anymore."

"Nonsense."Taeyeon waved her away. "I'm completely fine. It has been a week since that rumor came out. Now the company is trying to investigate, so I'm happy that the upper management is helping."Taeyeon said. "I will see you back at dorm. You have to go practice right? Good luck."Taeyeon grinned at her before walking away. Krystal sighed and stared at her until she went into the elevator.

When the door closed in front of her, the tears she has been trying so hard to suppress flowed down her cheeks when she shut her eyes. She wiped away the escaped tears and looked up at the digital screen that shows which level she has reached. She drew in a deep breath to eliminate any signs of weakness.

If anyone knows that she has been mopping around like a weakling because of this stupid rumour and how her fans turned their back on her, she feels like she has given in to them. The door suddenly opened and Baekhyun walked in. His eyes didn't leave her as he pressed the button to close the door.

"I know everyone has been asking you the same question."Baekhyun said. "Are you okay? Are you coping well?"he stated. "You may look okay outside. But I know that you are crying inside right now."he said, glancing at her.

"You don't know me. I'm okay."she said, bravely looking straight into his eyes.

"You are trembling."

"I'm not."she shook her head and looked up at the digital screen again. The elevator is taking it's time to go down.

"Sometimes it is okay to express what you are thinking rather than bottling everything inside you."he said, placing both hand on her shoulder and turning her body to face him properly. 

"I can deal with it myself."Taeyeon said, looking away from him.

"You are not the only one with problems! Everyone has, including me!"he raised his voice. "And I only managed to move on because I talked about it with my members. So you should talk about it too instead of pushing everyone away and acting like you are the only one with problems!"he continued. "You are just running away from your problems. Not dealing with them. This is unhealthy."

"What do you expect me to do? I look happy now! Why do you think that I'm not okay? I'm fine! I said I'm fine and I am happy now. So stop it!"she shouted, the tears she swallowed back came streaming down her face once again. "You don't know anything!"