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The girls rode in silence, Minyeong stared out into the passing city with thoughts raging through her mind. It was their first fan sign today, GH hasn't confirmed nor denied the allegations of Hayun and Sikk but it's not like it hasn't been talked about.
On their personal instagrams, Hayun has been receiving hate from Nets not for mostly dating Sikk but for being a "bad leader" and getting caught so early when KRAZE debuted only 7 months ago.
Minyeong has been trying to get Hayun out the house and show her face after shows but the group in general has noticed her mood change.
"Remember what I went over with you all last night about fansigns we just want you to be safe." Sejin says pulling into the parking spot.
"We'll be safe and have fun at the same time." Chaerin says unbluckling her seat belt. They were all wearing their different outfits that matched their individual styles.
They entered the venue with tired eyes and bright smiles for their fans. The fans give roars of applause and cheers as the girls make it to the stage with the table and markers.
Minyeong and Chaerin pick up the mics. "Hello everyone! We're so excited to meet you all today!" Chaerin says waving. Minyeong speaks next, "We hope to meet all of you and we want to make an announcement today!" Minyeong says. The girls pay on the table to start a drumroll.
Myeong takes the mic and speaks, "We all decided on a fandom name for you all! From now own your all named Crushes!!" The girls clap and cheer.
With that the fansign begins, all the girls talked to their fans one by one and revived cute gifts as well.
Chaeyoung received a bunch of snacks that she had to sneakily eat. Sejin noticed her eat them but since it was their first fansign she let her off the hook.
Minyeong got asked a bunch of questions on how she stays so pretty and young looking since she's the oldest. "I drink water." She jokes.
Chaerin got asked many questions and received a bunch of stickers as well. "Are you close with Seulgi unnie? You two are my favorite idols!" A young fan asks. Chaerin goes red by the face, Myeong and Hayun over hear and smile to themselves.
Myeong always picked up the mic and interacted with the fans as much as she could. "Who ever is missing school right now to see us good job!" She gives a thumbs up and giggles.
Hayun was more quiet, she would usually talk with her fans more but she was afraid to say the wrong things and make her situation worse. A male fan gave her encouraging words to try and make her feel better. "Don't be afraid to date your a good leader!"
It was the end of the fansign, "Thank you all for coming drive safely!" Chaeyoung says throwing hearts out. Chaerin blew kisses and did hearts with Myeong.
The girls arrived 45 minutes later back to their dorms. Hayun makes it back to her room and shuts the door. "She's still upset...." Chaerin says. "I don't know what to do.." Minyeong says sighing.
"I think we should tell her to just confirm it. There's no use of hiding it they got caught and it seems people don't really care that they're dating." Myeong shrugs. It was true most people didn't care it was just the timing.
"Maybe we can go after Music Bank. We still need to prepare for other things." Chaerin suggests.
Chaeyoung gets up to walk but seems to be limping a little.
"Weird..." Minyeong thinks but doesn't say anything.
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Chaeyoung makes her way into her room and digs in her drawer for her pain meds, she pulls them out and takes 3 with some water from the sink. She looks at herself in the mirror and sighs.
"Just stick it out till Power Up is done you got this..." She says to herself and slides herself into the shower letting the warm water hit her skin. She gets out and slides into bed, she massages her leg to ease the pain and quietly cries herself to sleep.