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Chapter 2 - Chapter 2: #CloutChaser

"Ugh fine! Since you're recording your idol video! I wanted to go with you tomorrow at the set since I wanted to meet Sugar Bear!" She asks me so enthusiastically, hitting a few heartstrings in her little request...

"Um no. Why on earth would I let you go to the set? I'm pretty sure you'll just act like a lunatic and get arrested for trespassing again, which really gives me second-hand embarrassment, you know?" I raised an eyebrow, making an excuse on why I don't want her to come.

You see, I don't particularly like the two people I have in my idol group and I just tend to pretend to like them so everything in-camera looks fine but I resent every being of them when I see them. It's pretty obnoxious being near these muscular men. I get labeled like the weak link and the lesser one when we're next to each other because I'm small and petite compared to their muscular and tall builds. It's pretty annoying, to say the least, that even my close friends support them more than me.

"What?! No! I won't get arrested this time! I promise! I'm pretty sure I can bribe the policeman to let me off if I do him some favors." She winks, making me growl.

"Like I said, no. If someone sees me being near you, your monkey ass is going to ruin my innocent reputation. There is no way I'd let that happen especially since this idol career is what's going to land me a good deal of relevancy." I explained to her why I didn't want her erratic self to be in there. Though it was a lie, I just didn't want her there to support my teammate since I'll just make me feel less of a person.

"You're hiding something aren't you?" She squinted her eyes as she gave me a little smirk like she knows something. Oh boy, did she caught on to that bluff?

"What do you mean exactly? I'm not hiding anything. I'm just tired." I pretended to let out a yawn but she doesn't look too convinced by it.

"Nice try. I'm not as idiotic to your acting Yukki. I know when you're acting and when you're telling the truth so tell me. Why don't you want me to go to the cast filming tomorrow? You know you can tell me right? We're best friends!" She pulls that best friend card to try to manipulate me to tell her, ugh. That just doesn't work on me anymore so quit it ya?

"Right... if we're best friends, you'd respect my boundaries not to tell you right?" I say in a baby voice. "I mean, friends aren't supposed to force each other too."

"So you are hiding something!" She exclaimed. "I knew it! My 6th sense never lies." Natalie praises herself, jumping up in the air as I see her skirt flowed around the wind behind her. This video call is getting quite annoying, to say the least.

"Why do you even want to come to the shooting? We're just going to shoot there. I don't think we ordered any hoes to come there." I snickered at her.

"Um.. cause I'm going to take a picture with the other two idol members duh. I mean Sugar Bear is getting quite the attention on social media and if I get a picture of him and me twerking my ass, I'd probably get so many likes and it might even lead to a scandal which is clout and money for me basically." She chuckled. "Besides, I haven't had fun in ages since I haven't had any boy toys to play with so come on now. Please.. I really wanna have like a road trip tomorrow since I'm bored!" She pouted cutely, giving me a little attitude that's seen by other guys as cute for some reason but I just find it vexatious, to say the least.

"So basically you're just clout chasing? That's pretty much the bottom line of all of this?"

"Yup. Pretty much and I'm bored and I want to do something fun for tomorrow since going to the bar every day has gotten quite boring. " She answered nonchalantly. Seriously, I don't know what Natalie is on but she is on some drugs to think that she can just waltz around acting like that when she's an influencer and she has a big platform. Doesn't she know that when she's bad in the public's eye, she'll get no support whatsoever?

"Then maybe find a hobby or something? I mean aren't you like one of the top 10 in scores as a physician? Should you open a clinic or something? I don't know, do something that's actually beneficial to society?" I jabbed at her, since wouldn't you know it. Natalie is actually a very smart cookie, this girl came from a SKY University and she's one of the top students, in fact when we were both studying there. I had to copy her notes since I couldn't understand some of the subjects we had together in the general studies. So I don't know how she ended up as an only fans model.

"Eh. I don't think I can start a clinic when I have a criminal record for trespassing multiple times and besides! Being a model pays more than being a doctor anyways in this country that's sorta why most youngsters don't care about studying since being famous is the shot to the money." She spoke some truths about our world, truths that I can't even deflect.

"Anyways, would you stop dodging my question? What is it that you are hiding? Why don't you want me to see the other members?" She looked at me directly in the eye like a tiger ready to pounce on her prey. "Well?? I'm waiting?" Her vision darkens as she crossed her arms.

"Um.. oh! Wouldn't you look at that time! I have to go to sleep now since I have a shoot tomorrow anyway see you, Natalie. Love you bye!"

"HEY WAI-" Her voice was cut off as I ended the call and threw the phone next to my bed. Oh boy, that was a close one.

I'll just rest now. I'll expect a lot of things to happen tomorrow...