'What should I do now?' Her forehead started to get covered by salty sweat. 'How dumb can I be' Tiara blamed herself for the situation she put herself in. 'Their room should be near to mine for sure but which one?' She took a deep breath and looked around, staring at every gate near her to guess which door would lead to a person she could recognize.
'I should knock on some gate, right?' Tiara tried to use her brain properly. 'Time to use my instincts, huh?' She smirked and looked at the doors in front of her. 'I should just let my angelic instincts lead me in this situation.' She stared at every door and decided to knock on the gate which was the third door to hers thinking it would be one of TR-X's members.
She knocked on the gate confidently to hide her nervousness which was presented in her body system. The door opened after a few minutes slowly revealing a muscular man wearing a black trouser and a white tank top with a towel resting on his shoulder looking handsome as always, water drops dropping from his wet hair.
"Wh-what? You want something?" He stuttered after looking at her with messy hair with the same clothes as earlier. "JJ!! I-I locked myself outside of my room. I wanted to speak with KR but I didn't realize that I left the key inside." Tiara said every word with focus to make JJ understand what she had to say. "You want to talk with KR? Why? You okay?" JJ threw questions at her.
"I am fine. Can you tell me which one is KR's room?" Tiara asked him, ignoring his specific question. "That." He pointed to a gate cutely and innocently. Tiara looked at the directly he was indicating and nodded her head. "Okay, bye. Thanks." She ended her conversation with JJ and proceeded to meet KR.
KR opened the door as Tiara knocked on the gate. At first, He looked confused and slightly taken away by her sudden appearance. "What happened? Are you okay?" KR asked in a surprised tone. "Yeah, I just wanted to talk about something… important." She answered him calmly while JJ closed the door after making sure that she was in good hands.
"You should come in." KR showed her the way inside, welcoming her into his room. She was too nervous to make any comments and went inside quietly, ignoring his questionable gaze on her. "Do you need something? You are okay, right?" He showed his deep concern.
"Yeah, Everything is fine but I just wanted to ask something important." She straightly jumped to the point like she always do. "Yes, You can ask anything." KR's face was reflecting worry after hearing her.
"Actually, Everything happened in a hurry we didn't get the time to discuss my responsibilities and work as your manager." She finally asked him the question that had been roaming inside her mind since they left her country behind. "You don't have to worry about it for now. You can learn from our personal managers easily during our tour. You can enjoy till then." KR cheered her up and tried to relax her storming mind.
"But won't be unfair?" She hesitated. "Why? Consider it your training period, yeah?" He reasoned with her. "Are you sure I will be able to learn everything from them?" She questioned him about herself. "Of course! I know you will handle everything very well." KR complimented her.
'Ah! Here I am locked outside my own room on the very first day, huh!' Tiara laughed at herself in her mind and blamed her luck and sleepy mind.
"You can go to your room and rest." He suggested her to rest. "Well, There's a little problem…" She opened her mouth to spill the truth. "What is it?" He was confused by her remark.
"I accidentally locked myself out of my room and the keys are inside. I didn't know it had an auto-locked system." She explained the situation while he tried to hold his laughter in front of her. "You shouldn't laugh." She warned him with a soft and subtle voice. "Okay okay, I am sorry. I didn't mean to. I will arrange a master key to unlock your gate." He tried to calm the anger brimming inside her after seeing his giggling.
Everything was going smoothly for everyone and the day ended meaning it was the day of the TR-X concert in Australia. Tiara wanted to do some work because she was feeling uneasy as everyone else around her was working but her, She was feeling left out while TR-X members were getting ready and all the staff members were busy doing their jobs.
'What should I do? Seeing everyone and learning everything? Ughh… Just look at them sitting there while the make-up artists are doing their job. Are they comfortable when they are touching their face and lips like it's their own property? I wonder if they are even comfortable in those tight and revealing clothes… like what man wears clothes which reveal their waist… I am not complaining but that just looks uncomfortable. Shouldn't their managers have a conversation with their stylists?' Her mind was filled with lots of thoughts when sitting there alone and doing nothing.
"Bored?" Joy asked her from behind after noticing her uneasy state. "Yeah, I am getting bored and it feels that I am of no use here." She explained her feelings. "You enjoy… this time. Learn and enjoy!" He tried to cheer her up asking her to enjoy this period while she was learning everything. "Hmm" Tiara just hmmed as Joy started to make his way to his chair where his makeup artists were waiting for him.
She looked like a lost child in a new school where other kids were smarter and familiar with each other but her. She was sitting there like she had no friends on her first day and examining others every move like a scanner. A makeup artist was doing Sam's makeup and the makeup lady started to touch his lips to apply lip balm to his lips, Tiara was surprised by the way those makeup artists could touch any part of their face and started to look carefully, barely blinking, moving or not trying to hide that she was staring at Sam and his makeup artist which Vin noticed.
He stood up to come near her while brushing off his makeup artists off of him. "You can do my makeup." He offered her softly and she was startled by his sudden appearance in front of her as she didn't notice him coming towards her. "Huh? Me? I don't know what to do." She hesitated.
"I will tell you." He said in a husky voice and looked at her expecting her to say yes but she didn't say anything still deciding on what to do or how to react to his request. "Come on!" He gently grabbed her hands to take her to his chair and gestured for the makeup artists to go from there which they understood and went the other way.
Vin jumped on his chair to sit and looked up to meet her confused gaze. "Take brush and apply powder." He ordered her while she moved her gaze to the brush on the dressing table. She grabbed it slowly without saying anything and started to use the brush on his face softly not daring to look into his eyes again.
"Is it okay?" She asked him in a low voice. "Perfect." He replied to her in a similar low voice while looking at her face. "Done!" She stepped back giving a lot of space between the two of them. "Lip balm." He pointed to the lip balm on the dressing table and gestured for her to take it.
She looked at the lip balm and gulped before picking it from the table, dipped her finger in it, and looked at him again with care in her eyes. "Are you sure?" She asked with hesitation. He just nodded in return and parted his lips for her to apply balm on his silky bright pink lips.
'Get your shit together, Tiara! No human can bewitch an angel like you even when he looks like a walking demi-god like him, it should be vice-versa and no other way!' She took a deep breath and confidence took over her body. She touched his lips with her index finger to apply balm and looked into his eyes with confidence making him tainted for her and then her gaze moved to his lips again, he gulped after seeing her lips again and imagining them on his.
"Done!" She pulled herself back and said in a pretty loud voice, breaking him out of his imagination. She looked around and found that almost everyone was looking at them some with envy, some with shock or surprise, and some with no reaction. She cleared her throat before leaving the room, leaving everyone in an awe reaction, including Vin.
'Calm down, Stupid!' Vin muttered to his heart which was beating rapidly. 'I just hope our company won't know about it.' The leader of the group wished and took a deep breath before turning his head towards the mirror again.
The concert started and Tiara saw their performance from the corner of the stage, near the entrance where no one could see her from outside. 'It looks so much different than the front. They look energetic even after the previous concerts.' Tiara looked at them with lots of respect for them. 'I wonder if they are getting enough sleep or not.' She scratched her arm imagining herself in their place with no sleep and hard work.
She couldn't see anyone's face in the crowd properly because of the darkness but all she could see was the little lights in the fans' hands. It looked beautiful like stars were dancing with harmony in the dark night. The fans waved the light sticks in honor of the idols on the stage and motivated them to keep going as they moved their bodies with the beats of the music.
Soon, The concert ended with the cute speech of the idols and they started to come towards Tiara but were surrounded by the staff as soon as they reached there. The ice bags were pushed on their faces, Joy needed support to keep him standing on his feet. They all were exhausted and couldn't even stand properly on their feet, sweats looked like a part of their body and their hair looked wet with sweets. Tiara could feel their body heat from where she was standing. They exhausted themselves but didn't show their tiredness on the stage at all, They were looking as fresh as a newborn. She felt bad for them but guessed it was the price of their fame and power. 'Everything comes with a price after all.' She sighed and hoped they could rest better.
The staff took them to their respective rooms after coming back to the hotel to let them rest and have their privacy while Tiara was still worried about their health and condition as it was her first time looking at them after their concerts. 'I didn't even see them in a bad condition when we were in apocalypse. This looks worse than that.' She remembered their time in Aglos when they were starving or when they were fighting for their lives with her. They never looked exhausted at all like the way they were after their concert.
'Should I go and check on them?' She wondered while she changed into pajamas. 'Yes, I think I should I will be their manager I should check on them as their manager and friend. It is my duty and responsibility.' She stood up confidently and took her room keys so as not to repeat the same mistake twice.
She went to the same door where she knocked on before when she locked herself out of her hotel room. Weirdly, There was no response at all when she knocked on it. 'Maybe, He fell asleep.' She reconsidered her idea and thought of going back to her room but she heard footsteps from inside the room, She stopped and waited for him to open the gate for her.
The gate opened slowly giving it a creaking sound while Tiara noticed a small stare on her from the darkness of the room and then the man turned back to go to the bed again. "Are you okay?" She asked him while slowly moving her feet to go inside the room. She didn't hear any voice that could answer her question.
She went near her lying figure on the bed, she moved her arm to touch him on the shoulder slowly. "Does it hurt?" She asked again, hoping there would be an answer but she felt a strong grip around her wrist instead. She felt a sudden pull that made her lose her balance falling upon the body on the bed.