Broken Hearts and Crystal Tears

~Minnie’s POV~

“Minnie. Minnie!” I quickly turned my head to the sound of the voice. My manager was calling me. “In five minutes, Kai, Sehun, Summer and you will meet at my office. We have some things to discuss,” he said coldly.

Worried, I immediately got up, took my phone, and headed towards his office. No one was inside when I got in, so I slumped in one of the chairs. 2 minutes later, my manager came in and sat at his desk. Exo’s manager stood next to him, Summer sat on my right with Sehun next to her, and Kai sat to my left.

“You know why you’re here. What happened today, that was unacceptable,” my manager said while shaking his head.

Exo’s manager started pacing. “Fans are angry. Furious. Kai and Sehun, I expected you to behave better. And Kai, yelling like that? What were you thinking?”

I could see anger in Kai’s eyes. “Manager hyung, the fans started shouting and pushing. I just wanted them to stop. I know I could have handled it in a better way, but they were going to hurt Summer and Minnie.”

“That is not an excuse to yell at them! Because of this, SM stocks might drop, people would start hating on SUGAR, who hasn’t even debuted yet, and they’ll start commenting on your social media, etc.” He shook his head. “I thought you knew better.”

“You know that Exo-Ls get angry easily. Look at what happened to Baekhyun. You don’t want that right? You should have been more careful,” my manager said.

I bit my lip. “Manager oppa, it’s not Kai or Sehun’s fault. The fans just need to control themselves. They were going to hurt us.”

Both managers stared at me. Exo’s manager sighed, and looked at all of us.

Then the phone rang. My manager picked it up. “Hello? Yes, we’ll tell them.”

“That was the CEO calling. He says he understands it isn’t your fault, but you all need to learn how to control the fans. Two couples from two hot groups? That’s going to make the fans crazy. We will announce your relationships to be official, BUT I want all of you to be more subtle. Some fans will take it to the extent of killing.”

We all sighed in relief, but were still worried.

“And you may go now. Make sure you are not seen.”

We nodded, and filed out of the room, bowing. Inside, my heart was still full of worry. If something this small could make everyone explode, what would happen if the fans found out about Chan Gi’s boyfriend and me?

I took a deep breath, reaching for Kai’s hand.

His forehead creased with worry. “Is there a problem, Minnie?”

Summer and Sehun stopped and looked at me.

“N-no,” I stuttered. “I’m just- just worried about the fans,” I lied.

I couldn’t meet their eyes. It was just too much. I didn’t know whether I wanted to tell them or not, so I just stayed quiet.

~Summer’s POV~

I could tell she was lying. Her eyes shifting around, not looking at us. Her face getting red. Her shoulders hunched up tensely. I could tell something else was bothering her, but I decided to confront her about it later.

We headed off to our practices, hoping to distract our minds by singing and dancing.

~4 hours later~

Minnie and I didn’t talk much that whole afternoon. She hardly even smiled. The other SUGAR members and I were worried.

“What do you think is wrong?” asked Min Tae.

“I don’t know, she’s been like that all afternoon,” said Hailey.

“Maybe just nerves from releasing her teaser,” Yoomi suggested.

“Well, something happened earlier today. I’m not sure if you heard,” I spoke up. I told them about the fans, and what our manager told us. They weren’t very surprised by the fans’ reaction, but they were angry.

“That’s so not fair! I mean I agree that you guys should be more careful, but please don’t break up! You and Sehun, and Minnie and Kai are so cute!” said Yoomi.

“Do you really think that screaming fans would make us break up? No way, it would take a lot more than that,” I said firmly.

Then Minnie headed toward us. “I’m going back to the dorms to shower,” was all she said. I looked at the other SUGAR members, and they nodded.

I quietly followed Minnie. She entered her bedroom, and shut the door behind her. There was silence at first, but then I heard small crying noises.

I lifted my hand up to knock the door, hesitated, then went ahead and knocked.

“I-I’m about to shower,” She lied.

“I can hear you crying, Minnie. Please just let me in.”

She sniffed loudly. “Fine.”

I opened the door a crack, and slipped in.

She was kneeling beside her bed, crying in her arm. I sat next to her.

“Minnie, what’s wrong?”

She turned around. “I-I’m afraid.”

“Afraid of what?” I didn’t want to keep on bugging her, but I could tell she would explode if she didn’t tell anyone.

“Remember one of the girls who attended our high school and got kicked out of being an SM trainee because of what happened between her and I? Well she hates me a lot.”

“You mean Park Hee Chan? Oh wait she wasn’t in SM...”

“No...her.”

Wow, Minnie must hate her a lot to not be able to even mutter her name.

“OH...Han Chan Gi?”

Minnie nodded and burst into another fit of tears.

“Well...what happened?”

“Two years ago, we were at a party. And I got really drunk, and I-I s-slept with her b-boyfriend. I really had no feelings for him! And she has wanted revenge ever since.”

“Her boyfriend? You mean...HIM?

She bit her lip and nodded.

I didn't know what to say. He was OFF LIMITS. But...I was her best friend. I needed to help her.

"Fine," I said. "If you tell me exactly what happened, I promise I’ll try to fix things right."

She took a deep breath and started nodding. I tried not to laugh, she looked like a nervous or emotional Luhan.

“Well, I tried forgetting what happened that night. She was furious, which is why she hates me. And she hated me ever more when she got kicked out of SM when we had a fight. Today she finally got her revenge.”

“Revenge? Of what form?” I didn’t want to ask so many questions, but I needed to know what happened so I could help Minnie.

“She commented on the teaser video. She said that I was faking my feelings for Kai and faking my life. But I promise I’m not faking anything! Summer, what if she tells everyone! What if Kai finds out that I slept with HIM? What will the fans think? What will SM do? Kick me out? Exo and SUGAR are like my family. I don’t want to lose them.”

This was not good. Minnie had never told me about this, and I could tell why. If anyone found out…

“You are definitely not leaving. I promise I’ll help you no matter what. And I won’t tell a soul. I know where she goes to school, so if you want, I can talk to Han Chan Gi.”

“No, that’ll just make her want to tell everyone more. She already hates me enough, I don’t want her to take it to the extreme. But knowing her, she probably will anyways.”

“Alright, just tell me if you need anything.”

“Okay, I’m fine for now. Thanks for everything. I’m actually going to shower now.”

Minnie went to the bathroom and I could hear her turn the water on. I started to think.

Should I be a good friend and not say anything to Han Chan Gi? Or should I talk to her to try to convince her to not tell anyone? Both could lead to Han Chan Gi telling people. And should I alert Baekhyun? No...what if he tells someone? Well, I better risk it. One way or another, someone’s going to tell. But Minnie is in a difficult dilemma. I have to help her.

With a determined mind, I set off in my car without telling anyone else.

I arrived at a large mansion that I could remember way too clearly. Han Chan Gi’s house.

I walked up to the door and knocked. No answer. I knocked again, and finally an 18 year old opened the door, still in her pajamas.

“Who are you?” She mumbled at me, glaring at me with her famous glares.

I smiled sweetly. “I’m Summer? Remember me?”

She raised one eyebrow. “Of course I remember you. A piece of trash. What do you want?”

My smile didn’t falter. “Oh, just a small talk.”

She shrugged. “Fine, make it fast.”

I walked into her large mansion, noticing that a lot of things still haven’t changed. Everything seemed to be a clean white color, all the furniture very organized. She had a large flat screen tv and chandeliers hung from the ceilings. We headed to the living room, where there were white leather sofas.

I sat down, careful not to make any creases.

“Remember Jung Min Rin?”

“I wish I didn’t. That girl ruined my life.”

“I know that you’re not the nicest person, but seriously? What you did to Minnie today was not acceptable. Yes, I know what happened. Don’t pretend you don’t anything. But she didn’t mean anything.”

“She ruined my chance of becoming an idol! Plus, she slept with my boyfriend!”

“That was two years ago! And she’s not faking anything. Her feelings for Kai are real. Realer than you will ever be. But right now when her career is just about to take off, it’s not a good idea to do anything. She’s already gathered fans, if you dare say anything about what happened two years ago, they will make your life miserable.”

She looked at me with an angry expression. I stood up, straightened my jacket that I had been wearing, and walked myself out the door.

I drove back to the SM building, quite proud of myself.

When I got back, Minnie had already finished her shower and was waiting for me.

“Where did you go?” she asked, suspicious.

“Oh, I just went to a cafe to buy some coffee.” But then I realized I wasn’t carrying any coffee. “But they were closed,” I lied.

“Oh,” was all Minnie said.

We continued to practice, but ended early. I had told the other SUGAR members that I had comforted Minnie and was okay.

~11 pm~

I lay in bed, unable to sleep. Usually we slept at 1 or 2 am. So many things had happened since we formed as SUGAR. How many months had passed? 6 months. It felt unreal. How could it be that so many things had occurred, yet it seemed like only yesterday when I had auditioned for being part of SUGAR?

I started to daydream about SUGAR’s future. Holding world tours, attending SMTOWN concerts, going to award shows (especially MAMA), and hopefully variety shows. I had always wanted to go to Happy Camp, even if there were no Chinese members. All of our members had studied Chinese as trainees, so we could somewhat understand and speak it.

The last thing I thought about before falling asleep was: I made the right choice. As long as the public knows nothing, then he shouldn’t know anything either.

Notes

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