"Everyone knows, except her"

{The day after the dating bomb}

POV Ryujin

{Gossip news on the background}

[Good Morning Seoul!  Welcome to "Kpop insider". Today we have very juicy and unexpected news.

Yesterday around five in the afternoon the entertainment agencies of JYP and HYBE had officially confirmed the vocalist and dancer "Park Jimin" of bts and the main dancer and lead rapper "Shin Ryujin" of itzy are officially dating!

For most fans it was kind of weird that HYBE and JYP confirmed something like this. Because in the past they have made clear that the private life of their artist is indeed private. Some K-netizens aren't happy about this relationship but others are. Via twitter and instagram fans of the groups have sent a mix of happy and angry messages to the artists.

We don't know if Jimin and Ryujin agreed to this or if it's all a marketing cover, it wouldn't be the first time it happened. Did Itzy and BTS members know about them? How long have they been together?]

{End of broadcast}

-"Fuck!" -I screamed with all my energy to the screen of my phone- "Everything is ruined!"

A knock sound came from the other side of my door. I opened it and it was Chaeryeong, I let her in and she sat beside me on the bed.

-"How are you?" -the brunette asked in low volume.

-"Horrible... How is she?" -I haven't been able to sleep for the past twenty four hours. Yesterday I walked past Yeji's room late at night and she was crying.

-"She doesn't want to eat or get out of her room"

-"Does she hate me?" -she obviously does.

-"Hate is a really strong word. I wouldn't say hate, probably betrayed" -she took one of my hands tightly- "Why didn't you tell me?"

-"I couldn't"

-"Why?"

-"I-i just couldn't" -I'm a shitty friend and girlfriend.

-"I understand... if you want to talk about it" -she stood up- "I'll be willing to listen, ok?"

Chaeryeong left my room and so did I. I took the stairs to the first floor of the dorms building and  ran into NMIXX, who I greeted and kept walking.

From the pocket of my black jeans took my car keys and opened the vehicle. Usually when we go out I have to notify my manager but at this point I don't care about the punishment.

The drive to Namsan park was very relaxing. There was a little bit of traffic, a couple of people recognized me from their cars and took pictures of me. I ignored the action and kept driving. Made a quick stop at Starbucks to get some pastries and ice coffee. It has been multiple hours since I ate something.

Placed the white cover on the green grass along with my food, pulled out my phone and called the person I needed to talk to the most. I needed some answers.

-"Hey" -he said.

-"Hi Jimin" -I replied without energy.

-"How are you?" -we became friends after my appearance in one of BTS mv's. He sounds worried about me.

-"Good, I think" -I lied- "Is your partner mad at you?"

-"No... we talked and he understood, we been in the industry longer than you"

-"Right... I forgot" -they've been through all of this shit already.

-"How is Yeji? Still mad at you?" -it hurts hearing her name.

-"She hates me, we haven't talked at all. I ruined everything"

-"You didn't Ryujin" -he sighed- "JYP asked you to do this"

-"But why now? Why me?" -I took a sip of coffee- "Wait... you talked to your partner? Were you allowed to tell him about the arrangement?"

-"Of course! HYBE let me talk about this with the BTS members and my partner" -he stopped talking for a second- "JYP didn't let you?"

-"No! He didn't" -I left my phone on speaker and picked up my things as fast as possible- "Jimin... I have to go, talk later" -he hung up.

I quickly returned to my car and drove to the company building. Didn't care about where I left it parked, I needed to talk to the idiot of my CEO.

The elevator was taking too long so I took all the stairs to the top floor. The CEO was watching the beautiful city of Seoul. The new location of the company was better than the last one.

-"Ryujin! What are you doing here?" -he's acting surprised.

-"Is it true? Jimin has the benefit of telling the truth to BTS but I can't tell my members?" -I'm not going to spill that he is dating someone.

-"You agreed to do this... Miss Shin"

-"I agreed to have a fake relationship but not to lie to my friends" -I clenched my fists- "Why did you drop the news earlier? I thought we wanted to wait for dispatch to find out"

-"I'm not dumb Ryujin" -he took a sit- "I know you are dating one of your members, that's why I did it"

-"What?" -he must be lying.

-"We know everything about our artist, including who they are dating" -he said with superiority- "I don't care about same gender relationships. We have Michaeng, 2yeon and I'm not even going to mention the Stray kids boys. You dating one of the bangtang boys put us in the spotlight even more. It's perfect publicity!"

-"I want out" -almost screamed.

-"Of the company?" -he's not surprised.

I stayed silent and frozen in the same position. I don't want to leave the company, I can't leave itzy, midzy or Yeji.

-"Listen Ryujin" -he got closer to me- "I'm not going to kick you out of the company, you bring me big amounts of money and attention. I know why you took Yeji's place to fake a relationship... you are in love" -I want to punch him- "Just keep the act and endure it for a couple of years"

-"Years? You expect me to do this for more than a year?"

-"Of course!" -he smiled- "BTS and Blackpink are groups known worldwide and they won't lose popularity. That's why I need you to date one of them, of course I wasn't going to choose the girls of Blackpink. The CEO of YG is very private"

That's the lamest excuse I've ever heard in my life. I need to find a way to escape from all of this and if quitting the company is the best option, I'll do it but not without saying goodbye.

Writer note 2023:*I'm changing missed words and errors*