Wrong Idol

9

Irene's POV

"I can't believe you guys didn't call us," Yanna pouted as Wendy keep on skipping, showing pictures of her and Zanaya's child. 

Imagine our shock when we heard the news. I even saw clips of the v-live where the kid was accidentally shown. 

Zanaya and Seth being secretly married shocked the world. But them having a child, and now at two, I can't believe they were able to hide that fact. 

And two years? That's something. How are they able to pull that off? 

But I can't really blame them. The industry that we're into is cruel. I understand that they don't want their child to be a victim of social media at a young age. I just can't imagine how Zanaya feels right now.  She had been so close to using ever since. 

It appears that the couple actually asked for help from Sally and wendy to attend to their child. I heard SHADOW and WHISTLE had a press conference about the issue.

Yanna was jealous. 

A smile emerged on my face. 

"Yanna, you'll scare the kid if you were there," I joked and she gasped. 

"Baby Ashton saw Wendy unnie. What are you talking about?"

We all laughed at her words when Wendy scowled. Wendy has so much energy in her. 

"But seriously, how are they able to handle that? I mean, those years, those two groups must be living with fears in their lives. I just can't imagine it," Yanna added and I was at loss for words. 

And then I remember Mono. Is this one of the reasons why he was struggling too? Seth is a brother to him, and him being the leader, he must have lived these past years with so much worry in him, fear for the sake of those persons dear to him. 

After that one night we saw each other, he had been so busy. And so am I. 

But I noticed how he seemed happier. Maybe everything got better. Maybe they were able to talk things out. 

It's been what, more than a year? 

And I know that one of the reasons for his happiness was her. 

If he's happy, I'm okay with it. 

Even if it hurts. Even if it still hurts, I promise I'll get better.

But just when I thought things will get better for us, I was even hit with a lot more problem.

"Unnie..." I turned my head towards Yanna and pulled her for a hug. The sound of her voice breaking broke my heart into pieces too. 

In between us were Sally and Wendy. Wendy was fiddling with the hem of her shirt while Sally's eyes were directed towards the opposite of us. 

"What do they mean hiatus? And indefinite? You've got to be kidding me..." Sally sigh, an incredibly menacing sound emerging from her lips. Her hands were on her waist as she turned around, her eyes now focused on the ceiling. 

She's pissed. And Wendy's crying. 

Our manager just told us the news. It's been weeks when all this mess has started. Suddenly, they stopped all of our group promotions and schedules without telling us. We were told to stay in our dorms. And in just a matter of two days, we saw our concert schedules abroad all being canceled without us knowing why. All we see on the news were fake reasons like me being injured and Joy needing to go on a break for health reasons. 

And earlier today, we were called and things were discussed. If that can be classified as a discussion because we didn't even get half the gist of what they told us. 

Hiatus. They told us we're on indefinite hiatus but individual schedules will still push through. 

And Joy, nobody had seen where Joy is. Our manager told us Joy had to be sent home to monitor her medication but we don't even know what's wrong with her. 

Just what the hell is going on? 

"Girls?"

We all turned to our manager's direction when we heard her voice. 

"Sorry but you guys need to head back to the dorms and we'll discuss to you your individual schedules moving forward,"

I didn't know how we were able to reach our dorms but we did. The girls all went straight to their rooms and I did the same. 

I sat on my bed and my eyes now focused on the ceiling. 

Just what the hell is this? I mean, I'm fine resting but having our group schedules being on indefinite halt? 

Why? 

And just when I thought things wouldn't get any worse, I got the most f****d up message I can ever receive on my life. 

At that I lost it, I felt my cheeks getting damp with my tears. 

"Goddamn it. Why is everything so f****d up?" I whispered. 

And for the first time, Irene cried herself to sleep.