Wendy (Red Velvet)
Wc - 11,200
song
"Eye Catching"
You were on your way to the venue where you were to host for a very popular groups comeback special. It was a two day special and today was the first day you would be meeting the group, you were nervous but you've hosted probably more than hundreds of specials and shows in general. But something about meeting Red Velvet had made you nervous, very nervous. You weren't even this nervous when it came to meeting EXID. You were even more nervous than when it came to meeting Taeyeon. Red Velvet just had something about them that made you nervous.
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As a young kid you moved to Korea as a big decision of your dad's job. To be fairly honest, you were grateful for the opportunity given to you because of this tough decision. Soon feeling right at home whenever you got to spend time with your neighbors, who to you were more like grandparents. You honestly couldn't think of anywhere else as home as long as they were around for you. It was a great experience that you were grateful for. It wasn't until High School though when you learned what your biggest passion would be. You had joined your school's broadcasting club, this right here was your calling. You didn't know if it was the feeling you got everytime you were out and about interviewing people, or being able to spread information over the masses that made you feel like you finally found your calling. Throughout High School you would sign up for any hosting gigs to try and get some experience for later on down your, hopefully, future career.
Then came college. Here it got crazy with the amount of chances there was to host something. Literally anything you could think of. From hosting games to assembly's, the possibilities were endless. But that was just a small bite into what you were craving. You wanted to be able to host huge events, interview people, and just interact with a whole different side of an industry that you hadn't experienced yet.
Then one lucky day came. Your college was having a festival where some rookie idol groups were to be performing. It was 2015 and you remembered all the flyers posted around campus. "Lovelyz, Mamamoo, Red Velvet and More to perform! Get ready!!" The club you were apart of was in charge of helping put the festival together. You didn't want this festival to be like every typical college festival you wanted things to be vastly different than the usual festivals you were sure these idols had been too. You wanted to add some mini games for them on stage so they would interact with their fans and they could, hopefully, relieve some stress.
The festival was going to run all day until late at night and you were the one in charge of MCing for the entire day. Everyone in your club had voted for you, specifically, to be in charge. You were nervous since the language was still a little challenging at times but at the same time you were excited. This was just the right thing you were looking for and you couldn't have been more grateful to everyone in your club.
Unfortunately not everything was going to be smooth sailing.. Terrible news arrived that Red velvet, one of the nights main acts, weren't going to be able to attend.
"What are we going to do? the posters have already been everywhere and today is literally the only day we have left. We can't find anyone to perform on such a short notice?" Your clubs leader, Hayoon, yelled as she paced back and forth.
"What other groups are performing?" One of the members had asked, you were too busy thinking to look at who asked.
"Lovelyz, Mamamoo, Got7, Oh My Girl, Day6, Sonamoo, ClC and we have Suran and Heize coming. But now we have an Hour gap of when Red Velvet was supposed to perform. What are we going to do!?" Hayoon was looking through the stacks of paper with the information and contracts of the festival.
Finally after thinking as hard as you could, you spoke up with an idea that would hopefully save the festival.
"Hey what if we add an event where we draw some members of the crowd and the groups to have like a little dance contest kind of thing for a prize. Like we pair a member of each group up with a member of the crowd to perform a short dance for a prize. I'm sure we can make that take over the spot for red velvet, and plus it'll make some memories for some lucky fans." You said with a small smile as you tried demonstrating what you were thinking with your hands, which was a bad habit you had.
Hayoon looked at you while she was trying to work everything out in her head, "You know what, I actually don't hate that idea. But what kind of prize should we give out?"
"A signed album from each group?" You said with some uncertainty. "Oh! And I Know someone who makes custom clothes, we could get a first though third place prize of a jacket with our schools name and logo on it. We can have the name of the festival on the back with the place they won for both the singer and the crowd member."
"Alright I'm sure that will do. Are you sure the jackets will be done in time..?" Hayoon smiled after you gave her a confident nod, "And this is why you're hosting this event, thank you."
"It's no problem, I'll go out tonight and try finding an album of each of the groups. I can call my friend as soon as this meeting is over. I'm certain everything will be done before the competition starts. We'll meet up tomorrow morning when everything should hopefully be set up." You told her with a small smile.
And so the event turned out fine. It was actually better than fine. The event did amazingly well, so well in fact that more and more people had shown up in the middle and towards the end of the festival. Even people who didn't attend your University showed up. It was a crazy experience you were glad to be a part of and an experience you were always going to treasure.
The dance competition did even better than anyone could have ever expected. The winners ended up being Moonbyul from Mamamoo and a girl from the crowd, rightfully so as they went out and put on a show. The competition had almost everyone in the crowd cracking up in laughter, the Got7 boys working their charm on the crowd as they constantly tried to win everyone over in favor of Jackson and the young man he was paired up with. Bam Bam going as far as to yell out that he would marry everyone that voted for Jackson.
This festival was not only a big part in your future career but also a huge part in these idols careers.
People not only instantly fell in love with all the groups and idols that participated in the competition, but they were all amazed at the way you handled things. Immediately after your name was heard all throughout campus and all over the internet. People wanted more of you and your magic way of words that hooked people on to whatever you said.
A few days had passed since the event took place and you were contacted by a company that had offered you a contract to sign with them and in return they would have someone in charge of organizing all of your gigs and to give you a bigger spot light.
You were pretty overwhelmed to say the least since you were sure there were other people out there who were better than you and that were actually born here, not just some random foreigner who managed to do one good thing. You just went ahead and signed to them because c'mon you could do with some extra cash and guidance, not exactly sure of the opportunities this decision soon opened up for you. It was actually insane how quickly everything after that changed. Back to back you had gigs lined up for literally anything. After a few videos and articles of the festival were posted you were a pretty hot topic when it came to MCing for events, big and small. This was something you really never thought was possible, but there you were some random young University student with a bad habit of demonstrating everything with their hands in the same league as people who you thought were way more professional. People who had been working in this field for longer than you had discovered this passion.
Your first really big huge event after the festival was a launch for a highly anticipated computer game. Now you thought since it was just a launch for an online game it would be quick and easy. but oh boy were you wrong. This launch we being streamed everywhere by gamers who had anticipated this very moment for over a few years, this game was one of the most anticipated at the time. To be quite honest you weren't as nervous as you thought you would have been.
And slowly after that you ended up building such a wonderful reputation that you often were on national television. It was crazy to think how this all started thanks to one festival where you were sure everything was going to crash and burn.
It wasn't until late 2016 that you would step into the entertainment industry once again. A new idol group was set to debut and for their first show case you were asked to be the host. Nerves ran through your entire body worse than ever before, this Girl Group was one of the hottest topics in terms of new groups. When anyone talked about a new group, they were always in the discussion. You had to make sure you did a great job... You didn't do a great job, you did an excellent job at the showcase. The group instantly took over every chart they had their eyes on since that night.
From then on you became a staple in the industry for debut show cases. Many believe it's a curse for a group to fail their comeback if you didn't host their showcase. So to put it simple, you were a busy busy person, But it was something you loved doing to the point it didn't feel like you were busy, just enjoying the moment. Hell you even got to travel overseas for hosting events for some companies you didn't even think knew you existed.
You were also very popular for international fans because of the way you treated their favorite artist and the questions you focused on. You never asked about their "Ideal type" or "love life" instead you always focused on the project at hand. You would ask who helped with what and just try and get some information about the process of everything that was put into whatever they did. And fans really appreciated that since it gave them some insight on just how hard their artist worked instead of the usual cringey interviews they would get, especially on variety shows.
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So there you were getting driven to the venue for Red Velvets Showcase for what they claimed would be their best comeback ever, which is why SM put so much money into this showcase. Outside of the venue it was insanely packed with fans just hoping to get some kind of glimpse at the five beautiful talented artist they adored. It was adorable how excited some of them were.
You rolled your window down to take a video of then when an idea suddenly popped up in your head for the interview. When some fans saw you recording they all started waving and screaming all of the members names. It was insane but cute at the same time.
After you felt like you captured enough footage you rolled your window back up and watched as you were pulled up into the parking lot.
The event wouldn't start for another couple of hours, which made it even crazier to think that those fans would wait out there until it was time.
You walked inside the building and quickly met up with all the people in charge of the event and told them your idea from earlier. They quickly agreed then you were ushered off to meet the girls for a "sneek peak" interview into the event.
You got fixed up then you were showed into a room off in the back where it was quieter. It was set up nicely with a beautiful backdrop of the night sky.
You sat patiently going over everything while the cameras got set up. You held you smile in your hand as you warmed your voice up. There was a long few hours of talking ahead for you and you wanted your throat to be prepared. You were taking a drink of some nice warm tea when the door opened and the five young women walked in, smiles pasted on all their faces as they greeted all of the staff.
You were instantly stunned by the beauty that instantly took over the room. Their smiles were the first thing you noticed, they were incredible. The energy they emitted in the small room made you feel like this was the first ever interview you took part of.
They each walked up to you and individually introduced themselves before taking the seat they felt the most comfortable with.
You were on the left in a single seat followed by a small space then it was Wendy, Irene and Seulgi on the bottom row. In the top row with the taller seats was Yeri and Joy.
They were talking among themselves as everything got checked before the cameras started to roll.
You looked at all of them, then you looked at Wendy, she was looking right back at you with a big smile. You smiled back then checked the cards in your hands.
After the camera director told you everything was ready, they started recording. After giving him a small nod your work persona instantly took over, starting off with a big smile you started your rehearsed introduction.
"Hello everyone, I'm here with Red Velvet moments before their big showcase, How are you each currently feeling..?"
"Oh um wow, well we feel nervous of course but at the same time we're excited. This is something we've never really done before and it's a concept I hope many of our fans are anticipating." Wendy spoke like a very well rehearsed professional, as she avoided making any form of eye contact with you and just stared at the camera.
"Yes just like Wendy said, we're extremely nervous but at the same time we know we put a lot of hard work into this album so I hope our Reveluvs like it a lot because we wouldn't work this hard on something if we didn't think they would like it." Irene said as she looked into the camera with a smile.
"I mean every song and album you guys have come out with had been amazing, so to you, what makes this one so special?" You asked again looking at Irene for an answer.
"Well during creating process each member got to help with some form of the production of at least two or more songs on the album so I just feel like with all of our personal touches in the songs we hope our fans can see another side of us. And this is also a project we've worked so hard on for almost a year. It's kind of a special gift to our fans." Irene answered again in her almost too perfect, professional voice.
"Okay so you mentioned that each member helped with a form of production, do you think you can tell us what exactly each of you did..?" You motioned to all of them with a smile.
Instead of Irene it was Wendy who answered, "We really wish we could but we kind of want to see if our fans can figure it out"
"Kind of like a treasure hunt!!" Seulgi added in with a smile.
"Well for this "treasure hunt" will there be any kind of prize for a special fan that figures it out?" You asked Seulgi with a smile.
"That's also a secret" Joy chimed in with a smile.
This interview was pretty different. You had always managed to squeeze out information no one else could very easily but these girls had a way of shutting you down.
"Okay well moving on from the musical side of things, since we will talk about that more on depth later on at the showcase, what can we expect from the choreography..?" You asked Seulgi.
Seulgi looked at Irene, almost as if she needed reassurance to make sure that what she was going to say was okay. Irene nodded her head slightly and Seulgi smiled. "Well like the album, each member got to add their own touches to the dance. Kind of in a way to highlight what makes each of us special to the group."
"Well each of you are very special to the group with your own charms so which points did you try and high light in the dance.?" You smiled to yourself knowing this question would at least help satisfy some eager fans who couldn't wait.
"Well with me I would say it's my voice so there's a move I chose to add where i-" Wendy got cut off by Irene putting her hand over her mouth.
"I'm sorry you and the rest of out fans will have to wait for the actual comeback to know." She smiled then looked at Wendy giving her a 'what are you doing' kind of look.
"I'm sorry she distracted me I forgot we weren't supposed to say it." Wendy whispered to Irene quietly, but you managed to hear it.
"Okay well I'm sorry to all the 'Revluvs'" You looked at the girls to make sure you got their fandom's name right, "Out there but its pretty hard to pry information out of them. I guess we will all have to wait until the comeback to see the magic in it's true works." You looked at the girls and smiled, "Is there anything you would like to tell your fans..?"
"Ah yes" Yeri chimed in. You nodded at her to continue, "My dance is totally better than Joys, that's all you need to know!" She smiled and then looked at Joy.
"Hey, it is not! My dance is way cooler than yours!" Joy looked at Yeri.
"Do you want to show us..? I'm sure your fans can decide on that" You smiled as you tried your best to get them to give some kind of preview.
"Sorry we're not Wendy you can't distract us cause we don't have a crush on you!" Yeri said then stuck her tounge out cockily.
Joy lightly smacked the back of Yeris head and Wendy had completely turned red.
"Um" You looked at the camera and smiled. "Well I guess we can wrap this up here, right?" You asked the camera director.
He nodded at you and you sighed.
"Alright well this has been fun, and I'm sorry guys that I couldn't pry information out of them as easily as my other victims" You smiled as you thought about how many comeback details you were able to pry out of other idols, especially Twice they were like an open book. "But that just means I have to come up with a better method, I'll see you guys at the showcase" you looked at red velvet, "And I'll see you there too."
Red velvet said something to the camera each, for their fans, then the interview was over.
"Alright, well thank you ladies for letting me interview you, I'll see you in a couple hours" You stood up and smiled at them.
You walked over to some of the staff and handed them the cards you had, not like you looked at them but still, it was nice to have a reference for questions. You talked to the director about which parts to cut out, especially Yeri's little sentence at the end of the entregues as You were sure she had worded what she ment wrong.
You felt a tap on your shoulder and smiled when you saw Seulgi. "Yes?"
"Wen- I mean, my members wanted me to invite you to our dressing room so we can hang out for a little before the showcase, something about wanting each other to feel more comfortable with one another on stage." Seulgi smiled as she spoke.
"oh um yeah that sounds like a good idea, a little friendly chemistry could hurt" You smiled back at Seulgi, "I just need to go find my manager to talk to him about something but I'll be there soon."
"Okay!" Seulgi giggled then walked out to join the other girls.
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"Wendy!! She said she'll come!" Seulgi yelled when she walked in the dressing room.
"I've never seen her cheeks get that red!" Yeri teased.
"Hey shut up it's just really hot in here" Wendy rolled her eyes.
"Really..? I'm cold" Irene said as she waddled up to the girls with a blanket wrapped around her.
"Wendy you must really have a big crush on her, you haven't even spoken a word to her off camera but she has you wrapped around her finger." Joy laughed as she twirled a piece of hair on her finger.
"Shut up I don't have a crush on her. Okay..?" Wendy said as she looked down with her arms crossed.
"Sure, it's not like you watch literally every single interview she conducts. You even watched her commercial for some toilet paper brand about a hundred times." Yeri pulled her phone out and looked something up.
"Shut up, I Did Not!" Wendy glared at Yeri meanwhile Yeri smiled as she played the commercial out loud. Wendy knew the commercial word by word but she wouldn't admit it. Especially to Yeri.
"How do you even have a crush on her. You hevent ever talked to her you little chicken shit" Joy laughed at the look on Wendy's face.
"Joy! Language" Irene scowled from her spot on the couch.
"Yes grandma Rene I'll watch my language" Joy laughed again when Irene rolled her eyes.
"I think it's cute!" Seulgi chimed in about Wendy's crush.
"You think anything is cute" Yeri told her.
"Okay true, but c'mon you have to admit that we've never seen Wendy this flustered." Seulgi said as she walked up to Wendy to poke her cheek.
"I'm not flustered I'm jus-"
There was a knock at the door that interrupted wendy mid sentence and caused the entire room to fall silent, "Hello..?" Your voice drifted its way into the room, slightly muffled by the door sperating you and the girls.
Joy pulled Wendy up and pushed her towards the door. "Open it you coward" Joy whispered.
"C-coming" Wendy said as she tried to catch her balance.
Yeri secretly recorded Wendy to have something to tease her about in the future.
Wendy opened the door and smiled shyly at you, "Yes..?" She looked at the box in your hands then back up at your face.
"Oh Hi, Wendy..?" You said raising your eyebrow to make sure you got her name right. You continued speaking when she gave you a small nod, "Um Seulgi asked me to come over here, so.."
"Oh yeah of course" Wendy tried opening the door but it hit her foot at first. "Ouch" She moved out of the way to open it correctly, "Come in"
"Thank you" You smiled then walked in. "Hi" You told the rest of the girls in the room.
"Hi!" They all said back.
"Ooh, What's in the box?" Yeri asked as Wendy quietly walked past you to sit down.
"Oh I brought some chocolates that I made yesterday" You smiled and handed her the box. "I Always make extra so I can bring some for the staff and if there's still some more I usually give them to whoever's fans are still outside at the end of the event. It's a fun hobby of mine, I like making people smile with the idea of food."
Yeri opened the box and Joy gasped, "No way! is this nama chocolate??" She looked at you in surprise.
You smiled and nodded. "Yup I'm kinda going through a Japanese dessert phase right now. My friend just came back from Japan and showed me how to make them"
"Wow awesome" Seulgi said as she walked over to Yeri to look at the chocolate in more detail.
"It looks delicious." Wendy quietly said from her seat.
"Please help yourselves, I have plenty more so don't worry." You smiled at all of them.
"Even the box is so cute. It looks profesional!" Seulgi gushed as she grabbed a chocolate.
You heard your name and looked over at Irene. "Here come sit down" she patted the seat on the couch next to her.
You walked over and sat down in between her and Wendy.
"Oh my god if this isn't the best chocolate I've ever had I don't know what is!" Joy said as she grabbed another piece.
"It's so creamy and delicious. Wow you have some magic hands" Yeri said with a mouthful of chocolate.
"Let me see. Bring me some." Irene said from her spot on the couch.
"Why do I have to get up" Yeri whispered as both Seulgi and Joy nudged her to get up.
"Because you're the youngest and we know grandma's joints aren't the best." Joy whispered back and pushed Yeri.
Yeri brought Irene the box and Irene picked one out. "Mmm this is really good!" Irene said with a hand covering her mouth.
Yeri walked over to Wendy and held the box out to her, wiggling her eyebrows as she glanced between you and Wendy.
After mouthing something to her, Wendy reached out to grab one but Yeri just gave her the whole box. "Here now you have something to fangirl at home about." Yeri said quietly with an innocent smile.
Wendy took the box with red cheeks and she sent Yeri a look that screamed "you're in trouble" .
You looked at Wendy with a big smile, "Try it, let me know what you think."
"Ok" Wendy nodded and she picked out a chocolate, examining it for a small moment as a small smile made its way on her lips. After admiring the gift from you for a few more seconds, she finally plopped it in her mouth "Oh wow" She gasped when she ate it. "It's amazing." She looked at you with wide eyes.
"Thank you" You smiled at her before looking over at the other girls. "I can make some more and send them to you if you would like. We can always arrange a way to get them to you."
"Oh no we don't want to bother you." Irene said as she looked at you.
You shook your head, "It wouldn't be a bother, I like making food for people. It makes me happy"
"Well only if it isn't an inconvenience for you, we will take you up on that offer." Irene agreed with a small nod.
"Yes!" Seulgi yelled from where she was seated, "Free delicious snacks!"
Yeri and Joy exchanged a look before laughing. "Excuse us we need to go get our make up touched up, we will be back in a little bit" Yeri said as she and Joy stood up. Joy sent Wendy a look as they walked to the door.
"We'll see you in a little bit, thanks for the chocolate!" Joy said and Irene just shook her head and looked at Seulgi.
Seulgi got up and walked to the door, lightly nudging Wendy as she walked by behind the couch you were seated on, and excused herself to go get something.
"Oh no did my chocolate give them stomach problems?" You asked Irene.
Irene laughed and shook her head, "No I highly doubt it. Those girls are always up to something."
"Oh okay" You laughed quietly. You looked over at Wendy. "You're not gonna disappear on me too now are you..?" You asked her jokingly.
Wendy shook her head with a small smile. "I don't plan on it."
"Okay good, I was beginning to feel self conscious." You joked with her.
After a small moment of silence in the room Wendy spoke in a soft voice. "I didn't know you were into baking. Well if that's what you call this" She said as she lifted up the box in her hand.
"Oh" You smiled at her, "I didn't know I was either until a few years ago when I made my first cake from scratch."
"Really..? That's so cool" Wendy said. "What flavor was it."
"I was just going to make a chocolate cake but my friend convinced me in to making it a Red Velvet cake." You told her as you pulled your phone out of your pocket to look for the picture you took of it.
There was a quiet snicker from Irene. "Ooh the coincidence" She told herself quietly before getting up. "I have to go do something. I'll be back" She said as she walked out before you or Wendy could say anything.
"I'm into baking too" Wendy said after watching you scroll through your phone in silence as she quietly played with her bracelet.
"Really..?" You looked up at her and smiled, which honestly Wendy was surprised she didn't have a heart attack considering the amount of times you had smiled at her in the past ten minutes. "We should join up one day and bake together." You suggested.
"Oh" Wendy paused and then smiled to herself, "That sounds like fun."
"Ah found it" You said to yourself then you showed Wendy the picture on your phone. "I know it looks bad but trust me it actually didn't taste that bad."
Wendy couldn't hold back the little laugh she had when she saw how smeared and everywhere the frosting was. What she really couldn't keep her eyes off was the way you were smiling as you held the cake to show the camera, flour all over your clothes and frosting somehow managing to end up on your face and hair.
"Are you laughing..?" You asked with a fake gasp.
"I'm" She laughed, "I'm sorry, it's cute. I promise" She smiled at you.
"They've gotten a little better." You said as you pulled a more recent picture up of a three tiered cake you made for a friend's birthday.
"Oh wow that's really nice!" Wendy said as she took your phone in her hands to get a better look.
There was a knock on the door and you heard your name. "Yes?" You called out.
The door opened and your managers head peaked in. "Hey sorry to interrupt, but there's something important we need you for."
"Oh" You nodded your head, "Okay I'll be right there."
"Okay meet us in your room" You manager said before dismissing himself and closing the door.
You stood up and Wendy looked at you. "Heres your phone." She handed you your phone with a slightly disappointed smile.
"Thank you. And as much as I would love to continue to talk to you about dessert, duty calls." You smiled at her as you grabbed your phone.
Wendy stood up and smiled at you. "It's Okay I completely understand. And honestly I should try and go find where the girls went."
You looked around the quiet room and laughed, "Yeah that seems like a good idea. We can continue our conversation at a later time if you would like..?" You asked her.
"Oh yes, yeah totally! I'm always down for talking about baking" She spoke with so much enthusiasm.
"Ah cute" You said to yourself with a small laugh. "It was great talking to you." You held out your hand but shook your head. "Can I give you a hug..?"
"huh, uh" Wendy looked at you.
"Sorry I like giving hugs more than handshakes theyre just better and less awkward in my opinion." You told her.
"Y-yeah that's fine." Wendy smiled.
You gave her a hug, "I'll see you at your showcase."
You walked out to find your manager before you got in trouble for taking too long.
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One by one the girls all barged into the room after they saw you walk by in the hallway with a smile as you stared at your phone.
The girls all teased Wendy when they saw her standing in the spot you left her with the most love struck look on her face.
"Oh my god what happened?"
"Your Face is so red"
"I think I can hear your heartbeat all the way over here"
"Did you get her number"
"No I didn't get her number, but she offered me to hang out with her to bake together.." Wendy said as she snapped out of her daze.
"Baking together..?" Irene asked her.
"That's like the gayest most adorable thing I've ever heard!!" Yeri yelled as she gave Joy a high five.
"Yes our planned worked.." Joy cheered as she gave Wendy a pat on the back.
"Ooh you had a plan..? I just walked out because I knew Wendy was going to make it awkward." Seulgi said as she grabbed a bag of fruit snacks that were on the table in the middle of the room.
Irene laughed before nodding, "That was a good decision, Wendy did make it awkward. It was adorable but hard to watch." Irene stuck her hand out to Seulgi so she could give her some fruit snacks.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't help but get nervous. Have you seen her..? She's literally perfect." Wendy sat on the couch with a little huff.
"How did you even manage to get a crush on her if you've never even met her before..?" Joy asked as she sat on one of the many chairs in the room.
"Well you see the thing is we have met before, but it was before all this happened. Before she became the huge successful person she is now and before we managed to become who we are right now. It was a long time ago so I doubt she even remembers it, especially with how busy she's been since then." Wendy said as she tapped her fingers on the couch.
"Wait really?? Why did you never tell us this..? And when??" Joy sat up so she could hear whatever wendy was going to say next more clearer.
"Well it was back in 2015 at the end of spring, beginning of summer. I had gone with our manager at the time to go talk to a few universities about performing at their festivals but none of them really caught our attention. Until we went to the school she was from. While we were there talking to her and taking a tour of the school, she explained everything to us with just the biggest and most beautiful smile I'd ever seen. She was constantly asking us if we needed to take a break from walking or if we were thirsty. She was just constantly making sure we were okay." Wendy looked to the side as a small smile had made its way up on her lips while she remembered the past. "So then we had agreed to participate at the festival and she thanked us so much I thought my heart was going to burst."
"Wait but I don't remember performing at any festivals at that time..?" Irene said as she racked her memory for what they did during the specified time period Wendy mentioned.
"Exactly, we never ended up going." Wendy's smile disappeared. "It honestly broke my heart because she was so excited for us to go but then we couldn't anymore. It was hard but I kept telling myself that I'd never see her again so there was no reason to feel guilty." She let out a small laugh, "Oh but how the universe has its way of letting life play out. After the day of her universities festival her face was all over social media. She had become a hot topic all over every platform. It was insane."
"And that's how she's become who she is now.." Yeri mumbled once she finally understood everything.
"Correct." Wendy nodded before taking in a sharp breathe of air, "That damn smile of hers still managed to find it's way into my mind at random times."
"Wow how did we never know this..?" Seulgi asked as she looked at all the other girls in the room.
"I never told anyone because I thought we would never cross paths in life again, I guess I was wrong." Wendy told all of them as she looked down at the ground.
"Wrong doesn't even begin to describe it, she's literally worked with almost all the top girl groups in our industry, did you just think she was gonna just skip right past us..?" Joy told Wendy as she made a not so nice gesture to show her how much of an idiot she was.
"I honestly don't know what I thought, I guess I was kinda just hoping she would skip over us." Wendy admitted before standing up.
"Wow I've never seen you so flustered over just one person before," Irene told her as she gave her a small pat on the shoulder.
"I don't know what's going on with me." Wendy sighed as she shook her head. "I'm gonna go outside for a bit, I need some fresh air."
"Okay, just take your phone, we'll call you when you need to come back." Irene told her as she handed her her phone she left on the couch.
"Alright, thanks." Wendy gave her a small smile as she took her phone. "See you in a little bit." She waved to all the girls before leaving out of the room.
"Wow.." All three of the girls mumbled at the same time.
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Wendy wandered the hallways of the Venue for a while before finding a door to the outside. Stepping out into the fresh air, she took a deep breathe and smiled. She walked around outside to look for a place to sit down and that's when she saw you out there watching something on your phone. She didn't know wether or not she should go up and say something, but luckily for her the ringing of your phone took all of you attention as she just stood back and watched.
"Hello..? Yeah what do you want this time..? Huh..? Yeah it's Red Velvet this time, what..? No I'm not getting them to sign anything for you, what..? No, aren't you supposed to be studying right now..? Wait what time is it there..? Why are you still awake, our parents didn't send you back to America just for you to goof off instead of studying. Huh..? ugh fine then I'll talk to you for just five more minutes. Who, Irene..? Ah the short one, you want her to sign something for you..? Well do you remember what I told you when you asked for a twice member to sign something, yup my answer is the same. No. Huh..? Which one caught my eye, hmm.. What do you mean there has to be at least one I like, you're such an idiot. I'm working, I'm not here to oogle at pretty women. But I hate to admit that you are right, yeah can you guess which one. Yeah you're right, she has a nice voice. Yes of course she's pretty too. Uh-huh, okay well at least try and get some sleep, don't you have exams next week..? okay well if you don't do well I'm not gonna let you come visit. Okay, alright then you little butthole. Go to sleep, okay, bye."
Wendy just stared in awe, she'd heard you speak English before in almost all of your interviews but to hear you drop the professional tone and just speak naturally was amusing to her. She hated to admit it but she found it oddly attractive.
You went back to watching whatever video you had playing before your younger sibling had called.
"Just do it, don't be a chicken.." Wendy mumbled before getting the courage to walk up to you. She took a few steps closer to you before clearing her throat to get your attention.
You jumped up in shock before looking up and immediately making eye contact with the short haired woman in front of you. "Oh, Wendy, hello.." You smiled at her in an attempt to hide the fact that she startled you.
"Hello.." You said awkwardly as she didn't know what else to say, luckily you took control over the conversation.
"What brings you outside..?" You asked before pausing, you then continued to talk when she continued to only stare. "Ah I know what it is," you gestured to the phone in her hand, "I've been to this venue a bunch of times and the service inside can be pretty spotty at times. Out here is where you get the best service." You lifted your previously abandoned phone in the air to show her.
"Oh, right haha" She mumbled awkwardly.
You moved over on the concrete ledge you were sitting on, it was surrounding a beautiful tree they had outside for decoration, and patted the spot next to you. "You can sit right here, I don't bite."
After giving you a small nod she moved to down next to you. "What are you watching..?"
"Hmm..?" You looked down at your phone then back up at her, "Don't laugh, I'm just watching some baking videos.."
"Oh really..? And why would I laugh, I do that all the time." She answered with a small smile.
"There's this channel called Cooking Tree and I just really love their videos." You turned your phone to the side so she could see what you were watching.
"What are they making..?" She asked as she moved closer to see better.
"They're making a Cream Puff Cake, it looked good on the picture of the thumbnail." You held your phone more in the middle of the both of you, that way you could both get a better view.
The two of you sat there for a while just watching a few more videos and talking about the things you've both made in the past.
"Hmm, you seem to know a lot about baking." You told Wendy as you turned you phone off since it was about time for you to head inside.
"Yeah it's something I really like a lot, it's a lot of work but the end product is always worth it." she answered with a smile.
"Oh yeah trust me, I know all about that." You returned her smile before humming, "Hmm you know what, if you ever want to come over to bake together," You paused before adding, "Or just bake by yourself, let me know."
"Come over to where..?" Her head tilted to the left as she watched you stand up.
"My house, like around two years ago I turned one of the spare bed rooms into my own at home baking studio. It took a lot of work, but I hired some great people so it is amazing. You're free to come by anytime." You watched the way she smiled and continued, "Of course I know it sounds odd for me to be inviting you over to my house to bake even though we just met, but I have a few other people I met at jobs like these that come over to hang out and bake."
"Really..? Like who..?"
"Let's see, there's Eunji from Apink, she's a great person to bake with she constantly will make you laugh, um oh Suyeon from Weki Meki, she likes to send me random recipes that we can try making together, oh and also one of my closest friends, Baekho from Nu'est, do you know him..?" You asked her with a proud smile.
"Nu'est..? Of course I know them, who doesn't." She smiled as she took note of everyone you mentioned.
"Well we met a little over a year ago for a showcase they had and since then he's been coming over so I can show him how to bake. He likes surprising his members with cakes. He may look like a big tough guy on the outside, but on the inside he's just the absolute sweetest guy I've ever met."
"Oh wow I definitely did not know that, he definitely doesn't seem like the baking type." Wendy stood up after you did and she started stretching.
"I know right, he's absolutely adorable when he focuses so hard on adding the right amount of ingredients." You smiled as you thought about just how long he spent measuring every single ingredient. You looked at Wendy, surprised to see the look she had on her face. "I mean, adorable as in a sibling kind of way. I don't think about him in that other kind of way.." You shook your head to further prove your point.
"Huh..? oh no I never thought you did.." Wendy mumbled as she waved her hands in front of her, in a way to try and clear up the misunderstanding.
"Oh, it's just because of the look you had on your face. I guess friendships between guys and girls in this type of industry can't be that open and honest between each other." You shook your head as you avoided making eye contact with her. "I should really go now, I have some things I need to look over before the show case." You mumbled before respectfully dismissing yourself.
"Right, I should probably head in too, we need to go over the set list for tonight.." Wendy said as she watched you walk away.
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There were approximately ten more minutes left until fans were going to be let into the venue, so everyone backstage was running around making sure everything was set up and ready to go. You were in a corner talking to your manager and one of the camera directors about how long tonight's even was going to be and if one of your special surprises was all set for later in the event. Red velvet were lined up in the hallway as they got all of their microphones fitted. Seulgi was going over a few of their dance moves with the youngest two in the group, as the older two talked about the songs they were going to be performing before the event let out.
"All right doors are opening, the first few people should be heading in now." A staff member had told your manager before dismissing himself to go let the others know.
"You nervous..?" Your manager asked you when he noticed the look on your face.
"What..? No of course not, it's just another day." You answered him with a smile as you fiddled with the cards you were holding in one hand.
"Okay, well if you need to take a drink of water I'd suggest you do it now, this event is going to last a while." Your manager looked away when his attention was being called for by another staff member, "I have to go, you're going to do great!" He reassured you before walking away.
You leaned against the wall behind you, lifting your head up to take deep breathes in a way to calm your nerves. You never got this nervous before an event, so this feeling was completely new to you.
You soon felt someone tapping on your shoulder so before looking down at who it was you closed your eyes to draw in one more deep breathe. You looked down and smiled when you saw who it was, "Yes..?"
"Ah, im sorry to bother you, but we couldn't help but notice that your hair got entangled in your earring."
"Oh really..?" You stood up straight as you reached for the ear she mentioned.
"Oh here, I got it.."
"Thank you Yeri" You smiled at her once she placed your hair back in place.
"It's no problem, we've all been there before." She smiled back before walking back to her group mates.
"You're the one who noticed it and I told you to go do it, why did you make me go..?" Yeri glared at Wendy.
Wendy shrugged, "Just because.."
"Just because..? That's it..? Ugh I hate you, I hope you trip on stage," Yeri crossed her arms across her chest as she rolled her eyes.
"Hey stop it, she doesn't mean it Wendy." Irene lightly smacked Yeri's arm, "Don't say that, she could get hurt on stage, it's not something to joke about Yerim."
"Ouch, okay I'm sorry Wendy." Yeri rubbed her arm before walking away to join Seulgi and Joy.
"Hey guys, less than three minutes left. The host is going to walk on stage first and give a brief introduction of today's events then you will all walk on stage. Introduce yourselves then go and sit down in the spots you chose earlier." A stage assistant told the girls before running off to go and tell you that you were ready to head on stage.
Music was playing over the speakers as the lights in the venue began to dim. The song had something to do with Butterflies but you didn't have time to sit and listen to music, it was time to walk out on Stage.
As soon as you walked out on the stage with the spot light on you, the crowd began to cheer. You swallowed the nerves that had been building up inside of you for the past few hours and smiled. This was who you were, you were in your element and nothing could distract you now.
"Hello everyone" You bowed your head to the crowd and smiled as some of the crowd began to cheer even louder. "Wow, I'm definitely loving the energy in here right now, and I'm sure the girls will too. How's everyone feeling today..?" You paused as you listened to the crowd yell their responses, a mixture of either goods or saying it's hot. "Haha, I know a good amount of you had been waiting out there for a few hours, so someone is walking by handing out waters, so feel free to take one." After you saw the relieved look on some of the members of the crowds faces you continued, "Alright then, I'll go ahead and introduce myself. Hello I am the host for tonight's event. Day one of Red Velvets Third Full Album showcase. I'm am excited to be here tonight to host this event and I hope all of you are excited as well." You waited for the crowd to calm down before taking a few steps back, "Alright so let me introduce, Red Velvet." You gestured to the side of the stage where the girls were going to walk out. You couldn't hide the smile on your face when you heard the crowd go absolutely crazy as the girls stepped out with smiles.
The girls introduced themselves to the crowd and then you all moved to go sit down.
You sat in your spot and smiled as you held your microphone in front of you. "So did you guys watch the short interview that was uploaded an hour ago..?" After hearing a bunch of yeahs from the crowd you let out a small laugh, "Okay then so you are all prepared for how hard it's going to be to crack them for information." The crowd laughed as a few of them nodded. "Alright then, let's begin."
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You were now standing back stage watching the girls perform their five song set list for the night. They were currently on their third song when you went to find a staff member to make sure your surprise was ready.
After checking everything and making sure it was all set up, you went back to watching the girls perform. They were soon finished so you walked back out with a smile as you clapped.
"Wow let's give up to Red Velvet." The crowd cheered even louder while the girls took a moment to finally catch their breathe.
A staff member ran out on stage to hand the girls a bottle of water each before disappearing behind the stage.
You waited for the crowd to calm down before speaking again. "Wow that was an amazing performance, I bet you are tired so why don't you catch your breath and sit down." You told all five members who only nodded as they started opening their water bottles. You walked up closer to the edge of the stage as the members all walked to go sit down. "So how was that..? They were amazing weren't they..?" You asked the crowd, amazed at the way they managed to get even more loud than they were at the beginning of the event. "Wow which song was your favorite..?" You asked again as you waited for a couple of answers to be shouted from the crowd. "What about that dancing..? Wow that was amazing." You turned to smile at the girls. "Well it's looks like we only have around ten more minutes left for tonight," You walked to go sit in your spot. "So Irene, would you like to remind everyone when the album comes out..?"
Irene smiled before holding her microphone up to her mouth, "Yes, our new album, Red Herring, is coming out tomorrow morning at ten alongside our new Music Video. We really hope you all enjoy it as we've all put in a lot of hard work. This was a long project but a project we're very proud of."
"Thank you Irene," You sent her a smile before turning to face the crowd again, "I hope you all remember that their first performance of their new songs will be here tomorrow evening, I hope we get to see some of your faces here tomorrow too." You stood up, "Now I have a surprise for everyone here today, I really hope you all like it." You looked over at the edge of the stage and gave the stage director a nod.
Two staff members ran on stage with small bags to hand out to the members. As they got their surprise, staff members walked all through the rows of seats handing everyone in the crowd their own bag of goodies.
"Wow what's this..?" All the girls asked question's when they looked at the bags in their hands.
You smiled proudly as you saw everyone look at their bags, eyes filled with joy.
"Now, I'm sure you are all wondering what this is, allow me to explain. These are macaroons, im sure you're all familiar with them. I made all of these myself this past week and they represent the members of red velvet and you guys. Yeri I'll start with you." You pointed at the bag in her hand, "You got five purple macaroons with the flavor grape, you'll notice there's also a half pink and red one in there. That represents your fans. Reveluvs. Joy you got five green macaroons, flavored as Kiwi. Wendy, this was a weird combination but I enjoyed making it, you got five blue macaroons, flavored orange. Seulgi you got five yellow macaroon's, flavored pineapple. And lastly Irene you got five pink macaroons, flavored watermelon. You each get one half pink and red macaroon to symbolize your amazing fans." You stood there as the girls all smiled and clapped, "Now you guys," You gestured to the crowd, "All of you got one of each of these to represent red velvet and yourselves. There's a little piece of paper in there with all the ingredients so if you're allergic to anything listed please do not eat anything in the bag and let a staff member know, I have something else prepared for those of you with allergies. I also wanted to let you know that the dye used in these macaroons are all natural dyes. I hope you all enjoy."
"Thank you so much, this is the sweetest thing anyone has done for us and our reveluvs." Irene spoke into the microphone before placing it down to whisper to Wendy. "I can see why you like her."
"Haha, it was no problem, I really enjoyed making them. I hope you all enjoy them." You took a moment to wait for the crowd to settle down before ending the event. "Now, sadly, it is time to say goodbye. I hope I see some familiar faces here tomorrow night since you never know if you will get another surprise." You smiled happily as some of the fans in the crowd lifted their bags in the air, cheering. "Please be careful on your way out and have a great night guys." You moved out of the way so Red Velvet could say bye before walking off stage. You followed after them, relief taking over you body as you stepped back stage.
"Good job today, you did great." Your manager walked up to you, helping you take the microphone pack off your clothes.
"Haha, your tongue is blue, did you try them..?" You asked him once he got it off you.
"Of course I did, you know I love your baking." He smiled, teeth blue.
"You better, or else you'd have to find someone else to bake your wifes birthday cake. Make sure everyone gets some, I made a lot."
"Everyone is making sure to get their share, go ahead and get dressed. We have a quick conference call with the boss then I'll drive you home."
"Okay, sounds good." You walked down the hallway do your dressing room, a happy feeling every time you saw someone walk by with a macaroon in their hands.
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You and your manager just finished up the meeting with your boss that lasted around fifteen or so minutes. He was sitting in one of the chairs in the room, scrolling through his phone as he waited for you to get ready.
"Oh, hey is it okay if I go do something real quick. I have a few boxes with extra macaroons in here and I don't want them. I wanna go see if the members of Red Velvet want them." You showed him the stack of small white boxes in front of you.
"Yeah I don't care, I'm not in a rush. I'm ready whenever you're ready. Go, take your time." He waved at you with one hand as he used the other to hold his phone.
"Okay, ill be back in a little bit." You got up with the boxes in your arms. You made your way down to Red Velvets dressing room, you could hear them all talking and laughing behind the door. You couldn't quite knock so you tapped the bottom of the door with your foot.
After a few seconds the door opened and you were greeted with Yeri smiling at you, "Hey, what are you doing here..?" You couldn't help but notice the purple on her lips.
"I was just stopping by to see if you all wanted these. I made quite a lot of extras and I still have a few at home so I don't need these." You gestured for her to take a box so she could look inside.
"Oh my gosh, of course we want these. Here come inside, we're just doing a live broadcast so don't mind the other idiots." She opened the door to let you.
You were hoping just to be able to quickly drop the boxes off then head home, but it seemed like luck wasn't on your side.
You walked in and placed the boxes down where Yeri showed you and you were almost out of the door until Joy stopped you.
"Hey look who's here." She hollered to everyone else in the room.
Everyone walked over, including Seulgi who had a phone taping everything.
"Hey, did you need something..?" Irene asked you.
"Huh..? Oh no Yeri already helped me out, thanks for asking though." You smiled at her before trying to escape.
"Yeri..?" She looked over at the youngest.
"She brought us boxes of extra macaroons, she said she didn't need them since she still had extras at home so I told her we'd be glad to take them." Yeri explained, gesturing to the white boxes you placed down in the room.
"Oh no way, that's awesome. Yeri basically ate all of ours." Joy yelled as she ran over to the boxes.
The other three followed behind her and you were left alone with Wendy by the door.
"Okay, well I'm leaving now. I hope you enjoy them." you told them before stepping out.
You made it a few steps out the door before being stopped by Wendy.
"What's up..?" You turned to face her.
"Um, those uh macaroons, they're amazing." Wendy stumbled over her words, not quite knowing why she followed you outside, but here she was talking to you. "How did you make so many..?"
"Oh haha, well I was just playing around with a bunch of recipes I found online, tweaking them to my liking and then just started making a bunch. They're really simple once you get used to making them. I thought they would make a nice gift for tonight." You made eye contact with her as you answered her.
"Really? I do that too. I find recipes online and make them my own all the time. It always turns out better that way."
"Yeah that's true. The macaroons were easy, yours were actually the ones that gave me to most trouble. I kept forgetting what flavor they were supposed to be but in the end I think it all turned out good. There's a whole box in there filled with them." The both of you just stood there in silence, you didn't know what else to talk about so you were about to walk away until wendy finally spoke up.
"Do you think you could show me how to make them..? I've tried making them before but they never turned out like that." Wendy's voice was shaky as she avoided your gaze.
"Huh?? Really? I would love to show you how to make them!" You clapped your hands in front of you.
"Really..?" She finally looked up at the bright smile on your face.
"Of course, I love baking with people. I can give you my number if you'd like. We can set a date for you to come over and bake." You pulled your phone out of your pocket.
"Oh, that would be nice." Wendy grabbed your phone as you handed it to her and entered her number. Then you switched and you put your number in her phone, the entire time talking about which flavors you wanted to try.
"Okay Wendy, it was nice talking to you and I can't wait to bake with you but I should let you go back in now, I'm sure your members are wondering where you went off to."
Wendy just stared at you for a while before speaking up, "Hey, wait. Before you go, I just wanted to apologize for earlier today. I totally wasn't thinking whatever it was you thought I was thinking. I was just more surprised at the fact that a man like Baekho focused that hard on ingredient measurements, I cant even get Yeri to add the right amount of water to packaged noodles so it was just surprising to me. I'm sorry if my facial reactions offended you in anyway, I didn't mean to. I've actually been a big fan of yours for the past few years and I'm kind of upset with myself that that was the impression I left on you."
"Oh, Wendy No. You don't need to apologize, I should be the one apologizing. I shouldn't have reacted that way without hearing you out first. I'm sorry, I was just stressed out and I let my stress get the best of me. I shouldn't have let it. I don't think you're a bad person in any way, you're one of the nicest people I met. I hope we can put that whole thing behind us. It was childish for me to make an assumption like that. I'm truly, deeply sorry." You looked down at your shoes in shame.
"I would like it if we could just put it behind us.." Wendy's voice was quiet as she watched the way your fingers fumbled with each other.
"Me too.." You looked up at her. "Hi Wendy, it's nice to meet you. I heard you're a big fan of baking, so am I. Want to bake together one day..?" You stuck your hand out to her.
Wendy looked at you in shock before understanding what you were doing. "Oh, hello there. Of course that sounds like an amazing idea. I cant wait." She shook your hand, both of your smiles matching each other.
"Alright then Miss Wendy, it's time for me to go. I'll see you tomorrow." You let go of her hand to wave at her.
"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow." She waved back, watching you walk down the hallway. It wasnt until she heard someone call her name that she looked away from you.
"psst, seungwan, what happened??" All four of the girls were peaking out of the cracked door, Joy asking the questions, "Did you get her number?"
Wendy walked up to the four of them, unable to hide her smile as she nodded. "We have a baking date soon.."
"What?" All four of them yelled in shock.
"Well it's not a date date, but she invited me over to her house to bake with her." Wendy explained as she stepped past the girls to go inside.
"That is adorable, I wonder how it's going to go.." Seulgi said walking behind Wendy.
"Yeah I do too, I guess we'll find out later." She mumbled as she checked her phone when she got a message from you.
"Can't wait to bake with you Wendy! Have a great night and stay safe!"
Wendy smiled at her phone before typing back her reply. "Thank you, I can't wait either. See you soon"
"Oh my god are they already texting each other, she just left.." Yeri whispered to Joy.
Joy laughed and shook her head, "Don't judge her too much, she finally got the chance to talk to her dream girl, we should be proud of this idiot."
The girls all stared at the way Wendy kept smiling at her phone as the two of you exchanged messages. Wendy was happy and that's all that mattered.
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