Jisoo's POV:

"Jisoo, let's go! I have to drop Lisa off at YG before taking you to the SBS studio!" I hear our manager yell.

Sunday, Inkigayo day.

But it was also the day Lisa was going to meet JYP with our boss to figure out what is going on with Tzuyu and the photos.

Needless to say, I was very nervous to add to my usual nervousness of going to the studio. Even if I was excited as well.

Because I do get excited, even with all the awkwardness going around in our MC group.

It's an awkwardness that only comes up when we are face to face, I bet Doyoung has noticed it already, from the way he looks at us, because when on the phone that ends. We talk comfortably, it's how we became close.

He calls me a lot and I call him. We became each other's escape to when we are sad. It felt so natural to tell Jinyoung everything that was bothering me as he did to me.

That's how it all started. At least for me, I don't know if he feels the same or if i'm just seeing things.

"Jisoo! We have to go!" My manager yelled again as I quickly brushed my hair. There was no need in doing anything else. I get clothes, hair and makeup from the production team every week.

I sprinted to the door, where him and Lisa were already waiting for me.

Our maknae, you can see she is worried.

We dropped her off at the company's building, where she was meeting our CEO to leave for JYP and the poor girl looked like she was about to faint.

"Good Luck. You can do it." I reassured out youngest member, smiling besides my own nerves.

"Thank you, unnie. I need to do this, for our group." She replied before leaving our van.

Which meant we were going to the studio.

As I reached it I was escorted to hair and makeup almost immediately where I was also given my clothes.

I have no idea why the staff always makes the three of us wear clothes in the same color scheme. Maybe it makes us more aesthetically pleasing when we are together on the little stage, but it's just weird sometimes. We look like couples.

With hair, makeup and clothes done, it's time for us to meet up and practice our lines from the script as we do every week.

Where once again, the writers give the most random stuff to me and Jinyoung only. We constantly get lines that imply flirting with each other. I don't know what's the point but Doyoung rarely gets those and when he does it's always in a dialogue between the three and not just the two of us. They just make our practices even more strange and uneasy.

I hope at least today we don't get any of those.

I walked into the tiny room we always us and waited for my co-workers to arrive.

And of course, Jinyoung had to be the first one to show up.

"Hello." I greeted, smiling the best I could.

He looks handsome as always, his sweater matching my shirt and a smile on his face as he saw me.

He has the cutest smile. The little whiskers that form on the sides of his eyes make me weak.

"Hello." He said back sitting next to me.

I looked down, looking at script that had been given to me when I came into the room, trying to avoid eye contact.

At this point I was thinking of everything and of anything. What were we supposed to talk about? We always end up getting shy and shutting up. I'd rather avoid that from the start.

"Hey, are you okay?" He asked, pulling me back to reality.

Shit, he noticed.

"Hum...yeah, I'm just worried for Lisa. She's going with our boss to talk to Tzuyu today." I lied.

Okay maybe it's not that big of a lie because I'm indeed stressed over that, but of course that's not it.

"I'm glad. Everyone has been a really tense at JYP because of that, lately. Bambam confronted her at lunch last week and it didn't end up well." My co-worker confessed and it wasn't up until now that I realized the dimension of the issue.

So many people are involved. It's scary to think of the consequences of all of this coming out. How the hell are our companies going to keep this between us with so many knowing what is going on? Rumors spread fast between idols and it's not like everyone gets along, especially lately with BTS. Some are jealous and this would be the perfect opportunity to affect them in any way. We don't even know who took the photos.

I hope I'm just overthinking and that everything goes well.

"I'm sorry you guys are also having problems because of us. Lisa didn't mean for any of this to happen." I apologized, genuinely feeling bad

His eyes soften looking into mine, "There's nothing to apologize. Tzuyu made a mistake and she has to deal with it now. She is the one who should be apologizing, not you guys. Lisa did nothing wrong."

I stayed silent, looking back at him. Once again, getting lost in those eyes.

"And, don't worry. Everything is going to be okay." He finished not breaking eye contact.

Where the hell is Doyoung? Someone end this already.

I was the one to stop whatever that was, quickly going back to my script as I waited for our youngest member to show up.

Why does he have to be so caring? Why does he have to care? It would be so much easier if he was some jerk that didn't talk to anyone.

Suddenly, steps were heard in the hallway.

"Noona, hyung! I'm sorry I'm late! There was a lot of traffic so it took me longer to get here." The youngest MC said quickly sitting down by our side.

"Don't worry about it, Doyoungie, we were just starting."

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Later that night, our dorm became a mess.

After Lisa told you what really went down between her and Sehun only shouting could be heard from Jennie and Jungkook to our maknae who was trying to calm them down.

Everyone was mad and feeling disgusted but it was also safe to say those two were over reacting. Beating the guy or any type of violence will not help us in anything.

"Enough!" I yelled just as Jennie was about to start shouting again, trying to convince Lisa to let them take action.

"Lisa, is right! You two are not talking to the guy or doing anything to him. It's unnecessary and extremely dumb. You are better than that!" Now it was my turn to yell.

I very rarely use my position as the older one for anything nor have I ever yelled at them but right now I had to. Everyone one is just way too mad to think rationally and Jennie and Jungkook look about ready to storm out of this door to go to the SM building and do something they will regret and that would complicate the situation even more now that our bosses are doing something about the issue.

But  Lisa and Chaeyoung appeared to be the only ones noticing that.

Silence was heard in the room instantly, their faces shocked due to the way I spoke.

Jennie was the first to speak, now in a much calmer manner than before, "Sorry, unnie."

We went back to our rooms not long after that, everyone still way too nervous to do something.

And I felt so revolted against that Sehun guy.

How can someone be that disgusting? How can someone torment another person's life like this? This is obsession and I hope our bosses are giving the issue the importance it has.

I wasn't able to show it but just thinking about him yelling at Lisa while acting all cuddly in front of us made me want to agree to Jennie and Jungkook's plan.

Why didn't we notice it earlier? There had to be res flags that we didn't catch. How were we so careless?

What kind of members were we that we didn't even notice that relationship was becoming abusive?

Right as I felt tears starting to run down my face, I heard my phone ring.

I picked it up to see who was calling me only to feel relieved that it was Jinyoung.

I kind of need someone to talk to.

"Hello." I answered, trying to suppress the tears.

"Hey...you sound sad." He responded on the other side of the phone call.

I'll just tell him, it's not like he doesn't know it already. Bambam or Tzuyu must have told them besides, I feel like I am going to explode if I don't tell anyone how I feel.

"It's that thing I had told you about. Lisa went to confront Tzuyu today." I started but unfortunately a sob took over me.

This is so embarrassing, I can't believe I'm crying in on the phone with him.

"Hey, why are you crying? What happened?" He questioned as I tried to keep myself together.

"Lisa told us what really happened in the relationship she had with Sehun a while ago and it was...disturbing. Jinyoung, he was aggressive towards her. He yelled at her and insulted her and we didn't even notice it. We couldn't see that their relationship was going downhill. What type of friend and member am I that it had to be Bambam to stop him?" I ranted, letting all my feelings out as a couple of more tears ran down my face.

Because it's true, I should have done something. I should know Lisa enough to know when she is sad or not.

"Jisoo...it's not your fault. You could never know." He comforted me

"I could and I should! She was suffering and I was not able to see it and now our career may end if he releases those photos." I cried softly.

I'm so scared of what might come next. I don't want the last almost 10 years of my life to go down the drain because of a boy who is mad a girl broke up with him. We all worked away too hard for that.

Lisa has the right to love someone. He has to realize that.

"Calm down, that's not going to happen. Your boss will solve that issue. You have nothing to do with this, there was nothing you could do to stop it and there is nothing you can do now besides being there for your members. Don't be so hard on yourself, your friends love you." He spoke and it was like his voice was enough to relax me and put me to rest.

It's true. There is nothing I can do now, I have to let our bosses work, making myself feel bad won't do anything about it.

This is why I like talking to Jinyoung about my issues. He always makes me feel better. I trust him like he trusts me and that makes me feel
comfortable and safe.

But sometimes, I wonder if I'm just seeing things and he is just being nice.

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Here is the first part.

For people who read House of Cards you can see this is moving at a fast pace and now I'm wondering if I made the right choice in picking the story up from that point as it is really close to the "Jisoo" chapter but since I hate beginnings I decided that here I wouldn't need as much contextualizations before moving onto the plot itself.

Anyways, I hope this is still good and welcome if you are a new reader. I hope you are not too confused 😂

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