End Game [IARWEB 2]

5 | Let's Get Into This

*cough *cough. Baekhera fans, assemble please. Are you still here?

Interviewer : So?

Hera : God, I hate Baekhyun for dragging me into this mess. Okay, fine. I still had feelings for Baekhyun when the second drama 'inevitable' started! Geez.

Interviewer: That wasn't tough. Was it? So you were in love with him -

Hera: I said I had feelings for him. I was just... we had history together. Of course there were unresolved feelings.

Interviewer : Unresolved feelings you say.

Hera: God, you're like a dog with a bone. I don't like you.

Interviewer : You still have to answer my questions. You agreed to the interview.

Hera : Well. Duh.

Interviewer (frowning) : Professionalism?

Hera : Went down the drain. Next question.

Interviewer : So Hera, what was it like to get back into the square one. Having Baekhyun as your partner must be tough, knowing what went down. And, we all know how much intimacy was required in the drama.

Hera : Yeah. We were making out like every other episode. Kind of enjoyed it, to be honest. Hey, it was Byun Baekhyun, we're talking about. You can't judge me.

Interviewer : Hera! Act as if you're in an interview. You're being too casual.

Hera (smiling, rolling her eyes) : Next question please.

Interviewer (Sighed) : When the drama went on air, it created a lot of buzz. And, then the thing happened.

Hera : The thing? Baekhyun and his ex girlfriend was caught on a camera. Talking normally. And, people went nuts about it. Not surprised how bad it unraveled. Stupidity is in the blood when you are no brainer.

Interviewer : Be serious.

Hera : Okay. I was hurt. Cried myself to sleep. Felt like dying.

Interviewer : Why?

Hera (almost glaring) : Why what?

Interviewer : Unresolved feelings you said. Not in love with him anymore you said. And, one news was enough to shake your entire existence.

Hera : Don't be a smart-ass.

Interviewer : Just stating facts.

Hera : Alright. I'm out.

Interviewer : You're not. Baekhyun. You were still in love with him. Even after it had been years. Did he know that? How you felt about him at that point?

Hera: No. I don't think so. I made it my life mission to make it seem professional. Every call. Every meeting. I just kind of wanted to protect myself.

Interviewer : You thought he'll break your heart again?

Hera : No. I thought I'll do something stupid. As I said, stupidity and no brain? Yeah. My brain stops working around that guy.

Interviewer : Stops? Still using the present tense I see.

Hera (narrows her eyes) : huh.

Interviewer : Sorry sorry. So, how did you handle it. The photograph leak.

Hera : It happened when we were to shoot kissing scene the very next day. Our first kissing scene. The drama had just aired. It was a chaos. Delaying filming would have caused more havocs, so we went with it.

Interviewer : And?

Hera : And, what? Do you want me to describe how it felt like to kiss the guy who probably had his tongue down his ex's throat night before?

Interviewer : Don't be crude. And, yes, that's what I mean. God, you're cranky.

Hera : Sue me. Yeah well, I couldn't do it in like three takes. He would approach me, and I'll just imagine his lips on someone else's. Then he took me to the side, and explained everything.

Interviewer : Like?

Hera : Like, how he only met Taeyeon, who's like my forever girl crush, in the club and said hi only. Someone clicked the picture and rest is history.

Interviewer : Was it enough for you? The explanation, I mean.

Hera : Are you a counselor or an interviewer? Pick for the God's sake.

Interviewer : It's funny. Baekhyun looked rueful, looked at the past in a complete opposite way, like longing, regrets. You're different.

Hera (looking away) : That I am. I feel like I've had my lessons, coming to the terms of being associated with him, being his anythings... I know better now.

Interviewer : If given a choice, would you like to meet him in the same way? I mean you still would have been alright if someone else was your co-star-

Hera : We met before that. At a club. He was heartbroken, and I happened to be there. I was his fan.

Interviewer : Hmm... You must've had an illusion of him if you were a fan before.

Hera : Yep. Too perfect it was.

Interviewer : And, now.

Hera : It still is perfect. Just the definition has changed.

Interviewer : How?

Hera (pinched her nose) : why did I agree to this again?

Interviewer : Because you owe someone a favor.

Hera : Well. I had generalised perception at first, now he's humanly perfect.

Interviewer: blinks*

Hera (sighs) : Whatever. Next question please.