Erina's Curse (ENGLISH VERSION)

Chapter 6.1

"Ouch! Why are you hitting me?"

I mumbled sleepily when I felt someone hit my forehead. I heard a silent laughter and easily realized that the girls are making fun of me again.

"What the hell, let’s just go. This b***h is so hard to wake up. What time did she sleep?" Raqi was whispering but I can clearly hear them.

"Let's just go. She's probably still daydreaming about her nonexistent love life," I heard Leina said. Excuse me Laleina Elizabeth Sung, my love life exists, and I was just talking to him last night. I smilingly told myself.

"Come on now girls. It’s not like Erina's not aware of us leaving every Sunday," said Kesha as I heard their footsteps retreating from the door. Bitches just go, I'm still enjoying my warm bed while daydreaming about my future boyfriend.

I continued my interrupted sleep and finally decided to get out of bed when my 9 am alarm goes off. When I opened my eyes, something is blocking my view. I removed the baby blue sticky note plastered in my forehead and saw some message written on it.

Erina,

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Stop dreaming about Silas

When he’s not into you

Love,

Kesha and the three musketeers

I laughed so hard that I almost fell out of the bed. Bitches! How did I even become friends with them again?.....I was supposed to fix my bed already when I noticed that there is still a message written in the note.

beb when you read this, we are already gone. Take care of yourself and don’t be stupid all the time. We love you, chos! Wake up now you thug

After fixing the bed, I checked my social media accounts and posted the pictures that I edited last night. Not even a minute after, notifications already flooded my phone. It's what happens when I post pictures or tweet about something. My phone can't stop vibrating so I put it aside and prepare my breakfast. I chopped some vegetables and mix it with eggs to produce a very colorful scrambled egg. 

I was washing the dishes when I heard a distinct ringtone. Pachelbel's Canon by Johann Pachelbel is my little brother's favorite piano piece that's why I assigned it as a ringtone exclusive for him. I got my phone on top of the table and saw Angelo's adorable picture on the caller's id. I answered the call immediately.

"Hi baby! How's my little pianist?" I excitedly asked him. Just like me, my brother is in love with music especially classical ones. He learned playing piano when he was just 2 years old and he’s even better than me now.

"Achi, I miss you. Can we video call?" he sloppily told me. My cute little brother is requesting to see my beautiful face, who am I to say no right? I quickly press the video call button and there I saw his innocent and adorable face.

My brother and I look alike. We have the same green eyes but mine are almond shape while he's a chinito. He's as fair as snow just like me and we have the same brunette hair, although my hair was recently dyed ginger. From the day he was born, I already knew he'd break hearts when he gets older. But my brother is extremely sweet, so maybe he’ll grew up and stay loyal to his future love.

"Achi, I painted you today look!" he showed me a small canvas where he supposedly painted me. The painting was messy but since It is my brother's, I saw it as the most precious art in the whole world.

"Wow! You did great baby! Achi looks pretty in there, huh?" I answered while smiling widely in the camera.

"Really achi? Do you want me to send it there? Or better why don't you just visit me here?" my smile vanished as I saw how my brother badly misses me. I miss him too, but my mother despises me so much that she even forbids my brother to talk to me before. Thank God for Uncle Loui because he prevented that.

"Soon baby, achi's so busy with work and you have school, right?" I tried explaining slowly but almost cried when I saw how my brother's eyes watered and his lips trembled. 

"When is 'soon' achi? You always say 'soon' but I haven't seen you since last year. Don’t you want to see me?" his tears slowly rolled down his cheeks and it breaks my heart to see him like this. I felt sorry for my brother and I hated myself because he’s the only one I have yet I still hurt him like this.

"You know what, baby? The second this album finishes; I'll hop on the first plane and go straight to you. I promi---" I didn't finish what I was saying when Miss Dianne Wong's caller id popped on my screen. She is our team manager and in charge of our social media platforms. 

"Baby, I'll just answer this call. It's kind of important but I'll call you back, okay? I love you," I heard my brother's protest, but Miss Dianne already sent me a message saying to answer the call immediately. 

"Miss! Happy sunday what made you call?" I said cheerfully but putting emphasis on the word 'sunday'. It's supposedly our rest day but why are they calling me? And for Pete's sake it’s just 10:30 in the morning!

"Fix yourself then do a live. NOW." 

"For what?" I don't remember any brand that I need to endorse, and the girls are not here. What am is supposed to do?

"Just do it. Act cute. Tell them you're chilling out and that you are getting enough rest. Don't forget to mention your new coffee maker from DeLonghi."

She ordered me sternly. This must be about the fans' accusations about us being overwork by the company. Which is true but of course, H&H will do everything to deny that and prove them wrong. If I was just allowed to speak my mind, I would tell the bosses how they're doing everything wrong. The fans have eyes, they see us struggling and tired. They are not stupid. But since the company have closed ears and mind, they wouldn't just listen and continue to exhaust us, squeezed every single penny out of us, then just throw us away when we have no value anymore.

"Okay, just give me an hour at least," I answered then ended the call abruptly. When will this end? If not for the people who believe me and support me with their hearts, I wouldn't take a second to quit this toxic industry. Or rather, toxic company. 

I continued washing the dishes and then took a bath. I decided to wear a white casual Gucci Tee and pink and gray dolphin shorts. After blow drying my hair, I made it into a messy bun. I brushed my eyebrows, put on some moisturizer and sunscreen then finished up the look with the Glossier lip stain in the shade 'Berry'. 

I sat on the couch and check myself on my phone's camera before starting the live on i********:. "Annyeong beautiful! How are you all today?" After just 5 minutes of talking, almost 70,000 followers are already watching me do cute gestures. I was just sitting there talking about how relaxed I feel and how happy I am. Liar. I want to talk to my brother, not pretend in front of seventy thousand people. 

"Oh, btw guys, we have a new coffee machine! I'd like to thank DeLonghi Primmadona for sending us this efficient coffee machine," I smiled while showing them how to use the machine.

"I'm just chilling out here guys, the girls are out so the house is kind of silent,” I jokingly answered when someone ask what I'm doing. 

After almost an hour, I ended the live. "That's it for today guys, thank you for joining me and I'll see you all soon. Keep safe," I pressed the end button after giving them a flying kiss. My stomach hurts because its past lunch time so I just prepared some milk and toast a bread for me to eat. What a liar Erina, you told your fans your fine and you’re eating a while ago.  I shook my head while hitting myself internally, I’m fooling people. My fans! I don't deserve them.