Chapter 4
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STRAWBERRY: LIVE IN MANILA
Author's POV
Around 10 am, the crowd outside the concert arena for Strawberry's concert is already jam-packed, you can see from their fans that they are excited to watch their favorite Korean girl group, everyone else is excited except for Austin.
"What?? Re-work again? Damn it"
I'm frustrated because we're going to redo the painting of the second floor because the paint was mixed wrong according to Mr. Reyes, I'm so sick and tired of Mr. Reyes, he would do anything for the project to be delayed.
It's 11 am and until now I still can't leave the site because of another problem, I can't leave this area until I can give progress to Mr. Reyes because if not, he would burst out into anger for sure.
I'm imagining right now that there might be a lot of people in the concert arena even though the concert starts at 6 pm, so they go early because they can get a good place to sit depending on the ticket they have.
"Engineer, we need this kind of paint, it looks like it's difficult to mix this color," the painter requested.
"Okay, let's think of a better idea on how we would get it, what help do you need?" the painter gave me the necessary colors and they will also mix. "I'll take care of it as long as we finish it until now"
"Copy engineer"
5 P.M
The painting of the second floor is not yet finished because the painters took a long time to get the right color mixture, only about 60% of the painting is finished, not including the final coating, it's only an hour and the concert is about to start, I wasn't informed that I will be assigned to the site today, Engr. Nicole is right, I should have just filed for leave so that there is no disturbance.
My phone rang and speaking of the devil, it's Engr. Nicole.
"Hello, engineer?"
"How are you engineer, are you at the concert?" -Nicole
"Well, not yet, because our boss advised me to supervise this site, there was a problem with the painting so here, I can't leave it"
"Leave it already engineer, I'll take care of the supervision of the site, the important thing is you enjoy the concert tonight, you earned that opportunity and you can't waste that" -Nicole
"Are you serious?"
"Sure, so go ahead, I'll go to the site, I'll also give the progress to Mr. Reyes" –Nicole
"Alright thank you, engineer, you're kind"
"Alright bye, just send me a picture of Misty and Yeonjoo, that's enough already hahaha" –Nicole
I can leave for the site now thanks to Nicole, I just gave instructions to the people and told them that Engr. Nicole will visit here and guide them. Strawberry here I come!!
Author's POV
While Austin was on his way to the concert arena, Strawberry was preparing for their concert.
"Yeojaaedeul, syoneun 10 bun hue sijagdoego, seuseulo junbihae" (Girls, the concert will start in 10 minutes, get ready) the director instructed them, they weren't backstage yet and they were just leaving their room yet.
"Algessseubnida" (Noted)
While they were preparing, Kaori was feeling uncomfortable.
"Yeojaaedeul, nae oleunjjog gwigeol-i bosyeoss-eoyo?" (Guys, did any of you notice my left earring?)–Kaori
"Ani, geunyang badag-e tteol-eojiljido molla" (No we didn't, maybe it just fell on the floor)–Misty
Kaori continues to search for her missing earrings, and the other items in the dressing room have been messed up.
"Kaoli lan?" (Hey Kaori?) –Yeonjoo
"Naneun geuleul bol su eobs-seubnida" (I can't see it) –Kaori
Kaori took the earring box where their earrings were kept but it was empty.
"Ajig amugeosdo eobs-seubnida" (The box is empty)–Kaori
"Uli cha-eneun daleun keopeul-i issseubnida" (In our car, the other pair is there)–Doyoun
"Gwigoli man gyochehamyeon konseoteuga sijagdoebnida"(Just change your earrings, the concert is about to start)–Asuka
"Gwaenchanh-a salang" (Alright) –Kaori
Kaori came out but Doyoun and Asuka stopped her.
"Kaori!!" -Asuka
"Konseoteuneun jamsi hue sijagdoebnida" (We're about to start, there is no time to leave)–Doyoun
Austin's POV
The concert is about to start, I'm late and I'm sure there won't be a perfect spot even though I still have a VIP Ticket, are there no vacant areas to park the car? The parking lot is almost full, some of the Berries are big time too right?
I didn't see any vacant in Carpark 1 so I'll just park in VIP, I hope I'll be allowed.
"Sir sir, where are you going?" the guard blocked me.
"Can I park here, sir? Carpark 1 is already full"
"Ohh I'm sorry sir, you're not allowed here, it's only for VIP and special guests" -Guard
"Well, where do I park? There is no parking place, sir"
"Well, it's not my fault at all, sir" -Guard
"Sir, I'm going to be late, I had my VIP Ticket here," I said.
"Alright, just park your car well" That guard thinks that I was going to do something bad.
Parking is quite spacious here in the VIP parking lot, I only saw a few cars, and after I parked I went down the car, oops please take care of the ticket.
When I got off, I immediately rushed inside the arena and because of that, I bumped into a woman.
"Oops sorry miss" I looked at the girl......"Kaori?"
It's Kaori, a member of Strawberry, oh my, what is she doing here in the parking lot?
"Joesonghabnida" (I'm sorry) –Kaori
What? My Korean is only 10 percent.
"Huh?" I replied.
"Seodulleo mianhae" (I'm sorry but I'm in a hurry) What is she saying? maybe she was saying bad to me because I bumped into her.
She bowed to me and immediately left, where was she going? But I still can't believe it because I saw Kaori in person, we got closer and the best moment, we even bumped into each other, I can now die in peace.
As I proceeded, I was surprised when she lost consciousness.
"Kaori?" I approached her to see her condition, and what happened to her and she lost consciousness.
"Kaori, hey wake up" what should I do? Damn it, they still have a concert tonight.
Krizia's POV
"Kaolineun eodie?" (Where is Kaori?)
"Naneun cha-e gassda, gwigeol-ileul" (She went to the car park, and took some set of earrings) –Doyoun
"Mwoya!!?" (What!!?)
Where are you Kaori?
"Wae ne sigan-iya 6sie yaegihae?" (Why we are taking so long? We should start at 6 pm right?) Oh my, here comes TJP, our boss.
I'm too worried about Kaori, she did not feel well yesterday because of our world tour, this will be the third country that will be performing on our world tour, coming up next, we will go to Jakarta in just two days. We don't have plenty of rest on our world tour because of the proposed schedule that was given to us.
"Tae-jung, cha-e gaya hal geos gat-a" (Tae-jung, I think we should go to our car) I suggest to Tae-jung.
"Sir sir!!" meanwhile, a guard approaches Tae-jung. "Kaori just felt after she passed out, my co-guard just told me, she was been taken off by a guy"
"What the.." –TJP
"Boseu naeng-gi" (Sir calm down)
Tae-jung went to the car park where the guard saw Kaori, we've just stayed here according to our trainer.
Austin's POV
I'm in big trouble, the guard saw me when Kaori passed out, he thought I stabbed or shot her, I took Kaori to a nearby clinic.
"Sir, believe me, she passed out all of a sudden"
"You have to come with me sir" -Guard
"It's not my fault sir, my bias is Yeonjoo, not Kaori"
"Kaori!!" Wait, I know this man, he's TJP, he's Strawberry's manager, I always see him when Strawberry has an interview.
"Geunyeoege mueos-eul haessseubnikka?"(What did you do to her?) he suddenly pushed me and woke Kaori up. "Kaori, il-eona" (Kaori, wake up)
"Tae-jung" Kaori woke up and TJP stood her up. "Joesong haeyo" (I'm sorry)
"I'm sorry, but I need to watch their concert, I've got my ticket here" I answered.
"Kaoli gaja" (Kaori, let's go) –TJP
I'm in a bad mood right now, I didn't get to see the concert, I just wasted my ticket, the guard talked to me in their office.
"Sir, look at the CCTV to believe it"
"Alright, check the CCTV Mr. Mike" They looked at the CCTV Footage of the car park in the VIP Section, and around 5:45 it happened.
They watched on CCTV what happened earlier, they saw that I hit Kaori then a few moments ago when she was walking she collapsed.
"You bumped into her, that's why she passed out" the guard accused me.
A guard smelled me, what did he think of me because I didn't take a bath so Kaori fainted. "Sir, I know I'm from construction, but I took a shower and put on perfume"
I've stayed out here for a long time, damn it! I was never able to watch the concert because of what happened.
A few moments later the office phone rang. "Hello?" the guard answered.
"Alright, I'll instruct him to go there" he hung up the phone.
"Sir, their manager wants to talk to you, please come with me" –Guard
Oh, TJP is looking for me? He is still angry with me.
- Writer
