Chapter 195 - 194: The Fan Formally Meets Her Idol
Eunji was busy sitting up her cameras together with Magnus and the rest of her team. The school was going to host a two day inter-school fashion show event which showcased the beautiful crafts of their fashion design students in the region.
This event aimed to give way for the future next generation of talented fashion designers of the country who were waiting for their chance to shine.
The winner will be awarded a two-year scholarship and will get the chance to study in the world's most prestigious fashion school in France.
With this grand prize, everyone was doing their best to stand out. It's not easy to be admitted on those kind of schools abroad after all. And besides, their pride and honor was at stake in this competition, too.
They'll be going to have a pictorial now and a runway show tomorrow at seven in the evening.
The photos taken would then be up for online voting and the scores earned from that together with the scores they'll earn on the event tomorrow would determine the winner.
Eunji and her team were not the original contracted photographer for this two-day event. Unfortunately, something happened to the photographer and they have to find a replacement on the last minute.
Eunji learned about this news when she met Guo Xiaolan who looked very worried on the hallway when she had arrived this morning from the mansion. The latter told her of the problem and so, she didn't hesitate to volunteer.
Guo Xiaolan was shocked by this and was at first against the idea. Photoshoots took hours to finish and she might get tired of it
Also, she was sure that Nathan would not be happy with this. But Eunji reassured that she knew what she was doing and that she had done something similar in the past. Also, she would inform Nathan and would try to explain the situation to him.
Getting Guo Xiaolan's yes, Eunji then called her team and thankfully they gathered within an hour even with the short notice.
This event was one of the highlights every foundation year and since this year was special, special in a way that it would be the first foundation anniversary that Nathan would be attending as the new Chairman, she had to make sure that everything would run smoothly.
Nathan who was attending the first annual meeting of the school board of directors learned about this and he immediately excused himself to call her.
Nathan asked if she was okay with it. If the event won't give her stress.
She reassured that she will be fine. She won't be doing the entire photoshoot. She would let Lex, Magnus and the others to take turns and help her just like the old times when they had to do a two-day photoshoot.
Nathan ended the call with the promise that he would be there the moment he finished the meeting.
Eunji smiled because she missed being around with Nathan. She craved for his presence especially when the latter was not there when she woke up early this morning.
The latter left a long note on the night stand stating his sorry for leaving her last night and for his absence when she woke up this morning.
She heaved a sigh as she learned that they were still okay. That what happened last night didn't create a misunderstanding between them.
But still it wasn't enough for her. She wanted to see him to feel his presence. And the babies inside her were on the same page with her.
The photoshoot was going to be held indoor to limit the chances of non-participants to see the dresses.
Guo Xiaolan and the girls were going to help her as well after they finished the event they were doing. They sent Fu Rong to help Eunji first while they will follow afterwards after they did the outreach program with the homeless people of the city.
There's no way they would left her alone. They dragged her into this so they should be responsible to her.
When Fu Rong arrived on the venue of the photoshoot, seeing the team whom she had been looking up to for years made her to be excited.
She had been wanting to ask Eunji or EJ of how in hell she was related to these people when she saw them in their wedding but she didn't got the chance to do it that night.
And now, the opportunity had once again been presented in front of her.
But still, she was shy to ask Eunji.
Eunji saw Fu Rong at the entrance and she remembered that the latter liked photography so she didn't hesitate to call her to come over and introduce her to everyone.
Fu Rong suddenly felt shy but Eunji's encouraging smile made her to gain the confidence.
"Come. I'll introduce you to everyone." Eunji said as she grabbed Fu Rong's wrist.
"This is Lex, Magnus, Topher, Rob, Ron and Trish." She introduced them to her which was out of formality because she knew Fu Rong was familiar with them as what was seen in her star struck expression. Eunji could not help but chuckle in the process.
"Everyone, this is Fu Rong. One of my friends here in school." She introduced her to them.
She gently squeezed her hand so Fu Rong would snap out of it.
"Hi Fu Rong." The group then take turns to introduce themselves to her.
They chuckled as she was still in daze while shaking their hands which was pretty normal for them.
"Hello. Wow! It's nice to meet the Legendary Group! It's nice to meet you all!" Fu Rong was still clearly not over with her excitement.
"So Rong'er here liked photography, too. So guys, if you don't mind, can she join us for this afternoon?"
Fu Rong looked at Eunji's face as she wanted to find out if she was dead serious of the proposal.
She wanted to refuse because she didn't want to embarrass herself but...who was she to refuse such once in a lifetime opportunity?
Before she could even utter anything, Lex immediately placed his hand on her shoulder and pulled her towards them.
"Don't worry EL, we'll take good care of your apprentice." Lex said but then immediately covered his mouth as he forgot that Eunji didn't want to be called by that pseudonym anymore.
Unfortunately, Fu Rong heard it clearly.
"E-L?" Fu Rong asked Eunji.
Eunji chuckled as she knew she had to tell her the truth.
"Hi Fu Rong, I am EL nice to meet you." Eunji formally re-introduced herself as she offered her hand for a hand-shake with a warm smile on her face.
Before Fu Rong could answer her, the former suddenly collapsed on the ground as she passed out.
"Rong'er!" Everyone exclaimed in shock.
Lex immediately lifted her up in his arms and brought her into the infirmary with Eunji following behind him.
Magnus and the others were left behind to continue preparing since the photoshoot would be starting in two hours. They still had to eat lunch together before they go on the photoshoot.
Of course they had to have energy or else they won't be able to finish this seven hour schedule just because they lacked energy.
It was going to be a tough afternoon for the team.
Dr. Amanda who was waiting on the reception was shocked to see a foreign man carrying Fu Rong on his arms.
But then she heaved a sigh when she saw the worried Eunji behind him.
Amanda and Dr. Simon guided them on the bed and they took over.
"What happened?"
"She suddenly fainted. She's probably stressed on something. All her vitals are normal the last time I checked." Eunji answered her.
"Well, all the students are on great pressure at the moment… You see, she's a scholar and the term exams would be happening two weeks after this event. She must be stressing with her studies." Dr. Amanda said which made Eunji to worry even more.
"She'll be fine." Dr. Amanda said after she put Fu Rong on a drip.
Lex excused himself and told Eunji that he would go back and help the rest of the team to finish the preparation while Eunji decided to stay and wait for Fu Rong to wake up.
Thirty minutes after, Fu Rong woke up but decided not to open her eyes. She was still embarrassed of what had happened to her.
She could not believe she had passed out in front of them.
How in the hell was she going to face them? Especially Eunji? She hoped that she was not beside her when she opened her eyes.
However, all her prayers were in vain because she heard a familiar voice beside her.
"You're awake!" Eunji exclaimed in happiness.
"Yeah." Fu Rong answered with an unsure tone after she finally opened her eyes.
She was unsure on how she's going to address her now that she learned that her idol EL and Eunji was one and the same person.
Eunji chuckled as she watched her friend's reaction towards her.
"Ahm..."
"Is there anything that you need?" Eunji asked as she was about to stand up to peel a tangerine for her.
"No! I- I'm fine." Fu Rong suddenly felt tense.
She was excited and nervous at the same time.
"Are you really EL?" She asked Eunji to make sure that she had heard her right before she passed out.
"Yes. I was EL." Eunji said as she sat back on the chair.
"Look, I am still me even if you knew me as EL. Nothing would ever change about that. So don't change the way how you treat me just because I am your idol. Hmmm. In fact, isn't it great to know that your idol is now your friend?"
Fu Rong was silent as she looked at Eunji's face.
She somehow agreed with everything that she said.
"Okay. So...can I still call you EJ?" Fu Rong asked as she was quite unsure on what to do.
"Of course you can! Now get up if your fine as we still have a photoshoot to do! But first, let's eat lunch. I am starving!" Eunji dramatically said the last part.
The girls bid Dr. Amanda goodbye since she refused to join them to have lunch together.
The school was quite full pack and her presence was badly needed should there be any accidents to happen.
She was ordered to be on stand-by always.
When the girls stepped out of the infirmary, someone grabbed Eunji's wrist and immediately pulled her into a hug.
A familiar scent then invaded her nostrils and a warm smile was plastered on her lips.
"Hi." She greeted him shyly.
But a soft kiss answered her instead.
Eunji's face turned red because of Nathan's sweet assault.
They were not alone for Pete's sake. Fu Rong was with her. And so were the students who were passing by the path way.
But when she looked around, she found out that Fu Rong was no longer there and they were alone in the pathway.
"Don't be shy. See? They're not even looking at us." Nathan teased her as he attempted to kiss her one more time.
But Eunji pushed his face away this time as she said, "No. You already got yours. Now, it's my turn."
And without warning, Eunji grabbed his nape and kissed him passionately.
The corner of her lips raised up when she saw someone's retreating figure.
Nathan was shocked by her sudden aggressiveness.
"What's that?" Nathan asked after they broke off from the kiss. He was heavily panting as the kiss had caught him off-guard.
"I'm just claiming what's mine." She simply answered as she turned around and started to walk away from him.
Sensing that Nathan was not moving behind her, she turned around and looked back at him.
"What are you waiting for? Come on! We're hungry!"