-Troy's POV-

"You keep on running away from the practice! Are you not concerned with your mates?! All of them are trying their best to maintain the group's image and ranking, but you're still not taking your job seriously!" Manager Kim is really mad at me now after what I did yesterday. I'm so used to it.

"Speak now Troy! I won't tolerate you!" He's pointing his finger at me.

"Hey, Manager Kim, calm down. Don't point a finger at Troy. What he did yesterday might be wrong, but you don't have the right to scold us like that." Drake speaks with his usual cold tone. He always defends us to this Manager who's only concern in ranking, image and money. That's why Drake is our Leader.

"Don't tell me what to do Drake! I'm still your Manager and I have every right to scold you if I want to!" Manager Kim yelled at Drake. Is that how I pissed him off yesterday? I can't keep quiet now because he's turning his anger to the other members.

"I'm sorry Manager Kim. I won't do it again." I looked at him sincerely. It always works when I look at him like this.

Manager Kim stopped yelling, "Fine. Make sure you won't do it again." He calmed down and proceeded to discuss our upcoming activities.

"We are invited to join a reality show called 'Date an Idol'. We only have to send two members to represent our group. I already picked who will be our representative." He lit his cigarette before he continued speaking.

"Since you have time to skip whenever we have practice, Troy, you will be joining Drake on the reality show. Ethan and Ashton will be for the commercial shoot." He showed us the details. The show will require the Idols to do a makeover, using some prosthetics to change their overall appearance, to the point that no one will recognize them. The Idols can also choose someone who will be the target date, to see if the girl is beautiful from the inside. Those who are not focusing on the outer appearance, popularity and money. The girl who will pass the criteria will be dating the Idol for 6 months.

"Is this for real?" Drake asked our Manager. "I mean, should we really date the girl for straight 6 months?" Manager Kim put his cigarette to the ashtray. "Yes. But don't worry, you will just date the girl in front of the camera. It's still for the show." Drake looked back to the papers, "What's the main purpose of the show? What if one of the Idols chose someone who happens to be looking only at the appearance and popularity? I think it will just humiliate those women." Manager Kim smirked to his question and said towards Drake, "That's the main purpose. To show the reality behind those fake people and for them to learn the lesson that you shouldn't look at the surface when you want to be with someone."

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Ethan and Ashton just finished reading the commercial documents, "Manager Kim, these are a lot of commercial projects. Can we divide it into four of us?" Ashton asked nicely to Manager Kim.

"No. These commercials will be only divided between you and Ethan. There are upcoming commercials for Troy and Drake, so those are for the two of you only. You also need to prepare because there will be an upcoming show and the company decided that you will be hosting it together with Ethan."

Ashton sighed. Like me, he also wanted to take a break. I know that in a celebrities life, having these kinds of opportunities are really a blessing but, we are also human beings. We desire to rest, have some vacation, have some time with our family. At some point, we felt like a robot, being controlled to do this and that. This burning passion when we were just starting is suddenly becoming a burning situation that leads us to get tired of it.

"Our work load is so full. When are we gonna get a vacation?" Ethan asked. I can sense that he is controlling his frustration. Manager Kim stands up and about to leave, "We'll talk about it some other time. I'll go for now". He grabbed his things and left.

"These are a lot of works! Our health will surely suffer this time!" Ashton blurted out his frustration. Ethan just bowed his head and started crying. He is the most emotional member of our team. "I can't do these. Can you see the schedules? I need to travel to the next project as soon as I finished the first commercial! And after that, I'll be meeting Ashton for the commercial that we will be working on together!" I'm just sitting and listening to their frustrations.

"How about you Troy? Anything to say about the schedules and projects assigned to us?" Drake asked me with his concerned look. I answered him back, "No. I'm okay with it."

Drake let out a big sigh. "As always. You're always okay with the schedules. But always running away whenever you want to." I smiled at Drake, "We don't have a choice either, right? So, let's just work on what he gave us."

Ashton was about to speak, but he stopped due to a sudden knock at the door. "Can I come in?" Is that Ms. Becket?

"Sure! We're done with the meeting anyway." Drake answered. Then the door opened. I immediately looked at the girl behind Ms. Becket.

"Hello there my sweeties! Let me introduce to you the Makeup Artist who will be working with you starting today!" She seemed so excited. I never saw her like that with her other subordinates. I think Sky gave her a very good impression :)

Sky suddenly walked towards us and gave us a shy smile. Is she nervous? That's not like her when I met her on the street. Is she nervous because we are handsome? hahaha!

"H-hi! I'm Sky Lein! Y-you can call me Sky. P-please be nice to me!" She just talked nervously and really fast. She bowed her head to us. It was nice seeing you again, S :)