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Edited by: Kuro

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Adriel was fuming at his desk. He called all the faithful members of the official JADED Fanclub. Everyone was in the group chat and it was a mess. Some people were confused, some were angry for Jaden, and others were waiting for orders.

When he thought it was a good time to speak up, he said one word in the group chat: "Everyone."

Everyone immediately went silent. They were all waiting for their President to speak.

"Fellow members of the official JADED Fanclub, War-Torn, before I continue, may I ask you all a question?"

"Of course, Prez!" Many people shouted in the chat.

"We love and support Jade regardless of gender identity, yes?"

Almost everyone had said yes. There was one person who said no and was immediately kicked out of the group chat. No one really cared if they were joking or not. If they didn't know the time and place to joke, that was the fault of the person. It was one thing to not understand a joke or know social cues, but they couldn't take chances with someone who could possibly be transphobic.

Seeing them gone, Adriel smiled, accomplished, and ready to go to battle.

"Alright, now that we got rid of nuisances, here are my orders for everyone."

A few days had gone by and it was finally time for the Press Conference.

Jaden was very relaxed compared to his pacing group members who were worried out of their minds. They had been so worried that some of them had a hard time eating. With Jaden coaxing them to eat and sleep, they somehow made it to the big day. They were all going to go with Jaden to show their support so they dressed up a bit and even helped Jaden into the car.

He wanted to protest that his legs were still working but the group members weren't listening.

Mama Dex even hugged Jaden the whole way to the press conference. "No matter what people say we will always be by your side, got it?"

"That's right! If someone dares try to hurt you, I will jump in to the crowd and punch them!" Danny shouted as he held his fist up in the air, swinging it around to show his "might."

"Danny, please don't do that..." Keith exhaustingly said as he drove them to the location of the press conference. It had been a very long couple of days and if he had to hold another press conference just to explain why Danny, the lead singer, decided to slug some of the reporters, he would have a migraine that lasted for a lifetime.

Jaden, the calmest of them all, chuckled softly. "Let's not do anything that will give Keith a headache."

'My one and only savior within JADED.' Keith felt like shedding tears of joy.

"Let's make sure the whole world knows who I am." He smiled brightly.

For some reason, everyone in the car felt a chill going down their spines. It wasn't even winter though...

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They arrived at the press conference location an hour early. The conference was held at a hotel under a company that was good friends with Lunar Corp.

The place was a bit empty, but everything was set up in the reception room. They had a stage and a place for reporters to sit and stand by the stage. Cameramen were setting up their equipment ready to live stream it.