Dannoso Distacco (5/6)
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Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
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The moment Youngbae felt the van moved, tears flowed in his cheeks but he wiped them away. One might think they were just tears of joy but it wasn’t exactly the whole truth. Of course he was happy the concert ended well and his fans were all great, but the fact that the end of his concert also signaled the closure of his solo promotions saddened him. Who wouldn’t? He waited for this moment to happen for the past two years and seeing his solo promotions lasted only two months, he felt bittersweet. But he won’t complain. The group is much important for him, for all of them, cause BIGBANG is their hometown and he cherish his band members as his own brothers. Besides, the fans are still waiting for their Korean comeback and they just can’t ignore their wish.
He was still thinking of how busy he was during those two months given to him to promote his own solo album when his manager spoke.
“Youngbae - ah, mianhe. I know you wanted to take a rest but we still have a meeting for the concert’s evaluation. The concert staffs are all there now waiting for you.”
Hearing this, Youngbae got confused and furrowed his eyebrows. The evaluations usually take place a day or two after the concert.
“You’ll be in a vacation in the next few days then you’ll be busy with the group for your comeback preparation when you get back so the president decided to arrange this meeting now.” his manager answered to Youngbae’s unsaid question.
“Oh.” Youngbae blinked and stood up to go out the van. “I hope it isn’t that bad.”
His manager smiled, “Don’t worry kid. Just go. Caffeteria. I’ll be there in a minute. I’ll just park the van.”
“Ne.” Youngbae nodded and walked away. He went directly to the place where his manager told him to go but he was confused when he realized that the hallways are all dark and silent.
“Aren’t we suppose to hold the meetings in the president’s office?” Youngbae thought. “Oh well. I guess President hyung just wanted to change the atmosphere.” he murmured and opened the caffeteria’s door.
The moment he stepped inside, he was surprised.
“Congratulations Youngbae!”
Confetti were thrown, loud music, his music, could be heard throughout the speakers, cheers were shouted out loud, hugs were everywhere and Youngbae was floating. He never thought a celebratory party would be held as they already surprised him when he first won an award for I Need A Girl. He was speechless. Almost all of his love ones were there: friends, staffs, dancers, choreographers, trainers - almost all of the YG Family. His family wasn’t there because the trip back to their home was long and they needed to take a rest and besides, he’ll be with them in a few hours.
“Youngbae-ah!” the president came to him and didn’t say anything and just hugged him tight. He looked into Youngbae’s eyes then walked away but not before ruffling Youngbae’s hair. No more words were needed because all of them knew how happy and proud the president was. They all knew how special Youngbae was for the president.
Teddy patted his shoulder, Kush held up his glass of champagne, Perry waved and Choice 37 shouted, “Taeyang 2010!” when he walked past them.
“Yah! Now it’s my turn to bully you!” Dongwook came to him and hugged him tight. “You’re really a grown up now, kid!”
“Oppa, the concert was awesome!” Minzy hugged him and Chaerin cheered, “No! It was beyond amazing!”.
Youngbae chuckled, these girls are really sweet.
“Youngbae-ah! I’m your fan.” Dara clapped and Bom high fived, “Your fans loved it and they will surely remember it for the rest of their lives.”
Youngbae grinned, “Thanks a lot 2NE1 sisters!”.
The BIGBANG members cleared the way.
“Yah Youngbae! How many times did you actually take your clothes off out there?” TOP asked grinning as he shook Youngbae’s shoulders.
“You’re just jealous cause Youngbae hyung has a great body.” Daesung fried his lover’s hands away and hugged Youngbae then smirked. “How about you two do it together for our next album?”
TOP punched Daesung’s arm playfully “YAH!” and Youngbae laughed at the two of them.
“The concert is one of a kind hyung.” Seungri said as he hugged a laughing Youngbae from the back.
Youngbae turned around to return the hug but Jiyong came and dragged Seungri away from Youngbae.
TOP and Daesung laughed while Seungri pouted.
Jiyong put his arms around Youngbae’s shoulders and stared at his bestfriend. “We’re very proud of you!”
Youngbae smiled, “That’s all thanks to you, too.”
“Ready to go back with a bang?” Jiyong asked.
Youngbae smirked, “Of course!” and pulled back. He pointed at TOP and imitated TOP’s movement while singing TOP’s rap of their hit song ‘Lie’.
The five of them laughed and lined. TOP rapped his part and the five of them did the same hand movement that gave a big laugh to the rest of the party goers. When the five of them shared a big family hug, the rest of the YG Family, especially the president who was really touched and proud, looked in awe and clapped their hands. The BIGBANG members might be not so outspoken when it comes to what they feel towards each other but one can really feel the love between them and Youngbae realized how blessed he was to have all of these people in his life.
The night went on and Youngbae wanted to share his happiness with his best friend but he couldn’t see him anywhere. Looking around, he saw TOP, Daesung, Seungri, Dara, Minzy and BOM talking. He walked to them and about to ask where Jiyong was when Dara spoke.
“If Tabi wasn’t with you Dae, I would definitely get him. But you know, I care for you enough to not take your bf away from you.”
Daesung gulped.
“Yeah! And I would definitely love to seduce you Daesung hyung.” Minzy stated and TOP held his breath.
BOM smirked, Seungri choked and Youngbae gasped. The affection that Minzy and Dara towards Daesung and TOP was too obvious. In fact, almost all of the YG Family knew about it but his two band mates were just too engrossed with each other to notice. On the other hand, it was better that way. A jealous Daesung and a possessive TOP were too much to handle.
“So take care of him, Tabi hyung, cause, one wrong move and I will surely take your place.” Minzy threatened and TOP was now frozen.
“Oh. But don’t worry too much Tabi, I’ll be there for you when it happens.” Dara winked and Daesung closed his hand into a fist.
“Oh. My. God.” Seungri whispered under his breath and BOM winced.
Youngbae felt the tension in the air so he stepped forward and spoke, “Uhm.. Guys, are you having fun?”
“Oh. Hi Superstar! Yeah, we’re cool!” Dara said and smiled.
“Bae, glad you came.” Bom mumbled but Youngbae heard her.
“Have you seen Jiyong? And where’s Chaerin?” Youngbae asked when he saw TOP loosened up a little and moved closer to Daesung.
“I saw them talking earlier in the hallway.” Daesung said as he caressed his lover’s arm.
Seungri walked beside Youngbae and quickly dragged him away from there. “Let’s go find them hyung!”
“Wait up guys! I’m coming with you!” BOM said and walked with them.
“I guess you should take your things away from Tabi hyung’s and Daesung hyung’s reach at your hostel for the rest of the night hyung. They will surely ruin everything.” Seungri said when they were finally out of the door.
“Should I keep Dara and Minzy away from those two for the rest of the week, too?” BOM asked innocently.
Seungri asked back. “Why did we leave those four anyway? They might end hating each other.”
Youngbae laughed, “Nah. They’re mature enough to control their emotions.”
Just when they were about to turn the corner, BOM who were in front of them, stopped in her tracks.
“Bommie noona, what’s up?” Youngbae asked and was about to poke her when he heard Seungri gasped.
Youngbae got curious so he looked at what his dongsaeng was staring. There, ten feet away from them was Jiyong’s back facing them, hugging Chaerin tightly. Based on their heads’ position, it looked like they were kissing.
Youngbae suddenly had the urge to slap Chaerin’s face and drag Jiyong away from her. He got so angry and jealous but he didn’t know why. Last time he checked, his feelings for Chaerin were just platonic. He cherish Chaerin as his own little sister and he’d really feel happy if Chaerin find someone who would love her deeply and he was still sure that feelings won’t change. But now that she did, Youngbae got mad and hurt. He felt like he was being stabbed for a million of times.
Youngbae was about to take a step towards them to break them apart when he felt Seungri gripped his wrist.
“Maknae, let me go.” Youngbae whispered through gritted teeth but Seungri just tightened his grip.
Youngbae tried to fried his hand but Seungri just hugged him from the back. “Hyung... I-I’m...”
Seungri was crying and Youngbae felt it through his shirt that was slowly getting wet. He stood still and let out a sigh. He then turned around to look at Seungri.
“Maknae - ah, what’s wrong?” Youngbae asked, concerned was clear in his voice, but Seungri didn’t answer and just buried his face in the crook of Youngbae’s neck.
Bom patted Youngbae’s shoulder and whispered, “Take him away from here, Youngbae. He’s breaking.”
Youngbae looked back at her but Bom was still looking at the couple in front of them. Youngbae followed her gaze and realized that Jiyong and Chaerin were looking back at them.
“Y-Youngbae… I-it’s not what you think it is. Let me explain.” Jiyong said as he slowly stepped forward to Youngbae’s direction.
Youngbae let out a sigh and hold his hand up. “It’s okay Ji. Please take care of her.”
Jiyong’s face fell and looked straight into Youngbae’s eyes.
Chaerin walked to them but when she’s about to touch Seungri, Seungri pulled back from Youngbae’s embrace and run away.
“B-but oppa…” Chaerin was about to follow him but BOM held her back.
“Youngbae, please go to Seungri. He needs you right now.”
Youngbae nodded and walked away not missing Chaerin’s sob.
Youngbae looked out for Seungri and found him in their dance studio, dancing till he was out of breath. They were like that. If something’s bothering them, they would go there and dance and dance and dance till they forget what’s in their head.
Youngbae moved to the player and turned it off. Seungri walked to the mirror and sat down. He threw his head backwards and closed his eyes.
Youngbae sat beside him and they remained silent till Seungri decided to talk.
“Hyung, is it wrong to love someone who is already someone else’s?”
Youngbae was a bit taken aback by his sudden question. “It would be great to answer that question Maknae but as we all know, I never fell in love with someone.” he said, then thought “not till now.”
Seungri laughed bitterly.
Youngbae let out a sigh. “You know Maknae, a good person would say, ‘It not a sin to love someone who is already someone else’s, unless you try to break them apart. I know it’s not that easy to just forget your own feelings and let that someone go, but what else can you do? Even if it’s killing you, if that someone already has someone else to make him or her smile, you must learn how to give up and walk forward. It is never easy to move on, but just keep believing. Time will come.’” Youngbae laughed. “But since I’m a good hyung, I’d say, ‘No! If you really love that someone, go for it!’ I mean, if they really love each other, your presence won’t threaten them at all, but if they break apart because of you, then I guess that’s good for you! You only proved them that they’re not meant for each other.”
“But hyung, that is exactly the mentality of a pathetic third party!” Seungri looked at Youngbae with wide eyes.
Youngbae laughed harder. “But it makes sense, right?”
“Yeah.” Seungri nodded.
“You liked Chaerin right?” Youngbae asked all of a sudden.
Seungri let out a sigh. “I always believed I was in love with you hyung, but it turned out I was fooled by my own feelings.”
“You were just jealous of my hot body.” Youngbae teased, relieved that Seungri didn’t really like him.
“YAH Hyung! I have six packs too, you know!” Seungri hit Youngbae’s arm playfully and added “Besides, it was your smile that attracted me.”
Youngbae laughed and Seungri decided to stop him. “But hyung, why were you so angry earlier? Do you like Chaerin too?”
Youngbae choked. “W-What?”
“You heard it.” Seungri furrowed his eyebrows.
Youngbae took a deep breath. “When I saw Jiyong and her earlier, I got really mad and jealous. I thought I liked her too but when you told me you liked her, it turned out that I was wrong. I finally realized I was mad because Jiyong was the one who was holding her.”
Seungri grinned.”You like Jiyong hyung?”
“Yah! What are you saying?” Youngbae looked at him with wide eyes.
“Don’t worry hyung, just the way he looks at everyone who tries to get near you, I can say he really likes you. A lot!” Seungri giggled.
“Yah Maknae! I’m telling you, stop saying nonsense! Maybe you’re forgetting something.”
“And what it is?”
Youngbae faced a giggling Seungri and held his shoulders and tried to catch his eyes.
“Jiyong. And. Chaerin. Are. Together. remember?” Youngbae said as he tried to emphasize each word.
Seungri’s face fell, “Oh. Right”
“Yeah.”
The two of them remained silent for a while until Seungri decided to speak.
“Hyung, the love of your life has the love of my life, what should we do? Why don’t we try each other’s company?”
Youngbae was shocked.
“Are you crazy?” Youngbae’s mouth was wide open and Seungri took the chance to kiss his lips.
“Now you’re mine hyung!” Seungri smiled and patted Youngbae’s shoulder.
"Fuck!" Seungri heard and the door suddenly opened. An angry Jiyong walked to them.
“Who said so Seungri?” Jiyong said and dragged a still shocked Youngbae out of the room.
“Just one thing Seungri, touch him again and you’ll surely see yourself on your knees begging for your own life."