TOP - Chapter 10 (1/1)

The aircraft finally landed and I think it’s the first time that I dreaded finish work. His words are replying in my head non-stop through out the flight, taking half of my focus that I almost gave wine to a 10 year old. Damn that man. Why is he keep on annoying me? “Is your boyfriend picking you up?” Hyunhee materialize next to me. “I don’t have a boyfriend” I snap, grabbing my luggage from the compartment. “Alright… Is your stalker picking you up?” Hyunhee wiggles her eyebrows. I groan. I hope he was all talk, no action type of man. But then again, he did wait for me earlier. Argh! I mess my hair out of frustration. I haven’t plan out my escape if he ever does appear. I still love my job and I still love my life. I heard that idols’ fans are crazy and I am not planning to be the next victim. I pull my luggage slowly, making my way towards the exit. I pray hard in my mind that the annoying prick would not be here. As the door opens, my eyes immediately scan the faces of greeting people. I see his face is not among them and I naturally let out a relieve smile. Thank God. I pull my luggage with a lighter heart now, knowing that my nightmare is just simply a nightmare, not reality. I leave my colleagues behind as I walk quickly to grab a taxi when suddenly a hand grabs my arm strongly and pull me inside the small gap between the wall. I almost scream but he immediately covers my mouth to muffle my sound. “Annyeong” The same dark eyes are staring in front of me. His face is so close to me in this tight space. “Wh-what are you doing?!” I squirm. “Let go of me!” “I told you, I’m picking you up” he answers. I can feel his breath tickling my skin as he speaks. “This is kidnapping!” I hiss. “Of course not, I told you that I’ll pick you up” He defends himself. “Let me go!!” I try to get off from his grip but he keeps on tightening it. “Shhh… Someone might hear us. I saw paparazzi outside and I forgot to bring any cover” “That’s your problem, not mine!” I successfully flick his hand off me. “Of course its your problem too. If they find out who am I here for, do you think they wont find you?” His eyes flicker mischievously. I growl, “Seriously, jackass. You are really pissing me off now” “Just give me the rest of the day today and I promised I wont bother you again” He says with all seriousness. “Why would I do that?” “Because if you don’t, I’ll harass you in your workplace everyday” He grins. *** I don’t know what happened but I am now inside of a van with the freakishly stoic man sit next to me. His driver is driving the van silently. The silence is excruciating! Why am I in this situation in the first place is beyond me. His threat though seemed sincere that I don’t dare to question it. Imagine being stalked by this weird man at work! Argh!! “Are you mad?” He turns his head at me but I keep my gaze to the front. “Why would I be mad? You just simply terrorized me, embarrassed me in front of my colleague, and now you’ve threatened me. Tell me, sir, how can I be mad?” I turn my head and stare at him deadly. “Well what do you expect?! I’ve been chasing you around and you ignore me!” He sinks down the seat, looking dejected. “I expect you to know boundaries and know when to stop” I reply coldly. “Apparently I don’t! Sue me!” “I will. Just wait for the paper works” I snap my head away from him to stare out the window. “Ya…” he nudges my arm, “Don’t sue me… I’ll lose my career if you sue me” “You’re the one who suggests it” I watch as the outside passing by. “I was just saying that… don’t sue me… Pretty please?” He tugs on my sleeves and when I turn, he has his hands cupping both his cheeks while his eyes widens and his lips pouting. Is this supposed to be cute? Instinctively, I raise my hand and in a second it lands beautifully on his face, covering and slightly pushing his face away from me. “Don’t give me that look. It’s disgusting” “Ya!” He slaps my hand away, “I need my face to make money, okay! Don’t ruin it!” “I thought you’re a rapper?” I raise one eyebrow. Typical. Idols selling their faces to get ahead, not their talent. Korea needs to understand that idols job is to sing, not to just look pretty! His eyes turned amused, “I’m an actor too. Don’t you know?” “What?” Well, this is news. He chuckles, “I star is a movie before. ‘Into the Fire’. You know?” ‘Into the Fire’? I watched that movie! No wonder he looks familiar… “I played the kid who joined the war” He continues. Ahhh…. He’s that guy. “Pfft” I sneer. “I actually like that movie but your character was so boring” “Boring?!!” He almost choked. “Yeah… So expected. Empty. Fake” “Wahh… This girl…” He fans himself, “A lot of people cried when they watch my last scene, you know!” I roll my eyes, “Oh that last scene of yours! Don’t get me started! I can almost see a teardrop solution in your pocket!” “I genuinely cried during the filming!!” He screams, “I got a Daesang from it!!” “You got awards from rapping too, but that doesn’t make you good at it” I shrug. “You….” I can see him bubbling in rage before he let out a big huff, “I swear if Jiyong didn’t talk me into this, I wouldn’t be here right now” “Oh trust me, sir. I don’t wanna be here either!” I spat. The rest of the journey spent in silence. Him cursing every now and then while I am praying in my head that the day would quickly ends. I don’t understand this guy. I know that I annoy him, and I know that he knows it too. I know that he knows how good I am at pushing his button but he still hovers. The car finally stops in a small parking lot next to a small building. The statue man jumps out of the car and leave the door open for me but he doesn’t wait for me to follow him. He walks firmly towards the door, which immediately opens once he places his thumb over the security sensor. He walks inside and gone behind the black glass door. I jump out of the car too, calculating which route I should take. Would I be able to make it if I run out? He doesn’t seem to want me to hang with him anymore anyway after what happened before. “If I were you, I’d follow what he says. At least for today” The driver materializes next to me. “and why would I do that?” “He’s a giant baby. He’d whine and throw tantrums if he finds out you’re gone and ultimately we will be ordered to find you” “Just tell him I moved to another country” I stare at the black glass door with much hatred. The driver chuckles, “You are so stubborn. Just go in. I promise you’ll have fun” I turn my eyes to see the smiling driver, “If I don’t, I’ll come after you” I walk towards the door and when I am close enough, it doesn’t opens. Damn. I have to have my thumb scanned first. But I’m a guest here, what am I suppose to do? I turn my head back to ask for help from the driver when the door suddenly opens, showing the annoying man looking smug. “You decided to come after all” He says as I walk in. I roll my eyes instead, not planning on having another conversation with him. We wait for the elevator in silence and I can see him taking glances my way. It’s so obvious that he wants to talk but he is still whining over my judgment of his acting. Baby. A big giant annoying baby. The moment the elevator door closed on us, everything hits me. The small and empty elevator is making the proximity between us really close and intense. His scent fills my nose and suddenly I feel so attuned to his presence. I feel the hair in my nape suddenly rise and my heartbeat hitches. I notice his breathing quickens too. What the heck is happening? I use all my self control not to look up at him but I know his eyes is boring into my skull. DING! The elevator doors opens and I jump out of the hell space immediately. He follows me out with a big relieve sigh from him. He felt it too. He felt the intensity of that elevator ride. “What was that?” He mumbles as he walks ahead of me, guiding me to a room. I try to tone down my heart’s rapid beating when he opens the door, letting out music from the booming studio. He cocks his head to signal me to come in and I do. I see the skinny man they call Jiyong lounging on a swivel chair and a new face sitting to his right. They both nodded to the beat with their eyes closed, not noticing our presence. The annoying man points at the long sofa behind the men and mouthing me to sit. I do what he said and I can see him somehow gloating over my submission. He walks towards the long table that stretches between me and the two men, who are enjoying their music. He leans forward and watches the monitor that plays the music. “Is this the beat that you wanted me to hear?” He says the moment the song ends. Both men jumps in surprise, making the annoying man laugh in satisfaction. “Ya hyung! Don’t do that!” Jiyong rubs his chest. “Took you long enough!” The unknown man throws his cap in the annoying man’s way. He chuckles, “I had some errands to do” “Did you succeed??” Jiyong’s eyes glow in excitement immediately. The annoying man cocks his head and the attention of the other two men suddenly turns to me. They hadn’t realize that I’ve been sitting here for a while, only noticing me after the annoying man points it out. The unknown man smile at me and nods approvingly while Jiyong simply grins and jumps out of his chair. “Annyeonghaseyo, Seohee-ssi!” Jiyong chirpily greets me. “Annyeonghaseyo” I stand and give him a proper bow. “Did he stole you from your work?” Jiyong walks closer, eyeing me from top to bottom. “He abducted me, yes” I nod making Jiyong and the unknown man laugh. “What did he do? Tell me?” Jiyong casually sits on the sofa next to me, draping his hand along the headrest of the sofa. “He begged me, cried with snots coming out of his nose. I couldn’t say no” I answer nonchalantly, making the boys laugh louder while the annoying man shout in protests. “I did not cry!!” He screams. “Yeah yeah hyung… Whatever you say” Jiyong waves his hand uncaringly towards the older man. “Yah! Jiyong-ah! This is all your fault!” The annoying man stomp his feet on the ground, showing his displease. “How the heck can you date a girl if you act like that?” The unknown man watch the annoying kid throws his tantrum. “I’m not trying to date her!!” The annoying man points his finger at me while facing the unknown man. The unknown man eyebrows shoot up, “I didn’t say ‘her’” And the laughter got even bigger while the one causing all of the amusement left red-faced and frozen on the spot. I watch the men banter with one another, possibly talking about me, or another girl, I don’t really give a damn. All I need to do is just pass the time until the night hits. “Oh!” Jiyong suddenly remember of my presence, “We haven’t introduced you to Teddy hyung, yet! Seohee, that weird man over there is Teddy hyung. He’s our producer slash composer slash brother” “Wassup, girl” He nods. I nod back, “Hello” “Ji, can I take her back, now? She doesn’t want to be here” The annoying man is making his way towards us. “Now? No way! I haven’t gotten closer with her yet!” Jiyong grab me by the shoulder and pull me closer. The annoying man freeze, glaring at Jiyong’s hand whose casually placed on my shoulder, holding it tightly. “We want you try a few verse on the beat that we made. We think it suits you” Teddy says. “Now?” The annoying man replies but not taking his eyes away from Jiyong. “Yes, now! Ppali! The quicker you do this, the quicker you can take her away” Teddy says and like magic, the annoying man moves fast towards the recording booth and again, Teddy and Jiyong laughs as they watch him. “You want to watch a show, Seohee-ssi?” Jiyong asks as he looks at me mischievously. “A show?” I echo him. “What am I suppose to rap? Where’s the lyrics?” Annoying man’s voice is on the speaker as he puts on his headset. “Freestyle, man” Teddy replies simply, lounging down on his swivel sofa. “Freestyle?! Since when do we do freestyle!” Annoying man protests. “We don’t know the theme of this song yet so why don’t you do some improve on it so we’ll know where to bring this song to” Teddy replies and Jiyong chuckles softly next to me. “Ugh… Alright” Annoying man finally agrees. The song starts and the beat bumping on the speaker, feeling the room up. “What do you think of when you hear the beat?” Jiyong whispers in my ears. “Umm… A club scene? A party?” I reply as I listen to the song. “Let’s hear what hyung thinks of it….” Jiyong says before the annoying man’s voice fills in the room. Annoying man starts to rap and somehow the song turns around. The once beat that was alive and fun, turns into something dark and empty. How did he do it? Just by his words? The lyrics full of despair and confusion, making the whole song turns 180 degree. The rap full of angst and pain, making the cheerfulness of the drums fade. Despite the sudden change of atmosphere, Jiyong laughs next to me. “What’s so funny?” I turn to look at him. “This song” He says, wiping his eyes from his laugh-tear. “This song is sad. Can’t you hear the lyrics? It’s about confusion, lost and desperation” I point it out. Doesn’t he understand Korean? “I know. That’s why it’s funny” He says. “Huh?” “I asked you what this song sounds like and you said it sounds like we’re in a club scene, partying. But look what hyung did to the song. He put lyrics like this instead.” He explains. “Maybe this is what he thinks of the song” I reason. “Exactly why. He feels the exact opposite of you, that’s why his impromptu rapping sounds like this. This is what he currently feels” “Wha…?” I open my mouth in daze. Jiyong’s grin widens, “Wanna prove my theory?” “How…?” I ask, somehow intrigues. “But please don’t kill me?” He says before he lounges forward and embraces me fully into his arms, nestling my head on his shoulder while he buries his face on my neck. What the heck?! “I’M DONE!” Annoying man suddenly yells loudly and takes off his headphones before he throw it hard to the ground. He marches outside the recording booth and head out straight to us. It only takes a second for the annoying man to grab Jiyong’s collar and pull him off me. For a second, I see Jiyong grinning widely at me before a fake surprise plastered across his face. “What’s wrong, hyung?” “What the fuck are you doing?!” Annoying man roars. His eyes are wide opens and I could almost picture fangs on him. He looks savage. “I was just thanking her for her brilliant idea” Jiyong says innocently. “Brilliant idea, my ass!!!” Annoying man shouts again. I stand up suddenly, “Why is it such a problem that he hugs me?” I defend Jiyong. The room fell silence for a second and Jiyong shakes his head in real fear. Teddy suddenly turns back his chair to face the monitor, pretending that he doesn’t know anything. Jiyong looks at both of us alternatingly and I know he regret his decision of messing with his hyung’s head. “You like him?! Is that how it is?!” Annoying man throws Jiyong onto the sofa making him bounces off with a grunt. “I never said that! I simply asked you why would you be mad if Jiyong hugs me!” “Because!!” Annoying man answers, as if that explains everything. “Hyung… I was just…” Jiyong speaks up. “Shut up!!” Annoying man roars again, claming Jiyong up. “Don’t ‘shut up’ him! At least he makes me feel comfortable here!!” “Oh you don’t feel comfortable with me?! By all means! Leave!! Go!! Take Jiyong with you!! Go!!!!” He points at the door angrily. “Why are you so angry?!” I shout back. “At least I followed you here and stay! It’s not like I’m your girlfriend who is not allowed to hang with other men!!” That did it. Annoying man suddenly frozen completely. His arm is stretched to the side; still pointing at the door but his eyes is no longer blazing fury. It is filled with shock, pain, confusion, and everything that his lyrics say. “Seohee-ah… Hyung is…” Jiyong speaks softly. “No, Ji” Annoying man cuts him, “She’s right. I’m sorry I dragged you here. I shouldn’t have done that. You have the right to decline, I shouldn’t have threatened you. So go ahead, hangs out with Ji if you want. He’s a good guy. He makes you comfortable after all” His voice turns soft and despondent. “I…” I lost for words. Why do I feel so guilty all of the sudden? “I’ll just head out. Ji has a car. He can drive you home. Or I’ll leave my driver here if you want. I wont bother you. Have fun with Jiyong” Annoying man says with his head folded down before he turns and walk towards the door. As his back walking away from me, the urge to grab him from the back is bubbling within me. The need to stop him slowly grows. Suddenly I feel so wrong, so guilty and so… so cold. Why do I feel this way? Isn’t it good that he finally knows his place and leave me alone? Before annoying man could open the door, a girl peeks in from outside. Her hair is brown and her face is glowing. She has make up on her but it looks natural, reflecting her youth. She looks familiar. She looks incredibility beautiful and completely innocent. “BABY!!!!” Jiyong suddenly sprung up and ran his way towards the girl who grins as she watched Jiyong open his arm to meet her. The moment they meet, the girl immediately nestles herself inside Jiyong’s embrace. It looks completely natural, as if Jiyong’s arm is where she actually belongs. “Oh” Annoying man look at the couple in front of him before he turns his head at me. “That’s right. Jiyong has a girlfriend. Sucks to be you, isn’t it?” “Huh?” The girl peeks out from Jiyong’s grasps. “Jiyong just flirted with Seohee, Hana-ya. I just thought you should know” Annoying man declares with his gaze fixed to mine. “Jinjja??” Hana turns to see Jiyong. Jiyong has his back facing me so I couldn’t see his expression. I expect her to erupt like how a girlfriend would do if they suspect her boyfriend is cheating. But instead.... “Did it happen?? Did it succeed??” She jumps out of Jiyong’s hug in excitement and Jiyong nods as excitedly. “OMO OMO OMO!!” The girl dashes towards me and grab me by the hand, “Annyeonghaseyo, I’m Hana. Lee Hana. Jiyong oppa’s girlfriend and Seungri oppa’s sister! I’ve heard sooo much about you! Can I call you eonni??” “What…?” I look at the bubbly girl in front of me. She leans closer, “I thought he was gay before, but after I heard so much about you from the rest of the boys, I feel relieve! Thank you!” She hugs me tight. “What’s going on?” I ask Jiyong and the man only laughs in response. “Babe, I think we should leave this two alone… Hyung is going to chop my ass into four if I stay here any longer” Jiyong says to his girlfriend. “Ahh…. Arraso arraso! I’ll see you again soon, Seohee eonni! Welcome to YG family!” She skips her way back to her boyfriend who immediately flicks her forehead. “Ya! They’re not going out yet!” Jiyong whispers loudly as he drags his girlfriend out of the room. “YOU RASCALS! TAKE ME WITH YOU!!” Teddy storms out of the room after he quickly bows a goodbye at me, leaving the annoying man and I alone in this suddenly silent room. What just happened?

Hello!I finally updated this story! Is anyone out there actually waiting for it? Do comment if you are, cause if no one is reading it, i might as well close this story down....Annyeong!