Chapter 49

Masks

Day 42:

"Morning.." Sey greeted me in the dorm. She was sitting in the kitchen and eating breakfast when I entered the room.

"Good morning." I smiled brightly and took a bottle of juice from the fridge.

"I guess you had a good day yesterday?" she asked smiling.

"Maybe." I took a sip from my drink.

"Tell Yongguk I will kill him if he mess up." Sey said while taking another bite from her sandwich.

"Wait, how do you..?" I asked and she smiled innocently. It was enough for me to realize how she knew..

"Tell Himchan he is dead when I see him.. It was supposed to be a secret."

"Yah! He didn't mean anything bad, and it wasn't his fault!" She exclaimed, defending him.

"I need to go to the company. Please don't tell the other girls.."

"Sure." Sey smiled. "Have fun today!" 

 

~

 

"Good morning.." I approached Jinu and Yongguk, who were talking to each other.

"Good morning." Yongguk's face lit up when he noticed me.

"Morning, kiddoh." Jinu greeted.

"Oppa.." I turned to Jinu. "What do we tomorrow?"

"You are practicing with the girls, of course. You need to debut." he patted my head.

"Are you nervous?" Yongguk asked me.

"No. Finally a little break from you." I teased.

"You will miss me.. I can tell you are going to come bugging me afterwards." Yongguk said smiling.

"Get in the car, you two. We have schedules and we have the pool party and BBQ afterwards.." Jinu ordered.

"Yey, pool party!" I beamed.

"Are you that excited?" Yongguk asked.

"Of course!" I answered and he just laughed.

We sat in the car next to each other and Yongguk grabbed my left hand and put it between both of his hands.

"Did you sleep well?" he asked.

"Yes. What about you?"

"Yes." he smiled.

"Did you made up?" Jinu asked, eying us suspiciously from the mirror.

"Yes, don't worry." I said.

"Great. Did you think about our talk yesterday?" he asked and I blushed immidiately.

"What talk?" Yongguk asked.

"Just something between me and Hyeri." Jinu smiled.

"Do you have secrets from me?" Yongguk asked me, pouting.

"Yes." I poked his forehead. "You don't have to know everything."

"So mean.." Yongguk sighed, and Jinu laughed at the both of us.

 

~

 

When I left the SBS building after "Inkigayo" there were a few girls waiting outside. Yongguk was still inside with Jinu, so I waited for them outside the building, enjoying the sun.

"Unnie!" One of the girls called.

"Yes?" I approached her smiling.

"Here." she gave me a small plastic bag.

"What is it? Do you want me to give it to Yongguk? If you wait a little he will come out as well, you could give it to him yourself." I offered, thinking it was meant for him.

"No." She shook her head. "It's for you." she smiled brightly.

"Really? Thank you so much!" I beamed. It's the first time I'm getting a fan present.

"Can I get a hug?" she asked shyly.

"Of course!" I smiled and hugged her.

"Hyeri!" Jinu called me.

"Yes, oppa?" I turned to him.

"Come back here, we need to go!"

"Hmm, I'm sorry, I need to go." I turned back to the girl.

"It's okay." she smiled. "Have a good day and good luck!"

"Thank you, and for the gift as well." I smiled and waved her goodbye, going over to Jinu. We sat back in the car, heading towards the company.

 

"What is it?" Yongguk asked when he noticed the bag in my hand.

"Fan gift." I smiled.

"For me?"

"No." I pushed him away.

"You are growing up." Yongguk smiled like a proud father. "How does it feel getting your first fan gift?"

"Really good. And the girl who gave it to me was so sweet and pretty." I grinned.

"Open it."

I opened the bag and found a box and a letter in it. The box had a small Minnie mouse doll and a key chain with my name written on it. I moved on to the letter. She wrote that she likes my voice and that she is waiting for me to debut. So sweet..

"You deserve it." Yongguk said while wrapping his arms around me. Afterwards he leaned his head on my shoulder.

"How did you feel getting you first fan gift?" I asked.

"Excited and happy and surprised, since I didn't think I'll actually get one. It's pretty amazing that people like your music and that you can touch people with it."

"Is that why you wanted to be an idol?"

"Yes. I wanted to get to more people with the music I make."

"I'm glad you did it." I pecked his cheek, trying to avoid Jinu's watching eyes. Yongguk turned around and pecked my lips. I hit his arm because we weren't alone, but he didn't care.

"I knew something was weird with the two of you today.." Jinu said. Great, wer'e caught red-handed thanks to that idiot next to me.

"I'm sorry.." I blushed furiously, hitting Yongguk's arm again.

"I'll pretend I didn't see anything, but this is your last warning. If you get caught by someone else it will be bad." Jinu said. He sounded a litte harsh, but I know it was only because he is worried about us.

"It won't happen again." I promised. "Right?" I glared at Yongguk.

"Don't worry." Yongguk smiled, squeezing my hand.

"Thanks, oppa." I said to Jinu.

"Please don't fight often, it's not healthy for your relationship and for your mental health as well."

"We promise." I said.

 

After we got back to the comapny we went to our dorm in order to get ready for the pool party and BBQ. So exciting!

"Take this." Sey said and threw a navy colored bikini with white polka dots on my bed.

"What is it?" I asked confused. I already have a swimsuit..

"You have a nice body, show it off a little." she smiled and winked.

"I already have a swimsuit." I stated.

"Just try it on.. Don't wear it if you won't like it."

I did as she said and changed into it. It fitted well and it actually looked good on me. I examined myself in the mirror, smiling.

"You see? I told you you should try it." Sey smiled while examining my appearance as well. "Your boy will be happy."

"I'm not wearing this for him.." I shrugged. Well, maybe a little.. Who wouldn't want to look good in front of her boyfriend?

"Liar." she teased.

"We need to go in a few minutes, so finish getting ready!" Yujin called from the living room.

"Got it!" I shouted back and put on my clothes - a pair of short jeans and a gray tank top that was a little loose on my body. I finished organizing my bag and soon all the girls were ready as well. We headed to the company to meet everyone.

The company rented a country club just for us so no one will bother us. It had a big swimming pool, a lot of green grass and some other facilities we could use. The managers and staff were responsible for organizing the chairs and everything and for setting up the BBQ later. Hyuk and another trainee were responsible for the music, with Jongup and Zelo going over there from time to time to make sure they put different kinds of music.

"Come here, unnie, let's sit over there." Eun Hee said and pointed over a spot on the grass. I followed her and settled down over there with the rest of the girls.

When we took off our clothes we heard whistles. We looked at the source of the noise only to see Himchan staring at us with a big smile on his face. Youngjae was standing next to him, his arm on Himchan's shoulder, and he was looking at us as well.

"Idiots.." I mumbled while smiling.

"Hyeri, make me a baby!" Himchan shouted.

"Yah, Kim Himchan! Do you want to die?!" Yongguk and Sey shouted at the same time. They looked at each other confused and then started laughing, just like the rest of us.

"I was just teasing her, you party poopers. Why are you so pressed?" Himchan shrugged, and Sey shot him a death glare.

"You are digging your own grave, ahjussi." Sey shouted at him.

 

~

 

Yongguk couldn't take his eyes off from Hyeri when she was trying to put sunscreen on her body. He was hypnotized. He wanted to go there and help her, but he knew better than to do that in front of everyone. As a result, he just admired her from afar. If only she knew how pretty she is..

"Stop drooling." Himchan stood next to him. Yongguk ignored him, swallowing his saliva.

"Remember I told you you would date an angel?" Himchan said while resting his arm on Yongguk's shoulder. Yongguk finally looked at him. "Well, she is far from it, but she has a really nice body and she can be nice when she wants to. A lot of guys would want to be in your place right now."

Yongguk wanted to say something, but a yell from Himchan stopped him. Sey grabbed Himchan's ear and started dragging him away, probably in order to scold him. Yongguk smiled to himself, happy that Sey can put her flirtatious boyfriend in place.

 

"What the hell?" Sey exclaimed when she and Himchan were finally alone.

"What?" Himchan played dumb.

"What do you think about Hyeri?"

"She is my best friend girlfriend."

"Then why are you talking about her so much today?" She put her hands on her waist.

"I'm just fooling around.. You know I always do that. Did you really think I would start something with her? She is Yongguk's girlfriend, and I'm not crazy enough to date her. Yongguk is probably the only one that can handle her temper."

"Don't talk about other girls." she glared at him.

"Honey, you know I only want you.." Himchan said and caressed her cheek. Sey moved his hand away.

"Don't call me that, I'm mad at you."

"How about I'll let you top tonight?" Himchan offered, trying to make her anger go away.

"We already did that yesterday." she said dryly.

"Then we can do the role play you wanted.." he offered something else.

"I don't want the role play, I want something else." Sey said with a mischievous smile.

"No!" Himchan declared when he realized what she was talking about. There is no way he is doing it, no matter how much she begs.

"Then go back to Hyeri, if you'll still be alive after Yongguk finishes with you." she turned around to leave.

"Honey, wait!" Himchan grabbed her wrist. Dammit, there is no way he can get out of it without doing what she wants.. He really messed up this time.

"Leave me alone!" she demanded.

"I'll do it, but I have one condition." he finally said, giving up.

 

~

 

I was standing near the swimming pool and looked at the boys. Yongguk was talking to some of the trainees about something and he looked excited since he kept moving his hands. I smiled watching him smile. I examined his figure. He was shirtless and I could see how skinny he was. He needs to eat more. He still looked good, it's just that he will look better with a little more weight on. It's not healthy being so skinny, and knowing him, he tends to skip his meals a lot.

I was busy looking at him so I didn't notice someone stood next to me. Before I realized what's going on someone pushed me into the pool. I looked up and saw Himchan smiling and laughing at me.

"What the hell?!" I exclaimed while trying to catch my breath.

"You looked like you needed a cold shower." he smiled innocently.

"Wait until I catch you!" I threatened and went out of the water, freezing. I started chasing after him while he ran away.

"KIM HIMCHAN! COME BACK HERE!" I yelled when he kept running. Why is he so fast?

"Catch me if you can!" he stuck his tongue out and continued running.

I pretended to give up and waited until he let his guard down. I saw him standing near the pool, watching Sey and the other girls. When he wasn't expecting it, I jumped on his back and pulled both of us into the water. I drowned him and swam to the other side of the pool. He came after me, utterly annoyed.

"What the hell?" He exclaimed while trapping me near the wall.

"You drowned me first." I pouted.

"Don't aegyo me, it won't work." he stated.

"This is for not keeping your mouth shut about yesterday." I splashed water on him and moved away.

"Yah, I can't hide things from her." he said while going after me.

"That's not an excuse!" I continued splashing water on him.

We did a water war for a while until the rest of B.A.P joined us, minus Yongguk. They were all targeting me now. I looked around, trying to find Yongguk or someone else that can help me. I finally saw Yongguk laughing at us from the side.

"Oppa! They are bullying me!" I shouted loud enough for him to hear, trying to get away from the boys.

"If you are going to bully her, at least do it properly! Why is her head still out of the water?" Yongguk exclaimed.

"You heard him.. Catch her!" Daehyun called and they drowned me again. Why do I have a boyfriend if he helps his friends bully me?

I finally managed to escape, when they were being nice enough to let me go and move on to the next victim, and I got out of the water. Yongguk was waiting for me with an open towel. I went into his embrace, wrapping myself with the dry fabric. He took another towel and started drying my hair.

"Why didn't you help me?" I asked, trying to sound as miserable as I can.

"You can take care of yourself quite well, you don't really need me." Yongguk smiled, still drying my hair diligently.

"By the way, Himchan told Sey."

"Well, it was obvious it will happen. Besides, you were going to tell her yourself sooner or later. Don't blame him." he reasoned.

"I know. I'm just scared it will get out of hand if people start talking."

"You always worry too much." he finished drying my hair and put the towel aside. He examined my face and moved a strand of hair from my eyes.

"I don't want things to go wrong." I admitted.

"Nothing will go wrong." Yongguk gave me a relaxing smile.

"Promise?"

"I promise." I smiled. "Do you want a pinky promise as well?" he teased. I nodded happily.

"You are such a kid sometimes.." Yongguk laughed at my reaction.

"Is it that bad?" I pouted.

"No. I like it. I like you just the way you are." he smiled his gummy smile and ruffled my hair playfuly. I blushed from his statement.

"Alright, so I promise nothing will go wrong with our relationship, okay?" he asked and held up his pinky finger. "I will do everything I can so nothing bad will happen."

"I promise I will try my best as well." I said and laced my pinky finger with his. We glued our thumbs together and with that we sealed our promise. If only I knew back then that all promises are meant to be broken someday..

We stayed quiet for a few moments, looking at each other.

"Stop looking at me like that, it's embarrassing!" I said when I felt I'm blushing too much from his stare and I covered my face with my hands.

"Your'e pretty." he stated, and I blushed even more.

"It's still embarrassing." I said, but he probably didn't hear much because my hands covered my mouth.

"What am I going to do with you? I can't even compliment you without you hiding from me.." Yongguk sighed.

"I'm not hiding from you.." I lowered my hands a little, revealing my eyes. "I'm just embarrassed."

"There is nothing embarrassing in receiving compliments." he said and pulled my hands away. I shifted my gaze so I won't have to look at him.

"Hyeri and Yongguk is sitting on a tree.." A loud singing was heard, interrupting our conversation. I glared at the culprits - DaeJae.

"Didn't you have enough of each other already? You were practically stuck with one another in the last month and a half.." Daehyun exclaimed.

"People might think you are actually dating if you keep hanging around each other like that.." Youngjae said, and I got the message.

"Go talk to the other girls, they are probably missing you." Yongguk said and pushed me towards them.

Meanwhile, not so far from them, someone else was watching the two with an unsatisfied look on their face. This is not over yet.

 


 

 

Author's Note:

 

Another long chapter :)

I know I said it will probably take me a while to update, but I couldn't help it *blushing*

I'm still going to be busy, so I don't know if I'll be able to update during the next week. If not, you'll get an update (or two) in the weekend.

 

I think Hyeri and Yongguk's new song can be "Sugar" (Maroon 5) lol

I'll try to make them less sugary.

 

By the way.. Do you prefer the shorter chapters or chapters like this one?

I'm talking only about the length, not the content.. But if you have any other ideas\requests\questions\etc about the content feel free to tell me, I'll try to do it..

 

P.S - "Kingdom" short version sounds so good! It's like an upgraded "One Shot".. I'm looking forward to the full version and the mv.

 

I'm really grateful for your comments and for sticking with me! <3

 

M.

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Anfia976 #1
Hello,
How are you? We miss you
Anfia976 #2
Hello,
How are you? We miss you
jmayo81 #3
Chapter 156: Wow, I was blaming both of them at 1st, as things could’ve been handled so much better on both sides. I loved how Himchan & Sey reasoned with both of them, but Hyeri crossed a line once Yongguk apologized. I didn’t feel she necessarily deserved it, but I knew they both needed it.... sure the way he apologized, did seem like a back handed apology, as her kissing technique could’ve been discussed privately. But Hyeri towards Himchan, she needs to make this better, and of course, he hit below the belt, but she had consistently hit below the belt prior & then to hit him!!! I’m not sure how this is going to turn out, thank you for updating!!
infinitecuties #4
Chapter 156: I still one hundred percent believe that this entire situation is one in which Hyeri is very much at fault. I don’t think Yongguk is in a position where Hyeri requires an apology and I don’t think Hyeri even DESERVES an apology. She completely blew a small and minor incident out of proportion.

I do believe that Himchan went slightly too far with the comment he made however Hyeri shouldn’t have been as horrible to him as she was.
jmayo81 #5
Chapter 155: Welcome back!!!!!!!!!!! I was BEYOND happy to see the update, wow so much happened, where to begin? I see Hyeri & Himchan are still at each other’s throats, I do wish they could get along, and that Hyeri would see the validity in what Himchan said, but no matter what, I think time stopped when Yongguk said Sumi was a better kisser. I felt bad, that super slam, even if honest, that was the time to lie. Especially knowing Hyeri... I was shocked she would kiss him after that was said, and kept thinking why does kissing Yongguk keep coming up, even after he said she wasn’t as good of a kisser. .... sighs, once again, he’s storming out and even with his stupid honestly, I can’t say I blame him. Thank you so much for coming back & for updating,
infinitecuties #6
Chapter 155: WOOP WOOP!! MY FAVE FANFIC IS BACK!!! And OMG this is spicy as hell. I just wish Hyeri would stop being a drama queen and finally realise that she needs to get some help and that Yongguk loves her.
Anfia976 #7
Hello how are you? Happy new year ?? Authornim we miss you and the story ? Hope you are fine bye
infinitecuties #8
Chapter 153: Chapter 152: I miss this :,) it was legit the only reason I kept on checking this website
jmayo81 #9
Chapter 153: Thank you for updating despite your busy schedule. I truly hope that Hyeri is ok! She let a lot of things off her chest the night before, and while I do wish she would've thought of the impact her leaving like that would have, I hope they catch her in time before she does something that would change all of their lives. Regarding the comment I just read, there's a difference between constructive criticism & just plain being rude. While it's true, being factual or doing some research on weightier subjects is a good rule of thumb, most of us are adults that don't use fanfics as our barometer of social issues. Assuming what someone's language is, was completely unnecessary to state. You don't have to read the story, if you're a writer, you should understand what it takes to create, upload & continue a story remembering details from previous chapters...etc. If you're not a writer, perhaps you should put yourself in the author's shoes before you begin.
BAPlover716
#10
Chapter 153: I look forward to the next update!