"Room 401. Be there at midnight, and don't be late. Come alone and don't tell anyone about this, especially not Yongguk. I'll know if you'll tell." I read the text over and over. I looked at the address attached to it. It was outside of Seoul. Why would he want to meet there?

I sighed and checked the time - 21:35. There shouldn't be traffic this late at night, so I should be fine if I start heading there at 23:00.. I tried to stay calm, but I still felt uneasy. I'm scared going there alone since I don't trust Zico, but he said he'll know if I'll tell someone.. I can't risk it.

"What are you doing?" Himchan asked while sitting next to me.

"Nothing." I put the phone back in my bag. "Did you talk to Yongguk?"

"I can't take your side this time, kiddoh. You messed up." Himchan said apologetically.

"I know." I said bitterly.

"Did you mean what you said? Do you really think he is.." he took a deep breath before finishing the question. "Responsible?"

"Of course not. I would never blame him for that because she wasn't in her right mind when it happened and she didn't know what she was doing. It was an unfortunate incident, and I think it all happened because she couldn't understand his life as an idol and give him what he needs. She was egocentric and inconsiderate towards him." I said whatever crossed my mind, forgetting he used to know her.

"Don't talk badly about the deceased. Where are your manners?" Himchan flicked my forehead lightly.

"Sorry.." I apologized. "I just think that maybe they weren't compatible. I know I can't judge since I didn't know her and I don't know how he used to be back then, but that's my opinion from what I heard about her."

"You can't judge since you weren't there. Either way, you messed up. You know it's a sensitive subject to him, so you shouldn't have broght it up in the first place. It was just mean."

"I know, and I'm sorry." I lowered my head, embarrassed. Himchan wanted to scold Hyeri more, but she looked so miserable and her apology seemed sincere, so he couldn't do it.

"Just wait for him to calm down a little and apologize properly. He won't be mad forever.." Himchan tried to cheer me up.

"Do you think we are compatible?" I asked, lifting my eyes to look at him.

"Now you're asking? After everything that happened with the both of you and after you drove me and Sey crazy?" Himchan joked.

"Sorry.." I said quietly.

"Will you really listen even if I answer this question?" Himchan asked with a smile.

"Probably not, but I really want to know what you think." I smiled as well. I do appreciate his opinion and I think he will tell me what he really thinks, but listening to people isn't one of my strong qualities.. Most of the time I end up doing whatever I want, even if I was told not to do it.

"I think you fit well together, so don't give up yet." he ruffled my hair playfuly.

"Thanks, oppa."

"Did you contact Zico?" Himchan became serious again.

"Yes."

"Let me guess.. You are meeting him and you can't tell me anything about it, right?" he sighed. He knows Zico and his tactics well enough by now, so it wasn't hard to guess. I nodded.

"Give me your phone." he asked and I put my phone in his hands without asking questions. I trust him, and I don't have much options left anyway.. Anything is better than being alone with Zico.

Himchan played with my phone a little and gave it back to me after a few minutes.

"What did you do?" I asked curiously.

"Don't turn it off, no matter what happens. If you turn it off your'e on your own."

"Yes, oppa." I didn't ask further questions since I didn't think he would answer them, but I was worried. I need to make sure my phone is on, so that whatever it is he did to it will work.

"Good luck, kiddoh." he smiled and got up, leaving me by myself, with a lot of unanswered questions.

I paced nervously around the living room, waiting for the time to pass. Unfortunately, time stopped today and every minute felt like an hour. I looked at my phone again - 22:45. I was already dressed and ready to go, I just had to wait for the time to pass. I don't want to get there too early.

After what seemed like forever it was finally time to go. I took a cab and gave the driver the address. We were getting out of town and the area seemed a little shady.. Not surprising since the warehouse is not much better and Zico is quite shady himself..

I paid the driver and got out of the cab. I examined the building. It was indeed a hotel, looking more luxurious than I expected. I went inside the elevator and went up to the 4th floor, searching for the room. It was located at the end of the hallway. I took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

The door opened and Zico stood there, smiling brightly.

"Come in, princess." He smiled and made room for me to enter. I walked inside the room quietly, trying to calm my heart down.

~

"Get up, we need to go." Himchan told Yongguk while storming into the room the two shared in their dorm.

"What is it?" Yongguk asked dryly, not lifting his eyes from the book he was reading.

"Your girl is in trouble."

"Not my problem anymore. I'm tired of cleaning up all the mess that she is creating." Yongguk shrugged, immersing himself more in his book.

"She didn't mean it." Himcahn said, knowing what pissed Yongguk off. He hates being in the middle between two people he cares about.. He does support Yongguk and understands him, but he also knows Hyeri is hot tempered and doesn't mean half of the things she say when she is mad.. She really is sorry and she knows she did wrong. If only Yongguk would listen to her, just for two minutes..

"If you are going to talk about that subject then get out. I'm not intrested and I don't care if she meant it or not. She shouldn't have said that in the first place."

"Hyeri is going to meet Zico." Himchan said the only thing he knew that can get Yongguk's attention right now. Yongguk finally lifted his eyes from his book, only to glare at Himchan.

"I don't care." Yongguk stated, and Himchan flared up.

"She is going there because of you. You are the one that got her involved in this mess in the first place, so you better move your to help her, or else I will drag you there and make sure I trade her for you and let Zico do whatever he wants with you. She doesn't need to take the blame for you."

"Fine, you annoying brat." Yongguk sighed and got up from his bed. "Where are we going?"

"We need to stop at the girls dorm first, we could use another person."

~

"What do you want?" I asked dryly while entering the room. Zico locked the door behind me. I looked around, trying to remember whatever I can from the room. It probably wouldn't help much, but it's better safe than sorry. The room looked quite luxurious. It wasn't a suite, but it was fancy. The room was big, with a king sized bed, a dining room, a small couch and a shower that was probbaly fancy as well. There were a lot of scented candles scattered around the room, probably meant for making it more romantic. It actually had the opposite effect on me, since I was disgusted.

"Mean from the start.." Zico commented. "It's actually a turn on, so please continue like this." he smirked.

"Why outside of the city?" I asked something else that I was curious about, ignoring his comment.

"I'm famous, people can recognize me. It's safer over here."

"They can recognize you over here as well if you ordered the room." I reasoned.

"It wasn't my reservation, sunshine." Zico smiled. "I'm not that stupid."

"Why am I here?" I asked again.

"Because you wanted to see me?" he played dumb. Great.. Not helping at all, but what did I expect in the first place?

"What do you want from me?" I asked impatiently.

"I just want to get to know you a little better.." Zico said and approached me, caressing my cheek. It felt weird since I'm only used to Yongguk doing it, and I hate Zico. I tried to fight my urge to slap his hand away from my face and just endured it quietly. I need to make him like me so he'll talk.. Maybe if I'll be nice to him I'll be able to convince him to leave Yongguk alone. I should offer myself instead of Yongguk.

"In all ways possible." Zico's voice cut me off from my thoughts. I flinched. It's so disgusting. There is no way I would do something with him even if he is the last man on earth.

"I'm not intrested." I said dryly and pushed his hand away.

"You will be, soon." he smiled mischievously, and it freaked me out.

~

Sey was sitting in her bed when her phone rang. She frowned when she saw Himchan's name on the screen, but she still answered the call.

"What do you want, jerk?" Sey asked impatiently.

"Your friend is in a hotel room with Zico right now. Do you want to keep yelling at me or to go there and help her?" Himchan asked.

"I'm coming." she stated.

"I'm outside your dorm."

After a few minutes Sey walked out of the building. She entered the back seat of the car and positioned herself comfortably there. Himcan and Yongguk sat at the front, Himchan in the driver seat. For some reason, instead of moving, Himchan kept staring at her from the mirror, and it started to annoy her.

"Are you going to drive or are you just going to keep staring at me?" Sey asked, annoyed.

"You are wearing my clothes." Himchan stated, smirking. He was happy inside since it means she probbaly still cared about him, but he tried not to show it. For now, he is just going to about it.

"I didn't have time to change. My pajamas are in the laundry and there is no way I'm wearing Hyeri's cute pajamas, so that's the only thing I had left." Sey lied. Truth is she wore them because she missed him and his clothes still had his scent on them, she just hurried out of the dorm so she completly forgot she was wearing them. Himchan gave her a weird look, like he didn't completly believed her, but she ignored it. After a few seconds Himchan finally started the car and diverted his attention back to the road.

While Himchan drove, Sey watched Yongguk through the mirror. He didn't look like he was worried, like she expected him to be, and it actually looked like he was forced to be there. Did he fight with Hyeri or something? Hyeri didn't tell her anything, but something must have happened since Yongguk is acting weird.

"Do you know Hyeri has a tigger pajamas? She had them even before you started dating.. She really has a lot of cartoon pajamas." Sey said, trying to change the subject and lighten the weird atmosphere in the car.

"You are a match made in heaven." Himchan teased Yongguk. Yongguk didn't react and just stared at the road in front of him. Sey sighed. She will kill Hyeri for forcing her to spend time with the idiot Himchan and the silent Yongguk. It feels like she is there by herself since Himchan is not really talking to her, and if he does it's mainly for making fun of her and .

~

"Wear this for now, we'll have planty of time to talk afterwards." Zico said and handed me a brown paper bag.

"Not intrested." I gave him the bag back.

"It wasn't a question." he pushed the bag back to me. "Do it while I'm still nice to you, or else I will just force you change right here in front of me.. You wouldn't want that, would you?" he smirked.

"Go screw yourself."

"I would love to do that, but that's not fun alone." Zico pouted. "Would you like to be my partner, dear? I bet your'e good at it, and I can keep your mouth busy for a while.." How I wish to erase that stupid smile off of his face right now..

~

"Well, I think it's this building." Himchan stopped the car in front of the hotel and checked his phone.

"You think? How about you check for sure?" Sey mocked.

"I installed a tracking app on Hyeri's phone, and it says she is in this hotel." Himchan said and showed Sey his cellphone.

"You actually have some brain in your head.. I'm impressed." she .

"Shut up. Let's go."

"How are you going to find out the room number, you genius?" she asked when the three of them were standing in the lobby of the large hotel.

"Trust me." Himchan smirked and went to talk to one of the girls at the reception. Sey and Yongguk watched as Himchan flirted with her, and soon both of them were gone. A few minutes later, Himchan came back with the room number, while the girl went back to her seat at the reception, giggling shyly. 

"How did you do it?" Yongguk asked.

"Let's just say I gave that cute girl something she wanted in return.." Himchan smiled.

"No wonder it took you only a couple of minutes.." Sey snorted. "You always finish fast."

"I'm matching my pace to my partner, so what does that say about you?" He turned to look at her.

"Oh please. I only faked it to make you feel better. No one will be satisfied from your performance in that department unless she has some really low standards."

"I wish all your future boyfriends will make you scream like I did." Himchan smirked, and Sey's face became red.

"Could you please stop talking about your life? I don't want to hear it, especially if I don't have one myself right now." Yongguk grumbled, feeling fed up with the arguing couple.

"Bang, how long was it since you had ?" Himchan took the opportunity to tease Yongguk.

"That's none of your business." Yongguk said dryly and hit Himchan's head, trying not to show he was starting to blush. He should have known Himchan would ask about it since Yongguk mentioned it..

"Yah, Yongguk! Stop learning the bad things from Hyeri!" Himchan said while rubbing the back of his head. Yongguk just laughed at his best friend's reaction.

"Let's go, I don't want that freak near Hyeri." Sey said and headed the elevators, the two males following her.

~

I took the paper bag Zico gave me and went to the bathroom.

"Leave your bag and your phone here. I know you are going to call for help.." Zico said, and I obeyed.

. My plan is ruined. I hope Himchan will still be able to find me.. I don't like Zico's intentions. I know I brought it up on myself, but I just want to help Yongguk. He might be mad at me right now, but I still care for him and I don't want Zico to hurt him.

I took a deep breath and opened the bag, afraid to see what's inside of it. It had a cream satin nightgown in it, with black lace at the cleavage and at the edges. Of course it will be somsthing like that.. What did I thought he would do with me alone at a hotel room? It's obvious he will try to take advantage of me, and I came here on my free will.. I'm so stupid. Why didn't I think before asking him to meet up like this?

I need to find a way to avoid it. Maybe I can offer other things instead of it? But why would he give up that easily? It has to be something convincing.. But what?

~

"So what are we going to do? Just go in there and take her with us?" Sey asked when they were in the elevator, heading the 4th floor.

"I don't know." Himchan sighed.

"You idiot." she hit his head. "Couldn't you think about it earlier?"

"Will you stop hitting my head? I need it!" Himchan whined.

"I have an idea." Yongguk suddenly said.

~

I changed in the bathroom to the nightgown Zico gave me. It was pretty and it was just my size, but I felt weird wearing it. It feels weird that another guy is going to see me in it, and not Yongguk. It feels like I'm cheating on him in a way..

I took a deep breath and went out of the bathroom, trying to memorize my plan.

"You are prettier than I thought." Zico smiled, examining me from head to toe. I suddenly felt self-concious about my look, so I tried to cover myself with my hands.

"Stop drooling." I stated, still stuck in my place, near the bathroom door.

"Come here." he ordered and patted the bed. He was sitting on the center of it, so there is no way to sit far from him.

"I have a few conditions first." I tried to sound as confident as possible.

"I'll be nice to you, so you can have one condition."

"Stay away from Yongguk."

"Oh, isn't it romantic you are willing to sacrifice yourself for him?" Zico laughed. "He won't want you afterwards. He probbaly liked you because you were innocent and sweet. When those things are gone, his 'love' for you will disappear as well."

"I'm fine with it."

"You know, it's actually better this way.." Zico got up from the bed and made his way towards me. "He took something that belonged to me, so it's only fair I'll take something from him." Now he was standing close to me, tracing my face with his finger. "Don't you think it will hurt him if you come to me?" his fingers moved from my face to my neck and my collarbones and I held my breath, hoping someone will come and save me from this situation.

"Get away from me." I managed to say and pushed him. He stumbled a litte since I took him by surprise, but he got up fast and glued me to the wall, his hands on both sides of my body. I was trapped. 

"You. Are. Mine." he stared intently at me, emphasizing every word. In each word his face got closer to mine. When the distance between us was only a few milimeters my eyes automatically closed and I waited for him to kiss me. I slowly counted the seconds in my mind. That's it.. I can't run away anymore. His lips touched mine. .

Author's Note:

I'm sorry it's crappy.. I'll do better in the next chapter.

I finished the chapter at this point since it's already long and it seemed like a good place to stop, so please forgive me for giving you another cliff hanger.

Just an explenation since I wasn't sure it was clear enough:

Hyeri wanted Zico to bug her so he wouldn't bug Yongguk anymore, but she acts before thinking, so she didn't think Zico would want this kind of things from her.. That's the reason she is flustered\surprised\worried.

In addition to that, she doesn't want to be with another guy, especially not Zico, since she has Yongguk (even if he is mad at her right now).

As for Yongguk, he is mad at Hyeri since he thinks she crossed the line that time, so he is too caught up in his anger to realize the real situation, which is not usual for him. Luckily, Himchan didn't leave him a choice but to come with him to rescue Hyeri, and it looks like he is finally realizing what's going on.

I know Yongguk's reaction seems a little exaggerated, but I mentioned in the past that he still blames himself for Hana's death, so hearing Hyeri indirectly accusing him in it was a big blow (and disappointment) to him, especially after their talk back then (when he told her the story).

I hope it made things clearer..

Thanks for reading, commenting, etc! It means a lot to me :)

M.