After leaving the living room, the juniors escaped to the kitchen. There was a few minutes of silence wherein each person was recalling what happened earlier. It seemed like the younger idols entered some sort of state of shock.

"Man. That was intense." Junhoe said as he fanned his face with his hand.

"I know. I think I almost peed in my pants." Seunghoon confessed.

"I've always known that GD hyung can be scary.." Chanwoo shuddered. "but that was a whole other level."

"And noona.. Did you see her face before she was able to compose herself?" Jinwoo sounded like he was about to cry.

Some of the boys shook their heads.

"She was pissed." Hayi told them.

"To the nth level multiplied by ten thousand!" Soohyun added opening her eyes wide. "It was like a chain reaction. When Dara unnie froze up, the rest of the unnies did too."

"Yup. Then after a few seconds it was like they pulled themselves together then built this wall around themselves." Hayi continued. "I actually envy them that closeness but I don't envy them the fact that they have to face that situation more than once."

"I wasn't sitting next to Jiyong hyung but I wanted to run far away." Hanbin confessed. "I was scared he'd just start hitting people."

"And when Dara noona said 'Real mature Kwon Jiyong'" Taehyun imitated Dara. "I thought we were done for."

"I have never heard her speak that coldly before." Mino said.

"We had intense scenes when we filmed our web drama. Shouting, slapping but I think this quiet anger was so much worse." Seungyoon winced as if remembering the slaps. 

"I'd rather she slap you five hundred times than hear her say anything in that tone again." Bobby told him.

"Why does it have to be me that she slaps?" Seungyoon demanded.

"Well, I don't want her to slap me." Bobby reasoned eliciting a laugh from the group. The first genuine one in almost thirty minutes.

"Glad to see you aren't too traumatized." TOP commented as he entered the kitchen followed by Daesung. He sat on one of the stools and grabbed a water bottle that was on the counter.

"Well.." Hayi started. "I think we'll live."

"Don't worry about it too much. You get used to it." Daesung said.

"Sad but true." TOP confirmed. "The thing with those two is, they're so in love they sometimes lose rational thought."

"Even noona?" Yunhyeong asked.

"Well.. With Dara.. She stays with him despite episodes like this." TOP shrugged.

"To be fair, he's gotten a lot better." Daesung defended Jiyong.

"You mean he was worse than this before?" Chanhyuk asked in surprise.

'Way worse. He almost punched me when he saw the I'm Sorry MV we did. He's half my size." TOP said exaggeratedly. "You see, the kiss wasn't in the script he saw. It was added a couple of days before we filmed."

"Do you remember when Youngbae hyung and Dara noona did I Need a Girl?" Daesung asked. His small eyes opening wide in glee. "He pouted forever. He kept sulking and throwing glares at Youngbae hyung but he didn't dare pick a fight with him since Dara noona and YG Sajangnim already warned him against it."

'Besides, he can't stay mad at Taeyang anyway." TOP added.

"Oppa, I don't think this is helping us feel less scared." Soohyun shyly said.

"Oh, don't worry about it. Now you have an epic Kwon Jiyong apology to look forward to." Daesung told them. "I hope he does it in public like the one he did after they suddenly stopped speaking to each other. If you're  brave you can try to get it on video and use it as blackmail material. Seungri did it once."

"What happened?" Donghyuk asked.

"Oh, he got what he wanted from Jiyong at that time. I think it was a limited edition designer jacket. Let's just say it cost Jiyong more than all of your appearance fees on your first ever appearance combined." TOP laughed evilly. "But the number of his lines in one of our songs dropped and he was in the back for most of it's choreography."

TOP and Daesung did their best to put the juniors at ease. Sharing stories and reminding them that it isn't always like this.

After some time, Jiyong and Youngbae entered the kitchen effectively silencing the entire room.

"And we just got them laughing again!" TOP complained as a joke.

"Guys" Jiyong coughed to clear his throat as he attempted to speak again. "I would like to apologize for what happened earlier. I was out of line."

"It's okay, hyung." Seungyoon bravely spoke up. "We understand."

"It's not okay!" Seungyoon flinched at his words. Jiyong rubbed his hand over his face. "Sorry. It's been intense. It's not okay because I shouldn't have done that. I get irrational sometimes and that's not an excuse but.. yeah.. I'm sorry."

"It's really okay, oppa. We appreciate you apologizing." Hayi said kindly. 

"And isn't this a sign that we're getting closer, hyung?" Jinwoo asked timidly, uncomfortable with, yet appreciative of, GD's efforts to apologize."When we can show each other our not so good sides?"

Jiyong smiled and approached Jinwoo to tap him on the back. "You're right, Jinwoo. Thanks! I just don't want this incident to undermine what we've been trying to do.. We've been looking forward to connecting with you guys the way our seniors have with us. I was afraid my episode earlier destroyed whatever bond we may have formed earlier but when you put it that way.. Just.. Thanks.."

Jinwoo blushed and tried to hide his face.

"I may be your sunbae, but I'm also still developing and improving." Jiyong said. "So again, I'm sorry and thank you for understanding."

"See? I told you he's gotten better." Daesung interjected. "In the past he would have just blamed us for his fight with noona and made us practice for hours! Now, he actually apologizes!"

"Daesung-ah?" Jiyong called sweetly.

"Yes, hyung?" Daesung answered but he moved behind TOP much to the amusement of everyone in the room.

"Where is Dara noona?" Youngbae asked. "Anyone know where they went? Someone needs to do some more apologizing."

Just then CL entered the kitchen with Minzy trailing behind her. "They went out."

"Went out? Where did they go?" Jiyong sounded worried.

"Just around." Minzy answered. "We were talking to them on the phone while they were driving around. I think unnie just needs space to let off some steam."

"Don't worry, Ji." Youngbae assured his best friend. "She's with Seungri and Bom noona."

Jiyong nodded and they made themselves comfortable in the kitchen, discussing the day's activities, their future projects and what they plan to do tomorrow.

After some time, Mino suddenly stood up and tried to quietly make his way out of the kitchen.

"Where you off to, hyung?" Taehyun asked when he noticed how much Mino was failing at attempting to be stealthy.

"Fck." Mino cursed silently before turning back to face them. He put on the most innocent expression he could manage "To the room."

"You've been summoned, eh?" Jiyong asked.

"Hyung.. I.." Mino stuttered.

"It's fine." Jiyong sighed. "Where is she?"

"Uhm.. I.."

"She asked you not to tell me?" At Mino's nod, Jiyong also nodded. "Help keep her safe."

"I will, hyung." Mino replied then rushed out of the kitchen. After he left, Jiyong fell silent.

"So I guess, we now know who Dara noona's favorite d