“Do you like her?”

Bobby jerked his head up, almost getting whiplash.

He and Hanbin were sitting in the lounge area of the YG recording studio’s floor. Bobby had just found out Hanbin liked Jo and he wanted to know more about their relationship, but it was radio silence between the two of them since they sat down. Junhoe was texting Bobby like crazy though ever since they walked out the door so he had to silence his phone. It was all between the two rappers now.

"Yes," Bobby said, deciding to go with honesty. “But you like her and she knows you better," he continued, "I’ll just get to know her as a friend if that’s alright with you.”

Hanbin nodded slightly.

“Does she know? About you?” Bobby returned.

Hanbin sighed. “Ah-ni,” he said, still looking down at the floor, “It’s been one-sided for a long time now.” No.

“How do you know it’s one-sided if you haven’t told her?” Bobby pressed.

“Because,” iKON’s leader answered, “Keu-nyang ah-rah.” I just know.

“Yah, y—”

“I do,” Hanbin interrupted to explain, “Over the years, every time I talked about my crushes, I was really talking about her, even if I used the names of girls we both knew.

“Whenever she talked about who she liked though, I knew she wasn’t talking about me. She never got the hint. And Jo is a genuine person and she told me a lot about her feelings for the other guys.

“Unlike me,” he continued, “She actually followed throug