[February 2016]

Seunghyun hyung.

Yongbae hyung.

Jiyong hyung.

Daesung hyung.

Finally, I piled up my own rice bowl with the perfectly grilled meat after I have done my 'maknae' meal time duty - serving and offering the hyungs food.

"Yah! Maknae!  Why do you always served SeungHyun hyung first instead of me?"

I smiled before replying. "I have my reasons."

"Because he is the oldest?  Tsk! But I am the leader!  Don't I matter to?"

"Stop using the leader card Ji!" Yongbae hyung interjected before he turned to face Seungri.

"What about me? Don't I matter too?  I was the only one who sent you off at the bus terminal in the past maknae? Where is the love for your favourite hyung?"  Yongbae hyung asked sadly.

Yah! Bae! That's even more conniving!  Emotional blackmail? That's so wrong on many levels!  Even for you!" Jiyong exclaimed in disbelief.

"But you guys have never go on vacations with Seungri before.  Seungri and I did.  In Hawaii.  Right maknae?" Daesung teased the two squabbling best friends.

I looked over at SeungHyun hyung with pleading eyes.  He returned a nod of understanding.

[March 2016]

Jiyong hyung.

Yongbae hyung.

Seunghyun hyung.

Daesung hyung.

Finally my own rice bowl.

As I was about to start my meal, I felt the urge to look up and met with four pairs of eyes looking at me with a look of confusion.

"I decided to change the order of things abit." I carefully handled the tensed atmosphere with my usual savoir faire.

After a few seconds, a slight cough broke the awkward silence.

"Let's eat.". SeungHyun announced to the entire dining table before he returned his attention to his own rice bowl.  But before he winked at me as I mouthed a grateful 'thank you' at him.

[April 2016]

Yongbae hyung.

Jiyong hyung.

Seunghyun hyung.

Daesung hyung.

Finally my own rice bowl.

Again as I was about to gobble up the beckoning food in my rice bowl, I could feel the same intense stares, boring through my skull.  I looked up and looked directly into the eyes of my baffled hyungs.

"I thought of changing things up....again." I clarified my stance for the second time.

"Ok." This time round, Daesung hyung answered on the hyungs behalf before they all returned to their own rice bowls.

[May 2016]

Daesung hyung.

Seunghyun hyung.

Yongbae hyung.

Jiyong hhyung.

Finally my own.

This time round, I simply announced to the entire dining table of the change that I made.

"So....I' changed things up again...." I announced before digging into the mango sliced birthday cake. 

The hyungs seemed satisfied with my non quizzical announcement.  Except for Jiyong hyung. The frown on his face suggested otherwise.  Yongbae hyung must have noticed it as he gave a comforting pat to his best friend's hunched back.  Only then did Jiyong hyung relaxed and moved on to his own slice of cake.

[June 2016]

Seunghyun hyung.

Jiyong hyung.

Daesung hyung.

Yongbae hyung.

Finally my own ric...... eh!  

A pair of chopsticks had caught my own chopstick mid-air as I was about to place the smoky grilled meat onto my own rice bowl.  I looked up and saw an scrowl look on our leader's face.

"Hyung?". I asked curiously.

"Care to explain?" Jiyong hyung