1 day has passed with Seungri still confused and Jiyong, still in Hong Kong, oblivious to YG's plan. It was the very next morning that Seungri suddenly wakes up from his daydream and put his confusions apart, it was when he received a text...from YG

From : Yang Hyungsuk Hyung

Seungri-ah I've set you and Bea to meet this afternoon, at And.here cafe

What the ?! That is so obvious! Too obvious! YG is really selling me right now

To : Yang Hyungsuk Hyung

Cant you be more obvious hyung? Its not even logical if I were to date anyone, I would go someplace hidden to protect her

Sent

From : Yang Hyungsuk Hyung

Well exactly, because you dont really want to 'protect' her..you want to protect Jiyong didnt you?

From : Yang Hyungsuk Hyung

I expect you not to mess up

ughhh I dont want to do this, really

From : Yang Hyungsuk Hyung

And dont forget to be lovey dovey 

From : Yang Hyungsuk Hyung

I'm watching you, Lee Seunghyun

*sigh*

To : Yang Hyungsuk Hyung

Fine

Sent

In a blink of an eye, Seungri found himself driving towards And.here cafe. He tries his best to look comfy and put on his boyfriend look but it is really hard when he doesnt even know her. Usually boyfriends has that boyfriend look because they are comfortable in their own skin, wearing knee-long pants and black polo shirt with a cap but Seungri just didnt know how to pull a boyfriend look in this circumstances because he never thought he ever have that look eventhough Jiyong frequently with 'awhh look at my boyfriend, looking so boyfriend-ish' 'you really pulled off the boyfriend look, you look really good right now' and honestly, Seungri knows that is exactly the point. The boyfriend look is not something you can just pulled off. Its something that came from within. The feeling of being really really comfortable and not trying to impress anyone, just wear whatever he wants and yet look really confident in it, the feeling of just excitedly wants to meet the other, of mindlessly wearing anything he wants but still is appealing in the other's eyes. 

Damn, I miss him, and this feels totally wrong Seungri thought and fishes out his phone quickly to message his other half

To : Baby Jiyongie

Sorry

Sent

Few minutes later, his phone dings alerting him of a new message and Seungri, while his hand is still on the steering, quickly taps on his phone screen to open the text

From : Baby Jiyongie

What for? 

And Seungri didnt even try to reply to that. Jiyong will know in a matter of minutes now. He has reached his cafe and its the first time for him to feel annoyed and reluctant to enter his favourite place, his cafe. He parked his car, after a lot of sighing and thinking and banging his head on the steering, he realized YG's man could be here watching his reluctance and he knows there's no point running away when he dont know where to go, if only Jiyong chooses him too, that would be everything more simple. Not easier but much more simpler, just stay with each other no matter what and that is what he always did since years ago, nothing as complicated as this right now.

After a few huffs and puffs, Seungri finally exited his car, purposely leaving his phone in the dashboard because he knew in some time, Jiyong would know and he would be attacked by mesages and calls. He likes it actually, a possessive Jiyong. But if Jiyong didnt choose him, then the least thing he could do for the love of his life is protect him and that is not going to work if he bring his phone, accepting Jiyong's calls which he knew will definitely results in him fleeing right away from the scene making YG's plan fail. 

He catches a glimpse of his reflection on his car, looking friendly, but the obvious formality is still there. Checkered shirt, sleeves rolled up to his elbow and jeans- not even ripped jeans! So not him. So awkward. He even sprayed his hair and comb it carefully, different from usual when he just let it fall and sway as natural as possible.

With a sigh, Seungri then finally enters his cafe. He shuts his eyes momentarily trying to surpass his annoyed feeling for being forced to do things he never wanted to do. At this point, Seungri became really grateful for not being in Jiyong's shoes all this while and he wish its still Jiyong who would do it this time with Bea, I mean, he's not even totally gay, he's biual so ofcourse this wasnt as challenging for him as it is for me, right? But still it hurts when he just got to pretend that he's okay everytime new fake scandal arose..but atleast even then, every time YG forced Jiyong to act lovey dovey, Jiyong would still find him every night, proving Seungri that those act he will see the very next day is far from lovey dovey when all he received from the idol is much more love. So, all in all, yeah, maybe its better if this time it was still Jiyong because he really felt like crying right now.

Seungri sat at the corner of the cafe, trying to atleast be a little subtle. He knows YG would want him to sit outside or just near the glass window but that's absurd. Those nyongtory shippers might have find it really fake if he did that. Hell yeah they are very sharp. Hanna came few minutes after that and Seungri doesnt even have to told him when 

"Oppa! Annyeong! Oppa omo you look so happy in Hong Kong why the long face?" said Hanna with a smirk

"Hey hanna" Seungri pulls his sad smile involuntarily

"Where's Jiyong oppa?"

*sigh* "I'm asking that question to myself too"

"Oppa..."

*sigh* "He is..he's still in Hong Kong...YG hyung-"

"wait- Oppa dont say..."

Seeing the glassy eyes of his sister, Seungri just nodded and let his head fall to stare at the floor blankly

"Omo ottoke Oppaaa?!" Hanna's voice is already wavering and Seungri could only let out a deep deep sigh before Hanna came to him and embrace him in her arm

"Its okay Oppa, Its gonna be okay" Hanna whispers. Fortunately the spot Seungri picked is really hidden, or else the whole cafe is going to freak out when Seungri doesnt even think twice when he let his heart goes all out, wrenching his sisters apron with his tears and anybody who heard his loud sobs could go to hell he dont even care anymore

"I- I- I love him so much Hanna.." sobs and harsh exhalation of air can be heard from where Seungri buries his head on his sister's chest

"I know Oppa, and I know he loves you too the same"

"I ask him if he wants to go official...that I cant handle this anymore...I am willing to lose everything for him, Hanna...I always will b- b- but he..he never replied"

"Shhh its okay..Jiyong oppa need some time, I know he'll reply a positive answer for you..he just need to sort some things okay? Jiyong oppa is always about the calculations, pre cautions and side effect, you know him better than I do shhh its okay oppa its okay"

"I- I know...but it hurts...Hanna it hurts so much"

"I know...you gotta be strong for him okay? You are not giving up are you?"

"No...never"

"See thats my brother! Fight for your love even if the world is against you, fight with all you might, I will always be behind you...plus, its not like Omma and Appa didnt know..so 1 problem is already settled..okay Oppa?" Hanna said, cupping his brother's face cutely so that she could look into the said man's eyes while trying to convey a message she have been dreading to tell him all this while

"O- Okay..wait what? Omma and Appa knows?!" Seungri's eyes widen in disbelieve. As far as he is concern, his parents never knew about them and most importantly his parents never knew he was gay and that they would definitely oppose the idea and maybe abandon him as a son because his parents is really conservative like that but what?

"Uhh that..I think you have to meet them, I may have slipped my words a long time ago but until now I dont really know how they feel...but I suppose, not forbidding you to meet Jiyong all this while is a good sign, right?"

"What? Hanna what do you mean wi-"

"Ni hao" Seungri's words was cut off when a pretty young girl named Bea came to greet him with her chinese dialect. 

. Its time Seungri thought. He then wipes away his tear stained cheeks and send Hanna away with a glare and mouthing 'Im not finished with you' before Hanna practicaly wriggle his way out of Seungri's grip. He offers the lady to sit when he automatically stand up out of respect- very formal indeed.

"Ni hao, Bea" 

"Sorry for interrupting you Seungri"

"Oh no-no she is my sister"

"Ohh I see, she do have the same look as you, though"

"Yeah people thought we were twins sometimes"

"Oh haha cute..."

Okay this is awkward and god knows how much I hate awkward silence

"So...why did you agreed?" Seungri started the real conversation then

"I never did, Seungri...just like you...we never agreed to anything but yet..here we are"

"Thats true..Im sorry to cause you this mess, I bet your boyfriend would be mad at me"

"Its girlfriend actually"

"What? Really? I never thought.."

"Like I ever thought you were gay.." and they both chuckled at the same time, giving side glances and a smirk on their face.

Seconds later, a waiter came to serve them their order, it was a large glass of ice chocolate with two straws in it but weirdly, they never ordered anything. Seungri turn to his side to find his sister and he knew his guess was correct the moment he saw his sister behind the counter smiling sadly to him.

"Hyung, Hanna ask me to give you this" The waiter said when he passed a piece of paper to Seungri

"Oh...okay thank you" was Seungri reply as he opens the paper and read whats inside

Goodluck oppa, I will always be by your side no matter what...to help you protect your love or to help you to fight the world. Saranghae. 

p/s: You better get your game on cus people has start whispering over here. Sorry but not sorry

p/s: Enjoy the ice chocolate

p/s: She's lesbian right? I knew it! 

and Seungri chuckled to that. He doesnt even know how Hanna figures it out but then he thought, maybe those sad late night calls he always have with Hanna whenever Jiyong is out there doing cover-up stories with girls he barely know pays in the end

Upon noticing the furrowed brows from Bea, Seungri quickly shakes his head and give her a little smile

"Sorry..it was my sister..she said she knew you were gay too"

"Hahah I dont blame her, I am always making it obvious for people..but Amaline is always asking me to lower it down..and this is what I get for being stubborn"

*chuckle* "Same here. So, Amaline is her name? Beautiful name"

"Yeah so does Kwon Jiyong" and then again, Seungri found himself feeling relieved and at ease as they both let out a laugh. Maybe..just maybe he might find her quite a help for his messy mind right now. Maybe she's going to be a good friend of him, seeing how open she is, well Jiyong has Chaerin noona to be his best girl friend right so why not he have Bea as one too. Plus, she admits it herself that she's gay so then, there will be only friendship left. Maybe this is not as bad as he thought.

"I wanna meet her, your Amaline and see why is she so unlucky to have you" says Seungri, trying to break the ice

"Wha- Excuse me! She's really lucky to have me okay! and why do you even want to meet my girl?"

"Well everybody gets to meet my man, so why cant I?"

"Thats because you just dont know how to keep your man, simple as that" Bea said jokingly while lifting one of his brows. She didnt know that her words have hurt Seungri in every possible way. 

When she noticed how Seungri's posture went slightly crouched and he stared blankly on the table, she suddenly realizes her word and regrets it deeply

"Oh god..I didnt mean it like that, Seungri...Im so sorry sometimes my mouth is faster than my brain, I just didnt know what I do after I did it...I am so sorry, I didnt mean anything..I was just joking" at that, Seungri nodded slowly not lifting his gaze from the table.

Then, Bea reach for his hand on the table only to squeeze it a little, gaining Seungri's attention back and then she smiled her prettiest smile but to Seungri it was also symphatetic. And his thought soon was proven true when Bea said...

"Be strong Seungri, they need us. Eventhough I dont know whats going on with you and Jiyong, because I know that Jiyong didnt follow you back yesterday, and eventhough I still get to prove to Amaline that I love her tonight depsite the rumors thats going to take place in mere seconds now but maybe you wont get the chance, you still need to be strong. We are the heroes to our relationship, we need to protect them as much as we can..and trust me I know exactly how you feel..so Im sorry but we have to do this"

"Yeah.." was Seungri's short answer when he replied Bea's hand with his other hand, placing it on top of Bea's and giving her a reassuring smile.

He could feel the warmth in Bea and in his current state, he need a friend like this. Its not like his friend is not this warm, not like Hanna dont give him the same comfort, they did, but it feels so much better with somebody who is exactly like him, who knows exactly how he feels, being threatened and being the community's disgust despite the beautiful intention they had. He needed someone with the same situation as him to guide him because he never knew anything about this kind of cover-up, and Jiyong is not here to explain to him that he just need to fake a smile to protect his love. He dont get it at first, why Jiyong always complies to YG's order, but now when he himself have to do it, and when he met a person of the same situation as them, seeing how sparkly Bea's eyes had been everytime Amalines name is heard, how loving they both are for the other, he gets it. If this thing would help him protect his love, he would do it gladly. Although he is more than ready to face the world, this act he's participating is teaching him not to be selfish and letting his other half decides while he's maintaining the protective shield over the said one. Its the least he could do in return if Jiyong one day would finally decides to go with him. Atleast he protects Jiyong not just being protected by the other.

"You know what Bea, lets have a deal" Seungri said after a while, resulting a lift in Bea's eyebrows, asking him to continue.

"Im gonna make people really jealous at our 'relationship' because if YG wants it to look real, I will make it look like real and I will do anything to protect my baby eventhough he's not saying a word about us going official but in the meantime, Im gonna make you look like the luckiest girlfriend ever that YG will someday be afraid of how real it gets and decide to stop this whole thing immediately because it is far more dangerous than me and Jiyong...but if you and Amaline get a fight because of me....then dont blame me! You ask for it, okay!" Seungri said, putting pressure on the last few words of his, but Bea is just laughing at his deal, especially when Seungri started to show her his pinky finger, waiting for her to connect and seal the deal

"Ohh boy, Amaline and I are going to need more than a panda to start a fight, dont get ahead of yourself, cutie" came Bea's reply

"Deal" She added once she connected her pinky finger with Seungri's and shake his head a little for the childish act before they both let the fingers lose and Bea then drags the glass of Ice chocolate near her to sip on it only to be snatched away by the panda.

"Yah! Let me too" Bea said and at the same time, Seungri notices a few fan girls behind Bea that is already capturing their moments so..well they just made a deal right? so nothing's wrong with..

"Okay have some" Seungri said, putting the glass in the middle and pointing the other straw at Bea's direction

"Oh god" Bea whines before she too started to sip on the straw, and being the cheesy guy by nature, Seungri makes the most loving gesture he has ever done with any woman when he tucks Bea's falling hair behind her ear, pretending as if he didnt want her hair to get to the whipped cream topping, resulting a roll of eyes from Bea.

"Regretting already, honey?" Seungri added teasingly, after wiping his own mouth and leaning back on his chair after sipping the drink together with Bea

"Game on, Seungri, game on" She said and Seungri laughs gingerly.

They spend another 2 hours on the cafe conversing in so many things but at the same time, that only one thing they had in common, which is the homoseaxuality. Bea told him how she and Amaline met and Seungri discovers that Amaline is a script writer and she has wrote some chinese romantic movies and how most of the lines are actually their love story. She told him that Amaline is not the kind to be obvious and shows people how she love Bea but Bea thought how she memorizes every word they had and insert it in her script so that the whole world know about it, even though it is not straightforward telling that, that is their love story, it is already enough to prove that she really loves Bea and that is her own way of being 'obvious'. Seungri notices how Bea's face became red upon remembering Amaline's antics and her eyes sparkles everytime she told him a story about them and told him how much she love the other without pause, spilling her story like she never told anyone about it before. Maybe...Bea is also grateful to have him as a friend too. Maybe Bea needed someone similar too, so that her feeling would be more understandable for the listener.

"Wow...you really do love her"

"Ofcourse I do, idiot, she's the best haha so..tell me about you and Jiyong then"

And there goes Seungri..spilling everything from their first encounter and how they confessed to each other and admits their feeling in the janitor's closet..how he was so worried about Jiyong when the scandal broke and how he get into an accident that one night because he just knew that Jiyong agreed to YG's plan for Jiko that same night and being the first cover-up story they encounter, Seungri couldnt control his emotion and literally drunk and drive and how he forced Jiyong away to Kiko in the most subtle way when he wokes up because he was still broken hearted. Basically he told her everything and he couldnt recall spilling his emotion this entirely for anybody in his life. If Bea is a secret paparazzi, she would certainly get a lot of scoop in his story. Hopefully not, he's trying to protect someone right now.

"Well wow that was...wow, you guys went to hell and back, and like every ups and downs..wow..Im envious..I mean we are great but yours are much stronger I suppose"

"Yeah..I thought so too..thats why I was a bit disappointed when he didnt reply me about being official to the public..I dont get it"

"Ofcourse you dont get it Ri, the way I see it, Jiyong wants to protect you all the time, its easier for Amaline and me because Im the only celebrity so our reputation is not really at stake, but yours? You guys are both in a world renown kpop band that is so amazing especially TOP, oops Im sorry Im a fan, but yeah a big big boy band and Jiyong is like what? The richest celebrity in history? The most famous kpop act? He even get the most influential award in China! For god sake, we have Jackie Chan in China but He receives it! Dont you know how heavy he must have felt on his shoulder? Being official to the public is not an easy thing for him. Ofcourse you could handle it, you are always a free bird, you never felt caged, even in a cage you would find ways to be free but Jiyong is not that. But for him, its not about his reputation he's thinking about, its yours. If he agrees to your idea, his fans his sponsors, would never really blame him, because they want him, afterall he's the most influential, but they'll blame you, they'll say you seduced him, you are the poison, the reason that makes him go astray, as harsh as it sound, it is the truth. Do you think he wanted his lover to be blamed for entire life because of him? You have to make yourself wanted, to show the world you are at par with him that when they found about you guys, they would say 'wow they suit each other' rather than 'maybe Seungri's just using him' and show him that you could protect too, that you dont just want to be protected, show him you can protect him, you can protect yourself. And Im not gonna lie when I say you are really close to be at par with him, people from China and Japan started to thirst for your presence in their show, you have your own agency, your new record label, soon be opening your own club, own this own that, you're almost there. If Jiyong is afraid if you could be there for him then you make your own way up to be there, if you're confident he wants to be there when you make your way up, then maybe, second deal is needed, to push him just a little bit...which I think is the case right now"

"What? what second deal?"

"The deal of a lifetime only angelic Bea could give, the deal for a jealous Kwon Jiyong until he crawls to you and I dont even care if he kills me..man your happiness is my most priority" Seungri could swear he jumped out of excitement for the idea! Hell why dont he thought about that earlier! Damn it, he really need an alliance like her.

"Deal!" Seungri says, shouting a little bit, making Bea chuckled to his remark. Unlike any other drama, their plan is so much easier since YG himself has unintentionally plans it for them, they just have to go with the flow.

4 hours has passed and their ending for today's 'date' is here. They smile for the last time towards each other before Seungri practically drag her for a friendly hug and express his gratitude but he receives a 'you are really enjoying the attention the media would give didnt you?' from Bea that makes him giggle while proceeding in his steps towards their own respective car. They wave each other goodbye and soon both parts their own ways, feeling relieved and grateful to meet someone to have something that is hardly common in their life, pure love for the same gender.

As soon as Seungri came to a stop at a junction for a red traffic light, Seungri then finally remembers about his phone and after looking for it a little a bit, he retrieved it from his dashboard and unlocks it, making the outrageous notifications to appear before his eyes. The one that got his attention the most was

189 missed calls from Baby Yongie

and also 

23 messages

but when he opens the list of unread inbox, the 23 seems to be just one as he only sees one message at that time,

1 message from Baby Yongie

From : Baby Yongie

Its YG isnt it? Tell me its YG, tell me you've been forced to do it. Seungri, you know I love you, still and always. Why are you doing this? You could simply disagree to it

Seems like Jiyong texted h