Chapter 26: Cure For The Heartache

Stuck In A K-Pop World: Hitting With A Big Bang (A Black Kitty Series, Book 1)
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I sat up on my bed as I woke up. I was still feeling so sleepy even when I tried to rub off the sleep in my eyes. My body was aching all over and I still felt so tired. I slept really late last night.

I checked the time on my phone and realised that it was six. Even though I really wanted to go back to sleep, I decided to go and take a shower. We were done with the music video that meant we had the whole day to ourselves.

The sound of Zoey snoring, made me turn to look at her. She had finally moved back to the room last night. She said it was lonely sleeping alone and that she had missed me. I couldn't help but agree with her and she came back to the room. And judging by the way she was sleeping, she was awfully as tired as I was.

I got up from my bed, made it and decided to brush my teeth and take a shower. I figured that while I am still awake, I could go through one or two things with our plans to trap Jehan.

After taking a shower, my nerves were up and running. As soon as I dressed up, I left Zoey still sleeping and went to the lounge. Thinking that I would be alone, I found Collins by the dining table having a cup of coffee and looking over his tablet.

"Well, you're up early," said Collins as he looked at me when I stepped into the lounge.

"Morning," I said as I walked over to him. "Ya, I'm up early. And what are you doing here?"

"Working like I usually do." Collins tapped and swiped on his tablet. "Aren't you tired because of the video shoot yeaterday?"

I sat down next to him. "Ya, I am."

"If you're up this early, then you have some kind of agenda. What is it?"

"Mmmm, I have no agenda today," I lied. "I just woke up out of nowhere."

"You guys also stayed up pretty late last night in the lounge with Lee. What were you up to?"

"We were just talking, that's all. And we were playing card games as usual. We hadn't done that in a while."

"Ya, true, I heard you guys laughing. Looks like you really had a lot of fun."

If only Collins knew that the only reason for the laughter was that we were coming up with stupid random ideas on how to trap Jehan, that we couldn't help but laugh out loud. We were really having a good time yet we were dealing with something serious.

"I see that you and Zoey have stopped fighting," said Collins.

"We have," I said. "We talked through it yesterday."

"I'm glad. I knew your issue wasn't as bad as I thought. Besides, I knew it wasn't going to last long. I mean, you two are the best of friends. It's going to take the world coming to an end to break you two up."

"Mmmm, maybe you're right."

"Want a cup of coffee?"

"Sure. I'll pour it myself, thanks."

I poured myself a cup of coffee while Collins continued to look through his tablet.

"And why are you so busy today?" I asked. "I mean, everything is done and all we have to do is wait for the official music video to be released. Then we go back home."

"You have no idea what we managers have to go through," said Collins. "You know you guys aren't the only artists I have to look after."

"Ya, I know. But you work hard everyday."

"It's not my fault I'm a manager. Besides, I love my job just like you love being an artist."

"True." I sipped on my cup of coffee.

"Anyway, I won't be around today. I have an important call to make back home and I don't want you guys disturbing me."

I felt enlightened by the news. That means we could go out and carry out our plans without Collins' knowledge.

"Can we go out and have fun then?" I asked.

"Sure. You deserve it."

"Thanks, Collins."

"You're welcome." He took a look at his watch. "I better get going, it's almost seven. Make sure no one gets into any trouble when you go out, okay? And I suggest you go out with any of the BigBang members. I don't want anyone getting lost."

"Collins, we have smart phones with a GPS. No one can get lost."

"Sometimes you just have to be extra cautious." Collins got up from his chair. "Have fun and be safe."

"We will," I said as I smiled up at him.

He smiled back as he carried his tablet with him and left the lounge. I heard the elevator doors open and close. I still sat at the dining table, sipping on my coffee and waited for a few good seconds.

I finally stood up from the chair, leaving my coffee on the table and went over to the huge glass windows where I saw Collins walk out of the building and enter the black SUV. As soon as the vehicle drove away, I rushed straight to my room where Zoey was still asleep and got my phone on the bed. I quickly texted Derrick and the other BigBang members to come over to the hotel. Derrick replied first and said he will be there in an hour. I bet the others were tired so I wasn't worried if they were to reply late.

As soon as I put my phone down, Zoey murmured and moved in her bed as she stretched her arms in the air. She sat upright and after rubbing her eyes, she looked at me.

"Morning, sleepy head," I said as I looked at her.

"Morning," she said. "What time is it?"

"Seven," I replied.

"Awww!" Zoey fell back onto the bed and covered her face with the blanket. "I feel like I haven't slept at all."

"Tell me about it. Just take a shower. You will feel wide awake."

"I still want to sleep."

"Well, you won't have to sleep forever. We have a lot to do."

"Arrgh, don't remind me." Zoey quickly drew the blanket away from her body and quickly got out of bed. "Is everyone still asleep?"

"Ya. Collins has some things to do and has already left."

"I better take a shower."

Zoey went to the bathroom and locked the door behind her. I was looking at my phone to see if I had any messages and immediately, a message popped up. And it was from G-Dragon. I read the message which said:

"Morning. Hope you had a wonderful night. I was wondering if you and I could spend the day together. I realise we have a lot to talk about. Call me or text me if you see this."

I wanted to scream out loud after reading the message. I completely forgot that G-Dragon wanted to meet me today to talk. But I don't know if I had time for that now considering what had to be done today.

What should I do? I couldn't leave him hanging.

I decided to text back:

"Morning. I'm okay. I hope you're okay too. Of course I would like to meet you today. Why don't we do so after lunch?"

I hope he was going to agree. G-Dragon had no idea about the situation between Jehan and Zoey and I didn't want things to get complicated if I had to lie to him. If he ever found out, he was bound to blow a fuse.

Zoey came out of the bathroom while I waited for G-Dragon to text back.

"Hey, are you okay?" Zoey asked as she came up to me in her white bathrobe and was drying her wet hair with a towel. "You seem really troubled."

"Oh, it's nothing," I replied, giving Zoey a smile.

"Don't try to lie to me. You seem a little off and you keep staring at your phone. Are you waiting for a message?"

"Ya. G-Dragon texted me saying he wants to talk to me."

"Talk to you about what?"

I sighed. "Obviously about you."

"Me!" Zoey sounded surprised as she pointed at herself. "Why me?"

"Well, last night when we spoke in the parking lot, he said he still couldn't believe that you've changed."

"Really? How am I going to prove to him that I'm okay with you and him being together?"

"Correction. He and I aren't together." I pointed out.

"But you will eventually, right? I mean, when all of this Jehan nonsense is over."

"Zoey, once the music video is released, we will be heading back home. Don't forget that."

"Oh, really? I forgot about that."

I shook my head and smiled at her. "Don't act dumb, Zoey."

"No, seriously. I kind of got used to this place, you know? I'm really going to miss it when we leave."

"Ya, I know what you mean."

"So," Zoey continued, dropping the topic and heading to the closet. "What are you going to tell him? We have a ton of things to do today."

"I know. But I just can't refuse."

"Why?"

"If I do, he might think something is up. And I can't tell him what's going on."

"True." Zoey took out a blue shirt and placed it on the bed. "He will kill me when that was supposed to be Jehan's job."

"Funny. I told him we should meet later on after lunch."

"And do you think he will agree?"

"I don't know. I'm waiting for his reply right now."

"No wonder you look so restless. You're afraid that he might come to pick you up right now."

"Now that you put it that way, yes." I felt a little shaky.

"Sorry."

"Don't be."

Zoey went back to the bathroom to blow dry her hair while I sat waiting for G-Dragon's reply. It felt a little strange that he hadn't replied yet. What was taking him so long?

A knock on the door brought me back from my thoughts. I turned to the door, got up from the bed and went to open it. Standing by the door was Lee all dressed up.

"Morning, I see you're also up early," said Lee.

"Morning. Come in, Zoey is getting ready in the bathroom."

"Ready for today?" Lee asked as she came in the room.

"No, I'm actually nervous. And I feel things are about to get a whole lot worse."

"Why do you say that?"

Before I could tell her about G-Dragon, Zoey came back in the room and said:

"G-Dragon wants to meet Sam today and that might just ruin our plans."

"Again with the blurting out thing," I said. "I was going to tell her, you know?"

"What does he want to talk about?" Lee asked.

"Me of course," said Zoey with a smile. "The villian of the story."

"Something tells me I would rather know about it later."

"Has G-Dragon replied yet?" Zoey asked looking at me.

"No," I replied as I looked at the phone in my hand. "I wonder why he hasn't."

"Maybe he's in the shower. Give him time. He will reply."

I decided to let this go and relax. Somehow, I couldn't help the feeling that something was up.

I went to the lounge with Lee and told her that Derrick was coming here.

"Wow, seriously?" Lee asked. "I can't wait to meet him in person."

"Ya, I hope Zoey doesn't freak out when she sees him."

My phone in my hand beeped and I quickly looked at it. Thinking it was G-Dragon, I found a message from Daesung, saying that he would be coming to the hotel.

"Is that G-Dragon?" Lee asked.

"No. It wasn't him."

"You seem really worried about all this. By the way, is Collins in his room? I haven't seen him."

"He left. Said he had things to do."

There was a loud yawn coming from the hall and walking in their pyjamas and night gowns were Daniel and Mike. They came into the lounge looking awfully sleepy.

"Morning, boys," I said with a smile.

"Morning," said Daniel. "You guys are up so early."

"I really want to go back to sleep right now but Daniel here woke me up," said Mike.

"Sorry, but we have so much to do today, I just had to wake up. I'm also as tired as you are."

"I better go and wake Christine up," said Lee. She left the lounge.

"You guys go take a shower and get dressed," I said as I looked at my brothers. "I'll order us breakfast."

It was almost close to eight when the six of us were all settled down at the dining table having breakfast.

"What time is Derrick coming?" Lee asked as she looked at me sitting across the table.

"You sound really excited to meet him," said Zoey.

I looked at Lee and she was looking back at me. At the same time we both smiled at each other.

"May I ask why you two are smiling at each other like that?" Christine asked as she was sitting right next to Lee, looking at her, then at me.

"Nothing," I replied as I took a sip of my juice, trying to hide my smile.

"Whatever they are smiling about, I hope it has nothing to do with me," said Zoey, who sat next to me.

I almost spat out my juice so that I could laugh, but I ended up smiling even more. Lee hid her smile as she chewed on her toast. If only Zoey knew that she was about to receive the shock of her life.

The land line phone soon started to ring and I stood up from the table to answer it. When I took the receiver, it was from the receptionist downstairs saying that there was someone who had come to see me. It was Derrick.

"You can tell him to come up, thanks," I said as I put down the receiver afterwards.

"Is he here?" Lee asked, looking at me.

"Geez," said Daniel looking at Lee. "What's with all the excitement if I may ask?"

"Nothing," Lee replied.

"Now I'm also curious," said Mike as he turned to look at me. "Is there something we're missing out here?"

"I'll let you see it for yourself," I said.

I soon heard the sound of the elevator and I went into the hall. I could hear the sound of chairs at the dining table being drawn back. The others came in the hall, standing behind me.

"Hi, Derrick," I said with a smile as Derrick stepped out of the elevator.

"Hi, hope I'm not too late," said Derrick looking really nice in a white t-shirt and blue jeans. He surprised me this time around. The last time I saw him, he wore a suit. Almost like his brother.

"No, you're not. You're actually right on time."

I noticed the silence behind me and I turned to look at the others who had their mouths gaping wide open, except from Lee, of course. Zoey looked like she was about to faint.

"Guys, for those of you who don't know," I said, "this is Derrick, Jehan's brother."

"Hello, everyone," greeted Derrick.

"Hello," said Lee with a huge smile on her face. The rest of the Toxins were quiet. Until....

"OMG, you look just like Jehan!" said Christine.

"Except for his hair and his eyes," said Daniel.

"Is that even possible when it comes to twins?" Mike asked with a confused look on his face. He turned to look at Derrick. "You and Jehan aren't twins, right?"

Derrick chuckled. He must have found their shock quiet amusing. "No," he replied. "I'm actually older than him, a year and some months."

"A year?" Lee asked looking surprised. "Anyone could easily mistake you two for twins."

"Who decided to have different hair colour and wore eye contacts," said Mike.

"I know," said Derrick with a smile. "Looking at Zoey, she seems kind of freaked out."

We all turned to look at Zoey and she looked as white as a sheet. She hadn't said a word since Derrick walked in.

"Zoey, are you okay?" Daniel asked.

"I...I...I...I," Zoey stammered her eyes fixed on Derrick the whole time.

Christine who stood next to her gave a slap, which wasn't loud but hard enough to snap her out of her stammering.

"I'm okay," said Zoey after the slap. "For a moment there you scared the heck out of me. You look just like Jehan."

"Ya, I get that a lot," said Derrick with a smile and slowly nodding his head.

"Sorry, I probably look like a freak," Zoey looked a little red faced.

"It's cool. I know how dealing with my brother is. He isn't the nicest of people."

"He is such a jerk."

"Tell me about it."

"No wonder Sam and Lee were smiling at each other when they talked about you. They knew I would freak out."

"This would have been the perfect Halloween prank," said Mike.

Daniel laughed. "So true. I could already imagine it."

"You better find a better prank than this one," said Zoey. "Because Sam has already killed it. That's because I never knew that Jehan had a brother."

"So, do you want to join us for breakfast?" I asked as I looked at Derrick who seemed to be enjoying the conversation.

"Coffee would be nice," said Derrick. "I already had a heavy breakfast."

"Oh, I didn't thank you for the roses yesterday. They were so lovely. Thank you."

"Wait, he sent you those flowers?" Zoey asked.

"Yes, I did," Derrick answered.

"That was so sweet," said Christine. "You made someone pretty jealous yesterday when you sent those roses."

"Who?" Derrick asked.

"Doesn't matter," said Zoey as she came over to Derrick and wrapped her arm around his elbow, leading him to the lounge. "I have a lot of questions for you. Do you know you look just like those handsome Greek gods?"

I laughed when I looked at Derrick and Zoey head to the lounge while the others followed behind them.

"This is going to get interesting," said Lee as she stayed in the hall with me.

"I'm still worried about G-Dragon though," I said.

"Why? What's up with him now?"

"Nothing. He hasn't replied to my message yet. What if he comes here?"

"No. He shouldn't even try to. We need you around."

"I know. That's what I'm afraid of."

"Do you have some serious issues pending?"

"Well, yes. It's about Zoey."

"Zoey? How?"

"He doesn't think that Zoey is okay w

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