Things were going okay, I guess.

After Yu Ri had interrupted us at my house, I thought I'd let her have her way the next day. You know, maybe let her think that she was getting somewhere and then prove her wrong later. 

But she didn't take the chance.

After school, I was about to say goodbye to Seungri when he spoke up first.

"I'm not tutoring Yu Ri today. Wanna do something?"

My jaw dropped, but I quickly shut it. "W-what? How come?"

He shrugged. "I don't know, she just said she had something to do today."

Hmm. That's unlike her. Maybe she's going to plot her next move. Or maybe she's gonna get another 'boyfriend' to make Seungri jealous...or maybe--

"Sung-ie?" Seungri waved his hand in front of my face. "You there?"

"Huh?" I snapped my attention back to him. "O-oh, yea..."

"Anyways," Seungri continued. "Wanna do something?"

I paused, thinking.

"I never got to hear you play your piano," I said softly with a smile.

~

The last and only time I'd been at his place before, I was so edgy because of Yu Ri that I didn't really notice much about his apartment.

Yes, I'd noticed that it was fancy and modern looking, but I hadn't spotted his upright piano beside the balcony window.

Once I took my shoes off, I made a beeline for the piano bench.

I tentatively took a seat, and stared at the black and white keys. So shiny. So clean. And probably very expensive.

Seungri came and sat beside me on the wide leather bench. "Do you play?"

I nodded. "But I wanna hear you play."

He gave a small sigh but smiled. "Any requests?"

"Umm...how about...Se7en's Be Good To You?" I smiled back. "Do you know it?"

He nodded. "Okay."

Placing his hands on the keys, he started to play.

The way he played was magical, the notes filling the entire place with sound. His fingers gracefully flew over the keys. Once it got to the chorus, I couldn't keep myself from singing.

"Apaya dwendamyeon, geu apeummajeo da chameulkke..."

I stared at Seungri as I continued singing. It was like I was singing the song to him. Which I was. He looked up at me while playing and smiled. I giggled a bit as I sang but continued.

"...jajonshimkkaji...moduda." 

We both stopped at the end of the chorus and were silent for a minute.

"How come you never told me you were that good?" I jokingly whined and slapped him on the arm.

He laughed. "How come you never told me you could sing?"

I stared at him, my jaw down. "I did. Well, Jae did. You don't remember?!"

"Ah!" He slapped his own forehead. "Oh yeah, forgot." He laughed again.

"Aish, how could you forget?" I grabbed his arm and shook him back and forth, making him go "Ahhhh, Ahhhhh," in a wavery voice.

~

About half an hour later, I was lounging on the couch, flipping through a photo album (the one that Yu Ri wasn't allowed to see, hehe) while he watched TV. 

Every page was a picture of either Seungri or him and his parents. Aigoo, he was so cute even when he was a kid! But about halfway through the big book, I realized something and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Hmm?" He turned to me, shutting off the TV.

"Where are your parents? How come I've never seen them here before?" I pulled a pillow from beside me and hugged it.

He turned towards me, his elbow on the back of the couch. "They're in America," he casually said.

My eyes bulged. "What? Why?"

"They live there."

"You...live here alone?"

He nodded. "Well, my parents wanted to hire a housekeeper for me, but I told them I didn't need one."

My jaw dropped. "A housekeeper?! What are you, rich?" I joked. But then, I stopped. Wait. Wait wait wait. He isn't...is he? But...he lives in Seoul. Alone. Parents. America. Piano. Modern furniture. Big apartment. Housekeeper. 

Ugh, this was making my head spin.

"Umm," Seungri scratched the back of his head, looking away. "Actually...yea."

I slouched, staring at him. So my boyfriend was rich. Oh, whaddya know. 

~

I spent the rest of my time with Seungri listening to him talk about his past. And this is what he told me.

He was born in Seoul, but moved to New York when he was 4. His parents owned this huge company over there and are still successful to this day. They wanted him to go to school in America and eventually study to become a doctor, but he didn't want to. When he turned 10, he begged his parents to let him move to Seoul and go to school there (at which point I yelled out "10?!") and his parents eventually gave in. They bought him an apartment here and a housekeeper took care of him until he was 13. 

I sat there, listening intently. When he was finished, I asked him, "When's the last time they visited?"

"Uhh, sometime last year. I don't remember. Or maybe it was around middle school..." He shrugged.

I nodded. "Do you miss them?"

He paused for a moment, looking down. "Yeah. But I'm okay. They call me occasionally," he looked up and smiled.

Suddenly, his home phone rang and we laughed. 

Still laughing, he picked up the phone. "Yeoboseyo? Eh?! Eomma!"

I stared at him and suddenly burst out laughing. He came over and shut my mouth with his hand, stiffling my laughs. He was holding in his own too.

"Ye...mhmm...what? W-when?" I heard the laughter fade from his voice. "Ah, okay...um..." I saw him glance over at me. "Oh. Bye."

Once he put the phone down I chuckled again, wiping a tear from my eye. "Wow, right when we mentioned them...weird, eh?" My laugh faded a bit as I looked over at him. Seungri's face looked a bit uneasy.

"What? What is it?" I sat up straight and leaned forwards.

"My...my parents are visiting."

"Ah, really?!" I laughed again. "Maybe I'm your good luck charm!"

Seeing that he didn't laugh with me, I stopped and asked him again, concerned. "What? What's wrong? Shouldn't you be happy?"

He sighed. "I am. But..."

"But what?"

He looked at me solemnly and grabbed my hand in both of his.

"My parents still think I'm with Yu Ri."

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Writer's Note:

Aish guys, it took me a while to write this. I got writer's block after writing the last chapter xD Thank god I got over it though, I'm trying to write the next big event :D But guys, I don't wanna complain or sound whiny, but if you don't mind, please comment. I need encouragement! ;___; I haven't had much feedback from the last few chapters other than that you guys hate Yu Ri. Okay, okay, maybe I'm not writing much for you guys to comment on LOL and there's not much to say about this chapter either...but maybe in the next few, arasseo? :)

Oh, btw guys, if you guys haven't heard Se7en's 'Be Good To You', I recommend you do. It's one of my fav songs from him :3 

See you next chapter! Saranghaeyo <3