Chapter 57

Finally.

That was the only word that echoed in my empty mind as those important words slipped off my tongue. I felt the release around my heart. Whatever feelings, duties, or regrets that were constricting it were all gone. It could finally breathe.

My whole body was buzzing at the liberation of all my worries and insecurities. This man in front of me, Kwon Jiyong is a person I love. When did admiration and respect turn into love? I don’t know. Maybe it was when we first met or when we first danced together. I can’t say for sure. But what I did know, now with his hand pressed against my cheek and watching him coming to the realization of what I’d confessed, this wasn’t a mistake.

 

I love him. And now he knows it.

 

He finally moves, slowly but as smooth as he is when dancing. He reaches his other hand to my cheek, holding my face as he leans in kissing my falling tears one by one. I close my eyes to savor the feeling of his affection as he then moves to kiss my forehead, my eyebrow and then the tip of my nose. My eyes open when I feel him pull back and am welcomed by his unreadable expression. For a moment, I wonder what it is that he’s thinking until I hear him speak.

“Finally.”

 

He says just above a whisper, as if he was out of breath. I see relief spread through his face, from his eyes and down to his lips that curves into a smile. But before I could smile back, those lips claimed mine, nearly taking my breath away.

My eyes flutter close, savoring the warm sensation that began to spread throughout my body. I could taste the saltiness of the tears he had kissed away earlier that still lingered on his lips, but as the kiss deepened it was replaced by sweetness. Soon, I felt my arms snaking around his neck to pull him closer to me, his arms doing the same around my waist.

The way our lips fit each other was perfect, pure bliss. I couldn’t have imagined kissing him would feel this good… this right. The softness, the warmth, the tingling sensation that was going up and down my spine was making it hard to think. All I could do was feel.

Goosebumps surfaced on my arms while I leaned into him more, as if not being able to get enough of him. As if feeling the same way, he pulls me closer to him while gradually parting his mouth and my lips felt the tip of his tongue. Unsure, due to my inexperience, I just followed his lead and slightly parted my mouth, but it was just enough for his tongue to enter and explore. Our tongues began to dance around each other, as if it was second nature. I couldn’t understand how this could feel exhilarating yet familiar at the same time. Growing warmth began to tighten in the pit of my stomach making me want more.

 

“Everyone on set in 5 minutes! 5 minutes!” Our eyes jolt open and we both stiffen as we hear the voice of the director call out through a megaphone. We reluctantly pull away from each other, remembering where we were.

I settle my gaze at the nape of his neck as we both try to steady our breathing, my lips felt incredibly hot. I feel Jiyong’s arms tighten around me, bringing me closer as he rests his forehead on mine and feel his breath tickle my lips. I slowly, lift my gaze to meet his and see a smile plastered on his face.

“You blow me away, Park Sandara.” He says with a sigh causing me to blush, but eventually I end up smiling back at him thinking the same thing about him.

“Come on,” He says while kissing me quickly on the forehead. He pushes himself up before offering me his hand, “I can’t steal away the leading lady.”

He swiftly pulls me up to my feet and into a quick hug, catching me by surprise.

“I won’t do or say anything anymore.” He says while giving me a squeeze, “So don’t worry and just concentrate, alright?” It takes me a while to realize that he’s talking about the last scene of the music video.

I lean completely into his chest and wrap my arms around his waist. “Promise you won’t try to kill your best friend?” I say half jokingly.

He pauses before replying, “I promise.”

My eyebrows knit together as I remember everything that happened leading to this moment.

“You should talk to him.” I state, not wanting to ruin one of his longest and most important friendships.

“Yeah. Don’t worry,” He says softly while rubbing my back with circular motions. “I will.”

“Good.” I smile into his chest and give him a grateful squeeze.

---

 

While walking to the set, I couldn’t help but feel the stares from the passing crew. I don’t know what they must’ve been thinking but I suddenly became extremely glad that Jiyong and I decided to walk back separately. After the commotion we had cause earlier, it probably didn’t matter if we did or not, but it still felt better to not be too open about our … well whatever it is that we decide to be.

As I close in on set, I spot the majority of the crew gathering in front of the director with Youngbae next to him as foundation was being applied to his cheek by one of the makeup artists. Before any of them noticed me, I took a deep breath and immediately bowed at a 90-degree angle.

“I deeply apologize for the commotion and delay I have caused.” Both Jiyong and I say at the exact same time, completely unplanned and taking each other by surprise. While still bowed, we turn to gape at each other with wide eyes and absolutely no idea how this happened. I didn’t even see him come up next to me!

I look up and see everyone staring at us before bursting out into a laughing fit, including the director.

“What are you two doing?” The director manages to say in between laughs. He motions us to stand up straight and looked at the two of us with an amused expression. “I’m glad to see you guys are literally on the same page now. I guess this means there won’t be any more miscommunications?”

I lower my head to hide the blush forming at my cheeks and give a sideways look towards Jiyong who was also hiding his face. “Yes…” We both meekly answered before being drowned out by more laughter. We still haven’t broken off from being in sync.

“Good. That’s good to hear. I’m glad everything has worked out in the end.” The director smiles at the two of us and nods approvingly. I look around at all the faces in the room and could see that he wasn’t the only one looking at us in that way. Seeing so much support made me feel warm inside and I couldn’t help but grin.

“Now, let’s quickly get back on track and finish this up!” The director called out and clapped.

“Yes!” Everyone cheered before going to their respective places. I turn to look at Jiyong who is beginning to make his way past me.

“I’ll be watching from all the way over there, so I won’t be a bother.” He says pointing to a couple of seats way off set. “Do well.” He smiles and gives me a wink before walking off.

 

I quickly make my way on the set towards Youngbae, “Hey.”

He gives me a warm smile and raises up both hands, palms facing me, for me to intertwine my fingers with his, getting into our starting position.

“How’s the cheek?” I ask playfully, not exactly sure where our friendship stands at the moment. It takes him a moment but he finally answers with a little smirk.

“Not bad. But nothing a little make up couldn’t fix.” He turns his cheek to me to inspect, “Amazing right? It’s like nothing happened.”

I take a closer look in awe, “Woah, you’re right! You’re skin looks flawless!”

He turns back and gives me a wide grin, “Yeah, makes me wonder what you might be hiding under all of that make up.”

I gape at him and push against one of his hands to hit his chest, “Yah! Dong Youngbae!”

“Uh oh. You’re calling me ‘Dong Youngbae’ again? I thought I told you that’s too formal.” He smirks.

“Ah, ah, that’s right. Sorry, BaeTae. How could I forget?” I grin evilly as I watch him cringe. But we eventually just laugh heartily, just like we used to. As if nothing had changed.

 

“Oh, by the way, Youngbae!” We turn our heads to the director calling out to us, “You don’t need to do the kiss at the end anymore! Just go with the original choreography before I changed it!”

“WHAT?! That was YOU?!” Jiyong shouts causing everyone to burst into laughter. I spot him jump out of the seat he was in and making his way over towards the director.

“Ah, Jiyong! Stop, I’m busy!” The director panics, turning back around to us after seeing Jiyong and quickly motions to start. “Go go go! Music start and… ACTION!”

---

 

“CUT!” The director calls out and the studio fills with the sound of applause.

“Thank you for your hard work!” I call out happily and bow several times to everyone as I make my way towards the director.

“Good work you two!” The director smiles and claps at Youngbae and me “It looks like it’s going to turn out very well. You guys should look forward to the final product!”

I turn to look at Youngbae beside me and smile, “Good work, Taeyang sunbaenim.” I say playfully. He smiles and opens his arms for a hug, “Come here!”

I laugh and give him a tight hug as he pulls me off my feet and spins me around. “Good work to you too, Dara!!”

Suddenly, a loud and forced cough comes from behind us stopping Youngbae immediately and setting me back on the ground. For a moment, Jiyong just stood there with his arms crossed and an unreadable expression on his face, his eyes moving from me to Youngbae. I begin to think he might be mad again, until I see him reach out his hand towards Youngbae and a smile spreads on his face.

 

“Good work, man.” He says to Youngbae, who breaks into a smile as well and grabs Jiyong’s hand bringing them into bump shoulders. “You too, Ji.”

A huge grin spreads onto my face at the sight and I can’t stop myself from charging at both of them, hooking onto their arms while laughing. After having our moment, we turn towards the director and bow together.

“Thank you for your hard work, director.”

“It was my pleasure, as always.” The director bows at us as well with a warm smile on his face. “I hope that the MV will not only turn out well, but that you’ve all learned something valuable from today.” His eyes fall on me.

I nod enthusiastically and bow again, “Thank you again.”

“Director,” Jiyong begins with a slightly more serious tone, “about what happened toda—”

 

“JIYONG! DARA!” All eyes turn towards the CL as she and the rest of the gang run towards us. As they get closer, I start to make out the distraught on their faces and notice the computer in CL’s arms.

“What’s wrong?” Youngbae takes a step forward, noticing their expressions as well. The whole studio falls silent as the group stops in front of us.

“It’s… Sohee…” CL explains carefully, gauging our reactions.

My eyes grew wide as I felt all the blood drain from my face. Oh god, no…

“Here…” CL turns her computer screen around for everyone to see. I could feel my heart pumping like crazy in my chest as I read the title of the article on the screen.

 

[Ex-YG Backup Dancer Discloses Shocking News: G-Dragon and New YG Trainee Park Sandara Dating?!]

A few days back, YG Entertainment has revealed their newest addition to the YG Family, Park Sandara who is currently a YG trainee. However, even before this announcement, she has been getting a lot of attention from fans of G-Dragon for appearing in not only his music video, ‘Breathe’ but also getting out of G-Dragon’s car in front of the YG building. This had caused speculations that the two were possibly dating but according to Yang Hyun Suk of YG Entertainment, it is only a sunbae-hunbae relationship.

But now, we have gotten information from an ex-YG backup dancer, whose name will not be disclosed for personal reasons, that the two were romantically involved! Our source tells us that the two immediately hit it off as soon as Sandara joined YG Entertainment. The ex-YG backup dancer explained her thoughts on the matter:

“It was so obvious that the two were attracted to each other since both of them would seem highly distracted while trying to work. At first, I wasn’t bothered by it until I felt that she was getting special treatment from not only G-Dragon but also Yang Hyun Suk himself. Because of this, I felt that I did not want to work for such a company any longer and took my leave.”

After the announcement of Park Sandara was made, there were many fans that were relieved to know that there wasn’t anything between the two label mates. However, there were also a few fans that have kept persisting that they were dating because of their undeniable ‘on screen chemistry’. Many netizens have also looked at previous live performances where they were able to spot Park Sandara and have noticed the tension between the two.

There has yet to be confirmation on this news from YG Entertainment or the two involved yet but until then it’s left to G-Dragon’s many fans to speculate.

 

 

Everything felt cold. I don’t even think the blood was flowing through my body anymore. I just stared at the screen as everything around it started to fade to black. What… what are we going to do? This… this is going to cause so much damage to Jiyong and the company… I felt short of breath as I think back to everything that has been done to avoid this. All of this… everything here… was for nothing… Everyone’s hard work… everyone lying… is all for nothing now. My eyes scanned over the quote within the article again and read each word slowly, letting it burn into my skull. It’s all lies but how is anyone going to believe us now?

It’s… It is all my fault.

Suddenly, a warm hand grabs mine, waking me up from the dark hole I was beginning to bury myself in. I turn to look to see Jiyong beside me, holding my hand tight. His face had worry written all over it.

“Don’t.” He says, “Don’t think what I know you’re thinking. It’s not your fault. Don’t run away from me.” I gasp at how easily he was able to tell and how just with his words he was able to save me from my own thoughts.

“But what are we going to do? This is going to damage your career, needless to say the companies’ as well.” I look back at the computer screen and then at the faces surrounding us, until they fall on Youngbae. “And once we show this music video… it will not only affect Taeyang’s progress but also confirm what Sohee had claimed. I-I can’t let that happen!”

“No.” The director cuts in and faces me with his arms crossed. “We are going to finish editing this video to perfection and release it as soon as possible. THAT is what we are going to do.” He shakes his head and sighs, “Regardless of the situation, this is still a music video for Taeyang’s new song and is still something that we should all be proud of. If we let something like this keep us from doing our job, in the end it would just mean that she had gotten what she wanted.”

“The director is right,” I turn my attention to Jiyong who is still holding onto my hand, as if afraid I’d run away any minute, “You’re forgetting again who Sohee is really after. She may be trying to bring down YG Entertainment and everyone in it, but her main target is you. Do you want that to happen? Have her take away all your hard work? The chance of you becoming something you never would have dreamed of becoming?”

He moves both hands to my shoulders, gripping them tight while making me face him.

 

“Just for a moment, forget about everything else and think about what it is you want. For once, what is it that you want?”

‘It’s good to be selfish and do things for yourself.’

Youngbae’s voice comes into my mind as I stare back into Jiyong’s pleading eyes.

“I…” My mouth opens to speak without thinking, “I… want to continue and become successful as a YG trainee.”

Jiyong stares into my eyes for a moment before breaking out a smile, “Then don’t give up.” He motions to everyone that was standing around us, “We are all here for each other and will work together to deal with this situation.”

I let my eyes move from one face to another as they all look back at me with smiles on their faces. I can’t understand or fathom how I became so blessed to have these people by my side. It made it so much easier to believe that everything wasn’t as bad as it seemed.

 

“Director!” One of the crew called out from the side while holding a phone, “It’s YG sajangnim!”

“Alright.” The director responds before speaking to us, “Well, since we all done now, let’s pack up and go home. Especially, you three,” He says while pointing to me, Youngbae, and Jiyong, “after today, it’s going to get hectic. Thank you for your hard work today and I wish you all the best of luck.”

 

“Wait,” Jiyong stops the director, “this might not be appropriate to ask but… about today…”

The director holds up his hand to stop Jiyong from speaking, “Don’t worry, I won’t mention about you two and whatever it is you guys have decided.” He says while glancing at me, “After all, it was my doing. I’m just glad you two have realized what’s important.”

“Thank you, director.” Jiyong says with a sigh of relief while bowing. I also bow, knowing that he’s referring to the feelings between Jiyong and I.

He places a firm grip on Jiyong’s shoulder before turning away, “Take good care of her, Jiyong. And until we meet again, Miss Park.”

 

As the director leaves, everyone else begins to trickle away to clean up. But it doesn’t stop them from passing by Jiyong and I and giving us their own words of encouragement and support. Eventually leaving us with Youngbae and the rest of the gang.

“I think…” I look at Bom who suddenly appears next to me, “this might call for another sleepover.”

“Yeah, we should make it a tradition, every time Dara unnie is mentioned in an article, we’ll have a sleepover.” Minzy says cheerfully as CL rests her elbow on my shoulder.

“What! Why aren’t we invited to this sleepover?” Seungri complains.

CL shakes her head and sighs at him, “Yah, Seungri. It’s a SLEEPOVER, meaning GIRL’S ONLY.”

“But we never get to hang out with Dara noona!” Daesung interjects with TOP and Seungri nodding repeatedly. “We’ll leave when you guys want to sleep!”

I can’t help but smile at their pouting faces, “Chaerin-ah, just let them come! It’ll be fun! Right Bom, Minzy?” I turn to look at the two girls who are nodding happily.

CL rolls her eyes and puts her hands in the air, “Aish, fine! Fine! But once we tell you to go, you guys go. Arraso?” The guys high-five each other while cheering.

 

“Eh?” Realization hits me and I turn to Jiyong and Youngbae who have been quietly watching us this whole time, “Will you two be able to come?”

Youngbae and Jiyong look at each other then back at me. “I can tonight,” Youngbae answers then gestures towards Jiyong, “But…”

“I probably shouldn’t.” Jiyong states with a small smile, “Since… well, you know.”

The mood changes drastically as we all remember why we were having this sleepover/get together in the first place.

 

“It’s fine guys, go ahead without me. I’m going to have to take care of a few things tonight anyways.” He says to everyone but looks and smiles at me, “Have fun, okay?”

“Well, alright then… Get some rest when you can.” CL says supportively. “If you need us, let us know.” Everyone else nods as I just keep staring at him with a frown. “Come on. Let’s get changed and head out.”

As the others begin walking to the changing room, I mouth ‘sorry’ to Jiyong who just shakes his head with the same small smile on his face. He mouths back ‘go on’ while motioning with his hand for me to leave. I nod reluctantly before turning to Youngbae, “I’ll see you later?”

“Yeah,” He nods, “I’m going to help wrap things up here and I’ll meet you guys at Bom’s place.”

“Okay.” I nod and glance at Jiyong, “Well, see you…”

As I turned away and head towards the changing rooms, it took all of my strength and willpower to not run back to Jiyong and into his arms.

 

 

~*Jiyong’s POV*~

As I watched Dara walk away from me, all I wanted to do was chase after her, sweep her off her feet, and take her somewhere far away with just the two of us. But the promise I made to her earlier was strong enough to keep my feet planted on the ground.

“I’m sorry,” I begin, keeping my eyes straight ahead.

“For what?” Youngbae replies and I can feel his eyes on me now.

“For all of this. Not telling you about my feelings for Dara, not wanting to acknowledge yours. And… for causing trouble for you when you’re debuting.”

“It’s fine.” He sighs and sticks his hands in his pockets, indicating that he’s feeling awkward. “It’s not completely your fault.”

Silence enveloped us as we both stood there with our minds running in a thousand directions.

 

“But I’m not sorry about punching you.” I say honestly and turn my head to him with a smirk, “You deserved that one for trying to sneak a kiss from her, when I haven’t even got to yet.”

He raised both hands in defense, “Hey, it wasn’t my idea.”

“Yeah, but I could see you p*ssing your pants in excitement from a mile away. When I saw that, I knew something was up.” I shake my head and think back to when I noticed Youngbae’s face when talking to the director before the shoot.

“Ah, sh*t. Was I that obvious? And here I thought I was being subtle.” He chuckles while scratching the back of his head.

“I’m pretty sure you were almost moonwalking your way on set.” I exaggerate but laugh at the image that came to mind. Our laughs die down and come to a stop leaving us in silence again.

 

“Do you know what you’re going to do?” Youngbae suddenly asks but indicating that we were thinking about the same thing: the aftermath of the article.

“No clue.” I admit, “I’m sure YG has something prepared for now, but even still, that’s not going to be enough to stop the negative effects from getting to Dara.” I frown while looking down at the floor.

“Damn… I can’t believe it became like this… I don’t understand Ahn Sohee at all…” Youngbae says with a sigh. Anger fills me just at the sound of her name.

“Well,” I feel Youngbae’s grip on my shoulder, “whatever happens, I’ll be there for you like always. Even if you stole the girl I like away from me.”

I turn and give him an apologetic smile, “Sorry, Youngbae-ah.”

“Whatever. I can’t help it if she falls for an idiot like you.” He slaps me on the back before walking away. “I’m sure after a while she’ll realize her mistake!” He calls out while giving a wave of his hand.

While watching him walk away, I couldn’t help but notice the intense pain in my chest, the pain of my best friend eight years. Someone I consider as my brother and practically my other half.

“Aish…” I press my palm against my eyes to stop the tears from coming out, “So this is what you’re feeling right now, Youngbae-ah?”

 

 

~*Dara’s POV*~

Bom’s apartment is filled with laughter and yelling (mostly from CL and Seungri) causing me to almost miss my phone ringing. I wipe the tears from laughing so hard away from my eyes to see the caller ID.

“Oh!” I feel my mood brighten even more when I see Jiyong’s name, “It’s Jiyong!” I call out to everyone before picking up.

“Ask him whether or not he thinks the guests shouldn’t have to wash dishes!” Seungri calls out resulting in CL hitting him over the head.

“Yah! Don’t try to get out of it! We girls cooked, now you guys clean!” CL scolds him before whacking him again in the head.

 

“Hello? Jiyong?” I answer excitedly while covering my other ear to hear.

Everyone begins yelling all at once again to state his or her opinions as I move through the living room and towards the balcony.

“Aish, it’s so noisy. What the hell is going on over there?” I hear Jiyong’s voice complain through the phone. I close the balcony door behind me and lean against the railing.

“Seungri and CL are fighting again about who should clean the dishes. CL demands the guys do it since the girls cooked tonight. He even asked me to ask your opinion about it.”

“Geez that maknae… tell Seungri to do the dishes.” He tried to say annoyingly but I can tell he’s smiling.

I open the balcony door slightly and yell into the apartment, “Yah! Seungri! Jiyong says to do the dishes!”

“What! HYUNG, you traitor—OW!” I hear a thud, assuming that CL just hit him again.

“You’re so noisy! You heard him, now do it!”

 

I can’t help but laugh as I close the door again. Even without seeing them, I could still imagine the scene of CL hitting him perfectly in my head.

“Sounds like your having fun.” Jiyong’s amused voice rings in my ear reminding me he’s still on the line.

I lean on the railing and nod even though he can’t see me, “Yeah, it so crazy with everyone here. You’re really missing out…” I pout to myself. “What have you been up to this whole time?”

I hear him sigh and can just imagine the face he’s probably making right now, “Well, I went to go see YG and see what he has planned. The building was packed with reporters, by the way, so it’s probably a good thing you didn’t go home if they’ve found out where you lived.”

I frown and bite my bottom lip, “How’d it go? What did YG sajangnim say? Was he angry?”

“I can’t say that he was thrilled, but he wasn’t mad at us in particular… just the situation. The company will be denying the speculations first thing tomorrow morning and the MV will be released as early as tomorrow night. Also, it seems like the director really didn’t mention anything about us to YG. He kept saying how it’s a good thing that we aren’t actually together.”

“Oh…” was all I could manage, not exactly sure what else to think or say about what Jiyong and I are. We still haven’t established that. And yet, I still have this feeling of guilt that we are doing this without YG sajangnim’s knowledge.

 

“Hey,” His gentle voice wakes me from my trance, “What are you thinking about?”

I chew on my lower lip as I think of how to word my thoughts, “About what we are… Are we… uh… Are you my…” For the life of me I couldn’t push the words out.

I hear him smirk, “Am I your… what?” The teasing in his voice was crystal clear.

“You know!” I press my blushing cheeks to feel how hot they were getting.

“I know…?” He says while trying to hold in his laughter.

“Ugh! Never mind! Forget it!” I exclaim clearly showing my frustration at his childness.

His laugh rings in my ear making me pout even more, “Stop laughing…” I mutter but only cause him to laugh more.

“Arraso. Arraso.” He says before clearing his throat. “Dara-ah.”

“What…?” I answer still a bit annoyed at him. Even though the way he says my name makes me melt.

 

“I love you… Will you be my girlfriend?”

 

My jaw drops as all the blood rushes to my cheeks. I don’t know if it was the way he said it or just the fact that it was so crystal clear that got to me, since the phone was pressed to my ear. But one thing is for sure, I probably look absolutely silly right now and I’m glad he can’t see my face.

“Babe?”

I closed my mouth only for it to drop open again. B-B-Babe?! My whole face was probably completely red now. Snap out of it! Answer him!

“E-Eh?” I manage to sputter out.

He’s still trying to hold in his laugh, “So, what’s your answer?”

I take a moment to fan myself and control my breathing to get my heart rate back to normal. “Um…” I begin and try to think of a witty response.

“Well, honestly, it’s a bit sudden so I don’t know.” I try to say as convincingly as possible but my smile keeps threatening to break through, “Please let me think about it.”

“Ha. Ha. Very funny.”

“What do you mean, Jiyong-SSHI? I’m being very serious.” I say while channeling my inner actress. Being an YG trainee sure is helping.

The line goes quiet, making me think for a second that he might have hung up. Until suddenly…

 

“Baby…” He says with the iest drawl a man should never possess. It was too dangerous. “Don’t play with me like that... or else…”

I gulp as I feel my body temperature getting a little bit hotter, “O-Or e-else… what?” How can this man make me into a stutter buffoon with just one word?!

There is a pause, letting me hear the thumping of my heart, until I hear him smirk before whispering seductively, “I’ll punish you.”

 

My mouth drops open for the third time tonight but I don’t think I’ll be able to recover from this blow. Now I know, never to mess with Kwon Jiyong, for he will absolutely obliterate your mind (and ovaries).

Despite the state that I am in, I can still make out him snickering through the phone.

“Okay, babe?”

I nod, clearly forgetting he can’t see me.

 

“So you’re answer?”

I nod again. Still in a state of shock.

 

“Good.”

Nod. Seriously, my mind can’t recover.

 

“I miss you. Do you miss me?”

Nod.

 

“Do you want to see me?”

Nod. Nod. Wait… something’s weird about this…

 

I can hear him laugh again, “As officially your boyfriend, your wish is my command. Look down here, baby.”

I slowly lower my gaze down to the ground. At first, all I see are cars until I see a figure step out from behind one of the cars looking straight at me. With his blonde hair concealed in a black beanie and pulled the scarf down from concealing his mouth.

 

There he was, my boyfriend, Kwon Jiyong.

 

My brain finally begins to function again, as if seeing him jolted it to life.

“What are you doing here?” I ask baffled with a smile spread on my face.

He shrugs with his phone still pressed on his ear and his other hand in his pocket, “I told you already, I missed you and just had to see you. Plus, you didn’t even give me a hug or kiss when you left the studio.” Even from far away, I could still see him pout.

“I’m sorry,” I pout too while explaining, “I just felt a little awkward and didn’t know where we stood at that point… I also didn’t want to be too open with our feelings when that article had just popped up…” I watch attentively as he remained motionless and silent. “I’m sorrryy.” I whine.

 

“Then, kiss me.”

 

My eyes widen and blink a couple of times. “E-Eh?” I look around then down at him again, “Down there?”

He shakes his head, “From there. Through the phone. If you love me, I’ll be able to feel it.”

I blush as I begin to realize what he wants me to do.

“Aish… what is this stupid dragon making me do…” I mutter to myself but must have been heard since I hear him laughing through the phone.

I step out closer to the railing to make sure that he sees me clearly before turning the phone in my hands so it’s facing me. I glance down at him and could feel the intensity of his stare. Finally, I slowly closed my eyes and gave the end of my phone a soft and gentle kiss, as if it were him in front of me instead.

 

Upon opening my eyes, I could feel the blush on my cheeks as I place my phone back against my ear. “Did you… feel it?” I look down at him and can make out that he was closing his eyes as well.

“I felt it.” He said with a wide smile and full of content. “Thank you.”

“Mm” was all I could say since I suddenly began to feel shy.

“Why don’t you go inside? I’ll go too.”

I pout while leaning onto the railing, “Do you have to go? Can’t you come up?”

I watch him shake his head, “Sorry, babe… Not tonight.”

“Alright then…”

“Go on in. It’s cold outside.” He says with his gentle voice, “Tell everyone I say hi.”

I nod, “Text me when you get home?”

“Okay.”

I stand up straight but continue to look at him, hating how close yet so far we were.

“Good night.” He says while giving me a little wave.

I giggle and wave back, “Good night.” It took us a whole minute of staring at each other before we hung up and I watched him slip into his car before driving off.

 

As his car got farther and farther into the distance, I began to notice the cold for the first time during my whole time being out here. I look down at my phone and think about the ‘kiss’ we shared and how he was able to feel it. I laugh quietly to myself at the realization that came to my mind.

Like that kiss, I was able to feel him as if he was right next to me that whole time we were talking… keeping me warm.

*BlueNote*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Hooray! It didn't take me a month to update!
I meant to update this chapter before midnight...
but for some odd reason this chapter became so long...
probably one of the longer chapters I've written for this fic!

Anyways, hope you all enjoyed it
Pleeease let me know what you guys thinks
Comment, subscribe, friend me
or follow me on twitter! xmsbluestarx

Also, even though I already have a super awesome banner for this fic from xina_VIP
I'd still love to get more if anyone is bored
Or wants to make one!
TBH, I just want to be one of the cool kids getting banners left and right XP
But of course, i'll probably have to earn it!
Hehe

Love you all!

*If you are confused about layout/weird details that seem wrong+right at the same time, please read the story description!*