Dara's POV

"Ji? Didn't you take your car?" I asked as we walked hand in hand down the street, his jacket over my shoulders.

"Yeah, but i've had a couple of drinks," he brought my hand up to his lips placing a small kiss there, "I would much rather walk with you though."

I beamed up at him as I lightly swung our hands inbetween us.

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"Where are you going?" Jiyong asked as I pulled him into my block of apartments.

"Aren't you dropping me off home?" I replied questioningly.

"I don't think so, you're coming with me," he said as he pulled me towards the male apartments.

"Ji--"

"No. You deprived me of your presence for almost two days, you need to make up for it," he said childishly as he pulled me into the elevator, wrapping his arms around my waist as he nuzzled into my neck.

I reluctantly pulled away from Jiyong as we reached his floor, following him towards his apartment.

"Ji... why weren't you in today? What were you doing all day?" I asked as I waited for him to unlock the door. He obviously wasn't ill... so had he really been avoiding me this morning?

"Nothing much..." he replied evasively as he pushed the door open, grabbing my hand and pulling me in.

"What do you mean? So you were avoiding me after al--" I paused as my eyes landed on the kitchen table.

"Ji..." I whispered softly, "So this is what you were doing?"

The table was covered with a large white table cloth, three unlit candles placed in the center, two cloches placed in front of the only two seats, opposite one another. Small rose petals were scattered on the table, contrasting against the pristine white cloth. My eyes trailed down to one of the chairs to see a large bouquet of oriental lilies.

"What's your favourite flowers?"

"Oriental lilies"

It was a perfect candelit dinner for two.

"Ji..." I choked out as I turned around to find him stood next to the kitchen counter, a soft smile on his face.

[If you want you could play Brian Mcknight's 'Back at One' ^^ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r1pg28XZfE]

"Sandara Park, would you have this dance with me?" he held his right hand out towards me, as soft gentle music filled the once silent room.

It's undeniable, that we should be together,

It's unbelievable, how I used to say that i'd fall never,

I shakily stepped towards him as I laid my hand lightly in his. His smile grew as he pulled me gently against him, placing my arms around his neck before placing his hands firmly on my waist.

The basis is need to know, if you don't know just how I feel,

Then let me show you now that i'm for real,

If all things in time, time will reveal,

I laid my head on his chest as we began to slowly sway to the music, savouring the feel of his arms around me, where I truly belonged.

Undesirable, for us to be apart,

I never would've made it very far,

'cause you know you got the keys to my heart,

I closed my eyes as I concentrated on the sound of his rapid beating heart that mirrored my own. It was like sweet music to my ears.

Say farewell to the dark of night, I see the coming of the sun,

I feel like a little child, whose life had just begun,

You came and breathed new life, into this lonely heart of mine,

You threw out the lifeline, just in the nick of time.

I felt Jiyong tighten his hold on me as he leaned down, his warm breathe tickling my ear as he began to sing along to the song.

One, you're like a dream come true,

Two, just wanna be with you,

Three, Girl it's plain to see, that you're the only one for me

and Four, repeat steps one through three,

Five, make you fall in love with me,

If ever I believe my work is done, then i'll start back at one...

"I love you Dara... my home..." he whispered.

I felt tears well up as I stared up into his expressive eyes that were shining with love. Love for me. I would never get tired of hearing those words from him.

"I love you too Ji..." as soon as the words left my mouth, Jiyong dipped down and captured my lips in a soft tender kiss, our lips moulding together and moving in perfect harmony with each other.

"You taste so sweet.." he murmured as he nibbled on my lower lip, "Speaking of sweet, how about some icecream?"

I squealed as Jiyong lifted me up from the ground, turning around to place me on the kitchen counter before walking off towards the freezer.

"Erm.. I don't really feel like icecream.." I watched as he brought out a tall icecream glass, grabbing a long spoon before making his way back over towards me.

"Open your legs," he commanded.

"WHAT?!" I said in outrage as I clamped my legs closed, this dress was so short, if I opened my legs I would expose myself! "Why?!"

Jiyong rolled his eyes as he placed the icecream down on the counter top before he placed his hands on my knees, spreading my thighs open enough so he could stand inbetween them, "This dress is sinfully short."

"Stop looking!" I blushed as I tried to pull the dress down to cover my legs but Jiyong was in the way.

"Here, eat," Jiyong ignored me as he handed me the icecream.

"I don't want t--"

"It's mango..." he tempted as he held a spoon in front of my mouth, my eyes automatically followed the orange dessert. Damn it.

I opened my mouth and allowed him to feed me, as he gave me a smug look. I rolled my eyes as I opened my mouth for another.

"You can feed yourself," he suddenly said as he handed me the spoon and icecream.

"Pfft! What's this sudden change in attitude? You're constantly trying to shove food down my throat," I muttered as I began to feed myself.

"You've got a little bit there," his eyes zoned in on the corner of my lips.

I clumsily wiped the side of my mouth, "Gone?"

His tongue flickered out to his bottom lip before he leaned in to kiss the corner of my lips before pulling away, "Gone."

"You're such a messy eater," he leaned in once again to place a kiss.

"No i'm not!" I whined, "You're just making it up! I bet I don't have anything on my face! You're just using it as an excuse!"

"An excuse to do what?" he asked innocently before leaning in to kiss me again.

"To do that!" I accused as I turned my head to the side to prevent him from his kissing assault.

"This?" he asked as he leaned in to peck my cheek, "Why can't I kiss you? Am I not allowed to?"

"No you're not, I don't like it" I lied teasingly as I stuck my tongue out at him.

"Well that sweet mouth of yours was telling me another story earlier," he smirked, "I don't care if you like it. I like it and that's all the matters."

He leaned forward as I leaned backwards, avoiding him, "You're not allowed to!" I wagged my finger in front of him.

"Why not?" he pouted as he tried to pull me closer to him.

"Because Mr Kwon, you haven't asked me if I want to be with you or not," I explained as I placed another scoop of ice cream in my mouth. I know we had already confessed our love to one another, but like every other girl, I would like to officially be asked out.

"You have no choice," he replied as he leaned in to nuzzle my neck, "Mine."

"Jiyoooong!" I whined as I pushed his head away from me.

"What?" he asked innocently.

"You know what!"

"I don't know what you're talking about..."

I huffed in annoyance. If he didn't want to then I wasn't going to force him because then it wouldn't mean anything! I pouted before bringing the icecream up to my mouth again. I paused as I looked down at the spoon. What's that?

I brought the spoon up to my eye level as I squinted at the slither of silver poking out of my mound of icecream. My eyebrows furrowed as I placed the half-eaten icecream down on the counter beside me. I slowly pinched the cold silver material, lifting it from the slowly melting dessert, my eyes widening.

My lips parted in shock as I stared down at Jiyong, my eyes flickering between him and the silver plated ring inbetween my fingers. 

"Ji..."

"Sandara Park, will you be my girl?"

I bit my lip as I tried to hold back the huge smile on my face. I casually shrugged as I twirled the ring on my finger, "I don't know..."

Jiyong frowned as he pulled me closer to him, "What did you say?"

"I don't know Ji... I mean.. I'm still young... There are plenty of other guys out th--"

"YAH!" Jiyong tightened his hold on me as he glared at me, "You're mine! Don't speak of other guys in front of me!"

"Hmm... how about that guy at the club? Donghae was it..?" I continued to tease.

"Dara..." he said warningly, as he gritted his teeth.

"I mean he was quite go--" Jiyong crashed his lips into mine as he kissed me angrily before pulling away.

"Mine. You're mine."

I couldn't hold back my smile anymore as I beamed down at him, "Yours. All yours Ji." I flung my arms around his neck as I giggled in happiness.

Jiyong breathed out a sigh of relief as he strengthened his hold around me before pulling me off of the counter. I automatically wrapped my legs around his waist as he twirled me around as I continued to giggle in happiness.

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Seunghyun's POV

"Bom..." I paused to see Bom had fallen asleep during the journey. I smiled softly as I her cheek lovingly, before it darkened as I felt her whimper in pain from my touch, her cheek still slightly red from that bastard's hands.

I got out of the car and made my way around, easily lifting her into my arms, kicking the car door behind me before making my way into the block of apartments.

"Stop looking at her," I hissed at the guard who was oggling at Bom's long luscious legs. The guard immediately looked away as he began to fumble around at his desk.

"Open the elevator for me," I commanded, causing him to squeak as he immediately ran towards the elevator opening it before walking back to his desk with his eyes cast down. Hmph. That's right, no one is allowed to look at her like that. 'No one but me' I finished as an after thought.

I walked into the apartment, my eyes flickering between my room and her room. I bit my lip as I debated with myself. I sighed as I walked towards her room, placing her down gently on her bed. I gulped as I looked down at her. Her dress was hitched up slightly, showing off more of her creamy long legs that seemed to go on for miles. She had really bloomed into the most beautiful woman over the years.

I carefully tucked her under the blanket before leaning down to place a long kiss on her forehead. I pulled away, staring at her beautiful porcelain face before dragging myself out of her room and into mine, my mind full of confusing thoughts.

I had already decided to hide my love away from her, to keep her at a distance but I couldn't help but feel like I had made the wrong decision. Should I let go of the past and give her a chance? Give us a chance?

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Seungri's POV

I leaned back against the wall for support, sliding down as I watched her walk away from me without a single glance back, my heart beating painfully as her words echoed in my mind.

"I hate you"

"I hate you"

"I hate you"

"No you don't! You don't hate me! Please... you... you can't h-hate me..." I pleaded as I held my head in my hands as I tried to shake away her voice.

"Seungri?" I turned to see Daesung and Youngbae looking down at me pitifully.

"H-hyung's... does she r-really h-hate me?" I asked, as I looked up at them, hoping they would tell me what I wanted to hear. Hoping they would tell me that she was lying to me.

They looked at each other with a frown before Daesung spoke up, "I think it's best if you go home." I closed my eyes, my jaw clenching. Even they couldn't tell me that she was lying.

I felt the both of them lift me up from the ground before taking me outside of the club.

"I need time to myself," I muttered as I pulled away from them and from Youngbae's car.

They both exchanged looks again before nodding, Daesung reaching inside his pocket to toss me a set of keys.

"Ji left his car, take it," I caught the keys in my hands as I turned away from them.

Does she really hate me? I don't understand. What did I do? Why can't I remember?

"You know what the saddest part is? You don't even remember what you've done."

I slammed my foot on the brake, as my grip tightened on the steering wheel as I shouted in frustration. What did I do?!

I looked out of the frontview mirror to see that I had driven myself to the childhood park that the gang used to play in. I got out of the car, shoving my hands into my pocket as I walked into the dark park, walking towards the playground.

I stood at the gates of the playground for a while before I let myself in, heading straight towards the swings. Chaerin used to love the swings.

~ Flash back to 12 years ago ~

Third Person POV

"Oppa! Lets play on the swings!" a slightly chubby six year old Chaerin grabbed Seungri's hand excitedly as she dragged him away from the rest of the group and headed for the swings.

She pouted as she struggled to climb on. Seungri chuckled as he lifted her up slightly from the ground so she could clamber on. She beamed at him as he made his way to the other swing, sitting down with ease as he began to swing his legs back and forth, causing him to swing high up.

CL watched with admiration as she tried to imitate his leg movement, but didn't grasp the technique properly, causing her to stay on the ground whilst Seungri swung back and forth happily.

"Oppa!!!" she whined as she watched him swing happily, "Push me!"

Seungri looked over and smiled as CL's cute pout. She was a rather tom-boyish girl but whenever it was just the two of them she always seemed to throw aegyo at him left, right and center.

He swiftly jumped off of the swing, landing lithely on his feet, whilst CL watched with rounded eyes.

"Oppa is so cool!" she clapped her hands as she gave him a toothy smile.

Seungri tried to hold back his blush as he walked over to her, positioning himself behind her swing, "Hold on tight Chaerin." he instructed softly as he grabbed her hands and placed them on the metal chains attached to the swing seat.

Once he was sure that she was holding on tightly he began to push her gently.

"Oppa! Higher!" she demanded as she turned to glare at him, obviously not pleased by how close to the floor she still was.

"Arasso," he chuckled at her cuteness before using all of his strength to push her, smiling at her squeals of happiness.

~ End of Flashback ~

Seungri's POV

I sighed as I stood behind the vacant swing, giving it a small push, a sad smile on my face as I thought back to the good times. The time where she used to look up to me, even to the point where she admired me and thought I was cool. The time when she still respected me and called me Oppa. The time where she used to depend on me.

I missed those times.

If only I could go back to those days, maybe then I wouldn't have taken for granted the time we had together. A time where she didn't hate me.

Sighing heavily I made my way out of the playground and into the park, sitting down on a wooden bench as I stared up into the night sky, my hands absentmindedly tracing the rough surface of the park bench.

My eyebrows furrowed as I looked down at the bench, it seemed like someone had carved something on it. I got up and crouched down, squinting at the carved wood.

My eyes widened as I spotted Chaerin's name, my finger tracing over her name.

"This is where Lee Chaerin left behind her old self," I read out to myself. Left behind her old self? Why... why would she want to leave behind her old self?

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Seunghyun's POV

My eyes immediately snapped open as I heard whimpers from the room next door. I threw the blanket off of me as I ran out of my room and into hers, my heart racing.

I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw she was okay. I sat down on the edge of the bed, as I watched her frown as she began to whimper again, her body twitching slightly.

"Get off me.. please...help... Seunghyun...."

My hand immediately reached out to smooth out her frown, "It's okay Bom, Oppa's here. I won't let anyone hurt you." I comforted her as I her hair.

I smiled as I watched her immediately calm down, her body stilling at my touch.

"Seunghyun Oppa..." she muttered as she shifted closer to me, curling up around me in my seated position.

I placed the blanket over her again before I made a move to stand up when I felt something grab my hand.

I turned around to see Bom was still asleep but her hand was clinging to mine. I tried to pull away but she whimpered her hold tightening. I bit my lip as I sat back down beside her.

As I watched her sleep, I felt my resolve weakening. Could I really do this? Keep her at arms length? 

"Don't let your bitterness get in the way of your happiness hyung, because before you know it it'll be too late and she'll be gone."

I flinched as I remembered Youngbae's words. My heart beating painfully as I thought of her in the arms of another man. It hurt just thinking about it... could I really live with myself if I let her go? 

'But she left you Seunghyun. Witout a word.' My eyes hardened slightly at the memory but then another image of her walking hand in hand with another man took over my mind.

"Seun..hyu...love you..."

My eyes flickered down to her sleeping face as I felt the final layer of the wall crumble down. I smiled down at her before I pulled the cover back, slipping in beside her as I wrapped my arms around her waist, pulling her towards me. She immediately snuggled into my arms, her head resting against my chest, my heart finally beating freely in the first time in seven and a half long years.

A grin spread across my face as I leaned down to place a soft kiss on the top of her head. This was definitely the better option. The option that allowed me to hold her in my arms. The option that made her exclusively mine.

/punch/

"And that... is for daring to hurt the girl I love..."

"I love you Bom. I'm going to give you a chance, please don't break my heart again."

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Seungri's POV

I stood up from my crouched position by the bench, my mind in a confused state. Why do I feel like i'm forgetting something important? Sighing I made my way towards the car, taking one last glance at the bench before making my way back to the apartment.

I made my way up and took my keys out, ready to unlock the door when I noticed it was open. Frowning I peeked in to see Dara and Jiyong dancing intimately together to gentle music. I smiled sadly before backing out, closing the door softly behind me.

I'm happy for you hyung, you finally got your girl. Where's mine?

Where am I supposed to go now?

Five minutes later I found myself standing outside of Chaerin's apartment, my fist raised, ready to knock on the door.

"I hate you"

My fist tightened as I brought it back down to my side. She hates me. There's not way she'd want to see me right now, or ever again for that matter. My shoulders slumped as I leaned my forehead on the door. I never knew it would be this painful to hear the person you love tell you that they hated you. It was excruciating.

My jaw clenched as I pulled away from the door, my fist coming up again before I pulled it back down. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I didn't want to see the hate in her eyes. Hate that was directed at me. I leaned against the wall beside the door, sliding down onto the floor, my knees up as I wrapped my arms around them, my head leaning on my arms.

"Lee Chaerin... just what did I do?"