YongGuk is on stage walking towards the front with the humming from Hyosung filling the big room. A few dancers are standing here and there on the stage looking in different directions, indifferently and dressed in casual clothing, jeans and a big hoodie covering their faces. YongGuk himself is wearing some someone like the dancers which doesn’t really set him apart from the rest, in fact he might as well be one of the dancers if it weren’t for the microphone hanging from his hand.

The crowd of fans is silent and the only real sound is that of Hyosung’s humming. YongGuk stops in the middle of the stage and lifts his head looking into the camera first with a soft face, honest and pure but then his lips moves up in a wicked grin, his head tilts and his eyes narrows before the humming stops and the dancers gather around him forming a wall.

There is silence. A few cheers are heard here and there from the crowed when the stage erupts and the dancers jump to the sides away from YongGuk as had he just exploded. He stands in the center and throws out the first few lines while the dancers crawl away from him and gets up with almost animalistic movements.

True to the title YongGuk releases the inner beast with a fierce attitude, a choreography that isn’t so much a dance as it is perfectly planned subtle movements enhanced by the dancers helping out to give the intensity in the track life. It is like a pack of wolves working together to get their pray, there are no flashy moves or difficult steps, just a unit of power ready to explode, a volcano about to erupt and there is no break till it all suddenly stops and the room goes dark. The humming starts again and the light slowly return revealing the dancers looking confused and staggering around rubbing their foreheads or covering their eyes. Only YongGuk looks collected smirking into the camera, winks and steps back and disappears into the shadows.

The crowd cheers loudly and he takes a quick step back out and bows and waves at the fans turned up to show support for his return before moving off the stage where he is practically jumped by HimChan and the other guys from B.A.P. who has shown up just to show their support for his return.

“Wah that was so freaking cool!” Zelo exclaims and holds onto his head with both hands. Daehyun is nodding in agreement and HimChan whines about why he didn’t pull off a track like that when he was with them because he wanted to be a part of it.

YongGuk just grins sheepishly and asks if they really think it was good enough cause he wasn’t sure he managed to get the point through. YoungJae responds by pointing out that the fans are still calling YongGuk’s name. The new manager YongGuk has been assigned comes over with a halfheated smile and nods saying it was fine. He quickly walks away again with his phone to his ear and HimChan frowns after him “I still can’t believe they stuck you with that guy. He is such a pain”

“Yea” YongGuk nods and sighs “He is always on my case and I don’t think I have yet gotten anything but a fine” he shakes his head and looks back at HimChan “But I got an Alex now. He called this morning and she picked up and pretty much told him if he had something to say he could tell her and if he had a problem with it he was welcome to bring it up with her in person”

“I wouldn’t do that” YoungJae mumbles and frowns while Daehyun shakes his head and snickers with the view of any manager trying to put Alex in her place.

“So she is back?” HimChan asks and looks at YongGuk “I mean with you back”

YongGuk smiles a happy but contained smile and nods “She is back with me yes…” he hesitates for a moment and looks down which doesn’t go unnoticed by HimChan who makes up an excuse to the others and pulls YongGuk a bit away “But what?”

“Nothing” YongGuk waves a hand and looks around “Have you seen Alex? She said she’d come”

“No I haven’t” HimChan mumbles and eyes YongGuk out “You sure you and Alex are okay?”

“Yes” YongGuk looks at HimChan again and this time his smile is more confident “Alex and I are perfectly fine”

“Then what was that look?” HimChan pushes YongGuk’s shoulder and starts getting a bit irritated “You used to talk to me when things bothered you about her! I could hardly get you to shut up about her”

YongGuk sighs and looks down for a couple of seconds and then looks HimChan in the eyes “It’s just something Seungho said to Alex, it bugs me”

“What?” HimChan frowns and sends a look to a couple of people who congratulates YongGuk on the performance as they pass them.

“That he wanted her to be closer to him than me” YongGuk mumbles rapidly and looks around for Alex again. She didn’t want to go along with him with all the fans there could be but she promised not to miss his first sole stage.

“That doesn’t sound right” HimChan mumbles “I said it wasn’t smart to let her stay with him”

 “She promised to be here” YongGuk sighs and ignores HimChan. He looks around one more time but there is no sign of Alex.

They had a great morning, YongGuk had woken up and heard her tell his manager that she was not gonna wake YongGuk if she didn’t think it was necessary because he needed sleep. She was slightly sitting up with her back supported by the pillow a little away from him but YongGuk could hear his manager snapping at her. He wanted to tell him he couldn’t talk to her like that but Alex had just huffed at the phone and asked if he didn’t know who she was. It was then YongGuk had chuckled and Alex had found out that he was awake but she still didn’t hand over the phone and instead she just smiled at him. He had moved himself closer and lay with his head just above her stomach feeling her steady breathing and her hand sliding through his hair and making him wonder if maybe that would be what heaven would be like. He could still hear his manager talking in the phone but Alex wasn’t faced at all making it very easy for YongGuk to not care about what was being said and he just focused on enjoying the moment with Alex and her tummy which he kept moving his hand over with a smile.

 “There you are!” B.A.P’s manager suddenly appears with a big proud grin and spread out arms which in the next is wrapped around YongGuk in a hug “The new big name which will make our company proud” he lets go of the now grinning YongGuk and playfully punches his arm “Damn that was great, I knew you would pull off something great but all the things I heard hardly did this justice. Why didn’t you pull out something like this in B.A.P?” there is a clear tease in his tone and he doesn’t even let YongGuk answer before he continues with a grin “I had a chat with your manager, he is… I think he is happy with it”

“Why did they stick him with that manager? Everyone know he only wants to deal with girl groups” HimChan interjects and huffs “Don’t they know he doesn’t really want to help YongGuk? He’ll just try to make him miserable”

The manager hesitates and looks around while nodding but he quickly gives YongGuk a reassuring smile “But the CEO was sure it wasn’t gonna be too big a problem cause you got someone who will fight your battles whether you want her to or not. Off course at that time he didn’t know you and Alex would be… having issues” He pats YongGuk on the arm before crossing his arms and smirks “But I hear she has come home”

“My manager told you about the call this morning?” YongGuk asks and smirks a little himself, just thinking about Alex so easily shutting down his manager is satisfying.

“He did. He asked me how I normally controlled her and her… ways. I told him he would have more luck turning food to gold just by touching it than trying to control Alex” the manager chuckles and looks around again to make sure no one is listening to their conversation.

YongGuk sends a look around as well in search of Alex “You haven’t seen Alex have you?  She promised to come”

“Yea about that” the manager chuckles and looks back at YongGuk “When we are on the subject of controlling Alex” he takes a step towards the stage and gestures with his thumb “She is out there”

“What?” both HimChan and YongGuk frowns. “In the crowd?” HimChan asks with YongGuk adding “But she is pregnant!”

“When she got here apparently a couple of fans spotted her and started to ask why they haven’t seen her around in so long, the fans thought you and her had split which I guess is kind of true… Anyway, she started talking with them and more fans joined in and well… she suddenly decided that it would be fun to see you like they would so she went in with them. I only know this because the security guy who was supposed to her was sent away, he didn’t know what to do so he came to me”

“Aish that girl” YongGuk sighs and looks out towards the stage “How am I gonna get in touch with her now?”

“I’ll see if I can find her” the manager pats him on the arm again and leaves telling him again that he did great. YongGuk smiles a little and looks after him “I miss having him as my manager”

“Yea it is funny how after you left he has suddenly nothing but praises for you” HimChan mumbles bitterly “I’m getting compared with you all the time, bugs the hell out of me!” he looks at YongGuk who apologizes with a smile and they both head back to the others to have a mini celebration in the backstage room till they have to get moving. Alex has yet to have turned up when B.A.P’s manager returns and says they have to get moving. YongGuk looks after them as they leave and gets changed into something else.

Just as he picks up a shirt to put on there is a chuckle by the door and he turns to find Alex leaning against the wall with her eyes running over his body. He smiles and turns his entire body towards her “Goggling me again?”

“I’m allowed to goggle” she smirks and lifts her shoulders “Are you regressing to a boy again who gets flustered in front of women?”

YongGuk huffs and walks over to her forgetting all about the shirt in his hand “Like I have even been flustered in front of you” he spreads out his arms and smirks “I got nothing to be ashamed about”

“You got that right” Alex chuckles and runs her eyes hungrily over him again which has YongGuk laughing at her “You look like you are gonna eat me” he comments and steps up to her leaving hardly any space between them. There is a tease in his voice and he seductively runs his tongue over his lip while keeping her eyes locked.

“You have no idea how badly” Alex moves her hands over his sides and pulls him closer grinning when he lets out a surprised squeal when she digs her teeth in his neck. He jumps away and covers his neck, shocked at first but as Alex starts to laugh he loosens up and rolls his eyes as he now pulls her to him “You are horrible” he mutters and gives her a kiss “You win” He looks her in the eyes and smiles happily “I heard you did some mingling with the fans”

“Yup” Alex nods and settles herself in is arms with her hands softly caressing his arms “You got some nice fans though. They kept telling me to take good care of you” she tilts her head and her lips moves up in a cocky smirk “They don’t even think you can manage without me”

YongGuk snorts and shakes his head “You are twisting it. They are just being polite”

“No actually” Alex tweaks a brow and bites her lip before continuing “The album is all about me. They know that and said to me I had to be good to you and take good care of you because I’m your world” she chuckles and pauses for a moment when it looks like YongGuk is about to object but he doesn’t know what to say.

“They wanted to know why we have been so secretive”

“What did you say?” YongGuk frowns a little but Alex’s just smiles reassuringly and gives him a light kiss “I got it handled angel. Don’t worry”

“Alex tell me what you said!” YongGuk pouts and hugs her a little closer “Don’t hide things from me”

“Big baby” Alex smirks and moves her arms around his neck “I said we needed time for ourselves after all that had happened and we needed to find each other again”

Nodding slightly YongGuk lowers his eyes “That is one way to put it”

“You wanted me to tell them I was stupid and bailed on you only to turn up again 5 months pregnant?” Alex slides her hands back and runs her fingers down the sides of his neck. “No off course not” YongGuk looks up at her again “I just…” he looks her in the eyes and sighs “Did you like my performance?” he has been refusing to think about the 5 months she was gone after she returned, he hasn’t said anything to his fans and he isn’t really sure he would have told them anything and would just have said that he and Alex’s private life is just that, private. He doesn’t want everyone to know that he sat around like an idiot waiting for someone who had left him and whom even wrote an entire album about.

“You were amazing” Alex says and smiles proudly “I’ll have to keep you on a short leash from now on. My little angel had all the females swooning” she teases and pinches his cheeks “When I get even bigger and fatter you may look elsewhere”

“As if” YongGuk huffs and lets out a deep sigh “You know very well I’m so badly wrapped around your finger that you could do anything you wanted and I’ll still come running like a puppy when you call”

Alex laughs and nods “I know but I love that you know it as well”

“I went in bed with the devil” YongGuk smirks and leans closer “I’ve been stuck ever since” he catches her lips and keeps her close trough a minute long exchange of soft kisses. “Don’t you dare forget it” Alex mutters back as he finally allows her room and he responds by nodding and giving her yet another kiss just as his manager comes in and clears his throat rudely “I said get dressed, not undressed and make out with that”

YongGuk frowns about to say something but Alex beats him to it “Look who grew balls” she smirks and moves her arms off YongGuk who keeps an arm between her and his manager who is glaring venomously at her.

“You should not have been in the audience, you brought focus away from YongGuk and with that big stomach sticking out you might as well carry around a big sign saying you are having his bastard children. You do realize that in this country you marry people you love and don’t just say you will and then run off” The tone used by the manager is nothing but degrading and YongGuk’s hold on Alex tightens “Yah don’t talk to her like that!”

“He can say whatever he wants” Alex huffs and looks the manager over “I don’t give a crap” her focus is solely on the manager who glares straight back at her “You can think whatever you want, I don’t give a ”

The manager huffs and turns his attention to YongGuk telling him to get dressed so they can get a move on it and then leaves slamming the door.

“That’ll help” YongGuk sighs and steps back “Maybe you could be a little nicer. He is supposed to help me out you know and… he is just disliking that he is stuck with me. He actually said I did… fine today so maybe…”

“He doesn’t give a crap about you” Alex mumbles and glares at the door “I don’t like him and I don’t want him around you”

“Alex I can handle myself” YongGuk pulls on a shirt and smiles at her “You don’t have to be so over protective. Managers have to be strict”

Alex pouts and steps closer to him holding on to his shirt “Not towards my man. You want me to punch him? I will”

“I know you would” YongGuk grins and pulls her closer “But with this you have to promise me you’ll let me deal with it”

“You sure?” Alex looks at him and pouts “He is really asking for a fist in the face”

“Have I told you how much I love you?” YongGuk breathes out and pokes her nose with his own.

“Not today” Alex smiles and bites her lip.

“I love you so much” YongGuk pecks her lips before stepping back “But leave my manager alone, promise me you’ll try being nice to him or he can make it very hard on us”

“Can’t I just get him fired?” Alex whines and crosses her arms “Something about him really bothers me”

“Alex promise me” YongGuk pulls on a jacket and heads back to the door.

Alex thinks it over for a bit and then nods “Fine” she takes his hand and walks out with him “But only because you were looking so damn fine on stage”