“Halo” by Block B: http://view.aimini.com/?fid=DPAJSHu66Tpq649hWg1n

Translations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGJvhR9MqlU

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You know, for someone that is close to their family members, you sure don’t tell them much.  Your appearance was a complete surprise to TaeIl.  I’m not sure how you got in since YooKwon told me later on that you didn’t give a about dancing.  But nonetheless, here you were in front of us.  Although, I guess it wasn’t our place to be there since we got bored and decided to check out some of the new backup dancers we heard were just added to the company.  It since we never get any cute backup dancers.  Would be nice to have some girls around.

“…Wait, how can…she be here?  She should be in…” TaeIl mumbled to himself as he pushed JaeHyo out of the way to get a better look.  “It can’t be her…she would have told me if she’s here…”

“Yah, TaeIl!  You have some relationship with one of these girls or something?!  Damn, I’m so jealous!” JaeHyo exclaimed with a whine.

“TaeIl-hyung, what are you talking about?” I asked, deciding it was best not to jump into any conclusions.

“Well…yeah…it’s a relationship but not one that you guys are-”

“HYUNG~!  YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND AND YOU DIDN’T TELL ME?!  HOW COULD YOU?!” JiHoon cried out, feeling hurt that he wasn’t filled in on such crucial information.

“No way, these girls are hot, how did you score?” Kyung joked while giving them a good look up and down.

“What are you guys doing?”

We all turned to see Kwonnie staring at us with a vacant look on his face.  Then he pouted.

“I leave to go to the bathroom and you guys disappeared…”

“Yah, Kwonnie-ah, forget about that, come check out the girls.  They’re about to dance, too,” I silenced his complaint and pulled him over to the peeping window.

Just as he turned his head to look (after throwing me one last pout), the music started and the girls started their routine.  We looked like a bunch of erts all squished to see the girls dance through the puny window.  The song, “Just Dance,” played as all the girls moved in sync.  At some parts, the girls would take turns going up to the front for a short solo.  It became clear why they were training to be dancers as they were all very good in what they did.  The instructor told them to take a break, so JiHo opened the door (almost causing us to all toppled over into the room unceremoniously).

“Yo, do you wanna be?  Block B!  Hello, we’re Block B!” he greeted automatically.  As a reflex, the rest of us greeted ourselves simultaneously with their leader.  The girls greeted us back.  Some of them giggled to themselves as they whispered to each other.  They probably heard of us.  We hadn’t debuted yet at the time but there were high hopes for us.

Immediately after we greeted ourselves, TaeIl went up to one of the girls and crouched in front of her to get a better look.  You had a mask over your mouth, which made it difficult to see your face, but it was apparent that you were surprised from the way your eyes widened.

“HaNeul?”

I blinked and looked over at YooKwon to ask him if he knew what was going on with TaeIl and this girl.

He was frozen in his spot with his mouth hanging open and his eyes glued to this girl named HaNeul.  I mean, I admit that you had one hot body and I knew YooKwon was a er for girls with short hair, but it didn’t look like he was shocked at your beauty.  It was more of a…nostalgic shock of some sort.

Before I could stop him, YooKwon marched right up to the masked girl, who was still staring at TaeIl, and removed your mask slowly.

“…Oh…” was the first thing that came out of your mouth as both TaeIl and YooKwon stared at you intensely.

“Umm…okay…you guys are being extremely creepy here…let’s back away from the girls…” JiHo stated, trying to appease this awkward atmosphere.

“LEE HANEUL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!” TaeIl finally yelled.  We all jumped in surprise at his loud voice.  It was unusual for TaeIl to yell in such a harsh manner at all let alone at a girl.

“Aish, you’re too loud, Tae, all of them are staring at us,” you complained with a groan.

“Why are you here?  I thought you were still in school!  When did you audition?  Why don’t you ever tell me anything?!” TaeIl ranted as you just sighed.

“We haven’t talked for months, how am I supposed to tell you when I don’t see you?” you shot back.

“You could have called me…you know I worry about you…” TaeIl answered, his voice suddenly becoming soft and gentle.  You smiled and gave him a hug.

“Thanks for your concern,” you chimed.  With a chuckle, you looked up at the rest of us.  “I think you owe them an explanation.”

“Oh, guys!  This is my cousin, Lee HaNeul.  We hung out a lot as kids but due to certain circumstances, we lost contact some time ago.  Well…at least I couldn’t get in contact with her, but since I haven’t moved around I expected you to call me at SOME point,” TaeIl huffed indignantly.

“Mhmm, dully noted, Cous’.”  You looked at the rest of us, expecting us to introduce ourselves.  I gave you a challenging glare, but you quickly ignored it and turned to JaeHyo, who already started to introduce himself.

“Umm…nice to meet you, HaNeul-sshi.  I’m Ahn JaeHyo,” JaeHyo greeted with a little bow.  You bowed back before putting a hand up to stop Kyung from introducing himself.

“Hold on.  This is boring.  Let’s make this more interesting.  While introducing yourself, why don’t you guys showcase your skill to us?  We’ve heard a lot about you guys, can’t let you go empty-handed,” you reasoned with a smirk as your words created a ruckus amongst the rest of the dancers.  I gave JiHo a look.  He was the leader so he better put a stop to this…

Wait…

“ZI next is CO, I’m the sign of change in Korean hip hop.  I push my way through those that are below my standards.  That’s how I showed up, if you’re looking for some change then, here we go!” he greeted with his rap part from “Halo.”

I forgot our leader enjoys stuff like this…

“Name is Park Kyung and Block B.  We are rider on the drum beat.  The countless pop music being poured into the mainstream by all you same fakes!” Kyung continued with his part while swinging his right hand around wildly.  The girls cheered passionately when he his lips.

“Hello, my name is P.O.~  The magnae, P.O.~” our magnae stated with some of his aeygo poses making the girls coo at how adorable he is.

“Hello, my name is TaeIl~” our baby force greeted afterwards in a very plain manner but with a cute voice.  For some reason, that made you smile widely.  It was kinda creepy…

“Hello, my name is JaeHyo!” The girls went crazy again when he threw them a kiss and a wink.  Aish…this is stupid…

“Hello, my name is B-Bomb,” I said as I popped and locked before throwing a gunshot at you.  You raised your eyebrow at me while I merely smirk.  For some reason though, this action also set the squealing girls off.  Hmm, I’ll need to remember that…

“Hello, my name is U-Kwon…” he greeted with just a wide smile as his voice seemed a bit distant.  Well, regardless, again the girls screamed because I guess Kwon is kinda cute no matter what he does.  However, I noticed something was weird by the way his eyes never left you and the way your earlier tough expression softened at his smile.  Weird…

Maybe it’s love at first sight?

“Ah, this is fun, now your turn!” JiHo cheered like a two-year-old. 

Seriously…Leader…sometimes I wonder…

One of the girls ran over and popped in a random dance mix.  One by one the girls introduced themselves with a dance move.  Most of them were doing body waves and other smooth and y motions.  It was pretty obvious why they were back-up dancers; these girls got some serious moves.  When it came to you, however, you flipped backwards.  One hand held you up as your legs flew up and returned to standing position.  You just shrug your shoulders afterwards with a salutation of your name again, in case we forgot.  We all cheered; I admit, it was impressive, but are you a monkey or something?  The girls cheered you on as well and even came over and gave you a pat on the back.  Weird, I figured girls would be annoyed that you were showing off…I guess you guys were kinda tight or something.  Again, I saw the same nostalgic look in Kwonnie’s eyes.  It was starting to become creepy…everything that was going on was kinda creepy…

Not sure if it was due to your suggestion to make things more interesting, but everyone seemed to get along a lot more comfortably than I thought they would.  You know those awkward moments when you greet each other and then don’t know what to do afterwards?  Yeah, that’s what I figured it would be like.  While people were mingling, I notice Kwon walk up to you with that stupid smile still plastered on his face.  Of course, I eavesdropped on your conversation because it seemed interesting.

“Hey…” he finally said.

You smiled back at him and responded, “Hey, Kid.  Although…I guess I can’t call you Kid anymore…you’ve grown a lot, YooKwon.”

“You…cut your hair, HaNeul,” he commented.  This conversation sounds much too comfortable to be a first meeting…Kwon knew TaeIl’s cousin?  Man, small world…

“It was getting in the way,” she chuckled, her expression completely gentler than before.  Kwon also seemed brighter than he usually is (which is already pretty damn bright).  Are they dating or something?

“I…I made it…” he hesitantly stated.  “Well…not yet…but I’m going to debut really soon…”

You laughed again.

“I can see that.  Congrats.  I knew you could do it…”  Your smile started to disappear slowly as Kwon looked down as if trying to reorganize himself.

“Can I…hug you?” he requested timidly.  You just nodded and held your arms out.  He took his time to engulf you in his embrace.  “I thought I would never see you again…”

 “You lost a bit of weight, but you’re looking healthy.  I’m glad you aren’t a stick.  Is Oppa doing well too?”  You poked his cheek, pointing out, yes, he had in fact lost his baby cheeks.

“Neh, Hyung worked really hard for me even now, so I’m working really hard to debut.  I’m still lacking a lot so I have to improve as much as I can before then.  I want him…to be proud of me…”  At the mention of YooKwon’s brother, he unwillingly teared up a bit but quickly wiped them away.

“Those words you said to me…Hyung said the same thing…how is it you two…can be like that…”

“Maturity, something you’ll get eventually,” you joked, causing YooKwon to laugh and push you lightly to show he was “offended” by your comment.  “Keep working, okay?  You haven’t debuted yet and even when you do, it just means you have to work harder.  Hwaiting, neh?”

YooKwon pouted, “You’re never going to just congratulate me, are you?”

“Now that would just be too easy~”

As YooKwon whined, you covered your mouth with one hand and giggled.  True, I didn’t know you then, but it was plain as day that this reaction was rare for you.  It was almost cute.  …almost.

“Yah, you kids, what are you doing here?” the instructor scolded with an accusingly look.  “Don’t you have your own practice to be at?”

“Ah!  They’re gonna kill us if we’re late!” JaeHyo suddenly realized when he saw the time.

“Oooooh, !” JiHoon cursed freely as he darted out the door.  The rest of the Block B bolted out chaotically one after the other with a quick farewell to the girls (and their instructor).  As I ran out, I shot you an enigmatic smirk, which got me the suspicious glare I was hoping for.

This could be fun~

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“Freeze!” by Block B: http://view.aimini.com/?fid=dtUW7SWRQRHnoci7wSuP

Translations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4b10PJp9xk

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“Ah~!  So tiring~” YooKwon moaned out as we all plopped on the floor after a hard practice.  He chugged a Gatorade bottle for a bit and sighed in relief.  JiHoon was sprawled out on the floor, enjoying the coolness of it.  The rest of the members were passing the drinks.  Guess this is as good as any time to ask…

“Hey, Kwon, are you going out with that dancer girl you were talking to?” He nearly spewed out the contents in his mouth since he hadn’t swallowed everything completely.  As a result, he ended up choking from force-swallowing his drink.

“Who?  HaNeul?  She’s just a good friend from middle school!  There’s no way we would go out.  Where did you get a crazy idea like that, Hyung?!” His ears became red with embarrassment as he started to laugh uncontrollably.  Mmm, I see, so it’s one-sided?  Ah, or maybe it’s two-sided but both are oblivious.  Really, YooKwon-ah, you at hiding your emotions.  But despite what everyone else thinks, I guess you’re still too innocent when it comes to girls…

“Ah, never mind then, must have been my imagination,” I shrugged, playing my question off as a random thought, as I slung my arm around his shoulder and taking his Gatorade out of his hand while he was still stunned.  I took a big gulp before putting it back in his hand and patting him on the shoulder.

I looked around and noticed that JiHo wasn’t here.

“Where’s JiHo?” I asked JiHoon, who was attached to the floor.

“I dunno, maybe he’s in the bathroom…”

“I guess I’ll go, too,” I announced before leaving the room.  I walked past the bathroom and was aiming for the girls’ practice room again to check if my theory was right.  But just as I turned the corner, I saw JiHo talking to someone, so I ducked behind the corner.  I couldn’t really hear what they were saying since they weren’t talking very loudly and down the hall.

“You must understand…so I’m counting on you, please take care of him…”

“Even if you didn’t ask me, I would help him anyways…I’ll talk to Cho PD-hyung…thanks for the scoop…”

“Thank you.”

I looked over and saw JiHo walk past you as you bowed to him.  You stared down at the floor and sighed melancholically.  You made your way down the hall in my direction and didn’t notice my presence even though I was standing right in front of you.

“What were you talking to JiHo about?”

You jumped a bit at my voice and blinked at me.  Once you realize who I was, you folded your arms and put up a cold front.

“B-Bomb, was it?  Is there something I can help you with or do you just enjoy annoying me?” you inquired bluntly.

“In fact, there is.  Kwon is too flustered to answer, so I figured I would ask the source.  What’s your relationship with our Kwonnie-ah?  You two were quite chummy back there,” I shot back just as pointedly.

“We were friends in middle school, what’s it to you?”

“So you never thought of going out with him after all this time?”

“We were only in the same school for a short period of time before I moved.”  I was surprised you weren’t affected at all by my question…

“Wait a minute, did you just ask if I want to go out with YooKwon?”

…but I guess that was because you weren’t paying complete attention to what I was saying.  You stared at me with a raised eyebrow.

 “Yeah, why not?  He’s cute and I’m sure I don’t need to convince you that he’s a good kid,” I promoted like a competitive product.  You just scoffed and rolled your eyes before you shot a glare at me.

“Does he know you’re doing this, Sir?”

“Excuse me?”

“Don’t play with YooKwon’s feelings.  He has much bigger things to worry about than dating right now.  I know for a fact you were listening in on our conversation earlier.  Is YooGoon not allowed to be nice to girls without an ulterior motive?  He deserves a girl with a kind heart that will stick by him no matter what, so don’t go setting him up just because I have short hair and a good relationship with him.”

“Wow~ you even know his ideal type.  But for someone so observant, you sure are blind, huh?  You can’t tell YooKwon likes you?”

You sighed in annoyance and threatened, “Do me a favor and just pretend we never saw each other in this hall, got it?”

You strutted past me after glancing impersonally at me.

“Are you afraid?”

My words stopped you in your tracks.

“Of what?”

“To be with him.”

“You don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Then how about going out with me?”

You laughed out loud sarcastically.

“Have you lost your mind?”

“I’m going to show you, what he means to you, what you mean to him, why there’s no way you two can have anyone other than each other, and how right I am about all of this.”

“You sure have a lot of baseless confidence.”

“It runs in the group,” I shrugged nonchalantly.

“I already told you I’m not interested in playing with that kid’s feelings.”

“Okay, I give up, you caught me.”  I raised my arms up in defeat.  “The truth is I wanted to get close to you, so I used Kwon as an excuse.  You were really hot back there.  Crazy moves for a dancer.  And what can I say?  I’m attracted to girls with…dimples.”

You leered at my lame excuse and decided to finish up this conversation.  “Why don’t you find some other girl to toy with that’s NOT me or one of my girls?”

You turned to leave again.

“Wait.”

I snatched your wrist before you strayed out of my range.

The look you gave me was…unexpected.

It wasn’t anger…it wasn’t even annoyance…it almost seemed like you weren’t looking at me even though your eyes stared straight into mine.

Why did you have a hint of fear in your eyes back then, Lee HaNeul?

Go away.

When you blinked, it disappeared so I figured I probably imagined it.

“Release my hand or I will break your wrist,” you said in a low and dangerous voice.  It brought chills up my spine; the way the intensity of your glare matched your tone perfectly.  I immediately complied with your demand.  A sigh eluded you while your posture loosened.  “It seems you are more troublesome than I gave you credit for.  My response to your request…I will postpone until after YooKwon debuts.  My answer is final whether it pacifies your relentless questioning or not.  I will not hesitate to hospitalize you if you wish to tamper with his odds.  End of discussion.”

With a whip of the hair, you left with the last word and probably a bit of my sanity.

Truthfully, I found what you did extremely cool.  Considering how much you guys cared for each other, I still can’t believe you didn’t notice how you felt for the each other.  I underestimated how oblivious to you two could be to your own feelings.

But as promised, I left you to ponder over your decision for the next few months before we debuted.

Whenever you had time, you would drop by and hang out.  YooKwon would smiled 10 watts brighter whenever you were around and jump into your arms like a puppy greeting his owner every time she comes home.  TaeIl would complain about all the problems he had with dancing and in return you helped him work out all the kinks.  Kyung and JaeHyo would fight for your attention, attempting to make a move on you, which you would feign innocence to their actions.   JiHo would have surprisingly serious discussions with you sometimes but we never really paid much attention to what you two talked about.  JiHoon would enjoy joking around with you (and occasionally play pranks on the rest of us…we didn’t appreciate that, by the way…)

Ignorant of the conversation we had, YooKwon sensed the tension between us and tried his best to alleviate our hostility toward one another by pushing us together and forcing us to “break the ice” with games.  We were both weak to his puppy pout and complied without much of a fight.  I’m glad he did though.  It seems his icebreakers did the trick since we became more civil and accepted each other’s company for what it was worth.

But my objective was clear.

On April 15^th 2011, Block B debuted with their title track, “Freeze!”, on Music Bank.  When we got back from our schedule, I texted you immediately.

[What’s your answer?]

After just a few seconds, I got a response, but not the one I wanted.

[My answer is still no.  This game of yours provides me no benefit to participate.  And we both know there’s nothing further than a platonic relationship for us.  Sorry, Min-B~]

I tsked in annoyance.  Benefit, benefit, benefit…ah!

[You know, TaeIl-hyung has been worried about you.  If you be my girlfriend, I’ll convince manager-hyungs to let you sleep in our dorm.  Hasn’t your rent spiked up?  In return for staying here, you can cook for us as payment.]

I knew you were considering it when I didn’t get a response back immediately.  Money is a big issue to you because you were saving up to go to college.  I guess your family can’t afford it, so you were working to pay your own tuition.  Since you were only a back-up dancer, you had to pay for your own boarding, which was steadily increasing.  (A/N: I have no clue how these things work, so for the sake of this story, I hope this sounds reasonable enough.)  Not paying rent meant less money spent.  It was an offer too good for you to pass up.

[I accept your terms with conditions.  1. Everyone in the dorm must agree.  2. I work for my stay if I’m not paying rent.  3. I sleep on the floor.  4.  This relationship stays in the dorm and only in the dorm.  5. No, that was not an invitation for .  Don’t you dare try anything on me, you ert.]

He chuckled to himself.  Man, this girl is as shrewd as always.

[See you tomorrow, HaYang.  Or should I start calling you Aegi?]

[You do that, and wake up without an arm in the morning.]

I smiled to myself mysteriously as YooKwon asked what I was so smug about.

Let the games begin.

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Yay, I’m actually updating! I’m a bit stuck on this story…so I’m trying to pick up all the pieces and put them together properly so that this story makes sense…I hope…I hope this chapter makes sense to people and you understand what’s going on. [I realize I can be quite confusing…]

There’s quite a doozie of a chapter coming up soon! Look forward to it. I suppose you could call it the turning point of the story? :)

And if it wasn’t obvious enough, the person talking in this story is B-Bomb aka. Lee MinHyuk.

Oh, the next chapter is a bit different from the others…in terms of formatting, so just a heads up about that.

FRIDAY THE 13^TH ON THE FIRST MONTH OF YEAR 2012! *SPOOKS*

Updated: 01/13/12

~Kira :3