PREVIOUSLY

There was a pause in our conversation and I thought that the line broke so I said, "Yoboseyo? Jagiya? Are you still there?"

"Huh.. ah.. deh.. you said you're with Ji Yong right? Did he follow you there?" he asked me. I wonder why he's asking me that so I told him the truth, "Uhm...no.. actually, he was here first and I just decided to accompany him"

"Oh. Okay.." he said on the other line and added, "Don't go anywhere okay. I'm almost there"

I smiled at that and answer, "Okay, we'll be waiting for you!" then I hanged up the phone. After securing my phone in my pocket, I saw Ji Yong looking at me intently but before I could ask him what's wrong, he excused himself and said that he'd be preparing for today's outing

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DARA'S POV

When I saw Il Woo looking for me earlier after Ji Yong left, I immediately called out to him. When he saw me, I saw him smiled and broke into a run. When he got to me, he told me to always let him know if I'm leaving. He said it referring about my morning escapade but somehow, I felt like he's saying something more than that. But I tried to get that out of my head as I looked at the man in front of me.

True I am still unsure what I'm feeling towards Il Woo but if my fast beating heart whenever I see him smile, or when he'd hug me and hold me until I fall asleep or even the safety I felt with him whenever we're together are any indications, I think it would only take time before I completely fall in love with him.

While I was watching the sun earlier, I decided on one thing. That from today I'd move on. That starting from the time the sun started to shine on me, I would let go of my stupid ideas of remembering. I don't want to remember anymore. I just want to make a new memory. The people I need to remember are here anyways, they are the ones here so they are the only ones important. What happened before the incident is something that I wouldn't like to remember. Certainly, my mind and body agrees. If remembering causes those headaches and those ever increasing dreams/nightmares/hallucinations of that blonde guy then I don't want to remember anymore. 'Surely, if my friends and family love me, they'd support me right?' I thought as I looked at Il Woo smiling and shook my head a little.

"What are you thinking?" he suddenly asked me.

"Nothing..." I said before I added, "Everything"

"What do you mean by that?" he asked again as his brows furrowed.

I traced the line where his brows are almost connecting and answered, "I told you... this look doesn't suit you" and then I faked a pout.

He pouted as well which made him look cuter to me and said quite sarcastically, "Well... if you'd just explain your words.." 

He didn't finish off his sentence and I laughed out loud. I was having fits of laughter when I noticed that he's pouting again so I stopped laughing and said, "Well.. it doesn't matter now... I think so... why don't we just eat breakfast?"

I saw him contemplating before he nodded to me twice and smiled so I took his hands in mine and started dragging him towards the hotel but after a few steps, he stopped and made me look at him as he said, "Wait! Dara... you'll tell me eventually right? What you're thinking right now?"

I thought about it and decided that he deserves knowing it since he's going to be part of my future anyways so I smiled and nodded to him as I added, "of course" and that relaxed him and we started walking again, this time, with him walking beside me.

We didn't see Ji Yong all throughout breakfast and when I asked Youngbae where he is, he told me that Ji Yong already ate breakfast ahead of us and that he's taking a little nap before we all head out for the beach later. We decided to meet back out in the lobby again once we all finished changing so Bom, as usual, dragged me to our room and made me tell her what happened when I was out. Of course, I told her about me seeing Ji Yong and even told her about Kiko and that I'm sorry about last night that I invited her to which Bom dismissed with a 'not your fault' gesture and made her continue telling the story. So naturally, I told her everything up to the point when Il Woo found me and by the end of my story, I noticed her smiling sadly as she said, "he's really fell for you" I suppose she means Il Woo but why do I also have this feeling that she's meaning something or someone else -- that couldn't be right, could it?

I dismissed my earlier discussions with Bom and got ready for the beach. I'm not in the mood to actually swim and since I already saw the sunrise, there really isn't any reason for me to go to the beach but they're all expecting me to be there and I was the one who proposed it so I decided that I'll just go anyways. Bom and I met up with everyone at the lobby as we're the last to arrive.

We all went to the beach and set up a parasol where we laid our towels and left our bags. Bom, CL, Minzy, Top, Daesung and Youngbae all ran towards the water as I got my bag and used it as a pillow as I started to lie down on the towel. When I settled, I looked over at Seungri whose looking at me quizically as he asked, "You're not swimming noona?"

I smiled and shook my head as I answered, "Maybe later little Seunghyun. The weather is so good that it makes me feel lazy" he stood there for about a minute before he nodded twice and smiled at me as looked up at the sky and said, "You're right again noona! So why don't I join you here for a while ne?" and then he plopped down beside me.

We were quiet for a moment until I saw Ji Yong and Il Woo walking towards us both looking anywhere but each other with face flushed. When they reached us though, Il Woo sat next to me and Ji Yong changed directions and walked towards Youngbae and the rest. I looked over at Seungri and saw that he's looking anxious as if there's something he wants to tell me but he can't though before I could ask, he stood up and declared that he wants to play a game with them and ran off. I was shocked but I didn't mind it that much especially since another anxious looking guy is sitting beside me so I decided to sit and laid my head on his shoulder.

I felt him tensed but he relaxed a second later. "What is it?" I asked him but when he didn't reply after a minute I added, "I'm no fool Il Woo. I just have amnesia but everything else in me is working" he looked at me sideways and gave a long sigh as he asked, "Dara, can you promise one thing for me?"

I don't know why he's asking but I nodded anyways. I saw him contemplating whether or not to ask me but thought better of it and asked, "Dara... I'm am in love with you and... you probably have no idea how much but... I just... Dara... can you promise to tell me when you're leaving?" I looked at him and thought about his words. I noted that he said 'he's IN LOVE with me' not 'he's FALLING in love with me', I also noted how serious he sounded when he ask me to 'TELL' him whenever I'm leaving him and not 'GET HIS PERMISSION' before I leave. 'How can I be so cruel to this man?' I thought as I go over my feelings again.

I'm FALLING for him -- that one thing there is for sure but there's also something that's stopping me from going further. He's been nothing but good, understanding and patient with me while I've been nothing but a headache and a total nuisance to him. 'How could you be this good to me?' I thought in my head again as I made a silent vow to love this man from this point on with everything that I have. I shook my head a little as I closed my eyes, when I opened it to look at him, I saw that he's still waiting for my response so I smiled at him and said, "Yes. I promise"

He smiled widely at that and brought his right arm to hug my waist and I did the same to him. He was kissing the top of my forehead when we suddenly heard shutter sounds. We both looked around to check our surroundings and I could have sworn that I'm seeing not just one but five people holding out their cameras in our direction and maybe Il Woo have noticed them as well because he turned his body slightly as if to block me from their view.

I peered through his shoulders and saw Bom and the rest coming towards our direction and when they have reached us, I saw Bom kicking Il Woo's ankle and asking him to move over which the latter refused to do so. Bom looked furious as she said, "What! Do you want them to know you guys have a relationship?! It may be okay for you but it won't be okay for Dara!"

Chaerin and the rest surrounded us as Il Woo said that he'll take care of all the antis and the fans. Bom seemed anxious still but then her face went blank and then she smirked as if she'd won and said, "Lee Min Ho"

"What is Min Ho got to do with this?" I heard Il Woo asked as we both stood up and he not letting his gaze on Bom drop as if challenging her but the latter seemed unperturbed by his gaze as her smile turned dangerously sweet as she answered, "With your determination right now, I have no doubt that you would be able to protect Dara from the antis and the fans... but... if Dara's equal alien Lee Min Ho sees your picture what do you think he'll do? You guys getting real and without telling him to? tsk tsk tsk... you sure are brave Il Woo"

I looked at Il Woo and saw him visibly turning pale and within seconds he let go of me and ran towards the people we saw earlier taking our pictures and it seems that he's talking to them. I turned my gaze to Bom and saw him smiling along with the rest so I got angry with them and said, "Why did you guys do that? Especially you Bommie! Do you have something against him cos I want to hear it now!!"

"Dara! you shouldn't be mad at me. I'm just telling him the absolute truth. He's not doing what he's supposed to do and that is take care of you. I'm afraid he's letting his feelings decide for the betterment of you both" Bom said. I got even angrier because when I looked at them, they all turned their gaze away from me as if they are all agreeing with Bom so I finally exploded, "FINE! I'M FINALLY HAPPY AND THIS HAPPENS! WHATEVER! TELL IL WOO I'M GOING BACK TO THE HOTEL!"

BOM POV

"Why did you guys do that? Especially you Bommie! Do you have something against him cos I want to hear it now!!" I heard Dara asked. Honestly I did that out of impulse when I saw Ji Yong looking at Dara and Il Woo publicly displaying their love. I thought about her fans and his fans as an excuse at first but I didn't think that Il Woo would take it in stride so I used Min Ho. Min Ho is the all powerful being that scared all Dara's 'unqualified' suitors away with or without her knowledge so he's a perfect ace in this situation. I just didn't know it would backfire this much so I said the first thing that came on my mind.

"Dara! you shouldn't be mad at me. I'm just telling him the absolute truth. He's not doing what he's supposed to do and that is take care of you. I'm afraid he's letting his feelings decide for the betterment of you both" I said and thought, 'Alright, that came out wrong but I can't take my words back now' I saw Dara getting even angrier and turned her head to look at all of us before she turned redder and stomped her foot like a kid and shouted, "FINE! I'M FINALLY HAPPY AND THIS HAPPENS! WHATEVER! TELL IL WOO I'M GOING BACK TO THE HOTEL!"

I was shocked and confused because I totally didn't expect that to happen. Dara never gets angry to us.. to me. She has never risen her voice to anyone and never thought of anyone badly. Instead, she understands and listens to reason so this side of Dara's temperament is a definite shocker.

"Oh unnie! What do we do! It looks like Dara unnie is really mad" whimpered Minzy beside me. I looked at her and saw that she's nearing tears and turned to everyone who is looking as shocked as me by this turn of events and saw that they're all looking at me for answers. I didn't even know that I was shaking until I felt Tabi's arms around me.

"Bommie... you did the right thing" Tabi said.

I looked at him as if he's grown another head and seriously said, "Then why doesn't it feel so?"

He shrugged but he kept his eyes on me and said, "If we'd encourage them now... then what happens when she remembers? What will be her reaction.. whatever it is... she needs to remember what happens first to rationalize her decision"

"You speak well" I commented before I leant my head on his chest and cried dry tears. I saw Ji Yong on the corner of my vision and that made me let go of Tabi as I said, "Everyone, after this trip, I propose that we have a meeting with everyone and I mean us, Dara's family and Dara's other friends and plan on how to make her remember. Tabi is right, if they're getting serious, she needs to remember us and Ji Yong first before she can decide. All that their relationship is doing is making us slip further and further away from Dara and I -- I mean, WE don't want that to happen do we?"

"I agree unnie but... won't it hurt Dara unnie? You saw what happened to her at dinner last night" said Minzy.

I was about to answer when Seungri added, "I want Dara noona to remember me but... when I remember her cries from the hospital... I think ... I think..." he wasn't able to finish his words as he knelt to the ground hopelessly and started crying. I saw Youngbae take one of the towels and covered him as he said, "Yah, Lee Seunghyun, we're out in the open where people can see us. Do you want to be on the headline tomorrow pabo?!"

I saw Seungri lift up his head to look at Youngbae as he stood up and said to him, "How can you be so calm hyung? HOW CAN ANYONE OF YOU BE CALM?! I DON'T WANT HER TO FORGET ME AS WELL BECAUSE SHE'S REALLY THE ONLY NOONA I RESPECT AND SHE TREATED ME WELL BACK THEN AND THIS HAPPENS TO HER AND I CAN'T ING DO ANYTHING FOR HER!! SO IF SHE IS HAPPY THE WAY THINGS ARE RIGHT NOW THEN BY GOD I'LL GIVE THIS HAPPINESS TO HER" as he started to walk away as well.

We were all quiet with her outburst but then I heard Chaerin say, "Excuse me, unnie, I... I'll just follow that rat okay? I think someone needs to check up on him" I nodded at her and saw everyone nod as well and then she was off half running half walking the way Seungri went.

A minute later I saw Il Woo walking towards us and when he reached us he craned his neck to look around as he asked, "Where's Dara?"

My mind is still reeling from the things that happened all under a span of 20 minutes. Luckily, Daesung answered for us and said, "She went back to the hotel hyung. We'll also head back once we pack things up so you can go ahead and find her"

CL POV

'Ugh. Where did that stupid rat went off to?' I thought as I kept running and looking around at the same time. I was about to turn back when I saw a him slouched over and hugging his knees on the farthest side of the beach.

I saw him shaking and realized instantly that he's crying. I didn't want to bother him but I don't want to leave him either so I walked to his direction and sat quietly beside him.

"Go away" he said in his tear induced voice. I almost hugged him but I held myself and didn't say anything until he finally looked up and asked, "What are you doing here Lee Chaerin?"

I was quiet for a while looking at the horizon and thinking of an answer before I heard him sigh and said, "Fine. You don't have to answer but can you please go away? I'd really like to be alone for a while"

"Waeyo?" I finally asked without looking at him and added, "Why do you want to be alone?"

"To think things over" he said.

"Your brain will hurt rat" I told him and heard him snicker and said, "Do you know that I've always liked you Lee Chaerin? Not as in like but LIKE like" I turned my head to him so fast I almost had a whiplash. I saw him smiling sadly as he looked away from me and said, "Yeah, even when you guys were still trainees I had this huge crush on you. Dara noona was the first to notice that and she tried to help me. Do you ever wonder how I ALWAYS know your schedules and show up unannounced? Yep, that was her" I didn't know how to respond so I sat there quietly beside him as he took a deep breath and added, "And when those scandals about that japanese girl showed up last year, at first I got by but remember when you told me off? Yeah... I felt like committing suicide then. I didn't know what face I'd show you and was at the rooftop of YG building. Remember when I was out for a week? I was brought by Dara noona to her house and force fed me to health and even though she used hurtful words, they were true and they made sense and somehow, I was able to bounce back to my current life"

"Why are you telling me this now?" I cut him off. I honestly know all of that already because Dara unnie already chastisized me on the phone that week for hurting her baby panda. She already slipped and told me once that Seungri likes me in one of our drunken escapades while I was telling her my lack of love life. I saw him shrug and said, "I have no idea but I feel like... you should know why I acted that way earlier. Aside from what I've told you, Dara noona has done so many other things for me and when she truly needs me, I can't do anything for her. And today, I realized that maybe with this new development she might not want to remember us anymore and it hurt that's why I let Bom noona have her say but when Dara noona yelled--" he stopped and there was a quiet moment before I heard him sobbing again.

I sighed and told him that I know all of that already. About him liking me and about the scandal and him camping at her house. He stopped sobbing and looked at me and I looked at him as I smiled sadly and said, "I understand your point but... Dara unnie... I still want her to remember even if she would hate me for it because that was her life. Even if she forgot, that was still her life. Bad things happened to her but there were good times too right?" He was quiet for a while before he looked away again and nodded.

"Why didn't you tell me that you knew?" he suddenly asked me and added, "about my feelings for you? Do you not like me?" I could hear the anxiousness in his voice and I realized that I need to clear things up too and I didn't realize but I laughed hard and he looked at me hurt so I tried stopping as I said, "Pabo, that's because I was waiting for you to tell me. Did you think that I'd be your girlfriend if Dara unnie would be the one to tell and ask me? You're such a coward. And by the way, I didn't chastisize you about that scandal... I was actually provoking you so you can lean on me too" and I stood up and offered him my hands. He took it but he is still looking confused so I said, "That being said and I know you're such a slow minded person, I'd just take this opportunity for myself... Lee Seunghyun, Dara unnie's baby panda, Bigbang's maknae and my rat, will you do me a favor and be my boyfriend?"

I laughed at his reaction because he had his mouth hanging open and his eyes are as big as saucers, I couldn't help but so I let go of his hands and backed away slowly looking hurt as I said, "I shouldn't have done that... forget what I said..." and I turned my back and smiled triumphantly because I know Seungri and as I counted in my head, I felt him hug me from the back and whispered to my ear, "I am the boyfriend of Lee Chaerin"

I turned around to face him and smiled as I said, "let's go back to them now... I bet they're all looking for us" and he just nodded in reply.

Meanwhile in the U.S.

A man is looking at the blurred photo on the internet about a guy kissing a girl with his arms wrapped around her by the beach. He reached out his phone and dialled a number and when the other line picked up he only said one word, "EXPLAIN."

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A/N

Kyaaaaaaaaaah!! What do you think? What do you think?? Tell me honestly!! Hehehe... Just when Dara decided to NOT remember, her friends decided that they want her TO remember. Also... RIRIN is official too!! hehehehe... I am sooo happy right now... sorry for swearing on this chappie as well.

Someone saw somehthing and something's brewing... what do you guys will happen next? I KNOW and you have to wait for the next chapter. Cruel, I know but I will save you guys from agony soon... :D

Thanks a lot for my new subscribers and my awesome commenters. You guys give me the best ideas ever! Hahaha

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