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'How can they do this? What's their problem with Il Woo anyway?' I angrily thought as I went inside the elevator. I'm planning to sleep through the entire day. I don't want to meet with anyone of them... especially Bom. 'I just want to not hurt... is that even possible?' I sadly thought.

 

When I got to our floor, I headed straight to our room and plopped unceremoniously in my bed face down. 'It's supposed to be a RELAXING vacation though...' I thought sadly.

 

I was almost falling asleep when I heard soft knocks on the door, thinking it was Bom, I shouted, "Go away!" it got quiet for a while before I heard someone say, "Dara? Bom said you'd be here... can you open the door for me?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He rented a car and we drove all around the island. We stop in some random store to buy food to go but the twist is, we play rock paper scissors first and the loser would be the one buying. We also go to food stands but we always wear our mask on and disguise, we're not afraid of what Bom told us about fans and antis but we don't want to be disturbed at our date so we wore them anyway and people are giving us curious glances wherever we go but we don't care or... we ignored most of them.

 

The whole day was great but the sun is setting down fast, it was getting chilly but Il Woo said we need to go somewhere first. We stopped in a white building and when we got in... I saw many teddy bears!

 

"Welcome to the teddy bear museum Dara" he told me.

 

I looked up to him and smiled as I said, "You kidding? This is heaven. Thanks for bringing me here" and I ran off. I can hear him following me and laughing as he goes. This morning's scenario is totally out of my mind as I ran around the museum. After an hour, Il Woo said we need to go back to the hotel, I told him that I didn't want to go yet but he said that we still need to go back so I begrudgingly walked towards the car and sat on the passenger's seat.

 

We were quiet in the car until Il Woo broke the silence and said, "I heard you got into a fight with Bom earlier"

 

'Not just Bom. I had a fight with all of them ' I thought but said, "It's nothing major..." and looked out the window.

 

"Dara... why did you leave your phone? Bom yelled at me earlier saying you left for Seoul but I told her I'm with you. Is this about us? Are they mad?" he asked.

 

I contemplated if I should tell him but decided against it and instead I sighed and said, "You know Il Woo... I'm happy right now"

 

He was quiet for a second before he said, "I'm happy too"

 

He seems to not have get it so I said again, "I like things the way they are now..." I was waiting for his answer but he only said, "me too" I didn't know what to make of that so I just stared back to the window. We finally got back to the hotel and saw Seungri waiting for us at the lobby.

 

"NOONA!" he greeted me happily, 'Aigoo... how can I stay mad at him when he's that happy?' I thought and before I knew it he barrelled into my direction and tackled me into a hug. "Noona~ Dara noona~ You're okay!!" he said and added, "I have a surprise for you! Noona~ Chaerin is my girlfriend now!" he was so happy that I immediately got infected and said, "Congratulations panda~ I thought I needed to help you first before you man up! kekeke"

 

He stopped jumping after that and looked at me with a blank face but before I commented on it he smiled again and said, "Noona~ I don't need your help with girls" and hugged me again but this time he hugged me tighter and let go. I think I see his eyes tearing up but he looked away and said, "Noona... I will support whatever decision you make because I'm your beloved dongsaeng"

 

I laughed at that and said, "Yah~ what do you mean by that and cute dongsaeng? what about my cute little doongie~? He's my true dongsaeng" He was quiet and totally turned his back on me. I noticed his voice cracked as he said, "Noona~ tomorrow we're going to Seopjikoji and I'll personally give you a tour around Jeju! I've been here a lot of times..."

 

I was about to say that I already had a tour earlier until I saw him bend down his neck and shook. I instantly knew he was crying. I didn't know why and I wanted to know but something is stopping me so instead I just told him, "Sure Seungri... see you tomorrow" I gave him a back hug and walked to the elevator without looking back. I knew that he doesn't want me to see him cry so I didn't and I dragged Il Woo with me.

 

While we're walking on the corridor to our rooms, I saw Bom, Top and Ji Yong talking. When they saw us, they stopped and Ji Yong went inside his room and Top stayed with Bom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was fighting with Ji Yong on whether we need to get a search party for Il Woo and Dara or not when we saw the two of them walking towards us. We stopped talking and I saw Ji Yong went inside his room. I felt Tabi get closer to me so I got a little braver and said, "Darong-ah~"

 

I suddenly remembered what I've talked about with Min Ho as I heard Dara say, "Tomorrow Bom. Let's talk tomorrow" and bid Il Woo goodnight and went inside the room. 'She didn't even look at me' I thought sadly until my eyes wandered to Jung Il Woo and said, "We need to talk"

 

"I know" he answered so I proceeded and said, "Dara... did she... did she stop watching the home videos?"

 

I heard him sigh as he answered, "Yes. But it's because her headaches are worsening Bom-ah. I swear that's the reason"

 

I believed only part of it but nodded anyways and said, "Il Woo... you have to MAKE her watch those videos. You know she needs it. No rushing so her head won't hurt but... please?"

 

I looked at him and saw him nod as he answered, "I understand Bom. I'll talk to her about it tomorrow okay?" and then he turned to go inside his and Ji Yong's room.

 

I bid Tabi goodnight and went inside our room as well and I saw Dara sleeping on her bed. I sighed and went to my bed as I looked at Dara's back and said, "Goodnight Ssantokki"

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's our second and last day here at Jeju and I'm determined to make this a happy memorable vacation for Dara noona. I already talked to Chaerin last night and she told me her stories about Dara noona as well. I was at awe when she told me that Dara noona did the same thing that she did for me when Chaerin was criticized for her choice of clothes at a performance.

 

We both admired and respected Dara noona and she totally supports my plan for today. Although we still didn't agree on whether we'd be okay if Dara noona really forgets the past, we've decided to not talk about those things first and focus on making her happy first.

 

I saw everyone at the lobby as we're all waiting for the bus to go to Seopjikoji and I saw Dara noona talking animatedly with Il Woo hyung. When she saw me, she smiled and waived at me and I waived back. I saw everyone looking at me except for Il Woo hyung and Chaerin. Bom noona even had her jealous face on.

 

I dragged Chaerin to noona as I said, "Noona! Noona!!" and let go of Chaerin as I hugged Dara noona. I didn't notice that I was hugging her so tight until I heard Chaerin laugh and say, "Yah~ rat! You better let go of Dara unnie or she'll die of suffocation! Honestly, do you love her or hate her?"

 

I let go of Dara noona and pouted to Chaerin as I hugged her and whispered, "Tell me you're jealous" and she burst out laughing. Our bus arrived and Chaerin and I sat next to Dara noona and Il Woo and I heard Dara noona say, "Chaerin-ah! I've heard the news.. congratulations about you two!" and she hugged Chaerin.

 

I saw Chaerin at the verge of tears from getting overwhelmed so I said, "Noona, you're making my Chaerin cry tears of joy?" and I heard Chae and Dara noona laughed at the same time.

 

No one talked on the duration of our trip to Seopjikoji and when we got there though we were all overwhelmed by the beautiful sight of the canola flowers. 'Honestly, no matter how many times I see this place I still like it' I thought as I felt the romantic breeze of Jeju with the canola flowers.

 

From the corner of my eyes I saw Dara noona and Bom noona talking. I panicked immediately but I saw them smiling and hugging and I thought that everything's fine and I relaxed at that. I looked at my watch and realized that it's almost one o'clock so I went to Chaerin and told her I was off and she nodded and went back to talking to Minzy and I went to where Dara noona, Bom noona and Il Woo hyung are and said, "Noona, hyung... I'll borrow Dara noona for the rest of the day okay?" as I took Dara noona's hand and dragged her away.

 

As we walked I heard Il Woo hyung shout and said, "Bring her back early arasso?" as I heard Bom noona cursing me and I just raised my thumbs up high in recognition to them both but I stopped as I reached the exit as I was blocked by Ji Yong hyung.

 

"Where are you two going?" he said as he looked at me menacingly. I would have been scared before but since I am still mad at him because of Dara noona, I just smiled at him and said, "I'm taking Dara noona on a date hyung! Have fun with them for the rest of the day!" and I walked passed him dragging Dara noona along with me.

 

"Yah! Seungri-ah~ where are we going?" I heard Dara noona a little breathless and I stopped to look at her and realized that we've walked a long way from Seopjikoji already and smiled at her as I answered, "We're going to the dock noona! I'm going to bring you to Udo" I said proudly.

 

I know that she's seen this island already but I doubt they've had enough time yesterday to see Udo Island so I decided to bring her there. As we got into a bus that would send us to the docks, I remembered my conversation with Dara noona last night. 'It's really painful to be forgotten...' I thought sadly and added, 'Why did it have to happen to Dara noona?' I cried last night for her... for her happiness and for our memories. I was serious when I told everyone that I would support Dara noona even if she decided to just forget about our past. Although it would hurt for me, I just don't want her to feel pain of any kind anymore if we can avoid it at all.

 

"What's wrong Seungri-ah?" I heard Dara noona asked. We're already at the docks and we're just waiting for our boat to arrive. I looked at her as I said, "Noona... you are my first date. Although I have dated a lot of girls before, I didn't actually go out with them. We had our first date before and this would actually count as our sixth but... from today on... this could be our first, neh?"

 

I saw her looking at me worriedly and with sad eyes as she said, "Sixth huh? but you'd be okay if this is our first?" and I saw recognition in her eyes and I knew that she understood what I'm saying cos she smiled and added, "Kamsahamnida Seungri-ah. Neomu neomu kamsahamnida"

 

I gave her a smile which she returned and a few minutes later after we boarded the boat, Dara noona said, "Do you think I'm making the wrong decisions Seungri?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

As we reached the hotel, we saw everyone at the lobby waiting for us and we waived at their direction. I went to Chaerin and started telling everyone what we did. I saw everyone's jealous eyes as they listened to my stories but we all agreed last night that I should start our TRUST CAMPAIGN for Dara noona. Everyone was informed about Bom noona's conversation with Min Ho hyung and we agreed to wait for him first and that we all need to get to Dara noona's good side before he gets here and we start with the real operation.

 

I promised them I'd help them until I see Dara noona hurting and that's where I'd draw the line and everyone agreed. After telling them our story, everyone decided to retire for the night and meet up early tomorrow to go back to Seoul.

 

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