Chapter 15





*OC (Alexa's) POV*

That very next morning, Seungho and I both woke up early and found Jihoon sitting alone in the kitchen drinking coffee. We joined him and started up a conversation but I couldn't help but stare at the man. He's just so....NOT what I imagined. He was tall and handsome and looked fairly young.

That's when I blurted out what was on my mind. "How old are you?"

Seungho nudged me. "Alexa!" He muttered under his breath.

I put my hand over my mouth. "Aigoo! Sorry that just came out."

Jihoon laughed and shook his head. "Ah no, it's fine!"

"Uh yeah, thanks. So how have you been staying hidden for so long?" I asked to change the subject.

"Well I had an alias that helped fool any followers that I had. I went by Rain a lot." He kindly explained.

"Oh so that explains it! No wonder every time it rained, Joon would say 'Jihoon hyung is coming!' That was so confusing." I said without thinking.

Jihoon raised his eyebrow. "Joon has been saying what now?"

Oh....woops. Sorry Joon, forgive me. I laughed nervously as I scratched the side of my head. "Oh uh, n-nothing!"

Seungho chuckled at my predicament and I gave him a dirty look. Jihoon must have noticed this because the next thing he said had us both blushing like crazy. "You two have something going on don't you? You like each other, am I right?"

He pointed between the 2 of us and we both got embarrassed on the spot. Seungho actually stumbled over his words a little bit. "Uh well, yeah...you could say that."

I grabbed my water bottle and started to take a huge drink. Why is my throat so dry all of a sudden? Is the room getting smaller? 

"YAH!!! Seungho! You didn't impregnate her already did you?!" Jihoon exclaimed.

I spit that water straight back out. It was like my mouth was a water hose, it went EVERYWHERE. It didn't help that some of that water had been in my throat and I was now choking on it. I could barely breathe as I had water coming through my nose as well, who knew it could sting so bad?

Seungho's eyes grew wide with shock. "NO!!! No no no no no no no!!! That's not what I meant hyung, I swear!" He exclaimed as he waved his hands frantically in front of him.

Jihoon patted me on the back before turning his attention to Seungho again. "Are you using protection?" He asked as if this was just any other ordinary question.

I began coughing like mad again at that. OH MY GOD!!! What did I do to deserve this?! 

Seungho almost fell out of his chair. "NO!!! I mean yes!! AISH!!! I mean, we haven't been doing ANYTHING like that hyung!!"

Jihoon let out a sigh of relief. "Now don't you guys feel better? Letting it out helps you know."

I looked up with watery eyes and a facial expression full of confusion. "What?" I asked hoarsely.

Seungho looked just as confused as I did. "What do you mean hyung?"

Jihoon cracked a smile before getting up and walking over to the doorway. Before he completely left however, he turned his head over his shoulder to look at us. "Don't play innocent with me. You could cut the with a knife."

As soon as he left, Seungho and I both turned to look at each other with our mouths hanging slightly open.


*MBLAQ's POV*

Thunder and Mir both looked over at Seungho with somewhat worried expressions. Ever since he and Alexa walked into the meeting room awhile ago, they've both been acting quite strangely. G.O brushed it off and said it was probably just a lover's quarrel, whatever that meant.

Mir came up to his hyung and hugged him from the back. "Seungho hyung. What's wrong?"

Seungho turned his head to look over his shoulder. He sighed before answering the pouting maknae. "I just have a lot of things on my mind."

Mir laid his head on his hyung's shoulder. "Don't worry hyung. Once we find out who really caused this whole family feud, it will no longer exist and you and Alexa can live happily ever after!" 

He smiled brightly and Seungho couldn't help but smile as well. "Easier said than done Mir."

Thunder came up to them and placed his hand on Seungho's other shoulder. "We will do whatever it takes hyung. We want this feud to come to an end too."

Before Seungho could thank him, Alexa's voice was heard through her bedroom door. "YAH!!!!!!!! Joon stop laughing!!! AISH!!! I really gotta go so help me!!!"

Seungho automatically went straight for her door and opened it, the maknae line following from behind. As soon as the door was thrown open, G.O came running forward and joined them as well.

The scene was quite comical. Alexa looked like she was tangled up in some blankets and couldn't get herself free. Joon was sitting next to her on the bed laughing as she struggled to get out of the mess of blankets.

"AISH!! JOON!!!!!! I SAID STOP LAUGHING AND HELP ME!!! I really gotta pee!!!" She exclaimed as she tried to get out of the blankets she was tangled up in.

Joon just kept on laughing though. He found the situation amusing. "Aigoo! This is just too funny! How do you get stuck in BLANKETS?"

Seungho yelled at him. "YAH!!! What are you doing sitting on her bed, with her STILL IN IT?!"

At this, Joon jumped straight off the bed. "Ah hyung! I was just-"

"The only other guy who is allowed on her bed is me!" Seungho exclaimed.

Thunder's eyes grew as wide as saucers. "Hyung, that's naughty!"

G.O laid his arm over Thunder's shoulders. "No, Seungho is just being a man and a man has needs. If he doesn't follow those needs, he's gonna be having a serious case of the morning wood."

At this, Mir screeched. "KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I actually know what that is!! It's not good!!! Seungho hyung!! Follow your needs, we wont stop you!!!"

Seungho looked absolutely murderous as he turned to face the village idiots with his glare. Everyone who wasn't Alexa, hauled to get out of the room.

***

After the whole incident in Alexa's room, Joon, Mir, and G.O all claimed that they had things to do downstairs so they left. It was just Seungho, Thunder, Jihoon, Alexa, G-Dragon, and T.O.P in the meeting room now.

Everyone was sitting at the round table in the middle of the room. G-Dragon and T.O.P had come in a little earlier relaying a message they had gotten from the Capulet House.

"It sounds like a trap to me." T.O.P stated.

GD continued to explain the message. "BEAST says they want to have a civil meeting with MBLAQ. I agree with T.O.P here, it sounds like a trap. They would be able to kill 2 birds with one stone. They could be planning an ambush to take Alexa back and to try to end you guys."

Thunder shook his head in bewilderment. "This is so confusing. Aigoo, what should we do?" He asked as he turned towards both Seungho and Jihoon.

"Well we can't deny this so called 'civil' meeting. We need to formulate a plan." Seungho calmly explained as he clasped his hands together in thought.

Jihoon nodded in agreement. "Better to be safe than sorry."

"What if we explain what we know about the murder, do you think they'll listen to us at this point?" GD asked.

Jihoon sighed. "We still don't know everything so we can't do that. We need to find the actual murderer first. Besides that, Alexa and I have people who want us dead because we still don't know who that person is."

Thunder spoke up then. "What if we tell them about Seungho and Alexa? It could be like back in the old days when countries were united together by royal marriages."

Alexa and Seungho both slightly smiled at his comment. GD and T.O.P both noticed and nudged each other while giving off big goofy smiles.

Jihoon tilted his head up in thought. "That does sounds like a good idea Thunder but considering that the families are still on bad terms, they might not take it so well."

GD let out a huge sigh of frustration as he rubbed his face. "You're right. We need to come up with better ideas."

T.O.P leaned back in his chair. "We need more time. When is BEAST holding this meeting of theirs?"

Seungho took a look at the piece of paper in front of him. "We're supposed to let them know that we accept the offer so the timeline is up to us."

Alexa leaned over and took the piece of paper away from him. "What if when you guys have this meeting, I go out first so they wont try anything rash? I could explain my story to them."

Seungho turned to face her with a somewhat mixed expression. "I don't like that idea. I don't want you going out on your own at all."

Thunder smiled brightly at their interaction. Seungho hyung is so caring.

She turned to face him as well. "Yah! Seungho, this is my family. Yoseob would NEVER do anything to put me in danger. Like I said before, him and Dongwoon will be pretty understanding."

"But also like you said before, that's only 2 out of 6 guys. It's still risky. What if they take you back by force or something?" Seungho stated as he placed his hand over hers.

"Aish, get a room you two!" GD and T.O.P both exclaimed at the same time.


*OC (Alexa's) POV*

"Okay so the murderer had a tattoo on his neck. What was unique about it Jihoon?" I asked as I looked up at him.

Seungho and I were sitting at the office desk, surfing the world wide web while Jihoon was standing behind us, looking over our heads at the computer screen.

"I was really young when I witnessed the murder but the tattoo was pretty distinct so I remember it well. It was like Egyptian hieroglyphics with a weird Arabian looking symbol at the end." He explained.

Hieroglyphics? Why does that sound so familiar? I furrowed my brow in complete concentration as Seungho began typing things into the computer.

"I'm thinking it's a traitor in the Capulet family, no offense to you Alexa." Jihoon stated as he leaned over to get a better look.

I wasn't completely listening but I nodded my head slightly in acknowledgement. Hieroglyphics? Tattoo on the neck? Why does it all sound so familiar? Maybe it is a traitor in the family. I was going through all the Capulet House family members in my head but I couldn't think of anyone with a tattoo on the neck.

The only person I can think of is this one guy who really irked me.... There was this one guy who always struck me the wrong way because he reminded me of Jafar from Aladdin. An evil uncle sort of character. But why does he come to mind, he doesn't have a tattoo....

I stood up out of my seat so fast I got a head rush. I almost fell over but thankfully Seungho caught me. "Whoa! Alexa what's wrong?" He asked worriedly with his arms wrapped tightly around me.

Jihoon looked worried as well. The reason why a tattoo never came to mind was because that man ALWAYS had his neck covered up. It HAS to be this man. 

"I knew he was suspicious." I whispered to myself as I tried to straighten myself up.

Seungho kept his hold on me. "What are you talking about?"

I looked over at Jihoon before turning to face Seungho. "I think I know who the murderer is."





End of Chapter 15

excerpt of chapter 16...

Chapter 16
*MBLAQ's POV*

Seungho, Alexa, and Jihoon all walked into the meeting room to find the others but instead they were only met by G.O. He turned to look at them, he had a headset on and a somewhat grim look on his face. He had been sitting in front of Thunder's laptop.

"Guys, we have a problem." G.O stated.

Seungho responded first. "What do you mean? And where is Joon, Mir, and Thunder?"

"That's the problem." He answered.

...end of excerpt