"Are you alright?" Seunghoon quizzed with creases between his eyes.

I nodded,"You are right, all these will pass." I gave him a small smile,"sorry for all the trouble caused,  you must have been scolded by sajangnim."

"Nah he didn't. We just discussed about the media response and actions to be taken," Seunghoon lied, not wanting to reveal the interrogation by YG and the answers he couldn't come up with. 

 I gave an awkward cough and stood up abruptly from the bench, totally forgetting about my limping leg. 

"I'm so sorry! Are you alright?" I panicked after landing on Seunghoon. There I was on top of him,  both of us parallel to the bench. Seunghoon blinked at me and gave the cheekiest smirk he could ever give. 

"Why? Can't get enough of me?" 

I pushed myself off him in a huff and sat straight as a poker on the wooden bench. 

"I have had enough of you. Let's go."

"How are you gonna walk with that wretched leg of yours?" 

I stared at his cheeky face and immediately regretted for the biggest blush of my life crept across my cheeks. 

"Kaja!"

I stared at Seunghoon's back in front of me. 

"What are you doing? Hop on. Free taxi service," Seunghoon turned his head around and winked. 

"No.. I... I am... am fine. You go back first." I mentally slapped myself for the stuttering.  

Seunghoon stood up and sighed. "You are one stubborn girl ya know?" Then without any warning, he scooped me up with both arms and before I surmount any form of resistance,  I found my hands around his neck, fearful of falling to the ground with broken bones. What was this? I panicked and started to protest vehemently.  

"Let me down! I can walk by myself! Let me down! What if someone sees us? Did you hear me? Let me down now! Now!"

"Aigoo... my ears," Seunghoon whined,"don't worry, I won't drop you. I'm very strong." 

I stared at him with my mouth wide open and soon realised we were halfway down a flight of stairs leading back to the practice room. Staff members and the other trainees stared at the both of us as though we were a freak show as we walked along the corridors of YG. 

Finally he placed me down on the sofa in their practice room. 

"What the hell Lee Seunghoon?"

"A gomawo would suffice. No need to shout! My ears!"

"Woah! What's going on dude? What's with the bridal lift!" Mino teased. 

"Just helping an injured person who is extremely ungrateful and by the way heavy." Seunghoon quipped. 

I rolled my eyes but was resigned to the fate of my current immobility.  What to do, what to do?

"You brainless kuncklehead! Who asked you to carry me? And infront of everyone!" I screamed while pointing a very accusatory finger at Seunghoon. 

"What's wrong? You couldn't walk. I carried you back." He shrugged. 

Then the melody of Big Bang hyungs' Blue weaved through the tense atmosphere. 

"..." I muttered. 

I took my phone out and gulped. Blinking across the screen of my phone were four words in uppercase.  

"BOSS"