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Annyeong Royal chingus! :D Got so busy. Got sick. Aigoo. But . . . but . . . I miss you all! Hugs and kisses! :)))

Look at our new cover photo and chapter image! Woot! Woot! Lily eonni made it! @bethzky05 It’s daebak! Ne? I love it sooo much! Way much better than the one I did with Pizap. LOL I know. I at every technology-thing related. Kekeke Soooo thankful to eonni who made an effort in doing two awesome photos for this story! Komawoooooo eonni! Pakiss nga! Hahahaha! :P

And I think I told you lots of time how crazy my imagination could get. That is why a new character here was born! Puahahahaha! Should we welcome her? Kekekeke

“Did you really bake this cake?” Dara eyed Jaejoong suspiciously. The two were left in the kitchen after she introduced him to her mother and Durami. Her sister literally sounded like a fire truck siren when she saw Kim Jaejoong in flesh. She’s a hardcore Cassiopeia ever since her teenage years.

He just nodded to her. Jaejoong was sitting on the stool near the table and busy stuffing his mouth with fried chicken and cheeseburger at once. Honestly, he didn’t eat dinner the other night and even breakfast earlier in the morning. He started baking at 9 in the evening and finished at 3 A.M. It was his first time baking a cake. He had tried breads, cookies and others but never a cake for he found it really tedious to make. But he didn’t know why he chose to bake a cake for her that day. He couldn’t even count how many dozen of eggs, kilos of flour and sugar, butter and stuff he used before finally creating that perfect cake for a perfect girl.

A perfect girl.

He had that soft smile when he laid his head on the messy table, ignoring the flour and eggshells on it. Even his face, clothes and hair were covered with flour and vanilla icing. He smelled like mocha at dawn. He just slept peacefully with the thought . . .

She’s perfect indeed.

“Woah!” Dara looked at him in disbelief. “Did you take Culinary Arts or something, sunbae?” She cut a piece of the cake and took a bite. “Hmmmm!” She waved the fork at his face with her eyes glistening with joy. “It’s so delicious! Not too sweet! A perfect 10!Daebak Jaejoong sunbae!” She gave him a thumbs up and took a larger bite with a smile on her face.

“Kamsa!” He drank the orange juice on his left side and began eating his fourth serving of fried chicken. “And no, I did not enroll in any Culinary school. When I was a kid, I loved watching my mom cooking in our little kitchen for us and that was when I started helping her cut this and that. Eventually, I took over the head title for our kitchen department up till now.” He grinned at her.

“So, you’re really good at the kitchen. Wow. Impressive.” Dara finished the cake on her plate. “Do you clean the house?”

“Clean? Like holding a broomstick? Vacuum cleaner? Unclogging the toilet?”

She snorted. “Ne! Those kind of cleaning.”

“Of course. I don’t like getting maid so I do all the house chores.” He nonchalantly told her while eating a spicy fishcake.

“Seriously? You don’t have a maid?” Dara was shocked. Idols are busy day and night, especially The Kim Jaejoong. How could he do all those?

Jaejoong shook his head while smiling at her.

“So, tell me. What is The Kim Jaejoong not capable of doing? I think that’s the only question since you can do all stuff.” She chuckled while drinking a glass of water.

“Bring Donghae back.”

Silence.

Idiot. Jaejoong mentally cursed himself. Dara gulped that water down hard as her eyes were glued on the emptied plate. “I’m sorry, Dara ssi. I didn’t mean to- I . . . Sometimes, I just blurt things on my mind. I’m so sorry.” He turned to Dara with a very apologetic face. Stupid Jaejoong! You’ll ruin her birthday! He thought.

Silence.

“Dara ssi?”

Silence.

“Sunbae. Do you remember that time when you went after me to that park in Insadong? It was our anniversary and Donghae’s birthday.” Her head was still bowed down.

“Uhh. N-ne.” He replied confusingly.

“I had a dream that night, sunbae.” Dara raised her head and looked at Jaejoong with a sad smile. “I dreamt of him.” Jaejoong was quiet as he listened to her. “In my dream, he came to that lagoon. He kissed me on the forehead and stayed with me till I fell asleep. It was the most peaceful sleep that I’ve had for months. The dream felt so real. But then I woke up and . . .” A tear fell on her eye and she wiped it off quickly. “Yeah. It was just a dream.” She forced a smile at him again.

“Dara ssi,” called Jaejoong.

“People tell me to forget him and move on. My friends . . .” She glanced outside the kitchen door. “Even the netizens told me so without them knowing who the guy is on the pictures that Dispatch released.” A forced chuckle let out of her small mouth. “But I believe him, Jaejoong sunbae. I believe in Donghae so much that I’m willing to wait no matter how long for his explanations.” She looked at him with a determination that Jaejoong had never seen before.

Donghae.

Do you even realize how lucky you are?

He smiled back at her, grabbed his drink and gulped that orange juice on his hand. Hard. Jaejoong and Donghae weren’t that close unlike Jaejoong with Eunhyuk or Heechul. But they are good friends. During their trainee days, DBSK and SJ had fun together. They helped each other on improving dance routines, ate at their favorite nearby food stall, talked and laughed about nonsense stuff, teased one another about girls and so much more. If there was one thing Jaejoong and Donghae had in common back then . . . that is racing. Donghae would always brag that he run faster than Jaejoong just for the latter to share whatever he cooked on that day to him and challenge him for a race. Being the guy who wouldn’t back out, Jaejoong would accept his challenge and Donghae would end up a loser every single time. Never once he won against Jaejoong.

The vampire smiled at Dara again. Reminiscing those young and carefree days . . . He always knew Donghae has this pure heart. He’s kind and gentle. One doesn’t need to interview and know him personally to tell that. His innocent eyes could tell you all of it. That’s why Jaejoong couldn’t seem to understand. What happened to him? Maybe he didn’t know how Donghae was like when he’s in a relationship but . . . to leave his girl cruelly without anything is just . . .

It’s just not Donghae.

But Jaejoong could easily set aside that simple friendship that he had with Donghae just by looking at Dara’s hopeful eyes. How could she still believe in a person who left her with nothing but pain? How could Donghae endure months, even a day, of not seeing this girl if he truly loves her? How could he hurt her? Where was the playful and gentle Donghae who could never stand hurting somebody? Is this what he has become?

A cold, selfish bastard.

All of them were staring dumbfounded at the door where Thunder and GD left. For a full minute, their eyes were just glued on that door, not even a word came out from their mouths.

“Ahahahaha.” Seungri was the one who brought all of them out of trance. He just laughed awkwardly while facing CL. “I . . . uh . . . well, never knew Sanghyun ssi is . . . is a good joker. Hahahaha!” He laughed louder. “That’s a good one. Ne? Ne?”

The rest of the YG family just looked at him in confusion. Was that really a joke? ‘Cause it doesn’t seem like it. They all thought.

 “He should be,” told Se7en stiffly which they nodded in agreement.

Silence.

“Anyway,” started Se7en as he sat back on the couch and drank his beer. “I thought BI and Bobby would come here after their practice. Where are they Mino?”

They all settled down on their seats, shrugging off Thunder’s attempt of a ‘joke.’ “Hyung. Jinhwan texted me just a couple of minutes ago and he said that there’s an emergency meeting with sanjangnim and Kush hyung.” Mino and Seunghoon began hugging each other. Why? They didn’t know either.

“The kids have just debuted and I guess the president is not giving them any break at all.” TOP said as he lay on the couch and laid his head on Bom’s lap.

“Wae? He’s actually a lot kinder to newbies,” Taeyang quipped.

The girls chuckled. “Ne. He is.” CL finished eating the slices of fruits coated with chocolate on her plate. “But he’s a lot stricter with the leaders though.” She pouted her red lips.

“I second the motion!” Seungyoon quickly stood up and raised his right hand. He did an impromptu impersonation of their CEO which he and s have been practicing for a long time. “How are your members? Are you guys doing well? Has Seunghoon finished your choreography for this song? Is Taehyun still bullying Mino? How about Jinwoo? Still lost somewhere? Why is Mino-”

“such a pain in the .” Taehyun filled in for their leader.

“Yah!” Mino spurted the bits of chips out his mouth to Seunghoon. The latter smacked his other part of Dumb and Dumber on the head in disgust. “Yah Nam Taehyun! I’m your hyung! Your hyung! How dare you keep on disrespecting me?!” The rapper then threw a slice of apple to the WINNER’s diva.

Taehyun just looked at him wryly. “You’re not worth my respect, .”

“Yah! This kid! You are the real pain in my !” Mino shouted at him which the latter just simply rolled his eyes on him.

“Aish! Be quiet, you two!” Seungyoon reprimanded s while shaking his head.

“Haven’t you guys wondered how would it be like if Mino were still your leader?” Minzy asked them.

“Mwo?!” Taehyun and Seunghoon reacted violently. “Don’t say bad words,” added Taehyun.

“What’s with your reaction?” Mino looked at the two in disbelief. “If I were still the leader, we had already beaten One Direction and Westlife in the hearts of many!”

“If you were still the leader, we’ll end up as comedians and not idols!” Taehyun rebutted.

“I would be a great leader just like . . . like . . . Bugs Bunny in Looney Tunes! Right Jinwoo hyung?” Mino turned abruptly to Jinwoo who was quietly staring at them.

“Oh! I like Tom and Jerry.” Jinwoo nodded at him earnestly with those big, innocent eyes.

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“He’s lost again.” They all said in unison.

“By the way, I almost forgot . . .” They all turned their heads to Daesung who was playing with one of Dara’s cats on his lap. “I saw Dicey last week in the Incheon airport.”

Silence enveloped the room.

Just one name was enough to make it feel like it was humid inside a full blast air-conditioned apartment. A name that could make the seniors tensed up. The WINNER boys bounced their heads from Daesung, to SE7en, to the 2NE1 girls, then to the Bigbang members and then back to Daesung. They were totally puzzled as to why their hyungs and noonas were all tongue-tied and avoiding each other’s eyes.

“Dicey?” It was Taehyun who felt like was being suffocated with their unusual silence that had finally got the courage to ask. “Nugu?”

The rest looked at each other, waiting for someone to answer him. And their eyes fixed on Se7en. The latter sighed in defeat and looked back at the WINNER boys.

“Dicey. She is . . .” Se7en hesitated and glanced at CL at the corner of his eyes.

“She is?” The boys asked in all eagerness.

“2NE1’s former leader.”

“Ahhhh.” The WINNER boys nodded and let a breath out. “We thought it’s something big. It’s just 2NE1’s former leader.” They all leaned back and stared at the ceiling.

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