“Hey.”

“Yes?”

“You wanna go for a drive?”

“No, thanks. I don't go out with strangers.”

**

“He's always alone, look at him.”

“Maybe he just wanted to be alone. You know, instead of faking it with friends.”

“You're weird these days, Ji.”

“Huh?”

“Weren't you caught staring at Lee the other day in class too?”

“I was?”

“Yeah, man. Do you want to be friends with that guy?”

“Huh... I-I don't know.”

“Wow, you're really considering it. That was a joke, right?”

“...Yeah.”

**

“Hey, look. I'm sorry for what my friend did, okay?”

“...”

“Why aren't you talking back? Come on, get mad at me! Tell me how pissed off you are right now!”

“...”

“You know what, this is why those guys always go after you! You don't speak for yourself, you don't defend yourself. You just stand there alone by yourself allowing them to treat you like trash. You always let them. You always goddamn let them!”

“So this is how an apology works.”

“What?”

“You said you're sorry.”

“I...”

“Nevermind. I'm going.”

“Wait! Hey, Lee Seungri!”

**

“So he calls you by your name, what's the problem about it?”

“I don't like it.”

“Why?”

“I feel uneasy whenever he mentions it. I feel something swirling inside my stomach and it's not normal.”

“Well, what is normal for you, Seungri?”

“I.. I don't know.”

“Exactly, sweetie. Why are you labelling it as not normal when you can't even define what normal is?”

“You don't get it.”

“Explain it to me then, honey.”

“It's different.”

“What is different? That boy? Or the way you feel about him?”

“Both. Everything. Everything's different when it comes to him.”

“What kind of different it is then? Bad? Good?”

“Both. It's bad for my heart, but certainly good enough to make me smile.”

**

“Why are you doing this?”

“I... I don't know..”

“You just kissed me and you say you don't know why?”

“I'm sorry-”

“I'm going. Goodbye, Jiyong.”

“Hey! Wait! Look. I'm sorry, alright? I didn't mean to-”

“Kiss me?”

“No! To scare you. But that kiss - I mean it.”

“What? Why would you-”

“I don't ing know myself, okay! I don't know. Maybe it's because the way you move around always manages to catch my attention, or maybe because you look ing beautiful tonight in that suit. I don't know, okay. I just- it just felt right to kiss you all of a sudden... I'm sorry if that scared you.”

“You're not making any sense. I'm going.”

“What the ing hell is wrong with you?!”

“Let go.”

“No, I've had enough. You always avoid me, run away from me. Why? Why?!”

“I said let go!”

“Do you- do you hate me that much?”

“...”

“So it's that, huh?”

“...”

“Well then. Fine. Be on your own from now on.”

**

“Leave me alone, Jiyong.”

“You think I can do that after what you said back there?”

“It was an act.”

“No it wasn't. What