Sweet and tangy, it is his favorite fruit.

eighteen is two years (too young)

| kisses that tastes like strawberries |

Lee Seunghyun— Seungri now, he repeats to himself— is eighteen when he realizes that his life would never quite be the same.

Of course when Seungri left Gwangju at age sixteen and walked through YG's doors with nothing but hopes and dreams, he quickly realized that he wasn't any different from the other hundreds of boys who came to Seoul. Meeting the people who would make up BIGBANG and seeing how talented they were compared to Seungri had only hammered in that fact, and he knew, deep in his heart, that the future would only continue to be hard because nothing was ever guaranteed. 

But Seungri hadn't minded much, because Seungri's future has never been easy before, so he worked harder and harder and hoped it was enough. 

(It was.)

When he joined BIGBANG though, Seungri hadn't realized his future would also include having to put up with his hyungs' antics. 

Seungri is eighteen when he gets a slice of what his future will be like for the next seven— and hopefully more— years, and he doesn't know how he feels about it.

“What about ? Any girls catching your eye right now?”

“Hyung, I'm eighteen,” Seungri says helplessly.

Jiyong wiggles his eyebrows at him as if to say so what and that never stopped me. Seungri wrinkles his nose at him because ew, that was way more than what Seungri wanted to know about his hyung's life, which is to say, nothing at all and he doesn't ever want to see his hyung do that again. For his own sanity.

“Gross,” Seungri says and Jiyong smirks.

“When I was your age,” Jiyong starts and Seungri pretends not to notice.

“I'm not interested in any girls at the moment; and even if I was— which I'm not— I have more than enough on my plate, being an idol and everything.”

Jiyong huffs childishly at him, seemingly disappointed about not being able to fluster Seungri and Seungri rolls his eyes upwards in exasperation. And people say he's the erted one; Seungri has the lingering effects of teenage puberty to blame, what's Jiyong's excuse? 

Jiyong tugs at Seungri's foot. “C'mon maknae, tell me the truth. I can keep a secret.”

Seungri looks at him in disbelief and he's sure that his skepticism is clear on his face because they both know how true that was. Jiyong grins at him unrepentantly.

Seungri settles his shoulders against the headpost, palms laid flat on their bed sheets, and looks up at Jiyong who watches him expectantly. 

It's not a lie though, Seungri doesn't remember the last time he's had any time for himself, for Lee Seunghyun rather than Seungri of BIGBANG.

Seungri isn't sad about it, god knows that his hyungs are more than enough to distract him from getting lonely or bored, and he loves his job as an idol, but it does leave him with little chances to make new friends or even think about starting a relationship. 

Maybe he can try again in the future, when the status their careers are more permanent and their salaries more stable, but for now Seungri is content with what— and who— he has. Seungri is still young after all. 

He has all the time in the world to figure it out.

“I'm telling the truth hyung,” Seungri sighs. “We're idols hyung, I can't go just go dating someone. It's too much of a risk.”

Jiyong looks at him with furrowed brows while he tries to figure that out, as if he couldn't understand what the problem was, and to be fair, Seungri thinks he understands.

Jiyong has always done what he wanted, having more than enough talent and charm to get away with it; becoming an idol changed nothing and Jiyong hasn't let it stop him from pursuing whoever he wanted. 

It came as a surprise for Seungri to find out that Jiyong, strict leader of BIGBANG Kwon Jiyong, treats rules the same way he treats critics, with little to no thought.

“Okay, but if girls isn't your thing, there's always boys you know.” At Seungri's blank look, Jiyong smiles, oddly enough. He looks pleased and Seungri is distracted. “No at all? Not that there's anything wrong with being aual or whatever but I'm just trying to understand.”

“I've.. never had ,” Seungri says, somewhat uncomfortable. He knows he's starting to build up a reputation of being a playboy, but there's a difference between harmless flirting and actual take-hom