Chapter 61

Sandara sat on the chair and leaned one side of her face on the table in the cafeteria, looking at nothing in particular as she was unable to resist thinking over G Dragon's words.

"I will wait for you, Sandara noona."

Sandara sighed as she pushed away the memory of G Dragon's words and an image of Seungri entered her mind.

Sandara didn't understand when life became so complicated.

She vaguely remembered a time when all she had to worry about was to make President YG approve that she is worthy to be a 2NE1 member, but that had been nothing compared to this.

Because now, she had to worry about boys.

In some ways, she always had to worry about boys. Anyone who had ever heard of big bang had to worry about these five boys in particular because they are always goofing around so much that it is very difficult to work in a serious environment when they were in the mood of having fun.

At least then, it hadn't been complicated. The process had been rather simple, actually. Just ignore them or join in the fun, suffer President YG’s nagging together, and then go separate ways, with nothing but a slight grudge. There were no mixed feelings, no mind games, and absolutely no mystery. Sandara would have gladly grown a second head to have those days back, because whether she liked it or not, now boys and romance were involved.

Sandara had listened to Park Bom’s talk about romance once, and according to Park Bom , a great fan of romance novels, there was always a moment.

A moment when the world became silent, when everything faded away, before two people, two people in love, were about to kiss. Sandara had always believed that such moments only existed in fictional stories.

Suddenly, images of both Seungri and G Dragon entered her mind before she bit her lower lip in frustration.

That was absurd. There’s no way that she could have feelings for both Seungri and G Dragon.Sandara wasn't quite sure. She had been too busy laughing to pay much attention to Park Bom's description. Either way, she knew that she couldn't possibly have feelings for both of them. They were label mates. Label mates shouldn’t have moments. It is also one of the rules in YG Entertainment, and Park Bom had talked about labelmate romance once, but Sandara hadn't paid much attention to those either.

Perhaps she should have.

“Hye-jeong noona," Sandara said suddenly as she lifted her head from the table, looking at Park Bom and Tablo’s wife who were sitting across from her. She, Park Bom, and Hye-jeong had been having a random conversation, but Sandara had been too absorbed in her own thoughts to pay much attention. "How did you know that you love Tablo Hyung?"

Hye-jeong giggled as Sandara noticed a blush forming on Hye-jeong’s cheeks. "I don't know. I just knew."

"Right away?" Sandara asked curiously.

Hye-jeong nodded, still looking embarrassed.

Sandara frowned to herself. Hye-jeong made it sound so simple. But Sandara couldn't help but wish that it was that simple.

"Why are you asking, Sandara?" Park Bom’s eyes held a familiar gleam, a gleam that would have put anyone who knew her instinctively on guard. "Do you like someone? Is it G Dragon just like what the fans have been praying for?"

Sandara laughed aloud. "I don't like anyone. I was just wondering. Just, in general."

Park Bom remained unconvinced. "If that’s the case, did G Dragon confessed to you?"

"No." Sandara lied as she was beginning to wish that she never brought up the subject in the first place.

"Either way, just listen to yourself," Hye-jeong was smiling broadly. “You will know the answer right away.”

Sandara forced a tight smile at Hye-jeong’s advice.

Sandara couldn't help but wish that it was as simple as what Hye-jeong said.

***

Tae Yang entered a room in TOP’s villa, showered by the yellow lights streaming down from the crystals of the heavily ornate chandelier.

"Am I late?" Tae Yang asked as he entered the room, moving gracefully, almost sinuously, towards TOP.

"Not really," TOP answered lazily like sleepy tiger, stretching its sharp claws before he stood up from the couch with a remote in his hand.

"So, why did you want to see me?" Tae Yang asked curiously, eyeing the remote in TOP’s hand in interest.

TOP did not reply Tae Yang’s question as he twirled the remote in his hands and Tae Yang watched TOP suspiciously. Tae Yang felt that this was not just some simple chatting session.

“I have something interesting to show you…” TOP replied with maddening calmness and pressed a button on the remote.

Tae Yang said nothing when he saw a projector screen moving down the wall, curious on what TOP is going to show him.

When the video of him attacking Dae Sung started playing on the screen, Tae Yang’s eyes flashed and TOP knew he had him.

"I hoped that you enjoyed the video." TOP remarked, scrutinizing Tae Yang's appearance with a flicker of a small smile played on his lips.

Tae Yang gazed at TOP with an unreadable expression and laughed softly, clapping his hands. "I am impressed, very impressed."

"Since you knew what had happened," Tae Yang said quietly, new menace in his voice. "Let’s stop being nice to each other shall we?”

TOP smiled deeply and his eyes thinned agreeably as if he were glad to have finally settled the matter, "Sure."