Square jawline. Thin lower lip. Wide nose. High cheek bones. Dark,alluring brown eyes framed with heavy eyebags that made him unique. Tanned skin. A beautifully contoured body of muscle and abs. Physically, this was Lee Seunghyun.

Eyes always aware of the camera. Confident. Talkative when he should be quiet and quiet when he should speak up. Mature when he wants to be, but prefers to laugh and dance and be youthful. Loyal. Doesn't get much screen time, so he likes to flirt and exaggerate his movements. Outgoing and can open up to anyone, but there are things he hides as well. As a person, this was Seungri.

Lee Seunghyun had become Seungri when he debuted with BIGBANG, but it was also a persona that he transformed into under the influence of his elders. One of the elders in particular had given Lee Seunghyun his vibrant personality, and that was also a part of a secret that he had kept to himself.

Before, he was just a boy from Gwanju who was passionate about dancing and singing. Afterwards, having succeeded in following his dream, he had become a man with a name for himself. He was Seungri. He was both an adorable maknae and an attractive, talented man, and both sides of him knew how to manipulate. The fact that he knew how to get to people was also a part of a secret he had kept to himself. He had learned how to manipulate from the same elder who gave him his name.

Seunghyun's secret was that he owed a large part of who he was to the person he loved.

And the person he was secretly in love with was his hyung, Kwon Jiyong.

In the public eye, Seungri only viewed Jiyong with respect and indifference. When the elder would throw an arm around his shoulders or make any other form of physical contact with him, Seungri had to act wary. He couldn't brush him off, but he couldn't exactly return the touch either. He had to keep a good image for himself.

Internally, Seungri was a mix of emotions. He viewed Jiyong with love and more-than-admiration, but he was in denial about it too. While Seungri on camera had to be wary of the audience watching him with Jiyong, internally he wanted nothing more than to move his body a little closer to the elder. He secretly loved when Jiyong gave him this special attention. It made him truly happy when the man who had inspired him all these years had showed him he cared. Seungri hoped he could inspire Jiyong too someday.

It was Jiyong who had breathed life into the Seungri who existed now. Seungri was formed from Jiyong's influence: the smiles he gave him, the criticisms, and the times he lifted his chin up to keep him from looking down.

The role of Jiyong in Seungri's life was to be kept a secret. He didn't want the person he looked up to thinking he was weird, so he did his best to suppress these emotions when he could.

The problem was that Jiyong had other plans.