JIyong slowly released her lips and looked down at her, the heavy rain soaking their clothes to their skin. 

 

Dara kept her eyes down at his chest, breathing heavily, 'He loves me?', she shook her head slightly in a daze not fully understanding. From long ago she'd known deep down inside of her that she'd grown attached to him, more than attached in fact. That's why she'd been trying to push him away, keep him at a distance to stop herself from hurting when she had to leave him, when he would make her leave. But all this time never had she thought that he felt the same about her, if not more. 

 

She slowly and painfully looked up at him with her eyes full of guilt, a single tear fell down her cheek as she looked at how vulnerably he was looking at her. For the first time in his life JIyong had finally opened his heart completely to someone, to her and that cut her so deep she felt out of breath because Dara knew, she knew that no matter what he was going to get hurt all because of her. 

At the realisation, her lips quivered as she shut close her eyes unable to look at him anymore and she rested her head on his chest and cried like she'd never cried before.

 

Jiyong froze up not knowing what to do or how to react. He couldn't believe himself he'd opened up like that but for some reason he felt the burden on his shoulders lift. The feeling right now was what he'd never experienced before but it was what he'd been looking for since he was born, to love and be loved. Jiyong slowly wrapped his arms around her wet back and pulled her in tightly.

 

While Jiyong was feeling like he'd finally learnt to love, Dara was feeling something different. She'd realised she'd lost the only love she would ever have in her life. Jiyong would find out sooner or later why she entered his life and knowing him she knew he would never forgive her, she'd lost him already it was just that he didn't realise it yet.

 

Jiyong slowly cupped her face now making her look at him, "...dara-"

 

"HYUNG!"

 

Dara and Jiyong startled and looked towards the HQ and saw Daesung running towards them. Dara suddenly stepped away from JIyong and turned around quickly wiping her tears away.

 

JIyong looked at her back for a moment, something wasn't right but he couldn't figure out what exactly just yet.

 

 

 

"Hyung!" Daesung stopped in front of them and panted heavily, "We've been looking everywhere for you! Come on the doctor's here to do your stitches"

 

 

Jiyong looked at Daesung without an expression while Dara spun around when she heard stitches, "Stitches?!", she looked at JIyong and stopped at his arm where his shirt was stained red, she clasped her hand over , "Jiyong!", she rushed to his side again and hesitated to touch his arm.

 

 

"You go in, we'll be there in a bit", JIyong nodded to Daesung.

 

"Ani! We're going now come on!", Dara grabbed Jiyong's hand and tried to pull him along but he didn't budge.

 

"We still haven't finished talking", JIyong said to Dara.

 

 

Daesung looked at Jiyong and then Dara uncomfortably, "Ok...but hurry up hyung-"

 

 

"Daesung we're coming now!", Dara said sternly trying to pull Jiyong along again, "Whatever it is, it's not important-"

 

"I just told you I love you! It's important!!", JIyong growled angrily.

 

 

 

Daesung's jaw hit the ground in shock, did he just hear that right?

 

 

 

Dara froze up too, her eyes searched for nothing in the dark and her hand slipped off Jiyong's. She took a deep breath and looked at Daesung, "Bring him in please Daesung" and with that she hurried back to the HQ leaving Daesung and Jiyong in the rain.

 

JIyong watched her figure become darker and darker in the rain and he sighed raking his fingers through his hair in fustration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dara entered the HQ shivering and ran into the office knowing everyone would be there and that would keep her mind off what just happened outside. 

 

 

She walked into the room and her heart pained when she saw CL cleaning Seungri cut on his forehead gently and TOP still trying to show Bom he's absolutely fine.

 

 

 

 

"Ow ow ow", Seungri winced as CL dabbed his wound.

 

CL slapped his arm, "Who told you to go there then?!"

 

"Do you think I had a choice, I was dragged I swear, otherwise I would never have gone" he lied trying to calm CL's fiery wrath.

 

"Dragged my !", CL muttered before roughly putting a plaster on his forehead.

 

"OW!" Seungri shouted, "Yah! You're doing more harm then good-"

 

"What did you just say?!", CL glared at him.

 

Seungri gulped, "Nothing."

 

"If you ever run off like that I'm telling omma!"

 

"What?!" Seungri exclaimed.

 

"And you just see, I'll make sure that she never wants to see you", CL warned pouting.

 

"What? Oh come on I said I was sorry didn't I?!", Seungri whined, "Ah chicha!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I still think we should go to the hospital, what if you have internal bleeding or something!", Bom asked anxiously.

 

"You heard the doctor, he said I'm fine-"

 

"I don't trust that doctor! I mean is he even a real doctor? What kind of doctor goes around treating gang members?!", Bom asked.

 

"The kind that I pay", TOP replied bluntly, "Look I'm fine!"

 

"Yea right now, but what about later? What if you faint or feel ill later and no one's around to help?!", Bom asked again her voice gettting higher and higher with worry.

 

"Fine you can stay the night with me then?"< TOP winked at her.

 

"Aigoo! Aigoo!!", Bom started slapping his arm in fury, "Even at a time like this you're like this you b*stard!!"

 

"Yah! Ah..OW!", TOP flinched trying to stop Bom.

 

 

 

 

Everyone was so engrossed with one another, no one noticed Dara standing there by the door watching them. If only she hadn't made the girls come on this mission maybe CL and BOm would have met Seungri and TOP differently and maybe if it wasn't for her they would be together. That's all she could think about, this was her fault and she knew it.

 

The door suddenly clicked open behind her and she knew it was Jiyong, she suddenly hurried to sit next to Minzy and Taeyang on the sofa.

 

 

Jiyong stepped in with Daesung and the doctor and saw Dara hurrying towards Minzy.

 

 

 

 

"unnie?", Minzy looked up at Dara, "Why are you wet?"

 

"huh?", Dara asked not realising she was actually shivering from the cold.

 

 

"Were you out in the rain-Oppa?", Minzy saw Jiyong coming in, "WHy are you wet too?"

 

 

 

JIyong looked up to Minzy and then his gaze met Dara for a brief second before the doctor called Jiyong to the sofa.

 

 

 

JIyong sat on the sofa and Daesung helped him take his shirt off, "ahh", Jiyong winched slightly when he had to bend his arm.

 

Dara tried not to look too worried about him, but her eyes kept looking at him.

 

 

"I'm glad it's not a deep cut, the bullet must have just grazed your arm", the doctor examined Jiyong's arm, "Just a few stitches will do GD shi...would you like any morphine for the pain?"

 

GD looked at his wound and shook his head.

 

 

"Ok", the doctor nodded as he took the tools out of his bag, "This is going to hurt  a bit so I'll give you some local anaesthetic-"

 

"There's no need just do it", Jiyong said rubbing his head as if he had a headache.

 

"Neh? Without the anaes-"

 

"I said just do it", JIyong glared at him and the doctor hurriedly took his tools out.

 

 

 

"There you go hyung this will help", Daesung walked to JIyong with a glass of whisky which Jiyong took in one gulp and then he rested his head back on the sofa as the doctor started stitching his wound. Jiyong srunched his face at the prick and closed his eyes.

 

 

Dara looked worriedly from the otherside of the room, she fiddled with her fingers as she tried to see what the doctor was doing.

 

 

 

"Unnie", Minzy called her, "Take this towel to G oppa, he's going to catch a cold", she handed her a towel and then returned to cleaning Taeyang's wound.

 

Dara stared down at the towel for a moment and then slowly made her way to where Jiyong was, as she got closer she could see the water drip from his hair to his tattoed body. His body was heaving up and down slowly as he took deep breaths with his eyes shut.

 

 

Dara slowly sat next to him and with shaking hands she dabbed his shoulder with the towel ever so gently, afraid to disturb him.

 

 

Jiyong's eyes snapped open and turned to see Dara trying to dry with him with a towel. Suddenly he forgot about the pain of the stitches as his eyes roamed around her sad face.

 

Dara felt his gaze on her and she gulped before drying his arm while the doctor paid attention to his other arm. She took a deep breath trying to even her breathing as she led the towel towards his heaving chest. Finally not being able to bear it anymore, her eyes flickered up to his but his gaze was so strong it held her eyes to his. The towel fell off her hands as she continued to be trapped in his gaze. His eyes, his dark warm eyes held onto her tightly just like his arms had held her earlier on. He had such a spell over her, no amount of pushing away and lying to herself was going to stop what they had between them.

 

 

 

The others slowly realised that Dara and Jiyong were in a world of their own. Bom frowned slightly realising that Dara had fallen for JIyong just as she'd fallen for TOP. 

 

 

"What are they doing?", Seungri asked himself as he looked at the two. For some reason, he felt something hurt deep inside him when he looked at the two, it was as if they wanted each other so much but something was stopping them.

 

 

 

Daesung walked to the others and hesitated before he whispered, "GD hyung said....", he looked pitifully back at JIyong and Dara and then turned back to the gang, "He told her he loved her."

 

 

TOP, Taeyang and Seungri looked up at Daesung as if he'd said the most ridiculous thing in the world.

 

 

"What?", TOP breathed in shock, "GD did?"

 

Daesung nodded.

 

"G...loves Dara? And he said it? Are you sure?!" Taeyang asked not believing GD would actually express his feelings.

 

"Hyung I heard it", Daesung replied nodding frantically, "G hyung said he loves Dara!"

 

MInzy broke into a smile, "He really did? Oh my god...I can't believe it" she smiled more and tears rolled down her cheeks, "Ji oppa...he loves someone?"

 

 

 

Bom's face fell and she slowly turned to face CL who was looking sadly on at JIyong and Dara in a daze.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I thought you wanted me to protect you?", JIyong finally spoke.

 

Dara snapped back to reality and she looked at Jiyong up and down before turning away from him.

 

 

JIyong squinted his eyes not understanding her, he then turned to the doctor who was just finishing up, "You done yet?"

 

"Neh GD shi", the doctor smiled and nodded as he looked at his work.

 

 

"Good", Jiyong grabbed Dara's hand, restraining her from going anywhere. Dara's eyes widened as she looked down at his hand and then back at him, "Yah", JIyong then tilted his head to the rest of the gang who were all staring at them, "Leave us for a bit."

 

 

"Why?", Dara startled and looked back at the gang who were slowly getting up, "Ani...wait don't go....Bom!"

 

Bom stopped and looked at her, but TOP held her hand and nodded her to come with him. Bom looked back at Dara with an apologetic face, she wanted to stay and help her but she realised Dara had to choose what she was going to do herself.

 

"Cl!", Dara shouted at CL to stop, but CL looked at her sadly. She knew now that Dara loved Jiyong back, and as much as she wished it wasn't true for Dara's sake, she was so she had to let Dara figure this out on her own.

 

 

 

"Are you just going to leave?!", Dara looked back at the gang as they left the room followed by the doctor. The door gently shut behind them and it was just Dara and JIyong in the room now. 

 

 

[Music: The day before by Nell]

 

 

The silence filled the room and she held her breath still looking at the door, hoping someone would come back and help her. Finally she felt JIyong's hand loosen on hers. He stood up and went to his table before leaning his palms on the table, he hung his head low and Dara saw the water drops still trickle down his . She took a deep breath and waited nervously.

 

 

After a moment, JIyong lifted his head and let out an audible sigh, he turned around and leaned back on the table crossing his arms across his chest. He looked down at the floor directly in front of where Dara was sitting, "...You don't feel the same."

 

 

Dara's eyes flickered up in protest at the statement but she couldn't say anything. She slowly stood up and could do nothing but look at him.

 

 

"How..do you want me to protect you then?", he asked as his eyes met hers.

 

Dara bit her lip, "...I don't know."

 

 

"The thing is you do Dara", JIyong pushed himself off the table and stepped closer to her.

 

 

Dara shook her head and looked at the ground.

 

 

Jiyong stepped a bit closer to her, and she took the same step back nervously.

 

 

"I just bared my heart to you Dara", JIyong sighed, "You're the first person...can't you just tell me what you want?"

 

Dara clossed her eyes and scrunced her face in pain, she shook her head, "...I can't."

 

 

"Why not?", he slowly took a step forward.

 

"Because that's the only thing I can do for you", she finally said brushing her tears away.

 

"What is?"

 

 

"It's the only way I can protect you back", Dara cried clutching her heart, "So don't make me say it!"

 

"You don't need to protect me-"
 

 

"I do!!" Dara shouted and stormed past him but Jiyong grabbed her hand and pulled her back making her hit his chest. She looked up at him wide eyed as the tears fell from her face.

 

"Why...what's going on?", Jiyong looked at her worriedly.

 

 

"...take it back", she stuttered as he held her tightly, "take it back please."

 

Jiyong closed his eyes, knowing what she was asking him.

 

 

"Take it back! Don't say you love me", Dara cried, "Take it back please", she hit his chest before pushing herself off him and rushing for the door.

 

JIyong cursed under his breath and ran to her and shut the door before she could get out. Dara stood there staring at the door and breathing heavily.

 

 

"What are you hiding from me?", he asked slowly.

 

Dara shook her head and tried to open the door again.

 

 

"FOR SAKE DARA WHAT ARE YOU HIDING?!!", he shouted angrily.

 

 

Dara froze up and finally eeked out, "...i....don't love you."

 

 

Jiyong blinked slightly and his hand slipped off the door. He felt numb as he turned around back to the office.

 

 

"i..don't!", Dara repeated trying to convince herself, she wiped her tears, "I hate you! I hate what you've done to me!"

 

 

Jiyong stopped in his tracks in a daze and listened to her with his back facing her.

 

 

"I hate you for making me this weak, for making me worry about you...I hate you for making me want to see you....to be with you"

 

 

Jiyong slowly realised what she was saying and he turned around looking at Dara still facing the door, her hand tightly on the door handle.

 

 

"I hate you so much!!", she cried as she leaned her head on the door, "you're the reason I'll never love..anyone else", she sobbed heavily, her whole body moving with her cries.

 

 

JIyong stunned finally walked to her and spun her around, pushing her back at the door, he furrowed his brows looking at her while Dara cried on.

 

 

"If you hate me, hate me!", Jiyong muttered angrily but then his face softened, "...just...don't leave me."

 

 

Dara stopped crying then, she looked up with furrowed brows.

 

 

"You don't have to love me back", Jiyong whispered as he leaned his forehead on hers, "...but don't abandon me like everyone else."

 

 

Dara felt her heart break into a million pieces hearing him beg her. Against her better judgement her hand slowly reached for his face, "...don't say that please."

 

 

"Can't you do that much for me?", Jiyong asked tiredly, "You don't have to love me back-"
 

"But i do!!", Dara cried, shaking him slightly, "That's the problem! I love you!!"

 

JIyong's face fell in shock as Dara cried in his arms.

 

"I love you! That's the problem!", she hit his chest, "There's no turning back now! And it's all my fault!"

 

"Dara", he held onto her hands stopping her, "It's not your fault-"

 

"It is!! This is a mistake!! And I can't turn back! I can't change anything!", Dara shook her head frantically, cursing herself for letting it get this far.

 

Jiyong pulled her hands towards him to get her attention, she crashed into his chest and she slowly looked up at him, her eyes pleading him to help her.

 

"It's not a mistake", he said seriously, "I promise you...I'll make you see we're not a mistake."