It's the return of the Dark Lord... I'll put the specific chapters later here for your reference of his previous appearances/mentions... ;)

Yoong POV

The sound of the cheering crowd erupted as soon as the music ended. My fellow band member, Amber, gave the parting speech, then, the three of us bowed our heads for the audience. The crowd still continued to cheer our band's name even after we took off from the stage.

"Thank you so much, Yoong." Chansung snapped as we walked out of the backstage and headed to our band's private van.

"What for?"

"For joining us officially. You know, if you didn't come along, Nothingness will be left nothing."

Amber suddenly chuckled in a pretty much bland way, "And that will be the worst. So much of painful, depressing feeling it would be."

And this is something I still couldn't bear. My fellow band members remind me so much of my "painful past".

I responded, "I should be the one thanking you guys. I mean, I don't really have a good voice, yet, you guys chose me as your new vocalist."

"You've already proven yourself when you took Yuri's place last year. Ever since, we really wanted you in." Chansung said.

Amber suddenly butted, "Speaking of him... how's his wife doing? Is she finally coping up now?"

"Yeah, fortunately..."

"That's nice to hear."

Nothingness has been aware of the things stirring up with the rest of us. Actually, weeks ago since Tiffany-noona 'sort of' imagining me as Yuri-hyung, was when the Band asked me to join them officially. I couldn't say no because Fany-noona insisted me to join that time because, you know... she remembered me 'liking' this kind of stuff, or should I say, the emo Yuri-hyung, back then.

After our band packed up, I bid them goodbye. Definitely, they will be hanging out at that old building again, doing some emo-thing. And I'm sure you're aware I'm allergic to things like that.

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"Yoong!" Tiffany-noona shouted as she waved her hand while wearing her warm smile.

It's the 27th of February, year 2013, almost a month since Tiffany-noona 'woke up' from her painful dream. And finally, she's smiling naturally... at least, little by little.

She quickly embraced me as soon as I went near her. "You're really, really good." she said.

"Gee, stop trying to convince yourself with that lie."

She chuckled, "No really. I swear you're a very good singer."

"Alright, whatever. Why are you here, anyway?"

"We went to watch you, of course!"

"Really, huh? Doesn't this kind of event remind you of him more?"

She suddenly went into silence and looked away. And with that, I know I have pulled the wrong trigger. "I'm sorry, noona. I didn't mean to---"

She looked at me and faked a chuckle, "Silly, don't be sorry. I mean, you're right. This event really does remind me of Yuri. But, I think it's time for me to face my reality. Or do you prefer me sulking in my room instead?"

I smiled and patted her head, "No, I want you to go out, hang out with all of us as much as you can."

She smiled warmly again in return.

"Anyway, you said 'we', right? Who and where are they?"

"Oh. I'm with Sooyoung and Sunkyu earlier. But, Kyu suddenly went into tantrums during your performance, so, Sooyoung chased after him."

"Ahh. I see."

We waited for the two at the parking lot. Few minutes later the two finally arrived with Sooyoung dragging the resisting kid. "Sorry we're late. Congratulations on your performance, Yoong." the former greeted.

"Thanks."

Fany-noona snapped, "Sunkyu, sweetie, aren't you going to greet your Yoong-hyung?"

The kid looked at me darkly. It was like full of hatred. "Why would I?"

Okay, now what did I do?

"Sunkyu! Stop acting like a child. Pay your hyung with respect, at least." noona scolded him.

"He deserves no respect! An evil person doesn't deserve any!"

"What the heck are you talking about?!" she asked angrily in return.

"Fany-yah, calm down." Soo butted.

Sunkyu continued his rant on me, "You're a liar! A big liar! For all along you fooled me and acted like a goodie best friend of appa! And now, what?! YOU'RE THE EVIL DARK LORD, AFTERALL?!"

Wait. I'm the evil dark lord?

...

I'm that evil dark lord?!

He continued, "I cannot believe I fell for your dark tricks, you- meanie dark lord! You're a liar, a traitor! First you took away, umma, but you failed, so you decided to deceive my appa and me! Oh, and it all makes sense now! Since you already tried to kill my appa back then, you're definitely the one who killed him now too so you can steal my umma away again!"

"Sunkyu, that's enough!" she shouted.

"I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!" He ran away again.

Sooyoung sighed loudly, "And I'm gonna go get him again." He then bid goodbye and went after the kid.

Fany-noona uttered, "I'm sorry about that, Yoong. It must be because of your dark make-up that he believed you were the dark lord he hated the most. But, don't worry. I promise I'll talk to him later."

"No worries. Kids will always be kids, anyway."

She playfully rubbed her chin as if figured something out, "But, you know, it does make sense."

"Yeah, it does. I really did try to kill Yuri-hyung back then."

"Oh. Are you talking about that gun incident?"

"So, you knew that too?"

"Yeah, Taeyeon told me before, but, I wasn't pertaining to that... Sunkyu told me that the Dark Lord's wife was Jessica and Seohyun was his mistress. See the clues?" She chuckled, "Why I never realized that before?"

I sighed, "Noona, please. Enough of mentioning her name."

"You mean, Seohyun?" I looked at her in disbelief and she chuckled in return. "Alright, alright. I won't mention Jessica's name again, Mr. Bitter Gourd."

"Shut up."

"Hmm. I bet if Jessica magically pops out in front of us, you will still be head-over-heels on her." Why do I keep on hearing that statement over and over again?

"Jessica's already long gone... and so is my feelings for her."

She looked down and smiled faintly, "You shouldn't waste the chance, even if it's the slightest... If I'll be on your shoes, I'll do whatever it takes, chase him even if he's at the very end of the Earth..."

I immediately slapped her back.

"Ouch! Why did you do that for?!"

"You're starting to go 'emo' again. You know, I'm allergic to such."

She grinned, "Ooohh~ Are you imagining me as your pretty Jessica now?"

"She's prettier than you so, NO."

"Ya!" She slapped me on my arm.

I chuckled, "I was just messing with you. okay."

"Hmph. Yuri's more handsome than you, anyway."

"Yup, but he's already dead."

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