Your phone rang. It was Junhyung calling.

"Yobosayo?" you answered.

"Chagiya~" he said. 

"Oppa~" you smiled.

"I won't be in Seoul for a while. I'm going to a kpop festival in California tomorrow. I just wanted you to know," he said.

"I know," you answered, happily.

"You know? Why do you sound so happy that I'm not here? Did you already move on? I'm sad," he whined.

"My brother Lee Joon told me and I'm coming along with him!" you smiled as you told him the news.

"Really? That's great," he said. For some reason, he didn't seem too thrilled.

"You don't seem too happy oppa. Is something wrong?" you asked.

"Your brothers are Lee Joon and Lee Junho right?" he asked.

"That's correct," you told him. 

"It'll be a chance for me and Lee Joon to become closer," he said. You nodded as he was telling you this. 

"Well I have to go finish my schedule now. I'll talk to you later okay?" he asked.

"Arasso. Aja aja hwaiting!" you cheered.

"Neh~" he replied before hanging up. 

You sighed as you couldn't shake out the fact that he didn't sound too thrilled. Was there something he was hiding from you? Your gut feeling was kicking in.

You continued packing, a little bothered. Your phone buzzed and you took a look at it, unsure whether or not to answer it. It was Doojoon. You guys did not end your latest conversation on a good note. You decided not to answer it and ignored it by packing furiously. 

He called you three times before giving up. You supposed he didn't need to talk to you that badly. As you were heading downstairs to get something to drink, the doorbell rang. Curious of who it could be, you went to the door. 

Since you were home alone you were being extra careful. You peeped through the peep hole and gasped aloud, stepping back. Loan sharks. 

The doorbell became knocks which became pounding. You quickly tip-toed away and hid, frightened by the loud commotion. You bit your lip and shivered while praying that they go away. 

When you thought you couldn't hold in your cries any longer, the large noise stopped. Dead silence. Then followed by a smack on the door. It was over. The loan sharks you saved the lady from a long time ago had found you. It then came to you that they had broken loose from the police. You were panicking and very tense. Slowly, you took short strides to the door as quietly as you could. You heard the cars drive away and peeped out of the peep hole. After about 20 minutes of standing beside the door, you opened it. To your surprise, there was a note on the door. You took it off, and closed the door quickly, still paranoid. It read:

We know who you are. We know your activities and your acquaintences. If you try to hide will find you. Don't be surprised when something special is taken away from you. You should know who we are referring to. We know you love him very much. Don't hide and no one will get hurt. If you resort to hiding and running away from us, we will find you and we will hurt you. Good luck if that is what you are planning to do. 

We are monitoring him at all times. 

You dropped the the floor and the note slipped out of your hands. You were shaking uncontrollably. You weren't even worried about yourself for you were worried about who he could be. 

The person you loved? Your appa? Your brothers? Junhyung? You had just given Junhyung a chance.You weren't even sure if you officially liked him yet. How could you love him in such a short amount of time? Sad to say, you barely even knew him. 

You buried your head and were breathing hard. It was no time to cry. You had no idea what to do however. Just as if you weren't paranoid enough, you heard the lock on the front door move. Someone was using a key to get in. You jumped up and tried making a run for it before you knew it was just Joon and Cheondung giving you a weird look.

"Annyeong," Cheondung said slowly. 

"Are you okay? Why do you look so uneasy? Are you sick?" Joon asked as he placed his hand on your forehead. He looked down on his palm.

"Is this sweat?" he asked, looking confused.

"She does look a little pale," Cheondung told him, while studying you. You shifted and rubbed the side of your arm, thinking of what to say.

"Oh nothing. I just exercised," you lied.

"Are you sure? You were running in the living room?" Joon asked, suddenly suspicious.

"I was walking by and the door opening just frightened me. You know, umma and appa aren't home yet," you smiled forcefully.

Cheondung nodded, looking like he believed half of what you said and while Joon just stood there without saying anything. It frightened you even more. 

"Why are you guys here by the way?" you asked quickly, to break the silence. 

"We're here to pick you up. The flight is tonight at 7," Cheondung answered. You nodded and then the hairs on your back stood up. Joon spotted the note on the floor and bent to pick it up.

"Hey! That's mine," you shouted as you snatched it before he could even read it properly.

"Why are you so loud? Is that how you talk to me?" he asked, getting a little mad. Cheondung placed his palm on his shoulder.

You looked down in embarassment. You weren't used to Joon getting mad at you and to mention, raising his voice a little. Cheondung was there to witness it too. 

"Mianhe," you said softly. Joon walked past you and up the stairs. He told you to put on your shoes. You looked up to meet Cheondung's eyes.

"He had a bad day," he told you. You nodded and apologized to him to. He just waved it off and gave you a reassuring pat on the back. Joon grabbed you suitcase and went straight out the door. Before walking out the door, he told you he already called umma and appa. He did not face you while he recited it.

You were stung by Joon but that wasn't enough to distract you on the car ride with MBLAQ and their manager. Everyone was quiet because they were probably exhausted and even the manager seemed aloof. 

You looked out the window and stared at nothing in particular. You were lost in your thoughts and you were thinking hard about what the note meant. 

Just then, your phone rang. You looked down at it, unsure whether or not now was the right time to answer since the atmosphere was tense in a way that made you very uncomfortable. You were seated next to Joon who didn't bother looking in your direction. Everyone in the car was still. 

"Pick it up already," Joon said, a little coldly.

"Neh," you breathed. 

"Yobosayo?" you answered.

"Hey," Junhyung answered.

"What's up?" you said as softly as you could as you looked around the car to see if you had disturbed anyone. Everyone remained the same. 

"Nothing much. I just called to tell you that I miss you," he said. 

"Oh," you replied, focused on not saying anything that would make Joon suspicious. You weren't sure if you should tell him about your relationship because he would always freak out and do background checks on guys that you were talking to. 

"That's it? I was hoping for more chagiya," he pouted. You stifled your laughter. Joon shifted in his seat. 

"Mianhe but I can't right now," you answered. You felt Joon stare at you. You refused to look in his direction. 

"Is there something wrong? I'm sorry if you feel like I'm forcing you to say it," he told you.

"Aniyo. It's just that I'm in the car right now," you replied.

"I see. I'll see you soon. I have an incoming call," he said, rather hurriedly.

"I understand. See you soon," you replied. Click. And you were disconnected from Junhyung.You couldn't help but wonder why he sounded a little bored not even sad, but disappointed. Was he telling you the truth when he had an incoming call? 

"Who was that?" Joon asked.

"A friend," you replied.

You snuck a glance at him and he already had his eyes closed, not bothering to say more. 

"What do you want?" I answered after ending the phone call with ~~~~.

"Is that how you answer the phone? I was hoping you would answer with something more special," Hara said. 

"How about we end this phone call now and get on with our lives," I replied, ready to hang up.

"I ended it with him," she gushed.

"Now you admit it," I scoffed.

"I miss you Junhyung. I need you. I want you so badly," she said all at once. 

I paused and stopped what I was doing.

"Please Junhyung. I've finally realized how wrong I was. Please give me one last chance," she pleaded.

"It's the first time that you're the one pleading," I replied.

"Does that mean you agree?" she said, almost too brightly.

"I have a girlfriend," I told her. 

"That doesn't matter. We can sort things out. She has nothing against us," she said. 

"I'm telling you, no. I don't think I can do that," I said, fighting myself inside. I knew I still loved Hara. Sad to say but I liked her much more than ~~~~. 

"Let's just see how things work out then. I'll see you at the concert chagiya," she said before hanging up. That particular world stung and brought back many memories. I shut my phone and sat on the couch in my apartment staring off into the distant.

She said she wanted to start over. Isn't that what I secretly wanted all along. Why did I feel so moved after that call. Am I that simple? How could one phone call make such a huge difference. Why did she have that effect over me? I was with ~~~~. That's who I needed to focus on. 

"Yoon Doojoon. Age 23. Leader of idol group BEAST. His mother owns the flower shop at this address. We have his information here."

"Keep an eye on him."

"Boss, we have other news."

"What is it?"

"BEAST will have a concert in California tomorrow evening and we believe that ~~~~ is going to be there afterall we saw her leave with the group of MBLAQ. Her brother is in that group."

"Really? How nice is that?"

"Should we continue monitoring them?"

"Follow them there. Bring me back photos and conversations. It will be useful in the future."

"Neh Boss."

"Away."

After landing at SFO, you guys headed to the headquarters where MBLAQ would be interviewed by Eatyourkimchi from Youtube. You were in awe by how California was. It was your first time in the states and you loved it so much.

You watched from a distance when they were being interviewed. You were very proud of you brother. You also wondered if he was still in a bad mood. 

As soon as the interview was completed, you followed MBLAQ to the hotel they were staying at.

As you were trailing behind them you couldn't help but wonder why you felt eyes behind your back. You kept looking back and tried hard catching up with MBLAQ. You were still very paranoid and the note practically burned a hole through your pocket. 

"Pali ~~~~!" Joon called.

"Coming!" you replied before running to catch up with them. 

"Did you say she's going to be at the concert supporting you? That's awesome," Yoseob cooed as he discovered that ~~~~ would be there.

"Yah. Do you have a crush on her or something?" Junhyung snapped.

"She's cute," Yoseob admitted.

"I do," I spoke up.

We were sitting in the plane and their heads turned to me although I wasn't sitting anywhere near them. The were on the other side of the row. Junhyung looked at me quizzically. 

"I like her," I said before putting on headphones without the music . 

"Are you serious? Do you have a crush on ~~~~ Doojoon hyung?" Yoseob asked. Junhyung had fire in his eyes. He hated when we talked about how beautiful Hara was so I definitely knew that this would set him off. He was a possessive boyfriend and he always will be. I wanted to see how he would react about ~~~~. I wondered if he really liked her.

"Can't you guys take a joke?" I smirked as I shook my head. I sat back in my seat and closed my eyes. 

"Hyung, you okay?" I heard Yoseob ask Junhyung.

"Of course I am," he snapped. 

I felt content and satisfied. I knew this wasn't doing our relationship any good but I knew he still liked Hara. It was a gut feeling and also, if he didn't like her anymore why did we still see her picture frames laying around his apartment whenever we visited? He let traces of her behind. He still kept everything that belonged to her. The things she didn't claim back. He was too obvious.

I will not allow anyone to hurt ~~~~. She's too good for anyone including me and even if I tried, I would never be worthy of her but of course, I will still pursuit her when the timing is right. I'm not complete without her. I've decided that I can't ignore my feelings anymore.