Thanks to Hongki there were no paparazzies near our dorm. But what he said yesterday was in the headlines of entertainment tabloids and newspapers. He didn't respond seei g the news.  He gave a sad smile. He wants to stay strong in this.

"Mama, mama, that's him! That's Lee Hongki." A girl shouted pointing at Hongki when we got down to the lobby from the elevator to go for practices.  Everybody in the lobby turned their faces to us. Hongki just forced a smile and bowed. We all followed him. It was very silent in the van, on the way to the stadium. Seunghyun, somehow tried to change the atmosphere but failed. We all answered 'yes' and 'no's to manager hyung's questions. 

We decided to check the lighting before start practicing. And they turned out to be good. 

"Okay guys let's practice now." I clapped my hands to get their attention. 

Freedom turned out to be great with Wonbin singing some parts too. Well, first five songs were great until we started practicing 'Friendship'.

Wonbin and Jaejin started singing. But Hongki didn't. He just kept holding the microphone waith a blank expression. He didn'tsing when his trun came. He just kept staring at the space.

"Ahh I can't remember this damn thing!" He screamed and propelled the microphone hard to the stage which made it brake into pieces. We were all dumbfounded. 

"I can't remember. I can't remember. I can't