“My Gosh! Get off of me already Minzy.” Chaerin scolded as she tried to peel me off of her arm for the umpteenth time. “You’ve been awfully clingy since we met up with you.” We were walking out of the concert venue where we had just finished performing in front of thousands of Beijing fans. She was right though I had stuck to my unnies, manager, dancers, and staff like glue. My actions were completely justified though. I would never reveal the reason to her though or anyone else. The risk of involving anyone else in this sadistic reality was too big to take. Just remembering everything I had endured before I reunited with my safe haven of sisters known to the world as 2NE1 was terrifying.

When I awoke the sun was at it’s highest point in the sky, so I assumed it was around noon. I wouldn’t be able to confirm it because my cellphone’s battery had died. The exits remained locked, and no matter how much I screamed or banged on the door to let me out only silence answered me. There were no signs of life outside this room, no voices-no footsteps-nothing. That’s how it was for a few hours before I heard heels clicking against the hardwood floor approaching me. I heard keys play with the lock and then the door opened to expose the beautiful blonde from before. She was holding a tray with food, and she gave me a worried smile.

“Hey, you must be hungry huh?” Stephanie saw me eyeing the open doorway. “Trust me you don’t want to do that.” she said using her foot to close the door.

“Help me please,” I begged her “I don’t mean to cause any trouble to them. I swear I won’t say a word to anyone. I just want to go home. Do they have you here against your will too? Let’s escape...”

“Oh honey.” She interrupted me giving me a pitiful look, and putting the tray of food on the nightstand next to the bed. She then sat next to me on the bed bringing both my hands into hers. “I’m not here against my will. These men saved my life. As for you, Yi Fan is in way too deep with you. He’s not a bad guy like the media portrays him. None of them are. You out of all people should understand how the media can be deceiving. They only report what benefits them, not the whole truth. You know?” She looked into my eyes trying to persuade me to think otherwise of EXO. I don’t really know if it worked. She did, however, entice my curiosity about how she ended up with these men. How exactly did they save her life?

“I just want to leave.” I confessed to her. She simply sighed, and let go of me. “Yi Fan has reasons as to why he acts the way he does.” She told me lifting herself of the bed, and walking towards the door. “Please.” I pleaded for help. I didn’t want to be locked in here anymore.“Promise me you’ll eat something yeah?” She ignored my request, and once again I was left alone locked in this room.

I couldn’t ignore the tray of food as much as I didn’t want to eat it. The authentic Korean food was calling my name. So, eventually I ate it and I waited, and waited, and waited for nothing. The sun had long been gone by the time I heard footsteps, men’s voices, and doors open and close. The light was off in my room, but the hallway light was on, so I could see the shuffling shadow of feet pacing back and forth in front of the door. All of a sudden the pair of feet stopped directly in front of the door just like my breathing stopped too.The person eventually left, the light was turned off, and I no longer heard anything. Another night spent alone locked like a caged animal in this room.

When I awoke in the morning the door to my room was left wide open. I quickly sat up to check my surroundings. On the floor there were some packed bags.

“Oh hey.” a smiling Stephanie appeared from the bathroom holding another small bag. “You ready to go?” she asked.

“What?” I asked dumbfounded. Had I heard her right? She was offering me a way out. Was I really allowed out of this place?

“You’ve got a concert to attend don’t you?” she rhetorically asked me while lifting her arms in the air. I couldn’t help but suppress a giggle at what looked like her failed attempt at our 2NE1 “Fire”  choreography.

Stephanie and I had just reached the first floor when I felt his presence. His long lean legs strode their way towards us. His face, however, unchangeable, unreadable to me. He stopped next to me, and I felt my heart clench in fear. Our eyes met for a brief second before I looked at my feet. Yi Fan did not speak one word to me instead he continued on in his original pathway towards the second floor.

“Yah Superstar!” Baekhyun called out from the second floor. “We’ll be watching.” he smirked as he waved the all too familiar Blackjack light stick from above. “Break a leg.” he winked before disappearing from my sight.

So, yeah I was extra cautious from the moment I was dropped off at the hotel. I was extra clingy because I feared being on my own. The whole time during the concert I was paranoid. I kept thinking where could they be in this huge arena, or what were they plotting by attending. Needless to say I was scolded after the show for making more mistakes than I have ever done in a concert. Even now as we were walking to our van I kept looking over my shoulder and to the sides for any sign of them.

“Come here my maknae.” Bom unnie cheerfully patted the spot next to her in the backseat of the van. I couldn’t help but smile as I made my way over to her. This was a common drill we would do with each other when something was bothering us. I laid my head on her thighs as she brushed her fingers through my hair. I know Bom unnie knew something was going on with me, but she was never one to hover. She knew when I was ready to talk I would look for her, but I don’t think I’d ever be ready to talk to her about my current problems.

Our manager called out our names, and once he made sure we were all seated we began the journey back to the hotel. We’d be there for a few hours to freshen up and rest before we left back to Korea. I would have fallen asleep on my unnies legs if it weren’t for my phone buzzing in my pocket.

(1) New Message Received

    Let’s talk…

    I’m across the street.

Sent by Kris 10:05 PM

My heart began to race as I felt the moving van pull out of the venue’s parking. I sat up to look out the window across the street. Sure enough there were about four all black luxurious cars awaiting me. I quickly sunk back down, so I wouldn’t be seen by them. I hoped and prayed they would eventually just leave when they noticed I wouldn’t show up. I curled up next to Bom, who had already fallen asleep, in hopes of reassuring myself that I was safe here.

(1) New Message Received

    Where do you think you’re going?!

Sent by Kris 10:18 PM

“Aish!” I heard my manager complain from the drivers seat.

(1) New Message Received

    Pull over! We need to talk.

Sent by Kris 10:20 PM

“What’s wrong?” Dara asked him.

“Looks like we got some reporters or saesangs on our trail. They’ve been following us since we left the arena.” I was afraid to look back, but when I did my fears were confirmed. Four all black cars were hot on our trail. They were getting dangerously close to us, as two cars were now on either side of us, as well as, one in the back and one in the front.

“Oh gosh! What do you think they want?” Chaerin unnie gasped. Me. They began to drive so close that if their car windows weren’t pitch black we’d be able to see the faces of the culprits.

(1) New Message Received

    Don’t regret this...

Sent by Kris 10:21 PM

We all shrieked when we felt the van jerk from side to side. Our manager was trying his to maneuver the van away from them, so we wouldn’t get into a fatal accident.

(1) New Message Sent

STOP! You’re scaring us.

We can talk when I get to my

hotel. Now please just stop

Sent by You 10:22 PM

As soon as I pressed the send button the cars backed away from us. Everyone in the car breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone except for me because the nightmare was long from over.

♚♚♚

I walked out of the hotel as discreetly as I possibly could, so I wouldn’t attract any attention. I followed the directions Yi Fan sent me. A right turn here, a left turn there, and alas I arrived at the destination where he was already awaiting me. I was surprised to only see him, but I wasn’t as naive this time. His people were somewhere near by watching our every move. If today was the day I’d die I wouldn’t go out without a fight, and voicing my thoughts.

“Hey,” he said standing next to his car, hands in pockets, and hoodie over his head. This man standing before me was nothing like the man the man I had encountered previously. He didn’t look like such a tough, aggressive man he looked quite vulnerable and upset, but not the point of people thinking they could walk all over him. He was still a force to be reckon with. “Look…” he took a step forward, and I took one back. He seemed hurt by my actions, but didn’t pester any further. “Okay you know my name, but you know absolutely nothing about me and my history. You don’t need to be afraid of me. I would never hurt you.”

I couldn’t help but scoff at his accusations. “How can I not fear you?” I questioned. “Not only did you lie about who you were you turned out to be the most dangerous man on earth! I was shot at! You locked me in a room for two nights! Just now you not only endangered my life, but the lives of four other innocent people! And to think that I had finally met a nice decent man that was interested in me! You Jerk!” Everything I had bottled up inside me was released with that rant and one powerfull slap to his face. My eyes grew wide, and my hands clasped over mouth as I realised what I had just done. His face was still turned in the direction I had sent it with his left hand holding onto his cheek. At this point I wasn’t sure if it was the anger or the fear that caused the streaming tears to roll down my face. Before I knew it I was in the custody of two men holding me tightly by the arms.

“Don’t touch her!” he screamed at them. His eyes burning with fire as he glared at them. They instantly let me go, and Yi Fan was quick to trap me in his embrace holding me tightly. “No please don’t cry.” he muffled into my hair. “I deserve all that. I was a jerk to you, but you have to believe me when I say your safety and happiness by my side are my only interest. I need you by my side. I can’t let you go ever. The thought of you with someone else, or away from me is terrifying and I will never allow it. Let me show you I’m not a monster. I can’t let you go back to Korea thinking of me that way.” He pulled away so our eyes met. “Tell me everything is fine between us now.”

“Yeah.” I softly responded what he wanted to hear, but absolutely nothing was fine. His eyes lit up at my response, his hands cupped my face, and I felt his face inch towards mine. Oh gosh no! He was about to kiss me. I felt his lips brush lightly against mine at first, and then he intensified his movement owning my lips fully. I felt my body and lips respond to him all the while my brain screamed for me to evacuate the scene.

I walked away that night feeling more conflicted than ever in my life. So many emotions were ramaging through me. Many were new to me, and I wasn’t sure how to interpret them. All I knew for a fact as of now was that my first kiss ever was a the age of 20 with the most dangerous man in the world.

Afterword

Hello my lovely readers. I hope this chapter satisfied your thirst for this story :) I know it can be quite frustrating to you guys when I don't update as fast as you all wish I would, but I try my hardest to write and update when I can. I also want to provide you all with a quality storyline, so I try not to rush the chapters. Please be patient with me :) Also, the next chapter we'll be skipping some time because we've been in China for what seems like forever right? >.< I'm thinking around the Phillipines AON time. As always please comment, subscribe, and upvote.

Much Love, DG