How are you, my Royal chingus? Still kicking, eh?

Aren’t we all happy with the recent updates of At Odds?! There goes my Royal mind again. Thinking and imagining what will happen next! I’m always thinking of it! I thought nothing could beat All Bets Are Off in making my Royal mind crazy but At Odds happened! Lovin it!

“He should’ve just rotten in hell! All of them!”

That was Park Bom on her beast mode on.

It was the first week of May. Bigbang and 2NE1, except Dara who was currently practicing her special appearance in MNET with WINNER boys, were all gathered at Teddy’s work room. They saw the news. Heard them all. Super Junior has been making headlines here and there. ELFs, even non-ELFS were so hyped on their comeback. The boys were complete. Well, with the exception of Hangeng and Kibum who are definitely supporting them on the sidelines. The members were more than happy. Every country in Asia and even outside it was asking for SS7. Slaying the charts. Beating their rivals on music shows. Basically, dominating the Kpop world at the moment. Well, what’s new, right?

It wasn’t about how Super Junior beat the debuting YG girl group on shows. Beat the singles 2NE1 and Bigbang released. No. They still respect them as their seniors. “Kings.” YG flatly told them one time.

It’s just the simple reason that they are back.

Not in the music scene.

Not in the Kpop world.

But in their friend’s life.

Period.

“What do you think happened in the camp?” Taeyang asked while giving TOP a slice of Bacon Supreme pizza that they ordered.

“Yeah. What did Dara noona say?” Seungri asked in the middle of chewing that made CL smacked him on the head. “Manners.” She hissed at him.

Minzy sighed at them. “Nothing.”

“Nothing?” Daesung repeated.

“Nothing.” CL took her beer and drank before continuing. “We asked her about it and that was what she said.”

“Nothing.” Minzy and Bom told them boringly.

“Really?” Daesung put a hand under his chin.

“What do you girls think?” Taeyang asked them.

Bom pursed her lips forward. “Well, it’s hard to assume what really happened or if there’s something that happened but . . . I hope she murdered them.” GD, who was on a new song on Teddy’s computers and eating his cheeseburger turned up the volume of his earphones. I wonder if hyung is choking right now. He couldn’t help but thought.

“What do you think is he gonna do?” Minzy asked the boys.

“He better stay away from noona.” TOP told them in a cold, low tone. “Or I’ll give him an electric chair for Christmas.”

“Doesn’t he have a girlfriend? 4 Minute’s Nam Jihyun, right?” Seungri shook his head in irritation at the thought of he-who-must-not-be-named bullting his favorite noona all over again. “They should just marry in Mercury and not come back. Ever.”

“I don’t care about her. Most of all, I don’t care about him!” Bom shouted while TOP controlling her rage by patting her at the back. “I’m gonna kill him! He better not show his fake innocent face to me or I’ll show him how diabolical Park Bom could get! Aaaaaah! Tabi! I’ll go to jail because of that !” Bom hugged TOP and buried her face on his chest, faking funny sobs.

“But,” They all turned their heads to Taeyang. “Do you think she’s okay? Truly moved on? She’s affected? Hurt or something?” He asked the girls testily.

The girls straightened up from sitting and began looking at each other carefully. Even with his loud music on, GD raised his eyes to them and decided to take off the earphones. “Yeah.” CL said hesitantly.

“What?!” TOP, Taeyang, Seungri and Daesung all leaned to the girls in front of them.

“She is . . .” CL stopped and looked at Minzy. The BB boys turned to the 2NE1 maknae.

“D-Dara eonni is . . . Well, she’s . . .” But then she looked at the eldest as she tried to think if what they think of even made sense. The boys looked at Bom but she just drank her corn shake, avoiding their impatient looks.

“Dara noona is what?!” The four shouted loudly, not wanting to scare them but they were completely leaving them hanging by the thread.

“Singing.”Minzy, Bom and CL said in unison as they stared at the boys seriously.

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“Woah!” Seungri and Daesung looked at them in disbelief.

“Yah.” Taeyang squinted his eyes at them while TOP just stared at them quietly, waiting where’s the joke.

“That’s so mean!” Seungri stood up and pointed at them. “My noona is working hard in 2NE1 just like you all! She deserves where she is now. I can’t believe you, her sisters, would say that. She may not have strong vocals like you three but in terms of hardwork-”

“What?” The girls were dumbfounded.

“How could you all insult her like sh-”

A pillow, emptied soda can and CL’s black Gucci stiletto were thrown to Seungri’s face simultaneously. “The hell are you talking about!!!”

“Owww! Oww!” Seungri jumped over the couch and hid at the back of it, afraid of the other things the girls would throw at him. “But you said-” The panda pouted his lips.

“That’s not what we meant, stupid!” CL threw her brush at Seungri.

“Then what?” TOP asked Bom.

Bom looked at Minzy and the maknae sighed. “She’s singing this song.”

“What song?” Taeyang took a bite on his pizza.

Minzy then looked at their leader. “A Smile In Your Heart.” CL replied in English.

“Huh?” TOP was confused. GD narrowed his eyes for a bit and drank his beer while listening very intently.

The leader looked at Bom and made a you-tell-em look. Bom straightened her back, pulling away from TOP’s hug. “It’s a song she recorded years ago when she was still in the Philippines.” And her soulful voice was heard in the room. “~~~You brighten my day, showing me my direction. You coming to me, giving me inspiration. How can I ask for more from you, my dear? Maybe just a smile in your heart.~~~”

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The boys looked at each other, asking if they were just pranking them or what. “Okay.” Taeyang extended his hands to them while making his point. “What’s wrong with singing this song?”

“Yeah.” Seungri immediately agreed, still at the back of the couch.

“I don’t remember YG prohibiting his artists to sing a song that isn’t produced by YG itself.” Daesung told TOP which the latter nodded.

“I don’t know. Aigoo! We don’t know!” Bom threw her hands up the air in frustration. “How are we gonna explain this? Chaerin?” She looked at CL for help.

“You see,” Of course, it would be the leader to do all the explanation. “One time, when we were eating at the cafeteria with Hye Sun eonni, that song played on her cellphone. We asked her where did she get that and she said that she heard Dara eonni singing it years ago even before she got accepted in YG.” Now, all the boys were all ears to her. “That was the time Dara eonni visited the country and met Hye Sun eonni.”

The boys were still not getting it. “That was the time Hye Sun eonni introduced people to Dara eonni. Hye Sun eonni told us that she kept on singing the song the night after she met her very, very close guy friends.” told Minzy, waiting if they got it.

“We don’t get it.” Daesung chuckled awkwardly and looked at s, trying to see if he was right that s also didn’t get it or just him.

“Aigoo!” Bom exclaimed. “She began singing that song when she met Donghae!” Bom widened her eyes in shock. “Omo! I said his name! Arrghh! That prick! Tabi!” But TOP just stared at her, still trying to understand what she just told them.

CL continued. “The first