Unexpected Love

39. A Nice Reunion

I took Seung to Yoongi's dressing room, and when I was about to leave them alone, Yoongi grabbed me by my arm, inviting me to stay.

— "Seung! Dongsaeng! Come here!" — he opened his arms to hug his friend.

— "Yoongi hyung! Great to see you! It's been so long brother!"

— "So tell me, how are you, what are you working on, how is life treating you? I've listened to some of your productions, they're great! We should do a collaboration sometime!"

— "That sounds like a great idea! I'm fine, working on some movie scores... and life has treated me great! I've been married for 3 years, we live in NYC but I'm here right now for business, I  bumped into my wife 5 years ago, I mean LITERALLY bumped into her in Incheon!" — Seung laughs. — "We have a 1-year-old daughter, Huimang, look!" — He showed us a family pic, his wife and daughter are beautiful! (Huimang means Hope, I shed a tear, but thank God they didn't notice).

— "Woaah Dongsaeng, your wife is gorgeous! All the Korean beauty captured in one person, and your daughter... Bella, look at these eyes, cheeks, and lips! Doesn't she remind you of somebody?" — Yoongi laughs, but he's right.

— "She looks like Jungkook!"

— "Yeah, that's what the whole family says." — Seung shrugs his shoulders in defeat at such an obvious resemblance, and we all laugh. — "What about you? Besides music, do you have somebody in your life? Plans for future Yoongis running and rapping around?"

— "So, yeah... I kinda have someone right now, but it's a bit complicated." — He turned to look at me with some sadness in his eyes, then tried to change the direction of his comment. — "You know how the industry can make things complicated for an idol who just wants to live a normal life while doing what he loves. I would love to have a family, at least three children, lots of grandchildren, get grey and old with the girl of my dreams, but... right now it's complicated."

— "Yeah, I know what you mean." — Seung turns to me. — "What about you, Bella?"

He caught me off guard —"Oh, well, I do have someone in my life, but just like Yoongi said... it's complicated. I would have to make some major changes in my life if I want to be with him, but... I'm willing to change my whole world just to be with my love."

Yoongi looked at me with bright watery eyes and a small curl on the corner of his lips, just enough to show a small smile. I blushed and smiled back at him, giving him a reassuring look at what I was willing to do for him.

— "So! Seung! Come with us for some drinks and dinner at the hotel, we have lots to talk about!"

— "Sure! Let me just give my wife a call." — he walked to a corner of the room, his back to us.

— "Uhmm, Yoongi, I gotta go and finish up some things before we go back to the hotel, I'll catch a ride later, ok? Enjoy your time with Seung!" — I gave him a small kiss on the cheek just when Seung turned around and caught us, but we didn't notice.

— "Sure Nabi, see you later."

During their ride back to the hotel, they were both talking about their projects, until Seung asked Yoongi about that "kinda someone" in his life. (Yoongi shared this with me later, that's why I can write about it)

— "Ahh Dongsaeng, life is so complicated at times. Sometimes I feel there's nothing out there for me anymore, I'm running out of dreams."

— "I saw your documentary, you look satisfied, yet with something missing. I also watched all your Suchwita episodes."

— "You see, this someone is so special! She's so bright, intelligent, sensitive, humble, strong... so many things! And don't get me talking about her looks, Fuck! She drives me crazy!"

— "She? So it's a woman... I thought you were..."

— "Gay? Because of what you read or see online?" — Yoongi laughed out so hard.

— "Sorry, yeah. I like to know about you and how you're doing, so I do read a lot about you guys. Sorry, I assumed what they said could be true." — Seung felt a bit ashamed.

— "Well, I'm whatever I want to be at the moment. Don't worry about it, sometimes they can be right. I don't care much about gender, you know?" — Yoongi shrugged his shoulders with a funny face. — "But, going back to her... Seung, I don't know what to do. We are from different places... different countries, and I want her with me in Seoul. But I can't be selfish and ask her to leave her life behind and follow me, but dude! I love her!"

— "And do you know if she loves you back, I mean, in the same way you do? When will you see her again? maybe you can get away with her for a couple of nights and talk about your situation as two adults, not two lovebirds."

— "I'll see her when we get back to the hotel, she had to stay behind to translate some things." — he said with a mischievous look.

— "Aaaahhh... Bella. Yeah, It thought it could be her. I saw the kiss, and you calling her Nabi." — Seung said raising his eyebrows.

— "Yes, Bella." — Yoongi said looking out the window. — "I trust you will be discreet about this and not share with anyone, please."

Yoongi and Seung already had dinner and were drinking some of my mezcal by the time I got back to the hotel. I didn't plan on stopping by Yoongi's room until Seung would be about to leave, so I could just say goodbye to him, but somebody notified Yoongi about my arrival and as soon as I stepped out of the elevator there he was, waiting for me.

— "Bella, come in! Please take your mezcal away" — He chuckled with red cheeks. -- "Oh, Seung knows about us, he caught you when you kissed me on the cheek, and I kinda spilled out the tea after that."

I stepped into Yoongi's suite to "hide" my mezcal and made them laugh. They were not drunk, just a bit relaxed. We hung out for about another hour and a half or so when Seung stood up and said it was time for him to go. Yoongi stood up, gave him a big hug, and made him promise they would not lose contact again.

— "It was great seeing you again Seung, you are special to me, you know that, right?"

— "The same here, Yoongi Hyung, you were my first true friend, and I thank you for that. Stay well brother, and I hope things turn out well for you... and Bella." — They hugged one more time, patting their backs.

— "Nice meeting you Seung." — I hugged him and kissed him on his cheek.

— "Nice meeting you, too, Bella." — He hugged me back, and asked me to show him to the elevator. — "Bella, hyung really loves you, he's afraid of losing you, and that's hurting him a lot. Please be gentle to him when you turn him down, ok?"

— "I'm not." I responded softly. — "That is, I'm not turning him down, I'm going with him all the way back to Seoul, I just figured that out today."

— "That's wonderful!" — he hugged me again. — "Let's stay in touch, please."

I waved at him as the elevator doors closed, and walked back to Yoongi's suite.