Dreams

Chapter 26

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Vernon's POV - Thursday, 1:30 p.m - backstage Mcountdown

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"WHERE'S YUKA?!" I shouted at them, but only received looks a fright and shock. "Where is she?" I asked more gentle this time.

"D-down there." Jitae pointed down the stairs. I immediately took off.

"Vernon, wait!" I froze when Seuljin called me. "It's probably not a good idea to go see her right now." The other boys we're now pouring out of the room.

"Why?" I asked looking over to Wonwoo, hoping for him that their answer had nothing to do with what we'd seen.

"Well, for one cause she's busy working right now."

"Working? How is she working? Aren't you guys on vacation or something? Why would she be working? And backstage? What would she be working as backstage?" I ranted.

"Vernon, chill, we have an explanation." Jitae snapped at me.

"I want to see her now!" I shouted starting to get frustrated. My legs we're itching to make a run for it.

"Vernon, shut up and let them speak!" Coups hyung shouted back. What's the deal with him? Did he know about this the entire time?

"Fine. But make it quick. I have to see her." I said impatiently shifting my weight from foot to foot.

"So here's a quick run through Why we're here:" Oh boy, this better be good. "we met Toppdogg on Saturday, Rome helped us get a private meeting with them, we helped them with a problem they had and they invited us to come along, but the only way to do that without causing scandals is for us to work with their crew. Did everyone get that, cause I'm not saying it again."

Wonwoo pushed through the crowd of boys. Out of all of us he's probably feeling the worst right now.

"How do you guys know Rome?" He said darkly. Oh no. I could tell that Seuljin and Jitae we're thinking the same thing.

"We met him when we we're shopping the other day. Thursday, last week I think it was. Yoosol know she was there, too" Jitae explained and pointed at Yoosol who was hiding behind the boys.

"You knew and didn't tell us?!" Wonwoo spun around to face Yoosol.

"Hey, I thought you guys knew!" She threw her hands in the air and pointed at Coups. "He definitely knew. He's the one that took all Changmin's calls."

Everyone looked at Coups. "I was right! You knew about all this the entire time!" I shouted at him.

"Yah! I only knew about Rome! I didn't deem it as important to mention cause I didn't know any of this was going to happen and Changmin didn't make it seem very important. Plus the damn girl hasn't called me since that huge argument on Friday so how the heck would I know about the Toppdogg stuff?! There's only one person that could know more than us." We all looked back to Yoosol.

Jitae and Seuljin looked around confused. "Yoosol? What has Yoosol got to do with this?"

"She was the last of us that spoke with Changmin and after that she told us to trust her and do everything Changmin says." Woozi explained to them not taking his eyes off Yoosol.

Jitae sucked in a sharp breath. "W-w-what?! Yoosol how could you?!"

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Angel's POV - 1:45 p.m

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"Jitae! Seuljin! Where are you?" I called for like the fifth time. Where the heck did they go? I already checked the stage area, but they had already left.

"Seul-" As I walked past a stairway someone, or should I say two people came running down. I turned to see who it was and the two people froze.

"Jitae? Seuljin?" I cocked my head looking up at them. "Where were you? Minah is waiting for you." The two looked at each other then back to me an shrugged.

"We've been... around." They said together. Just then a third person came rushing down the stairs.

"Angel!?" a familiar voice soft and squishy voice shouted at the figure tumbled down the stairs and stopped right behind Jitae and Seuljin, who both face-palmed themselves.

BA-BUMP. My heart skipped a beat when I realized who it was.

"Minghao?!" I shouted back and began running up the stairs. Minghao pushed through the girls aside and crashed right in to me wrapping his arms around me. It felt so nice to be in his arms, his warm embrace and his scent felt so right.

At the back of my fading conscience I could here the other boys noisily coming down the stairs. "NO!" someone shouted. "GO BACK UP!" I wrapped my arms tightly around Minghao's waist not wanting to let him go.

"Minghao..." Someone said softly beside us.

"Aniya." I felt him muttered into my hair as his arms tightened around me.

"Minghao, you'll see her again later. They have to go before they get in trouble." the person pulled Minghao away from me. I reached out and grabbed his shirt before the person could take him away from me.

"Aniyaaa~" I pulled on his shirt. "I don't want him to leave.

"Angel, they're coming over later." Seuljin told me soothingly as she gently wrapped her hands around my wrists and released my grasp on his shirt. I looked up at her. There was absolutely nothing on my mind. Nothing, but Minghao. I want to be with him. Right now. Forever. Always.

I turned my head and watched Seungcheol as he pulled Minghao up the stairs. I absentmindedly lifted my hand and opened and closed it like a little child waving goodbye. He did the same before he disappeared around the corner. "Bye bye." I whispered after him.

Jitae giggled and wrapped her arm around my shoulders. "C'mon, love drunkee number three. Let's go before Minah gets too upset." I nodded slowly and started walking back with them.

By the time we got back to the room I had recollected myself. "They're coming over later?" I asked them before we entered the room.

"Yeah, we sorta cleared up the problem, well not quite, but enough, so we invited them over tonight. Or tomorrow, but they said tonight is better cause they have a performance tomorrow." Jitae explained.

"Don't tell the others, let it be a surprise for them." Seuljin winked then opened the door. "Sorry it took us so long. Jitae had to go to the bathroom really bad and it took us forever to find it." I looked over to Jitae, who at first screwed up her face, but then quickly nodded and apologized then handed the paper with the equipment list to Minah.

"You two go babysit the lions, make sure they're ready on time, Angel, you can go help the make-up artist with Hansol and A-tom over there." Minah shooed us back to work.