Inked

Chaper 25 - Reliving old days

I woke up to the sound of people talking. The sunlight was shining on my face and I slowely opened my eyes to see a place that was not mine. For a minute I screened my surrounding and found A.J laying next to me while in the faint distance I could hear some male voices. I tried to move without waking her up but she moved aside and stood up herself.

"Jungkook will kill me for sure", she said smilin weakly and stretching.

I giggled and imagined a very tired Jungkook waiting for his wife to come home. I was sure that she must have given him a heads up that she might stay over but still the picture of him being angry amused me. My smile was replaced by guilt. I was staying at G Dragons house-someone from my past and did not even tell Jinyoung. I felt more that confused and started at the ceiling.

I felt a tap on my shoulde and looked at A.J.

"Come on I will drop you off home", she said and we left without saying anything.

"We sneeked out", I said to her and she just waved a hand towards me.

" Well I texted him and said that we are busy. Anyway I could see that guilty and confused face of yours so I figured that I will bring you back to yours. It seemed like alot to you. I can understand that you might need some time to process that. I am here for you whenever you want to talk or just have fun", she said to me as we pulled up at the highway.

I nodded and looked out of the window. How on earth would I explain this to Jinyoung. Before I realised it we arrived at my flat and I thanked A.J for the help before I headed to my apartment. I got inside and took a shower. Just as I was done changing into a shirt dress I heard the doorbell. But then when I went to open it I found no one. Thinking that it was a prank from little boys I closed the door and got ready to head out again. I needed to talk to Jinyoung but I did not know how.

I pulled out my phone and called Namjoon.

" Hey long time not heard from you. How are you?", he sang on the other end.

" Confused I would say", I said rather serious.

" Talk to Jinyoung about it. I feel like it concerns him. If you still need someone to talk after that then call me any time", he adviced me.

I was impressed on how he knew and I could hear him sign.

" I am a genius I know. Anyway go and find him. You sound too conflicted to do this over the phone", Namjoon said and bid his goodbye.

He was right. I could not wait around longer so I texted Jackson asking whether Jinyoung was at the dorm or the company. Jackson told me that he was alone at the dorm resting until afternoon. I knew where the dorm was from former days so I did not waste time and hailed a cab to get there. My heart was beating so loud and fast the closer we got to their dorm. My legs felt heavier each step that I took. Now I was just infront of their apartment hesitating to ring the bell.

Taking a deep breath I rang the bell and hoped that he would not answer it. Someohow I felt like I cheated on him. I could feel tears stining in my eyes but I wiped them away just before he opened the door.

Without saying anything he grabbed my hand pulling me inside. He wrapped his arms around me and then I pushed him away. G Dragon was just holding me in his arms a few hours ago. Confused he looked at me but I could not look at him.

" Jinyoung I need to tell you something", I said and that is when teared up again.

" What is it?", he asked me serious but still holding my hand.

" I remember it now. I went to find G Dragon last night with A.J looking for answers. It turned out that we were friends back then....", I started to retell him the story.

"Why are you crying?", he asked me confused.

" Because I did not call you. He hugged me tight after he realised that I was his old friend. Because we might have been more than just friends. Because...", I said but he cut me off.

He raised me chin so that I looked at him and he asked: " Do you love him?".

"No I don't", I answered honest.

Without saying anything anymore he just looked at me and kissed me.

" I love you and what you did is not cheating. Calm down", he said hugging me tight and stroking my back to calm me down.

These words lifted a weight off my shoulders and I felt at ease now. All  I needed was this.

I let him go and he released me.

" When did I become the crybaby anyway? Was I not the one taking care of you?", I said chuckling.

" Well now I return the favour. Love is a give and take. We grow together", he said smiling and we headed  to the kitchen.

We ate breakfast together and talked for a while until it was time for him to head to work. I had a day off and he suggested that I should tag along since I could see the old crew. Having no excused I agreed and it was good to see the crew and Uka and I had come coffee and cake. We catched up. On my way to the pratice room of GOT7 I ran into Felix. He ran past me and vanished into one of the pratice rooms where I could hear some shouting.

Without thinking about it I walked in and found them all shouting and fighting. I have never seen them like this. I walked to the sound system and put the music on full blast which made them all shut their ears.

I turned the music off and walked to them. Now that they have seen me they stopped their fight and glared at eachother.

"What are you doing here Noona?", Felix asked me rather nervous.

" Seeing that you clearly have a problem. Spit it", I said serious and they all stayed in silence.

" Ok since you are learning your new song let me hear it", I said and sat down and watched them get into position.

Already in the first verse I saw them all mess up and not paying attention. I turned the music off.

" Great I am sure that this will bring you to huge stadiums. What ever you are not agreeing on try to talk through it. Clearly this is toxic for all the work you have put into your dream. If you mess this up now you will regret this. You are a family, brothers and you should not let things escalate like this. Can one of you show me choregraphy?", I asked them and Felix came to the front and danced through the whole song.

" It is hard...", the rest complained.

I laughed and stood next to Felix. We started the music and I danced along and they were speechless.

"Nothing is impossible", I said and they seemed to finally understand what I was trying to imply.

I took some time for them and we talked about the problem they had. It turned out to be frustration that they were not promoted as much as they used to. I could not understand why JYP made that call and I promised them to talk to them. Whatever there was they should stick together.

I straight went to JYPs office and he let me see him. He was confused about what I was saying and checked with the responsible people. I recognized once face as the former manager of TWICE and saw that she was trying JYP from the inside. JYP called the security and she was brought to the police station. JYP and I headed to the boys and he personally apologized to them which caused the boys to tear up and group hug me and JYP.

Some things never change and once again I realised that they needed me still. I promised to come by more often and help them. I got a call from Jackson who asked me to come to the studio where they were just recording a song Jinyoung wrote. It was about true love and he Jackson sneaked me in so that I could listen to it. It was beauitfil.