Mastermind I Nyongtory

Chapter 5

The next week was extremely uncomfortable, at least for Seungri that was.

He really wanted to talk to Jiyong, the same evening they had their last conversation he had tried to contact the older in order to settle everything once and for all. But Jiyong didn't have any of it.

The rapper had vehemently rejected all calls and the next day, as well as the following ones, avoided talking to the youngest all together. You would think the leader was smart enough to keep it subtle and to act like nothing had happened, at least in front of the rest of the band, but no, of course not. He made it blatantly obvious that something must've gone wrong between him and Seungri because no matter what, he was straight up ignoring the other.

Well, at least he didn't seem to have told anybody about Seungri's secret.

Obviously everyone noticed and therefore Seungri had to deal with weird stares and even weirder questions because in all of YGE it was a well-known fact that Seungri and Jiyong were very close, inseparable you could say. People sometimes called them the old couple or the pair of mischief because together they were a pretty pesky team that liked to annoy and prank the whole company. It was also equally well-known that the two barely ever fought and if they did it was quickly settled. Jiyong could never stay mad at his adorable little pumpkin munchkin sugar cupcake and Seungri never really got angry to begin with. So seeing them not talking to each other, or rather Jiyong not talking to Seungri made everybody wonder just what in the freaking world must've happened to have such an outcome.

Today was the seventh deadly day of avoidance and Seungri was beyond annoyed.

Yes, Jiyong was angry and yes Seungri understood. But he had made so much effort to explain himself, yet the oh-so mature leader kept ignoring him as if they were in kindergarten and to be quite frankly, Seungri has had it. He didn't have the time to deal with the older's childish behavior, companies, especially in a crisis, didn't manage themselves and the maknae had more than a lot to do. He was fucking busy to the point where sleep was a luxury, yet he was literally fighting for Jiyong to acknowledge his existence. The younger hadn't eaten a proper meal in days, only a bit toast here and an apple there, he hadn't slept in his own bed for an equal amount of time, so exhaustion was slowly getting the better of him. He could probably take some time to rest or eat if he wasn't constantly staying by Jiyong's side, mostly in the studio, in a poor attempt to squeeze a few words out of the leader. The sacrifices he made for their friendship.

All five members were currently at the studio discussing their latest track they recorded. Teddy had left a few minutes ago, leaving the band to talk about this and that regarding their upcoming album.

It was difficult to follow them though, Seungri decided as he couldn't help but doze off every thirty seconds. He was physically and mentally done, he really couldn't take it anymore but for some reason the members found it funny how he struggled to manage his business life, idol life and private life at the moment but in the end they didn't have a clue about his reality, so he couldn't blame them, could he. They probably assumed him to have a hangover or whatever.

It was in one of those thirty seconds of staying awake that Seungri caught onto the conversation and actually had something productive to add. It was about the concept of the concerts, a topic Seungri had always been very involved into. He loved seeing his fans happy, he wanted to hear them cheer and scream and jump in joy and he would do anything for them, really, walking to the last corner of the concert hall to find out if every fan could actually see them, learn a few sentences in their language to converse with them, literally anything. And his members let him because they knew he enjoyed it and, more importantly, they knew he was good at it.