Breaking Rules

RULE # 22: BE PATIENT

I will follow him

Han almost hit the roof. "That stubborn! Stubborn! Oh my God! Haisssssshhhhhhh!"

"Calm down" Se7en told her. Big Bang had flown to Japan with Teddy and Teddy had begged him to delay his flight for L.A. for another week and oversee operations at the club.

He had been unable to talk at all to Ji coz he didn't want to push it too much.

He had proved one thing, though. Ji believed that Dara didn't love him the way he did for her. Now, how Ji arrived at that conclusion... Se7en might not know just yet. The younger man had escaped him like Houdini after their talk.

"How could he think that Dara sees him as a brother? Is he blind?!? Oh! Why must that man be so thick-headed!"

Se7en took Han's hand "Let's seat ok? We need to think how we're going to go around this. I care for those two nut heads and they seem to have a misunderstanding as big as that of North and South Korea. If we handle this the wrong way, they might not end up together like we want them to."

"I know. I know" Han agreed "They're both as stubborn as a mule! I told Dara to try and talk to Ji about this but she doesn't want to. She's afraid of him too, I think."

"She's afraid of how Ji might react you should say, not Ji himself" he clarified.

"Well, whatever it is. They're both too afraid to talk to one another it's irritating!"

"The both of them have got a lot to lose that's why we need to make them both realize that there's really nothing to be afraid of. We have to work on Ji first. He's the key point here. He's the one where all this started and if we get to set him straight... I tell you, he'll be the one to make the way for him and Dara to be together."

"We also have to talk to Teddy" Han added.

"We'll do all that."

Han, finally, smiled. "How did you get to become such a good man?"

"I have always been..." he replied sheepishly and hugged her.

"I'm going to Japan and talk to Ji" Han announced "And I'll try not to be angry."

Se7en laughed and kissed her on the forehead. "Don't bring sharp objects with you, ok?"

***

Who said anything about jet lag?

Ji had to rub his eyes again. He and the guys had performed for two hours last night and were harrowed by a group of "obsessive" fans (One was proposing to T.O.P. – much to his brother's embarrassment) as they went out of the club.

Teddy took them to one of his favorite 24-hour noodle houses and Ji made a mental note to take Dara there (which he also kicked himself for afterwards coz he had no business thinking such things).

His alarm clock went off once more and he lunged at it. 10:00 AM.

In two hours, he had to be downstairs rehearsing a Nihonggo number with the guys. It was a song that Teddy had written and had a friend translate. Banking on their marketability, Teddy had gambled to build up their rep in Japan than launch his club here with a Japanese group.

It was inevitable, though, that the club here will be the fortress of underground talents in Japan (much like Teddy's in Korea) but the Manager wanted to launch it using one of his own creations, same as he did with the Wonder Girls for the L.A. club.