Gratefulness~ pt.3

YG visits us in the afternoon to see what we're doing. I have been reading my Korean book faithfully and I've almost made it to the hundredth page. Ji and Seungri are answering the questions their fans have sent. Tae, Dae and TOP are resting in the livingroom.

"Mineea", YG takes a bar stool and drags it in the livingroom, sits near me.
"Do you want plastic surgeries?" he asks bluntly. My jaw drops and Ji lifts his head behind the laptop.
"She doesn't need anything to be done", Taeyang looks at his boss irritably.
"I didn't ask you", YG coughs and turns to me.
"I... Umm..."
"You want to? Could you do it? You don't have to but you have the opportunity to do it now."
How can he be sure that I will success so well that I will ever be an idol? What if all the surgeries are useless? But of course I wouldn't do them only because of idolization.

"Jaw shaving...?" I say silently. I am not perfect and I don't want to change into a completely diffrent-looking person but why shouldn't I fix some little flaws if I can. I don't personally have anything against people fixing their looks as long as it doesn't make them look unnatural. If you have got money to spend why wouldn't the celebrities use it to make themselves look better? I think it's the same as changing the color your hair or the way you dress, plastic surgery is just more permanent.
"Why?" Ji raises eyebrows.
"Just a little. I don't want to change completely", I explain to him.
"GD, you have a chin implant", YG blurts to defend me. And even though I have known about it, it feels more concrete now. I look at Ji Yong's jaw and the perfect V line. He looks down ashamed.
"And my nose is too round", I draw a circle in the air.
"But you are so beautiful", Daesung keeps looking at my face confused. Seungri and TOP stay quiet.
"But I could be more beautiful."
"I'll make a call. You can always cancel it", YG nods at me kindly, takes his phone and walks out of the suite.

When we finish eating dinner Ji Yong and I withdraw to our room. Ji has gone through the lyrics again and he drops them on my suitcase like it was ours. He turns around and wraps his arms around my shoulders, whispers to my ear:
"Do you want to go on a date with me?"
I hold back my girly giggling and stroke his back. I look into his eyes and smile.
"What are we going to do then?"

I step inside a big and grandiloquent hall through old dilapidated doors.
"This is the same place we were yesterday!" I notice. We are back in the traditional French building where Big Bang was photographed. Ji takes the key out of his pocket and locks the doors behind him.
"You have the key??" I look at him astonished.
"I rented this", he drops the key in his dark grey jeans hip pocket and looks around satisfied.

The building has two floors and in the middle of the huge hall there's a wide stone stairway. On every corner stands a figure made of marble and the walls are half made of panel. The wallpaper has decayed in places and there's a few floor tiles missing from the floor. The shades are pastel and clear. The high decorative windows are covered by curtains with curl patterns on them and they are draped to one side by tassels. We are that much above the ground that the people walking down the streets can't reach and peek inside. It's a perfectly peaceful place in the middle of this busy city.
"I can't believe you did this", I admire the building. It looks so spacious without the staff and all the cameras and equipment. Chairs, softboxes, umbrellas, props... Now the walls echo our words and repeat our talk.
"Follow me", Ji waves his hand to the direction he's heading. He walks behind the stairway and as I follow him there, I see a table with a silver tray on it. Different kind of alcoholic beverages have been placed on it and Ji pours himself something green and bubbly from a jug. Two Segaways have been driven against the wall. I scream as I notice them.
"What! Are those really Segaways?"
Ji nods and smirks at my reaction as he tastes the drink.
"Can I try?!" I jump to that odd thingamajig and take a good look from every angle.
"Have some drinks first? It's so much more fun then", Ji picks a white bottle from the table for me and hands it over. Mister G-Dragon really knows how to surprise a woman.

I don't know what poison was in that white bottle but driving a Segaway afterwards feels so funny.
Ji shows me personally how to drive the thing. He holds my hands and pushes the buttons. I giggle because of the good mood.
He gets on his own Segaway and leads the way.
He turns at the corner and shouts:
"Catch me if you can!"
"Ah!! You are too quick! Aiiiiish!" I huff as I try to learn to control the vehicle. Finally I start to understand it but Ji Yong is zooming far ahead of me. I drive one curve straight and it's not far that I'd hit a column. Ji guffaws in front of me and glances at me.
"Oh! You are so close!"
At the same moment I speed up and I know that he slows down for a purpose. I slap his shoulder as I drive past him.
"Vrooom! Hahaha!" I laugh and look behind me. "You catch me now!"

We drive around the hall a few times and Ji catches me. I curve through the columns with sweat on my face to get a grip of him and eventually I'm only a few meters away from him.
But Ji curves behind the stairway misleading me and I drive past. I can hear his silent laughter echoing from the walls.
"Damn you!" I splurge and curve behind the stairway. But he's not there anymore. His segaway is leaning against the wall. I stop and get off mine. If he dares to scare me now...

But he's really not there. I take a new drink from the table. This time a purple one. I take a quick look at the screen of my phone to see how messy my hair looks after furious riding and I settle down the loose hair. Then I walk to the middle of the hall. I turn around but I can not see a hiding spot good enough for Ji Yong to hide.
"Ji?" I yell. No answer.
"Ji Yong?" my voice echoes.
"Ji, you can't just disappear like that..."
I glance at the stairs and the second floor. I can see tall doors which maybe lead to offices or to other fancy rooms. I take a few catious steps and listen carefully. It's perfectly silent. Has he fallen asleep somewhere?

"Ji", I whine quietly and walk up the stairs. When I get to the second floor I notice that one of the doors on my right is open. Aha, I think to myself. I got you!
I sneak quietly leaning against the wall to the door and peek inside. Ji is sitting on the floor beside the doorway.
I step inside.
"I found you!"
He's pouring beer down his throat and looking at me. He grabs around my wrist with his warm hand and pulls me down. He looks like he's drunk already.
"It was fun, right?" he smiles at me from under his brimmed hat. I nod.
"Yeah. How did you come up with something like that?" I stare at him. Ji's looking forward, holding his hand on my knee and with his other hand he's sloshing the cold beer bottle. He's almost laying on the floor, that's how relaxed his position is.
"Stop asking questions", he says.
"What?"
"You are always asking questions."
I look at him dazed.
"I don't know a lot about you, so I have to ask..."
"No. Don't ask", Ji glances at the bottle. "You don't have to."
"Hmh?"
"If you stay with me, you will see..."
I listen carefully what he's saying.
"Who I am. What I do. What I like and what I hate." He turns his head and looks at me with his chocolate brown eyes. I forget to breath.
"So, stay with me."

And without hesitating a secong I answer:
"I will."
Ji smiles a little and stands up, walks to the other side of the room. I think about his words. Does he really need me? If I'm his support, his safety... He is my support, my hope and he's the person who came into my life to change it completely. "Because of you, I'm here now. Standing as a new person. On the way to a new life, to a new start", I state in my mind.

Ji stops in front of a valuable-looking desk. On the book shelves against the walls must be hundreds of old books neatly on a row. I wonder what this building was in the first place.
Ji's bony fingers touch the wooden surface. He turns to look at me, smiling. With one gesture he asks me to come to him. What is he thinking about now?
I can feel the electrical tension growing as I stand up slowly and, without taking my eyes off him, put the glass down on the floor and start to approach him. Ji leans against the desk to wait for me, crosses his arms on his chest. I walk to him step by step swaying my hips from side to side slightly.
The hard heels of my loafers clop against the stone floor. I step very close to him. Ji's eyes lay on my hips that he has been staring at all the time. I lift his chin with one finger and grab his collar. He's amazed of my strict grips. But then he smiles under the brim.
I take his hat which is on the way and put it on the desk. I don't know what got into me.
I pull him closer to me with one vigorous movement and I almost rip his expensive shirt. I press my lips on his wet lips and feel his hand on my chest. He slides it slowly down to my hips and holds me tightly. "It's the alcohol. I blame alcohol", I keep saying to myself and bite gently on Ji's ear lobe. He likes it very much and his hands run down on my butt to caress me.

Notes

If you ever wonder why I use Ji instead of Ji Yong, that's how Minea likes to call him. It's nickname for Ji Yong :) Just like YB and Tae are nicknames for Young Bae/Taeyang, Dae for Daesung etc.

edit. 3 hours later: annoying typos corrected!
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Teaser for chapter 14