Trapped

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Jiyong was rushing towards Dara so the others were also alarmed. Before they knew it, everyone was going to where they were, other volunteers were nice enough to man their posts while they were away to check on Dara.

"Dara! Are you okay? Does it hurt? Do you need to get checked? Let's go to the clinic right now!" Jiyong was already rambling on when their friends arrived.

Junsuke looked at Se7en with a raised brow as if asking: 'he does know there are cameras right?', which the latter just shrugged at to answer.

"I'm fine Ji." Hearing Dara's words, Junsuke and Se7en's faces crumpled. 'Ji'? After the break-up, Dara never called Jiyong 'Ji' up until now. The latter may not have noticed it because he was so occupied with Dara being 'hurt' so he showed no heed to what the woman he was fussing on called him.

"No. We have to get you checked." Jiyong persisted. What if she had a broken bone? Based from experience, it'd take 100 days for the bone to fully recover and it'd be hard for Dara to discipline herself, especially when it was almost time for their scheduled comebacks. If she got her bone broken now, she most probably wouldn't follow the Doctor and train even with a broken bone.

"No. I'm really fine. See?" She stood up but because she was so keen on showing Jiyong she was fine, she didn't take note of where the hole was and once again fell down the moment her foot landed inside.

"Dara!" Jiyong shouted, shocking everyone there, including the other volunteers. "Can you, for once, not be stubborn. Please?" He begged.

"I'm really fine. Honest." She even placed her hand up while the other rested on the part of her chest where her heart was to show her sincerity, but Jiyong wasn't having any of it.

He sighed. The moment everyone thought he'd be letting the situation go, he scooped Dara into his arms and out of reflex, Dara snaked her arms around his nape to secure herself from the idea of her falling if she didn't.

"Yah!"

"Shut up! I'm taking you to the clinic!"

"Kwong Jiyong! Put me down! I can walk! Jiyong! I said I was fine! Yah!"

Everyone left behind were dumbfounded. It was mind boggling to see Jiyong act out in front of the cameras with Dara - something he rarely does with her.

Kiwoong and Chanyeol were the most surprised. Yes, Jiyong has been doing subtle things for Dara like placing his coat on her when it was too cold, giving her food when she looked like she was hungry, giving her napkins after meals and he even went as far as buying sanitary pads for her! But this was the first time he openly did something with Dara.

"He does know there are cameras, right?" Chanyeol, who had a kid hugging one of his thighs, asked everyone.

"Jiyong, that crazy child!" Hyeongdon sighed and rubbed his temples. He knew Jiyong liked Dara. The latter would automatically brighten up at the mere mention of her name so it was also the reason why he brought her up everytime they met, as to put Jiyong in a better mood.

He always saw Jiyong as a levelheaded young man who knew when to act and when not to, but he just did something stupid. There was no way the staff and the show's editors would omit the scene of the G-Dragon running towards Dara like a mother afraid of her child falling down the bed.

"He was acting up, wasn't he?" Junsuke asked Se7en. "Wouldn't this be harder for Dara?"

"Let's just see them fix their own problems." Se7en gave the man a pat on the shoulder. "Besides, wouldn't it be better for them to get back together? Don't tell me you never wished for it to happen Junsuke." He then grinned before finally walking away to his post.

Junsuke, who was standing alone at where Dara had tripped got his phone from his pocket, he browsed his contacts and pressed the name of the person he wanted to talk to as soon as he spotted the contact name.

"Yah! Chaerin-ah."

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"I told you I was fine." Dara said matter of factly as soon as they exited the nearby clinic.

The doctor looked at Jiyong weirdly after Dara stood up and jumped around like nothing happened. He told the man he was overreacting and that Dara was fine and there was no broken bones or anything of the sort.

Jiyong didn't answer. He was immersed in his own little bubble that he didn't notice the pole he was walking straight into.

With a loud 'pang', Jiyong's forehead and the pole collided. The former hissed and immediately rubbed the forming bruise on his head.

"You okay?" Dara worriedly asked as she inched closer to the man. She took Jiyong's hand away from his forehead and examined the bruise closely, their faces inches from each other. "You should really pay attention to where you're going GD-ah."

Dara was talking, but Jiyong couldn't hear anything. The pain he felt earlier from his forehead also vanished like thin air as soon as he saw Dara's worried face so close to his own.

He stared at every part of her face. Her doe like eyes, her cute nose, and her thin pink lips.

Dara noticed he was already staring so she flicked his forehead, making him hiss in pain.

"Stop staring. We need to go." She walked ahead of Jiyong, alarming him.

He still thought Dara was in pain, despite the assurance of the Doctor.

"Yah! Dara, slow down! You might trip again."

Dara looked back and stared at the man with a look saying he was out of his mind.

"Really. Slow down."

As Jiyong ran towards Dara - who was walking at her usual pace, some passersby had seen the whole exchange. Some even had taken pictures of the sweet moment between Dara and GD.

They might not be a well developed area, but they do still have television at home. And of course they knew of Dara of 2ne1 and G-Dragon of Big Bang, as they were popular even after years of being away from t.

"What're you going to do with those?" A teen asked her peer as she pointed at the phone in her friend's hands. "It's rude to post it, you'll be just like those fans who don't care about their idols' privacy."

"Do you really think so lowly of me? Of course I won't do anything like that!" Her friend frowned at her, hurt with the words she just said.

"Then what would you do?"

"The obvious! Wait for them to announce their relationship and then post the pictures. It'd be evidence to support them, you know!"