The Tour

"I think I like you."

These words that I get to hear again made me terrified. I automatically couldn't speak.

Not seeing any response from me. "You don't have to say anything. In fact, you don't have to like me back. I'm still not quite sure about my feelings for you."

I tried to speak up. "Mina-ri…"

"I think about you a lot when I'm alone. When I see you, my heart beats really fast. If I don't see you for even a day, I suddenly have the feeling of wanting to see you. It's my first time having these feelings. Tell me… is this love?" She suddenly confessed.

I mustered up the courage to speak up. "Mina-ri, I'm thankful that you feel that way about me. But I'm still dealing with my break-up with IU-sunbaenim. I don't want to get into a relationship with anyone at the moment especially when I'm still carrying this baggage."

Her face suddenly lights up. "So you're saying that there's still a chance?"

My mind went blank for a second. "What?"

"You said that you're still dealing with the recent break-up. When you're finally over it, do I have a chance?" She asked.

"Uhh…" I didn't know how to answer that.

"So there isn't, huh? It confirms it." Mina said.

I was still confused. "Confirms what exactly?"

"That you like HER." She replied.

"Like who?" I asked.

She suddenly got her phone and went through some photos and showed it to me. "Her… one of our members. You like-"

I didn't let her finish because someone might hear her. I immediately put my hand over her mouth.

Girls are pretty scary!

Their observation skills are top notch!

After I checked that there was no one around, I slowly let her go. "Please don't tell anyone about this."

She nodded before she asked, "Is she the mystery girl that you were looking for?"

"How does everyone know that?!" I was surprised with her question.

Seriously?!

How fast do gossips travel?!

"Just keep it a secret for now. Please?' I begged her.

She smiled and nodded. "Of course. It'll be our secret."

I breathed a sigh of relief. She's really stoic but she's cute when she smiles. But why do I still feel threatened?

Well…

Whatever…

At least there's one less crisis to worry about.

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"I know we're still on tour, but do you actually have a plan for our next comeback hyung?" Zhang asked me. We were on a plane and were on our way to Macau for our second to the last stop for our debut in China.

It has been a month since the incident with Mina, and surprisingly, we were civil in terms of our relationship. It was as if she never confessed that night. It's amazing how professional we look especially when we're working together. Or maybe… she's just good at hiding it.

"Yeah… I already had the demo ready back in the dorm. The entire album is set actually. All that's left is to record it and practice the choreography." I replied as I scrolled through my phone while waiting for the news of when our drama was going to air.

We've already finished the last shot about a month ago and Kim Sohyun was pestering me so much about when I'd go on a blind date with her. She said that she wanted me to meet one of her friends.

"I can't wait to hear what you've come up with this time. You're songs are always so NEW to me." He said.

I chuckled. "I wish it were true though."

"Why? Aren't they new?" He sounded so confused.

Uh-oh…

I think I thought out loud.

"It is… It's just that I've been writing so much songs and are too far ahead that I feel like they're too old for me." I lied.

He laughed. "And this is why I get to question if I really am the prodigy of music."

"Hey! I still can't play all the instruments like you do! Besides, your voice sounds a million times better than mine." I defended.

He thought about it. "That's true though. But the composition part…"

"Let's just forget that I'm the one composing our songs." I told him which made him laugh.

With that, we rested for a while and waited for our plane to land in Macau.

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"Thank you, Pack. It's really nice to meet everyone." I spoke in Mandarin.

We were finished with our concert in Macau were about to end our getting to know segment with the fans and were about to end the concert by performing the last song which was Wolf. It was very meaningful to us because it was our first time meeting with our Chinese fans.

We didn't really expect much but THIS was just beyond what we ever hoped for our debut in China. All 3 cities that we went to were sold out. We were constantly being followed by fans on the streets as well. This showed us that our fame has already sky rocketed not just in South Korea but in China as well.

"Can we have 2 more questions from the fans?" I asked the crowd.

The way we picked the fans who would ask the question was by drawing lots. If their section and seat number gets called, they were to proceed to a nearby microphone provided by the team and ask anything they want.

Dominic drew from the pile and opened the rolled up paper to read it. "General Admission section A. Seat number 52A"

There were screams of excitement coming from the area that Dominic mentioned. These fans must have been really happy that one of their friends got picked.

"Come on up." Jeong Do said.

The woman hurriedly went to where the microphone was and started saying "Oh my gosh" in Chinese a couple of times.

We chuckled and greeted her.

"Hey there. What's your name?" Zhang asked.

Zhang and Zee were the speakers for today. Although all of us could speak Mandarin fluently, we still wanted to give this chance to Zhang and Zee. Anyway, it would be best for them to take the spotlight every once in a while.

The fan then shakily answered. "Hi! I've really been looking forward to meet you guys! My name is Liu Wanqi."

"We really were looking forward to meeting you too." Woo said.

This made the fans squeal and scream even more. When they finally decided to quiet down, Zhang was finally able to speak.

"So what's your question?" He asked.

"Umm… This one is for Zee." She said.

The fans got even more excited and we laughed at how Zee suddenly got nervous.

"Me? Okay. Let's hear it." He said with a smile.

Liu Wanqi then giggled. "There was a rumor that you just got into a relationship. The fans were wondering… well... I was wondering... if this was true. If it is, who is she?"

There was excitement in the audience. Us on the other hand, were nervous. Zee has a non-showbiz relationship with Shin Yuna. And this usually gives a negative effect to the fans. Especially that it would give them a connotation that they can actually have a shot in dating us. It would mean trouble for us.

Why you ask?

It's not only the good fans that would get this idea but the saesang fans as well.

"Well. That's true actually. But in terms of her identity, I can't reveal it to you yet because it might get her in trouble. I hope that you understand." He explained in a calm manner.

The fan which asked the question nodded in approval and decided to respect Zee's wishes to keep her identity a secret. The rest of the crowd started congratulating him with applause and cheers. Zee felt really grateful because the fans actually received it quite well.

He breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you, pack. You guys are really amazing. I don't even know what I did to deserve such amazing fans like you."

He started tearing up which made the crowd go, "awwe". Some were even yelling that it was okay and that he didn't need to cry. Zee's an emotional person. He cries easily when he's touched. That's why he's really the most expressive person in the group.

Moving on from that, Jeong Do came up and called the last fan to ask the question. It was one of the Royalty VIP section. Surprisingly, she was at the front most part of the stage so we decided to call her up on stage. The mangers agreed to it and had her go up. We decided to give her a hug and introduced ourselves to her. While this was going on, the audience were cheering and squealing for her. I'm pretty sure they were thinking how lucky this girl was to be able to do this with us.

"Since this is the last question and we still have a few minutes more 'til we end the concert, let's make this a talk show." Zee suggested.

I turn to look at one of the managers as he gave us a thumbs up meaning it was okay to do so. As soon as the rest of the members saw that, they immediately started getting comfortable.

The managers asked one of the stage managers to bring up a chair for the fan. As soon as the chair was brought over, we asked her to sit down.

"So… do you mind telling us your name?" Yo Chul-hyung asked.

She started bringing up the microphone to her mouth and spoke, "Hi Alpha… I recently got in as a trainee under JYP Entertainment…"

But before she could continue introducing herself, Zee butted in. "Wa! So you're kind of like our hoobae now!"

She shyly nodded.

Matt-hyung pulled Zee's ear. "Hey, don't distract the person while she's introducing herself." He then turned to face the fan and said, "I'm sorry. Please continue."

She giggled. "It's okay, Matt-oppa. You don't have to scold Zee-oppa. So... as I was saying, I'm currently a trainee in the same company as you, and I just flew back here to watch your concert."

We were really touched.

"Wow… You didn't have to since we'd be seeing you a lot from now on, but thank you. May we know our precious hoobae's name?" Seiji-hyung asked.

"Oh… right! I forgot to tell you my name. I'm Meng Jia." She introduced.

My eyes widened in surprise.

No way…

THE Meng Jia?

As in Miss A's Meng Jia?

No wonder she looked so familiar.

Although Miss A never got to debut in this world and their members went to debut as Wonder Girls, I still couldn't help but ask where Meng Jia went.

And here's my answer!

And goodness! She looks so young!

"How old are you? If you don't mind me asking." I asked her.

She giggled. "Not at all. I'm just 2 years younger than you."

So age IS really different in this world. That confirms it.

The rest of the members asked some personal questions and she did the same. We really enjoyed our time with her. The fans also enjoyed listening and getting to know us better too. The manager then signaled for us to let her ask one more question. She then thought about it for a while.

"Oh right! I've been meaning to ask you, JayB-oppa." She said.

I got curious so I played along. "Alright… just please don't ask about IU-sunbaenim"

The rest of the audience laughed about what I said.

She giggled. "Don't worry. I know you guys are good friends now. So I won't ask anything that might compromise that."

"I'm glad to hear that." I sighed with relief which made the crowd erupt in laughter again. "Alright. What were you going to ask then?"

She then breathed in before she released what she needed to ask. "I heard that before you transferred to JYP Entertainment, you were in SM Entertainment. Now, there's a rumor going around the fandom that the reason you transferred to JYP Entertainment was because of a girl that you've been looking for which was a trainee in JYP. We also heard that she's the reason why you went in to the industry in the first place. My question is, did IU-sunbaenim knew before you started a relationship with her? And does that mystery girl know that she was the one that you were looking for?"

Seriously?

What is with this rumor?

How did people find out about this?

I could feel the crowd's anticipation to my answer.

"I thought that it was just one question." I joked while pouting.

She frantically waved off her hand. "I'm sorry! I've probably crossed the line somewhere. Let me just ask some-"

"Yes. That rumor is true." The moment I said that, there was a very weird silence in the arena.

Even my members turn to look at me in confusion as to why I'm feeding the fans' curiosity.

"IU-sunbaenim knew. But we both decided to try to make our relationship work. But sadly, it didn't. Now that we're good friends, she actually supports me in my quest in confessing to that girl. In fact, she called me on my birthday last month to greet me and even told me to find my happiness." I paused for a while and turn to look at the crowd who was still processing what I just said.

When I saw that they were ready for the next part, I went on with my answer. "For the second question… the answer to that is no. She doesn't know. And I plan to keep it that way for now. I'm still focusing on the drama that just aired, and I have plenty of work to do as Alpha's leader and producer. I also have to write songs for Twice now. So confessing to her won't help."

After answering her question, the manager gave us the signal to end it now. We shook hands with her and even did a group hug with her to end the "talk show". Afterwards, we performed the Chinese version of Wolf to end the concert.

After the concert, we went back to our hotel to rest. We didn't want to have dinner anymore because we were pretty much exhausted from today's concert. We also have an early flight later on at 5AM to Taipei which was our last stop for our China tour. It was already 12MN so we had a few hours of sleep left.

Yo Chul-hyung was my roommate for this trip. The moment we entered our hotel room, he immediately passed out on the bed. He was really exhausted from all the interviews and preparations for today. He also had to cook in one of the TV shows that we guested this morning so it was really draining for him.

I washed up and got changed into some more comfortable clothes and started scrolling through my emails to see if my company was doing okay. After a few minutes of doing so, someone started calling me on my Kakao Talk and I decided to answer it.

"Ya… Yook Sungjae, do you know what time it is here in Macau?" I asked.

"I know. I'm sorry. I just got off from my shoot from the TV show that I'm currently in and couldn't tell what time it is." He explained.

I sighed. "You're still not going to tell me what show that is? Our drama just aired today. And you've been in that show for about a month now. Are you still not going to tell me what it is?"

"Seriously? Haven't you been watching television? If you did, you'll know." He asked.

"You know I'm too busy for that." I replied.

He sighed. "Nevermind. Anyway, one of the writers asked me if I could bring one of my friends who's not a member of BTOB for a blind date. It's for that show."

I chuckled sarcastically. "And you're asking me?"

He grunted. "That's right. Will you do it for me?"

"Why don't you ask the other 95 liners?" I complained.

"Do you think I haven't tried that? They didn't like the idea. And they're really busy right now." He replied.

I sighed heavily. "You do know that I'm on tour right now, right? I won't be in Seoul 'til next Monday."

"That's perfect actually! The shoot is still next Wednesday so you can still make it. Please! I'm begging you. I would owe you one." He begged.

"Don't you think you owe me more than that already?" I asked.

He then started whining like a baby. "Please. Just do it for me this once."

I grunted. "Fine. So… what's the name of the show that you're in? Now that you're asking me to do you a favor, the least you could do is tell me which show it is, don't you think?"

"Of course! I plan to tell you the moment you said yes!" He excitedly announced.

"Well? What show is it?" I asked as the curiosity was slowly eating me up.

Realizing that he didn't answer my question, he then happily told me. "Oh! Right! It's 'We Got Married'!"

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