Well, yesterday was pretty chaotic. After I finished preparing some food for us, the Hyungs introduced me to something they called "Introduction to the dorms in 2 parts", it was interesting, to say the least.
If I even thought that living with three more young men in the same apartment would be easy..... I couldn't be more wrong about it.....
I'm pretty sure no one touched an ounce of alcohol yesterday, I mean, I'm not completely sure, but I think everyone present was a minor. Anyway, trying to understand why every inch of my body hurts so much was nearly impossible. It was completely worth it, though. I haven't had that much fun in a while.
As I got up from the floor, that apparently became my bed last night, I started to analyze the consequences of our party, or at least trying, because my vision was kind of fuzzy right now. Seeing Tempo-hyung shirtless, while laying on the floor covered in what I assume is Cola from yesterday.
Another look, and I noticed he wasn't laying on the floor, but on top of Young Bae-hyung, who was also shirtless. I could definitely do without that mental image....
But still, Jiyong-hyung was nowhere to be seen, so I started to look for him in the living room, only to hear a sound from his room. Approaching the door to the room, I started to make sense of the sound, it was actually him.... rapping?
I sneakily put my ear on the door to try to hear what he was saying.
「I've come here with no rest since I was 13
My mightiest weapon was my confidence
When there's an uphill there's always a downhill
Too late to go back I can't let go」
It was not that fast of a rap, neither was it too slow. It felt at first pretty normal, but the more I heard it, the more charming it felt for me. It was almost as if it was compelling me to the feelings he was trying to convey. An aggressive approach if I must say so.... but quite interesting.
Finally, as I tried to hear the continuation of the lyrics, the door suddenly opened, making me lose my balance, and fall into the floor.
— You know I can see your shadow from under the floor, right? — it was Jiyong-hyung that was staring at me with a smirk.
— Woah, Jiyong, I didn't know you were that good at rapping — as always, he rolled his eyes at me. I continued.
— I've never heard that song before, what's its name? — his back was now facing me while he walked out of the room and towards the kitchen.
— I'm writing it myself, but it's still pretty early to say anything — I was wide eyed for a moment. He writes songs? I didn't know at all.
Still, knowing he didn't really want to talk about it, I changed the topic.
— Yesterday was pretty wild, but still, the hyungs would wake up pretty hungry, it's about time we make something to eat right?
With that being said, I started to make some scrambled eggs for everyone to eat. There was some bread that I haven't seen before, so I guess our breakfast was almost ready. Meanwhile, Jiyong hyung was cleaning the place a little bit.
It didn't take too much for the breakfast to be ready, and it seem that it doesn't matter how wild the party was yesterday, because once the eggs were almost ready, I turned only to notice both Young Bae-hyung and Tempo-hyung sitting in front of the table, ready to eat. A faint smile appeared on my face before I noticed.
Finally, all four of us sat on the table and started eating our breakfast. I was quite hungry, so I was the first to finish my food. As I watched them eat, a lot of thoughts started to go through my mind, and apparently they noticed.
— Is something wrong? — surprisingly, it was Jiyong-hyung the one who first asked. But all of them were visibly worried. I guess I'm that transparent. But still, I was hesitating. Should I tell them about my life? I mean, if there was ever a problem related to my past, they should have at least known about it...
After some seconds of pure silence, I finally said.
— There's nothing wrong, but there are a few things you must know about me.... — with that being said, slowly I tore off all of the setup on my face, that apparently survived from all the chaos of yesterday. That way, my blonde hair, and golden eyes, and with them, all of my face was finally revealed to them.
They were clearly surprised, their wide eyes telling me everything. Even Jiyong-hyung that usually have a bored expression on his face, was now completely flabbergasted after my sudden reveal. Their surprise lasted for around 10 minutes. Within all that time, they stuttered, or were simply silent, making me a little bit uncomfortable. Finally, It was once again Jiyong-hyung who broke the awkwardness.
— What's the meaning of this? — he was still surprised, it would seem.
— Well, If we ever debut together, you should know some things.... — I took a deep breath before continuing — I'm pretty sure everyone in the company is curious about why I cover all of my face, and even my hair, including you... — they simply nodded at me with serious faces. I continued.
— My birth name is indeed Jangsu, I'm Park Jangsu. But without my mask, I'm simply Park Chris — I said that while gently caressing the cobra mask that has become so important to me — I was born in Guryong village...
After I said that, I paused for a little bit, waiting for their reaction. I was relieved when their faces didn't change at all. Then, I continued.
— I've never met my parents, and was actually raised by a man named Damian....
That way, I told them all of my life. My life with Damian, how I met with Eimi, and how she became my adopted sister. How I started to like singing. They listened to all of the good moments in my life with complete silence, but also heard my worst moments. How I started to work for Hongman, the nightmare of Guryong village. How I was good at stealing, and even started to like the thrill of it. How I later stopped working for him after "that" accident.
I even told them how the consequences of my actions were still engraved on me, and even showed them my back. Park Do Joon was obviously included in the conversation, noting that he was the main reason I'm even wearing a mask.
As I already said, I decided to come completely clean to them, telling them about everything I could said about me. The conversation even included my relationship with Ju Hyun-ah, and the one they've been teasing me about all of this time, Yoona-yah.
Even Yuri-noona was mentioned to them, and obviously, they also found about me being the adoptive son of JYP. Finally, they were also the only ones, other than myself, that knew about that woman and little girl whom I considered my saviors, that day, but didn't know how to contact.
During all of my storytelling, they remained completely silent, and even just moved to drink water from some glasses that I didn't notice they brought from the kitchen. After I told them, I could feel how a heavy weight was lifted off my shoulders. I guess that I did feel guilty of hiding all of these things from them. But still, I anxiously awaited for their reaction. I was even starting to feel despair, could they treat me differently after finding out?
It was once again, Jiyong-hyung the one that saved me from despair. He stood up from the table, approached me, and with a gesture I never expected from him, he gave me a brotherly hug and said.
— This doesn't change anything Jang... no Chris-ah. You're still our little brother, know that, okay? Thanks for telling us, but you only have one debt with us. — he stopped the hug and made direct eye contact with me, with a smile he finally said...
— You just have to debut with us, don't worry about the rest, you'll be big enough to not care about anyone else...
This Hyung is really another thing, but still, the recomforting smiles from the other hyungs were also too good to be true....
I really have at least three good hyungs to take care of me.