YOSEF
“Hey! Are you listening to me?” someone spoke and interrupted my thoughts.
“Oh, I’m sorry Calli. What are you saying again?” I asked and turned to face her. A girl with an angelic face and pouty lips welcomed me. A smile formed on my lips. I’m surely enjoying what I’m seeing.
“You’re not listening to me Yosef! You’re spacing out.” She said turning her face away from me.
“Of course not, I just remembered something.” Yeah, I remembered something.
*Flashback*
Black Dragon. Number one agent of Dark Knight. JD. Get along well. The newcomer. The DJ. The patissier. Everything happened so fast. I can’t barely remember every detail of it. All I know is that, someone superior than me arrived. I know I shouldn’t be feeling this now but I can’t stop myself. I’m just human.
I’ve heard the name “Black Dragon” in every dangerous mission. All of them succeeded. I wasn’t even aware that he is younger than me. But now, upon knowing him, I know I felt jealous or envious of him. I know jealousy won’t help in the kind of job I have. Se7en always say, “Don’t allow jealousy to enter your heart and mind. It will become a monster that will devour and destroy you anytime.” I always tried to follow it though I know I don’t need it before because I’m the best of Dark Knight. But now that Black Dragon arrived, I dunno if I can still obey it. I sighed and glanced at him.
*End of Flashback*
“See, you’re really spacing out.” Calli said with difficulty, eating her words while speaking. Uh-oh, she’s already drunk. She also becomes noisy when drunk. I sighed.
“Come on Calli, I’ll take you home now.” I stood up and helped her stand up.
“I want to stay here longer. The music is great!” she said pushing my arm and pointing at the DJ. The DJ. Him. Black Dragon. JD. I frowned.
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AIKON
The bottle of wine almost slips on my hand. I suddenly became out of focus for the first time. I looked up and saw the person responsible for it. “Black Dragon.” I shivered upon thinking of his name. I can’t believe he was him. The famous Black Dragon. The invincible. No mission failed. I sighed and was shocked when the bottle slips on my hand. Then someone catches it and spoke.
“Hyung, is there something wrong?” it was the twin that substituted me a while ago.
“Nothing Jheemo.” I quietly answered.
“You should rest for a while Aikon-hyung. I will substitute you again. “ Jheemo said, determined.
Ah, this kid! I thought.
“Okay, okay.” I agreed and Jheemo takes my place. I however looked at Black Dragon again.
Hmmm… His outfit doesn’t give a hint that he’s like us. Maybe he really knows how to be a DJ. Cap, Beats headphone, jacket, baggy pants and high top shoes. He really looks like a music lover. The songs are great! I feel like dancing again. I smiled and unconsciously glanced at Yosef-hyung. My smile faded. I wonder what he feels right now. I sighed and watched his movements. I saw him hold Calli urging her to walk. But Calli pushed his arm. I become worried and stood up. Then I saw Calli pointed at JD. I saw Yosef–hyung’s expression.
“Uh-oh, this is a problem.” I slowly move towards them.
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JD
I can’t stop myself from glancing at her. She’s really beautiful in my eyes. I’m aware that my smile stayed glued on my face. And every song I played came from my heart, for her, my goddess. Unconsciously, I played a song that I seldom listen to. The song, “Butterfly” by G-Dragon. I don’t know why but I felt this song suits her, even though I don’t know her. I don‘t know if it was just coincidence that I saw her twice this night or is it fate. I really want to know who she is. I sighed. This is the first time I spaced out that long. I looked at her again and froze.
Everyone on the floor was dancing with a partner, including her. The guy who talked to her a while ago is her partner. I felt a prick on my heart. I sighed. It’s no use to know her. She already had a boyfriend. Oh well, I think it’s better to accept it now than to regret later. I take a last look at her and then focused on what I’m doing, but now, having a heavy heart.
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YOSEF
I was chasing Calli as she was about to approach Black Dragon. I know I have to stop her before it’s too late. But before Calli reached him, a slow soft music filled the bar. Everyone grabbed a partner and I immediately pulled Calli closer to me. She looked at me and smiled. She can really make me calm down. I smiled back. Then I remembered Black Dragon. I looked sharply at him and was startled by his expression for the third time tonight. He looked dreamily into nothing and I’m sure he’s spacing out, a smile drawn on his face. Hmmm… Is he in love? I wonder to whom? The song continued playing and Bom and I sway in tune to it. Then I glanced at Black Dragon again. His face now is unreadable. The boyish smile on his face is now gone and was replaced by blank eyes and lips firmly closed. I’m amazed on how fast his mood and expression changed. And I wonder, what’s wrong with him?
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IYAH
I was busily dancing when suddenly; a soft music entered my ears. I abruptly stopped and looked at DJ JD.
“A sudden love song? Why? Omo! Is he in love?! How lucky the girl is…” Then I noticed his smile. It was such a gentle sweet smile so I’m sure he’s thinking of the girl he loves. I sighed. Then Brent approached me, asking me to dance. I was feeling disappointed that I accepted his invitation. We dance in tune to the music and then I looked at DJ JD again and saw an expressionless face. I frowned. Now, why does his smile disappear? Omo! I’m really confused now… I wonder who that DJ JD really is… I’m sure Renzo-oppa knows him because he was the one who employed and introduced him to us. I don’t know why I felt I want or rather; I need to know who he is. Who is he?
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3RD PERSON
Aikon was about to approach Yosef and Calli when suddenly, the music changed. He glanced at Black Dragon wondering why he suddenly played that song. He saw everyone with a partner and upon noticing he’s alone, he went back to the bar and sat down. He watches Jheemo do his job. But then he glanced at Yosef and Calli dancing sweetly and a sad smile appeared on his face.
“Phew… I thought a disaster would happen. I’m glad it hasn’t started because I don’t know if I’ll be able to stop it.” Aikon said to himself. He sighed. He also noticed Miko stopped what he’s doing and also stared at Black Dragon with a confused look on his eyes. Sean got out of the kitchen to witness what was happening. Aikon noticed he’s confused at first but suddenly smiled.
“Maybe he understood why Black Dragon acted like that. After all, they’re childhood friends.” Aikon continued talking to himself. He sighed again. “This was a very long night for all of us. Iyah’s debut, the commotion at the hotel and Black Dragon’s arrival. He really shook our world. I wonder if we will get along well. After all, we’re all going to see each other’s faces every day.” He thought and shook his head.
SEAN I woke up very early and went to the café. My house is near so I was able to go to work earlier than the others. Although I’m still sleepy because of being a cook on Stargazer every night, I was able to cook for Polaris every morning, simply because I love my work. When I love something, I will do everything for it. As I arrived at the café, I noticed that it was already open. Hmm… Is Renzo-hyung not tired of last night? He’s too early… I thought. Then the door opened and Miko emerged from it. “Sean-hyung! I’m earlier than you! Renzo-hyung said he will leave the responsibility of Polaris to us today. He and Ayla-noona went to Jeju Island for a one week vacation.” Miko explained all to me.” I wonder why. He seldom leaves the café to us, all by ourselves.” He continued caressing his chin. I smiled. If only you know Miko… It’s because he knows we’re safer now.
3RD PERSON As the clock strikes seven in the morning, there’s a commotion inside the café. Everyone is busy doing their jobs. The twins and Miko are busy bringing the customer’s orders to their tables. Sean is drenched in sweat in front of the stove. Aikon heated and reheated the coffee adding additional tastes to every cup. Yosef supervises everything while JD, well, JD impressed everyone on not being affected by pressure and skillfully manages to make enough bread, pastry and dessert for all the customers. He also continues to make his new recipe. While the customers are delighted to taste mouth-watering treats from the new patissier. They keep on calling friends and relatives to try and taste Polaris’ newest desserts. So customers arrive every minute. “Oh my god! This is the first time Polaris accommodates many customers during breakfast. Everybody’s working on a speed of cheetah!” Miko said when he pas
MIKO I saw Sean-hyung looking inside the pastry kitchen and I got curious to what he’s seeing. “Sean-hyung, what are you doing there?” I approached and asked him. He was startled to see me. “Oh, it’s you Miko! You scared me.” He said and took a deep breath. “What are you looking at? What’s with JD-hyung?” I asked again more curious because Sean-hyung really looked shocked when he saw me. “Oh Miko! Do you want to help us too?” I then heard Iyah-noona as she came out of the pastry kitchen. “She’s still with JD-hyung?” I thought. Interesting… ”Help on what noona?” I asked her. “On preparing JD’s new recipe. Wanna help us?” she asked again. Before I could answer, Sean-hyung put his arm on my shoulder as if warning me about something. “Ahh... Yeah… Uhm… Sorry I can’t help noona.”
IYAH “OH MY GOD! JD IT’S BLEEDING! WHAT HAPPENED?!” I panicked upon seeing the blood. I dunno what to do! “JD what happened?!” I asked while I help him walk inside. “This is nothing Iyah. Don’t worry.” He told me still clutching his bloody arm. “Nothing? JD, it’s bleeding! How can you say it’s nothing?!” I desperately said. My eyes caught sight of Miko and called him. “Miko! Hurry up and bring me the medicine kit! Now!” He looked at me then to JD. His eye widened upon seeing his arm and obeyed. “Iyah… I’m okay.” JD said again while I dragged him to the employee’s lounge and sat him on the couch. “You’re okay? My goodness, JD! How did you drive with that? What if you had an accident? What happened to your arm? Please tell me…” I scolded him teary-eyed. I can’t help feeling scared. JD looked at me tenderly and smiled. “When I
JD “Danny? Are you and Jaden busy? Can you guys substitute me on Stargazer tonight?” I asked my cousin over the phone while laying on my bed. “We’re not busy, hyung. We can substitute on you later. But can some of our friends come too? Promise we won’t be drinking. We just want to jam on the latest songs.” Danny answered with a cute voice. This kid! I chuckled. “How many are you?” “We are just four, hyung. Our other friends are not old enough to enter Stargazer.” He answered again. “Okay. I will inform the security so you can enter easily.” I said as I stood up. “Be there at eight o’clock tonight.” “Thank you, hyung! See you later!” Danny said. Excitement is evident on his voice. Ah.. I miss those cousins of mine. Danny and Jaden are still young when I last saw them. I end t
JADEN We chose a table near the DJ booth. This is the first time Danny-hyung and I will DJ in front of a large crowd. I’m so nervous and excited at the same time! Like JD-hyung, we love music so much that we even formed a band. Danny-hyung is the drummer, Jun on bass guitar, David on lead vocals and I’m on the lead guitar. Our other friends, Sam and Mama, are on the piano and rhythm guitar respectively. We all sing the back up vocals too. We also compose songs for the band and do covers of our favorite songs. Our band is called “Étoile”, french word for “stars.” We chose that name because our goal is to become stars that people will look up to. And also because after our practice every night, we rest and just gaze at the stars while discussing what we need to improve. Those are precious moments to be remembered. “Are you okay, Jaden?” David asked beside me. “Yes. I
JDI’m telling you, oh yeahI softly whisperTonight, tonightYou are my angel…David’s voice captures my attention. This kid can really sing well. And the band is doing good too. They are passionate on their craft. I’m glad that Danny and Jaden are enjoying.Wherever you are, I’ll always make you smileWherever you are, I’m always by your sideWhatever you say, you’re always on my mindI promise you forever right now…The lyrics of the song is beautiful too. I glanced at Iyah and saw her looking at David with amazement on her eyes. I guess this is also the first time she heard her cousin’s voice. I chuckled. The song continued an
3RD PERSONThe five men inside the Dark Knight HQ took places to sit before JD start explaining. JD decided to lean on Se7en’s table while Aikon sat on the couch beside Tristan and Edward. Yosef chose to stand behind them, ready to restrain Tristan if needed.“The night before the encounter, I received an anonymous call. The man said that if I want to catch Olympus Gang, I have to go on a warehouse in downtown L.A. He said a transaction will happen there.” JD started. “I told the man that if it is just a fake tip, I’m gonna hunt and punish him. But he said it is legit and he, himself will be there on that day.” JD looked at Tristan and continued, “I asked his name and what he looks like so that I will recognize him when I go there. He just said his initials are E.M. and that he has a piercing on his left eyebrow and a blonde hair.”
3RD PERSONIn a blink of eye, JD vanished from their eyes and then appeared out of thin air beside Hercules. He simultaneously attacks him with his katana and never gave him an opportunity to attack him back. Suddenly, he stopped and moved away from Hercules.“I guess I won.” JD quietly said.They all looked at Hercules and saw a small cut on his cheeks. All the Olympus Gang members got shocked that their boss lost the duel. The Enigma Team tensed when they noticed that some of the gang members are going to move.“No one move. A deal is a deal. I lost the duel.” Hercules told them. He walked towards JD and offered a hand. “I guess we won’t be seeing each other anymore, Black Dragon.”JD accepted his hand and shook it. “Probably. Maybe. Who knows? But I expect you to leave Dark Knight a
3RD PERSON Everyone is holding their breath while waiting for the duel between Black Dragon and Hercules to start. They seems to be trying to gauge each other’s skill on the sword. Hercules is using a longsword and JD is using a katana. Who will dominate the duel? Everyone is waiting to witness it. Finally, Hercules raised his sword and attacks JD in full force. JD just lightly flicks his katana towards his longsword and deflects the attack. “Is that your best?” JD asks Hercules who is already starting to get annoyed. “Just shut up and fight me!” Hercules answers him and attacks again. This time faster than the first. But JD just deflects his attack again. “You want me to start the attack?” JD then asks him and smirked. “Why you motherf*cker!” Hercules shouted and attacks JD with simultaneous slashe
3RD PERSON Danny, Jun, Jaden and David piled up into the Dark Knight van with Aikon and Sean. JD specifically ordered them to come and stay with them during the duel. Yosef and Miko followed them while riding on a bike. JD insisted on riding alone to clear and focus his mind. “Danny-hyung, have you seen JD-hyung use a sword?” David suddenly asked Danny seconds after Sean started the van and drive away. Danny think for a moment and said, “Hmm… I haven’t seen him with one. How about you, Jaden?” “Haven’t seen it too, hyung.” Jaden answered. “I hope he won’t get hurt.” David said and sighed. Sean chuckled. “Don’t worry, boys. JD is good with any weapon.” “Really, hyung?! Wow!” Jaden exclaimed. “I wanna be good in any weapon too!” David said.
3RD PERSON Days passed fast and David can now go home. He’s healed but still need to rest. The boys are extra careful with him especially Jun and David’s getting pissed about it. “Yah! I can move on my own! You don’t have to support me!” David shouted at him when he quickly held his elbow while walking towards the café. “You still need to be careful.” Jun reasoned out. David rolled his eyes and said, “I am being careful. And I’m just walking, Jun. I’m not doing anything that exerts force.” “Aist.” Jun hissed but let him go. David continued walking with Jun hovering beside him. “It’s funny to see those two like that.” Danny said to Jaden, Sam and Mama who are all at the back just watching the brothers argue. “It’s rare to see Jun being caring on David.” Jaden exclaimed and laug
RENZO After their trip to Hercules’ location, I asked JD to have a talk with me. Now, we are at our house and drinking while talking. “Are you sure about this, JD?” I asked him. JD drank his beer before answering. “You know that I’m not joking when it comes to things like this.” He said. He drank again and continued, “He hurt one of our trainees, hyung. He hurt David. I like that boy. He’s good in tactics, is witty and a quick thinker. I’m glad he survived. If not, I might have killed Hercules when I saw him a while ago.” I got quiet. I know that JD would really do that without batting an eye. “Why didn’t you?” I asked again. “Hyung, the other kids are there watching us. I don’t want them to witness that me in person.” JD answered. “An
3RD PERSON Hercules’ laugh echoed throughout the whole warehouse. “End me? How can you be sure that you can do that?” He mockingly asked JD. “I don’t need to be sure. I already know.” JD coldly said. Hercules laughs again. “I didn’t expect Black Dragon to be this funny.” He said. JD just stared dangerously at him. “Why did you do that? You can’t come to me that you attacked the café instead? Are you afraid of me?” JD taunted him. “What are you, a kid?” JD smirked at him. “WHY YOU—” Hercules started saying and moving towards JD when Yosef, Aikon and Sean quickly draw a gun and pint into him and some Olympus Gang members. “Don’t move or I’ll blow you Boss’ brains.” Yosef deadly said. “Wow! Black Dragon has minions!” Hercules exclaime
3RD PERSON“D*mn it! Our warning came late!” Cupid exclaimed loudly after he read Edward’s message to him.“What? What do you mean? What happened?” Bacchus asked and rushed into him.“Edward just messaged me that Boss got one of the boys.” Cupid explained.“One of the boys? You mean the kids that Minotaur encountered? F*ck!” Bacchus panicked. “Is he— Is he dead?” He slowly asked.“Fortunately, no. He’s not.” Cupid answered.“I’m afraid for our Boss now.” Minotaur butted in.“Black Dragon will kill him.” Pegasus added.“I don’t know what came into Boss. But Black Dragon will surely hunt him.” Bacchus said. “He adore those boys. He
JUN “Thanks God.” Mom exclaimed and hugged Dad after the Doctor told us that David’s surgery is a success after almost six hours. He said he’s stable and needs to recover. Ayla-noona and Iyah-noona hugged each other too. I released a deep breath in relief and close my eyes to stop myself from crying again. Thank you, Lord. Thank you for fighting, David. I thought. I felt hands patting me on my back. I opened my eyes and saw teary eyed Danny-hyung and Jaden calming me. Mama and Sam are hugging each other while crying too. Then we heard a commotion on the hallway. We all turned around to see what it is. We saw Renzo-hyung, JD-hyung, Yosef-hyung, Aikon-hyung, Sean-hyung, Miko-hyung, Kheemo-hyung and Jheemo-hyung walking towards us exuding dangerous aura that the other patients and hospital staff are avoiding them. “What happened?” Renzo-hyu
3RD PERSON JD, Yosef, Aikon and Sean arrived at the Polaris Café in a bad mood. Aside from wasting their time on the fake mission the café was attacked and David was shot. Only Miko and the twins are there, silently sitting on the empty dining area. Renzo is also there, standing on one corner talking to someone on his phone. “What is David’s condition?” JD greeted them as he opened the door. “Hyung.” Miko answered in shock. JD looked deadly right now so he hesitated on answering. “JD.” Renzo quickly said and approached him. “Is David okay?” JD coldly asked again. “JD, calm down first.” Renzo said. “I ask if David is okay.” JD firmly said. Yosef, Aikon and Sean are all silent and serious behind him. Renzo sighed. “I just talked to Ayla on the