Taegong: Condemned

Without warning, Flo ordered Gong-gi to get washed and dressed for an online interview. "This is breaking news. They want to talk to you NOW!"

"This can't be good, Gong-gi said as he was combing his hair. "This is about me mooning in the Sistine chapel isn't it?"

Flo nodded. "And kissing in Vatican City."

"I am in so much trouble..."

Flo howled with laughter. "It's fine. They'll get over it eventually. Anyway it's all free publicity and the music video will be a massive hit."

"My wife is going to kill me..."

Flo shrugged her shoulder and whacked his back. "Who cares about your stinking fat wife."

"My wife is not nor was she ever fat!" Gong-gi screamed. Had Flo had been a man, he would have had no problem punching her in the face. She should consider herself lucky that his family taught him never to hit a lady. He saw no lady in Flo Glitz... only a monster who exploited people for money.

For once...Flo pursed her lips. Was it wise for Gong-gi to stop, yes! Did he give a toss? No! "The press can hear you and they'll write horrible things about you and then the fans will be..."

"Fuck the press!" Gong-I interrupted her, though he knew what she was going to say. "They're going to twist everything I say and do anyway. I'm already seen as a bad guy thanks to you kidnapping me."

"This is a joke, take me home now!"

"If you leave now, you'll have nothing. You'll have to pay back dime I've spent on your career. You'd be left with nothing. Your wife and daughter will starve to death on the streets. You don't want that do you?"

Taking back what he thought, he brought his knuckles together and charged his fist onto Flo's nose. She was no lady after all. "My wife is a million times the woman you'll ever be. You're a bitch and a parasite who's exploiting the LGBTQ community."

"You know you're on camera, right?" Flo laughed as she wiped her bleeding nose with a tissue. "You have no privacy. Everything you say and do is recorded. I've been following you for a while. I can trace your every word and movement. Imagine if the world saw this, they'd be mad at you...not me."

"You're scum!"

"Why thank you." Flo hugged him. "Now get yourself sat down. I better watch you for this."

The interviewer was Aldo Benz, a popular news presenter in Europe. Gong-Gi could see why he was well liked for this chauvinistic smile and black suit. "Hello! Here I am with Mr Dal Gong-Gi from the upcoming band, Taegong. Mr Gong-Gi, thank you for joining me today."

Gong-gi nodded and smiled. "Thank you for having me, Mr Benz."

"How's Taeyang?"

Flo stood with her back against the wall as she hid from the webcam's view. "He's fine," Gong-gi replied. "He's just exhausted from filming. It was a busy day yesterday."

"So it was..." Aldo seemed less than impressed. "Yesterday you filmed the music video for your first single, I'm a Boy in Rome."

"That's correct."

"Who in their right mind would think it is acceptable to expose yourself in a church and kiss mother MAN in Vatican City?"

"Gee," Gong-gi chuckled, not knowing what else to do. Inside he's crying wanting to escape this regime and go back to his family, but he couldn't. He had no way of obtaining his legal documents because Flo had kept them from him. He was a slave to his contract and there was nothing he could do about it. A good night sleep would be a rare thing. "No need to be homophobic, Sir."

"This is not homophobia." Aldo's calm facade was breaking. "This is a genuine offence of exposing yourself and committing adultery. How do you feel about potentially corrupting the youth of today with your soft-core porn?"

"Know I know how women feel everyday." If Gong-gi was stuck in this contract, he thought he might as well mess about if he could. If it meant Flo would fire him, it would be a great thing. Flo had plans to make Taeyang the bad boy of the group, but Gong-gi wanted to troll his management and the rest of his critics. Fans would love him regardless of what he did.

"What do you mean?" Aldo asked. "Please answer my questions properly..."

"You know exactly what I mean. Don't think that my army of fan girls will, FOR ONE SECOND tolerate your prominent homophobia."

"I can assure you that I am not homophobic," Aldo snapped. "I have gay friends."

"You should know better then."

"Okay...let me rephrase my question...what is the point of your music?"

"To spread love and cheer to everybody!" Gong-gi noticed Flo's smirk at his response. "I mean you all come at me for causing controversy but deep down you all love it."

Aldo shouted over Gong-gi before he could finish his epic on the spot speech. "If you're so talented why do you need to sexually assault your younger band mate to sell records?"

"Oh dear...you're no going to be popular Mr Benz."

"IT'S NOT MY JOB TO BE POPULAR! MY JOB IS TO TELL THE FACTS!"

"Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the pillow this morning."

"I'm going to suspend this interview right now!" Aldo bit his lip and tried hiding his red face with a sheet of paper. "You''Ve got no intentions of cooperating. You're an adulterous, immature, evil, moneymaking beast. I feel sorry for your family and colleagues. They should be ashamed to have you in their life."

Gong-gi grinned. "And you're homophobic trash. Good day!" He slammed the laptop down, ending the viral interview.

"What the bloody hell was that?" Flo asked. "Looks like you need some decorum lessons."

"You wanted controversy, you've got it!"