Underlined + Italycised = French
Underlined = English
October 19th, 2014:
I read the signs a few more times, not understanding what they meant, or more like not believing what it implied. I then look more closely at the holders of the sign and recognise my dad and sister. That was when I let all my emotions tumble out. I start to cry uncontrollably and fall to the ground. I could feel some of the boys crowd around me and pat me on the back.
"It's ok, be happy," I could hear Jimin whisper.
After a few seconds, I wipe my tears and stand up tall again.
"I'm sorry," I chuckle, resulting in coos and cheers from the fans, "I guess I wanted to thank all of you here tonight, the boys that have acted as my family in Korea, but also my dad and sister that have never ceased to support me through everything.... The trust and support they gave me is something I'll never be able to repay...." I wipe my flowing tears again, "thank you ARMY, I love you all!" I finish my speech not able to continue, before crouching down again trying to reign in my emotions.
I feel someone come behind me and give me a big hug.
"I love you Y/N," whispered Jungkook.
I smile and squeeze his hand in thanks.
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We finish the show and I run backstage. Tears were still flowing down my face, I wanted to see my family.
I get to the lounge area, and I'm met with staff holding tissues, water bottles, and fans. I take a few tissues and accept a staff handing me a water bottle.
"Are my family coming backstage?" I ask Sejin once I spot him.
"They're on their way right now," he smiles warmly.
"Good surprise?" Seokjin says wrapping his arm around me.
"The best," I smile, "did you guys plan it?"
"Well, actually..." Namjoon says sitting down, "Kai was the one to bring it up in August and we all pitched in to pay for their flight over, but he put in the most".
Gosh, that man... he was exceeding my expectations at every turn.
"Y/N!" I hear someone scream down the hall in a French accent.
I immediately recognised my sister's voice and rush out to hug her.
"That was so good," she says while we swayed hugging each other tightly, "I've missed you so much".
"You have no idea how much I've missed you," I say, just taking in the fact I was hugging my sister right now. Even if we had had a rocky couple of years, she would always remain my sister that I loved dearly.
"Y/N," I hear my dad's voice.
I let my sister go and look over at my dad crying behind her. Seeing him cry released a whole new batch of tears.
"Papa," I cry, going to hug him tightly.
"I've missed you so much. You have no idea how proud I am of you," he whispers into my hair.
I couldn't respond, I was too busy crying. After a minute or two, I finally let him go.
"I can't believe you guys are here," I finally manage to speak, "this was the biggest surprise".
"Yeah, well you should be thanking your boyfriend," my sister chuckles nudging my arm playfully, "he organised all of this really".
I chuckle, "how did you guys like the show?"
"Y/N, it was so good. Everything was so well done. I loved every moment and I know your mom would be jealous she can't be here to see it too," my dad smiles proudly.
"Mom would have literally been the loudest person in the whole venue," my sister laughed, "but no joke, it was kind of crazy. Like seeing you flip in person... I can't," my sister gushes.
"Want to introduce us?" I hear Jimin ask from behind me. I turn and see the maknae line all standing at the door.
"Oh, yeah, of course. Sorry," I apologise.
"S/N," I turn to my sister, "this is Jimin-oppa, Taehyung or V-oppa, and Jungkook".
My sister bows and says how much she enjoyed the show.
"Wait," Taehyung laughs hesitantly, "you speak Korean?"
"Of course, she does you dumb-dumb," I laugh, "we have the same mom, how do you think I spoke Korean".
"Yeah, I guess that makes sense," Taehyung blushes, rubbing the back of his neck.
"And Papa," I turn to my dad, "this is Jimin-oppa, Taehyung or V-oppa, and Jungkook".
My dad bows and introduces himself in his very broken Korean, but the boys were impressed and told him so, nonetheless.
"Um... I'm just gonna go change really fast," I say, realising how sweaty and disgusting I probably was, "I'll be back".
My sister and dad nod and I rush to my changing room to put my normal clothes on. I run back to the hallway in roughly 5 minutes. I see that Taehyung and Jimin were still out talking to my sister and Namjoon and Yoongi were trying to introduce themselves to my dad.
"Thank god you're back," my dad laughs awkwardly, "I've lost all my Korean".
I laugh, "what do you want to say, I'll translate".
"Well, I know that that's Yoongi," he says pointing to Yoongi who was standing in front of him a little confused, "and that from what you've told me he's helped you a lot with your depression, so I wanted to thank him and then to the both of them for always being there for you and for being good role models".
I sigh, a little embarrassed I had to be the one to tell them this, "my dad just wants to thank you guys for how much you've helped me and for being a good role model," I translate to the two.
They both smile.
"It was no problem, you're like family now," Namjoon says in English, which my dad understood.
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I was now in the car my dad had rented on our way to pick up food to bring back to their hotel room.
"I still can't believe you guys are here," I say, still taking it all in.
"Well, I can't believe I'm back in Korea... it's been years. I haven't been back since, well, since mom died," my sister replies while looking at the buildings pass by.
"Happy to be back?" I ask her.
"I don't know," she replies honestly, "don't get me wrong, I'm so happy to finally get to see you... but Korea was only ever special to me because mom made it that way, I feel like when she died, I got angry cuz I was mad at the world for taking her so early, to you for leaving... and Korea got lumped into the targets of my anger I guess..."
I nod sadly, "I get it... hopefully, that'll change though. It's an amazing, vibrant place, it's our heritage".
"I know, I'm trying to appreciate it again," she smiles.
I feel my phone vibrate, Jongin had texted me. I smile and quickly open my phone to respond.
Kai: How was the concert? Not too emotional? 😉
Y/N: You're so annoying! Why didn't you tell me!
Y/N: Of course, I was emotional, I cried my eyes out
Kai: Glad you enjoyed the surprise ❤️
Kai: Are you with your family now?
Y/N: Yeah, on our way to get food
Y/N: Thank you for this, really. You have no idea what this means to me 😚
Y/N: I didn't know how I could love you more, but you've made it happen ❤️
"Who you texting?" my sister questions leaning over to see
"Jongin-oppa," I reply, moving farther away so she couldn't see.
"Oooooo, what are you two texting about?" she says smirking.
"You're gross," I say knowing what she was insinuating, "I'm thanking him for helping to bring you guys over".
"Ah, I see," my sister says going back to sitting upright instead of trying to see my phone, "I literally fainted when Papa said EXO Kai was on the phone. Like he got Papa's phone number somehow and called him, but Papa couldn't communicate with him so I did all the talking and I had to stop myself from fangirling so hard, you have no idea".
I laugh, "You acted so chill when I told you about us, where is this fangirl coming from?".
"I mean, I didn't want to act all weird when you said you two started dating. I didn't want you to feel weird thinking I stan him hard or that he was my bias..." my sister reveals blushing.
"What the heck?" I say surprised, "how did I not even know you were an EXO-L... like I knew you liked them... but not this much".
"I just didn't want you to feel weird if you interacted with them. I also didn't want to talk about your colleagues when we called, I didn't want to distract from the important thing which was you," she replies.
"Yeah, but it's still a part of your life. I don't mind, really," I chuckle at how concerned my sister was about potentially ruining our relationship.
"Do you want to meet him?" I ask her.
"Meet who? Kai?" she says confused, her eyes going wide.
"No, Justin Bieber," I say sarcastically, "of course I mean Kai".
"No, I shouldn't," she replies, "It'll be weird. And he might think I'm like using you or something".
"S/N, how would you be using me? You're my sister. And plus, don't think of it as you meeting Kai of EXO, but more like you're just meeting my boyfriend," I reply upset.
"Whatever you decide on S/N," my dad interjects, "I want to meet him. It's my fatherly duty after all".
"Of course dad," I reply rolling my eyes, "what did you think of the boys?".
"They all seem like nice kids," my dad says after thinking for a few seconds, "you guys look like a good team. They're all different, but you work well together. I think that's what's good about all of you guys, you're mature enough to know to compromise and work together, but I can also tell you guys genuinely get along and have fun together. Especially Seokjin, he's the oldest and still lets you guys act as you want around him, he impressed me a lot".
"Awww, thanks Papa," I say blushing.
"God, why aren't you this nice about my friend group?" my sister pouts.
"Because your friend group has some real debatable characters," my dad replies curtly, "like that Robert guy... he's not good a guy S/N".
I lean back in my seat a bit, I felt like there was some pre-existing tension on this topic and did not want to involve myself in it.
"Papa, Robert is fine. It's you that just seems to always find issue with him," my sister objects.
My dad sighs, "let's not talk about his now S/N. Let's enjoy today and be happy were with your sister in Korea".
My sister rolls her eyes and looks at me.
"Sorry, about that," my sister huffs, "but to give you context, Robert is one of my friends that Papa has had it out for since day one of meeting him".
"That's not true," my dad is quick to say, "and I've already told you to drop it".
My sister just crosses her arms and looks out the window angrily. Well, that took a turn. At least I knew my sister's temper and pouting habits hadn't changed. But because she was now upset, she didn't speak the entire ride back to the hotel after we picked up our food, making the car ride a silent one.
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We were walking to my sister and dad's hotel room. I was holding on to the Chinese food we had gotten on the way here and my sister had the drinks.
"I like you outfit," my sister says from behind me, "where did you get the top? And the shoes?".
"Uh, the top I think I got at like a thrift store and the shoes Jongin-oppa got me," I reply.
"Gosh, I need to get myself a partner to buy me clothes," my sister chuckles.
"As long as it's not Robert," my dad mutters unlocking the room door.
I see my sister open her mouth to respond, but I shoot her a glare telling her to not answer. Thankfully she does.
"Both of you are such children," I say upset they both wouldn't just leave the topic alone, "I just want to enjoy tonight with my family without arguments, is that so much to ask?".
"No, you're right Y/N," my dad smiles a little sadly, "you were always too mature for your age. The topic won't be mentioned again".
My sister just huffs and takes the bag of food I was holding to put it on the table. I help her place all the different dishes out on the table. We then pull up all the chairs in the room and start eating. We have fun and talk the rest of the time, the tension in the room leaving.
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October 20th, 2014:
I technically should have gone to school today, but Sejin had told them I had a schedule so I could spend the day with my family. Instead of going back to my dorm, I just slept with my sister in one of the two beds in the hotel room. I was woken up by my sister at 10am.
"Y/N," I hear someone say while shaking me.
I slowly stir and open my eyes.
"Finally," my sister chuckles, "want to go to breakfast?"
I hum, "what time is it?"
"10am," my sister responds after quickly glancing at the clock on the bedside table.
"10! I slept in till 10am!" I shout surprised. I couldn't help but have this sense of anxiousness that because I woke up this late, I had missed something.
"Yeah..." my sister says, a little shocked by my reaction, "Papa thought you could probably use the sleep".
"Yeah, ok," I answer, still a little out of it, "um... ok... I don't have any spare clothes".
"Papa thought we could go to your dorm and then brunch?" my sister explains.
"Papa said we should do brunch?" I say laughing slightly, knowing how much my dad despised brunch for some reason.
"Well, he didn't," my sister smirks, "but I convinced him that's what you needed".
"Me, or you?" I laugh.
"Well, both of us," my sister laughs with me, punching me playfully in the arm.
I got up, had a shower, and then we were off to my dorm. We got to the dorm, and I quickly rushed up to change.
"What is this?" my sister says looking at me coming down the last flight of stairs of my apartment complex, "where did you get this style? And clothing?"
"I've always had it," I joke.
"You wish," she chuckles, "don't make me pull out pictures from your animal print phase".
"You would never!" I say fake hurt.
"Maybe I'll keep it a secret a little longer," my sister smiles and winks at me.
"It's nice seeing you two together," my dad says smiling as we walked to the car together, "reminds me of the good ole days".
We look over at him sadly. I could tell being together again just brought back memories for him, especially with the fact we were in Korea.
"Come on," I smile, putting my arms over my sister's shoulders and trying to put them over my dad's, "let's go have some good food".
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