Chaelin was watching the make up artist work on her eyes a few hours before her performance at one of California's most famous shows, Coachella. 2NE1 would be reuniting for one night only and it was amazing to have her sisters with her at what would be a performance of a lifetime.
She just wished one person could be with her.
A knock at the door interrupted her thoughts and she watched as her manager came in with a large bouquet of flowers, made up of peach garden roses, pale peach roses, and hydrangea with orange pud flowers and peonies. It was in a vase made out of purple which would have clashed with the colours if Chaelin didn't see the note.
"To my darling, I hope it all goes well tonight. I'll be thinking of you from Las Vegas. Dinner on me when we're back in Seoul. Love you forever, Gigi."
Grace Chu, one member of BTS, was currently in Las Vegas to perform Permission on Stage. A very close friend, basically sister at this point, who was more than gutted to miss CL's amazing stage performance at Coachella.
Within two minutes of the bouquet arriving, she got a message from Grace with a picture of her and all the BTS members giving heart fingers to the camera. 'Supporting you all the way in LV.'
Chaelin happily sighed and sent a photo back with her sniffing the bouquet of flowers with the simple message: 'Love you.'
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Grace didn't have a schedule on her best friend's birthday and the original plan had been to join a group of casual friends to go out for dinner. However, Chaelin's mother had passed away a few days before due to a heart attack. At the request of their friend, birthday plans had been put on hold.
But for Grace, she didn't want her friend to be alone.
She tapped in the number to the front door of Chaelin's apartment and heard the beep, pulling open the door to kick off her shoes at the entrance. The apartment was in dead silence apart from faint music coming from what Grace knew to be the bedroom.
She found her darling friend on her bed, wrapped in the covers as she stared at the TV that was playing the music video that had been released over an hour ago with the new song Chaelin had written in memory of her mother.
Grace said nothing as she climbed onto the bed and settled down next to her friend, wrapping her arms around the woman who had been nothing but a pillar of support in Grace's own life and career.
The two stayed like that for a while until Chaelin's tear streaked face appeared from the covers. "Thank you," she quietly said and Grace smiled, holding her closer. "Anything for you."
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ARMY, IU and Chaelin's fans were treated to a little surprise one night during Grace's solo career. It was a shaky video but it gave the kpop world enough to talk about. Somewhere in Seoul, probably a fancy hotel from the looks of it and the sounds of dinner being finished.
The camera panned to Chaelin's close up face then zoomed back out, giggling as she moved the camera around the table. There were four other women who were unfamiliar but it went to two figures who the world knew - IU and Grace.
"Say hi to everyone," Chaelin said as she waved her hand in front of the camera, causing the two ladies to stop their conversation.
It was a rare insight into the relationship between three women who have taken the kpop world by storm, especially for IU and Grace who were rarely seen together.
The two waved at the camera and suddenly IU covered her face with her hand, giggling as Grace looked at the lady next to her then the lady behind the camera. "Really? Did you need to do that?" she asked, grinning before shaking her head. "Chaelin, we don't need to see your breasts that close."
"What do you mean?! These are amazing, you should be jealous," the voice came from behind the camera.
Later on, another video would be uploaded, this time filming the three women walking down a hallway. Chaelin with her arms wrapped around the shoulders of Grace, IU to the side as she carried a pair of shoes and a small handbag.
Chaelin managed to plant a sloppy kiss on Grace's cheek and plopped her head against
Grace's hair. "I can see why Seokjin goes to bed with you every night."
"Chaelin!" came several voices, not from Grace who stopped and was bent over laughing.
"Come on, we're all thinking of it."
The videos were deleted the next day only after a selfie of the three ladies was uploaded to Grace's Instagram with the caption: 'I don't know what I would do without you two. Thank you for the fun nights and the memories.'