[BTS WEVERSE] GRACE started their LIVE: How are you feeling?
ARMY got their notification as it came through to their phones in the middle of the afternoon in Seoul. It had been awhile since Grace had been seen, heard or even mentioned since all members of BTS had enlisted with the military, Jungkook & Jimin the last two to go. Fans had taken to messaging or commenting on Instagram posts or on LIVE videos of TXT, CL, Seventeen and IU to see where Korea's noona was.
The background didn't belong to any studio or a modern apartment like ARMY were used to seeing from BTS. It looked homely, warm, unique and with a hint of British to it. She was sitting in a brown leather office chair, dressed in a jumper but with a cardigan wrapped around her and a blanket thrown over her legs.
As always, she was cradling a cup of tea.
The video was muted as she turned to her left, said something then nodded before turning her attention to the screen in front of her which was then when the video was unmuted.
"Good afternoon, ARMY. How are we doing?" she asked, shifting so she brought a knee up to rest her mug on as she leaned forward to see the screen.
"You're feeling sad? Hungry. You've got homework to do, ooh someone is about to go on a date. Well have a lovely time. Sad, sad, sad," Grace read through the fast incoming comments.
"I'm feeling sad," she admitted as she smiled slightly. "As you know, the boys have gone to do their duty for the military. I've seen them all off now so I don't know quite what to do with myself. I've come to stay with my parents for a little bit, Min-ji is enjoying himself with his grandparents. But I just wanted to come here and show my face, to say I'm here, I've not disappeared. I just needed a little while to reorganise my mind, if that makes sense?"
Grace took a sip of tea and watched the comments go up the screen, ignoring the ones that were plain stupid or the ones that only cared about one member in particular.
"Will I have contact with them? I will. Don't worry, the group chat is alive and well. Namjoon sent a message which translated, means I'm freezing my ass off," Grace explained as she switched to English when she saw the English comment come in. "So they're doing well. Seokjin is getting promoted left right and centre, Yoongi is having fun being a civil servant, Hobi is kicking ass and obviously our boys are adjusting. I've been keeping an eye on them in the best way I can. But it won't be long till they are home. You just have to deal with me for a while."
She laughed as the comments came in, some saying: 'Grace noona is going to be the best ARMY leader ever' 'when is your solo stuff coming?' 'when is Seokjin coming home?'
"My solo stuff. Ah well, it's coming. I promise. I have a lot planned but I can't reveal everything yet. I'm under tight instructions not to say anything until it's ready and we're nearly there, you just need to wait a couple of months or so and then it will be here and you won't know what to do with yourselves."
"Am I okay?" Grace read one comment, pausing as she looked at the screen then the mug then back to the screen again.
"No is the honest answer. I've been with all of them for 13 years now? Roughly. I met Namjoon first, then Yoongi & Hobi and then all of them trickled in. I've been at Big Hit since I was 18 or 19 and I'm nearly 34. That's a long time. So my world since the day I signed my BTS contract has been them and now I don't have that. They're doing their duty and I'm very proud of them but it's hard not having one of them here, every moment of every day. So I'm adjusting to the fact that I don't have access to all of them now. It was alright when it was just one or two but now it's all of them."
Grace paused and took a sip of her drink, smiling slightly. "But don't worry about me, I'm getting there. Like all of you, we were all here and now there's only one but I know the boys have plenty of things to entertain you with while they enlist and you've got my things coming as well, so you won't be bored. In fact, you're going to be complaining."
It was obviously a tease and she knew exactly what she was hinting at with Yoongi's Suchwita episode with her still to come where the announcement would be that she was coming on her birthday and then it was going to be a whirlwind from her birthday onwards and then her tour.
So much to do, so little time but for now, she was content to sit with ARMY and just chat.
"Sing Magic Shop," one comment caught her eye.
"I don't have Jungkook's karaoke set up but one moment, let me see what I can do."
She untangled herself from her cocoon and went to the door, left the room and then came back with another phone. "I've stolen my mother's phone so one second everyone."
Grace closed the door behind her, just as Min-Ji slipped through the door. "Ah I guess he wants to say hello."
She sat back down in her chair and sorted her blankets, tapping at her lap so Min-Ji could jump up. He gracefully did so and put his front paws on the desk, sniffing at the phone that was filming her live.
"You done? It's only ARMY. Say hello."
He gave a soft meow as he turned and made biscuits in her lap while she searched on her mother's phone for the Magic Shop karaoke version.
"Okay, here we go. So everyone, I'm fine, sad as you are but I'm here if you need me. Just shout my name on WeVerse and I'll come running - no matter what you need, what you want to ask, what you want to see, don't hesitate to contact me, okay? After all, I'm in charge of the Magic Shop now," Grace smiled as she lifted her hand to show her heart fingers. "I love you all."
ARMY were left with Grace singing her version of Magic Shop to them, which the clip would be later uploaded to Twitter with many asking for Grace to release it for ARMY as a present.