A/N: Warning, a little bit out of the blue type of chapter. Enjoy. Don't worry, I'll fix the book cover soon after the storm! Sorry if this is too short!
Few days had passed and the preparations were already done for concert. Tomorrow was the day of the concert. Even though BTS were busy, Eun-ha found the time to visit her father at the hospital every after practice even if it's late at night. In the new apartment, the boys slowly got all their stuff in their rooms. They just need to unpack.
Jin has been watching the couple like a hawk. Even if they never did it. Never. It always ended with only kisses and cuddles. Oh, and a lot of skinship. Just not that far.
Right now, BTS were having their dinner. Rapmon was just finishing up with his motivational speech for tomorrow's concert when Eun-ha brought up what she had in mind. "Guys, this time, I really have to reveal myself now. All these reports, articles and news about me all over the media is starting to bother a lot of ARMY. I'm taking off my mask for real tomorrow. Unlike the incident in LA."
"And I don't have any problem with it.", Rapmon commented. "We all have to apologize for keeping this from our fans. I feel really bad about it but I don't want you to leave the group either since you're one of our precious members now."
"Hyung... We are all thinking about the same thing.", J-Hope clips his food with his chopsticks and points it at Eun-ha for a second. "After our first concert with Eun-ha, didn't we say that we want Eun-ha to work with us till the end?"
Jin gulps his chewed food and gives out a thumbs up. "Jin-hyung approves. Eun-ha, we love you. Let's work hard."
"Ah.", Eun-ha drops her shrimp on her bowl and her chopsticks next to it. She rubs her face and chuckles to hold back her tears. "To us it is then.", she raises her glass of juice.
"To us!", they clink their glasses together.
One day later...
BTS!
BTS!
BTS!
The music started and fireworks sprayed on stage. They rose from the moving podium with each of their cool poses. MIC DROP started. The boys were excited. Eun-ha was excited as well. But not as much. She was more focused on how to deliver everything to ARMY in one blow without messing anything up. Second, the did DNA then more and more and more songs from the old albums. The boys left the stage. Leaving Eun-ha behind.
"ARMY!", Eun-ha shouts on the mic while raising her hand in the air. "Are you having fun?!"
ARMY cheered and roared.
"Alright!", the girl fixes her white mask and walks to the narrow part of the stage where she was totally surrounded by ARMY. She slowly spins around, gazing into the fans with a smile. She brings the mic to her lips and lets out a deep breath. "For a long time, I know you guys had wondered who I am. Or why I've joined BTS. Some may find it unacceptable. But..."
The crowd started to mumble in curiosity.
Eun-ha looks down to her feet and kept on talking with a gentle voice. "Whatever you may decide after this, please don't blame the guys.", she pulls her white, ponytail that was tucked in her shirt. She looks up to face the world and took off her mask. Her face glistened as the spotlight hit her face.
They gasped. It really was her. Pictures of her from LA were going around South Korea but some didn't believe it. Now, they did.
"My real name is Rha Eun-ha. The mysterious Songstress of Worlds 2017. At first, I didn't like the idea of being an idol and took the chance to help a friend. But as time progressed, I started to enjoy my time with the guys. I never even knew who they were before I started. I'm really sorry, everyone. I'm sorry I wasn't the oppa you thought I was.", she slowly sets herself down on the glass stage and kneels. "Before you guys decide what my fate is— I want to sing one of my father's favorite song. If that's alright."
The air blew for a couple of minutes to fill the silence then a burst of cheers almost blew off the roof of the place.
"Yes you can!"
"Eun-ha unnie! We welcome you!"
"Make your father proud Eun-ha oppa-unnie!"
"Even if you're new, try your best!"
Shouts of acceptance from ARMY caused Eun-ha to feel funny. She looks up to the flashing lights from the BTS light sticks, swaying side to side. Tears fell from her eyes immediately.
She crosses her legs and gathered the strength to speak on the mic. "Ah.", her voice trails off as more tears fell. "Thank you. Appa, this is for you."
6:01 P.M., she sang.
Her sultry voice as Rha finally made sense. Before anyone knew that she was a girl, to other people, Rha was a guy with a very seductive and enchanting, husked voice. Everyone had their hands and sticks in the air, feeling the feelings that Eun-ha was pouring out. Park Hyo-shin's original version of Wildflower cannot be beaten but Eun-ha's touching performance captivated everyone. The camera zoomed in on her and she looks at it the entire time as if she was facing her father.
One by one, BTS members joined her on stage, giving her pats of encouragement.
Her eyes met Suga, who grabs her hand and entwined them as the climax of the song started. Eun-ha smiles as she works hard on balancing her voice.
Eun-ha:
Nae sonkkeute nameun neouu hyanggi heuteojyeo... Nara— GA!
She clutched her hand to her chest as she reaches the high note, stunning everyone. Balloons and confetti fell from the sky as everyone waved their hands in the air. The song ended with a cheer nonstop.
But it wasn't the end of the concert yet, a song played in the background, familiar to Eun-ha. It was her emotional song back in her high school days. SNSD's Divine. The boys put themselves closer to Eun-ha. She was shocked to see the boys knew it too. She looks at the screen that displayed her younger self singing under the a bridge with her old friends sitting on the grass.
Jungkook:
Ooh Ooh
Jin:
Ooh Ooh
Jimin:
Amari ni mo moroi no ne kimochi wa tayasuku yurete yo akeru to kieru kotae sagashiteru
The eldest and the maknaes raised one hand in the air as they get more people to wave. The emotional song got to ARMY and probably everyone who was watching it live and on TV.
Rapmon, J-Hope and V joined in the chorus, looking at their female maknae with affectionate and teary eyes.
Rapmon + J-Hope + V:
Todorokiutsu aranami ni marude muryoku de chiisana watashi dakedo
Jin + Jimin:
Umi sae kitto warete soko ni michi wo tsukuru
Suga looks at Eun-ha, giving her courage to sing the ending line of the chorus.
Eun-ha:
Itsu no hi ka We can be divine Ooh
6:23 P.M., he leaned back on the bed with a satisfied smile on his face. Proud of what Eun-ha had become. His only little angel, had grown into a fine young woman. He watches his angel singing on the flat TV screen inside his room and listened to the song he requested from her.
He reaches for his wife's hand and she took his. They stare at each other with her, holding back her tears. "She looks a lot like you, Sun-hee. Beautiful."
Sun-hee presses her lips on his cold hands and chuckles. "You think so? Even with my age?"
"You're my wife. Even if you look wrinkly now, you're still my one and only love.", he chuckles as well. "Take care of yourself. Eat well since I won't be cooking for you anymore. And by eat well I mean, eat healthy."
Sun-hee leans closer to her husband and kisses his forehead, slowly setting his head down on the pillow. "Shut up, I know what to eat.", tears streamed down her eyes as she laughs.
She felt odd for a bit, as if something made her feel concern. But she kept singing the rest of the song with the boys keeping the audience off their seat. The whole time, Suga didn't sing and held her hand.
The climax of the song started and everyone held their mics to their lips. Even Suga.
Eun-ha:
We are always one— Ooh Ooh whoa!
Kyu-hwang chuckles and sets his hand down, closing his eyes and listened to his daughter's voice singing. "I love you both, my angels. I love you, my wife, Sun-hee. Tell her that appa is very proud of her. Tell her, to be happy with whatever she does. If she's happy, I am too. Tell her, don't let anything hold her back."
"My darling, Kyu-hwang...", Sun-hee tried to keep a strong face on but she gave up as he smiles for the last time.
The machine kept beeping but slowly than usual. With every slow beat of his heart, the line dashed up and down.
12.02.17, 6:30 P.M, the heart monitor's continuous beating sound turned into a flat beep, its screen showing a flat line.
Everyone:
Todoroku you na aranami mae ni— watashitachi nani ga dekiru to iu no darou— kono konnan wo— sotto yorisoi mukaeyou
Eun-ha:
Shinjiteru we can be divine, omoi wa hitotsu... Oh we can be divine
The stadium roared in emotional cheers and Eun-ha breaks down in front of thousands of people. She sniffs and gets pulled into a group hug with the boys.
"How did you guys know that song?", Eun-ha shrieks in tears while the cheers kept going. Her shoulders were trembling. "Where the hell did they get that video of me?! For fuck sakes Jun!", she said, crying out loud.
BTS laughs as they also became emotional. The boys pulled away from the hug and waved at ARMY. Besides Suga, as usual. He was hugging her this time. Not as a fellow BTS member but as her boyfriend. They rest of the boys circled around them, facing ARMY and bowed their heads.
"Thank you for coming tonight everyone! Thank you for accepting our new member. Look forward more in the future!", they said in unison and exited the stage.
They ran to the backstage and jumped in excitement. Good news for them is that Bang PD got what he wanted. The result of the concert as Eun-ha's identity-reveal went really well.
"Finally, you're free Eun-ha. Congrats!", V claps his hands while walking backwards.
Jungkook was giving Jimin a piggyback ride then sets him down after a while. "Eun-noona can be with us no problem now."
"No more hiding!", Jimin added.
Rapmon was doing his job as leader as usual. "There's more attention to us now though. But don't worry. That'll be helping us in becoming number one in the whole world."
Jin and J-Hope cried childishly. "Finally!", they hug each other.
Suga had Eun-ha in his arms, pecking her cheek. "So, how did it feel?", he said softly to her.
"It felt great... Thank you guys.", Eun-ha smiles happily.
As they reach their waiting room to pack their stuff and leave, they see Jun on the couch, sitting with his hands on his face and the phone in front of him, slightly cracked.
"Hey Jun!", Eun-ha runs to him and gives him a sweaty hug. "I did it! Did you see... Me... Perform?", Eun-ha realizes how stiff Jun's body was. She became worried.
Suga's eyes widened. He realized something was wrong as he remembers what Jun told him before, not to leave Eun-ha alone. "Kang Jun, what's going on?"
The boys looked at Jun for answers.
Jun raises his head, his eyes were bloodshot red. He looks down to Eun-ha and gritted his teeth. "Eun-ha..."
"Jun, you're scaring me. Are you alright?", Eun-ha laughed nervously and plants her hands on his shoulders.
"Samchon Kyu-hwang...", Jun looks at Suga with sad eyes. "Has passed away..."
His words hit Eun-ha like her heart literally got shot. She backs away from Jun, staggering backwards while slowly shaking her head. "No... You're lying...", she trips but Jungkook catches her. "Appa..."
"I just got a call from ajumma... She's at the hospital right now.", said Jun.
Eun-ha slowly began to hyperventilate and streams of tears dripped from her eyes.
"YOU'RE LYING!"