Saturday , 12th January  4:35am 

"What do you mean you got us tickets to the Bigbang concert this weekend?" I asked for the first time since EunJung had bounced into Cafe 96 yesterday and told me her surprise. Sleepily, I half heartedly dragged our bags out of the taxi boot. We'd arrived at Incheon Airport, ready to board the plane. Things whirled by like a blur since yesterday, and I wondered how we'd managed to get our bags packed and travelled to the airport at this time of the chilly morning that I didn't even realise existed. 
EunJung, surprisingly awake at this time, simply smiled at me and pressed her freezing palms on my face which jolted me awake. 
"This is not a troll. This is real."

I know I sound like a total prick that shows no visible excitement, but don't get me wrong,  I don't have anything against Bigbang. If anything, I love their music. Whenever I have a private karaoke session, it's usually their songs blasting at top volume!
It's just..... I can't stop thinking about what happened yesterday after I closed the cafe. 

I plonked onto the seat of the plane, exhausted from the tight squeeze through the narrow walkway into the aircraft. There seemed to be an abnormally large amount of people travelling to Japan for the weekend, many of which I observed were also fangirls making their way to the concert in Japan. 
I couldn't help but eavesdrop on a few conversations that a few girls had while walking in. 

"Omo, G-Dragon is the best!" exclaimed one.
"NO, Daesung's the best!" retaliated the other. 

"I heard this concert in Japan especially, is going to be HUGE!" 
"I'd like to grate cheese on Taeyang's abs" 

Okay, that last comment from some fangirl won a weird look from me.

But even those mindless conversations couldn't block out yesterday's scene that kept replaying in my head. 

After I closed the shop yesterday, EunJung and I picked up some of my mother's favourite orange juice and visited her in hospital. 

"Your mother's condition hasn't been very well, the chemotherapy has taken its toll on her fragile body, and hasn't been as effective as we'd have liked it to be in treating her leukaemia. Her condition is detereriorating."  the doctor explained as we walked towards my mother's ward.

She was lying in bed, looking frail and pale, weaker than usual.
"Haneul ah," she spoke, her voice so weak it was no more than a whisper, "Don't coop yourself up. Get out there and live an adventurous life... don't let my situation be a burden to you" my mother said, tears b her eyes.
I knew she knew about what was happening, and I just couldn't bear to leave her, not even for the weekend. I looked at EunJung, whose face reflected as much sadness as mine at seeing how detriment my mother's condition was becoming. 
"EunJung ah," I paused, letting the tension linger for a moment. How could I tell her that I couldn't leave for the weekend? 
"I'm afraid I can't come with you to Japan tomorrow," I finished. 
Before EunJung could reply, my mother intercepted. With all her might, she strained to sit up and looked at us both in the eye. "I want you to go. Two of you. I will be alright. This is a rare chance for you, Haneul, to take a break." she smiled, a look of genuine happiness spread across her face. 
"But, omoni-" I held my hand in hers, the bird bracelet on my wrist touching the matching one she wore. 
"Don't you worry child. See heaven's got a plan for you. Embark on that adventure this weekend!" my mother continued. It was as if she knew what would happen this coming weekend for us. 

I leaned back onto the seat, and closed my eyes. Before long, EunJung nudged me and handed me a small package, to which I found two VIP passes to Bigbang's Japanese World Tour concert inside. 
"Many people would kill for this! Where did you get it?" I gasped at EunJung with disbelief. 
"You see, my quirky habit of entering all the lucky draws and lucky dips has finally come in good use." EunJung replied, winking mischieviously. 
This is when I felt that it was real, that I was on a plane to Japan, and that I would see Bigbang live, and I would get to hear SeungHyun sing in person!
I closed my eyes again, this time starting to feel the excitement of it all.