MAKE IT HAPPEN

-Sapphire07

 

Characters: Lee Chae Rin, Kwon Jiyong

 

Chaerin inhaled more air, and then she exhaled her exhaustion. Sweat was now drifting in her face.

“Chaerin unnie! Fighting~!” Minzy, their group’s maknae, exclaimed.

“Go my Chaerin-ah!” Bom, their main vocals, cheered with Minzy.

Dara, on the other hand, is just holding her camera and filming her with it.

They were having their last practice for tonight’s big event of their entertainment company—The YG Family Concert in Seoul 2013. She was currently having her dance rehearsals of her solo single—The Baddest Female—in which she will perform tonight at the concert.

After their take, her Bigbang oppas had just arrived. Bom, Dara, and Minzy welcomed them. She got down on the stage and walked towards them. She saw Daesung, TOP, and Youngbae talking with Minzy and Bom, while Dara and Seungri are taking pictures with each other, and there was Jiyong—away from the crowd and was just silently sitting in one of the chairs unoccupied there. Chaerin was surprised to see him not with s. And none of the four guys are approaching him. It is as if Jiyong noticed her she was watching him, so he invited her to sit with him. She accepted his offer.

She sat beside him. His warm woody musk scent was easily absorbed by her senses. This is what he really likes about him. She felt happier for he always puts on the colognes she gave him as her present for his birthday.

“My cologne is almost empty.” Jiyong said. “Chaerin-ah, my birthday is coming.” He said with his gentlest and warmest voice she can’t resist.

She can’t stop herself from smiling. “Your birthday’s next year. You’re kidding me, oppa.”

He smiled. Ahh.. Those smiles of his. It made her heart skipped a beat. It was like her exhaustion for the whole day’s rehearsals fade away.

Her smile widens. “What?” she asked. “Stop looking at me like that oppa.”

His smile turned into a grin. “Well, stop sniffing on me too.”

She looked at him with disbelief. “Oppa!”

“I take that as a ‘yes’.” He’s grinning from ear to ear.

She pouted her lips, showing him he’s such a tease. He just laughed. He grabbed her towel in her hands and he wiped away droplets of sweat in her forehead. “You still look hot even you’re doing your aegyo.”

She even pouted her lips more. Trying to give him some revenge by teasing him.

“Stop that hunchae, you’re inviting me to kiss you.” He said while looking deeply in her eyes, as if giving her a dare.

She stopped pouting her lips. She is showing him that she is hiding her smile and she is preventing herself from laughing. She’s enjoying teasing him. God! He’s so cute when he’s getting pissed off.

He got frustrated. “You don’t want me to kiss you?” he asked with his husky voice.

She gently slaps his face. She moved closer in him and whispered in his ears with her seductive voice. “Maybe, later?”

She moved away and stood up. Jiyong looked at her with excitement, frustration, and smiles all in his face.

“You better prepare!” he said in between his laughs. He winks at her.

She sticks out her tongue, and then she walks back to Bom, Dara and Minzy, Youngbae and Seungri who were silently watching the two of them from afar. Top and Daesung went to talk to Jiyong.

“You’re getting more obvious, Chae.” Youngbae said.

“Oh, cut that.” Bom said. “Don’t they look good together? Chae’s even more beautiful when she’s with Jiyong. Jiyong seems to be very happy with you, Chaerinnie.”

“Let them be! They’re happy, aren’t they?” Dara added.

“Okay, okay!” Youngbae raised his hand as a sign of surrender. “I’m just concern with them, you know.”

“Why then?” She asked. “We were just.. You know.. Having fun there. Besides, there are no cameras.”

“Having fun. Alright then.” Seungri said. “We understand about that. But as you can see, there are ‘some’ things that you two can’t avoid doing in front of the camera as if it wasn’t there.”

She suddenly remembered everything—their on cam moments in videos and photos posted in the internet. Recently, their videos and pictures together in Jiyong’s One of a Kind Concert tour wherein they were performing The Leaders flooded the different social networking sites and the youtube. They even hugged twice in front of their fans. They laughed together while watching the fan cams uploaded in youtube for they messed up with the choreography of the song. It must show their swagger side, but they obviously looked like couples singing and dancing onstage.

She and Jiyong were really trying to do their best as they can to prevent the public from noticing their affection with each other. Besides, they’ve already handled their relationship for almost two years without the public knowing about it. Only her co-members in 2ne1 and Jiyong’s Bigbang knew everything about them. But they were the best buddies for they understand their situation. That’s why she loves them all.

“We will just talk to the President to—”

Chaerin hit Seungri’s head. “You’re nuts. Just fool around and then..” She motioned her right fist. “You’ll get hit by this. HARDER.”

Youngbae and the rest laughed. “Seungri, you should be careful.. you will be hit by both the lion and the dragon.” Youngbae added.

Seungri scratches his head. His stopping himself from smiling as his hyungs and noonas were making fun of him. “You’re really making fun of me Chaerin, aren’t you?”

“Just quiet there Seungri. Don’t make Chaerinnie angry if you don’t want to be sued.” Dara said.

“Noona, she annoyed me first.” Seungri complained. Still grinning from ear to ear.

“Yeah right. And I really hate you Seungri.”

“You really hate me that much Chaerin-ah.”

“Not really.” She said calmly but her eyes are telling otherwise. She is glaring on Seungri.

Bom laughed loudly. “Poor Seungri.” She more. “I’ll just eat. You’re all making me hungry.” Bom left them. Dara and Seungri went with her.

She and Youngbae were left.

“Let’s seat.” Youngbae invite her to an unoccupied chair nearby. They sat.

“Is there something that you want to say, oppa?” she asked him.

“I just want to say.. Be prepared and get yourself ready, Chaerin.” He said seriously.

She was confused. “But why? Why do I have to be prepared and get ready?”

“For tonight.”

“The concert?” She smiled. “All of us should prepare, you know. It’s YG Family’s concert, oppa.”

He just shrugged his shoulders. “Okay. Just be prepared.” He smiled and then he stood up. “And..”

“What?” She asked.

“When you and Jiyong performed “The Leaders” later, try not to make out, you know. You don’t have to do that ANYMORE.”

“Huh? I can’t understand oppa.”

He just smiled and left her. She still has questions in mind. What’s happening to Youngbae? She also shrugged her shoulders at the thought. She left the concert venue to go to her room and rest for tonight’s big event.

 

The concert will be starting in less than an hour. The staffs, stylists, crew and everyone responsible for the concert were busy arranging everything for the great event. Even those, performers, were also busy preparing for their performance. The screams of the audience shows their excitement for the concert. Chaerin, on the other hand, is busy getting herself in the mood for 2ne1 will be the first one to perform and they will be also the ones to open the YG Family concert.

She stood up from her stool and walked around their dressing room. Their stylists were busy organizing and readying their clothes and shoes. Bom is already done with her outfit and make up. She was silently sitting at the corner, drinking water, and composing herself. She’s whispering something to herself.

“Unnie! What’s the problem?” Chaerin walked towards Bom.

“Tonight.. I am not Bom. I am Beyonce!” She exclaimed.

“Unnie? Are you alright?”

“Chaerin-ah. I can do this!” She held her chest.

“What’s the matter unnie, we’ve been doing this for years.” She laughed.

“Right.”

She smiled at her. She turned to Minzy who’s already done with her get up, and so as Dara. One of the staffs signaled them to prepare for the concert will start few minutes from now. Chaerin calls Dara, Bom, and Minzy as they do their usual mantra before performing.

“You know we can do this, right?” The three nodded. Then Chaerin exclaimed, “2ne1!”

 

Even though in their dressing room, the screams of the audience were heard. The loud upbeat tune of Bigbang’s ‘Fantastic Baby’ was making everyone backstage sing with Bigbang

2ne1’s performance was great. They opened the concert with the swag and roar of ‘Fire’, ‘Can’t Nobody’, and ‘Go Away’. The respond of their fans were so good. They saw them very enthusiastic and singing and singing through their music.

Chaerin and the rest of 2ne1were just resting a bit and preparing themselves for their next performance is soon. After Bigbang, Psy and Se7en will perform. After them, Chaerin’s solo single ‘The Baddest Female’ is next.

She just rest for a while and then she proceed again to preparing herself for performing. She went outside to talk to one of the organizers of the concert.

“CL, after your solo performance, ‘The Leaders’ with GDragon will be the next one.” The man informs her, while looking at a folder he was reading.

The Leaders? I thought.. “I thought my performance with 2ne1’s ‘Do You Love Me’ is next?” She asked in confusion with the sudden change of the program.

He looked at her. “Nope. It says here..” He showed her the program clipped in the folder. “..your performance with GDragon is next after your solo.”

She checked the program again and then she asked. “Does Jiyong oppa already knew about this?”

“Yes, I do.”

Both of them turned to Jiyong who was now standing few inches away from them. His performance with Bigbang must have been finished already.

“It’s okay. I’ll talk to Chaerin about that.” He told the crew and then the crew left.

Jiyong walked towards her. He was perspiring; thus, making him hot. “Do you have a problem with that?” He asked, referring to the change in the program.

Chaerin wipes his sweat in his forehead with her towel. “Nope.” She shook her head. She removes few strands of his hair away from his face. She smiled. Handsome “You’re excited to perform with me, huh?”

“Well, of course.” He smiled back. He looked more handsome. “You’re lovely.” He whispered.

Her smile widens. “I don’t have to be lovely. I have to be bad.” She said.

He laughed. And then sang, “Nan~Nappeun gizibe where all my bad girls at? Unnie~ yah, hey!”

She laughed more. He looked cuter. The Gdragon that everyone is seeing onstage was far different from Jiyong that is in front of her now, in front of her is a man smiling and singing as her number one fanboy. The man that she has always loved.

“For me, you’re still lovely, Chaerin-ah. We’ll see later.” He said and then he left her with a smile in her lips as she watced him enter Bigbang’s dressing room.

 

“Wassup eurabon~!!”

Chaerin hears once again the crowd’s loud cheers and scream. The whole dome was dark but was filled by different colors of light as fans waved and raised their lightsticks. The whole venue was jam packed by fans and it was really an achievement that will be put on YG Entertainment’s history again.

She had just finished performing ‘The Baddest Female’ and she was about to introduce the next performance, which is she and Jiyong to have ‘The Leaders’.

“Wassup GD~!!!” She yelled.

Few more seconds passed but there’s no GD coming out of the backstage.

She composed herself. She asked the audience. “Eurabon, Let’s call on.. GDragon!”

The crowd yells and cheers as they call on Jiyong. Jiyong came out but to Chaerin’s surprise, the song being played was ‘Do You Love Me’.

Technical errors? Omo.

She was about to speak on some of the crews standing not far from the side of the stage when she heard Jiyong sang.

“D-O-Y-O-U-L-O-V-E-M-E..” He sang; but still maintaining his charismatic and swag aura while walking towards the stage and towards her. “D-O-Y-O-U-L-O-V-E.. Do you?”

He then danced with the choreography of the song. The whole crowd gone wild and crazy as they cheer for Gdragon while dancing to the music of the song. He then ends with the first chorus of the song, “Do you love me like the way I love you babe?”

The music stopped and they stared at each other for seconds. Confusion and excitement poured her heart. Confusion—for she doesn’t know what the hell was going on; and Excitement—for her heart is beating wildly, wildly as the crowd roars and screams.

“Do you love me like the way I love you, Chaerin-ah?” He said in microphone while looking intently in her eyes. His voice was now heard loudly inside the whole dome. The audience gasps a long “oh~” both in surprise and in amazement.

She, with no idea at all on what’s happening, was standing there—with nothing to say. She was speechless on what was Jiyong was doing. She wanted to ask him what was he doing but she cannot; her heart beats fast and no words were coming out of .

“Chaerin-ah, do I have to repeat it again?”

“Answer it!” one audience shouted and then she was followed by the whole crowd. They were all screaming “Answer it!” and Chaerin felt like she’s going to fell unconscious on the stage.

She looked at Jiyong, and she looked at him, without saying anything. She looked at him with worry and asking. Jiyong just winked at her, as if saying “Everything is in control”. He then walks closer to him. He put his hand on her waist and he faced the audience. “Eurabon, I do love Lee Chae Rin.”

The audience screams and the crowd goes crazier. Chaerin was so alarmed she doesn’t know what to do anymore. Jiyong whispered to her but with the microphone in his mouth. “I love you, Chaerin ah. Finally, I’ve admitted it already to everyone.”

She surprisingly looked at him; she doesn’t know what to feel or what to say anymore at that moment. In 2ne1’s interviews and performance, she always does a lot of talking, but now, why? She was too overwhelmed by the feeling of amazement as she looked at Jiyong waving and smiling at the audience. Her heart beats fast and she no longer hears the crowd but she can only feel and hear it hammering inside her chest.

“Chaerin-ah, would you like to say something?” Jiyong looked lovingly in her.

She tried to calm her system down. She cannot still believe that everything was happening right at that very moment.

“It’s now our time to tell the world how much we love each other.” Jiyong removes his hand around her waist to hold her hands that were wet and cold by now because of nervousness. “I don’t want anymore to hide and to keep everything inside me forever. I want to tell the world that I am so much inspired to write songs because of you. I want to show them all the songs I have recorded just for you. I want to kiss you, to hug you and to take pictures with you and freely show everyone that Chaerin is mine. That YOU are already mine. I don’t like anymore to tell everyone that I don’t have a girlfriend when in fact, I HAVE YOU. I don’t want you to still tell everyone that you looked at me as your big brother. I want you to tell them that I am your man. And I don’t want anymore to deny my feelings for you. My LOVE for you, Chaerin-ah. I love you.”

For a moment, the whole dome fell silent. Everyone was listening to Jiyong’s confessions. Jiyong looked at her and the crowd was focused on her too, as if waiting for her to say anything. As her body absorbed everything, finally, she has the guts to speak already.

“I love you too, Jingyo oppa..”

With these, Jiyong holds her closer and kissed her fully in her lips for the entire world to see how much he loved her. She kissed him back, to show everyone her love for him, too.

The crowd cheers and claps as fireworks were showed up while they are having their kiss.

When their kiss ended, she saw her reflection in his eyes; showing the world that SHE is only for HIM.

They both face the audience and they vowed together while people, still clapping and teasing the two of them.

At the side of the stage, she saw Dara, Bom and Minzy, smiling and clapping their hands at them. Seungri, TOP, and Daesung clapping too, and teasing the two of them. And there’s Youngbae, smiling and looking at her as if saying “I told you to prepare, didn’t I?”

She smiled back at him as happiness flowed inside her heart. She looked at Jiyong and she remembers something. She looked at him to tell it to him. “How about Pre—”

He stopped her from speaking. “Don’t worry. All are in hand.” He smiled at her once again. And then she whispered, “I love you, Chaerin-ah.”

With these, worry easily fades away in her heart. She smiled back and looked intently in his eyes, “I love you too, oppa.”

 “President.”

“Come in. Take a sit.”

He sat in the chair across the CEO’s table.

“So you are going to tell it to everyone tonight, aren’t you?” President asked.

For a moment, he stayed silent. He remembered all the things they have gone through together just to hide everything in the public. It’s now the time to reveal everything. It’s now the time not to give both of them the hard time.

“Yes.” He said with a sincere gaze towards CEO Yang’s eyes.

It’s now or never. Let it be.

For her. Just for her.

“Alright.”

He was definitely surprised. “Pre-President?” He had a lot of questions continually popping in his mind. He can’t believe he had just..

“What?” President Yang asked.

“You do not..”

“Disgree?” He continued what he was about to say.

“And you are not..”

“Angry?” CEO Yang continued again.

He unconsciously nods his head as excitement fills his heart. His plans for tonight’s concert are racing in his mind.

“Nope, Jiyong. I guess it’s time for me to let both of you be free. I’m also sick of preventing issues, intrigues and rumors every time you are doing things way out of the line and you get caught off guard. I don’t want to protect you every time. You’re already grown up leaders, aren’t you?”

Happiness, joy, and excitement were all babbling inside his system. He felt he was free, THEY are already free. He can now express his love for her freely.

On or off the camera.

“Besides,” President Yang continued. “Dongwook and Hanbyul already did that. You were just following their steps.” He even grinned, he looked flustered, but Jiyong feels President Yang is indeed happy for them.

“Just be a man.” He added.

“Yes.” He nodded as he gasps for more air. As time goes by, his excitement is multiplying.

He left the President’s office with the widest smile still pasted in his lips.

“Tonight, will be such a good night.”