Chapter 50 - Preparations
Jang Mi sat in front of the mirror. The lights shinning brightly into her face. It didn't really bother her much. She had arrived at the scene for hours. The stage for the concert was set since early this morning. Jang Mi had to wait until three of the 2ne1 members arrived. She waited for two hours before then. Not even Ji Yong showed up. Jang Mi was in her dressing room that she would be sharing with the members of 2ne1. While waiting for those two hours, her stylist helped her fit into her outfit that she was going to be sharing with the 2ne1 members. The only difference in the outfits was theirs were black and Jang Mi's was grey. Jang Mi's dress was short and showed off her legs. The sleeves for the dress stopped before her shoulder. The top of the dress was tight. It hugged her upper body and hips perfectly while her hip to her mid-thigh were slightly flared out.
Jang Mi's other outfit was one she was going to be using along side with Ji Yong. The outfit was simple. She was going to be wearing black shorts and a white long sleeve. It gave off the illusion like she's wearing a guy's shirt. The shirt would look big on her but stop mid thigh and since she was going to be on stage above the eye site of fans, she had a feeling they could easily see under, at just the right angle. She was happy with having to wear shorts underneath instead of wearing it like a dress.
When the members of 2ne1 arrived, she had already switched out of her dresses and into comfortable clothes. She wore shorts and a hoodie that came just below the hem of the shorts. She was falling asleep but Minzy, Dara and CL entered the room with a smile. Jang Mi gotten out of her chair and bowed to her seniors. They apologized for their tardiness since they were stuck in the long lines of bumper to bumper traffic.
After greetong each other, they made their way to the stage as staff members were running around setting things up in the arena. Like the choreographer had told Jang Mi, the stage was extremely big and it would take a longer time to walk out during Come Back Home. When they started practicing, it was different from practicing in the dance studio so Jang Mi was worried about it. However, the choreographer had told the back up dancers that they had to work hard on hiding Jang Mi since she had to make her way across stage. She hid in the back of one of the dancers before running across stage with them and hanging out in the back. As soon as her part came on, she turned around and started singing the chorus part of Come Back Home. They practiced this twice before moving on to Falling In Love.
"Before you all sing falling in love, you all need to introduce yourselves. It's going to be Dara, Minzy, CL and then Jang Mi." The choreographer said which made them all nod. "When you're all finished, CL I want you to ask the crowd if Jang Mi can fill in for Park Bom just for two songs."
"Oh my god. What if they don't want me to?" Jang Mi said worried for their fans.
"Well, they have no choice." CL stated with a shrug.
The choreographer laughed. "It's fine. CL will tell them that Park Bom is going to be coming later, so Park Bom asked her friend to fill in for her."
Jang Mi liked that better. "Alright. Then what?"
"Dara, Minzy and CL are going to announce the next song you're all going to be singing. So you're all going to ask the crowd 'Are you all ready to Fall In Love with Bae Jang Mi?' then the four of you will make your way across the long platform and go on that wide platform where you'll perform Falling In Love."
They did Come Back Home one more time before doing what the choreographer said. So they all introduced themselves to the empty arena that had staff workers running around. Then CL did her part in telling the crowd that Park Bom couldn't make it to the beginning of the concert, so Park Bom asked a friend to fill in for her. Just for two songs. All four of them waited for what was supposed to be screams but since it was an empty arena, nothing was sounded. Finally, all three members of 2ne1 shouted 'Are you all ready to Fall In Love with Bae Jang Mi?'. Soon after the beat played and they made their way across the long platform onto the other stage platform where they continued to dance to the song and they did this about twice before finally getting the 'okay' from the choreographer and stage director who had been watching them the entire time.
After, they all made their way to the dressing room and drank warm tea. They had to rest their vocals, so nobody talked. CL sat on her phone while sitting in her chair. Minzy played a game on her tab while Dara was reading a script for an upcoming drama that wanted her to be lead actress in. Jang Mi just waited for Ji Yong so she could practice singing Missing You.
"Jang Mi-ah!" Jang Mi looked over to see Ji Yong standing by the entrance of their dressing room. "Let's go."
Jang Mi stood up and followed Ji Yong to the stage. The choreographer was standing on stage waiting for Jang Mi and Ji Yong to arrive. He pointed to a spot where Ji Yong would slowly come out from under the stage and then Ji Yong would move off the platform so it would be able to go back down. That's when Jang Mi gets on it and waits for her part before being floated out from underground. It seemed simple enough. Since there wasn't a set dance Jang Mi didn't have to think much about it. They practiced it about a couple of times before the choreographer and stage director was happy about it. The last one they were performing Ji Yong did a small dance with Jang Mi where he twirled her and she went along with it. Jang Mi had so much fun doing it that she wanted to do it with him when they had to perform the real thing. He of course agreed.
When she finished her rehearsal with Ji Yong and headed back to the dressing room, Manager Kim was waiting for her there. He had been waiting for her to finish so he could retrieve her.
"Jang Mi-ah." He called.
"Yes, oppa." Jang Mi said smiling. "Why are you out here?" She asked.
"They moved you to another dressing room."
"Why? I liked sharing with the girls of 2ne1." Jang Mi sighed. "They didn't want to share with me." She stated and nodded. "I knew they found me annoying. Do they even want me to sing Park Bom's part? They don't right?" Jang Mi sobbed.
"Jang Mi-ah, you're being too loud." Manager Kim said shaking his head. "They moved you because people are going to be going in and out of 2ne1's room. They wanted you away so nobody would find out."
"Ah." She said sheepishly. "Okay. So they're not irritated with me?" She asked and received a shake of his head. "Alright. I'll say goodbye to them then."
"No! You can't." Manager Kim said taking a hold of Jang Mi's forearm and walking down the hall, away from 2ne1's dressing room. "The siblings are in there, greeting their sunbae."
"What siblings?" Jang Mi asked as she was dragged down the hall and into her own dressing room.
"AKMU. The siblings." He said in a matter-of-fact tone. "So sit in here and wait. Bora and Eugene will be here to do your hair and makeup. So just be patient."
Jang Mi nodded and she watched as Manager Kim left the room to probably check everything with Jang Mi's schedule. Just like he had said, both her makeup artist and her hair stylist walked in. Both hands carried bags of what ever it was Jang Mi needed for her hair and makeup. Eugene unrolled his roll of hair products. He immediately plugged in the curling iron and straightener. Bora on the other hand, slammed a cute tool box onto the table and opened the middle compartment. As she opened it, layers and layers of makeup came out with it. Jang Mi was already used to this so she sat there massaging her vocal cords. They instantly went to work as Jang Mi sat there, and they worked on her hair and her makeup.
"Eunni, this is so exciting." Bora smiled.
"I know." Eugene cheered. "We're cheering you on."
Jang Mi let out a sigh. "Thanks guys." Jang Mi smiled brightly. "I just hope I do good." She said to herself.
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