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lia happily sitting at the big table by the kitchen, drawing in her sketch book before she got called to go to her room.

she was confused, quickly closing her sketch book and bringing it with her, arriving in her room along with heeseung who waited in front of the closed door she smiles brightly. the two open the door, glancing around before seeing two phones on their beds. she quickly looks at him with big eyes, him doing the same before the two run to it.

she was sitting alone, away from prying ears as she finally called him.

"hello?" a male voice answered, paper rustling in the background as if he was searching something.

she pursed her lips, calming her beating heart, "katashi."

"lilly?!" was heard, something falling and a loud noise was made.

"your favorite family member!"

"you're my only family member left!?"

she laughs brightly, telling him everything that happened so far and who she got close with. she tells him how heeseung tried aegyo and how she teased him for it, causing katashi to laugh before he questioned her about the food and how her mental health was going.

she answered his questions with a serious face, not lying to her older brother since she told him almost everything. the two went back to some lighter topic and how he met a very nice girl that was a year younger than him, of course this caused lia to question him everything about her to which he laughed.

when she had to hang up she ran away from the staff, hiding somewhere as she whispers, "i dont want to say good bye.."

"i know you'll make it through, look at you you're almost in the final! you're so talented and you did so much before you even started your career as an idol, you're a model, an actress and an influencer, soon you will be an idol as well, get all the rest you can now because you're schedule will get even tighter." he tells her, "i know i dont say it often but i really love you lilly, you're the only one i have left and for that i am very grateful, it showed me a lot and bought me to reality. so i'll continue supporting you in your stupid decisions and i'll root for you while i'm at it!"

lia had tears in her eyes, a painful laugh escaping her lips that told him how much she actually missed him, sobs followed quickly afterwards and he says his final words in chinese, "i'll root for you, dont forget that. i love you lilly."

she sniffs, "i love you too, katashi."

"oh cmon, you always called me tashi!"

"yeah until i stopped." she says in a deadpan, still sniffing.

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lia was sitting on her bed, staring in front of her as she thought about all the possibilities. technically seen, bang sihyuk could tell her that she'll not make it into the group, changing his mind on the whole girl in a boys group. he could also tell her that she didnt make it into the debut lineup and instead someone else did, leaving her to be a trainee again. the third possibility that was in her head was that he would kick her off the group, making her debut solo, just as he had told her after her first one and a half years in the company.

she was scared shitless, she didnt know how to describe it otherwise. scared she wouldnt make it and therefore breaking her promise. 

she shakes her head, it was stupid of her to begin with to make a promise that was depending on so many other opinions and mostly on the ones around the world.

she asked for privacy a while ago, the boys respected that and left her alone but when she noticed her breathing picking up and how her heart was beating quicker than usual she knew it was maybe a tiny little mistake to be alone.

she curled her knees to her chest, wrapping her arms around them as she sets her head on her knees, looking forward as she closes her eyes.

her quiet whimpers of pain werent heard or picked up from the cameras but her pain stricken face was. oh how pathetic she felt in that moment, but she couldnt change it, it was something that sticked with her for as long as she could remember.

she quickly stood up, wobbling a bit before getting a hold of herself. she walks to the door, peeking outside to see if there was someone who could help her.

coincidences were really on her side as she saw the young boy casually going up the stairs, wanting to get something from his room before he got suddenly dragged into another room. his shocked and panicked face turned into one of concern when he saw her expression.

"are you alright, lia?" he asked her, holding her arms as he supported her.

she shakes her head, "panic..." she mumbles, "panic attack..."

he quickly nods, leading her to her bed as he crouched in front of her, "follow my breathing alright? listen to my voice."

she nods, listening to him as he told her about what he planned to do later and how he was excited to help jay with the cooking. when her breathing got regular again she left a sigh of relief out, quickly hugging him tightly.

"thank you so much, nini.." she mumbles into his shoulder.

he grins, "anything for you lilly."

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lia was laying in her bed with niki next to her, it was one of the times she wasnt in heeseung's bed but in her own. the two were already half asleep before a sudden alarm went off, making niki almost fall off the bed but lia quickly reached out to him and keeping him place with her quick reflexes.

while holding on him she leans her head back with a groan, "i was half asleep.."

niki pouts playfully as he adds, "yeah.. me as well.."

lia chuckles before the two sluggishly walk down the stairs and towards the egg where all the others are.

"we will now announce the team name of the debut group."

this made lia sit up quickly, her back straight and her eyes wide as blinks a couple times.

"i hope its a good one." she mumbles before her focus went to the screen.

"the team name will now be revealed. the final debut group name is.."

her eyes widen even more before she jump up and runs towards heeseung, "i love it! i really love it!"

she laughs as heeseung has a wide eyed look in his eyes when he catched her and lia was sure this was going to be the best part of her life.

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"i came to i-land because i made a promise. not only to myself but to the ones i love dearly." she says, thinking it was enough to get her point across, which it indeed did.

the final stage came and lia was hyper, she wasnt nervous or overthinking. she was happy and somewhat confident that she would make it, there was still a chance she wouldnt but she decided to think positive and hope it wasnt wrong of her to do.

as the groups name, enhypen, was finally announced lia shocked many with her visuals. she wore a dark red colored blouse paired with a black leather skirt and a black leather jacket along with black mary jane's that had heels.

her visuals shocked many fans and even netizens as they fell in love with her even more due to her looks, that all just by standing next to k and niki.

txt and bts were both behind the cameras as they look at her with proud eyes that were filled with overflowing adoration.

"we'll now see the final test performance."

lia sighs, closing her eyes as she got into her position, her face blank before she went into performance mode this time yet again.

she performed as she practices, her voice blending in perfectly with the boys and not sticking out in an unpleasing way.

when it ended she did a special ending fairy that she planned for a few days, heeseung giving her the idea and jake helping her out as well. her ending fairy killed the viewers as she had stunning visuals and was ethereal to its finest.

she stood next to the nine boys as they received compliments from the producers. she clapped enthusiastically for them as she was genuinely happy for them to get recognized for their talent.

"now you have been waiting for a bit, lia." bang sihyuk started making lia smile at him, "you've never disappointed us with any of the given performances and have done an incredibly good job throughout the entirety of the show. you really killed it, especially today."

her smile grew larger as she bows towards him, "thank you so much!"

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it was time to start announcing the eight that will successfully debut as global idols in 2020.

lia was nervous and held niki's hand tightly the two sharing a nervous smile as this could possibly be the last time the two would see each other.

"of the ten that survived i-land, who will be the eight that will debut as global idols in 2020? we will now start the announcement of the eight debut members."

"i'll now announce the first debut member decided by global votes."

she held her breath, this could change everything. this could be her best dream or her worst nightmare.

"sixth  place i-lander.. the first debut member is.. lee heeseung."

after she heard his name she lets out an unexpected yell, running into his arms as she lets a few tears already fall down her rosey cheeks.

she gives him a kiss on his cheek, "you did it. i'm so proud of you my love." she tells him, holding his cheeks as she stares into his eyes with adoration and love.

she holds her hand over her mouth as she tries to hold in her sob when she listens to his thank you speech.

"the second debut member who place fifth in the global ranking... niki."

she lets out a yell, running to him and jumping in his arms as she hugs the younger boy tightly, "i told you. i told you. i told you." she says, giving him a short kiss on his cheek before she lets him do his thank you speech.

"fourth place, i-lander jake."

"third place, i-lander jay."

"the second survivor is one of our global contestants, either lia or daniel. will it be the young and talented daniel? or will it be the strong willed woman, lia who will debut as a member of enhypen."

"the second place with 1,369,999 votes is... i-lander lia."

she stood there for a second before she was attacked by niki and heeseung in a hug, only then did she blink a few times and her eyes teared up once again, she was going to debut. she kept her promise that she made to her brother and to her lover.

she looks around through her clouding vision and sees the members of bts all standing and waving homemade sign with her name and even inside jokes they had. looking to txt she heard them yelling her name, each louder than the other with yeonjun topping them all with his loud voice, even doing hand movements of a choreo they came up with. the producers also cheered for her, bang sihyuk looking prouder than ever for her. her face was hidden by heeseung's chest as he gave her a kiss on her cheek.

"you kept your promise. i'm very proud of you aein, i love you so much."

after hearing him say that her tears came again and again, she really did it. she couldnt believe her dream finally come true and she made the two boys in her live the proudest they could be.

"debuting member lia, please come forward and speak."

she takes a deep and shaky breath, her hands shaking and she slowly makes her way to the front. taking the mic in her shaky hands she steps on the platform, everyone still cheering for the girl.

"i really.." she stops, tears coming once again but she tries again after wiping them away, "i really didnt think i would be called out. thank you, to everyone that stayed by my side all the time and thank you to the producers who always helped me during my trainee days. i thank all my friends who helped me and all the contestants that have been here by my side."

she takes another breath before switching language which surprised a few at the sudden act, "i promise to do my best to not let you guys down. i thank you all a thousand times for giving me the chance to show you who i really am. you can always count on me, always! i'm really excited to grow as enhypen's lia! thank you so much!"

she finishes her speech, bowing deeply before moving to the debut zone as she was brought into hugs by each of the new group members.

"with 1,417,620 votes, first place, i-lander yang jungwon."

lia jumped into his arms after he made it to the debut zone, whispering proud words to him as she couldnt stop to congratulate him. when sunghoon was announced to be the final global vote survivor she couldnt she any more happy knowing what he went through and how he quit ice skating for this big change.

"choosen by the producers, the last member of enhypen to debut is.. congratulations, kim sunoo."

when she heard that daniel and k automatically got eliminated her heart broke. the two she got along with wouldnt debut or debut along side her. listening to their last final remarks she couldnt help her tears from falling once again.

"now with seven chosen by global viewers and one chosen by producers, 8 i-landers have been decided for their debut. the final eight shall now proceed to the center of the stage."

she slowly made her way towards the center with niki and heeseung by her side along with the five others. they were about to be announced as the next debuting group.

"i will now introduce the eight members of enhypen."

"yang jungwon, lia, jay, jake, niki, lee heeseung, park sunghoon and kim sunoo."

"these eight, who made their dream to debut as 2020 global idols come true, are enhypen."

"the final eight."

the girl jumped at the sudden pops around her, gold confetti now flying over them as she looks around her. the two groups she grew close to over her trainee days and the ones she competed against for three months.

"we did it, guys. we really did and i couldnt be prouder of you guys." she says during their first ever official debuting group hug.

"i-landers have ran endlessly for 113 days only for this moment. dear global viewers that have sent love and encouragement to i-landers, thank you. although i-land is over, please keep encouraging enhypen that begins a new chapter and all the trainees who've surpassed their own limits."

she runs up to the former contestants and hugs them all, hugging every single one of them as they exchange words and even tears and laughs with one another.

when she was talking with ej she felt a tap on her shoulder and saw ej grin at her before she turns around with a confused look before she was tightly embraced by taehyung and after him by jungkook.

she laughs with them before jin hands her a bouquet of red roses and various compliments from the others. after the seven went over to the other debuting members to congratulate them the members of txt came to her.

yeonjun barreled into her like a bullet and picks her up while yelling her name along with congratulations. she laughs loudly as she gets set down again and gets into a group hug with the five boys, she sincerely thanks the five for everything they did before she got her favorite chocolate given along with a bouquet of mixed wild flowers.

nothing could top this day.

this was one of the best days she ever had.

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