Beyond Us [Bangchan] [Finished]

Chapter 1

"We're here for real, aren't we?" I said turning to my side, there was Ella, my best friend since high school. She nodded effusively, a smile creeping onto her face.

The plane slowed down to a full stop. Soon after, a voice announced we had safely arrived in Seoul through the speakers. We unfastened our belts and hurried to pick up our things and get out of the plane.

"Hurry up, hurry up! I said to Ella once we were done showing our passport and some other stuff.

"Wait, I can't run so fast!" I was running to get our suitcases. I picked them up and rushed to the exit.

"To the door". I said to Ella who was just catching on me at the pickup area.

"Mia!" She exclaimed and turned around to run behind me again.

The sky was blue; there wasn't a single cloud in sight. It was a bit humid but it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. Yeah, we were in Korea.

We took a taxi and headed to our hotel. There were a few things to do that day and I was impatient. I wanted to walk around and explore Seoul quickly.

Ella and I left our things at the hotel and went out shortly after. We had to go to some station to get a T-money to move around during the two weeks we were staying.

We were excited as heck, if it was not because people would give us awkward stares, we would be screaming out in the street out of excitement.

It took us an entire year to plan that trip, a ton of work, sweat, and tears.

The moment JYP announced that Stray Kids were going to have a few concerts the following year; we started to prepare for it. And it was a wise decision because it wasn't just a few concerts but a special event for Stays that joined the official fan club, no wonder why they announced with so long notice. Both of us filled and sent the form with a knot on our stomachs. What if just one of us were picked up? The event had limited spots so people would be picked up randomly. But we must have had karma in our favor because we were picked up together.

A whole weekend with Stray Kids, can you imagine that? Me neither, it was still hard to believe.

My boss owed me a whole month of vacation so I didn't think twice about taking them for it.

After getting our cards at the nearest convenience store and grabbing some bubble tea, we headed back to the hotel without a major detour. The fan-sing was the next day so we went to bed early and tried to sleep but it was impossible, we were too anxious to fall asleep. We video-called our families and spent the night speculating about how the event was going to be held instead.

Everything felt unreal.

"I'm starving!" I exclaimed jumping on the hotel's bed.

"Gosh, my friend. How old are you?" Ella asked giggling while stepping out of the bathroom.

"26", she rolled her eyes. "You ready?"

"Let's go", she grabbed her bag and headed out. I grabbed mine and followed her.

We went around and spent the morning in different cafés. Really, they were as beautiful as we saw on Instagram. Pastries weren't as sweet as we were used to so it felt kind of boring but it was a detail.

"Should we visit JYP? Maybe we can see someone", suggested Ella while strolling around after having lunch.

"Huh... let's go to the fan sign instead. I don't want to be late". She looked at the screen on her phone.

"I think there's time for it".

"We don't know how the traffic is here. We can go next week anyway". I insisted. To be honest, I didn't like the idea of wandering around the company just to bump into someone and Ella knew it, but she always wanted to go at least once and have a try.