THE SECRET OF SACRED

Hurts

[Korea National University of Arts, 10.00 KST]

[Author POV]

Suara tepuk tangan terdengar bergemuruh ....

       Jennie Kim baru saja menyanyikan satu lagu, dimana ia sebagai penantang dalam battle rapp minggu ini telah menyelesaikan tugas nya dengan sangat baik. 

       Beberapa orang terlihat melakukan standing applouse ketika kekasih Lalisa Manoban itu membungkukan badan nya. 

        Entah kenapa, kelas rapp pagi itu terisi lebih penuh daripada seperti biasanya. Apakah ini karena poster yang tersebar melalui email beberapa hari kemarin, atau kah mahasiswa di kelas pagi ini memang lebih banyak daripada biasanya?

"Well done, Jennie. Kamu bisa kembali ke tempat duduk mu." Shindong sasaem mempersilahkan gadis itu untuk kembali ke kursi nya.

"Kamsahamnida, sasaem." Jennie membungkukan badan dan segera menuruni anak tangga panggung kelas itu.

"Allright, next. Kita panggil dari pihak tertantang. Jinny Park, kemari kamu nak." Shindong sasaem melambaikan tangan ke arah dimana Jinny berada.

         Suara tepuk tangan dan siulan kembali bergemuruh di kelas itu. Tampak Jinny menghela nafas sejenak, kemudian berjalan dengan tegap ke arah panggung. 

       Saat ia melewati seorang Jennie Kim, ia sempat melihat bibir nya yang mengatakan "Good luck" sembari mengedipkan sebelah matanya.

        Kini Park Jinny telah berada di atas panggung. Ia memegang standing mic yang ada di hadapan nya dengan tenang. Semua mata saat ini sudah tertuju pada dirinya. Dia memberikan aba-aba kepada Shindong sasaem untuk segera memutarkan musik.

[Play Musik Mockingbird-Eminem]

Yeah, I know sometimes
Things may not always make sense to you right now
But hey, what'd appa always tell you?
Straighten up, little soldier
Stiffen up that upper lip
What you cryin' about?
You got me

Jinny, I know you miss your mma, and I know you miss your ppa
When I'm gone, but I'm tryna give you the life that I never had
I can see you're sad even when you smile, even when you laugh
I can see it in your eyes, deep inside, you wanna cry
'Cause you're scared, I ain't there? Appa's with you in your prayers
No more crying, wipe them tears, appa's here, no more nightmares
We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it
Jinny, uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you, girl, and you better know it
We're all we got in this world, when it spins, when it swirls
When it whirls, when it twirls, one little beautiful girls

Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusing you
Appa's always on the move, mama's always on the news
I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow, it seems
The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
All the things growin' up as appa that he had to see
Appa don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did

We did not plan it to be this way, your amma and me
But things have got so bad between us
I don't see us ever being together ever again
Like we used to be when we was teenagers
But then, of course, everything always happens for a reason
I guess it was never meant to be
But it's just something we have no control over, and that's what destiny is
But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
Maybe one day, we'll wake up, and this will all just be a dream

Now hush, little baby, don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya
Appa's here to hold ya through the night
I know amma's not here right now, and we don't know why
We feel how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby