Beyond Us [Bangchan] [Finished]

Chapter 36

On Friday night, the group did the first concert of the tour. Social media was plastered with clips of them at the show. It made my heart bump excitedly.

While that Saturday morning they got their flight to Spain, I took mine to Berlin after spending all Friday afternoon with my grandparents.

"Mia!" My cousin received me at the airport.

"Lena!" I ran towards her, happy to see her after months.

"How have you been? God, you're so pale". She said examining me after breaking our hug.

"Korea's effect", I said half joking. "Did you come alone?"

"Yeah, everyone is waiting for you at Granny's house".

"Let's go, let's go!" I forgot how it was to travel so many hours, my legs felt numb but I was suddenly full of energy.

Not all the family made it to the gathering, but there were the ones I shared with the most: my grandparents, always asking about my mom and brother; my oldest uncle with his wife and his daughter, Lena.

Lena and I were about the same age, so we spent a lot of time together every holiday in Germany. Actually, I was going to stay with her at her apartment while in Berlin.

It felt weird to be there without everyone, my parents and brother, but it was fun anyway. We played board games for hours. And, after eating rice every day for months, I was having a feast of potatoes and bread. It almost felt like heaven.

I kept working in the morning and having my scheduled meetings around the day, but I tried my best to keep most of the day free to go around the city, meet some acquaintances and family, and have fun. It was way easier for me to move around Berlin, I knew German really well to start with. And even if I did get a bit lost sometimes, I did too back in L.A., it wasn't as bad as in Seoul.

Since I had my own schedule for some days, our times with Chan didn't match at all. But we texted each other while we could. I was a bit worried though, on Monday they had the concert in Madrid and I saw some videos of him struggling to lift his left arm. I asked him about it but he said it was nothing, as always. I just wished it was nothing serious for real.

Finally, days were passing by in a breeze. That day I went out with Lena in the morning since she had the day free, I made her company while shopping and went to grab a coffee before going back to her apartment at lunchtime.

I was just in time to see the guys.

"What are you watching?" Asked Lena sitting next to me on the couch.

"A live of the group I like", I offered her one of my earphones.

"Do they speak French?" She said surprised.

"No, it's just him". Felix was greeting stays in French. They have just arrived in Paris.

"Those are the ones you're going to see, right?"

"Yeah. I'm sure you have seen them on my Instagram too".

"The noisy ones?" I couldn't help but laugh.

"Yeah, the noisy ones". I confirmed.

"I like him", she said pointing at Seungmin.

"That's Seungmin", I quickly proceeded to introduce them all, the SKZoo universe, the family universe, and all the things needed to get to know the group.

I'm proud to say that I got Lena to follow them on Spotify, and she heard their songs all day long.

"Hello", greeted Chan almost singing over the phone a few minutes later.