Brioso

Finale Part 2 - Kissing You

As  we lined up in a slight arc in front of the raised platform holding the  trophy and the music faded out, we heard fans who were screaming both  for Girls' Generation and for Cloud 9. We were all arm in arm save for  Tiffany and Jessica, who were in the center.

"I know there's a lot  of questions to be asked, and believe me, we have a lot too." Jessica  said with a big smile. "Let's start with this one, and it's one we've  been asked before, but it honestly begs being asked again after tonight.  Did you envision this happening just over two months ago when we both  went to KCON and ended up meeting? Balls, I'll go to you for this one."

"Absolutely  not." Balls replied as the crowd cheered him as well. "But we're  thrilled that it turned out the way that it did and also that we got  support for everyone on the team, not just the starters who did so much  work. Let the record show that Sunny and Yuri helped me and Lemon make  sure we stayed on point, especially before the second Fnatic game."

"Mmmmm..." Sunny said in a bit of her aegyo tone, making Balls blush but smile next to her and the crowd ooh and aah.  Then she said in her normal voice, "We were glad to! We wanted to make  sure no one got left out because we knew everyone was going to have to  play their part."

"And not only that, but everyone did play their part and earned it." Yuri added, squeezing LemonNation's shoulder, and they smiled at each other.

"No  question about it! On that note, let's go to Lemon next." Jessica said.  "We definitely felt a little weird when you had to go against Cool's  Dynasty Ahri in Game 3 and were jumping out of our seats in Game 4,  first when you picked her and then when we realized it was Popstar Ahri.  And if we know anything, you're the literal man with the plan and you  seldom do things like that just on the spur of the moment. What kind of  planning went into that?"

Lemon grinned a little sheepishly but  replied clearly, "We started working on comps with Ahri and Syndra  before the quarterfinals since we wanted to do something as a tribute  and also knew we could make it work, and we quickly code-named our Ahri  drafts Operation Genie for clear reasons. We also knew we wouldn't have a  better opportunity than tonight – on top of all the obvious reasons  with the Worlds final and Jessica's farewell, Cool is a great Ahri  player, so it also gave us a chance to answer one of his best picks.  When we got back together backstage after Game 3, when he'd picked her, I  could tell we were all itching to have Ahri in our team comp with a  chance to clinch if we got the chance."

"Fantastic!" Tiffany said.  She then turned to Sneaky and continued, "Sneaky, you were talking  backstage about how you also got satisfaction from shutting up the  doubters, the antis and so on. You said there was something you wanted  to tell them. Go ahead, I'll give you the floor – I'll let you say your  piece, because you've more than earned it."

"Yeah, all the people  who said that we couldn't do it, that North America couldn't do it, that  Jessica and then you were making the biggest mistakes you could by  getting behind us, that Girls' Generation's time had passed...heck, even  Heechul when he made the bet with Jessica ahead of the quarterfinal. I  know he wasn't trashing us, but that was when I realized how much I'd  become all in on winning for you guys too – nobody tries to do that to  one of us or someone we care about and gets away with it. All I've got  to say at the end is, 'The dreams are no longer memes.'" Sneaky said  with a big grin. Yoona then handed him a pair of clip-on shades, which  he put on and said, "Deal with it."

"Tell 'em, Dad!" Yoona said, shaking his shoulder in approval as the crowd cheered.

"Thanks a lot, Sneaky! Meteos, you looked as if you wanted to add something to that." Jessica said, turning to him.