Wheein starts her day with a positive attitude, maybe it is the wonderful dream she had last night -that might or might not include a sexy bartender named V- but she can feel that her day is going to be special.
She opens the door of the apartment building and the sun touches her face, it's like if nothing can't go wrong, at least that's what she's hoping.
She walks to a mall wanting to distract herself and finds a guy in a gray suit handing out flyers, he spots Wheein and walks directly to her "hey, you look like you can sing" he says with a polite smile "can you?" she gives him a confused look so he hands her a flyer "maybe you're the one we're looking for" his heart shape smile make Wheein return the smile, "maybe I am" she replies after reading the paper.
In the flyer it says:
URGENTLY WANTED
SINGERS AND DANCERS FOR NIGHT SHOWS
Then the guy turns around and hands more flyers always saying "hey, you Look like you Can sing"
There's not much more information, but Wheein can sing and she needs money, so she goes directly to the place. It surprises her the fact that she was exactly there the night before, outside the bar that's hiring. Not Kalon, but Sky, the one with the well dressed clients and the unique smoking guy. She enters the Bar hoping getting out of there with a job.
The place is big, it looks like an old building but it's nicely decorated. It's almost 10 am so it's empty, just a bartender cleaning the glasses.
Big red walls and a few golden touches make the place elegant, and there's a big stage with red curtains that makes the place look even more expensive. Wheein can't tell what it is but this place makes her happy.
"Hey, can I help you with something?" the -handsome- bartender asks
Wheein smiles and shows him the flier "Yeah, I'm here because of the job as a singer"
The guy smiles, he's wearing makeup that accents his features and smokey eyes that reminds Wheein of the guy she saw last night "Of course you are" he says exceptical "do you think you have what it takes to be an angel?" Wheein gives him a confused look "an angel?" she asks. The guy rolls his eyes and stops what he's doing "you don't even know what are you supposed to do here?" he sighs when he sees her apologetic face "Come back in two hours so you can see the rehearsal, after that, if you think you can do it, you can audition" she thinks for a moment but then nods and leaves the place.
She uses the free time to get something to eat and get to her apartment to change her clothes. The place and the bartender gave her an idea of what could work in her favor there so she uses a black suit, a white shirt and a tie, styles her hair in a high ponytail and darkens her makeup.
When she arrives at the bar there's a few other girls seating on a table waiting for the rehearsals to begin.
She sees the bartender from earlier talking to the guy from last night and she decides to approach them "I can't believe you actually ask him out" the guy from last night says "but the most unbelievable thing is that he accepted your invitation" "I know!" the bartender replied excited "I can't believe it either but you know she can't find out right?" the other didn't replied because he noticed Wheein getting closer to them. He opened his eyes as a gesture for the bartender to notice her, he turned and smiled "hey you're back... and you changed your look" Wheein nodded and returned the smile "Yes, I thought this would be more... fitting" the bartender takes a look at her from head to toe and shakes her head no "Can I?" he gestures lifting his hand, she nods so he takes off her coat, loosen her tie and hair, riffling her a little then he gets close to her and whisper "Don't worry, I'm gay" before unbuttoning the first three buttons letting the shirt shows a deep cleavage.
She doesn't have time to reply because the music starts playing "enjoy the show" the -gay- bartender says with a wink and pushes her to a table so she can enjoy the full show.
The lights turn off and a single spotlight lightens the stage just before a guy comes out between the curtain, he's the one that was handing the flyers in the morning but he's dressed differently now, he's wearing fishnets, under a long button-up shirt that covers his thighs, a red tie and a top hat, dark makeup and lips completes his look. 'Exotic' Wheein thinks 'but beautiful' the guy dances to a song she has heard before 'just dance' but she thinks is a slower, jazzier version of the original. She can tell he's a dancer, his ability to make the audience feel what he's feeling with just his dancing is incredible.
A few seconds into the song and two other guys appear, -the bartender and the guy from last night- they are shirtless but they're wearing suspenders and suit pants. The three of them are clearly dancers but in Wheein's eyes the most amazing part of their act is the combination of the three of them, they are not even the same body shape nor move exactly at the same time but their connection with each other and with the audience is mesmerizing.
The jazz music fills the place and she wants nothing more than to perform with them.
When the song ends, the first guy comes out the stage and the other two turn to the curtain, waiting for the music to start.
The music starts and there's a female voice in the background, it sounds subtil but a few more seconds it gets strong. The guys on the stage start dancing and singing along just before the curtain opens and a golden egyptian style couch appears revealing a girl dressed as cleopatra dancing seductively and flirty with the two boys around her. It's an amazing performance specially when she sings. Her voice is so powerful, controlled, soulful.
The perfect singing and the perfect dance makes Wheein feel nervous when the rehearsals ends and it's time for her and the other 3 girls to audition. She was the last one to arrive so she is the last one to audition, the other girls did good, but Wheein knows she can do better, she just has to do it with confidence and passion.
Wheein walks to the stage looking down and takes a deep breath "what's your name?" the girl that sang before asks. Wheein is nervous so she doesn't look up "Wheein. I'm Jung Whee-" "Do you have what it takes to be a sky's angel? What makes YOU special?" she interrupts Wheein, and that upsets her, she looks up and stares into her eyes "I can show you better than I can tell you" the younger replies with confidence "Ok, what are you going to do? Sing? dance?" Wheein doesn't reply, instead she closes her eyes and starts humming a melody, just to warm up the song. She opens her mouth and starts singing
"Neol bol ttae iksukhami neukkyeojyeo
Chalnaui gomin nege dagagago
Neowa nareul dugo modu sarajyeo beorin Eh
Jigeum i sunganeul matgyeojwo naege
Temporeul matchwo Babe"
The sample of the music starts playing and Wheein moves kicking her right leg forward with pointed toes, the precision of her movements makes very clear the control she has over her body, moving fluently but with absolute control and grace. And she sings at the same time, beautifully, she never misses a note. She finally stops moving and singing, the place is silent, she enjoys the moment, she knows she did well and even if they reject her she's happy, because she left her heart in that performance.
The girl that sang in the rehearsals gets on her feet and starts clapping, which makes all the others clap too "To be honest, Wheein, when you got up there I was excited because you are beautiful, but when you got shy I thought you might not have what it takes, but you are simply amazing, you were born to be a performer and I'm glad you came today. The job is yours".
The other girls left and the bartender told Wheein to wait a few minutes so she could meet everyone. "I was impressed by your performance" he says "I'm Jungkook by the way" she smiles "thank you, I was impressed by yours too, you're a great dancer" "and you haven't heard him singing properly" the flyer guy interrupts approaching them with the other guy "I'm Hoseok, but please call me Hobi and he's Jimin" the smallest one winks and smiles too "I could hear you singing for hours, I didn't want you to stop" all the compliments make Wheein blush "thanks, I- I can't believe I have the job, I've been auditioning for a lot of plays and companies and they all cutted me off. I'm so. so happy" the other girl joins them "You are incredible Wheein, and we are happy to have you here, maybe... maybe it was destiny that brought you here. I'm Solar by the way, and this is my bar. If you're not familiar with this kinds of performance, it's called burlesque"
They give Wheein a few instructions about rehearsals and they talk about what kind of performances she has to prepare. "Ok then, think about what you want to do and we'll see you tomorrow morning to start preparing it all right?" Wheein nods happily "Thank you solar, I'll not let you down" the older one smiles "I know you're not" she says and leaves her with the guys.
"I don't know about you but I'm starving" Jungkook says "why don't we go eat something? We can get to know eachother better" the other two guys nod smiling "Please Wheeinie, It'll be fun!" Jimin begs "You're part of our family now" Hoseok says "you're stuck with us" Wheein laughs and shrugs her shoulders "Ok, let's know each other better"
She leaves the building hand in hand with Jungkook and Jimin and Hoseok behind them. The evening goes quickly, Wheein can't remember the last time she was out with friends having fun, and it warms her heart knowing that she instantly liked her co-workers.
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Hayran KurguWheein starts working on a special bar called Sky owned by Kim Yongsun. Just across the street there's another bar called Kalon owned by Kim Seokjin. Yongsun and Seokjin hate each other, and don't let their employees to forget that they're competiti...
