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106 | Taking Over Coachella PT. 2



— M A N O B A N —

f i r s t
p e r s o n .

I bit my bottom lip, peeking at the crowd. Ah, shit. Is this for real? Are we actually going to perform in front of that crowd?

    First day of Coachella. It's only the first freaking day, how are we going to survive?

    I felt an arm snaking around my waist, and there I saw Chaeyoung, equally as nervous as me. Clearly, we didn't know how we should deal with the uprising nervousness we were feeling.

    Jennie unnie and Jisoo unnie were conversing something about the artists we talked to earlier. I mean, I would love to talk about something else right now, but I can't generate a topic.

    My mind has been boggled from my previous trip. Yes, Thailand. I don't know, I just don't feel too good when I left my family there.

    “There's a lot of people,” Chaeyoung told me, speaking in English. Guess conversing with the artists in English earlier got stuck in our heads, that we began conversing in English right now as well.

    I just nodded, not being able to process a reply.

    “And . . . are those hammerbongs?” Chaeyoung pulled my arm, making me look at wherever she was pointing at.

    My eyes widened, nodding. “What . . . gosh, they are!” I chimed in English, covering my mouth. I cannot believe this. Are there really blinks in that huge crowd? You've got to be kidding me.

    Like I said earlier, we conversed in English. Our whole conversation was in English, too.

    “Wow, this is amazing.” Chaeyoung smiled at how the crowd was already screaming our group's name.

    Ten minutes till BLACKPINK goes on stage, and here we are, mentally preparing ourselves. I've prayed for more than seven times already, and I don't know if I should pray once again since we may run out of time.

    You can do this, Lisa.

    Hana unnie handed our earpieces, and before I could put mine on, I smiled to myself, remembering how Jungkook actually gained access to our earpiece before, just to cheer me on for our performance.

    That silly boy definitely knows when I need him.

    I the earpieces on both of my ears and grabbed my microphone from Jisoo unnie's hand. I tapped my mic. This better be working. We need to show everyone tjaour microphones are on.

    Alright, here goes nothing.

    It's BLACKPINK in America, and we're not flying back to Seoul without taking over Coachella.

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“And did you see their faces when Rosie suddenly said this song is called as if it's your last, so I want everyone to dance like it's your last!” Jennie unnie copied Chaeyoung's exact words from earlier.

    Chaeyoung giggled, licking some Nutella off of her thumb. “Yah, unnie! Don't remind me, gosh that was embarrassing.”