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Chapter 21: Epilogue
Three years later…
The room was dark with small round lights around the room, held by the crowd in the stands.
All seven boys stood facing each other on a rotating stage. They gave each other encouraging smiles. They were all dressed in black pants, matching white hoodies, and black over coats. Yoongi had a white hat on backwards and Namjoon was wearing a black hat with the lip in the front.
All their eyes turned to Jungkook who took a deep breath and raised his mic to his lips. As soon as he started singing the room lit up with soft blue lights.
Jungkook
I'm a born singer
A little belated confession (I swear)
The mirage that always seems so far away
Is now before my eyes (It's here)
Taehyung
I'm a born singer
Perhaps an early confession (I swear)
But I'm so happy, I'm good
Whoa, yeah yeah yeah
Yoongi
The very first stage we stood under the name Bangtan
I registered how we felt about our first stage 3 years ago
Still, I'm nothing different from a rural Daegu rapper, but,
I wrote the word "pro" on top of "amature"
While rapping and dancing on the stage I wanted so badly
I feel yet alive, the tiresome trip to work and back home
I can withstand such troubles because my people are watching me
Because even if my body hurts, the cheers come rolling in
Before and after debut, difference lies on the boundary between idol and rapper
Living on, my notebook's still filed with rhymes
In the waiting room and between performances
I hold a pen and write the lyrics
This is how I am, did something about me change before your eyes?
Damn! Shit! I'm still the same,
I changed your say? (What?) Go and tell them.
Without change, I kept my essence, I'm still rapperman
Unchanging from 3 years ago, I rap and sing (I'm out)
Jungkook
I'm a born singer
A little belated confession (I swear)
The mirage that always seems so far away
Is now before my eyes (It's here)
Jin
I'm a born singer
Perhaps an early confession (I swear)
But I'm so happy, I'm good
Whoa, yeah yeah yeah
Namjoon
Truthfully, I was afraid, I said I'd show them all, but I was afraid of proving myself
The fact that a kid who grew up with pens and books is now surprising the world
I dunno,
I was afraid of stand asymmetrical to the world's expectations
Incase I betray all those who had faith in me
I straighten my heavy shoulders and go up on my first stage
During the brief static of the moment, I steady my breath
People I've been watching are now all watching me
Those I looked up to on TV, right now they're beneath me
Uh like a kaleidoscope without a moment to brush past had begun
The one chance act
3 years' battle with the mic doused in blood and sweat evaporates in 3 minutes
I merely was 0 seconds but I pour them out clearly, I'm fuckin' real
"Hey, Kid. What's your dream?"
Mine is to become a rap star, can't you feel?
And the moment it drops, those cheers yeah
I could read your mind (x2)
Just smiles instead of question marks
The members patted my shoulders wordlessly
It feels just like that day before yesterday, but 20 nights have passed already
And let the haters hate on me,
It's a daily job they've always been good at
While you teased the keyboard, I fulfilled my dreams,
Sunglasses, hairstyle, I know why you ridicule me
In any case, it's me who's gone further then you at the age of 20
Taehyung
I'm a born singer
A little belated confession (I swear)
The mirage that always seems so far away
Is now before my eyes (It's here)
Jimin
I'm a born singer
Perhaps an early confession (I swear)
But I'm so happy, I'm good
Whoa, yeah yeah yeah
Hoseok
The days we've run through, the days we've experienced together,
How we became one mind in 3 years time
I'm drenched with the blood and sweat I've spilled
After the performance, tears leak through
Every moment I make sure not to lose my integrity
To always be myself, so I don't embarrass the me from the beginning
So we go, we go, we go
Higher, higher, higher
They all turned to face the crowd.
All
I'm a born singer
A little belated confession (I swear)
The mirage that always seems so far away
Is now before my eyes (It's here)
I'm a born singer
Perhaps an early confession (I swear)
But I'm so happy, I'm good
Whoa, yeah yeah yeah
The boys then turned their mics to the audience. Emotions ran high as their fans sang their lyrics. The last three years had been difficult and hard but they persisted. They kept going and now stood on a stage, a concert of their own, with the crowds screaming their names, singing their songs with them. The fan chants. The smiles on the people's faces. Tears threatened to overwhelm them but they kept going.
They brought their mics back themselves and finished out the song.
All
I'm a born singer
A little belated confession (I swear)
The mirage that always seems so far away
Is now before my eyes (It's here)
I'm a born singer
Perhaps an early confession (I swear)
But I'm so happy, I'm good
Whoa, yeah yeah yeah
Two years later…
"And the Billboard Music Award goes to….
BTS!"