Perfectionist

The tour was scheduled as follows:

12th August: Korea (Seoul)

14th August: Korea (Seoul)

17th August: Korea (Seoul)

24th August: Japan (Tokyo)

26th August: Japan (Tokyo)

2nd September: Thailand (Bangkok)

4th September: China (Shanghai)

7th September: Hong Kong

10th September: Korea (Seoul)

There were multiple concerts in Seoul as compared to Japan, China, and Thailand as most of their fanbase was located in Korea. Though the girls were considered successful in South Korea, that may not be the case in other countries. Their first tour could be considered testing the waters. The girls and YG would be able to find out the potential of the market in these countries.

When the tickets went on for sale in these countries, surprise-surprise, they sold out. But, it did not sell out at the same rate as it did in Korea. Some workers at YG wanted to add more seats and sell more tickets, but after a meeting decided against it. Scarcity causes an increase in demand. For the next tour, the people will be more enthusiastic to grab a ticket, and thus, the value of the tickets would increase. This would be the best possible scenario.

It was 11th August and the girls were at Jamsil indoor stadium doing a practice performance to make sure everything was perfect. This would be their third time performing on a stage. The first time was on their debut stage, the second for the MAMAs and now, the third one was for their tour. The five of them were on stage practicing one of their songs. After making sure that nothing was wrong, they were given a break. They looked at the empty complex and were in their own thoughts. CL broke the comfortable silence.

CL: "So this whole arena is going to be filled with people watching us huh?"

BOM: "Not just watching us. For us."

Sandara: "Yea, Around 11,000 people are going to come to watch us. Not anyone else. US."

Minzy: "I'm getting very nervous all of a sudden."

So-Young: "Don't think about it too much. Calm down. It's gonna be okay."

There was a lot of pressure on them. Especially Minzy and CL. Sandara had already experienced her share of attention. Bom was as old as Sandara and was able to handle pressure fairly well. Minzy and CL were both extremely young. They did not know how to deal with it. Though they knew that there were many people around to support them, it was still difficult for them. This tour could decide the future of their group - 2ne1. It was a very important landmark in their lives.

Though So-Young was comforting Minzy, she was putting too much pressure on herself. So-Young had experienced many crazy things in her life. She was neglected and left on her own as Trisha Pathak. She had been reborn as So-Young, found two loving parents and an adorable baby brother. She was treated warmly by her friends and her hyungs. And she took things that she wanted to achieve very seriously. She feels as if she would be a disappointment if she fails to achieve her goals. She wanted to be perfect. A perfect daughter, a perfect sister, and a perfect friend. If she was perfect... No one would leave her... right? She had to be perfect. She had too much to lose.

So-Young had experienced having nothing. And now, that she had everything, she felt that it could be taken away from her any moment. She wanted to make everyone proud of her. If she failed, she would lose everything she had. If the tour did not go well, she wouldn't blame Bom, Sandara, CL, or Minzy. She couldn't think of doing that. They were her friends. She would only blame herself. It would be her fault for not trying hard enough. Her fault for not helping them enough.

Before anyone could continue on the topic, they were asked to rehearse their next song. They drank some water and hurriedly made their way on the stage.

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AUTHORS NOTE:(edit)

I have written this in the creator's thoughts... but if any of you are like me... you probably won't read it... so here it is...

I wanted to take this chance to show that So-Young is flawed too. She has scars from her past that she has not yet allowed to heal. She basically strives to be perfect so that she is worth being loved.

On a side note, I think I should either refer to them by their real names or their stage names.

Like... Should I call them :

1) Bom, Sandara, Chae-rin, Min-jee, So-Young

or

2) Bom, Dara, CL, Minzy, JG?

or

3) Leave it as it is right now?

comment down below!!