“Outside the gates of your castle, I want to be there until your princess arrives.”


The fansites gather around a table. Nobody spoke after the meal as everyone was busy.

Laptops, DSLR, tablets, smartphones are scattered on the table as the fansites busied themselves to update a couple of their newly taken photos.

Everyone knew that the faster and more active their updates bring more followers. Silently, they compare.

“Everyone done?” One of them spoke.

“Let’s go”

The fansites boarded the plane within the next 20 minutes and a few were off to dreamland the moment they made themselves comfortable on the plane seats. Day6 had a schedule in Taiwan yesterday and today, they are going to Japan. And so the fansites, too, barely slept a wink before flying off again. The plane seemed like their second home sometimes. For some, it was considered their only home.

“Is that your family?” ShinYe asked as she played with Ara’s LV wallet, noticing her family photo.

She nodded.

“That’s nice… I wish my family was still around. I-I…” she paused with a bitter smile.

“Lost them in an accident a few years ago”

“Hey…” Ara whispered, concealing any hints of sympathy in her voice.

“But it’s okay, I have them and that’s enough” She wiped the screen of her DSLR of a picture of Day6

“My family, they probably wished I weren’t around” Ara replied.

“At least they are still here for you” ShinYe mumbled as she snuggled into the seat, eyes closed.

Ara held onto her hands as she fell asleep with a smile across her face.

A tear slid out from the corner of her eyes.

“I wish for you to meet them in your dreams,” Ara thought.

It was a short flight and a packed schedule ahead. The fansites barely had time to rest at their hotels before rushing to the concert venue with their fan goods.

“Thank you so much. This is for all of you” The Japanese mydays said with a pretty smile.
Japanese mydays have always been so kind and polite, Ara thought.

“Thank you” She bowed, accepting their chocolate.

Let’s keep loving Day6 until the end!

“Until the end” she mumbled to herself.

The concert started with a video flashed across the screen. Screams aroused from everywhere as the individual members’ faces were shown on the screen. Some fans cried, some fans laughed, some fans screamed while others were too busy taking pictures or videos that they forgot to enjoy the moment. The curtains dropped and the boys jumped onto the stage. They did their Japanese greetings and bowed one by one. Not forgetting, they flashed their smiles and did a lot of fan service for mydays.

“Let’s go” Jae yelled into the mic and Dowoon started his drums.

Fan chants accompanied their songs and the boys continued to play their instrument. Sungjin smiled in Ara’s direction and she hit the shutter rapidly. Every time he did it, she felt like she melted into an unrecognizable puddle. Park Sungjin was the package of manliness, charisma, looks, talent, vocal, basically, everything, and perhaps that was why he was destined to be that shining star on stage. She was only fit to be a tiny part of the green ocean supporting him from below. However, she was still glad that out of everyone here, he saw her. He knew her existence and that was the most she could wish for.

Ara was satisfied or so she thought.

“I love you!” she placed her DSLR down and shouted together with the others.

For once, she wanted to relive how it was like to be a normal fan.

She missed the days when she could go hysterical for successfully purchasing a front seat row online. She missed the days when she only had a light band with her and she would wave it so hard until the light went out. Sometimes, she missed being a normal myday and not a fansite with ten thousand followers and ten thousand commitment. Ara sighed before taking out her DSLR after 10 minutes. She steadied her hands and contained her excitement, recording the remaining performance until the encore.

The fansite headed back to their hotels, discussing the photos they took at the concert venues. Showing each other their favorite shots, they spazzed excitedly. Ara looked out of the window, wondering how her family was doing in Seoul. She wondered if her parents had their dinner and whether her sister was doing her homework. She hoped her sister wouldn’t fall asleep on the table again.

From: Hyun Joo
Eonnie! How’s the concert in Tokyo?
I saw your updates on Twitter, all of them are soooo handsome tonight *~*
By the way, dad and mom are asking me when you’re coming back…

To: Hyun Joo
-6 pictures sent-
Here are some of my favorite shots for tonight. Your favorite YoungK for you. I will be back after a week.
Sleeping soon, nights. Sleep early today, don’t study too hard! Fighting!

Upon receiving the message, Ara threw her phone onto her bed and kicked the teddy bear off the bed.

There was a fan sign the next morning so most of them turned in after washing up.
Removing her make-up, their lethargic faces showed how sleep-deprived and tired they were.

“Good night everyone!”

“Ne~” They chorused.

The next day

Ara held onto her album, practicing a perfect smile. She noticed Sungjin was in a jolly mood today. It was not the fake happy mood he was in sometimes. The Sungjin façade was shed and thrown away completely today, she was glad. He was genuinely happy and she wondered if something good had happened recently. Kneeling before him, she passed him her album. Their fingers brushed past each other and Ara bit her lips. She blushed.

“Your face is red…” Sungjin pointed out in amusement.

She blushed harder, placing her hands on her face. Her cheeks were burning as she averted his gaze. Sungjin laughs cutely, placing his palm on her head.

“You are so cute” He complimented.

The crowd screamed at their oppa’s actions and she felt her heart racing. ShinYe who was kneeling beside Ara, before Wonpil frowned.

“H-have you eaten?” she managed to choke out those words.

“Yes, eat well tonight too! Arasso?” he asked.

She smiled brightly and nodded.

Taking her signed album, she moved onto the next member.

YoungK smiled knowingly at Ara and signed her album.

“Why do you like Sungjin so much?”

She looked up at YoungK in both surprise and confusion.