It was finally the day. Her manager,
Jooha, explained that today would be the first day of the show and that she'd be meeting her 'husband' at her concert, which only caused her to have excitement as well as anxiety at the same time. He would probably be watching her perform that thought alone made her want to crawl into a hole even more. As her makeup artist and hairstylist were getting her ready, Jooha left the waiting room for what seemed to be about ten minutes before returning to let her know that she would be on in two minutes. Finishing up the final touches of the look, Haneul straightened out her dress with her left hand as her other hand twirled a strand of her hair from her ponytail, while holding the microphone that was handed to her by the audio director, indicating that she'd be going up very soon.
Pulling her right hand from her hair and placing it over her heart, still holding the mic, Haneul took deep breaths to calm her nerves about the first concert she was performing since it was her first one after the release of her latest album 'Home' and because she wanted to put on a good performance in front of her partner, who may be watching from the crowd that was waiting for her. When the DJ announced her name to the crowd, the cheers increased in volume as a lift raised her up to the stage. The moment the lights hit her and her eyes met with the her fans, it took her less than half a second to stage singing along with the music that played behind her.
As she walked about the stage, giving many fans attention as she could, she noticed a gentleman at the front row dressed in an all black attire yet she couldn't see his face very well due to his hat covering up his face a bit. It was obvious that he was watching her, but also seemed distracted at the same time, as if looking for something or someone. Haneul had been performing for what had been about forty-five minutes, when a break finally came for her and was now the end of her performance. She needed some time to catch her breath after singing for so long. in her mind, she wondered if her partner was enjoying all of this, because she wasn't sure what kind of career he had nor did she know if he was a performer or maybe even an actor like herself. What seemed to bug her the most was that male who was at the front, until a tall cocoa man pulled him off to the side.
'Well I hope he enjoyed it..' She thought to herself, not aware of what was about to happen the moment she was ready to finish off the concert with her last song.
Strolling up to the stairs that led up to the stage, on the opposite side of the stage from where the DJ sat, Haneul was shocked by what happened next before she could even make her way to the stage. The DJ stopped the music that was playing for the crowd to listen to while she was away, announcing herself and Dice Hong, the name of a person she was familiar with. It was unbelievable to her, she had first heard his music from a friend, she enjoyed a lot of his songs and now he was about to perform at her concert. Was this even real or was this a joke? Looking back at her manager, he laughed at her reaction. Her eyes were as big as saucepans with mouth agape like a fish, it was probably the biggest surprise this year so far for her. Shaking herself out of her shock, Haneul made her way back on stage in her final
outfit of the concert to see that Dice was walking towards the middle of the stage, where she was headed herself. As soon as they were right next to each other, the DJ had one final announcement.
"Congrats to the newest couple of 'We Got Married', Hong Dice and Kang Haneul~!"
The crowd cheered for the new couple and some were even dumbfounded by the news of Haneul appearing on the variety show itself. Haneul covered her mouth in surprise to see that her 'husband' would be a rapper-singer she enjoyed listening to. Turning towards him, she bowed to him a few times out of both embarrassment and honor, yet she could barely get herself together when her final song came on. Noticing that he really didn't have an earpiece in to let him know of things, she took out one of her own, placing it in his hand to let him know that he could join in with her. As soon as the piece was in his ear, her manager could be heard letting Dice know that they'd let him know when he can do an ablib rap in the bridge part of her song that he wasn't just doing the chorus with her. Haneul was excited to know that she'd get this small opportunity with him at her own concert.
It was also becoming exciting knowing that the show was truly beginning now.