Here we go!
Enjoy.
August 27th, 2020
I refuse to believe that today is real.
Seraphine let out a deep breath as she drove up the winding and curving mountain road to the K/DA house. Her hands tightened around the wheel of her car in an attempt to fight off the sheer nervousness that she felt. Even as she did so, her hands and fingers tingled with anxiety, and that sensation spread throughout her entire body like a wildfire. And eventually, Seraphine pulled up to a large, enclosed black gate with an intercom at its side.
She rolled her window down and cleared her throat.
"H— hello, this is Yeng Seraphine. I was invited to this house by Ahri, and…" She trailed off, not sure what else to say.
Fortunately, someone responded to her. And Seraphine immediately recognized the voice. "Hey, Seraphine," Ahri greeted. "Gate should be opening up now. Feel free to just park in the middle of the driveway. See you inside."
The intercom clicked silent, and the gate drifted apart to reveal the wonder that existed beyond it.
The view was picturesque— an almost unrealistic view of the Los Angeles skyline, and something that seemed to be straight out of a scene from a movie. The early morning sun illuminated the clear, blue sky and bathed the city in gleaming golden light.
Seraphine rolled into the expansive driveway of the K/DA house, and as she did so, she finally got a good look of the house proper.
It was pure, clean modernity at its finest; a beautiful building of black, gold, and glass that echoed K/DA's simplistic grace.. Seraphine found herself staring at the home in complete awe, and slowly began to walk toward the entrance of the household.
Letting out a small, shaky breath, Seraphine rang the doorbell.
It was barely a minute before the door was opened by none other than the leader of K/DA herself: Ahri. And even in her casual clothes— which were still designer— she looked as radiant as the photos and videos that Seraphine had seen her in.
"Morning, Seraphine," Ahri said, her eyes sparkling. "I hope you don't mind my appearance."
"N— no, no! Yo— you look beautiful!" Seraphine's ears turned crimson at her own stutter. Definitely not what you're supposed to say when you first meet your idol. "I mean, uh…"
"Don't worry about it," Ahri waved her off. Pointing to the mask that covered Seraphine's face, she continued. "And you can either keep the mask on or take it off— we trust that you've been safe."
Sera nodded and moved to take off her mask, stuffing it into her pocket.
"Come inside. Everyone's either still in their room or downstairs eating breakfast." She stepped to the side and waved Seraphine inside.
Seraphine, steeling her resolve, stepped through the threshold of the door. It was like walking through a portal into another world— there was something magical about the house, everything from the way it looked to the way it was made, and even more so because of the people that lived in it.
"Welcome to our little home," Ahri said, waving at their surroundings.
The front door opened into an open living room with a clear, glass ceiling that allowed the sun to shine through. On the other side of the living room stood a leather corner sofa, complete with decorative pillows and even a plant on either end. In front of the sofa was a glass coffee table.
Stepping out of the left, from what Seraphine presumed was the kitchen, was none other than the navy-blue-haired dancer of K/DA, Kai'Sa, who sported a pair of simple black shorts and a loose, blue blouse that was nearly the same color as her hair. She carried a clear shaker bottle in her hands, the liquid inside was a light shade of pink. Her hair was tied up into a ponytail, and when she spotted Seraphine, she offered a small smile in her direction.
She approached the duo. "Mornin' Ahri," Kai'Sa said, her accent as clear and classy as ever. She glanced at Sera. "And I assume this is Yeng Seraphine?"
"Uh. Yes. Hello." Seraphine waved meekly.
"Hello, Seraphine," Kai'Sa greeted with another smile. "Thanks for being able to drop by on such a short notice. I'm excited to see what we can do together during the coming weeks."
"Me too!" Sera echoed. Maybe a little too loudly, judging from Ahri's flinch.
"Well, I'll talk to you later." Kai'Sa raised her shaker bottle. "Gotta go workout."
"See you later, Kai'Sa."
The dancer nodded and walked off, throwing a lazy wave over her shoulder.
Wow. That was… Seraphine sighed in an attempt to clear her mind and mentally reset. Not that it helped much, if at all. The reality of the moment was slowly crushing her— she was meeting her idols. Every single one of them. She was going to talk to them, interact with them, spend time with them, as if she were one of them.
Numbly, she followed Ahri into the kitchen and through a sliding glass door into the house's own garden. A place where all of the members could catch some fresh air, and the place where Ahri often found Kai'Sa meditating, or Akali practicing her martial arts forms.
They both stood at the edge of the garden, their arms resting against the glass railing as they took in the city's sights.
"Seraphine?" Ahri asked, pulling the starstruck, pink-haired woman back into reality. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah. Just… taking it all in, I guess," Seraphine breathed.
"It's jarring isn't it?" Ahri asked. "Having everything change around you so quickly?"
Sera nodded.
"And you've only met me and Kai'Sa." Ahri chuckled, a lower sound than what Seraphine was expecting, but still as enchanting and beautiful as the singer herself.
"Are… are Evelynn and Akali really that scary?" Seraphine asked, feeling cold hands creep up her spine.
"I wouldn't call them scary, per se…" Ahri trailed off. "They just have strong personalities."
"Oh," Sera flushed. "I guess how they act in your guys' interviews is sort of how they act in real life as well, then."
Ahri made a squeezing motion with her fingers. "Just a bit." She winked.
Just as Seraphine went to respond, her stomach let out a loud growl. Her cheeks turned a violent shade of red and she immediately went to cover the offending organ.
Ahri laughed at Seraphine's plight, but she began to walk back towards the kitchen. "Guess you didn't eat breakfast?"
Following behind her, cheeks still tinged with pink, Seraphine replied. "Was too anxious to eat anything."
"Well," Ahri said, sliding the glass door open. "I hope you like my cooking."
[;]
As it turned out, brilliant singer, performer, and businesswoman Ahri of K/DA, despite all of her achievements and accolades, was an abysmal cook. Somehow, through a sheer diabolical miracle, the popstar had managed to burn eggs— a feat that even Seraphine, who was a terrible chef in her own right, had never been able to accomplish.
Fortunately, the entire K/DA house was saved from a possible house fire by none other than Akali. She rushed into the kitchen, looking she'd sniffed out the fact that Ahri was cooking and sprinted out of bed to stop her. Her crop-top was barely on, and she was only wearing a pair of spandex shorts that hugged her figure.
"Ahri!" Akali pushed aside her leader and ripped the frying pan from her hand. "We all told you: you're not allowed to cook!"
Ahri, hurt flashing across her eyes, pouted and crossed her arms. "But no one was down here, and Seraphine was hungry…"
"Just call us next time," Akali said exasperatedly.
"Fine. I'm gonna go and grab Evelynn," Ahri announced. "I'll be right back."
Akali nodded. "Do you think she'll want the usual breakfast?"
"You know how Eve is. The only constant in her life is food."
"Chicken salad it is," Akali agreed with a smirk.
With Ahri gone, it was only Akali and Seraphine left in the room. Discarding the ruined eggs, she began to prepare a fresh batch. She glanced over her shoulder at Seraphine. "How do you want your eggs?"
"Scrambled. With cheese on the inside, please," Seraphine replied, bobbing her head. "Thank you, Akali."
"No problem," she said with a grin. As she cracked the eggs and stirred them, she continued. "Now that you know that our dear leader here can't cook, you also have to make sure that she doesn't burn the house down."
Sera giggled. "Sounds good."
"How are you holding up?" Akali asked as she cooked. "Ahri told us that you were a pretty big fan, so it must be shocking to be meeting your idols like this."
"It definitely is," Seraphine agreed. "But you guys are down-to-earth, which I kinda expected."
"Oh? You expected that?"
Sera flushed as she realized the plain honesty in her statement. "I didn't mean it negatively or anything, but I just sorta sensed it, I guess. I'm sorry if I offended you at all."
"Don't sweat it." Akali put a hand on her hips. "I'm fairly confident that you're the kind of person who wouldn't even so much as hurt a fly."
"That's fair," Seraphine mumbled. Little do you know… She could almost laugh at the irony of it all. But she had more important things to focus on besides her past transgressions towards Jae. He'd forgiven her, and Seraphine understood how much that meant.
At the sudden silence, Akali prodded her with a question. "Or do I have the wrong impression?"
"Maybe three months ago," Seraphine found herself saying. "But I learned from my mistakes, and I'm a better person for it."
"Good. We all make mistakes," Akali said. "It's who we become after those mistakes that show who we really are."
"Wiser words couldn't have been said," a tired, alto voice called out. Evelynn stood beside Ahri as they both walked into the kitchen. The diva stood with one hand on her hip and the other gently rubbing at her eye. "Waxing poetry so early in the morning, Akali?"
"Just giving out some friendly advice," Akali replied with a wink in Seraphine's direction.
Evelynn approached Seraphine— her golden eyes flashing with something that Sera couldn't exactly pinpoint. "It's good to finally meet you in person, Seraphine."
"Finally?" Seraphine asked.
"I was the one who sent Ahri your video," Evelynn revealed. She glanced at Ahri before taking a seat at the dining table and resting her elbows on its surface. "You could say I'm the entire reason that Ahri even found you."
"Oh." Then, Seraphine owed Evelynn a lot. "Thank you very much, Evelynn. It really means a lot to me that you would give me an opportunity like this."
"I wouldn't go and give myself that much credit." The diva smirked. "But I appreciate the compliment regardless."
"Don't mind her," Ahri said, waving a dismissive hand towards Evelynn. "She's just trying to poke fun at you."
Evelynn feigned hurt, resting a hand on her chest. "You wound me, dear leader. What I said was only a partial joke."
Ahri rolled her eyes at Eve's antics, while Seraphine found herself smiling, glancing between the two of them. Despite Ahri's attempts to ease her worries, Seraphine agreed with Evelynn, if what she was saying was true; and if it was, then Seraphine genuinely owed the diva more than she wanted to admit.
Her train of thought was interrupted by Akali placing a food of steaming food in front of her. The rapper cracked a grin. "Enjoy, Seraphine," she said.
"Thank you so much," Seraphine replied, bowing her head slightly.
"You're welcome." Akali sat down in one of the free chairs beside the table.
As Seraphine began to eat, it was Ahri that spoke up and sparked a friendly conversation. "So, Seraphine, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself?"
[;]
Before Seraphine even realized it, the day was over. She'd spent nearly the entire day at the K/DA house. From morning until night, she was there, hanging out with the members, talking to them, learning more about them, spending time with them, goofing around with them, singing and dancing along with them, touring the house with them, and even getting a sneak peek at the songs they were producing.
Her entire world had been turned upside down. From making music in a small, two-bed, one-bath apartment in L.A., to working with a multi-million dollar pop group inside of their mansion on the L.A. hills, Seraphine felt like she was riding an all-time high.
She'd never felt better— and she knew that it was only up from here. But she also knew that she needed to work her ass off if she wanted to succeed. As blissful as the day was, the pressure that was beginning to build atop her shoulders was beginning to irritate her.
Seraphine learned a lot about K/DA that day. She knew that they were hard-workers— you had to be if you wanted to be as successful as them, but she didn't think that their schedules were so filled all the time. According to Ahri, some of the members even needed to spend multiple nights out of the house in order to finish all of the schedules.
Evelynn, on many occasions, spent entire weeks out of the state (and even out of the country) to get done what she needed to get done.
Sera could hardly imagine that. Being separated from the people that you cared about for an extended period of time was among her worst fears.
However, Seraphine also knew that the women of K/DA were strong-willed and driven, two traits that, even in the little time that she'd spent with them, shone through in every aspect of their personalities. It was present in everything they did, said, and how they acted. It was nothing short of inspiring. And it only pushed Seraphine harder, it made her want to put even more of her energy into standing on a stage alongside K/DA.
By the time Seraphine decided to leave, it was practically midnight.
"Have a safe drive, Sera," Ahri said with a smile. "Make sure to drop by on Sunday, we're all very excited to hear you sing for us."
"Right." Seraphine nodded. They'd spoken earlier about Seraphine's singing, after all, it was the reason that Ahri called her. As nice as it was to just hang out with the girls, at the end of the day, it was about the collaboration. At least the prospect of one.
With a wave and a grin, Seraphine said goodbye to Ahri. "Say goodnight to the others for me," said Sera, spinning on her heel.
"Goodnight, Ser."
At those words, Seraphine froze as Ahri closed the door.
"Jae…" She breathed.
Suddenly finding herself in a rush, Seraphine popped open her car door and climbed inside. With the white light of the moon illuminating the midnight sky, she pulled out her phone and began to write out a text.
Hey, Jae. Sorry I haven't messaged you at all today, but I was spending the entire day with K/DA. If you're okay with it, I'd like to call you, just to check in and stuff. It's fine if you're not.
Sera bit her lip as she wrote out the next text. Anyways, they want me to come back on Sunday to sing for them! So I'll be needing your help rehearsing a song until then. Talk to ya later, Jae!
Hoping that he would respond, Seraphine sent the text and started up her car.
[;]
August 30th, 2020
Jae didn't respond to her text. He didn't even so much as read it. Seraphine couldn't shake the feeling that something was going on with him, that something had gone wrong. But she had to focus on other things— on, admittedly, more important things.
He's fine, she told herself. Probably just really busy.
So, Seraphine spent the next three days rehearsing the song that she would sing on Sunday for K/DA. It was Me and You, a song off of the first EP that she and Jae worked on together. She figured that it was the song that would best show off her voice, and it was one that she had written entirely on her own.
She practiced whenever she found the time. Whenever she could make the time, in all honesty.
When Sunday finally came around and Seraphine found herself sitting in her car, on the driveway of the K/DA house once again, she steeled herself. She strengthened her resolve and took in slow, deep series of breaths. Summoning her courage, Seraphine, her guitar case in tow, made her way to the front door and rang the doorbell.
A few short moments later, Kai'Sa answered the door. "Hey, Sera! Perfect timing." She ushered Seraphine inside and shut the door behind her. "I went up to grab snacks for everyone."
"They're all downstairs already?"
Kai'Sa nodded. The dancer momentarily disappeared into the kitchen before popping back out with snacks bundled up in her arms. "Alright," she said with a smile. "Let's head down."
As they walked, Seraphine trailed behind Kai'Sa. Even now, she couldn't shake the nervousness that surged through every fiber of her body. Her knees seemed to tremble with each step, her hands occasionally jolted and twitched, as if she were struck by lightning.
"Seraphine?" Kai'Sa asked, glancing back at her. "Are you okay?"
"I— I'm fine." Seraphine mentally cursed at her stutter.
"Are you sure?"
Sera cleared her throat. "Yeah. I'm fine. Maybe a little nervous, but nothing I haven't dealt with before." Definitely nothing I've dealt with before.
"If you say so." Kai'Sa stopped in front of a door. She pressed her hip to the metal bar, and then pushed the door open.
The inside of the K/DA studio hadn't hanged much from the last time that Seraphine was at the house. The only real difference being that the studio lights were light blue instead of light pink. The other three girls all sat in front of the mixing console, with Akali taking the center. The rapper rested her elbow on the arms of her chair while she kept a hand on the mouse to navigate the studio computer.
"I'm back," Kai'Sa announced, handing everyone their snacks from the kitchen. "And Sera's here too."
"Hi." Sera waved.
"Great!" Ahri stood up. "Do you need to warm up at all or are you good to go?"
"I…" Seraphine pursed her lips. Internally, she knew that she wasn't ready for this at all. Her heart hammered against her chest. But she had to do this. She had to. "Yeah. I'm ready."
"Alright," Ahri said. "Follow me."
Still seated in her chair, Evelynn had a brow raised, but she said nothing as she munched on her snack.
Seraphine adjusted her guitar case on her shoulder and fell into step behind Ahri. The leader of K/DA opened the door to the live room, and guided Seraphine inside.
"Are you sure you're ready?" Ahri asked, grabbing one of the microphones. "It can wait until later, if you're not feeling well."
"I'm more than ready." Seraphine set down her guitar case and began to unpack her Little Martin. "Fake it until you make it, right?" She asked, chuckling slightly. It's worked for me so far.
Ahri hummed. "I guess." She set to work hooking up the microphone to the mixing console. A few short moments later, she finished. "You're all hooked up. Do you need your guitar to be mic'd?"
Sera shook her head. "Just this one will be enough. Thank you, Ahri."
"No problem." She nodded. "Good luck, Sera. Give it your best shot."
"I will," replied Sera. Ahri's words were encouraging— not that they did much to quell the rapid beating of her heart.
The popstar returned to the control room where the rest of the members were seated and waiting.
Seraphine adjusted the position of her guitar before placing a hand on its neck and the other on the microphone. "Hello?" She tested.
There was a click, and, a moment later, Akali's voice came through the speakers. "We can hear you, Sera. Feel free to start whenever."
Taking in a deep breath, Seraphine adjusted the microphone to her height. She counted herself in, her knuckles tapping against the body of her guitar. Then, with the pressure of the world on her shoulders, she began to play.
"I'm the one to blame, gave you my heart. Willing—" Seraphine blanched as her voice cracked, her fingers froze, and her entire performance stopped before it even began. "Sorry, let me try again," Sera said. Heat flushed throughout her neck from sheer embarrassment.
She didn't even take a moment to hear what the others had to say, Seraphine just started straight from the top again.
"I'm the one to blame, gave you my heart. Willingly gave it away, should've known from the start," she sang. Seraphine attempted to put her all into the performance, but she couldn't focus. Her mind raced at a million miles a minute, all her senses honed in on the shaking of her fingers, the unmistakable tremble in her voice, it was all becoming too much for her— too much for her tiny body to handle.
She carried on, her performance as shaky as her hands and fingers. "Bandaids only temporary remedies, don't know how long but my mind is killing me—"
"Seraphine," Evelynn's voice cut through the thick air. "I believe we've heard enough."
Seraphine's throat tightened. "Okay." She released her white-knuckle grip on the neck of her guitar and slowly wandered back into the control room. Numbly, she pushed open the door. Her eyes were glued to the floor, unable to meet anyone's gaze. "I'm sorry."
A hand gently rested on her shoulder. "It's okay," Ahri murmured. "It was too much pressure, wasn't it?"
Seraphine's gaze shot up to Ahri. "It— it wasn't that— I just wasn't prepared enough, and I'm feeling a little out of it because of some other things in my life right now, but I know that if I had more time to prepare then—"
"You had three days, Seraphine," Evelynn challenged. "That's more than enough time to properly rehearse one song."
"But I was busy," she argued, knowing that it was a complete lie.
"With?"
"Sch— school, and homework," Seraphine stuttered.
Evelynn caught on to her bullshit in an instant. The diva cocked her eyebrow, and shot her with a knowing look, but she didn't say a thing. "Well, you'd better get your priorities straight then," Evelynn said. She stood up and walked towards the studio door. "I'll be in the other studio." Her gaze flicked to Seraphine. "Doing something actually productive." Evelynn shut the door behind her, leaving the other three girls alone with Seraphine.
"I'm sorry," Sera repeated. Shame bubbled beneath the surface of her skin. She was pale. Deathly so. "I just took up everyone's time, didn't I? I'm sorry. I should have just stayed home and—"
"Seraphine." Ahri stopped Sera from continuing her downward spiral. "Take a breath. You didn't waste our time. You didn't disappoint us. And you didn't ruin your chances with us." Ahri rubbed Seraphine's shoulder. "Sure, you messed up today, but we all know you're a better singer than how you sang today. Right, girls?"
Kai'Sa gave an encouraging nod, while Akali grinned and shot her a thumbs-up.
"We all have our off-days," Kai'Sa added. "And sometimes the stress can really affect our performances. We might try our best to not let that happen, to never let it happen, but eventually it will. And it's in that moment, when we've reached our limits, that artists truly shine."
"But I didn't shine," Seraphine argued. "I failed. I fucked up."
"We do that too," Akali said, tilting her head. "We're not perfect." She motioned with her head towards Ahri. "Remember our debut performance in Korea in 2018? The stage-lights and the special effects glitched out during the broadcast, and everyone saw it. Everyone knew that something had gone wrong."
"But we kept going," Ahri finished. "We didn't stop the show. We didn't restart from the beginning. We took our mistake in stride, and took it as an opportunity to improve."
Seraphine pursed her lips in thought. "But, just then, Evelynn seemed so angry with me."
"Eve expects the best out of everyone that surrounds her," Ahri stated. "She might be a little irritated at you right now, but give it a couple hours and that'll disappear."
"Her expectations are really pressuring," Akali commented. "When I first joined K/DA— heck, even now— that pressure felt insurmountable. But once you get used to it, and believe me, you will, the stuff that Evelynn expects out of you will make you a bigger star than you can even imagine."
"It's the reason she's been so successful in her solo ventures," Kai'Sa explained. "She might expect a lot out of the people around her. But she expects the most out of herself."
Seraphine nodded, finally understanding how Evelynn's mind worked. At least, a small slice of her personality. "So," she hesitantly began. "What now?"
[;]
After the mess that was her attempt at a performance, Ahri pulled Seraphine aside. "You know, I'm more than willing to help you." Ahri smiled slightly. "Despite how nervous you were, it's clear that you have a good foundation, and, even on its own, your voice is beautiful."
Seraphine flushed at the compliments. "I… Thank you, but I feel like I would be taking too much of your time if you coached me."
"Nonsense," Ahri replied. "Thirty minutes a day, coaching you, teaching you, guiding you, is hardly a big commitment of time. And between you and me," her eyes sparkled with mischief, "I could use the breaks."
Sera giggled. "Okay, okay. But I think we should limit it to whenever I spend time here. That way I can keep up with school and stuff."
Ahri nodded. "Now that sounds like a plan."
"Thank you, Ahri," Seraphine said, honesty spilling through every word. "Really. It means the world to me." She genuinely meant it. Being able to sit down with a vocalist as talented and skilled as Ahri for a one-on-one coaching session was something that money could never afford.
"No worries, Seraphine." Ahri grinned. Then, she glanced thoughtfully at Sera. "Is school difficult right now? Do you want us to postpone this—"
"No!" Seraphine immediately replied, her voice at a near screech. She then realized how loud she'd become. "Sorry. I… No, I don't want this to be postponed. That's the last thing that I want."
Ahri held her gaze for a short time, then, she nodded. "Then let's get to work!"
[;]
September 3rd, 2020
Over the course of the week, Seraphine had gone to the K/DA house nearly every day. She quit her job at Starbucks as soon as possible, and dedicated all of her time to singing and making music. And in all honesty, she believed that it was the best decision she'd ever made. Ever since K/DA called, and ever since she'd met them all, she was flying at an all-time high. She was happier than ever, less burdened, and felt like she could do anything. Like she could genuinely do anything.
As it was now, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays were spent at the K/DA house. Seraphine just took one of the many guest rooms they had and stayed over the night. It was sort of like her own miniature vacation every week. Though, calling it a vacation wasn't necessarily true either. She hardly had the time to relax whenever she stayed the night. She was always busy learning more about music from K/DA, getting coached by both Ahri and Evelynn, working out with Kai'Sa, and producing alongside Akali.
But for Seraphine, being busy felt good. It wasn't burdensome. She was learning more about music, about what she loved more than anything else, and, in her case, being busy meant she was growing as an artist.
"So, you've been spending a lot more time here lately," Kai'Sa said, one eye blinking open as she sat in a meditative pose.
Both her and Seraphine were in the wooden shrine within the garden of the K/DA house. The floor was warm beneath Sera's bare feet, her legs crossed over one another in an attempt to mimic Kai'Sa's pose.
"Yes, I have."
"But I remember a week ago you seemed rather pressed over your schoolwork."
"I… I actually graduated earlier this year," confessed Sera. What she said a week ago was a white lie, a desperate attempt to find an excuse. "But I've gotten better at managing my time. And my priorities."
"And those are?" Kai'Sa asked.
"First, I want to succeed in this industry. No matter what. No matter the obstacle or the challenge. There's so much out there for me to see, to experience, to understand. And after that…" Sera trailed off. "I don't really know."
Kai'Sa raised a brow. "Then I guess you have a lot more to think about." And without another word, she closed her eyes and returned to her meditation once again, leaving Seraphine alone with her thoughts.
A bit of a different chapter, right? Anyways, thanks for giving me a bit of time off from this story. School just started back up for me fairly recently, so I've needed to put a bit more effort into that, but pieces should fall back into places sooner rather than later.
Thank you everyone for supporting me thus far, and if you enjoyed the story/chapter, please leave a review or give it favorite/follow. They really mean a lot! And speaking of reviews, I'll take some time to address the new reviews that have come in.
Sergio Nicolas - Yeah, I kinda messed up. But hey! Everything should be good now :D
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Next Chapter: 2/19/21
