Kim Heechul (plus lovely Heebum)
You know, there was a time when my life as a fangirl revolved around this beautiful man. Three years, to be exact. He was my first ever kpop bias and we always hold special places in our hearts for our first biases, don't we? Well, I am no exception.
I became a korean pop fan on his 24th birthday (July 10, 2007). There was a birthday party in our house thrown in his honor by my sister and her friends and they were watching music videos and singing songs in a language I wasn't familiar with. Because I grew up following my sister's interests (e.g. anime, asian dramas, japanese pop music) and liking whatever she liked, I was curious and fascinated by what they were watching. It seemed to be a huge group of pretty boys dancing on sync to catchy pop music and when I sat next to them and glued my eyes to the screen, that was it. I was transfixed, I was more than interested, I was falling into the Kpop black hole. And I haven't looked back ever since.
Funny how my bias came to be Heechul. He's 14 years older than I am and the complete opposite of me. He's obnoxious, loud, and arrogant but the power of pretty boys is fatal. But I don't think he became my bias just because I found him extremely attractive, I think he became my bias because of his whole general existence.
I remember watching episodes of Full House and Explorations of the Human Body and just cracking up at every single thing he did. I remember watching BTS of music videos and photo shoots and internally weeping over how adorable he was. I remember flying all the way to Manila and lining up for 12 hours under the summer heat (hey, it was even El Niño at that time!) just so I could watch him perform. I remember screaming, "Saranghaeyo, Kim Heechul! Wooyu bical Kim Heechul!" at the top of my lungs in a crowd that's jostling and screaming as loud as I am just to get him to notice me. I remember how he smiled at my direction and I swore I could die happy at that moment. I remember being extremely depressed after the concert afterwards and then nursing the depression by watching countless videos of him and his fellow members.
It's also been three years since he stopped being my main bias but Kim Heechul will always have a special place in my heart. I have this weird emotional attachment to him, maybe because he was someone I turned to during my adolescent years and we all know that those years of growing accustomed to change were hard and somehow, he made it bearable.
I will welcome you back with open arms once you return from the military, precious Cinderella. I will always be one of your petals.
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