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Jungkook laughs giddily as he exits the stage and enters the waiting area. They have just finished their last concert for this series. Tomorrow they will be going back to Seoul where they will take a short break then begin practicing for their next comeback. The crowd was so good tonight. They sang along to all of their songs like they knew them as well as the members. He found himself at a loss for words as usual by the end of the concert as they were bidding the crowd farewell. He would never get tired of performing for their fans.
The music from the stadium was still clear in the lounge. He could hear the fans still singing along with the songs being played from the speakers around them.
He sits himself down on the sofa before changing, taking in the members one by one. Tae enters, sweating profusely and out of breath but smiling nonetheless. Tae walked straight through the waiting room, not glancing at any of the other members as he crosses the room. He thought it was peculiar for a second, he meant well, it was winter anyway, why was he so sweaty? But the thought left his mind when he saw RM enter the room with a silly smile on his face, eyes still glassy from his speech at the end of the concert. Yoongi came after him already on his phone checking the time while giggling at J-Hope's funny reenactment of the mistakes they made during the night.
Jin and Jimin burst into the room in song exchanging high notes and stories over the funniest parts of the night, shaking hands with all the staff around them and congratulating them for a job well done. It was the end of their tour after all.
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Tae was out of breath to say the least. His limbs and back already felt heavy before the performance. Actually it had been that way before every performance for the last few months. He finished every performance with his knees shaking in fatigue but in his mind, he just needed to finish the concert series. He thought he was probably tired from the constant traveling and non-stop performing. It was normal. He would get time to rest when he got home anyway. And the fans' reactions were always strengthening. He really needed to start working out more to get his endurance up to par, he thought.
Upon entering the waiting room he immediately grabbed one of the oxygen sprays and trodded to the nearest restroom where he sat on the toilet seat and immediately inhaled a few sprays. He just needed to pace himself. And probably eat something even if he wasn't hungry. That was it. He loved the concerts so much but sometimes they took a physical toll on all of them.
After splashing his face with water and collecting himself, he went out to join the other members who were busy recalling the nights' festivities. He took a seat in between Kook and Jimin and grabbed a water bottle.
"I thought my voice was gonna crack during Young Forever while looking at the crowd, but then I saw Suga-hyung's face. He looked like he was about to cry and it made me laugh immediately," Jimin exclaimed.
"What, what? I wasn't crying! I was just trying to moisten my eyes because they got dried by the wind," denied Yoongi bashfully.
"Yeah right hyung, we'll just leave it at that," Jimin replied, laughing with all of the members. They all knew how emotional they got towards the end of concerts.
Taehyung took a dinner roll from the table in front of them and tried to eat it while leaning his head on Jungkook's shoulder laughing silently as their banter went on. He was so sleepy already but it was only 10PM. The night was young! And he knew that they would be having dinner together tonight once they got back to the hotel to celebrate the end of their concert series. He put the uneaten piece of bread back on the table and folded his cold hands in his lap. How was it that the members had all this energy?
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Tae woke up to a tapping on his shoulder. For a minute his vision was dark and he forgot he was in the car he shared with Jimin on the way to their hotel.
"Hey, wake up sleepyhead! Go take a bath and don't fall asleep again or else we'll move the party to your room," Jimin chided.
They proceeded to their rooms to bathe and change into their pajamas before having dinner in Jin's room.
Tae looked at his reflection in the mirror before going to Jin's room. He was pale and hadn't been sleeping well these days either. Travelling hadn't been agreeing with him during this tour. He would wake up at 2 or 3AM shivering or due to his back pain almost nightly these past few weeks. He was sure it was nothing. He really just needed to rest and the tour was ending anyway. He popped two paracetamol tablets into his mouth before he heard a soft knock on his door. Jungkook was staring adorably at the peephole when Tae looked through. He opened the door swiftly.
"Are you sleepy already hyung? Don't tell me you're getting old like Jin-hyung." Jungkook teased while putting an arm around his shoulder as they set off to Jin's room.
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I like listening to music when I write and read books. So this is the song I recommend you listen to for the first chapter, I'll place the english lyrics but as you know, since this is a BTS song, they are originally in Korean:
Trivia: Seesaw by Suga (BTS)
It was fun to start.
Up and down in itself
I'm tired of each other.
On the meaningless feeling of consumption
Repeated seesaw seesaw game
I was tired of being tired of this.
Repeated seesaw seesaw game
We were tired of being tired of each other.
Do not let anyone know who's coming down or not.
Just do not drag on your head.
Let's do it now.
Repeated seesaw games
Stop it now.