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As a broke college student, you never hoped of getting good seats to the Ateez concert, but with sheer luck on your side you find reasonably cheap resale tickets sorta close to the stage. About 4 or 5 rows away from the stage, breaking the bank a bit but lets be real, so worth every penny. Thanks to this young girl’s father who let you have his seat to get a better look you were only 3 rows from the stage. His daughter clearly didn't tell him about the pirate mafia stripper gang (get it lol) he was going to see and realized this show would be more enjoyed by someone who is into the band as his daughter is. Chills shoot throughout your body creating goosebumps from excitement. Anticipation builds in your stomach as the music videos play and the sun lowers itself more from the sky.
Finally the show begins and everybody, including yourself, shouts and screams with excitement. Butterflies are doing backflips in your stomach with the excitement of the show and how confident you feel from your concert outfit. You are wearing an “In Your Fantasy” inspired outfit with a frilly mini skirt, crop top that leaves little to the imagination, and leather jacket. This is the most confident you have felt in weeks, having gotten multiple compliments from the very kind Atinys, you are feeling ecstatic. The performance is phenomenal, with the outfits and all of your favorite songs, you are left speechless, not including all the screaming and barking you partake in. While you could never really pick a bias for Ateez since all of them have your heart, Wooyoung and Hongjoong tend to be the members you lean towards the most, so imagine your excitement when the members are doing the rounds across the stage and both San and Wooyoung wave towards your area. San whispers something into Woo’s ear causing him to giggle and lock eyes with you. They continue to mess around and chat with themselves, occasionally glancing towards your direction. Officially flabbergasted about that interaction as you proceed to jump and scream as Bouncy starts to play. While you aren't great at dancing in general you have spent countless hours learning and rehearsing this song along with many others from over the years. You feel yourself becoming blissful and confident as you hit every beat. All the practice has finally come in useful besides a good workout, it seems like it was all for this moment. While you are dancing and watching the members in complete awe, Yunho sees you and gives you a quick thumbs up before returning to the routine. The young girl beside you gets excited with you and shakes your arms yelling that he noticed you. The smile you had on your face for the rest of the show makes your cheeks hurt, but the pain is so worth it.
As the night nears its end a melancholy feeling starts bubbling up, trying to push it away you keep focus on the concert. If you were able to stop time you would stop it today. This day has been the happiest in the last few months, from having your heart broken by your boyfriend of 4 years just 2 months prior has been the downfall of your mood as of late. On that dreadful day you went to surprise him with flowers at his apartment. Imagine your surprise when you find him in bed with another girl doing less than appropriate activities. As you stand there for what feels like hours, you are left speechless and heart broken. Overcome with emotion, you throw the flowers at him, grab the cat you adopted together and leave. Now it was just you and Orian, black coat with golden eyes and the love of your life. When your ex tried to pick him up from your place a week later, Orion had hissed and scratched him, drawing blood. Fed up and pissed, he screamed at you to keep the damn cat and stormed out without speaking to you again. It's just been just you two most nights at your apartment, not that you're complaining. Besides your friends that come over to hang out every once in a while, it has been nice being single again. Taking that time to focus on yourself, your worth, and your last year of school has been much needed
When the concert comes to the end you let a few tears out, many different emotions come to the surface and you feel joy, sadness, and exhaustion all at the same time. Still in absolute shock from being able to actually see Ateez in person after all this time. Living in the Midwest can be rough when it comes to Kpop concerts since most artists don't tend to stop in any states close to you so you are very thankful for the fact that this tour had a stop relatively close to where you lived. Stepping out of the venue was one of the hardest things you've had to do lately, not just because it marks the end of one of the best nights of your life, but it also means you must face reality again. Back to school with your final project coming up, back to work, back to paying the bills you can barely afford. Calling an Uber to pick you up, you watch out the window at the street lights and people walking the late night roads. Trying to fully take in the experience you just had and being in utter awe from the day, to the other Atinys, at Ateez themselves, the whole day has been magical. Finally making it back to your apartment, you rummage through your fridge and find leftover pizza still sitting in its box. Plopping down on the couch you stuff your face with delectable cold slices as a very sleepy looking Orion walks up to you.
“I'm sorry buddy, did I wake you?” You scratch the top of his head as he hops up to curl beside you purring. Watching him close his eyes again you realize just how exhausted you are after finishing off the last piece of pizza. You slowly get off the couch trying not to disturb his sleep anymore, you throw the pizza box away and gently pick him up.
“Come on, let's get you to bed.” You coo as you shut all the lights off, triple check that the door is locked, and head to your room. After wiping all your makeup off and crawling into a shirt and pajama pants, you crash down into bed. It only takes a few seconds before the weight of the day hits you hard and knocks you the fuck out.