“Oh God. Ri wake up! Hey kid, don’t scare me like that! Ri!” JiYong panicked as he catched SeungRi who fainted after giving him a weak smile as soon as he’s back at back stage. Despite the dancing and running around on stage just minutes ago, he can only feel how cold SeungRi is when he pated the boy’s cheek lightly, trying to wake him up.
Hwang-Ssabu along with other staffs quickly came over and carried the unconscious SeungRi to the couch at the back of the room. JiYong’s manager rushed him to go back on stage for the next song and assured him that they will take care of SeungRi.
And so he went back on stage, but is only singing, rapping, dancing, and doing fan service half-heartedly because SeungRi’s pale face is all he sees in his mind.
He started thinking that it is his fault. His fault that SeungRi have to rush back and forth between three different countries; his fault that SeungRi had to negotiate with some Japanese TV channel about canceling one of his variety live shows so he can make it here on time, but failed; his fault that he couldn’t make the time more workable for SeungRi to get here without rushing from his previous shows; his fault that SeungRi is so worn out and weak right now because he overworked himself and God knows what else he got.
He only started focusing back on the crowd that came for his stunning performance after he turn to his side and sees Hwang-Ssabu giving him a thumb –up, signaling him that SeungRi is okay. Lights went down the last time before encore, which gives him a few more minutes to rest, change, and let the stylist fix his hair and makeup a bit before encore starts. But all of those things have to wait when they’re before his one and only priority, his SeungRi.
He runs to the lounge where SeungRi is, and was greatly relieved when he saw the boy being conscious again already. SeungRi is sitting on the couch, still looking pretty pale, and biting on a chocolate bar with caramel filling. Even though he likes sweets, JiYong knows that he never liked caramel filling chocolate, so the only reason for him to be eating this now is because Hwang-Ssabu told him to, and the only reason Hwang-Ssabu will let any of them eat sweet chocolate treats is when they either have a high fever or low blood sugar. Since the touch of his skin feels so cold, it must be the latter.
“Just put it down, you don’t even like it.” JiYong walks over to the little fridge and takes out a box, “Here, got you chocolate covered strawberries. And what happened to you? I thought you promised me you’re not going to get yourself sick again!”
“Sorry hyung…” SeungRi lower his head and starts eating, but does not seem happy at all like he was when he sees strawberries the other times. Then he accidently chokes himself on the juice of the fruit and started coughing.
JiYong sighed, ‘Jeez! Just when can this kid take care of himself?!’ He strokes his back to make him feel better, “You don’t have to apologize, not to me, it’s your own health. But if you keep getting yourself sick like that I’m not gonna care about you anymore, got it?!”
“Yes hyung… Hyung, let’s go get change already, don’t make our fans wait for too long.” But as soon as SeungRi stands up, JiYong pull him back to sit on the couch.
“No kid, you stay here and rest. I’m not gonna let you go on stage, not until you’re better.”
JiYong loves but hates it when SeungRi acts like this. As the leader and hyung, he loves to see SeungRi grow up, take on his responsibilities as an idol and cherish their fans so much. But as his lover, he couldn’t stand to see SeungRi getting paler and paler, and his dark circles deeper and deeper by the increasing intensity of his schedules. It’s good of course, that SeungRi values the group over himself in albums, shows, and promotions, but over his own health? What the heck?!
“But hyung! I’m already feeling better! I just didn’t have time to eat before I come here, that’s all! I’m not weak! I can handle it!” Although it’s clear that JiYong is serious about not letting him go on stage, SeungRi yelled back, didn’t even try aegyoing because he knew too well that it’s not going to work in a situation like this.
“You know what? I don’t care. Stay here or I’ll tell HyunSuk hyung to cancel all of your schedules in Japan. Don’t make me force you to rest when we get home.” JiYong said sounding pretty calm, but with a dead serious face.
“Come on hyung, I know you’re not going to do that.”
“Oh, try me.” He ended their argument with that and headed outside.
“I’m singing my blues; used to the blue tears, blue sorrow.” JiYong, standing on the second level of the stage, sang a part of their song Blue to lead the fans join this second-to-last song for the concert today.
The band started playing the music, JiYong started again on the first part. “The winter had passed, and the spring has come. We have withered, and our hearts are bruised from longing. I’m singing my blues…”
“Used to the blue tears, blue sorrow.” A sweet voice joined in while walking closer. JiYong was shock for a bit and forgot to continue on his part.
The music kept on playing, and SeungRi sang again, “The love that I have sent away with the floating clouds, oh, oh…” He smiled and waved at the fans, making the whole stadium filled with screams.
JiYong’s rap part came up, he unconsciously raps to the music, he knew the song too well that he can sing it without even thinking, using all his mind to think about the boy he is staring at.
He looked less pale than he was in the lounge, but that’s probably because their stylist put more blush and lip gloss on him to make him look rosy like that. He’s still in his shirt and bow-tie, but wore the G-CREW jacket over it instead of his blazer. ‘Did he grab the wrong size or did he really lose so much weight in just what? Three weeks?!’ JiYong was surprised how big the jacket looks on him, like a kid wearing their father’s shirt or something.
JiYong grabbed SeungRi’s hand and squeezed it tightly while their voices sang DaeSung’s part in unison, “I was born and I met you; and I have loved you to death.” He looked straight into SeungRi’s eyes; this line was totally a confession he wrote to him.
SeungRi tried to rap TOP’s part, purposely making tiny mistakes here and there to make the fans laugh. ‘Ahh… Why is he always so cute?’ JiYong can’t help but show his signature smile again.
The song continued to TaeYang’s part where a few notes at the beginning overlapped with TOP’s last few, so JiYong took over. He closed his eyes this time trying to focus instead of laughing out loud on such a sad song. Then he felt a hug, it was SeungRi of course, mumbling the lyrics “Even if you have left, I’m still here”to his ear, without a microphone.
He stopped singing and returned the hug, leaving the upcoming part for the fans to contribute into. They let go of each other, JiYong waited for SeungRi to sing his part again.
“Used to the blue tears, blue sorrow.” That’s it. JiYong put his hand on SeungRi’s cheek and rubbed his thumb right under his eyes, as if he’s wiping off a falling tear drop. He’s already seeing shiny stuff in SeungRi’s beautiful eyes, it just a matter of time that they fall down.
He can hear the fans scream for the multiple Nyongtory moments, but he didn’t do any of these to please anyone, he only did them because that’s just so natural when he sees SeungRi, it’s just so natural that he, ahem, starts touching him…
After rubbing his cheeks a little longer, they talk to the fans for a bit and moved on to the last song. JiYong even shorten it by making his way back to the end of main stage where the exit to back stage is, bringing SeungRi along of course, just halfway through the song.
“JiYong, the organizers here are holding an after party for you, go get ready, we’ll be leaving soon.” JiYong’s manager came into the lounge and told them about the “exciting” news.
“Count me out, hyung, I’m bringing this little kid back to the hotel. He just never knows how to take care of himself, so I guess the job is on me.” As much asJiYong likes to party after a concert, it’s nothing comparing to his baby SeungRi. They usually go together, all five of them, but now that SeungRi is so exhausted, there’s no way he will let this stubborn little kid of his go to a club and go all wild.
But SeungRi protested, “Hyung! I’m not a kid anymore! I’m twenty-three already! And just go if you want to! I can go back on my own and take care of myself! Really!”
“If you say you’re not a kid then prove it! Making yourself sick every other week is so not what a twenty-three-year-old does!” JiYong said with a slight angrytone and smacked SeungRi’s head lightly.
“Ouch! Hyung you’re such a mean bully.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, complain all you want, we’re still going back.”
So as always, JiYong won again. Members of Hi-tech and Crazy went to the party without the couple, too bad they’re going to miss out on the hot couple dance of YoungDeuk and MinJung and the pranks that YoungDon played on his fellow members!
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MLGB的我要被度受这英文排版给搞疯了次奥= =