"you're on in 5" his manager called out as taehyung nodded and started to hum warming up his vocals while the stylist was doing his hair. from the mirror he could see the dancers warming up and could hear his manager yelling at everyone.

just another day then

taehyung sighed as he scrolled through his phone while he waited for the stylist to finish doing his har, he checks his messages to see if he had received a message from gguk but he had not. but what did he expect anyways, for him to say "good luck for the show tonight".

yeah right.

taehyung felt stupid for even thinking that cause he has not even told him that he has a concert tonight. The blue-haired male had met someone on a app but when he told him who he was it went public and thousands of people ended up going onto tinder and his account became verified.

so from then, he could not find anyone.

"break everyone" he heard the lead dancer yell as the dancers split up to their benches to chill before it was time to go on.

taehyung could hear slight screaming from fans and smiled seeing things on Instagram about it.

YUBO (1)

taehyung looked back down at his phone to see gguk had messaged him, he smiled and opened the text.

gguk: hey v, how has your day been?

taehyung smiled at the question finding it nice to have someone else rather than jin and namjoon asking how his day has been.

V: hi gguk, it's going okay hby?

gguk: I am so tired

V: work?

gguk: yeah

V: what do you do?

"everyone we are on in 2" the manager shouted as everyone rushed around

gguk: sorry V. I have to go, I will text u later :)

taehyung frowned a little before standing up from his chair when the stylist finished his hair, taehyung walked over to his bag and placed his phone in the pocket. he walked under the stage and stood on a spot that was marked with tape.

a mic was handed to him as well as an earpiece, he closed his eyes not paying attention to anyone else in the room. he loved his fans so much and loved the dancers but he hated his managing team. sometimes they were always in the back of his mind, worried of what they were saying. 

even the stylists were bitches, in all honesty. taehyung felt the ground lift up as he was lifted onto the stage, he opened his eyes and was now facing a beautiful sea filled with people with purple light sticks.

the screams were loud which made taehyung smile.

"HELLO EVERYONE!" taehyung shouted through the mic as he stepped forward

screams became louder and fans were jumping up and down.

"how is everyone tonight?" taehyung asked hearing many shouts of 

"amazing" 

"good" 

"fantastic" 

"better now"

taehyung smiled.

"I have planned an amazing show for you all today and am looking forward to the time we will get to spend today," taehyung said 

"I only have two shows this month and then a few later on this year, the next show is in 2 weeks and I am looking forward to spending more time with you" taehyung smiled

shouts were loud which made taehyung smile, a song of his started playing meaning it was time for him to do his first song.

"everyone knows stigma?" taehyung smirked when the screams got louder

"숨겨왔어, I tell you something, 그저 묻어두기엔"

"이젠 버틸 수가 없는 걸, 왜 그땐 말 못 했는지, 어차피 아파와서"

"정말 버틸 수가 없을 걸"

taehyung loved singing more than anything, it was his only escape. people would think how he could feel sad like he is famous and rich. but he would trade being rich for love in a heartbeat.

there was a lot to taehyung that people did not know, he was a sucker for romantic movies and felt like when he gets a boyfriend it will be a lot like college love that he wishes he got to experience. he likes the colour purple, he loves chicken burgers and loves video games. 

he has been trying to make a new song for his album, and he really wanted to write one about love or the want for love. as taehyung was singing the song the backup dancers came in from behind and the dancing started. 

these moments were taehyung's favourite, he felt the freest and alive.

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after the song had finished, they walked into a line- taehyung stood in the middle of the dancers taehyung laced his hands with the dancers on either side of him as they bowed.

he noticed that one if the dancer's hands were shaking, he turned his head to see the guy that was in the practice room that he could not stop looking at.

taehyung rubbed his thumb over the male's hand, he knew what it felt like to be nervous, his hands used to shake so much and they still do but he never had anyone that cared around him enough to comfort him.

"thank you everyone for coming along to today's show, I really hope you all enjoyed it" taehyung smiled

after they bowed once more the dancers ran backstage along with taehyung who was in front, the fans were screaming and chanting his name as he left. 

when taehyung got to the back rooms to see his team the only people who were clapping were the dancers, the managers just sat there on their phones. taehyung felt quite disappointed that no one from his team was saying how well he did.

but then why did he feel surprised they do this every time.

mr han looked up to see everyone back and stood up.

"everyone may go home now," mr han said which caused taehyung to frown as he watched everyone leave.

the dancers had no choice but to leave.

taehyung felt his eyes get a little blurry as everyone just left, he covered his mouth as he let out sobs. tears were running down his face as he started to pack his bag, his headshot to the door when he heard it open.

"a-ah sorry I left my bag in here" the black-haired male said looking up from the ground to see a teary-eyed taehyung.

taehyung gave a small nod and turned around, jungkook felt a pang in his chest when he saw the male crying- well holding back his tears.

jungkook saw his bag in the corner of the room and walked over to get it as he turned around to look at taehyung he saw him biting his lip trying not to cry.

jungkook has been a part of taehyung's dance team for only a year now and every since he joined he realised a lot about the male, everyone was tough on him and no one cared about him which made him angrier than he thought he could ever be.

jungkook slowly walked up to taehyung.

"hey, I know I am not meant to be talking to you but are you o-okay?" jungkook asked feeling a little nervous as he knows how popular and famous he is and how much trouble he could be in if anyone saw him talking to kim taehyung.

"y-yeah, thank you for a-asking" taehyung stutters as he tries to calm down his shaky breathing.

taehyung was surprised at the male's deepish voice as he spoke.

"you did amazing out there, you always do" jungkook comments before walking towards the door

"mr kim, just remember that you're the star, not the management" jungkook smiles at taehyung before he leaves.

taehyung stood a little stunned at jungkook's words, he does have jin and namjoon who care about him but it feels so different when someone else says it.

he grabs his bag wiping his tears as he walks out of the room and down a few hallways to see his bodyguards waiting by the door on their phones.

taehyung walks past them and sighs when they don't even realise he is there, one minute they aren't giving him space and the next minute they aren't protecting him.

taehyung has asked if he can get new bodyguards but mr han won't let him cause they're family friends of his.

the star hopped into his car and drove off.