Lisa's pov~

Jungkook...

For a second I couldn't focus on anything but the warm, muscular arms around me and the feel of my hands on a hard chest. My palms were tingling.

Then a sudden biting pain in my right wrist made me flinch.

Jungkook must have noticed.

"Lisa, are you hurt?", he asked again, frowning. Was that worry I heard in his voice? Why did he care?

"Yeah, just-" I pulled my hand back, flinching again when pain flared up in my wrist once more.

He took my wrist in his hands and caressed the inside of it.

My breath catched.

"Lisa!"

The moment was interrupted when my unnies came running down the side of the stage towards me. I noticed some other idols and crew members had also gathered around, a curious mix of expressions on their faces. Some looked worried, some were watching for entertainment and then there were some female idols sending me hateful glares. What had I done to them?

Had all of them witnessed my epic fall? My face turned red with embarrassment.

Apparently Jungkook was a lot smarter than me.

He immediately let go of me, looking around as well. His earlier soft expression once again replaced by a cold impenetrable mask.
Right. We shouldn't have been so close for so long, especially not in public. I hoped and prayed nobody had taken any pictures.

Jennie was the first to reach me.

"Lisa, oh my god. I told you to calm down."

Then Chaeyoung," I was so scared."

Jisoo came behind me and patted my head.
"What kind of gymnastics were you doing?"

Through all this my eyes were still fixed on him.

He sighed and turned around, muttering softly, "Get your hand checked out."

"I will" but he had already walked away.

"Lets head to the medics.", Jennie said as she helped me stand.

~

According to the doctor, I had pulled some muscles in my right wrist. He prescribed me some pain killers and told me to wear a wrist splint for at least a week. I would have to perform at Gaon wearing a wrist splint? Oh no...

"Thank God your boyfriend saved you or you wouldn't be performing at all.", Jennie said when I complained about it.

"Stop calling him that." I huffed.

I couldn't wait to get the show over with.

~

Jungkook's pov~

The arena was thrumming with fans of different groups, multi-coloured light sticks waving like rainbow fireflies in the dark. I was happy to see plenty of Army bombs among them.

The backstage area was bustling with a different kind of energy, idols and their managers going about their business and getting ready for the show.

"Yah, Jungkook." V hyung appeared before me suddenly and turned around, showing me his back.

"Tie the choker for me, please. It accidentally got loose." He pointed towards the back of his neck. The signature cloth choker was undone around it.

"Accidentally? Are you sure, hyung?"

I grabbed the two sides, trying my best to tie it like how our stylist noona did. This wasn't the first time this choker wardrobe malfunction had happened to Taehyung.

"It was too tight, okay. I was just trying to fix it. Stylist noona scares me, I don't want her to know I fucked it up again."

I was busy concentrating on the knot when Taehyung tapped my arm.

"Hey, stay still."

He ignored me.

"Isn't that the girl you saved? What was her name? Lisa, right?", he asked pointing to the left.

I yanked his arm down. "Did anybody teach you not to point at people?"

But sure enough there she was, wearing a wrist splint and dressed in a...what the heck was that outfit?

"I like her dress." Taehyung commented.

I looked back at him.

Wait, how did he know I had saved her. As far I knew, he had already left when she fell.

"How do you-" I began to ask as I finished up with the choker, tying it perfectly.

"Sorry! I gotta pee urgently.", he exclaimed suddenly, walking away like his pants were on fire.

I looked back but Lisa was nowhere to be seen.

~

Lately my hyungs had complained that I often zoned out during award shows and other long formal events.

"Jungkook.exe not responding. 404 error not found.", Hoseok hyung teased waving his hand in front of my face."Kookie stop sleeping with your eyes open, you're not Suga hyung."

I sighed as I stood up."I'm going to the restroom."

Nct and Mamamoo had already performed. We had to wait for a bunch more performances before it was our turn.

The backstage hallways were mostly empty. I hummed a tune as I strode towards the restrooms.

A tall feminine figure in my peripheral vision caught my attention. When I looked towards the person, she stumbled and went sprawling down on her hands and knees, scattering tiny juice boxes on the floor.

What is up with girls and falling all over the place...

I hesitated. I wasn't feeling all that gentlemanly. But then she was directly in my path and had made eye contact with me before going down. It would be extremely rude to walk away without helping.

Sigh.

I bent down picking up the juice box closest to me.

"Oh thank you. You're so kind.", she said, blushing hard.

Wait, wasn't she in Twice? I didn't know her name though.

Fuck, I'm so bad with names.

I smiled politely at her. "It's nothing."

We stood up and I handed her the three juice boxes I had picked up. She was carrying five in total.

"I-I-They're not all for me. I was c-carrying them for my unnies.", she stuttered, apparently feeling the need to clarify why she had so many.

I didn't ask?

They were only five, I could finish them all in one go. But I guess girls felt embarrassed about such silly things.

"That's nice of you.", I spoke not knowing what else to say.

"Have a good night." I said turning to walk away.

"Wait!", she called.

I turned back.

"I'm Tzuyu from twice. It was nice to meet you.", she spoke softly, looking at me from beneath her long lashes.

"Likewise."

Before I turned around for the second time I registered the disappointment in her face. Oh, was I supposed to introduce myself as well? But what was the point? I was sure she already knew who I was.

I shook my head. I didn't have the patience for polite small talk.

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