confession #banglo

#6

Fucking dope seemed like an understatement, at least in Junhong's mind. After their hour and a half worth of performance was over and they had to leave the stage, he laid in the couch of the waiting room for a good while, dozing off while trying to register what just had happened.

He thought he was a nobody but still, when they had gone up on stage, the people in front of the stage had been cheering so loud it felt piercingly loud even with his ear piece on. It was heady. All those people there were watching them, cheering for them, even though they had never seen the guys on stage before. Heck, some of them probably hadn't even heard any of the songs before but they were still ready to party.

They had started with Confession and judging by how some people yelled out the lyrics as they went on, there were at least some who had heard the song before. Junhong almost stopped rapping mid verse because it felt so amazing. Being up there and seeing all those people waving their hands, jumping up, yelling and screaming. He had never felt so powerful. Someone screamed his name when he started his second verse. The ring of Zelo in his ears felt unbelievable.

Gunhee really controlled the whole thing well. Most of the time it was from behind the DJ table but at some parts, he jumped to the stage with Yongguk and Junhong, hyping them up with adlibs or dancing along. He held hands or bumped fists with the front row and sometimes even grabbed a phone from someone to film himself and the other two on stage more closely. When there were breaks between some songs, he was the one who did the most talking and other interacting with the audience.

They performed two of Yongguk's songs and three unreleased songs from the album. There couldn't have been a better reaction for them. They finished by performing Confession for a second time and this time most of the audience was already so familiar with the song they yelled out the chorus.

Junhong felt like he was drugged and it was only later when he realized he really was. Yongguk came to sit next to him, awoking him from his trance.

"You did well," he said, and Junhong turned his head to look at the older.

"I had no idea people would like us that much," Junhong shared his thoughts with the other, still unable to register everything that had just happened. His head was spinning and he could still hear the people's yells. "I want to do it again."

"We have another gig next weekend and then the weekend after that as well," Yongguk told although Junhong was already well aware about being booked for the next couple of weekends - he had had to switch his shifts at the restaurant to other days because of that. "You'll get to perform a lot from now on."

"You two are the best. I would never be able to do anything like this without you," he said, his expression dazed as he turned his head to look at Gunhee sitting on the other side of the room, working with his laptop - he was just about to publish their album. "The three of us need to keep doing this forever. Together."

"Damn right we will," Gunhee let out. "It would only be disadvantageous for Yongguk or I to leave you. You're the biggest star out of all of us."

"Don't say that," Junhong suddenly felt shy.

"It's true. You managed to win over that whole audience right there even though most of them didn't even know you. I told you you'll be something big as soon as I heard you the first time."

He always felt weird when Gunhee praised him but also honoured because Gunhee was the kind of guy who would never say something like that unless he really meant it.

There was a knock on the door and before any of them could react in any way, the door already opened. It was Jen, Gunhee's girlfriend, and she had a shy smile on her face as she studied the atmosphere, wondering if she could walk in. Gunhee waved at her as a sign for her to walk in. She greeted Yongguk and Junhong as she headed over to Gunhee, giving him a kiss as a greeting.