BTS World

Chap 52- Could You Turn Off Your Cellphone?

"Mmm... This us odd..... It's not here.... And it's not there, either....." Jimin mumbles to himself as he paced around the dorm searching for something.

"What's not here?" Seokjin asks as he heard Jimin.

"My cell phone. It was just here a moment ago...." Jimin answers.

"Hold on a second, I'll call it for you. Hmm? Where's mine....." Seokjin looks around sheepishly, searching high and low for his phone.

"Wow, that's such a bland joke hyung. Give me a second, I'll call- huh? My phone..... Where'd it go?" Hoseok asks as he rummage through the couch pillows.

"What's going on? Manager, have you seen my phone? I've been looking for 30 minutes and I still can't find it...." Jimin asks me.

Huh? I just walked in here?

"Wow. I'm going nuts! Seriously, where'd my phone go?" Seokjin let's out a frustrated whine.

"Jimin's, Seokjin's and Hoseok's all at once? Weird......" I say.

Moments later....

"I found my phone......in the sink" Seokjin says as he walks out of the kitchen holding his cell phone.

"I found mine too! It was in the closet!" Hoseok walks out of the room and says.

"I found mine in the laundry basket. I didn't even know I'd lost it" Namjoon says.

"Namjoon's cell phone? That means everyone's cell phone was lost at one point. What's going on? Huh? Now that I think about it.... Where's Taehyung? Wasn't he here up until a little while ago?" I ask as I noticed one of the members missing.

"Oh! I remember! I let Taehyung borrow my cell phone earlier..." Jimin shouts in alarm as soon as I mention Taehyung.

"Huh? Wow, me too. Taehyung asked to borrow mine, so I let him!" Namjoon and Hoseok nods their head in agreement to what Namjoon has said.

"Then Taehyung hid the call phones? But why?" I can almost see question marks pop up over everyone's heads.

"Ah, maybe...... Is that why?" Hoseok asks.

"That? Do you have any idea!" I turn towards Hoseok.

"No, it's just that.....last night....."

"Hyung! It's time. Let's go on a walk today, please. A walk, walk!"

"I'm sorry Tae. I don't think I can do it today. I have another live stream-"

"I'm going to cry myself to sleep...."

"His doe-eyes were glistening more than usual" Hoseok explains.

"Wait, now that I think about it...." Namjoon says.

"Hyung, let's talk- huh? What are you doing? A fashion show?"

"Hmmm.. I'm trying to decide what to wear for my live stream. See I'm a little preoccupied"

"Oh!-" Jimin yelps in realization.

"Jimin, why is everyone so busy.....what are you doing in front of the mirror?"

"Ah, I'm practicing talking because I think I need it for the live stream. What'd you just say?"

"No. It was nothing... Everyone's so mean lately...."

After hearing the story, I start to notice their stiff faces and bloodshot eyes.

They do spend their time working on their Livestream, even on their days off....

"Wow, we never replied to Tae hyung's messages about getting together" Jungkook says showing us the message.

We were too focused on looking at our cell phones that we forgot about communicating with each other.

This can't go on, I'm going to do something about this.

I call in Taehyung to a quick meeting.

"Guys..... After some thought, I think we should cut back on how many live streams we do"

The other members look to be at a loss. Taehyung and I lock eyes.

"Taehyung, can we talk for a second?"  I pull him into the kitchen since it seems like something to approach carefully.

"Honestly.... I didn't know you knew about it, manager" Taehyung says.

"I don't know how to approach you about it... " I say sincerely.

"It was scary, yeah. So I want to cut back on it. For myself and for the other members"

"Okay, okay. Let's cut back! I didn't realize how big an issue this he became. As your manager..... I should have been paying more attention" I stared at him guiltily.

"I looked it up and they say it's really bad for your health! If you're supposed enough, you can even DIE"

"Holy! Don't say scary stuff like that!" I fidget.

"You always have to be careful. Sonic thought about it.... We should buy blocking stickers" Taehyung says.

"Blocking stickers? There's a sticker that blocks live stream?" I ask.

"Huh? What are you talking about? Block what? I was talking about stickers that block electromagnetic waves!" Taehyung blinks his eyes a couple of times at me, staring dumbfounded.

"Electromagnetic waves?? Were you talking about that this entire time?" I asked.

"Yep. I was doing a live stream recently and a fan told me not to use my cell phone so much. So I looked up the dangers of electromagnetic waves and they're really scary! And since we all need to be healthy daily...." Taehyung starts to explain.

"Oh..... I misunderstood and thought you didn't like doing streams" I say sheepishly.

"Psh, why would I dislike that? I love communicating with our fans. Mandakoz! Make some noise, yeah!" Taehyung and I walked out of the kitchen to the living room.

"Close!" Jimin yells.

The members chatter away, their energy refreshed.

"I just want you guys not to overdo it with live streams! You know, to improve communication.

The members facial expressions torn serious as they nod in agreement.

" Oh.... Wait, isn't it almost time for today's streams?" Yoongi asks.

"We worked out our misunderstandings, so.... Do we proceed as scheduled?" Jungkook asks.

"Alright! Then! Could you.......turn on your cell phones?"

"Okay!!" The others cheers.

And that's how the case of 'could you turn off your cell phone' wrapped up. The next day, Taehyung brought electromagnetic blocking stickers and personally sticks them to everyone's cell phones.

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