Answer (Love Yourself Tour - Book 3)

Chapter 1

⚠️ Trigger Warning ⚠️
Sexual Content

Adeline's POV:

"God, I missed this!" Ella shouted into my ear which I barely heard over the screaming from the crowd.

"I know what you mean." I shouted back before we broke apart heading to opposite ends of the stage that we were assigned too.

I slipped my ear plug back in truly knowing exactly how she felt. The excitement of running along the scaffolding set up along the stage to get the best shot as we watched the guys perform. Then there was the crowd which was always different despite the same amount of screaming coming from it. I, even though it had only been a month since the last concert, had missed this.

Watching them perform tonight was different than all the other times I saw them perform during the previous tour. I saw their performances differently now. Now I knew the amount of work it took to make even one of the 24 songs they were performing tonight thanks to the day I spent with Joon in his studio. Writing the song, arranging it, tracking it, editing, and mixing it before repeating some of those steps to get it to the point that it was considered mastered. Even then it didn't end there for them. Because they not only sang those songs but had choreographies to accompany them. To say that I had a whole new appreciation for what they did on that stage would be an understatement. They were true artists of their craft. No one would be able to convince me otherwise.

As the night wore on the concert, just like the previous ones always did, ended as if someone had snapped their fingers fast-forwarding the night. I loved every minute of it though. I smiled fondly down at my camera as I walked through the hallways of the stadium looking through my photos from the night. I got some amazing shots this show. I loved all their solo songs, but their group ones were my favorites. I liked watching them perform as a unit. I especially loved Anpanman and the three bounce houses they used during the performance. When I saw them being inflated, I looked across the stage to Ella and we burst into laughter shaking our heads in near mirror images. Neither of us were expecting to see bounce houses on the stage. It definitely wasn't brought up during rehearsals that was for sure. I laughed to myself as I skimmed through the remainder of the photos, but it was interrupted when I almost tripped. I stumbled but caught my balance before I could fall. I looked back behind me to see what it was that I tripped on and immediately tensed up as I stared at Eunji.

"I see you're still here." She said with a disparaging smile.

"Sorry." I said quietly clutching my camera close to me.

"If you were, you wouldn't be here, but what can I expect from someone like you?" She said crossing her arms.

I didn't respond. I knew it was best not too. It would only incite her to say something I knew I wouldn't want to hear. The silence uncomfortably settled between us due to me not responding and her just staring. It became insufferable after only a moment. Without a word, I started to slowly walk backwards. After a few steps I turned away from her and continued down the hallway feeling her stare bore holes into me until I rounded the corner. Rounding that corner, I released the breath I knew I was holding. The tension in my body was still present when I entered our assigned room.

"How did I beat you here when you left before I did?" Ella asked with a laugh as the door shut behind me.

"I just ran into someone." I said as I opened my locker and pulled my camera bag out of it.

"Oh yeah, who?" She asked as she unhooked her lens from the body of her camera.

"Eunji." I said hoping the anxiety I felt talking about her wasn't present when I said her name.