Stage Lights [J Hope Hurtfic]

Stage Lights.

Requested by EXCTIS

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Hobi was stressed out.

He was trying not to be, but as the groups dance leader he couldn't help but feel extra pressured when the group was to perform live. Which was what they'd be doing tonight at an awards ceremony.

The members had gathered on stage to rehearse their first ever live performance of their new song, Butter. The awards show started in just a few hours and other groups had to use the stage to practice, so they were on a bit of a time crunch.

Hobi was frustrated because he felt like some of the other members weren't taking rehearsal very seriously, and now was not the time to be messing around.

"Get it let it roll!" Jungkook sang and Hobi called for a break. He needed to go over a few of the dance steps with the maknae.

"It's ba-ba-ba-da-da!" Hobi demonstrated with his moves. He was thankful that the youngest was such a quick learner and quick to fix his mistakes. He called Jimin and Taehyung to get back into their dancing positions when he noticed they had strayed from the group while off in their own world.

"Relax, hyung. You're too stressed out," Jimin said, "I'm sure the performance will be great."

"Aish. I know. But this is our first time doing this live, I can't help but be nervous. We haven't performed live in a while," Hobi pouted.

Jin walked over and patted Hobi on the back, "Ahh, Hobi-ahh, don't worry too much. Remember we're just here to have fun, yeah?"

"Yeah man, just take deep breaths," Yoongi shrugged. Hobi realized maybe he was stressing out a little much about the performance. Even if they didn't do everything perfectly he knew ARMY would still love them anyway. He was just such a perfectionist and didn't want anyone to perform with anything less than their best. He took deep breaths and told himself everything would be fine. He walked over to Namjoon and asked for some advice to help calm his nerves and thankfully his leader always had the right words to say.

The members continued to practice with much lighter hearts once Hobi had stopped yelling at them so much. They asked the staff for some things to be switched around on stage and while talking with one staff member, Hobi was inspecting the lights above the stage. He couldn't help but notice one of the beams holding various light fixtures to it seemed to be leaning downwards a bit too far.

Hobi pointed to it and asked, "What's wrong with the lighting?"

"What do you mean?" the staff member asked.

"It's falling?" Hobi said with concern.

"No it's not, it's supposed to be angled like that."

The rest of the members came over when they saw Hobi and the staff member staring up at the ceiling.

"What are you guys looking at?" Jimin asked. Hobi pointed to the lights and mentioned that it seemed like they were falling.

"It's supposed to be like that," the staff replied. The rest of the members asked if he was absolutely sure and the staff member replied that yes, he was sure.

The members took the staff members word for it and got back to practicing, finishing up after Hobi said it seemed as though everyone was in sync with eachother and they'd all do great. While leaving the stage Hobi took one last look at the lighting fixture. It just seems off. 

They hung around backstage getting into their award show outfits and getting their hair and makeup done. They discussed some of the awards they were nominated for and talked about how even if they didn't win, they were at least grateful to have even been nominated.