Stingent

~~ 2 ~~

** Bold is english **
** lyrics are also in English if in Korean it will be written in Korean but Bolded is the fans singing **
** Time set at the end of 2021, start of December time **

Shouts and cheers echoed around the large stadium. Music thumped across the floor and rattled the people's bodies. Cyan light sticks bopped to the beat as 5 boys bounced around on stage. One was rapping his heart out, another was hyping up the crowd, the third was dancing, the fourth was stealing his fans phones and taking selfies and the youngest was vocalising behind the rap. The 5 of them in harmony of each other, despite not all singing. After the vocals were finished one last verse remained, and all the boys point their mics towards the wave of admirers,

"Cause when the cross begins to crumble,
The gods come out to play!"

Screams erupted as they fell into their ending fairy, a 5 pointed star. Slowly, they arose. Panting, albeit, but large grins adorning their sweaty faces,

"Gentle!" The leader shouted, stepping forward, "it's been such a pleasure to have you join us tonight!" More screaming, the light sticks waving ferociously back at the speaking man, he chuckled slightly, "it really really is a shame to have to say our goodbyes, but we have loved every minute of our time here in Adelaide! It's been nice to get our boy Tyler back home! But! Have you all enjoyed?" The whole stadium bellowed, and the boys were pretty sure you could hear them in Sydney,
"Okay okay! I want to say! Being here is new! But I'm very honoured to have experienced coming to Australia, and I'm very excited to come back! Thank you so much Gentle!" The translator did its job as the maknae spoke, his soft voice silencing every scream only for them to come back louder after he had finished.
"Tch, Gentle, you're all so soft! Yo, it's so nice to be back you know! And everything feels so surreal! I never thought I'd come back home, simply to have, 11,000 people scream at me, it's mental, honestly. But I'm very very blessed to have experienced this with the band, and I'm looking forward to the concerts going ahead and for when we come back soon! I love you so much Gentle!" Tyler's deep voice was swooning and half the audience practically passed out as he winked and walked backwards to the members,
"I have never been to Australia before. The best way to describe it, is that it's very much like home! And Adelaide has such a feeling of sanctuary, and standing here, in front of Gentle is the best way to experience that feeling! So thank you all very very much for having us here! I love you all!" Another boy practically sung, rushing his words out with Gentle cooing at him,
"Thank you so much for joining us Gentle! We can't wait to return! We love you all so much!" With one final bow, the five boys left the stage, two with tears and the other three waving.

Keejah flopped back onto the couch backstage, Liam and Daeyang joining him whilst Tyler and Baewoo dropped to the floor, laying flat on their faces in exhaustion,
"Now that was a good concert." Their manager announced striding into the room with a proud look, "a good concert to end your first proper tour!" Keejah only whined in response,
"Yeah but now we have a 10 hour long flight to catch!" The 4 other boys grumbled with him,
"Yes you do! And you have three hours to get ready, so hurry hurry! I know you've just had a long concert but we need to get going! You don't want to miss this plane!" And with that, he scurried off. The boys couldn't lie, they loved their manager, he was charming and really sweet to them, but they really couldn't be bothered to listen, they just wanted to go home.
"Hey Kee hyung." Keejah hummed in response, opening his eyes slightly to look at the younger boy sitting on his lap, "can you ask if we can stay here, like I understand Yang hyung and Bae going to get home but me and Ty could stay, I could catch a flight back to New Zealand. We are going on break for four weeks right? You could go back to Bangladesh!" Kee cringed and sighed,
"I don't see why not, come on, get off, I'll go ask." He shoved Liam off and onto Daeyang with a small huff, Liam yelped but him and Keejah burst into laughter as Daeyang groaned loudly at the impact of his body, he flipped the two off and cuddled into Liams frame, drifting back off to dreamland instantly with his head on Liams neck and arms wrapped around his waist whilst Liam swung his legs over his lap and dropped his head onto Daeyang's head, stroking his back with one hand and playing with the hair on his nape with the other. Keejah snapped a photo and ran off to find his manager.

"I suppose having some time to return home won't hurt. Alright then. Tyler can stay here, Liam can go back home to New Zealand when he's ready and you, Daeyang and Baewoo can come on the flight with me." Keejah nodded and bowed his head a little,
"Thank you so much PD-Nim, I really appreciate it!" His manager chuckled and out his hand on Keejah's shoulder,
"Please! I told you to call me Jun-seo, I really don't mind, and honestly, you boys really do deserve a good break. You've all worked so hard these past few months." He smiled at the young man, keejah bowed slightly once more and turned off to tell the boys, "Kee!" He turned around,
"Yes sir?"
"Will you be going to Bangladesh? I know the boys aren't aware of your situation so they would be confused if you didn't, but will you be comfortable going back home?" Keejah tensed his shoulders and exhaled thinly through his teeth, biting his tongue a little,
"I don't think I will, I haven't been since the incident, it'll feel too weird, and not safe, I think I'll just stay at the dorms, then maybe meet up with a few friends." He shrugged and smiled weakly, spinning around and going back to his members.

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I shot up quickly, my chest heaving with every chime, I turned my alarm off fast, unable to take the ringing sound and dragging my shaking hands across my face. Strands of my hair clung to my forehead as my body began to break out in a cold sweat. As I laid back down, I pulled my thighs up to my chest and wrapped my arms around my torso, everything inside of me craving a form of closure. I knew what I was feeling, it was so strong, I knew the emotion. I tucked my head into my knees and curled into a ball, everything felt all too nostalgic, and it was so painful. The spikes of glass felt as if they were tearing at my face again, the knife felt as if it was clawing at my stomach once more. My body was convulsing and my eyes were streaming, I clamped them shut and gnawed at my bottom lip, willing my everything to just shut down, willing everything to just go away..