Kpop Sickfics / Hurtfics

🚗 Ni-ki - Unstable Stage

~ Ni-Ki's POV ~

Performing is my favorite thing to do. Hearing the crowd, their claps, cheers, voices singing with us, their approval - it's what keeps me going.

That's why I was so excited, when I heard, that we were going to do a special show, right after our newest album release. We will dance all of our new choreographies, and some older ones too.

Tickets sold out in under 3 hours, which was record time for us. I was so hyped for this performance.

~ 1 week time skip ~

Tomorrow, we get to perform in front of 60 000 Engenes, which sounds insane. We were all very anxious, but most of all, excited. We practiced day and night, not resting until everything was perfect. I was particularly focused on the tiny details, I wanted everything to be absolutely flawless.

I can't wait for tomorrow.

- Guys, we have a small problem. - A manager came up to us. - Part of the stage isn't assembled properly, so it's very fragile. I will show you tomorrow, where it exactly is, but my request is: don't dance too hard there. It can collapse, so it would be best if you could avoid that part alltogether. Got it? All right, let's go home.

I was worried for a few seconds, but I was too enthusiastic for the concert. So, I quickly forgot about the faulty stage.

~ 1 day time skip ~

- Is everyone ready? Got your mics, in-ears, is your outfit good? Then let's head on stage, you're starting in two minutes! - I was shaking in excitement, this was the moment I was dreaming about.

Let's perform.

After the midway point, we finally had a moment to stop, and interact with fans. We posed for pictures, got flowers thrown next to us, it was all like a dream. I wanted to stay here forever.

- Are Engene ready for the next number? - I heard Jungwon's voice. Our next number was Fever, which I loved. It was hard and technical, but that's exactly why I liked it.

We danced, like there was no tomorrow. All of us were fully immersed in the music, no one made any mistakes. It was amazing. It was the ideal performance.

"Riki, you're getting close to the bad part of the stage, watch out!" I heard in my in-ears, but I was too focused on the choreography to pay attention.

CRASH!

The last thing I felt was an excrutiating, agonizing pain all over my body, and then it was too much for my body. Lights out.

~ Jungwon's POV ~

We were dancing Fever, when I noticed Riki getting closer to the faulty part of the stage. Not even a second later, we all heard a manager warn him through our ear pieces, but Riki didn't seem to hear him.

He was inching closer and closer.

I wanted to warn him, or grab and pull him back, but before I could move - tragedy struck.

We heard a nauseating CRACK sound, and he seemed to disappear into the floor. All that were left were broken wood pieces, and nails.

The music stopped, the lights went out, and fans started screaming. I wanted to scream too, but I was the leader, I had a duty. I needed to find our maknae.

I ran to the hole he left, and looked down.

There lied a very broken and bruised Riki. His left arm twisted in an unnatural way, it was for sure broken. Cuts and bruises covered his face, leaving bloody trails behind. His pants were ripped by nails, his legs under them were bleeding too.

He wasn't conscious.

I wanted to jump down, and help him in whatever way I could, but someone was holding me back. Jay hyung pulled me up, and hugged me. I started sobbing, I couldn't hold it back anymore. My only younger member was laying under the stage, bleeding and passed out.

- I told him, damnit, I told him that part was dangerous! - Our manager's voice was heard, he was running right under us, to aid Riki. We were quickly escorted off-stage, and the arena sank into a deep silence. No one knew what would happen.

After a few minutes, an ambulance arrived outside the stadium, and two first responders hurried to Riki. They put him on a strecher, and ran off. Sunoo was allowed to go with them, as his best friend. The rest of us were put in two vans, and followed the ambulance closely.

The concert was over.

But there were more important things now.

~Ni-Ki's POV ~

- He's losing a lot of blood quickly, get the bag ready!

- Where's a nurse? Nurse! His breathing is slowing!

- I can't find a healthy vein...

- He needs to go into the surgery now! Clear my schedule, he needs to go first!

- I don't know how they managed to save his arm, did you see, how broken it was?

These were the sentences I remember, while I was floating between death and life. I knew my situation was serious, but hearing the medical staff panic around me, I couldn't help, but feel like it was worse than I thought.

I don't remember much from the accident. But I don't mind. I heard the others discussing it next to my bed, and I've heard enough.

TIme to wake up, Riki.

I slowly opened my eyes, afraid, that the lights would hurt me. But they didn't. I carefully lifted my head, and looked around. A manager and Jungwon were sleeping in my room. I tried calling out to them, but my throat was dry, and couldn't produce any sounds.

So, I started coughing. That woke them up.

- Riki, oh my god! How are you feeling? - Jungwon carefully took my right hand, and caressed it. I smiled at him, and at the manager. Both of them had huge dark circles under their eyes, they must've been sleeping here.

- I'm so glad I have you back. I thought... we thought... - Jungwon burst into tears, he couldn't finish his sentence. He didn't need to. I understood right away.

~ 1 week time skip ~

I was finally able to go home. The doctors sent me home with a bunch of medicine, and warnings, on what to do and what not to do. I was told, that I should not dance for at least a month, and only carefully after that.

I also need to attend physical therapy for my left hand, which had multiple broken bones in it. It was truly a miracle, that they were able to repair it.

The video of my accident was still circulating online, and Engenes were still very worried. So, the first thing I did when I arrived home, was to host a V-Live, where I talked about what happened.

The company, that assembled the stage was hit with a huge lawsuit, as it was entirely their fault. But I didn't care at this point: I was just happy, that I was at home, with my hyungs, recovering.