Unexpected Strays

Chapter 13

"Hey, are you ready to go?" You asked when you saw Felix walking into the room.
"Yeah I am. Hopefully this won't take too long." Felix said as you both walked out the
front lobby doors.
The place was too far for you to walk to, so you had to drive there. When you walk into
the building, you see your backstage manager.
"Hey guys. Ready?" He said, walking you to the backstage area. Your phone had kept
vibrating throughout the entire car ride there, so when you felt it vibrate yet again, you silenced it yet again.
"Oh my god, stop calling me. Yeah, I'm ready." You said at the same time as Felix said
he was ready.
"Do you want to take that call?" The manager said
"No, it's ok, I want to get this done quickly anyways." You said, and the manager
understood why, since you did just fly in from a 12 hour flight on the other side of the world.
After walking around for a little bit, the manager asked if you wanted to just set up
everyones stuff and then wait for the show to roll around, but Felix had said
"Oh no, we can set up our things now, and everyone else can set up their things when
they have the time."
"I have to get my things from the car that are required for the show like my in-ears and
my microphone. I always keep those in a separate bag than the rest of my stuff." You said as you walked out to the car. Once you grabbed your stuff, you walked back inside and put the bag in a counter that was technically the backstage area.
When you walked backstage to put the bag down, your phone vibrated again, and this
was the final straw for you. You had shut off your phone completely, hoping that would stop them from calling for a little bit. Then Felix walked in.
"Y/n, mic checks are later tonight before the show." He said.
"Got it. What time is the show tonight?" You asked whoever heard.
"I believe it starts at 7?" Felix said, almost like a question as he was unsure himself.
"That's right. Starts at 7, ends at 10." The manager yelled from across the room.

"Why aren't they picking up their phone?" Ji-Hwa asked
"Well, their first show is tonight, since they are in America. They could be setting up for
it right now." Dong-Sik explain
"But that doesn't mean that-" Ji-Hwa tried to explain why it wasn't like you to pick up
the phone. But Dong-Sik was quick to justify
"You have called them like 30 times since it happened. Just call them later."
"But what if they don't pick up?" Ji-Hwa questioned
"They will. Just let them do their show. We can tell them later."
"I guess you're right. But who will tell them when they do answer?" Ji-Hwa asked,
looking at both Dong-Sik and Ju-Won
"I can," Ju-Won said "No one else wants to, I can tell that no one wants to."

After 7 hours of having your phone off, when you turned it back on, there wasn't anyone
calling.
"Finally. Hey!" You yelled for the manager.
"Yeah?"
"If someone named Ju-Won, Dong-Sik, or Ji-Hwa calls, just tell them to call me after the
show." You said
"I can do that." He said.
"30 minutes until showtime. Is everything working for everyone?" Chan asked as he
stood up from his makeup chair.
"My in-ears aren't working that well." Changbin said
"Just take the ones in the back for now, I'll try to get these fixed before you go out." The
manager said, holding the ones that did work in front of Changbin.
"My mic isn't working, it keeps cutting out." Jeongin said after walking back from the
main stage.
"Try turning it off and back on to do a soft reset."
"That worked, thank you."
"Are you sure you trust me answering your phone?" The manager said as he turned
back to you.
"I do, just tell them I'm busy and then hang up." You said, trying to stay still to get your
makeup done.
"Got it."
"Hyunjin," You said as you looked around, "Stop smacking Minho?"
"Fine." He said with the fakest pout ever.
About 15 minutes until the show, you hear someone shouting something
"Y/n!" It was the backstage manager. What did he want?
"What? I told you, if they keep calling-" You started, but he interrupted you, and he
looked distressed
"No, they said you need to hear this. Now. They told me that they can't wait any longer."
"Fine. Guys! Give me a second. I'll come over to get everything checked on in just a
second!"

"What Ju-Won. I told you I am on-" He stopped you before you could say anything else.
"The chief is dead." What? This had to be sort of a joke right?
"What?"
"He died. The same person who murdered the other 2." By the tone of his voice, you
could tell this was no joke. But, who had been calling you for 2 days?
"Please tell me this isn't the reason that my phone kept ringing for 2 days now." But by
the silence that Ju-Won was giving, you knew that he was the one calling you, trying to tell you that the chief. Was. dead. As you thank Ju-Won for telling you that he had passed away, you can feel yourself tearing up. Not wanting to cry in front of the other right now, when you hung up the phone, you had ran off into the nearest closet and just started to sob. He couldn't be gone, could he?
"Hey, has anyone seen Y/n? They said that they would have been back in a second, but
that was like 5 minutes ago..." Seungmin asked while looking around for you a little, but couldn't see you.
"I'll go look for them. You just keep doing your thing." Hyunjin said, standing up to go
find you. As he walked around the building looking for you, he could hear small sobs coming from a closet that was pretty close to the dressing rooms.
"Y/n?" Hyunjin asked, gently knocking on the door, but since you were sobbing, you
didn't hear anything coming from outside.
"Whoever's in there, I'm coming in." He says before slowly opening the door. As he
walked into the closet, he could see who was crying... It was you.
"Hey, hey, Y/n. What's going on?" He asks, sitting down next to you and hugging you to
his side.
"I-I just g-got a call fr-from" You tried to explain, but the pain of it all was too much for
you to make coherent sentences and you just started crying again.
"Hey, it's ok. Take all the time you need. I'm right here." He tried, but it didn't really
help. When Hyunjin didn't come to explain to the rest where you were, Seungmin became
worried again.
"Guys, I'm getting really worried about them. We don't have that long until the concert
and they aren't back yet." He explained, making everyone look around in confusion. Why weren't you back yet?
"I'll go look for both of them. Hyunjin would have to be next to Y/n if they're in the
building somewhere." Han said, standing up to find the both of you. When he had gotten to the closet, he saw Hyunjin holding a sobbing you, which made Han just about lose his mind. Who had hurt you.
"What happened?" Han asked, his voice a little shaky, but not enough to be completely
noticeable.
"I couldn't get the whole story, but from what I understand, their chief died." Han didn't
want to hear anymore. Walking away from you guys, Han had to think about what he was going to tell everyone when he inevitably came back with no Hyunjin and no you.
"-an. Han." He was so in thought that he hadn't heard anyone calling his name the first
time, "Where are Y/n and Hyunjin?" It was Chan.
"They are sobbing in a closet with Hyunjin trying to calm them down." He was starting
to panic now.
"Hey. Focus on me Han. Why are they crying in the closet right now?" Chan's
comforting brown eyes were enough to make Han relax a little.
"From what Hyunjin told me, their chief died recently." He said, and Chan's face paled
slightly.
"Do you know how?" The slight shake in Chan's voice was enough to make Han start
panicking again.
"I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't from natural causes," Han said, "But how are
we going to get Hyunjin and Y/n back? The show can't go on without them..."
"We'll need to go on without them. As much as we all don't want to, we have to. We
can't cancel the show 30 minutes before it starts..." Chan said, and that's what they did. When the show started, the rest of them explained to the fans that something had come up and you didn't want to be alone right now, so you would miss this show, along with Hyunjin. Thankfully, the fans that had come out were very understanding and wished you the best.
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