Wish You Were Here

Final Show

I peeked my head out from around the stage curtain and saw a sea of multicolored trolls cheering for BroZone to come out to the venue's stage. Wow, it's a big turnout for this show. I turned my head around to call out to the group who was warming up and preparing for the first show on their world tour.

"One minute to showtime!"

John Dory looked at me and widened his eyes before quickly turning back to his sheet stand and hurriedly going through a pile of music sheets to create the perfect set list.

"We're gonna open with Girl Baby Baby, and close with Baby Baby Girl! Wait, no, that doesn't sound right..." he tapped the tip of his pen against his bottom lip. I noticed his struggling and made a suggestion of my own.

"What if you opened with Baby Baby Girl and closed with Baby Baby Girl Woman"? John smiled at me and let out a laugh of satisfaction. "Yes! Thank you Ven! We are gonna make boy band history tonight." He threw his pen across the room and put his hands on his hip, then proceeded to walk around and check in on the other brothers.

All of the brothers were doing their own thing to prepare themselves for the show. John had already figured out the music with my help, Spruce kept doing sit-ups to make sure his abs were perfect, Clay was practicing his dance moves and complaining to John about having to wear his Funderdrawers, Floyd was doing some relaxing, breathing exercises, and Branch was standing by the curtain.

Poor thing looked scared out of his mind for this show. Who can blame him though? Everyone agreed he was finally old enough to join the band, so this is his first show and of course it had to be in front of the biggest crowd I've seen for BroZone in the few years I've been their assistant.

I walked over to Floyd and tapped him on the shoulder. "Hey, you might wanna go talk to baby Branch. He looks really nervous". Floyd looked in the direction of Branch and agreed with my statement.

"Okay, don't worry, I got this covered" he assured me. He started walking towards his little brother and I watched them have one of the most adorable conversations ever! I knew Floyd and Branch are probably the closest with one another out of everyone here since I've seen them grow up together.

I've known Branch since a little after he was born and he's taken a liking to Floyd the most out of all his brothers and honestly, same. These guys are the closest thing I have to a family and Floyd's kinda like my best friend.

A member of the stage crew notified the brothers that they had 10 seconds until they had to be on stage. John was talking to them about hitting the perfect family harmony or something. I wasn't really listening as I was filling up a few cups with water from the water cooler they had backstage. After all, they can't be going on stage parched, now can they?

"Guys! Quick!" I handed them all their water cups and they took as many sips as they could before showtime. John chugged his water and let out an 'ahh' of refreshment. He handed me back the cup and shouted "Let's bro!"

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I got into the sound booth of the venue and spoke into the microphone to start announcing the brothers.

"Ladies and gentlemen, here they are! The Heartthrob!" Spruce winked at the audience making most of the girls in the front rows faint.

♫ Da-da ♫

"The Fun Boy!" Clay bounced his way onto stage by using the mushrooms behind the stage. He certainly knows how to be creative with his entrance.

♫ Da, Da-da ♫

"The Sensitive One!" I quickly turned off the microphone so I could cheer and fanboy over him without being heard. I see Floyd literally every day, but that doesn't change how excited I get for him. He made puppy dog eyes to really sell the sensitive look and it made me giggle. I turned the microphone back on.

♫ Da, da-da ♫

"The Leader!" John jumped with his arms out and he had the biggest smile on his face. Did he pick his own title? Yes. Do I blame him? Not really. He is the oldest, so it makes sense.

♫ Da-da ♫

"And The Baby!" Branch tried his hardest to strike a cool pose, but it ended up just being one of the cutest things I've seen. I couldn't be more proud of him right now for getting on stage for the first time, and at such a young age. Hopefully he enjoys this and sticks with it unlike me.

♫ Da, da-da ♫

"Give it up for BroZone!" I dragged out the 'O' in 'zone' just to give it some more flare. I turned off the microphone again so I could watch their performance in awe. No matter how many times I see it, it's almost like it gets better every time.

♫ Well, there she goes~ On the floor, let's do this, no more talkin' ♫

Though I was in the sound booth, I could hear girls screaming and even saw some of them faint. People really like Spruce, don't they? Makes sense why he's The Heartthrob. I couldn't help but dance along with their choreo. It was so mesmerizing and I've seen enough shows to know every step to every song.

♫ Did anybody notice?~ ♫

Floyd walked to the front and the spotlight was on him. I couldn't help but just stare at him as he moved and sang with such grace.

♫ The energy just shifted when we dropped in, ooh~ let it drop in~ ♫

People just grabbed their chests at his adorableness while I dramatically mocked those girls who were fangirling over Spruce by putting the back of my hand to my forehead and pretending to faint.

♫ I don't flex, but I might, groove about to take flight! Cause the night is young and the music's on, and we got love on sight ♫

I immediately interlocked my hands in front of my face and smiled as Branch started singing. I told him so many times before the show, but I seriously am proud of him. I started to tear up a little bit so I can only imagine how his older brothers feel right now.

♫ The sky was the limit, now the stars where we're living, it's the vibe when we're in it, it'll blow your mind~ ♫

Branch lifted his oversized glasses and it made me squeal at how freaking adorable he was. As the chorus started, a faint glow started pulsating around them to the beat of the song. Was this that family harmony thing John was going on about? It's really pretty actually.

♫ It's so perfect, perfect, perfect, a hundred percent! Put us together you know what you get ♫

I was dancing along in the booth when I suddenly realized John was diverting away from the rest of them. What is he doing? The rest of them kept singing but I watched some of their faces drop. Oh no, something is happening. Clay started saying something to Spruce but it was too faint for his microphone to pick up. This isn't the right choreography, one of them is gonna mess up.

♫ You'll never ever wanna let it go~ ♫

They all started stacking on top of each other and that glow around them began to fade away. Their voices were falling out of sync and they all started to lose their balance. Oh no, oh no, what's happening?

I was panicking while watching them and after trying to hold it for a few seconds longer, they completely fell apart. Floyd tumbled and jumped onto a nearby vine to catch himself. He swung around the stage and knocked right into John. The end of the vine wrapped around Spruce's ankle and started pulling him with it. In an attempt to stop themselves, Spruce grabbed onto another vine and it wrapped around Clay's entire body. All four of them were shouting as the vines started to tie the brothers into a huge knot on the lights above the stage.

All of them were now stuck and Spruce was dangling by his ankle. I darted out of the sound booth and headed towards the main stage. The whole audience had gone dead silent. I reached the stage and did the only thing I really could do.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please standby, we're experiencing, uh..." I looked up at the four of them tied up and tried to find the words to describe what was happening but I was drawing a blank. "...Some stuff"? Branch just stood there looking at me with worry. John tried to reassure his little brothers "Heyyy, at least we didn't fall!" A loud snap caught my ear and they plummeted to the ground. "We fell".

Oh boy, this wasn't going to be pretty...