Backrooms & Beyond

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Author's note: This is written using the characters' stage names, it'll probably sound a bit awkward. I'm only just starting to get into the whole BTS fandom, so excuse the mistakes and inconsistencies. Enjoy reading!

"I don't like this arena." Jimin murmurs to RM after sound check, looking out over the massive auditorium.

"Huh?" His friend turns to him. "Why?"

"The old hallways are creepy."

"Oh, well, they haven't been updated in a while, but we don't go there, just the main backstage." RM shrugs. "No big deal."

"Okay..." Jimin sounds nervous. "Don't tell Jungkook I said that, he'd tease me."

"I know you love it when he teases you, don't pretend."

"What'd you say?" Jungkook walks over. "Huh, Jimin?"

"Never mind." Jimin blushes. "Forget it."

"Your makeup is smeared, Kookie." RM rubs his friend's cheek. "You really need to stop trying to fix it yourself."

"I don't like what what's-her-name does." Jungkook complains. "Too light."

Suga appears from backstage. "Where's V?"

"I don't know, probably trying to fix his makeup like Kookie here." Jimin tries to land a joke.

"I'm here." V joins the group on the stage, followed by Jin and J-hope. "What's up?"

"Oh, Jimin was saying that the hallways scare him." RM says before Jimin can shut him up.

"RM!" Jimin elbows his friend. "Well, they do, they're just different."

Jungkook shrugs. "They do look like something I saw on the internet once."

"I guess the people who run this didn't want to spend money on redoing them." J-hope says. "The rest of this place is pretty new."

"Yeah." Jimin stretches. "It'll be fine."

"Let's run through the last part of Permission to Dance, Jin was doing the harmony wrong." Suga says, pulling out his phone.

"You sure it was me?" Jin asks. "I thought it was Jimin."

"It was probably me." Jimin admits. "I was thinking about the creepy hallways."

Jungkook shakes his head disapprovingly. "C'mon, you gotta lock in. You all know I don't like when things go wrong."

"Neither do I."

"Then pay attention!"

After Jimin finally gets the harmony right, the group goes backstage to relax and wait for the team to finish setting up. One of the sound guys left a beanbag chair out from the pre-soundcheck meeting, and Suga and V playfully fight over it until Jungkook takes it and sits down.

"C'mon, the young one can sit somewhere else." Jin says. "I'm old. I need a comfy chair."

"Noooo, not the age excuse." Jungkook gets up and grabs a folding seat. "Fine."

"It's not an excuse."

"Well, your dancing skills fit your age." Suga smirks.

"Whoa, personal! Calm down, Suga!" RM chuckles. "Wow, we've got time to kill."

"Yeah, they said they'd be ready in thirty minutes." Jimin checks his phone.

Jungkook looks around. "Why don't we explore this place? ARMY would love to know how creepy it is."

"I'm not going." Jimin says. "I'll take your chair, Jin."

"Nah, you're coming with." Jin drags Jimin off his seat. "ARMY wants to hear you scream."