The Main Man - Seventeen DK

Backstage (Before the Performance part three!)

For the next hour and a half I run around like a headless chicken, carrying and fetching more than before. I grab food and water for f(x), help carry equipment for Monsta X, run back and forth between vans for any left over belonging for idols and generally help other staff set up. I never knew they could have this much stuff.

Eventually however, I'm told that I can have the rest of the time before the performance off providing I'm next to the stage ten minutes before it starts. I haven't seen Aria or Eun-Ji the whole day beyond bumping into eachother when fetching a few things so I guess they're also busy.

I make my way through the corridors where all the waiting rooms are, passing f(X), Gfriend, Monsta X, KNK, Romeo, A Pink, Red Velvet, Miss A, B1A4 and B.A.P until I eventually find my way to the 'SM Corridor' as I've named it considering all but one group belongs to SM.

As I pass by NCT's waiting room, I hear a beautiful voice warming up and decide to check it out. I pause in the entry to the room and notice everyone gathered around Kun who's warming up his vocals by singing a song, Beautiful by Baekhyun.

It's amazing, it truly captures your heart, making you feel many emotions. Once he has finished, I clap my hands and smile as everyone turns towards me.

"Kun, that was truly wonderful. Better than the original though don't tell Baekhyun I said that, he'd never let me forget it. Anyway, I look forward to your performance later if you're singing like that. What song?"
"The Chinese version of Without which is what Kun is singing in as well as a couple of songs from NCT 127 debut mini album" taeil explains.
I look at Kun once more to see that he is focused on Winwin who must be translating for him. They seem really close and it looks like Kun trusts him a lot.
"Anyway, I've got to go. Thank you for letting me listen. I look forward to later" I say, before continuing my path towards Seventeens waiting room.

I swing the door open only to find them all stretched out awkwardly in incredibly funny positions. My favourite is Jeonghan and S.Coups who are opposite eachother have their feet together out wide and are bending down towards the middle trying to touch the floor but it looks like they're trying to get to eachother. There's also Mingyu and Wonwoo bending down, butts touching, trying to grab their toes without bending their knees. Positions like this are going on all around the room and I can't help but burst out in laughter, catching everyone's attention.

"Minnie, you never knock do you?" Seungkwan says.
"Nope but if I did I wouldn't see fabulous moments like this." I laugh, making my way over to one of the sofas in the middle. I'm soon joined by DK who's finished stretching. He sits down next to me and drapes one arm over my shoulder.
"You been busy?"
"Yeah, fetching and carrying things mostly for various groups but I've got from now until the start of the show off so I can hang with you guys. I don't know where Aria and Eun-Ji are though."
Out of the corner of my eye, I see Jun perk up at the sound of Aria's name. I guess someone's got a crush.

At that moment the door bursts open and DK springs away from me down to the opposite end of the sofa. I look up to see a man in his mid thirties staring at me so I quickly stand up and introduce myself.
"Hello, I'm Kim Min-Ji also known as Minnie. I think the boys have told you about me but I'm Jisoo's friend from America. It's nice to meet you."
"Ah, yes, they have told me about you. Nice to meet you too. It's about time the boys had a bit of company beyond themselves. I'm glad to see that they all like you" he replies kindly. "I'm Manager Nim"

Well, that wasn't what I was expecting. There I was thinking he was all frowns and grumpiness, like the classic manager. These boys had given me the completely wrong impression. Honestly.

DK moves away to go and warm up his vocals with the rest of the vocal team so I go over to manager Nim and start talking to him.
"So, what's it like looking after thirteen over grow children?" I ask light heartedly.
"Honestly, it's tiring, the only two I can trust not to muck around are S.Coups and Woozi but even then, it has its limits. They follow what to do when told but there's always some kind of drama when they're around, normally from Seungkwan in case you hadn't noticed." He laughs.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. There is always something going on and when one of them starts something, the others all join in don't they? Do you have any family manager Nim?"
"A wife and seven year old daughter. She's a big fan. What about you?"
"Just my mum and dad back in America. I never needed any siblings cause I had Joshua since day one who's like a brother to me and then Aria who's around here somewhere. We three formed our own family of sorts, as close as real blood relations."
"Ah, yes. Aria. She seems funny."
"That she is. She absolutely loves kpop and it was a dream come true for her when Joshua became an idol. She's obsessed although she's gotten used to seventeen is, she fainted when she first met them yesterday. I just hope it isn't the same later when she sees BTS, hopefully not as she hasn't had a fangirl attack when she met EXO earlier although she's probably bottling it up" I laugh.
"You know Min-Ji, I like you, I know that you can be trusted and responsible and also seem to be able to control the boys. I'll make sure to call you if I need to control them. But with that, I must be off. There's a meeting in a few minutes for all the managers to run through the stage in a minute. See you soon hopefully." He says as he waves and exits the room.