behind the curtains | jhs.

four

The show in Busan was almost perfect. Keyword: almost perfect. During the intro of Hope World where Momo was dancing with Hoseok, her body wasn't strong enough. That was what Cierra was seeing from her point of view. Cierra was an observer she noticed almost everything. When Cierra was on stage dancing to Daydream with everybody else, she saw. She saw from the corner of her eyes how Momo was trying hard to dance on her weak knee. Cierra didn't know what was happening and she just made sure to keep dancing. She did feel bad though, Momo was a great dancer.

That was when it was time for everyone to get ready to leave the venue after washing up when a loud disturbance was heard. Momo's knee gave out unexpectedly and she fell hard on the concrete stairs. Almost immediately, Momo was wailing out for help. Hoseok rushed to her side, chanting for someone to call the paramedics. Namjoon called 119 and told everybody else to get on their designated tour buses.

It was dead silence when Cierra and the rest of the dancers she rode with entered their bus. They all sat in the seats, leaning to get a good look. "She took a pretty hard fall," Sarah muttered as she bit on her nail. "She looks in so much pain, Hoseok looks stressed. Damn, I feel terrible."

"Same." There wasn't much to be said and Sarah understood that. The fell surprised everyone and the blood-curdling cry that came after made everyone's stomach weak. They all continued to watch in hope that Momo would be okay as the paramedics came. That was when the bus drivers all got the okay to drive to Icheon next. Icheon was about four hours away and good thing the next show was in the next four days. That'll give everyone time to adjust to the big change which was Momo being out.

Cierra had concern thoughts for Momo throughout the ride, she did. That was until she noticed that she got tagged in a photo on Twitter which was from last night. She never paid great attention to her notifications unless they were calls and messages anyways. Once she checked her Twitter, it was Hoseok who tagged her. He tagged all the dancers and it was a photo of all of them from the beach. Cierra contemplated whether to like it or not, considering the fact that she shouldn't be worried about that.

He was famous, her like would probably be drowned with the other likes he got. So, she liked the photo and then realized that her followers increased. It increased to about 736 followers, which was a lot to her. Cierra and Sarah spoke most of the ride to the hotel they were staying at. They fell asleep the remainder of the time they had which was about two hours. Once they arrived at the hotel, Cierra wasn't really tired at all. This time she shared a suite with Hyolyn, Farrah and Sarah, and Hyoyeon. There were two beds in total so Farrah, Sarah, and Hyoyeon slept in one while Cierra and Hyolyn took the other.

The beds were king sized so it wasn't as terrible as it sounded. They all went to sleep around one in the morning with some anime playing on the hotel's TV in the background. Hyoyeon was the one who surfed for something entertaining and had stopped at some channel. They didn't even pay attention to it, they just fell asleep.

Like five hours into their sleep, someone's phone was going off on the nightstand which eventually woke everyone up. It was Hyolyn's phone but everyone's phone had a message too. "Hoseok wants us to get to our designated tour buses," Hyolyn told them in her groggy voice, "he's giving everyone an hour to get prepared for a long day."

Cierra laid back down in annoyance because she was hoping that she could rest. She almost forgot about what happened to Momo until Sarah started talking about it again. Sarah was worried about Momo's health after the fall, but also about the tour. What would that mean for all the formations and things of that nature? Would that all change?

They spent their time taking turns on washing up once again and guessing on what would happen next. Hyoyeon and Hyolyn just think that the tour would go on with no modifications, Cierra thinks that the dances would change, and the twins think that Momo's knee will probably take a month to heal then she'd be back.

"Momo is unstoppable," Sarah implied with no hesitation, "maybe her knee wasn't that bad." Which everyone disagreed with but respected it.

That was when Hyoyeon added in, "I think she and Hoseok are dating. Like the way they act at times is a bit suspect." That was when they all agreed except Cierra.

"They're probably friends," Cierra asserted but with a chuckle, "I don't think they're something. If they were they'd be cute though." That was when the subject switched over to their love lives as they went to their tour bus.

Farrah beamed as she started thinking about her lover, "He's so fine and great to me. Charles literally checks up on me all the time and I have to tell him to chill from time to time."

"At first I didn't like y'all together," Sarah admitted with a scowl, "I thought he wasn't good for you but then I realized that you were grown enough to be together."

"Really?!" Farrah gawked but then playfully slapped her sister's chest. "Why didn't you say anything, Sarah?"

"It was your business, not mine!" Sarah was about to go to her bus, but Farrah insisted that everyone just ride together, only for that day. Everybody laughed at what Sarah said as they sat down together on the seats on the bus.

Hyoyeon congratulated her on finding happiness before asking her how long have they been with each other. Farrah told them that they've been together for a year and that those years were rough. Hyolyn said that she was talking to someone, Hyoyeon and Sarah both laughed about them being single. Cierra just bit down on her lip before sighing, "My whole situation with my love life is complicated." She didn't wanna get too detailed but she did hint that he messed up.

"He doesn't deserve you," Sarah automatically spoke, "I don't what he did but I'm going to assume that he was cheating," Cierra said nothing just looked outside the window. "Don't start getting all bent out of shape now, Ci. Look at where you are now, you're touring all around the world. You're doing something that you find peace in."

"You're right," Cierra effused before looking at her, "I guess I'll chill out now." When the first two buses drove off first that's when they took off as well. Luckily someone left them bagels wrapped in little bags for breakfast. A sticky note was right beside it, confirming that Namjoon brought everyone bagels.

Luckily, it seemed like they rented out a dance studio to use. It still was too early to Cierra, despite that she put on her best fake smile. She sauntered into the room with her hands down her sweatpants pockets. Good thing she wasn't the only one who looked exhausted as well. "Hoseok needs you guys to be stretched and warmed up by the time he comes back," Namjoon directed everyone, "he's not in his best mood today so please cooperate." Then he spoke in Korean, everyone started to spread out onto the floor.

"That makes two of us," Hyolyn muttered to herself as she sat down on the floor by Cierra, "I don't get the logic of this. Momo literally just got injured."

"That's why he wants to train until we reach the show," Namjoon chimed in unexpectedly causing them both to flinch a bit, "now please stretch. As tired as you are, you'll be more tired hearing Hoseok yell at the top of his lungs."

They cooperated and did multiple stretches like: hamstring stretches, shoulder stretches, lower back stretches, and calf stretches. Hoseok finally came into the room but with black shades and a snapback. Everyone's attention diverted to him mainly in curiosity. Cierra just wanted to know what was going to happen, what was going to take place next.

He stood up in the front of the room and rested his back in the wall, he was speaking in Korean. As usual, Cierra waited for the translation. Her stomach was churning though because of how harsh his words seemed to be coming out. She looked around for people's reactions which didn't look so pleasant. "We're going to change formations around based on who I feel like executes the choreography better or who has better stamina. We're running through the setlist so get ready." His voice was monotone and his attitude was just unenthusiastic.

How was Hoseok going to possibly continue the tour with that attitude?