« -Hongbin-ssi! We will never be on time to the hotel ! I said to him, completely breathed. The fact saying that aloud made me even more panic. We're going to put them all behind, that's not possible! Jesus Christ, we're on the other side of the world, we're here for work, we have commitments. But what are we jerking off...!? It's absolutely not like me to let myself go like this!
No response from Hongbin that continues to run at a steady pace. He looks to completely managing his breath, I only see the spikes of his hair that start to get wet and his cheeks start to be shiny. He continues to run, lit by the sun, swirling breaths escaping from his mouth in the invigorating air of Hungary, his phone firmly clenched in the hand.
- Hongbin-ssi...
- Don't worry, Leo-ssi ! We're not returning to the hotel! We're going to go straight to the concert hall.
- What ??
- You did not understand me ? he smiled at me while turning around. We will directly join the others on the spot, just follow me !
- But you already know where it is ??
- Obviously! I went to see in advance where it was precisely ! All I have to do is follow the plan. And in addition... He pointed out his phone by raising his hand. I already texted Ken to inform him. He will directly take our spare and other things to there. »
This dearing Hongbin. Always so much foreseeing. This gave the pleasant sensation of being in a sort of cocoon, where events unfold without any stress and are arranged like a well-orchestrated mechanic.
After a sustained race of about twenty minutes, we finally arrived at Petőfi Csarnok, nicknamed PeCsa. Here in Budapest, it is a concert hall known for its numerous concerts of pop/rock but also of cultural programs and exhibitions. I was coming in front of the structure and contemplating the building. It was a large hall whose main decoration was a system of arches. The lower land from the bottom, a wall of two meters high, alternately white and then burgundy. The white walls were stained with small round arches and ochre yellow, in a carriage door way. The burgundy walls had the same arches, but directly in the shape of the window cutout. The remaining two thirds, large windows, with much larger ochre arches, themselves carved from a triptych of curves. The Pecsa was located on the square of Városliget, which could be translated as ' the wood of the city ', a large wooded area in the heart of the capital. This immense park includes to other important buildings such as the Animal Park and Botanical Garden, the Grand Metropolitan Cove or the Museum of Fine Arts. What pleasant things I would like to visit one day; but today is not the time.
Remind me of this place, whose precision of my memories surprised me and provoked a pinch in my heart. Indeed I had learned that since, in 2017, the PecSa had been demolished. Although I agree that this does not change my life drastically, it makes a little something, to know that a place that had gathered thousands of memories, exchanges and love, the place of a collective happiness, the result of great efforts combined, had been destroyed. Indeed, the fruit of this beautiful evening in Hungary, was the combined result of the love of our fans for us to come; the organization from the Korea of the show, our coming, our umpteenth but always applied repetition to give you the best performance, and finally in the evening, in the same place and at the same time, a moment filled with passion and happiness, a communion with us on one side and you on the other.
And this place no longer existed. Large construction machines had come to demolish everything. Knock down each wall, pull each of the planks out of the parquet, remove each cable and sweep away any remaining dust. The more I thought about this memory, the more precise it became, and also for the interior of the building. But hush, it's still a little early to reveal this to you. So I was in front of the PecSa, discovering the place's gaze, swallowing the fact that this is where we were going to perform. Performing in a place that we know absolutely not is always a little stressful -and this, despite already dozens of performances-, because we will have to adapt to each place. How the staff manages a K-pop concert, what sizes are the backstage pieces and which the stage looks like: size, depth, type of floor, presence of screens, layout of the lighting. This is one of the reasons we always ALWAYS rehearsing on the place before performing. And these are not little rehearsal drafts. It is not because of N, who I remind is our leader, that we are pushing ourselves so much. We, the unity of each member, do it voluntarily. We all are rehearsing together; we get to know the places all together, we all reassure each other, together.
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FanfictionWe penetrate the thoughts of Leo who speaks directly to the reader and tells us the memory of an intimate moment that he lived with Hongbin, who has touched him deeply.
