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Namjoon- ear issues

I have tinnitus, and sometimes it gets kinda bad, so that is what inspired this. Ok cool letsa go.

Being onstage was never a quiet experience, thats for sure. The screams of fans mixed with the loud music from the speakers both making their way through the earpieces to mix with the music and voices playing through the earpieces. They loved to take their earpieces out during concerts to hear the screams of the fans.

Namjoon took his ear piece after he'd already rapped his part, dancing on the stage while hearing the fans singing along at the top of their lungs. It was such a beautiful moment that namjoon got to experience nearly everyday. How lucky he was.

That was until a loud firework exploded in front of them. It was a malfunction, and luckily no one got hurt, but it was very loud, and left namjoons ears ringing loudly. He was praying that it would just go away after a bit, but...

They all piled of the stage, smiling from the adrenaline rush of just finishing a concert. They pulled their ear pieces out, handed their mics to the staff and made their way backstage to get changed and get ready to go back to the hotel.

Namjoon took his ear piece out, and he noticed the loud ringing still in his ears. He stopped for a moment, plugging his ears to make sure the sound wasn't coming from something around him or in his own head. When he plugged his ears and the ringing still didn't go away, he knew something was up. As artists, they had their fair share of damage to their ears. Standing next to loud speakers, being surrounded by loud, piercing screams, their hearing was bound to be damaged at least somewhat. But this ringing was far louder than anything namjoon had ever experienced.

As he got further backstage and the noise of the chaos of staff rushing around, the music still playing in the background, started to fade, until he was in silence again. Well, other than the ringing. He could barely hear his own footsteps as he walked down the hallway to the greenroom. Whats worse, is that he knew he couldn't escape the ringing. He couldn't enjoy peace and quiet right now. Not when his ears were ringing this loudly.

"Hey Namjoon Cmon we gotta take a photo!" Jin says, calling him over to where the others were gathered around the couch holding banners.
"Huh?" Namjoon says, looking around for the source of the sound. He knew someone was talking but it he couldn't hear cohesive words over all the ringing.
"Over here Namjoon!" Jin says, waving his arms over-dramatically, until Namjoon saw him.
"Come on we gotta take photos!" Jin says, beckoning him over.
"...huh?" Namjoon asks again. Jins words just sounded like I garbled mess to him.
"Uhh... come over! For photos!" Jin says, over pronouncing his words and gesturing for him to come over. Namjoon finally understands with an "oh!" And walls over to join them at the couch.
"What's up with you today? You deaf or something?" Jin jokes, but in reality he's not that far off.
"...Huh?" Namjoon could feel the frustration building not only in himself but in everyone else.
"Seriously Namjoon? Quit playing. It's annoying." Jin said, playfully pushing him by his shoulder a little. Namjoon just hummed though, he didn't hear what he had been asked. He posed with the banner while the staff took the photo, and they all got changed so they could head back to the hotel. Namjoon continues to rub at his ears in annoyance with false hope it will clear the ringing. Jin comes out, now changed, and calls for Namjoon so they can get in the car together to the hotel, but again, Namjoon doesn't answer.
"Namjoon I swear to god stop playing! It's not funny anymore!" Jin raising his voice allowed Namjoon to hear him, but it was still muffled, so he just looked up at jin and hummed with a questioning tone.
"... you're not playing are you...." Jin said with worry, and Namjoon just looked at him with confusion.
"Namjoon, can you hear me now?" Jin said, loudly and slowly and clearly. Namjoon nodded.
"What's happened to your hearing?" Jin asks, pointing to his ear to emphasise his point.
"There's a really loud ringing in my ear. It won't go away." Namjoon says, his own voice sounding muffled.
"Ok, well, let's just get you back to the hotel. If it continues tomorrow, you're seeing a doctor." Jin says sternly, grabbing namjoons hand to pull him up, and they rode in a car back to the hotel.