Forever Young 영원히 젊은 Park Jimin

Chapter 17: (BTS Cam) Spring Day

BTS had just finished performing their entire set at the Gocheok Skydome in Seoul. They sang and danced through their old songs up to the new ones, with only one song left for the finale. The boys were currently backstage, having their makeup retouched and getting a drink of water before they had to go back on, but Jungkook's mind was elsewhere.

He was playing with the necklace that he got for his noona, weaving it through his fingers. The past few months have been hard for him and his hyungs. They were currently in the middle of their world tour and had to act like nothing was wrong for the sake of ARMYs, but everything was going wrong.

They haven't seen or heard from Gale since February, and it was now May. After the incident at the Seoul Music Awards, BTS confronted their managers to ask about what was happening, but they were just waved off. They asked for their phones back but they weren't given to them.

"It's for your own protection." They said

'Protection my ass.' Jungkook thought.

They couldn't do anything about it. They were under constant surveillance so they couldn't sneak away to check their social media, which was currently being managed by their managers. When they asked Bang Shihyuk about it, he immediately dismissed them and told them he was busy, but the look of guilt that flashed on his face became obvious to all the members.

Until now, they still didn't know what was happening.

"Jungkookie, come on." Hoseok called the maknae, snapping him out of his thoughts. Jungkook put the necklace back in his pocket as he stood up and walked towards the rapper.

The intro to Spring Day began playing and the crowd cheered once more. The boys stepped out from backstage and began spreading themselves across the stage, since usually at this part they didn't do the choreography anymore and instead interacted with ARMYs, or picked up the different gifts that were being thrown onstage.

Namjoon began his verse, rapping the lyrics as he had done plenty of times before, but his eyes were wandering to their maknaes, who looked like they didn't want to be on stage at all. He walked over to Jin, directing his hyung's attention to the three boys, expressing his concern for them. Jin tried to reassure Namjoon with a smile, but as soon as Jimin's verse started, they knew that things were not going to end well.

"Like a small piece

Of dust

That floats in the air"

Jimin sang his part on cue, but it was obvious in the way that his voice shook that he was trying his hardest not to cry. Jungkook immediately approached his hyung, placing his hand on his shoulder. When Jimin looked up to meet Jungkook's gaze, he saw that the maknae's eyes were also brimmed with tears.

Jimin walked back to the end of the stage, trying to occupy himself with the ARMYs who were screaming for him to notice them, but a certain girl's face kept appearing in his mind.

He wanted to see her again. He wanted to hold her and tell her that he was sorry, even if he didn't know what happened. If it would make everything right again, he would say that he was sorry a million times over. He just wanted Gale back.

"Did you change?
Or did I change?
I hate even this moment that is passing
I guess we changed
I guess that's how everything is

Yeah I hate you
Although you left
There hasn't been a day that I have forgotten you
Honestly, I miss you
But now I'll erase you
Because that will hurt less than resenting you"