Book 2: Guardian - Choi San

Part 6

A few weeks passed since Seungjun started his training and the teachers were astonished by the progress he made, he trained with San every day, they would go on an early morning runs and when they didn't have lessons they would do vocal and dance training on their own, not only did this help Seungjun improve but it helped San improve a lot as well.

Seungjun improved so much that the teachers approved his debut performance, which caused him to put even more work in, it was his first impression on the world of idols he wanted to make it his best, sure he wasn't as good as others but he still gave it his all.

San and all his friends came together to help Seungjun out, Hongjoong planned the setlist, Hwanhee and Yeosang worked on the outfits, Yunho, and Mingi worked on the script for the event, Jongho helped Seungjun with singing, San helped him with Dancing and Seonghwa taught Seungjun how to make the stage his own.

Slowly the day of the performance arrived and to say Seungjun was nervous was an understatement, sure he practiced a lot but his friends all helped him to get here and he was scared that in the end, he would just disappoint them instead.

They did dry rehearsals and it was quite rocky, Seungjun made a lot of mistakes on stage which knocked his confidence even lower than it already was, although everyone comforted him and told him it was okay that it happens and that it will get better, it didn't help.

When the time came for the event to start the boy stood behind stage shaking, trying to keep calm, he went on stage and introduced himself, and so the performances started.

He performed the first song and it was a little better than what it was in rehearsal but as he performed he felt more and more exhausted almost as if something was draining all the energy from his body.

At one point during a song, there was a bright light and suddenly the stage changed, and something flashed in Seungjun's eyes and his performance turned powerful, it even surprised all his friends, no one expected it, Hwanhee and Yeosang immediately picked up on what was happening but they were worried.

The performance came to an end and Seungjun went backstage to change his outfit, Seungjun's walking showed just how tired he was, his body couldn't keep going and the moment he stepped backstage his fell to the ground.

The screams backstage scared everyone and the boys all ran onto the stage and went backstage only to be met with the emergency team checking on Seungjun who was laying on the floor without showing a sign of movement.

Hongjoong immediately called an ambulance, San ran over to them and tried to get Seungjun to respond, Hwanhee and Yeosang shared a worried look, they knew what was happening, they had been doing their research but right now they wish they didn't know.

The ambulance arrived, and took the boy to the hospital, one of the staff members took the other boys to the hospital as well so they could be with their friend, whilst the other staff did damage control and ended the event before it was done.

The 9 boys stood outside the emergency room, Yeosang and Seonghwa among them might be the most worried or well so they thought until they saw San, the boy was sitting down on the floor with his knees pulled up to his chest, he had tears running down his cheeks.

Yeosang walked over to the boy, sitting down next to him and wrapping his arms around the boy.

"Sani, it will be okay, Junnie is strong," Yeosang told the boy.

"No but it's my fault, Yeo, I pushed him too hard, as his producer I should've stopped him," San said, his voice cracking as he spoke.

"No baby, it wasn't from the training, Hwan and I can't tell you right now, we need to talk to Jun first before we can be sure, but I can reassure you that it has nothing to do with the training" San looked at Yeosang a little confused and then the vivid stage appeared in his thoughts and it struck him.

Legendary idol... but how...why.

When they could finally enter the room the boys let San, Hwanhee, and Yeosang in first, they wanted San to see the boy was alright and Hwanhee and Yeosang had to find the cause of Seungjun fainting.

San sat next to the boy and held his hand tightly, still a little scared about what could happen, San and Hwanhee sat on the other side and got ready to talk to the boy.

"How are you feeling?" Yeosang asked the boy.

"I am okay, I'm just feeling really tired, my body feels so heavy," the boy said softly, he didn't have enough energy to speak properly.

"Hmm... Jun, you know how Hwannie is a legendary idol?" Yeosang asked the boy and the boy nodded his head a little.

"Since we found out about it we have been doing research about it and working on making a book with everything you need to know about it, among the things we found are the downsides... the bad and dark side of being such an idol," Hwanhee told the boy.

"What does that have to do with me?" the boy asked confused.

"..." the couple share a look, "Jun, you had a legendary idol stage just before you fainted..." Hwanhee said.

"But shouldn't that be a good thing? Being a legendary idol and all?" San asked them confused.

"The thing is, the abilities you get... it takes a toll on your body if you don't have the skills to match the abilities, your body relies on the abilities to make up for the lacking skills, which in the end can cause your body to give up on you," Yeosang said softly, looking down at his hands.

"If you can't match up to your abilities, the stage will destroy you" Yeosang finished off, San gasped a little and Seungjun looked at them waiting for them to tell him it was just a joke, but they were too serious so he knew it wasn't.

"You mean... that if I perform and the abilities are triggered again, I will end up here again," Seungjun asked and the couple nodded.

"Until your skills can support your abilities, your gift is very unstable and can get triggered whenever you perform," Hwanhee told him.

The boy didn't know what to say, he didn't know what to feel, in the few weeks he had been at the school he really came to enjoy it but now he wasn't sure what to do.

"I won't let that happen," San said in a determined tone. "Seungjun we will get you back on stage, you can master this you can overcome it and I will be right by your side no matter what," San told the boy holding his hand tightly.

"Hyung..."

"And we will help as well, we are researching this, there has to be a way to overcome this right? So let's work together, Seungjun, rely on us as much as you need, and meet us all on stage again when you are ready, okay?" Hwanhee told the boy and patted his head.

The boy nodded, his tears running down his cheeks, it felt great to know he had so much support in this situation but still... he was worried, would he really be okay?