the tiny venue is packed, the crowd buzzing with excitement for the first act to come on stage. jaehyun is just as excited, practically jumping in place as he waits in anticipation. the music doesn’t even need to be good, jaehyun just enjoys the warm atmosphere of being in a crowd where no one is paying attention to him. he wasn’t alone though, which was quite unusual for the man who did almost everything by himself. he turns to seungwoo, “i didn’t look too much into the lineup if i’m honest, but everyone seems hyped enough for it, so i assume whoever is coming on is gonna be great.”
it’s probably the longest sentence jaehyun has said out loud to seungwoo, but he’s feeling way more relaxed now that he’s in his happy place. the older man was someone that jaehyun had been interested in getting to know for a while, getting the feeling that the two of them shared pretty similar tastes in music.
jaehyun adjusts his face mask, hoping that paired with the low lighting, he would be invisible to people who would otherwise recognize him from the few songs he’d released. with seungwoo along, it’s even more important that they’re hidden from view. jaehyun was pretty confident that most of the people in this venue didn’t give a shit about a couple of kpop idols though, especially since he was one of those people despite having been signed for over a year now. “how often do you get the chance to go out like this?” he asks, curious what the busy idol’s life has been like post-fame. ( @kingstr )
Seungwoo had on a beanie that was clearly too big for his head, needing to cover every single strand of hair underneath. For this comeback, his stylists insisted that the black wouldn’t work. He practically begged to be one of the boys who were allowed to have a dark brown color for hair, but he was shot down and made to get his hair in a pink. Fuck, he hated it for all the reasons. The one most annoying him right now is that it was a neon sign saying ‘King from Impulse is here!’ when all he wanted right now was to be invisible. So, he had on a too big beanie that sometimes covered his eyes, and a face mask to keep him as anonymous as possible.
Jaehyun seemed cool, which was why Seungwoo had agreed to coming to this concert with him. Honestly, these were his little bits of joy he still had, going in disguise to actual good concerts with music with a bit of a harsher tone. He liked listening to music that sounded similar to how Impulse used to. He shrugged at the explanation, not honestly caring about who it was; he was excited to hear some new things.
At the question, he sighed. “Not very often,” he admitted. “Especially not around comeback time, but I try to sneak one in at least once every few months.” He intentionally didn’t add that it was the only way for him to remain somewhat sane when the comeback sucked.
