OK, I need to tell someone and you seem about the right person: you know ON's choreo, right? When at the end they put their arms around each other? It's a strenous choreo, too. Imagine Yoongi collapsing as the performance ends, when they're still like that, Jimin and Jungkook quick to grab him before he actually hurts himself but he's basically a dead weight. A... scenario.
oh my god, what a thought. and yoongi went HARD in this choreo, like, with a whole front in center solo part in the break down--i was TOOK. did you SEE him???
it would be hard for yoongi to recover from choreo like that. yoongi will silently soldier through practices without complaint. but his limbs are screaming and his heart is pounding and salty sweat drips down his forehead and keeps getting in his eyes. he’ll probably never sign up for this again (i wonder what made yoongi so adventurous as to agree to have a whole active dance solo like the one he had. it was seriously some A+ Stomp the Yard on these hoes type ish. i was like “yoongi is that YOU???)
4 practice run-throughs of “ON” in the dance studio and everyone is tired, but no one’s limbs seem to be trying to give out like his almost does when he spins and drops down, kicks back up. and it isn’t just that--he sees spots when he jumps back up this time, an odd sensation of heat flooding his head and clouding his vision. just for a split second. but it’s okay. he’s fine now.
jimin and jungkook notice themselves carrying more of yoongi’s weight each time they gather at each other’s arms for the final ending pose. it seems like the easiest part of the choreo, the end, but it isn’t. he’s panting. his heart is pounding through your chest, but he has to hold his stance until the cameras get a good shot. yoongi wants to tip his head back to get more air in his lungs, but he can’t even do that.
but then they reach the 5th time, and yoongi’s legs don’t want to hold him anymore. “yoongi hyung?--hyung!” is both jungkook and jimin in unison as the rapper pulls them down, sudden deadweight as yoongi’s head droops forward. the boys instantly crowd around him, a frenzy of panic and concern even as yoongi wearily assures everyone he’s fine, he just. . . lost his balance for a second. doesn’t stop everyone from watching him more closely from now on.
ever since, jungkook has a stronger grip on yoongi and keeps an arm around his waist, both panting and connected at the hip as they walk across the room to sit down. someone else is at the ready with a water bottle for him and hoseok, despite his own fatigue and breathlessness, has busy hands massaging yoongi’s shoulders, telling him endlessly how proud of him he is, how cool he is. yoongi can’t not blush at those words. hobi thinks he’s cool?
yoongi gives up telling everyone to worry about themselves because they won’t listen to him. instead, he tries not to show on his face how much he appreciates the way his members dote on him.
i think more than ever, yoongi will need a good sleep after ON, periodt. whether it’s a practice or performance, a nap is in order, best believe. he makes sure he’s extra hydrated for this comeback and eats more frequently (since he burns more) to keep his energy up. i was blessed with a crazy amazing ticket for the Orlando concert this May, so i’ll be watching yoongi very closely myself hehe <3
ps: to the sweet anon who asked me a while back about a yoongi with a very high fever discussion, i see you and i wanted to do a more put-together post so that’s why i still haven’t answered you yet. thank you for the ask my dear--i will get to it, i promise! <3 mwah!