★ — Starter from Hangyeol || requested by @lagda
Having been living among people for quite a while now, Hangyeol has managed to make a couple of friends here and there. Of course, he couldn't reveal his true identity to them for obvious reasons but he was open about not having experience in or have experienced certain things.
One of those things he hadn't experienced yet but had recently gotten curious about were musicals. Of course, he listened to the radio as well as watched TV but when one of his friends mentioned musicals to him, he got interested and did some research on them. Finding them fascinating, he was very delighted when his friend surprised him with tickets and invited him to his first musical experience.
Not sure how to dress for the occasion, he asked his friend and after having been given some advice and told that he wouldn’t have to wear anything too formal, he opted to go for a simple outfit.
After arriving at the venue, Hangyeol took in the atmosphere and looked around for a bit, somewhat studying how the people around him behaved to learn how someone would generally behave during events such as this. Soon there was an announcement for them to get seated as the musical was about to begin so his friend lead him into the hall and to their seats. Their seats were in the center of the third row so Hangyeol had the perfect view of the entirety of the stage.
Soon after they had sat down, the lights got dimmed and the music began to play. Right from the start, he was mesmerized by everything that was going on on stage. The presentation of the story, the vocals of the actors and actresses, as well as the entire atmosphere. Especially one of the actresses had caught his attention as he found her performance to be outstanding and he could've sworn that they've locked eyes at one point even if it was just for the blink of an eye.
He was surprised when there was a break during the performance but his friend explained to Hangyeol that it was a common practice to give the performers a chance to catch their breath, change their outfits, and it was usually also used to do bigger changes on the stage setup for the rest of the scenes.
After the break was over, they went back to their seats, and much to Hangyeol's disappointment, the musical was over quicker than he anticipated. If it would've been up to him, it could've gone on for another hour or two.
As they were leaving the hall, his friend let him know that there was going to be an afterparty and that he got them tickets in advance in case Hangyeol wanted to go. Of course, he wanted to go and so they made their way to the rather large back room where the afterparty was held after stepping outside for some fresh air.
Feeling a bit hungry, Hangyeol was glad that there was a buffet which they immediately made their way towards to grab some food. Once both of them had filled their plate, they went to sit down at one of the tables in the corner where a server came up to them and asked if they wanted anything to drink. They both ordered a beer then started to eat.
A short time later, the server came back with the beer they've ordered and put the glasses down then disappeared again. When Hangyeol looked up and around, he noticed some of the performers entering the room and grabbing some food from the buffet as well before finding a table to sit at. That's when he noticed a woman who he believed to be the actress he thought to have locked eyes with when she was performing on stage earlier and unintentionally ended up staring at her without realizing it.