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One more song, Dahyun thought to herself, sweat dripping down her face, just one more and I’m good.
Twice was in the middle of performing for their most recent comeback, Fancy. After receiving an overwhelmingly positive amount of feedback, the girls had been singing their songs everywhere from TV shows to live concerts.
The girls had just finished singing Turn It Up and were waiting for the cheers to die down to start singing their title song, Fancy.
Dahyun was standing right at her spot in front of Chaeyoung and behind Jihyo, the latter of which gave the girl a worried look and mouthed ‘Are you okay?’. Dahyun nodded quickly, hoping that would satisfy their leader’s concern at least until the show was over. Jihyo clearly wasn’t buying it but didn’t have time to question any further as the song had already started, the girls performing their choreography effortlessly.
Dahyun could feel herself losing it on stage. Her motions were getting more and more sloppy as the song went on and she was sure the fan cams would notice it. Hopefully, her fans could defend her and if not the backlash she would face started to make her cringe. Dahyun knew she should’ve saved her energy as to not collapse on stage but she couldn’t risk their performance being ruined. The young rapper fought back her tiredness and gave all the energy she had left into her dancing.
It was finally the last chorus and Dahyun could feel her body breaking down. Her muscles were aching, her heart was pounding, and her head was in so much pain. Essentially, she was in agony but still managed to force out a neutral expression.
The girls made it through their last chorus and just had to walk into their ending positions, finishing with one last hand motion.
Dahyun walked in between Tzuyu and Nayeon, making sure to keep up with the pace of the song. She could barely control her body since it felt so numb from overworking herself. Dahyun barely finished their last motion and made it into their ending pose.
The crowd erupted into applause and the audience stood up, shouting out to the girls and saying how much they loved them. Dahyun could see the audience standing and their hands moving but she couldn’t hear any of it. She couldn’t hear anything except for the pounding of her heartbeat in her ears. Suddenly, the room started spinning, the crowd began one big blur and her body felt heavy.
That’s when it happened. Dahyun couldn’t take it anymore, she couldn’t push on any longer. Her right knee buckled underneath her body weight, shortly after her left knee did too. Time seemed to move in slow motion as Dahyun slowly watched the crowd face into blackness. Her arms went limp and she could feel the ground coming closer beneath her. Powerless to stop it, Dahyun accepted her fate and gave into the pain she was feeling. Dahyun's eyes were closed and her body was limp.
THUD
“DAHYUN!” Sana cried out, quickly running over to the younger girl, “oh my god, guys what do we do!?”
The other Twice members came over to Dahyun's side instantly in an attempt to wake her up. A couple of the medics that were off to the side came running on stage too to see what happened.
“Alright girls back up and give them some space!” Jihyo yelled.
Instantly the other members backed away from Dahyun who was now sprawled out on the floor, her chest rapidly rising and falling. The medics slowly picked up dahyun and tried to talk to her.
“Hey, hey can you hear me?” The one guy asked, “are you awake? Are you conscious?”
After receiving no response, the two medics nodded at each other and slowly but surely carried Dahyun off to the side of the stage. They brought her to a back room where they had a mini first aid station set up just in case something happened. Upon seeing Dahyun passed out and in the medic's arms, the other doctors on sight quickly rushed over and laid her down on the floor.
Twice was left on stage in shock, not knowing what to do. They were set to leave the stage soon anyways but they had to give an announcement first. Much to their demise, Dahyun was the one who was supposed to deliver it.
The girls panickedly looked at each other and the crowd was yelling out for Dahyun and wondering what happened.
“ONCE, I know it’s been a crazy night so far and I’m sure you’re all worried about Dahyun. Don’t worry though, she’s tough. She most likely was tired and that caused her to fall,” Jihyo said, hoping to calm the crowd and the members with her leader voice, “anyways we have a special announcement to share with you all. Twice TV is coming back!”
And with that, the panic seemed to disappear from the crowd as they cheered loudly at Jihyo’s announcement.
“I'm sure you’re all very excited and we can’t wait to show you! Thank you all for coming tonight!”
The other girls took that as their cue and they all bowed deeply saying their thank you’s to the audience. The crowd loved it and cheered some more for them. Then, the members all hurriedly rushed off the stage to check on Dahyun’s condition and see how their friend was doing.
The sight the girls were met with was terrifying and worried them deeply. Dahyun was laying on the floor and had medics surrounding her furiously working to regain her consciousness. She had a couple of needles in her arms that were providing her with the fluids she needed to rehydrate. Dahyun’s shirt was off too, as she had overheated and needed to cool down as quickly as possible.
“Oh my god…” muttered out a worried Momo.
“Will she be alright?” Jihyo asked, hoping to receive a positive answer.
One of the main medics stepped forward and addressed the girls. “Yes, she’ll be alright. It appears she overworked herself and was extremely dehydrated. To top it off, she hit the stage pretty roughly causing some minor bruising also leading to the wind getting knocked out of her. I’m sure this all looks scary but trust me, she’ll be okay.”
The girls visibly relaxed at the medics calming words. It set their worries aside for the time being.
While the other girls relaxed for a moment, Sana took this opportunity to observe the younger girl’s body. She knew it was wrong but looking at Dahyun’s body for some reason just felt so right, Sana thought to herself.
She has the perfect body, Sana thought, I mean her stomach is so nicely toned, she’s giving Momo a run for her money. Plus, her upper body really has improved from all those extra workouts she’s been doing. God….I would kill to see this again.
Sana was practically drooling over Dahyun’s appearance when Jihyo announced, “Thank you for telling us, I appreciate all that you’re doing to help her,” Jihyo turned around towards the girls, “Now I’m sure our little Dubu wouldn’t want us to see her like this so let’s head on back to the dorms okay?”
Everyone silently nodded along and filed out of the room one by one. On the way to their rides however, Nayeon made sure to make a jab at Sana’s obvious attraction to Dahyun’s assets.
“I can’t be the only one that saw Sana drooling right?” started off Nayeon, smirking back towards Sana.
“Oh yeah,” responded Jeongyeon, “I thought her eyes were gonna pop out of her head she was staring so much.”
Chaeyoung budged in, making sure not to spare Sana for all the teasing she makes other members endure, “Seriously, it was like a romance movie! I could’ve sworn they were about to kiss!”
“Hey!” yelled a blushing Sana, “I was not drooling! I was just looking to make sure she was okay...”
Tzuyu shutdown Sana’s excuse, “Sure Sana, you looked at Dahyun like you wanted to sleep with her and it just so happened to be out of worry and concern for her.”
“TZUYU!!!”
All the girls were now laughing at this point, making sure to tease Sana every now and then. Sana meanwhile tried to hide behind Momo who didn’t bother making fun of her for the time being.
The girls all filed into their respective cars, the younger girls (Chaeyoung, Tzuyu, and Mina) plus Sana occupied one vehicle while the older girls (Jihyo, Momo, Jeongyeon, and Nayeon) got into a separate one. The ride home was silent except for the occasional snore from one of the members who had fallen asleep. Sana, however, didn’t mind as she was staring out the window in deep thought.
Was I really looking at her that much? I mean… sure but that doesn’t mean anything right? I think all of our members are beautiful so it shouldn’t be any different with Dahyun. Yeah, I just think she looks beautiful as a friend and nothing more…but I do think about her way more than any of my other friends… plus I’ve never imagined doing things with others before, that is unless I'm in love with them. I'm not in love with Dahyun… I’m not in love with Dahyun... I’m seriously not. I was just uh appreciating her workout routine is all… yeah, that’s all.
Sana was too busy thinking about her encounter from earlier to realize that they had arrived back at their dorm. Tzuyu had to basically slap her back into her senses, “Unnie wake up! We’re home and I’m not carrying you back up to your bed again.”
“Awww come on Yoda!” Sana teased, “it was sooooo comfy and the best part was that I didn’t even have to use my legs!”
“Enough you two we gotta get going!” shouted Jihyo from outside who was not in the mood to mess around right now.
Taking the hint, Sana finally unbuckled her seatbelt and shuffled out of the car. She grabbed her bags, thanked the driver, and caught up to her members that were now walking inside. They all went into the dorm together in comfortable silence and made their way to their respective bedrooms.
The two youngest members said a quick goodbye before retiring to their room together. Next, Jeongyeon and Momo said goodnight and went to their shared room together. This left only Jihyo, Nayeon, Mina, and Sana in their room.
“Alright well I’m going to get some sleep and the rest of you should too,” stated Jihyo in her mother's voice, “Goodnight girls.”
“Goodnight, I’m getting some sleep too,” said Nayeon before getting underneath her covers and getting comfy.
“I still have to take off my makeup I’ll be right back,” said Sana who quickly left the room so her leader wouldn’t ask any questions. Truth be told, Sana didn’t actually intend to take her makeup off, instead, she wandered off onto the back porch to get some fresh air and think to herself.
“What am I going to do….” whispered Sana to herself.
“Yeah what are you gonna do,” commented Mina who had followed Sana out, knowing her well enough to realize that she never forgets to take her makeup off and most likely was out thinking to herself yet again.
“Ah, Mina.. you know me too well. This spot used to be so peaceful until you discovered me out here that one night.”
“My deepest apologies for being a good friend and coming out to check on you. Speaking of which…. Are you okay? You’ve seemed a little off since earlier today.”
Sana shifted in her spot on the steps and looked up towards the night sky. It always had this crazy ability to calm her in even the darkest of times. Taking a deep breath, Sana turned to her friend and gave the move honest answer that she could.
“I-I…..I don’t know to be honest. I’ve been thinking a lot about earlier...when we saw Dahyun.”
“Oh, Sana sweetie… you’re worried about our little Dahyunnie? Trust me she’ll be alright.”
“No…..I mean yes I'm sure she’ll be okay it’s just..” Sana sighed deeply and brushed her hair back with one hand, “Mina...I think there’s something different between Dahyun and I..”
“What do you mean?” questioned Mina who had a feeling about what Sana was gonna say next. She wasn’t exactly the slickest when it came to her feelings. Sure, the other girls may not have noticed anything but after knowing Sana for so long, it became easy to read her. She wore her feelings on her arm and you could know what she was thinking with a single glance.
“I mean...Mina..” Sana looked up at Mina, afraid of what she may think, “I think that I..uhh... I like Dahyun...and, not as a friend... As more than a friend...as more than just a close friend..as more than family.”
Sana took a long pause before finally saying,
“Mina, I think I’m in love.”