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pre cover concert

Taeyang raised his eyebrows a bit at Alex's response, only to be quickly explained.

"Just kidding, obviously I'll do the best."

Taeyang reached over to hit Alex in the arm. "We'll all do great."

"You're gonna be super hot, of course." Hyunwoo added, looking towards the audience. "Right everyone?"

There were some embarrassed nods and several cheers of encouragement from a few fans.

A loud and disrupting "Right?!" came from behind them, Kaito running up the front of the stage and sliding to sit down next to Alex. He leaned forward awaiting an answer from the girls a few feet away. "Isn't his voice really deep?"

Alex nearly threw a fist at the older, stopping himself quickly as he saw everyone watching him. Kaito didn't even notice Alex's actions, or at least didn't acknowledge it, only focusing on the girl's response.  Chen slowly and quietly found his place, sitting next to the four at the edge of the stage.

Most of the audience sitting nearby mumbled in answer to Kaito's question, only one girl being outgoing enough to speak up. "Yeah, it is!" she chirped, "R41N, say something cool,"

"Hey," Alex said after a long silence of thought, making a few of them laugh. "Well, I don't know what to say."

"His voice is pretty deep though, you can't disagree."

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"Aye, you look great Kaito." Taeyang said, holding a thumbs up as he faced the mirror, Kaito looking up at the reflection to see himself, Taeyang, and the other stylists shuffling around the room. A woman was currently parting a small section of his hair, then backing up and nodding at her work, letting Kaito leave.

"What time is it?" Kaito asked, Taeyang glancing up towards a clock that hung across the room. He squinted his eyes, replying, "4:20."

"Hyung, mic tests!" Hyunwoo called from the doorway, gesturing them out before disappearing behind the door. They all gathered on stage, wandering around center of the stage.

"Test, one two." Taeyang said into his microphone, looking out towards some staff members in the distance and then to the people standing by the speakers adjusting the volume.

Chen looked off into the distance, noticing a few reporters arriving with their camera crews and notebooks in their hands. He nudged Alex a bit, the older turning towards him without any anger that he previously had held in against Kaito. "Reporters are arriving." he whispered, Alex nodding in acknowledgement. He waited a few seconds, tested his own microphone as the sound manager cued him to, and then waved a little to get Taeyang's attention. Alex made a small head gesture towards the incoming reporters, many of which who were pushing towards the front of the audience area.

Kaito tested his microphone at the sound manager's cue, immediately pulling his microphone away from his mouth and saying quietly into Taeyang's ear, "They're pretty rude people..."

"They're reporters, it's kinda their job." he whispered back as Hyunwoo spoke into the microphone to test it, speaking in a purposefully cute accent that slurred his words together.

Alex covered his eyes, turning away until Hyunwoo finished with a little giggle that the fans commented on.

Chen went last, speaking into the microphone as the other four walked around the stage. The same girl who had asked the questions earlier had gotten Kaito's attention and asked him something again, pointing towards Chen as he finished.

"Everything's good, thanks guys!" the sound manager shouted out towards the boys on stage, then signaling a thumbs up towards a few staff members off in the distance. He was immediately distracted by someone telling him something through a radio, returning backstage.

"Hey, Chen-ah," Kaito said with a sweet smile, it almost looking like he was trying to butter up Chen before asking him to do something he wouldn't want to. "One of the girls over there want to wish you a happy birthday."

"Oh?" Chen asked, somewhat surprised. He followed Kaito over towards that side of the stage, giving the group a little wave and smile of thanks.

"Happy belated birthday!" a girl smiled, "How does it feel being an adult now?"

"New." Chen replied, "I am super excited to debut next month too."

"Are you guys gonna go out drinking on debut day then?" someone next to the girl asked. Taeyang let out a little laugh, Chen glancing at his members.

"I mean, I don't think..." Alex trailed off, the members suddenly getting quiet as they looked at eachother, in the end all eyes landing on Hyunwoo. 

"Um..." Hyunwoo began, his breaths becoming irregular. "I... I-" he stuttered, seeming almost ready to run off stage. 

Taeyang quickly butted in, answering for the group. "We'll probably have some sort of celebration, yeah, I'm not quite sure what that is yet." he replied, nodding towards the girl with sincerity. 

The girl nodded back, correcting herself a little bit, seeming a bit nervous due to the nervous and stressed atmosphere. "Oh of course, I meant in terms of celebration... Uh, we're all awaiting your debut - fighting!" she quickly ended, making a cheerful smile in encouragement. 

Taeyang thanked them, Kaito quickly sitting up a bit.

"Hey, what's your name?" Kaito asked, the girl pointing to herself in question. Kaito made a little nod, the girl replying quickly with a gleaming smile.

"My name is Jieun, I run a fanpage called 5of4cast." she said, holding up five fingers and then four as she stated the name of her blog. "I'm hoping I can get more people to recognize the amazing talent you all have and the potential of Forecast as a group."

Taeyang had an impressed and thankful expression, smiling happily. "Well I hope this performance can really draw them in."

With a little nod, a manager called them backstage to soon return for a performance twenty minutes later.