缘分 y͏u͏a͏n͏f͏e͏n͏ -; j͏u͏n͏g͏r͏i͏

h e r e y e s 她的眼睛

( n. ) her eyes is her voice; saying the things that she couldn't say

'her eyes sung stories
with sad endings.
i wanted to wrap her in a blanket
and tell her
she'd be safe forever,
and
so i did.

― atticus'

the male holds her fingers, squeezing gently as he gazes upon her, whose lead is lowered against his shoulder, "don't listen to them, alright?" he then receives faint hum from her as a response, just as the crowd outside cheers loudly. glancing up slightly, he then notices seungwan, one of her group members, gesturing towards the side of the stage, indicating that they need to get ready and with that, jeongguk pecks the top of her head, "i think you need to get ready."

yerim simply nods her head as she looks up at him, and at the sight of her dull eyes, jeongguk can't help but licks his lips, as his chest clenches tightly for he dislikes the look of yerim looking all heartbroken and depressed. her fingers slip out of his grasp slowly, as she walks towards her group members, who begin to rub her back gently.

"and now, red velvet!" the emcees announce as the crowd's cheers simply got louder, and the youngest of bangtang seoyeondan watches as his girlfriend makes her way up to the stage, with sooyoung as her supporter, following right behind her. how he wishes he can be the one instead, to be her pillar of support right now.

his head then whips around to look at the television mounted at the back of the stage, as the cameras outside zoom in on red velvet, focusing on each member as the girls wave their hands towards the crowd, while wearing a smile on their faces except for yerim, whose expression seems depressed and he can tell that she is holding back her tears. as they way their way down the stairs to the front of the stage, sooyoung reaches out for yerim's arm, guiding her down the stage carefully, with yerim simply following blankly.

"alright, it is our turn soon," his leader, namjoon, rounds up his members as jeongguk painfully tears his eyes away from the television, while taking his position beside yoongi, who simply shoots him an encouraging smile, while patting the male's back.

"and next up, we have bangtan seoyeondan!" at the next announcement, the crowd's cheers grow even louder, as the boys make their way to the center of the stage, smiling widely at the crowd while bowing, before making their way down the stairs. on the way down, jeongguk's eyes instantly scan at different idol groups standing at the front, and spots red velvet from far, silently grateful and glad that they will be taking their place beside them.

positioning himself right at the end so that he can look to the left easily, jeongguk takes a step back slightly, while cranking his neck as he glances in the direction of yerim, only to see a heartbreaking sight of his girlfriend. instead of taking her place beside her members, yerim has been surrounded by her group members instead ― joohyun at the back, sooyoung and seungwan taking the sides and seulgi at the front, with yerim directly behind seulgi, while the rest of the girls practically shield her from the eyes of the camera and crowd.

jeongguk's expression falls as he notices the solemn expression on her face, as she looks down at her hands, which are clasped together tightly, while she holds her tears back with sooyoung's hand resting on her waist, squeezing the youngest at times to comfort her.

yerim isn't the only one, who is silently depressed ― in fact, all the sm idols, who are attending tonight's sbs gaeyo daejun stage, are all spotted forcing a smile on their faces, be it on stage or on the red carpet. of course, it is understanding with the passing of one of their colleagues, and also seniors, shinee's jonghyun.