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The lights were harsh as they shined down on his body and those of his fellow idols. He was tired, so very tired. A good night's sleep seemed so long ago just like a good balanced meal was. They were so close to being done with this set of songs, just two songs after this one that they needed to get through, and then they would have a half an hour to meet the fans before being whisked away to travel in the car for six hours to their next appearance. The car was what he was looking forward to the most since it mean that he could sleep at least for a while.

He smiled and sang when it was the right time as he continued to dance around on stage with his friends and group mates, trying not to think too much on the sleep he desperately needed. It was getting harder to ignore how black spots were starting to creep up in his vision or how his hands were starting to shake. Thankfully none of the fans would be able to see the shaking since he wasn't standing still. He hated to disappoint their fans so much and he knew they would be greatly disappointed if he didn't manage to hang in there and keep singing and dancing.

Out of the corner of his eye he could see Min Jae starting to take the lead as he started rapping, only those who knew him well could see that the other idol was tired as well since he hid it so well just as they all did. It was another reason why Hyeon was so determined to hang in there. His friends were just as exhausted, just as hungry, and just as ready to finish the set as he was. How could he let them down when they were counting on each other to push through this?

As Min Jae was finished, Hyeon swung to the front with a cute grin on his face and he sang the next few lyric's while making a heart with his hands towards their fans, forcing them still. The black spots were starting to get more frequent and as he danced certain moves were starting to make him dizzy. He was grateful to be able to move back out of the focus for Minsoo to finish off the song, knowing that he just had to last a few seconds longer then he could grab a drink and possibly a very quick snack that would hopefully wake him back up and energize him long enough to get through two more songs and a short half an hour of greeting the fans.

Even as he thought this the dark crept into his vision faster and his legs threatened to buckle underneath him to send him crashing to the stage. He fought hard with lasting it out but it wasn't meant to be. His body was too exhausted trying to run on not enough sleep and not enough good food. The last thing he saw as the world went dark and he pitched over to the stage was Minsoo diving to catch him, panic in his eyes.

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