Chapter 3 - The HeartThrob

28th December 2020

The entire stadium of over forty thousand people throbbed in silence as the powerful melodious voice of their idol resonated through them. The soft R and B music along with the baritone voice brought out a tornado of yearning in the listeners as they swayed along to the beats. A lone figure sat behind the piano his purple sequined jacket glittering under the spotlight. The man's hypnotizing eyes were closed as his long fingers played the piano smoothly. The man's ethereal beauty would captivate hearts anywhere but coupled with his rough and soulful voice, it made even the ones with the hardest heart melt like butter. As the final words of the song echoed," I need you...", the entire stadium broke out in a ground shaking cheer and applause..

The man behind the piano smiled enigmatically as he sipped thirstily from the water bottle before standing up from the piano and giving kowtowing humbly to the crowd.. He then walked backwards where a stage helper gave him a brightly studded microphone in his hand and his husky voice sounded through the speakers," My stars, how are you doing tonight?"

The audience which had hardly stopped screaming once the music stopped raised the noise is decibels almost causing the ground below to shake. Every girl and woman and even some boys screamed in response as they tried to attract the attention of their idol. The person who had enthralled the entire audience was none other than the lead singer of the popular boy band SKY. Their fans were named Stars and comprised mostly of females from 2 year old to 80 year old and a few fan boys.

The Sky was concluding their final concert tour of their latest musical album called," Need." and K had just performed the last number for the evening. After the concert, they would then be taking a long break for New Year. Their first break in five years...

K smiled charmingly at the audience and smiled, " I would like to Thank you all for your love that you have shown us throughout this tour. Stars, tonight has been the best night of our lives. Standing here in front of you all, we would like to tell you all how much each of you means to us. This song and this album is dedicated to you all from us. Soon it is going to be the festive season and SKY is going to go on a vacation after five long years. But during this struggle the one thing we have had constant is the way you have shined brightly with all of us. And we would like you to know that we will miss you as much as you will miss us. This New Year, let us take a break from work and spend time with our families so that we can bring them some more cheer. We promise you we will be back soon with even more songs and choreographies for you and us to dance together."

The other band members soon joined the stage and the group bowed with their hands held together to the loud claps of the audiences. But every member of the band had their eyes moist because tonight was the night that they finally felt the success they had worked so hard for. Five years, they had worked day and night to reach here never daring to imagine reaching a stage as big as this. A stadium concert!. They had drifted apart from their friends who had partied during this time while they had practiced day and night. Their families complained to them about not seeing them so much so that they now had only each other as family as well as friends. But seeing the sea of people swaying to their music tonight and the Starlights (their light sticks) that had been there were a testament to their success! The people who were screaming for them were what they had yearned for!

K looked back at the stage once more before he walked away with a smile on his face. Five years...It had been so long since he had a vacation. Even as he looked forward to spending time with himself, he wondered how he was going to cope with missing these people around him. Him and the others had become used to living in each other's pockets and now all of them were going their separate ways, even if for just some time.. They might just suffer from withdrawal from each other.

But even as everyone had plans to meet up with their friends and family to assuage their complaints, no one knew that K had made no plans at all. His only family that he acknowledged, his grandmother, had died five years ago just after their debut and before she could have seen his phenomenal success.

Throwing away his purple sequined jacket, K threw away the black vest that clung to his body and stepped into the shower as he tried to think of ways to spend the upcoming holidays. Stepping out , he thought about posting a question about holiday suggestions but vetoed the idea. Shaking his head to get the water out, he clicked a picture of himself careful not to expose his nudity too much but enough to cause some furor among the Stars and typed a status," Stars! I am already missing you. And feeling lost! Please be my northern star and guide me to what I should do for the holidays?"

Within a second a multitude of comments started to be updated as people started to come up with suggestions as well as squealing about the sexy picture of the man and craving more. But one single comment caught K's eyes and his round big eyes twinkled with sudden nostalgia as he thought back to the time five years ago and a cute girl with blue almost violet eyes....Maybe it was time to go and check out The Rocky mountains for New Year.