TWENTY - Unbreakable (1/1)

Chapter TWENTY.

Unbreakable.5jun2010 Saturday, 8pm, SS501's Dorm.

[Hyun Joong's POV]"Guys, it's time we sit down and have a good talk." Hyeong Jin hyung, our manager, sat down at the dining table and looked at us with a serious look, "You do know that your contract with DSP is ending right?"No one spoke, we nodded in silence."The expiry date is 7th June."Dead silence again."A five-year-old band is too hard to manage for the company. We might not continue our contract with Kyu Jong." He broke the news."What?!" Everyone, except Kyu Jong that is, were shocked by the news.We turned to look at the manager, then at Kyu Jong. He is in a daze, the news might be too big an impact for him."Why?" I asked, "Why is it Kyu Jong? I mean, I don't want anybody to leave, we are us, only the five of us, we can continue to be SS501! If one of us leaves, then I'm not signing it anymore.""Hyun Joong, you should understand the situation clearly. There will be no company who is willing to sign all five of you. It's either one of you quit, or all of you leave. I am sorry but I have no choice too, it's the instructions from above.""It's okay, I'll leave. You guys sign." Kyu Jong took a deep breath and try to control himself from tearing up."Ani, I'm not going to let that happen." I stood up and held his arm, "I will talk to the president.""The president isn't going to listen to you." The manager tried to stop me but I retreated back into my room and shut myself from all the other voices. My decision is clear.Soon, Kyu Jong came into the room too since we are sharing a room. I quickly closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep."Hyung, I know you're not asleep, we need to talk." Being the sensitive and calm Kyu Jong he is, and having shared a room for the past few years, he knew my habits well enough."There's nothing to talk about, I am going to help you talk to the president about it. SS501 is not disbanding, and I won't sign the contract unless all five of us signs it.""What's the point, sacrificing all four of you just for me..." I can hear the amount of guilt in his voice, but Kyu Jong, it's really not your fault."You know we love you. SS501 is going nowhere without you." That's my last words to him before I drifted off to dreamland. The next day, in DSP President's office..."I heard you want to talk to me regarding the contract issues." The president sat back comfortably on his big armchair, "You know I'm a big busy man." He meant for me to quickly say my piece."Please do not make Kyu Jong leave. SS501 needs him, else we wouldn't be SS501 anymore." In the first time ever, I had a hell lot of sincerity in my voice, but of course, I stated my part of the bargain, "Let him and the others sign before I would renew my contract.""What if I don't do as you say?" He raised an eyebrow.I hadn't expect that as a question from him."Then you would lose me, or maybe the rest of them too." I cleared my throat in discomfort from the gaze he held as he looked into my eyes, I continued, "Bae Youngjun-sshi have talked to me recently and he is interested in having my join Key East. You know they can offer a hell lot more than you guys do. If they sign, I sign. If not, I am leaving.""Kyu Jong is not cut out for the stage, we don"t see his talent and we need him to go, if that's the reason you're asking for. It's not easy to feed a five year old band, and we don't want to waste unnecessary money too, for the sake of the company." The president told me.Truth.. The cruel truth. If Kyu Jong were to hear this, how sad would he be? 13jun2010 Sunday, Newton X-concert.

[Jung Min's POV]We made a surprised appearance on Newton X Concert as our last stage performance before we split. The 501 lucky fans were not aware of our appearance, they were gathered in the theatre just to watch some of our past videos and all, but we were happy to see them, just like how they will be happy to see us.We made our entrance from the back of the theatre, walking through rows of loud cheering fans towards the stage, as we sang 'Everything' and shook hand with the fans at the same time."Annyeong haseyo," I greeted as we shouted as one, "Double S Oh Gong Il imnida!"That might be the last time we are saying that. I sighed as the fans started cheering, as if they were oblivious to what was actually going to happen. But in fact, I think they were all clear of the situation. They just wanted to hide it so that we would not feel upset or guilty of it.   As a way to thank our fans for the support these five years, we held a mini lucky draw session for each of us to pick five lucky fans and give them a copy of our new autographed album (Destination), also, we grant them one wish of theirs. The fans who came up mostly requested for a hug from the members, but yea, we granted them that wish, cos it'd most probably be one of the lasts.Besides the 501 lucky fans sitting in the theatre, there were also a huge crowd of fans outside at the square, sitting and watching us through a huge screen, and we did a random pick on the fans to give them our autographed album. SS501 couldn't have gone this far without fans, and we really appreciate the love they showered on us all these years. We felt bad that we always couldn't fulfil our promise, or maybe I should say, our dream. We had always wanted to make a free concert so that all the fans from all around the world can gather together and watch our performance, but that wasn't at all possible, it would cost a lot and there is no theatre that is large enough for it.I sighed as I kept myself on that thought even through the next few performances. I didn't want myself to think of other stuff, especially our separation, and cry before the fans. I want them to remember my smile, my charisma and my confidence I displayed on the stage, nothing else.After our second last song, Green Peas, there was a short talking session and we began to leave messages for our fans and of course, for each of the other members too. Tears began to well up in my eyes especially when Kyu Jong hyung started talking.Kyu Jong: We and our cute green peas has already been through 5 years together. It's neither a long nor short time, but now I feel it's a little short. After spending longer time together, you will feel that 5 years is nothing. We'll also be producing cool music for everyone as present, everyone supporting us. Before we become the first in the world, we will continue to work hard. That's right, you can't switch band, but you can get a boyfriend. Really thankful for giving us such beautiful time. Although I am not sure how does everyone feel about today, but for the 5 of us, for me, Kyu Jong, it's really a warm time, much happier compared to any performance, satisfied and better.Then, the hyungs didn't want to speak up, so Kyu Jong hyung pushed me to speak. I fought the temptation to cry, and decided to joke around. The fans were cheering and I tried to get their attention, "Listen, listen, someone here wants to talk yeah." And I faked a laugh. [3rd person's POV]Jung Min: Firstly, because we SS501 is here, actually there are many people who couldn't be in here. Thinking of it, it's a pity. Although they can't be here, but also doing a lot of us like this together, to us SS501, it's a very important source of energy. The beautiful memories we have with everyone, hope that it will become the motivation to be together forever. The things about SS501, to me, there's many things kept in my heart that has been burdening me. Although being uncomfortable is a fact, but from now on, I will take it as tough problems that I have to solve. Now, you guys have given us lots of energy, still hope that everyone can give us more power, give SS501 more support, thank you.Hyun Joong: Thankful for everyone to be here, though it's all formality, I love you. No matter whether we are at our top or down at the bottom, hope that everyone will give more support and love to SS501. We will continue to work harder for this, thank you.Hyung Jun: Very thankful to everyone, it really felt like a dream that we, SS501, can stand here today. Thank you for standing there to watch us like this. There is many things we will do in the future, the second album too. A singer who only release 1 full album in 5 years, how can that be? We also feel bad about it. We might need a little more time, but we will definitely produce a cool album, yeah? Of course, please wait for us, during this period, we will work hard for it. At this position, to be able to meet after 10,20,30 years, will continue to work hard. Thank you.Young Saeng: Please believe us, I love you too. Today is a little late, but it seems like we created a memory that can never be forgotten, very thankful. On the other hand, we also feel very sorry, well, very very thankful. Say it again, I love you too~Everyone has been stuttering as they spoke, everyone has been trying hard not to let their tears drop. Seeing the members about to break down sooner, the leader stood out and introduced the next song, Love Ya, which will be the final song for the day.After the concert, the fans slowly dispersed through the exits, bringing with them the most treasured memory of the night. SS501 looked through the curtains at their back view, until the last fan is gone.They smiled, a very bitter smile, as they looked into the eyes of each other. One tear dropped, and then another."Hey guys, well done for our last performance." The leader patted each of them on the back and pulled everyone together for a group hug.[to be continued] Hey guys, im back.

Well, hope you guys don't cry your eyes out in this chapter,

I was rewatching the concert video to write this, and tried making it long with their speech,

And I cried. It was a sad memory, but well, they made their promise to us, right?

Hope it isn't boring too. Read my next chapter, it's up too.This is the link if you want to rewatch the concert.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dWfs4xJRoY