November 9, Wednesday / Practice / 11 Days left / Luminous Music Dance Practice Area
"That's it, M41!" Their Dance coach said while the members were doing their best to complete their dance routine for their upcoming concert. The company announced the concert already as the tickets were on sale. In case the tickets were sold out, It would really help the company and M41 with their salary and expenses of the company.
"Let's see who will cry at our concert..." Hyun-Jung said before he sat on the floor after their Dance coach called the practice for a 15-minute break.
"I really know it would be Iseul. But today, I feel like it would be Ji-Hun for some reason." Minsu said as he giggled.
"Why me? You're the crybaby here." Ji-Hun said before he drank water on his jug.
"Me?" Minsu said before all the members looked at him.
"Really..." He added as he looked at the members with a poker face.
"I think all of you will cry." Their dance coach said as the members didn't know their coach is listening in the background. They laughed at their Dance coach's assumptions.
November 10, Thursday / Practice / 10 Days left / Van
The members are trying to take a rest as their driver drove to where they will be going. Minsu and Ji-Hun are trying to take a rest in the back seat while Hyun-Jung and Iseul are softly talking about the concert.
"... One thing about having a concert? It's rushed. I mean, when we go backstage, we have to move as fast as we can since it's timed."
"Yeah. That's what other K-pop idols say about concerts. Even the staff are being rushed when doing concerts." Hyun-Jung said after Iseul told him about concerts.
"I wish nothing bad happen to our first concert. Concerts are really dangerous to be honest." Iseul said
"You don't have to scare me like that!" Hyun-Jung said softly, not wanting the other members on their backs to wake up.
"I'm not scaring you! Concerts are really scary."
"You're literally doing it right now. Scaring me."
"I'm not."
"Yes, you are."
"Boo," Ji-Hun said as he literally popped out of their conversation. Iseul and Hyun-Jung slightly jumped out of their seat.
"That's scaring," Ji-Hun said while giggling as he went back to resting on his spot. Hyun-Jung flipped his finger while laughing.
November 10, Thursday / Practice / 9 Days left / Concert Stadium
Loud hammering, welding, and the crowd can be heard around the concert stadium. As the staff was preparing for the concert, M41 was escorted to the backstage dressing room.
"Please stay here while we are almost finished building the stage." The staff said before she left the room. The members looked around the dressing room. They were left there, alone, as the members tried to wander the room.
"This is our first concert dressing room," Iseul said as he wandered the room.
"You make everything so sentimental, Iseul. Stop it!" Hyun-Jung said as he giggled.
"Do you still get bothered about Iseul? You should get used to it by now. He's always like that ever since," Ji-Hun said before he sot on the makeup chair.
"I'm really excited about our costumes."
"Me too! I overlooked our costumes as they talk bout it in the office and I saw one of the costumes and it was fantastic!" Hyun-Jung said to Minsu. The M41 continued to wander the room before they were called to go backstage. The members were assisted with the IEM and before they got on the stage, they wore tags with their names on them. The routine went on as they practice their routine on the stage. The staff began to practice with the camera, lights, VRCs, and backdrops as they worked together as a team. It took a long before they finally end the day.
A few days passed and they were still practicing for their concert. Trying out their newly, exclusively made costumes, The staff are teaming up with improving the quality of the stage, lights, and camera, everyone was busy doing their stuff and even M41 were busy practicing their stability and their dance routine while their dance and vocal coach are shouting below the stage, telling them on what should they not do and what should they do for the concert.
After they took their lunch, they played a few board games that the staff gave them. Since the construction team was building the stage props for their concert, they were tasked to take a rest for a bit as they make the stage.
November 15, Tuesday / Practice / 4 Days left / Concert Stadium
"Congratulations, M41! The tickets were sold out for your first concert!" The manager said after the M41 went back to the dressing room to take a long break. The members were happy to receive the news as they still can't believe it was sold out already.
"A lot of our fans really wanted to attend the concert! I'm so happy!" Minsu reacted.
"Since it was sold out, you guys should do your best to receive a public reaction from non-fans. Once they see some clips from the concert, they might reconsider stanning the group! Am I right?" Their manager said before he winked and left the dressing room.
"We still haven't thought of our Fandom name," Ji-Hun said, bringing up the all-time topic of the group.
"We should really think of something. Maybe we can surprise them in this concert if we told them what name should we call them" Hyun-Jung suggested. Iseul thought that Hyun-Jung's Idea was great so he consider talking to the members about their fandom name.
November 19, Saturday / Concert / D-DAY
The day has finally come. M41's first concert is here. As M41 fans were already waiting outside of the stadium, M41 were already inside the dressing room as the staff was putting on makeup on them.
"Look. There are so many people outside. I didn't imagine people will come early for the line." Iseul said, showing the picture to the members about their fans already on the line even though the concert starts in 10 hours.
"I hate to see them like that. Waiting patiently in line just to see us perform live." Minsu said before he pouts.
"Don't be sad, Minsu. I totally get our fans. They just wanted to be first in line. Maybe we should ask them later about something like if they already ate a meal." Ji-Hun explained.
"All we can do for now is do our best for our first concert. We have to make sure that the waiting in line would be worth it once they stepped inside the concert stadium." Iseul said before he smiled at the members and continued to look at the news about their concert.
A few hours had passed and the M41 finished with their makeup and were already on hold. The staff on the stage are doing their best to improve the stage as they kept on practicing with stuff that they need to do while the members are trying to take a rest, but not a nap since their manager told them not to take a nap.
For another few hours, they ate their small meal before the concert. They were happy for the meal since it's their first time eating a decent meal while preparing for their concert.
Before they ate, they took a rest, trying to get energy for the big hour. After a few minutes, they heard the loud instrumental of "Good Vibes" outside and also to their IEM.
"I bet they're gonna call u-"
"M41!" The staff shouted as they opened the door. All of the staff including the makeup and costume team, construction team, and design team, were there, inside the dressing room. Even the office team, CEO, Assistant of the CEO, Dance and Vocal Coach, and especially their manager were there.
"CEO, please do the honors." The assistant of the CEO said before all of the gathered in a circle.
"Everyone here did a great job. To the construction and design team, thank you for making this concert possible with all your efforts in designing, building, and making the stage. This concert won't be possible without your skills and talents. To the makeup team, even M41 already looked good, you made them look even better and it's all thanks to you for your skills in doing makeup to the costume team, thank you for your efforts in designing the costumes. It was brilliant as I first looked at it. Thank you so much. To the Office team, marketing, finance, and social media team, thank you for your efforts in promoting and building the reputation of M41. It's always the office team who makes everything spread in Korea for M41 to gain popularity. To the Vocal and Dance coach, your skills and efforts in instructing the M41 were so effective and it's all thanks to both of you for making M41 full of talent. To the assistant of the CEO, thank you for everything. Even as we started to the company, you made everything possible with all your support and guidance. And especially, to the star of the night, M41. You guys had been the way for the company to grow and to be honest, I started to give up on the group before but now, looking at where this group is, I see that all my efforts are worth it. Without your efforts and talents, Luminous Music doesn't exist anymore. I'm glad that M41 is here, on the team. Fighting?" After the CEO's long speech, all the staff shouted...
"FIGHTING!!"
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The M41's Good Vibes started playing once again. But this time, the members came on a elevated stage. Their fans were screaming, holding their exclusively made concert lightstick as the members appeared right in front of their eyes.
"CHOI ISEUL!!!, JUNG JI-HUN!!!, KANG HYUN-JUNG!!!, YOO MINSU!!!, M41!!!" Their fans chanted as the members started to dance as they sing their Debut song. At the half of the song, M41 went down the stairs. Once the were on center stage, they continued dancing before they finished their first performance of their concert.
"1...2...3!"
"Hello! We are M41!" The members were introduced as they waved at their fans who were screaming.
"How are you, guys? Did you enjoy our first performance?" Minsu said and not long, their fans shouted...
"YES!"
"You'll enjoy more on our next performance!" Ji-Hun said before the light on the stage went off except for the screens that shows the first VCR of the concert. The members quickly went backstage to change their costumes for their next performance.
"We might not be the biggest group, but seeing our fans happy makes us happy too..." The VCR said in Minsu's voice before the stage lights went on again with M41 in a different costume. The fans were shocked that the group covered another group's song. Maniac by Stray Kidz.
The fans were screaming at the top of their lungs as they find the stage hot as hell. Even Minsu, who's not used with the badass, sexy concept, still managed to look even hot like Ji-Hun, who's hot as hell with his almost exposed body outfit. The stage was extravagant with the red lights and dark environment. Once the song is done, the lights went off again, showing another VCR on the screen, for the members to go to backstage and prepare for their next routine.
"M41 is not just a group. It's a dream that I still can't believe I'm in. I want us to last forever." The VCR said in Hyun-Jung's voice before the lights went on but instead of all the members on the stage, It was only Minsu and Ji-Hun on the stage. The song was unfamiliar at first, but once Minsu sang the first line, the song was Summer By Myself by Brave Girls.
The Stage was great as if the two were literally falling in love with each other, holding hands, as their fans screamed in BL. They shipped those two so much that they knew something was between the two. Their backup dancers were there too, enjoying the stage as they looked at Minsu and Ji-Hun. Once the stage ended, the lights focuses on Minsu and Ji-Hun as they were both staring at each other. Minsu can't hold it any longer as he smiled and blushed in front of their fans before the lights went off again.
"We didn't give up. We are strong. We are still going." The VCR ended in Ji-Hun's voice before the stage lights went on with Hyun-Jung and Iseul on the stage along with their backup dancers.
"We don't talk anymore..." Iseul started the song and fans knew it was kind of a theatrical with 2 beds on the stage. The duo started singing We Don't Talk Anymore by Charlie Puth. The fans were so into the duo as they dance and roam around the stage as if they were looking for each other. Once the song ends, they met on the middle, looking at each other before Iseul grabbed Hyun-Jung's hand before he went closer to Hyun-Jung's ear.
"I like you." He whispered.
"After all we experience, We are still M41." The VCR ended in Iseul's voice before finally, the members were there on the stage, all together. As the song started, The fans were unfamiliar with the song. They didn't knew the song was only exclusive for the concert. The members started singing "The Signal"
The fans are even crying for M41 as the members started crying as well while dancing to the song. As the confetti started to popped out. It overwhelmed the members so much that even the fans are crying too.
Once the song ended, the members gathered in front of the stage. The members were sobbing as the staff gave them tissues.
"IT'S OKAY!!! IT'S OKAY!!" The fans chanted as the members continued crying.
"Thanking you guys wasn't enough for the support you gave to us. We came a long way and seeing ourselves here makes it so memorable and overwhelming..." Hyun-Jung said while sobbing.
"When things go wrong with the group, I thought my journey to M41 will end there. But with them, With the members, it makes me think that I won't give up on this group. I will even risk my life and my whole career for them..." Ji-Hun said after Hyun-Jung's speech.
"I never thought I would see our fans here, screaming, shouting, and supporting us right in front of us. Our hard work was worth it and it amazes me that everyone was still there after our journey. Thank you, guys..." Minsu said as he smiled, trying not to cry again.
"Being the leader of M41 was like a roller coaster ride. It was so fun and pressure at the same time. But for me, I never loved our members more and even you guys, our fans. Our stars. Our "Moon" Their leader said, announcing the fandom name of M41. Moon. As Planet41 evolves, Moons are there to be with Planet41.