By all means, Jang Hyunseung did not know his watch had stopped since he didn’t bother looking at the time. He was late to the biggest fan meet in the history of Beast, a group he had joined six years ago. Jang Hyunseung could have used his phone alarm as a reminder but then again he was too busy texting to bother. He rushed backstage through a corridor and stepped into the makeup room where the rest of the band lounged in designer wear while he wore a weathered hoodie. He didn’t mind the hoodie since in Seoul it always rained. He caught his breath and dried his face with a towel.  His stomach growled as a warning to all that he skipped dinner once again. 

“Hyung, you should have gotten here earlier. I bought some ramyun and sausage from the place next door,” said Yoseob, the main vocalist with aegyo.  “Maash-eet-da!” 

“Hyung, what diet are you on?  You’re so thin.  You need to work out for the comeback,” said Gikwang the proud owner of newly acquired choco abs.  “Let’s go to the gym after the meet.” 

Jang Hyunseung expected another chatterbox interrogation from the other band members:  Junghyung, DongWoon and DooJoon.  Beast could not cut him a break.

“Some other time,”  Jang Hyunseung answered in a monotone voice as he walked towards the dressing room.  He went through the motions like an automaton.  A stylist grabbed him and changed his shirt to a camouflage print sweater, black jeans and black Converse shoes, the usual vestments of a Beast prince but not edgy enough for Jang Hyunseung’s taste.   He took a pair of scissors and starte