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10th Anniversary With DBSK and JYJStepping onto the stage, the crowd before them roared with excitement, chanting "Dong Bang Shin Ki! Dong Bang Shin Ki!" Changmin looked at Yunho as Yunho introduced them, and then they both took a few steps backward as music began to play and the stage lighting was adjusted. Backup dancers rushed onto the stage to accompany Yunho and Changmin as they performed their first song - Keep Your Head Down. Yunho gracefully performed for the audience with the thoughts of providing for his family, supporting Changmin and pleasing fans dominating his mind. These were his motivations to perform his very best. Changmin was thinking similarly, although he couldn't help but interpret some of the lyrics of the song they were performing personally. "Why? Did you leave me so easily? Why? Did I look easy to you?" Although the song seemed to be about getting over a sadness, poor Changmin couldn't help but dwell on the saddening lyrics that were of truth to him when he thought about the three former group members.
Changmin was brought up as the eldest child amongst two sisters; whom he used to enjoy teasing and entertaining often during his youth. When Dong Bang Shin Ki started as a group of five, Changmin lived with the other members and so eventually warmed to each of them as brothers. The former member Junsu, although older than Changmin, was most often teased by Changmin (and other members). Although Changmin was the maknae (youngest member), the other members would wonder if his exceptional height deceived him into thinking otherwise. Since Junsu, Jaejoong and Yoochun left, Changmin had just one brother left to tease and missed the others dearly. Yunho was also missing the three former members dearly, but his responsibility as leader and hyung (older brother) to Changmin kept him preoccupied. They both appreciated each other gratefully and formed great strength together, but they would both secretly admit to one another that they missed the other members more than they ever thought they would when they first formed the group as five. Almost every day, Yunho had a strong desire to pick up his phone and dial Jaejoong's number. He was dying to know how the others were doing; hungry to hear their voices again. But he feared that whoever he called would be tracked and traced by management; for it was the company who kindly gifted Yunho and Changmin with their phones amongst other luxuries. Luxury. The very word caused a shiver down Yunho and Changmin's spines. Were they really living lives of luxury? Seemingly a false belief, the pair felt trapped - wanting to see the former members again but stuck in the mud of loyalty, fear of possible threats and safety. Could they dare to leave everything they know to join with the other members again and start a new?
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