Silenced Voices
Description
Bright lights, bright smile. Dimmed lights, tearstained visage.
Cha Hakyeon, also known as his stage persona N, acts out a lie day after day. Onstage, or in front of other people, he shows only his most radiant smiles but inside he is crumbling apart. He is broken and only Taekwoon can mend the pain, but even with that, he barely gets by. While being so occupied with himself, he can't see the person he is hurting in his own suffering.
Jung Taekwoon, or Leo, was awfully quiet. Except when pouring his heart out in his singing. Unlike Hakyeon, he stays with his cold persona. He prefers to keep everything inside, so he didn't have to worry about his true, crumbled and broken self breaking out. He only feels complete in the presence of Hakyeon, but when he is with him he hurts for a completely different reason.
Pairing: Neo (N/Leo)
Word Count: 24'642 words
Rating: PG-13 for most chapters. Some chapters are rated R for dark themes (i.e suicide, death, self-harm).
Warning: If you are very sensitive when it comes to the topic of suicide, I would suggest you do not read this. There will be an overlapping theme of suicide and depression, just so you are warned.
Other notes:
'Thoughts look like this'
"Somebody talking will look like this"
Foreword
"We are on in 5, 4, 3..." a voice in the background announced. 'Take a deep breath. You have done this a thousand times before, you can do it one more time.' Hakyeon tried to calm himself down. As the cameras started rolling Hakyeon put on a big smile. Time to be N, not Hakyeon. The interviewer they were sitting next to started speaking, and Hakyeon tried his best to focus. The interviewer was a rather attractive woman assumably in her late twenties and had the same so-called TV-smile N sported. "Why don't you introduce yourself to our viewers, now?" the woman said cheerfully. Hakyeon started, like he always did. "Hi, I am VIXX's leader N!" he said with a wink.
The interview passed with no mistakes, at least none noticed by Hakyeon. He now found himself eating in some restaurant with the rest of the group. Everything passed in a daze for him. It was always another concert, another interview, another variety show, another restaurant. The days and nights passed. They would sleep and wake up, enter the van and travel somewhere else. It was a never ending cycle and only some moments stood out.
Some of the other members practically inhaled the food put in front of them. Hakyeon just ate to not stand out. He noticed Taekwoon give him a concerned look, like he knew something was out of place. The other man always seemed to have a sixth sense when it came to Hakyeon, but he thankfully he never mentioned it when they were out. He probably understood that Hakyeon did not want to be more in the spotlight than he already was. He noticed a hand squeezing his own. Taekwoon gave him a reassuring look.
Oh Taekwoon, how could he ever leave you behind?
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