01:15 AM

He laid there on the bed, blankly staring into the smooth painted ceiling. Twitching his eyes, he stayed there, so still, if someone were to walk upon this silent man, they would have pretty much assumed that he was dead. Gazing himself into the ceiling, he wasn’t aware of the fact that the bags under his eyes began to darken, due to his lack of sleep. Silence filled the room, as you could hear the man hardly breathing in such a slow pace. It was ever so quiet, you would be able to hear a pin drop onto the floor.

The man sat up. Holding his head, he tried to get himself together. Something was bugging him. He couldn’t sleep, he couldn’t recall the last time he ate, and he sure wasn’t in such a mood to talk to anyone. He was a mess.

He got out of his bed, as he slowly limped himself towards the mirror. Due to the injuries he had obtained in his hip and ankles, walking was much of a challenge for the poor man. Once he had gotten to his destination, he simply stood there. Contemplating on his own reflection, he looked at himself from top to bottom, acknowledging his own body. His ankles were swollen, his hips were wounded, and the bags of his eyes were very much visible. Although he was used to his dark circles, and that people usually find it amusing, it was now currently not as amusing as it normally is. He looked tired, he looked sick, and he was very much aware that he himself was the cause of his own pain.

He began to recall his earlier memories, the memories of when he was happy, his past of before all of this happened…

…his past, as the old fun and cheerful Huang Zi Tao.

Flashback~

‘Okay, so Tao, can you do this?’

Looking at the man whom stood in front of him, he smiled. Tao replied that man as he quickly nod his head, assuring him that he would be alright.

‘Don’t worry. I’m sure that I’m able to do a simple task like this. It’s just a small upside down flip, I do this often. It’ll be easy’, Tao said.

EXO was learning their new dance choreography for their upcoming album, Overdose. To the fact that it was now currently the beginning of the new fresh year, 2014, they wanted to excite their fans as in to give them a new album. They want to make a change. They know that ‘Growl’, ‘Wolf’, and all their previous songs were good, but for their next album, they really want to amaze their fans with something different, something outstanding, something beyond ordinary. This is where ‘Overdose’ comes in.

As they rehearsed the choreography, their choreographer decided to create an outstanding ending. He designed a choreography where it ends with Tao doing an upside down back flip, and a handsome smirk. His intensions were to actually add dynamics into this dance, because he believed that the dance he created was quite easy and simple compared to ‘Mama’, ‘History’, ‘Growl’, and ‘Wolf’. He believed that by Tao doing this flip, it will create an illusion of a difficult dance choreography.

‘So Tao, are you ready?’ he asked. Tao nodded his head. EXO then got into their last position before the ending of overdose. Once they were ready, Tao ran towards the front and jumped, putting all his effort and power into this flip. He let his body go, swinging it around as he faces the floor, with his legs up in the air. He then pushed his legs downwards as he let his right leg touch the floor, followed by his other leg. Standing up, he looked at himself in the mirror and gave a quick smirk, while one of his arms swung upwards for his last move.

He did it.

‘Tao!! That was just perfect!’. Tao looked at his choreographer as he smiled.

~oOo~

As the days came, Tao’s confidence had arisen as he’s happy with the choreography. He loves the new choreography so much, that every single day, he would make the time to go to the dance studio and practise. However, he never knew that one day, all his dreams would go down, as he has one fatal flaw…

His carelessness.

~oOo~

            8:50 PM

“Suho-hyung!”

“Yes, Tao. What is it?”

“Let’s practise overdose again”

“Now? Seriously Tao? We’ve practised it over 20 times today. Don’t you think  we’ve had enough already?”

“Aww… please? C’mon”

“No Tao, take a break”

“But-“

“Tao, listen to Suho…”

Like the feeling of lightning bolts striking into the back of your spine, Tao shivered. It wasn’t the words spoken by that man, it was his husky deep voice, used by that man. Tao turned around, facing the tall blonde chinese leader of EXO-M, Kris.

“K-kris gege…” Tao looked at the tall man infront of him. He had to look up, due to the height difference between them. Although there wasn’t much of a big difference, Tao still had to look upwards in order to align his eyes with his leader.

“Tao, c’mon, you have to listen to your hyung. He’s only worried for you. You have to realize that you’re tyring yourself out”

“But gege-“

“No buts, Tao. God, Tao, why do you have to be so stubborn?”

“Pfff… fine alright I’ll stop”

“Promise me?”

“Y…yes…”  Tao said…

…

…

…but did he?

~oOo~

            9:45 PM

A vehicle drives down the road, as it stops itself infront of a tall building. As the car doors open, one by one, members of the particular Korean boyband started to walk out. Lastly, a man in a black suit walked out of the front seat. Taking out his iPad, he named those members one by one, checking them off the list, to be sure that every member was home safely.

Suho

Chanyeol

Baekhyun

Kai

Kyungsoo

Sehun

Kris

Luhan

Xiumin

Chen

Lay…

…where was Tao?

~oOo~

It was all risky, but he had to do it. His brain and mind told him to rest, but his heart said something else. He has to do this. He doesn’t care of what his hyungs had already said to him, because to him, they had no control over his body. He wasn’t something you could take control over. He wasn’t a puppet. He has full control of his own body, and if this was what he wanted to do, then let him do so.

This man stood in the middle of the dance floor, staring straight into the large mirror in front of him. Staring into the mirror, he gazed into it, as he contemplated on his own body figure. If you knew this man, you would know on how much this man was quite fond of his self-figure. The amount of pictures he had taken of himself is countless. Looking into the mirror and acknowledging very feature in his body, he let the edges of his lips curl, as it formed a slight smile upon his lips. His tan skin, muscular arms, and well-shaped abs, he was enough to get all the girls out there screaming for him. Well, who wouldn’t fall for the handsome Huang Zi Tao?

Tao loved his fans, but there are some times in particular where he would question the loyalty of his fans. He would sometimes recall his past memories on where he embarrassed himself, and of course, he wasn’t quite happy with it. He was afraid that if he were to make a fool out of himself, his fans would stop loving him. All he wants was to make his fans happy, all he wants was to make everyone he loves proud. Because of that, this is why he’s here. He wants to perfect himself, and his skills.

Tao visualized the backflip over and over again in his mind. He knew that he was already capable of doing the backflip, but being the stubborn perfectionist he is, he will always do everything he can in order to make his backflip seem to be what he believes to be ‘perfect’.

But how long has he been there? How long has he been practicing? This was basically something only the heavens know. All Tao knows is that he has been practicing his backflip over and over again for the last few hours…

…he didn’t feel tired…

…there was no sense of exhaustion for that man…

…that’s what he believes…

…but that’s not how his body works…

…but apparently, it appears that he didn’t put that thought into mind…

“Okay, let’s do this again” Tao said. He looked in the mirror, a grin slowly forming on the edges of his lips. He stepped backwards to give himself more room to do the jump. He positioned himself into a semi-lunge, kneeling slightly a bit forward. He took a few steps, one foot after the other, as he prepared himself for the jump.

Step…

Step…

Step…

Step…

Tao jumped up, as he through his legs over his head, and for a split second, a few words suddenly flew into his mind…

Promise me?

Yes…

Tao didn’t keep his promise. He stayed. He lied. He kept practicing he-

CRASH

”AAAAAARRRGGGGHHHHH…..!!!!!”

TO BE CONTINUED…

That’s it guys, my first chapter on this ff… I had had this idea in my head for quite some time, but I only thought of writing it around a 2 weeks ago. This was very difficult to write, and due to my semester exams, I was sooo busyyy… oh well…

Ps, idk when I’m going to update the next chapter. I’ll try my best to do it this week, because I can’t do it next week… I’m going to going on a dance study tour to Singapore for one whole week… so sorry guys…

Anyways, like it? Or do you hate it-_- write comments down below and tell me what you think… it’s going to get better than this, trust me…

~Peachy~