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// First Concert Post Tiger 
// Story: A Family Curse 
// by Creativa-Artly01 
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Soon enough, a month passes and the Colts begin preparing for their first concert in awhile. For Taehyung, it’s his first since he started getting his Tiger under control. “You’re sure you are okay to perform?” Inquires Jimin of his soulmate concerned. 

“Chim is right,” adds RM, “you’re sure you want to perform? You’re sure you’re okay to perform?” 

“I’ll be fine,” Taehyung reassures them. “I promise. Besides, my Tiger has been pretty silent of recent.” 

“But who knows how long that’ll last, right?” Inquires Jimin of his soulmate concerned. “Please just be careful. Don’t push yourself so hard. Please…” begs the little pink Pegasus. “Please.” 

A few days later, it’s the day of the concert and they’re all backstage when Taehyung starts wailing. “What’s wrong?” Inquires Jimin as he flies to his soulmate’s side. “Why do you cry so?” 

“Everything is hurting again,” wails Taehyung, absolutely bawling. “I’m so tired of all of this. I just want things to go back to normal. I just want to perform with no issue. I…I don’t know what to do.” He buries his head in his hooves. “I…I don’t know what to do.” 

“Oh Tae,” says Jimin as he holds him and comforts him. “You can fight this. Show the Tiger who is boss. But at the same time, you don’t have to perform if you don’t feel up to it. Army will understand. You know they will. Last thing they want is to see us hurting. Last thing they want is to see us in pain. They’d want you to feel better, come back when you’re ready. You know that.” 

“Yeah, but given how the Tiger is, I may never truly truly be better,” sniffles Taehyung. “Hopefully, it’ll subside within the next few hours, because I really really do want to perform tonight.” As he says this, he hears the oh so familiar voice in his head. 

‘Silly Colt,’ says the Tiger, ‘the Tiger takes away all you love. The Tiger takes away ALL you love.’ 

Taehyung sits down on the floor, bows his head and continues to cry, absolutely worn down and defeated by his Tiger. “No,” cries Taehyung, “I…I won’t let you take away all I love. Not this time. I will perform tonight and there’s nothing you can do to stop me.” Taehyung snarls with a growl. At the sudden reversal of his normal docile prey’s response, the Tiger slinks away into the corner of Taehyung’s mind and cowers in place. 

‘You win this one, foal,’ says the Tiger, ‘but you won’t win them all. Don’t think you will.’ And with that, his Tiger goes quiet and dormant once more. 

A few hours later, Taehyung performs with the rest of the Colts, a smile absolutely beaming, radiating from his face. “It’s good to see you happy,” says Jimin to his soulmate with a smile. 

“Yeah, I honestly think I threw him off earlier,” responds Taehyung with a giggle, “threw him off by actually standing up for myself.” 

“Yeah, sounds like,” responds Jimin, “sounds like indeed.” The two go back to singing along with the rest of the members, holding hooves every time they do a harmony because just like always, when Taehyung is feeling off or feeling down, Jimin as always refuses to let him go and right now, is no different, not in the slightest.