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It was a busy day for the two Hosts.

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"What's the status update on Jaden? Did you buy the Premium VIP tickets for every concert?"

"Already bought and picked the best seating. He also started HRT several months ago and his medical transition is going very well... But you know you can't do this all the time right? You have work. You can't possibly follow Jaden on his debut mini-album world tour, nonetheless, go to all his concerts in the near future..." Luis wanted to scream and shout at his boss. He wanted to throw a temper tantrum because his boss was unreasonable! He knew what his boss was going to say, but for the sake of professionalism, he must endure.

Adriel's face literally had the words "try me" all over it. Video conference calls, getting and signing documents via scans/emails, having someone walk around the company while he was on a video call, etc. There are so many ways for him to be at and not at his office all at the same time, he was planning to try it all during the world tour. Plus, he could go and visit the other companies he had all around the world. It was killing hundreds of birds with a single stone. Technology was so great. They could even do conferences through their virtual reality technology. How fun was that?

Luis was about to take a frying pan to his boss's forehead. He wanted to kick the man off his chair. If only he could. At least he could in his imaginations.

"This isn't like the start of the century where technology was basic. I could literally be in my bed running the company. I could go to 5 concerts in a day and still do all my work! Let's prepare for my trips. Schedule hotels and all that crap for me, okay Luis?"

Luis, who was being paid, sucked it up and nodded. "Understood boss." Money. He had to think about all the money he was getting paid. He was, unfortunately, a money-driven man.

What he didn't realize was that he was also coming along on the debut tour...

Adriel was very excited. He needed to get a lot of things ready. He had to buy all the necessary merchandise like the customized lightsticks. He also pre-ordered their album set and had a shrine ready in one of the rooms in his mansion.

Someone really needed to pick up their man because he's a stalk-... A mess. He was a mess.

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"Are you nervous?" Jaden, stage name Jade, asked his group mates who seemed really fidgety and stiff.

Jaden was calm as he was used to being on stage. His thousands of years of being alive tempered him to a certain degree. The only time he could be himself was when he was training in skills. When he was reading lines, that was when he had to act or the System would take over his body. The System took over his body a lot. It was like watching a horror movie and when you woke up, you found yourself after the scene you just watched.

That was probably why he was a little fucked up at times.

Anyways, Jaden was quite worried for his group members who have never been on stage. It was normal to be nervous. He wanted to act like it, but seeing his members like that, he felt he had to be the calm one to assure them.

Al, the leader, stopped pacing and shook his head. "N-no, I'm just doing vision exercises." He had stage fright. Even when he was in large or small crowds, he felt anxious. He was scared of strangers, but he learned to cope, but this was entirely different for him! There were so many people outside he wanted to vomit. This was how he felt internally, though everyone could see he was panicking even when he was trying to play it cool.

"That's right! If I close my eyes like this, I can imagine how the whole concert is going to go!" Dex replied as he placed his head on Jaden's shoulder and clung to him. It was a daily thing for Dex to cling on to Jaden. He felt as if someone was trying to take away his child and he needed to be on guard. He also found comfort gluing himself to Jaden who didn't seem to mind it under that cool boy facade.