Stars & Golden Feathers

Chapter 5

Minho's p.o.v

It's been two months since Minho left the castle. He and Jisung have become very close friends, they do everything together and they even have a weekly movie night, which usually starts off with 30 minutes of them arguing about which movie they should watch. Of course, Jisung always wins because he has those adorable eyes. No, he doesn't I'm just too tired to argue! - Sure.

Minho's day usually consists of him following Jisung around, he still can't navigate the school even after two months, it's quite embarrassing, but who can blame him, he has been used to the same castle for his whole life.

It's Friday and his last class has just ended, this is the only class he doesn't share with Jisung, but the younger boy usually waits for him outside of the classroom. Keyword: Usually. Today Jisung wasn't there when Minho and Hyunjin walked out of the classroom. This is why he is currently following Hyunjin around like a lost dog.

"Well... He isn't answering his phone." Hyunjin looks up from his phone before continuing "I can walk you to your room, I just have to get my bag from the dance studio first"

Minho looked at him with a surprised expression, "There's a dance studio here?"

Hyunjin nodded and started walking, "yeah, we also have a swimming pool and a fitness center" Minho was even more shocked. With the number of times, he has gotten lost in this school and wandered the hallways for hours - before making a deal with Jisung that it would be best to just follow the younger boy around - he thought he had seen everything the school had to offer, but apparently not.

Hyunjin opens the door of the dance studio, and Minho's ears are filled with rhythmic music and the sound of footsteps hitting the floor. He looks around and instantly feels at home. As much as he loves being away from the castle, he can't help but miss his almost daily dance classes, there's just something magical about letting your thoughts go and focusing on moving your body to the music. He hasn't noticed, but his body has started to move slightly to the music and his lips are curled up in a smile. "You can dance if you want to, you know" Hyunjin chuckles.

Minho is pulled out of his thoughts and freezes, "w-what? I wasn't-" He sighs, "I really miss dancing, I used to dance every day back at the ca- um, back at home i mean" his heart skips a beat when he almost slips up, luckily Hyunjin doesn't seem to notice.

"I don't have anywhere to be, so we can dance for a bit if you want to." Minho nods eagerly and agrees, Hyunjin smiles at him and goes to connect his phone with the speaker. The boy who had been dancing when they arrived has stopped dancing and is now packing up his stuff in the corner of the room.

When Hyunjin passes the boy on his way back, he stops to talk to him for a bit, so Minho puts his bag on the ground and begins to stretch, luckily he has loose clothes on, so it won't be too difficult to dance.

"Jisung just texted me." A voice says. Minho looks up at Hyunjin who has an amused expression on his face and continues "he fell asleep in your room when he was waiting for your class to be over. I told him where we are so he's probably on his way"

The music starts and they begin to dance, Minho closes his eyes and enjoys the feeling of finally dancing again.

Jisung's p.o.v

Jisung sits up and stretches his body. While rubbing his eyes, he turns to look at the clock- Minho! He scrambles out of bed when he sees the time, the older boy got out of class an hour ago, what if he's lost again?

Jisung pushes the door of the dorm room open and runs down the hallway.

When Jisung arrives at the dance studio, he pushes the door open and enters. He almost stumbles backwards as the music hits his eardrums, it's so loud he thinks he might go deaf, but it's probably just his still-half-asleep-brain overreacting.

While covering his ears with his hands, to block out the music, he looks around the room. His eyes find Minho and his hands instantly drop from his ears, the older boy is dancing and it's absolutely mesmerizing. The sound of Jisungs heartbeat overpowers the music in his ears, all he can think about is how gorgeous Minho looks while he's dancing. His eyes are closed and his movements are graceful and fluid.

The song stops and so does Minho, he opens his eyes slowly and his eyes find Jisung's. Jisung quickly closes his mouth, which had fallen open without him noticing, he looks away from Minho's gaze and clears his throat.

Suddenly Jisung feels a tap on his shoulder, he startles a bit and turns around. Hyunjin is standing in front of him with an annoying knowing smile on his lips, "did you hear anything I just said?" He asks and chuckles.

"What? Ye-yes of course! I heard everything you said, why wouldn't I hear it?" Jisung rubs the nape of his neck and laughs awkwardly, he hopes Hyunjin didn't say anything important because he did not, in fact, hear a single word of what he had told him.

Hyunjin lifts an eyebrow "Okay... Then what do you say?"

"Uhh... Yes?" Jisung slowly answers.

Hyunjin grins, "Great! See you tonight then." He pats a confused Jisung on his shoulder and walks out of the room.

While Jisung tries to figure out what he just agreed to do, Minho -  who had witnessed the whole interaction - walks over to him. "Hi, Jisung." He smiles at him.

"Hi, what's up? I'm sorry I didn't pick you up" Jisung tries to sound confident, but he fails miserably. He finds it difficult to look Minho in the eyes, without blushing, after watching him dance only a few minutes earlier.