Trying ballet

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July 2021

I let out a small gasp as we walked through the door that the staff had let us to, immediately being met by our usual crew of staff that was going to film us.

"What is this?" Sunoo laughed as we all lined up in front of the cameras.

"I think I know," I admitted with a small laugh making all the boys look at me, "ballet," I stated looking over at the staff with a wide grin as they all slowly nodded.

The boys immediately dropped their jaws and just stared at the staff in disbelief making me happily jump around before turning to the cameras.

"Engene! Prepare for Enhypen in tights!" I exclaimed and pointed to the cameras making all the boys just groan behind me, "what?" I complained at them, "you two have done ballet before!" I complained and pointed to Sunghoon and Niki.

"It's been years," Sunghoon sighed at me.

We were quickly sent off to change once again. I was the first one back in the dance studio, just awkwardly standing around with the staff, as I had gotten on the tights and leotard I was used to wearing when practicing my balance. It didn't last long before I heard the staff begin laughing.

"What?" I questioned as I looked over at them in amusement.

"Your feet," my stylist laughed at me making me look down, and quickly gather my feet properly.

"Sorry... it's old habit," I excused, "I always stand in first position when I wear such clothes."

"I have never felt so terrible about something," Jake complained as he and the boys wandered back into.

"What is this?" I complained to the staff, "why are they all in that?" I complained and gestured to the boys who had been given a pair of just slightly tighter black sweatpants, than what they were used to, along with just a slightly tighter white long sleeved shirt, "I feel so betrayed right now."

"But you look great!" Heeseung complained at me, making Jungwon quickly walk over and stand beside me.

"I feel so incredibly exposed right now," I let out a small laugh as the boys all lined up along with Jungwon and I.

We were soon introduced to the instructor, who turned out to be a lovely older man. He quickly asked if any of us had ballet experience, to which three of us had.

"I used to be a figure skater, so I took a few lessons when I was younger," Sunghoon admitted and Niki nodded in agreement.

"I took a few as well, because I'm a dancer," Niki nodded before the man turned to me.

"I had... six years at the Royal Ballet School in Copenhagen," I stated making the man raise his eyebrows at me.

"Tu est bon?" the man questioned making me let out a small laugh at his pronounciation before just nodding.

"I hope so," I let out a small laugh in agreement.

"We were wondering if we could get Jiyeon's explanation of how to use pointe shoes," a staff spoke up and I just nodded before they extended a pair towards me.

"They're new, right?" I questioned and she nodded, "step back boys."

I walked out on the middle of the floor before sitting down with the shoes in hand.

"So... the first thing I always do is to break in the shoe just slightly, so it is more bendy," I explained, "and that's gonna be loud."

I let out a small laugh before beginning to hammer the tip of the shoe into the floor, before standing up and stepping down on the box of the shoe, with my feel.

"Alright... normally I would also use a file to make the tip of the shoe less smooth, so I don't slip that well... but I don't have a file so I can't do that today. So just to what I usually do when putting them on," I grinned and a staff member immediately slid my box across the floor to me, "so I always stuff the tip with tissue paper," I explained and folded some tissue paper before pressing it into the tip of each shoe, "then I have these... gel plasters that I tape to my big toes, because that's where most of the weight is. Besides that I tape my two smallest toes together as well, for extra support on the outer side of the foot."

I quickly did as I said before stuffing my feet into the shoes and tying them up my leg. Standing up to bend the shoes a bit more so they were mo flexible.

"We don't have to wear those as well... do we?" Jay questioned making the staff immediately shake their heads, "good, because I like the fact that my feet are functioning."

As the class officially began I think we could say that I was the best student. At least we started out with the basic barre excersises, so it shouldn't be too hard for the boys.

"Ji~" Jungwon cooed out making me hum and turn to him, making a blue fabric immediately get pulled down over my head, "there... much better," he grinned as I looked down at myself, seeing his blue hoodie hanging over my torso.

"You're unbelieveable," I complained and turned back around again as I heard him giggle behind me before he wrapped his arms around my waist from behind me, pressing a small kiss to my cheek.

"I just don't want anyone to see," he muttered as an excuse making me look at him in amusement, "my girlfriend."

"Yeah... but my body," I reminded him making him shrug.

"You know why they made you wear actual ballet clothes," he muttered and I just nodded.

"The more that is revealed the more viewers, I know," I hummed at him, "isn't it great having your girlfriend get sexually exposed at any time she has to film content?"

"I absolutely hate it," he muttered before I patted his hands softly, making him let go of my waist.

"I appreciate the thought, but it is how it is," I shrugged at him before turning back to the front again.

"And then you raise your leg up," the instructor explained making me do as he said, watching Heeseung struggle A LOT in front of me.

"How do you get it that high up?" Heeseung complained as he glanced over his shoulder.

"Don't you have strong thigh and hip muscles?" I questioned him in amusement as the instructor came over and grabbed onto Heeseung's leg, pushing it up, making a groan and complain immediately escape from Heeseung.

"Ji~ help me," Jungwon called out in a cute voice, making me look to myself, seeing him barely even having his leg up horizontally.

I let out a small laugh at how cutely he was bouncing trying to hold his balance. I quickly let my leg drop down onto the floor before walking over and forcing his hand onto the barre.

"No, no, I can do it without holding onto it," he shook his head at me.

"You're not doing the exercise right if you don't hold onto it," I softly spoke and placed his hand back onto the barre before moving over to his leg, "do you have trust in me?"

"What do yo- OW!" he exclaimed before looking at me with an accusing look as I had lifted his leg up in a horizontal height.

"Sorry," I grinned at him making his expression immediately soften.

"Why can't I stand for that grin?" he muttered to himself making me just let out a small laugh.

"Because you love me, you idiot," I laughed making him just sigh before nodding, "and I love you too."

"If you're gonna say yucky cutesy things go out on the hallway!" Niki yelled out making me let out a laugh before shooting finger guns at him and simply winking.

Let me just tell you... the boys was struggling... a lot. But hey, they were unbelieveably impressed at how good I was at a sport I trained since I was five and trained professionally for six years. In general it was just fun seeing how mental breakdowns and life crisises they boys could have within two hours of filming. Ten out of then, would do it again.

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