In the life of Hua, it is normally quite calm. There are no real arguments, just petty ones like who is watching what on the TV or whose turn it is to do the cleaning of the bathroom. Whilst she was injured and in her cast, everyone was really lenient with allowing her to not do certain things. All the boys helped around the house just a bit more. They took more breaks when practising dances to keep her company when she watched from the bench in the background – they treated her like a princess.
That all changed, however, when her cast came off. They neglected to remember that her recovery was not complete, and she wasn't completely at the top of her game yet. It was worse when she was in dance practice, though. Today was a particularly rough day. Everyone was tired and running off little sleep, and Hua was in a lot of pain today as she had already been pushing the limits with her ankle. All the Dreamies were in the practice room, prepping for their comeback, and to say Hua was struggling to keep up was an understatement. She had to keep light pressure on her ankle, which caused her timings to be off for the movements, and the sight of her struggling in the mirror seemed to be aggravating someone.
The boys took a break for a minute, but Hua kept running over that section, trying to perfect it but seemed to struggle.
Haechan let out a frustrated growl. "You can't do a basic move? What kind of a dancer are you? Seriously, Hua, either do it properly or get out. Your cast is off now, so you have no excuse not to be doing it properly."
Everyone's jaw dropped at his words. Renjun's fist balled up, and his knuckles turned white. Mark stepped in, a scowl on his face directed at Haechan.
"Hua is still recovering; you know this, Hyuck. What you said was completely uncalled for. Apologise. You wouldn't say this normally. This is just the tiredness messing up your emotions, and Hua shouldn't be your punching bag for it."
Haechan shook his head, the break in dancing had caused his emotions to boil over and anger seemed to be at the forefront and he completely disregarded Mark's words, staring directly at Hua as he said, "better yet Hua, just leave altogether. You aren't needed anymore as Jaemin is back, and we all know you were just his replacement."
Renjun moved immediately, and his arm pulled back to swing at Haechan, but Jeno and Jaemin were just as fast and moved towards the Angry fireball, blocking his path to the cause of the problem. Hua's eyes watered. She couldn't believe it. She didn't care that she wasn't dancing properly as she knew she would ace it when she fully healed, it's the fact that Haechan used her feelings and greatest fears as ammunition in this one-sided fight. Not only that, but he was supposed to be one of her best friends. Chenle and Jisung went to her side and began to comfort her, but she shook them off as she cleared her throat.
"First of all, how dare you use that against me. I confided in you when I first joined that I didn't want to replace Jaemin and that it wasn't ever my intention, and yet you go below the belt and use it against me. Second of all, you try dancing whilst recovering from an injury and then tell me how easy it is. Until then, don't talk to me, Donghyuck. If you want me to leave, then fine, I will."
Tears dribbled down her cheeks as she spoke. She turned to the other boys and spoke barely above a whisper. "Good luck with your comeback," and she turned and grabbed her stuff before leaving the practice room.
The Dreamies were frozen for a few seconds, trying to process everything that happened before Renjun broke free and lunged at Haechan, pushing him to the floor. It took Jeno, Jaemin, Chenle, AND Jisung to pull Renjun off Hyuck. The force of being knocked over that caused Haechan to be brought out of whatever funk he was in and realise that he fucked up. Majorly.
