Always Bangtan

Chapter 23

Music was loud in his ears and that was how he liked it. He wanted to stop hearing his own thoughts and just forget about everything causing him pain right now. He stood in front of the mirror in his dance studio. Sweat dripped down his face as he stared at himself. He had been freestyling for an hour, now. The over sized t-shirt he was wearing had small soaked marks from when his skin would touch it. He wasn't tired, however, he loved this. Dancing was his passion and he was determined to make a living from it. 

He began dancing again. There was a reggaetón beat playing and he let his body do whatever it felt to the beat. 

Since last night, he had been in his head and to himself. He didn't feel like talking to anyone or seeing anyone but he figured if he danced it off he would be able to hang with the boys the next day. Jin was right, they would be graduating soon and schedules were going to change a lot for them so they should enjoy their time together before the change starts. 

He bopped around and even mastered a split for a quick second before hopping back up into a body roll. His breathing was, surprisingly, steady. That was good. He was beginning to relax. 

As we watched himself, a smile crept onto his lips. He was beginning to feel better. He was hurt by what Jooheon told him but he couldn't let him drag him into a depressing state. He wouldn't let it. He would miss him, for sure, but maybe they would cross paths again after he gets back. After all, he wasn't going to leaving Korea or anything like that.

The music stopped, catching his attention. He walked over to his phone that sat on the speakers. His eyes widened in shock as he answered his ringing phone.

" Taemin?"

"Hyung! How're you doing? I'm just getting into town. I was wondering what you were doing?"

Hoseok smiled. Taemin was an old dance friend of his. They used to dance together in this street dance group when the younger had moved from Japan. He became pretty famous in Japan and had to move there to do business. He didn't think he'd see the boy again after that, since they hadn't spoken. 

"I'm at my studio, doing what I do best." He chuckled as TAemin gasped.

"You have your own studio hyung?! I want to see it!"

"No problem. I'll text you the address and you can meet me here. I'll clean myself up and we can go grab some drinks or something." 

"Hell yeah! I'm back in Korea for a couple of years on break so I'm definitely going to be getting some steps in with my favorite hyung. "

Hoseok laughed as he walked to the locker room of his studio. "I'm glad to hear that. I thought you were gone for good, though." 

Taemin sucked his teeth. "Hell no, hyung. I'll always come back to Korea when I can. I love it here and plus my family and friends are here. Oh! I want you to hear some music I made too!"

"Oh shit, you're making music now?" Hoseok put his phone on speaker as he washed up a bit.

Taemin grinned. "Yeah, a producer heard me joking around and said I had a nice voice and wanted to use it for something so he did and since then I've been making songs but they are just for me. I haven't decided whether I want to come out as a singer." 

" You should Taemin. That'd be awesome. You'll get to travel the world too."

"Yeahhh. I will think more about it but right now I just want to see you hyung... and your studio." He laughed.

Hoseok laughed as well. "Okay well I'm going to finish washing up. Text me when you are here."

"Roger that, hyung." 

They hung up.

Hoseok smiled to himself. He couldn't wait to see his old friend. Taemin used to be so quiet but, now he seemed a little more talkative. Hobi wasn't complaining but it was a shocker. He dried his body off then grabbed the extra clothes he had in one of the lockers. It was simple black tee and gray sweats but he was sure they weren't about to do anything extravagant, besides, Taemin never cared to dress in more than sweats in a tee, himself.

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*Yes, I'm bringing my other baby into this story lol I'm excited!

This is Taemin in this story.*