Stay - Yang Jungwon 양 정원

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄

Quickly after deciding on parts, Heeseung started leading dance practice. He really was acting like a dance teacher, turning around every time and analyzing all of us before pointing something out. Niki and I even stepped in every so often to help with a difficult move.

However, after a couple of hours, I noticed some of the boys struggling, especially Youngbin and Jake who were in the back.

"Heeseung?" I said quietly as he went to play the music yet again. Honestly, even I was getting tired of this song. Mind you, it's been one day.

"Yeah, Chaeri?"

I fidgeted with the hem of my shirt, "Should we take a quick break? A lot of the guys seem a little tired," I muttered as Youngbin complained it was too fast, covering it with a laugh.

Surprisingly Heeseung agreed, "Sure, that's probably a good idea honestly," He turned to everyone, "Alright guys, we can take a break now!" Both of us laugh when at those words, half of them dramatically collapse on the floor.

"Wait, wait, guys, we should do freestyle battle! Daniel can beatbox!" Nicholas suggested, patting Daniel's shoulders. All of us were surprised by the maknae's talent, 'ooo-'ing as he sheepishly looked away.

I stood next to Jungwon as we watched Daniel start to beatbox, "Hey, Jay! Hey, Jay!" We all cheered as Jay took the center first. Giving off a cool finish from his freestyle dance, resulting in Daniel falling on the floor.

After Niki and Nicholas took their turns, Jungwon patted my back, "Chaeri, can you freestyle?" He asked mischief in his eyes.

I quickly held his hand away, "Oh no! Don't you even think about it! I cannot freestyle!" I argued, holding up my arms into an X. Jungwon only laughed. I then noticed Sunghoon, Jake, and Youngbin in the corner. "Jakey~ You guys wanna join?" I asked.

I guess I triggered something as the boys moved towards Sunghoon, Jake, and Younbin, somehow convincing Sunghoon to start freestyling, despite him saying he can't. But we were all impressed as he got into it, making all the boys go crazy.

"Okay, guys! We need to start again," Heeseung reminded us when the boys were about to start another round. Seemingly energized again, they all complied and went back into our formations with Heeseung as the lead.

Everything was going well in the chorus until we got to the second line. It was the part where we had to move our arms interchangeably in front of us. I frowned when I noticed Heeseung moving his arm more perpendicularly to his shoulders, different than how Niki and I were dancing.

"It's to the side?" K asked, noticing the change.

"You do it to the front," Youngbin clarified, showing the move how it was in the video.

Geonu stopped dancing, "Is it to the front or to the side?" I looked at Niki. He and I both shared the same confused look.

"Guys, let's watch the video," Niki suggested running to the table in the back.

Everyone crowded around Niki, including me as we watched the video. As I thought, the dancer was moving his arms in front of his body, rather than at his sides, pivoting at the elbows. "It's like that to be exact, but the movement is too difficult," Heeseung explained.

"That's okay, we don't have to rush practicing it," I said calmly, "We still have a week. It's one move."

Heeseung ignored me, however, making me internally sigh. "It's originally like this," He said, showing the actual move, "But if we want to look cleaner, we should do it sideways," Heeseung suggested. I get where he was coming from, and he did have more training experience than Niki and I, but we're doing a cover, we should respect the original. I started messing up during the chorus since it wasn't how my body remembered practicing. For me, it felt awkward dancing this way, some of the guys seemed to think so too.