Stay - Yang Jungwon 양 정원

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘-𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄

After everyone woke up, we had lunch together and then went downstairs again to start learning the choreography. We decided to start with the chorus part. When we got to the body roll, there was a slight confusion about whether or not we had to clench our hands.

"I noticed the hands were like this," K said, showing his hands straight down. I frowned, I swear it was with fists. I guess not.

"Whatever we do, we should be in sync, no?" I asked, trying both ways.

Heeseung nodded, "For now—"

"But as for this," K continued, "if we're on beat and our angles are in sync, I think we can all be different," He suggested. Honestly, I didn't exactly agree. The whole dance was about connection and chemistry, so being in sync was one of the key points of the choreography videos. I didn't mind doing it either way, but I thought we should collectively decide on one move rather than just leaving it open.

"Chae, isn't it with the fists?" Jake asked quietly as Heeseung and K discussed what to do.

I nodded, "I'm pretty sure it is. Maybe I just forgot a detail," I shrugged.

"Do we do this twice?" Sunghoon asked, rolling his shoulder.

"It's once. In the video they did it once," I answered, showing him the video's way. This I was very sure about.

K shook his head in the mirror, "It's twice. One... two..." I tilted my head as I watched him do the move. With the beat, it looked a little off to me.

"Chaeri memorized it," Jake chimed. "Didn't you?" He asked, turning to me.

"Most of it," I hummed. "But the ending is still a little... iffy."

"How about we wrap it up once anyway?" Jungwon suggested. "It looks cleaner," He said, doing it once as well.

Heeseung nodded, "Oh yeah, that works well." K silently went to the wall and grabbed the tablet, scrolling back to the video. We gathered around, watching the video. I hummed when they reached the shoulder part. It was once. K let out a sigh, fidgeting with his hoodie strings. I could tell he wasn't happy about making a mistake.

"Let's leave this part alone for now, we can come back to it," I suggested, taking a step back. "K, take it from the very beginning and we can review what we already know." The suggestion didn't seem to help with his mood... his facial expression was still... he still looked pretty annoyed. I resisted the urge to sigh myself when K just closed the video and disregarded what I said.

Throughout the rest of practice, it was like walking on eggshells. No one really talked, it only be K or Heeseung calling the counts as we redid the chorus multiple times. After a couple of hours of practicing, Heeseung called for a break. But K just said he'd continue practicing.

"Ah, why?" I muttered, sensing that K wasn't in a happy mood with us or even himself.

"What, Chae?" Sunghoon asked.

I shook my head, "Nothing... Just tired," I excused.

Jake laughed, "You know it's getting bad, Hoon when she starts speaking French."

"Yeah, I'm sure you guys enjoyed your little nap, while I worked away in the kitchen," I teased.

"Hey! I helped you!" Jungwon protested.

"I made you help me. I'm pretty sure you would have just clung to me like a koala if it was your choice. Or maybe fall asleep on the counter," I said jokingly.

Heeseung shook his head, "I'm not even surprised."

"Are you guys going to take a break or...? Are you going to practice?" K asked, turning around. He did not look exactly happy.