Their New Future | BOOK 2 OF THE ANOMALY SAGA

CHAPTER 26

[continued from last chapter. dance practice room. 10pm]
"Stay on beat! Good, good. That was smooth! Okay, let's stop here." Baek-ho stopped dancing with Ryū and offered a water bottle which was happily accepted. Ryūjin was smiling widely, satisfied despite dancing for three hours straight. It was invigorating, and boy were they excited.

"I think you're the strongest dancer, huh, hyung?" Daehyun skipped over with a towel as he patted Ryū's sweaty forehead.

"I love dancing." They simply responded with a goofy grin, making the two men laugh.

"Go on, you two are free to go if you want. The other members should be coming soon so I'll start without you two."

"We'll be right back, Baekho-ssi!"

The two made their way out of the studio building to the convenience store across the street, both immediately going to the fridges in the back.

"Should we get something for the others? I don't know what they like yet, except for Jaebeom-ah who has a serious sweet tooth." Ryū called out, looking through the different types of iced coffee cans while Daehyun grabbed two baskets.

"Taehee-hyung likes everything except cucumbers and melons. Personally, I like tteokbokki and anything that's saucy." He threw a couple packets of the rice cakes in, "Minhyuk loves eggs and ramyeon, so get anything that's salty. Hmm, both him and Jaehwa are a lot like you and they're very big eaters so just grab what you like and you two can share."

Ryū nodded and grabbed three bentos, chucking several instant ramens and a dozen cups of ice and different flavour packets.

"Oh, grab some banana milk and steamed buns for Hwang-woo. Kid is an absolute twig." He jabbed at the kid and they both started teasing him, as the said teen got an itch in his nose back in the building.

[Back in the training room...]
"ha-HACHOO!" Zhao sneezed out of nowhere, startling the other members in the practice room and Minhyuk removed his shoe in the middle of the routine to throw at his head.

"HEY!"

"I didn't mean to!"

[Back at the convenience store...]
"Soojin and Hwang-woo also eat anything but they love snacks, Hwang-woo in particular loves Chinese food, as he would. He misses his mother's cooking, so she sends some of her recipes to him but he struggles making them. Make sure you hide any snacks that you have because they'll be gone within minutes." Daehyun sighed as he took Ryū's basket and gave them to the clerk to scan, looking at his phone. Meanwhile Ryū raised an eyebrow at a missing member he didn't mention.

"What about Yong-chae?"

Daehyun visibly grimaced and shook his head.

"Don't tell the others, but I think his contract is going to be terminated. I wouldn't get too close to him, even if you only just met him last night."

"How come?" They both left the store with several bags, though Daehyun stopped walking and looked around nervously before whispering to Ryū. Though, it was less nerves than it was caution.

"He's a jealous bully. He's... uh, homophobic, so he doesn't get along with Jaehwa, Soojin or Taehee and I doubt he likes you from how he was talking to me yesterday when you went to bed. Just keep your distance, for your own safety."