Highway to your Heart || Haechan ||

twelve

Iseul walked into the theater after Ten, Taeyong and Kun to find the stage already full with students stretching or chatting while waiting for them.

Placing her bag down on a chair in the first row she followed the three men up on the stage to formally greet all actors and introduce herself to those that she doesn't know yet.

"Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the first full length run trough of the whole piece!" Claps were heard as Ten spoke up first and explained the rough concept of what they'd be doing that day.

"For those who haven't had the opportunity to meet her yet let me introduce our writer Shin Iseul, who has also been filming your practices so far and busily works on the musical behind the scenes."

Another round of applause greeted the girl who only bowed and thanked everyone for participating and making her work into something even more impactful and grand.

"Let's introduce our main actors too since they'll be carrying the emotional aspect of the musical on their shoulders. This is Baek Youngmi who will play the female lead." Taeyong gestured towards a pretty girl with whom Iseul shook hands and wished luck to for the upcoming performances.

As expected the girl didn't look like her at all with her long dyed platinum blonde hair and thin but curvy figure, somehow perfectly fitting the american girl vibes though.

"And our male lead Lee Donghyuck. Hyuck? Is he here?"

"He's still stuck in class with professor Kim!" A blue haired guy called over to which Kun only sighed before whispering that it could take a while for the boy to escape knowing that professor too well.

"Okay, if that's the case then we'll just start without him and hopefully he'll arrive in time for his first scene!" Ten announced before the four of them retreated from the stage into the first row and let the group prepare themselves for their performance.

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Donghyuck was annoyed when he finally left the classroom well aware how late he was for the rehearsal, walking straight inside and up the steps on the side of the stage without paying attention to the four that watched the scene that was performed intently.

He threw his bag on the chair in their little lounge area and started stretching while talking to himself to warm up his voice.

"Ah, Hyuck arrived." Kun pointed out as he saw the boy disappear behind the curtain just in time for the next scene.

"Let's stop and do some corrections before proceeding to the next scene!" Ten said and climbed on the stage to discuss something with Jisung about changing formations up and correcting moves while Iseul focused on the big picture.

"Can we try seeing how it would look like if you spread out more during the part where the solo dances are?" She suggested and replayed the video she took to show the two guys what she meant and receiving nods.

Thanks to the small suggestions here and there the tan boy gained more than enough time to both warm up and cool his head down after the stressful lecture he had before this.

He walked over to the curtain and peeped out to spot Jisung leaning over someone and intensely staring at a camera screen while talking with the shorter person beside him in hushed voices.

"Okay, we're good to continue. Is Hyuck ready?"

The tan male shouted a high pitched okay that made several of his co-actors giggle before the sign to start was given to them and he transformed into Haechan completely.

Iseul was still wondering why Jisung said sorry earlier and asked her not to kill him because of this when her eyes spotted the familiar male walk out on the stage unaware of her identity hidden under the medical mask she decided to wear after barely recovering from a bad cold.

Her eyes widened as they followed the scene unfold itself with such an uncanny similarity to her actual memories that she didn't even hear the man beside her introduce the male lead or see his knowing smile after her lack of response.

Donghyuck didn't pay attention to the audience and flawlessly executed every step, every note and every sentence as if it were his own actions, which they indeed were in a way.

Finishing the scene they were once again stopped and now he could look at the mysterious person whom he's been dying to meet for a month already only to recognize her as the person he saw last time at the SNU theater.

He also didn't miss the little interaction between the girl and Jisung when the boy was grabbed in a headlock and probably threatened for a mistake that he must have made, smiling slightly until his eyes met Jisung's and a weird feeling appeared in his stomach.