Cupid Next Door [ YEONJI ]

Chapter Vingt-Trois

After Heeseung's incident, he hasn't really seen that girl anymore. He felt like she was avoiding him on purpose, which was quite weird because they barely knew each other. Once he finished talking to one of the backup dancers, Heeseung went to the practice room.

But he saw that someone was already using the place. The girl's moves were so mesmerizing and calming to the song. She almost didn't notice the guy sitting next to the door, staring at her. She turned towards him, shocked. She went to stop the music and then started the interrogation:

"What are you doing here?" Heeseung got closer to her since they were so far from each other. "I'm here to practice. But what are you doing here? Aren't you a vocal trainer?" He asked as he put his bag on the floor, next to the wall. "It doesn't matter if I am. I can still dance." She said with an attitude.

"Alright. Alright. Don't get mad, Karina." He said and went to put the song he was supposed to practice to. "You remember my name?" The girl said, shocked. "Of course I do. After all, you did save me from a head injury." He said as he was looking through the songs.

"Oh, yeah." Karina said as she remembered that event. "What are you practicing, anyway?" She changed the subject as she was watching him scroll through the songs. "I'm practicing for the new girl that is about to debut. Her name was... Minjeong? Yeah, Minjeong. But her stage name will be Winter."

"Hm... I see." She said right before Heeseung found the song and played it. "You can watch me if you want." He said and stepped a few meters back. Before Karina could say anything, the song started blasting.

She wasn't surprised to see how well Heeseung could dance. Well, he is a backup dancer after all. His moves were so clean that it felt like he was flying. Karina couldn't help but stare. And honestly, can you blame her? Such beauty and grace are rarely found.

She didn't even realize how fast the minutes passed and that the song was over. "So, what do you think?" Heeseung asked, making the girl snap back to reality. "I think that you're doing okay." She mocked him. "Pfft. You mean awesome? Because that's something I'd rather believe."

"Whatever." She picked up her bag and was about to leave when Heeseung spoke: "By the way, you were really awesome when you danced before." She stopped, but she didn't turn around. "Thanks." She said and left the room quickly.

Meanwhile, a thought kept on pressing Yeji. "Do I want to get married?" She whispered to herself, then sighed. "I don't even know what I want." She spoke out loud, making a few of her co-workers glare at her.

She turned her head and smiled, assuring them that she was fine. She continued on arranging some files when a hand touched her shoulder. "Yeji unnie..." She turned around to see her friend, Yuna, in tears. "Oh my god! Are you okay? What happened?"