jumil/jujae : drink it.

eight : secret persona.

juyeon entered the dance studio, it was afternoon and he was asked to come over as soon as possible. he quickly got onto the elevator, wondering why he was called in for, both his palms sweaty, he just hoped it wasn't bad news. entering the studio, he was greeted with the presence of their choreographer, sunwoo, and 6 other faces he didn't know. there was another person that he did recognize, but he couldn't catch it on first glance. " you are juyeon right? nice to meet you. i am lim young, their teacher, and that's sangyeon, jacob, sunwoo, haknyeon, kevin, eric and changmin. " he did the introductions.

" i really liked your performance, i've never done this before but you are directly added to the group. we usually have newbies do a second round of performance just to analyze their skills some extra, but i believe you won't be needing that." juyeon smiled, he was proud of himself. he has been hearing he was a good dancer all his life, but it felt different to hear it from someone so professional and well inversed in the art.

" don't get too ahead of yourself, juyeon. " he warned, noticing juyeon's cheeky smile.

" i'm assigning you as the main dancer along with changmin. good luck. " juyeon's eyes turned to the group sitting behind the man. changmin, who was fighting with sunwoo over a cookie, quickly turned to juyeon to pass a small wave upon the mention of his name. "i'll leave so you guys can get along, okay? " the choreographer seemed to be in a hurry as he left the room.

" wow, jacob. how are you? " says juyeon, heading towards the one person he already knew. " how do you know jacob? " sunwoo asks. " oh, we played basketball together. he was my neighbour for a while. " kevin smiled, standing up and offering him a handshake as the others did too. " i'm sorry i just have to ask, are you single? " haknyeon questions, catching others by suprise. " uh....yes and no? i mean, i have someone in mind. we've been talking. " answered juyeon, as politely as he could. " he's into hyunjae. " sunwoo said. " oh hyunjae? yeah that dude's a menace. " haknyeon laughed.

" a menace? " juyeon repeated after him, confused. through the corner of his eye, he noticed sunwoo trying to shush haknyeon up into talking about it, but he did anyways. " we went to the same school, but i was never close with him. he was kinda creepy, always sitting quietly and scribbling something in his notebook. i remember him punching a guy and getting in trouble once. but overall, he was a pretty chill dude. " juyeon raised an eyebrow after hearing haknyeon's experience. " uh anyways, we should all leave, right? you can take your leave, juyeon. we will start our practice next week. " sunwoo said, in an unstable tone, stammering in between. juyeon smiled and bowed to the elder members before leaving.

his mind did leave the room, but the thought of haknyeon's words didn't. walking the way back, all he could wonder was how come the hyunjae he knew, was so much more different than the one haknyeon remembers. he knew it was hyunjae's personal business, but the reason for his curiosity was simply because acting so secretive was out of character for hyunjae, atleast to the extent he knows the male.

" juyeon? " a voice called out to him, he turned around to see a familiar face, one that he does not know by name. " i'm younghoon, i think you've seen me at the bar? " juyeon opens his mouth, laughing as he nodded his head, offering a handshake to the taller male. " hyunjae's best friend right? i've heard lots about you. " he recalls. " you're right about that. " younghoon smiled. " so, how are you here? " he asked, " oh. i joined a dance team around here. thanks to hyunjae. " younghoon eyes widened hearing juyeon's reply, he broke out a smile as he asked, " so you're on the same team as sunwoo? that's sick man. " he praised, tapping  juyeon's shoulder. juyeon returned the gesture with a smile.

juyeon nodded, staring at younghoon. as he did, he noticed how handsome he really was. he had the type of face any man would kill for. his face resembled the stereotypical korean pretty boy, but he looked so boyish and so manly, along with a pinch of elegance and pretty smile lines with eyes that sparkled. as the sun shined above them and pointed it's rays right through younghoon's face, he noticed his beautiful dark brown eyes, which quickly got covered by the shadow of younghoon's hand, placing it on his face to avoid the sunlight.

" well if you don't mind, i have to go so see you later? " juyeon said, getting ready to turn around and leave. " aren't you going to ask me? " younghoon questions, his slight smile never leaving his face.

" ask you...what? " juyeon dragged his sentence, confused.

younghoon looked down and sighed. " it's your day off, right? let's grab some coffee. i know a nice place around here. it's my treat, you can repay me with your time. "

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the two males walked on the sidelines of the park, with coffees in hand and accompanied by a  silence that was, soon enough, interrupted by younghoon. " hyunjae told me, about you meeting sunwoo. i missed him so i dropped by to check on him. sunwoo alerted me about what haknyeon told you. you know, highschool hyunjae. so i rushed after you. " juyeon squinted, he really didn't want to know where this was going. " so what do you want to tell me, exactly? " younghoon looked towards juyeon, his steps becoming slower before coming to a stop.

" don't misunderstand haknyeon. i get it, it may come off as kind of creepy and i totally get you. but hyunjae in high school was going through a lot. i can reassure you though, he didn't hurt anyone. except that one guy he punched which he deeply regretted and even apologized for. it's just that his family was-" younghoon stopped. taking a look at juyeon's face, and continuing " anyways i just wanted to clear it up. " juyeon's eyes squinted deeper when he noticed younghoon couldn't finish the sentence he started. " so, you're telling me this because you're scared that i will lose interest in hyunjae because of the way he was in highschool? "

" if i have to lie, then no. but if you want the truth, to some degree, yes. you know, well, it's kinda creepy. i'm just scared it'll give u the ick. "

juyeon chuckled. " it's fine, younghoon. i understand. but i like hyunjae however he is. and i can only hope he likes me too. "

" oh, he sure does. " younghoon mumbled under his breath.

" what? "

" uh, nothing! i have a lecture in like an hour. got to go, thank you for your time! " younghoon said, already turning away.

" younghoon, you're an amazing friend. and a true one, at that. "

" hey, come on! i'm your friend now too. "

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me
hii how are you?
i met younghoon today near the dance studio haha

hyunjae <3
yoo really?
also i'm fine thanks for checking in
what did you guys talk about?

me
nothing much? lol
just about his college life and how he is doing, the basic.
i was kinda flustered cause he approached me first

hyunjae <3
oh i see !
yea younghoon is really friendly haha
i would love to keep chatting juyeon but there is this ugly ass new professor that we gotta entertain
i'll catch up with ya later! have a nice day

me
you too cutie :)
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