fluid: haobin

3

"that's all for today! thank you so much for your work and i'll see you all tomorrow!"

hanbin waves to the class and the students all bow before going to the back to gather their belongings.

"hyung, thank you for today!"

gyuvin, ricky, and gunwook approach the teacher with broad smiles and give the older an energy drink, which the latter accepts.

"you guys all did a great job! i was impressed with how quick you picked up the movements."

"the tip was really helpful today," gunwook speaks up, maintaining eye contact with hanbin. "i think it made me stay conscious about my movement and my arms feel a lot less sore now."

"i'm glad, and if any of you guys need help, tell me anytime after practice and i'll be happy to help!"

and as the three walk away, hanbin sees a familiar figure outside the window from his peripheral vision but he wasn't alone.

"you should at least go to them. they were really worried and gyuvin even asked if i've heard anything from you," zhang hao rubs yujin's shoulders and gives an encouraging grin. "you don't need to say anything that you told me today. at least let them know you're ok."

the younger straightens out his jacket before running to his hyungs.

"hyungs!"

the trio turns around at the familiar voice and a figure falls onto gyuvin, surprising him.

"yujinnie! we missed you!" gunwook exclaims as he goes into the hug.

"where've you been all this time?!" ricky does the same.

"i'm sorry, i've just had to get some things in order," the youngest answers while fidgeting with his fingers. gyuvin reaches out and stops him from doing the action.

"you don't need to tell us until you're ready. for now, we're just happy to see you again," and it wouldn't be gyuvin if he didn't reach out to the yujin's cheeks and start squeezing them as he always does. "now c'mon! we're gonna go eat and we gotta feed our little bunny."

"hyungg," yujin complains but lets the older students drag him out.

"who's that?"

a voice surprised hao from the back and he relaxes when he just sees hanbin getting his backpack strap on his shoulders.

"oh you scared me," hao puts a hand to his heart. "that's yujin, the youngest of the crew."

"seems like he has a lot of doting hyungs around him," the teacher smiles from what he saw. "wait, if he's the youngest, then how old is he?"

"16."

"16?!!! i thought you had to be 17 to be on the team?!"

"this is his 2nd season with us. matthew actually scouted him out from a local talent show and you know good he is at finding potentials," the chinese smiles. "but you'll meet him tomorrow. anyways, how was practice today?"

"you didn't tell me that dance i did earlier was the routine! what would have happened if i couldn't do it and just went in there without knowing it?!"

"i had confidence you would do it," hao shrugs like it's no big deal. "matthew told me you're really good with picking up choreo really fast and i just wanted to see it in real life. what do you think about the crew?"