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Chapter Three: Please, Don't (Pt. 2)

A/N: I'm okay 👁️👄👁️

Eunmi enters the room, exchanging greetings with Jisuk before making her way to the front.

"We have a lot to do today, so I need everyone to focus." She says. The boys stand in a line, facing her.

"Heeseung and Jake... we need to work on your part. And..." She looks down at her clipboard, skimming over the words, "Ni-ki. We're going to work on your vocal parts too."

"The rest of you can come over here, Jamie and I are going to be working on your solo moves." Jisuk says, gesturing towards the stranger in the room.

"Hi, I'm Jamie." She says, bowing slightly. The boys bow back and then move to opposite sides of the room. Jamie and Jisuk split the four boys into pairs based on their choreography.

Sunoo and Jungwon are guided by Jamie to stand back to back while Jisuk instructs Jay and Sunghoon to face each other. Sunghoon glances over Jay's shoulder, watching Sunoo behind him. He watches Sunoo bring his hand to his neck and leans his head back to meet Jungwon's. Sunghoon swallows and tears his eyes away. He meets Jay's eyes and Jay lifts an eyebrow.

"Focus." Jay mouths.

Jisuk sighs and turns the tablet screen around to show the pair the choreography. Sunghoon and Jay's eyes widen in unison. Jay takes a step back and shakes his head. It was only a short segment towards the end, but...

"Isn't that... Do we have to get so close? It looks... intimate." Jay voices, staring at the screen in disgust.

"And... how are we supposed to sing if we're covering each other's mouths?" Sunghoon asks, his arms crossed as he looks up at Jisuk.

"This is the dance chosen by the company. All I can do is teach it to you." Jisuk says, "And to answer your question, Sunghoon... if you look closer, your hands aren't actually touching the mouth. It's just hovering."

"It looks like kissing." Jay grumbles.

"I think it's supposed to. The song is about a forbidden...longing." Jisuk shakes his head, "I'm glad I'm not the one that has to perform it, that's all I'm going to say."

"I'm going to die." Jay groans, watching the moves again.

"It's short... only a few seconds. Just... we just gotta push through it and get it over with. It's only one performance anyway." Jisuk tries to cheer them up but he never was really good at lying.

Sunghoon watched the short segment over and over again. The dance matched the lyrics and the overall feel of the song well. It was only uncomfortable because it was Jay he was doing the move with. If it was Sunoo... no. It would be even more embarrassing with Sunoo.