7 + 1 Talents ♪ KTH

Chapter 6 / Practise

Jimin raised an eyebrow. "Hyung, what's up with the sudden change?"

He gave a nervous chuckle. "I just thought it might be time for a little fresh style..."

"Fresh? You had it red before."

He shrugged and sat down next to his best friend. He took the plate with a thick stack of pancakes from Jin, who had put it to the side for him.

We all ate our breakfast and I quickly did the dishes since I had everything packed already.

Yoongi got the car in front of the mansion and I squeezed between Hobi and Jimin. The ride was pretty short, not much longer than five minutes. Good to know that the dance studio wasn't far away.

That way I could maybe even walk there when I needed to practice more on my own.

On the door we were greeted by some trainees. Those girls already looked talented. We took the second practice room to the left; it had a huge mirror covering the wall.

I was stunned. I mean, I trained a lot at home or in a dance club with other trainees. But the practice rooms were way smaller and didn't have a mirror.

I looked at Yoongi who was standing by my side, amused by my excitement.

"Oppa stop it!" I playfully punched his arm, while made him laugh.

The other guys came in behind us, all of them in baggy and comfortable clothing since practice can be hard, even if it is just dancing.

Jungkook wore a bucket hat, Taehyung a headband. Wow, those hyungs were stylish!

I myself wore some black and red cargo trousers along with a fitting shirt. Now I am stylish myself.

They all settled down across the room, while Namjoon took a clip board out of his backpack. Jin sat up a boom box which Hoseok connected his phone to.

The rest of them sat in the middle of the room, chatting about this and that.

I sat next to Jimin who gave me a good glare.

"Wow, look at you! You're all ready to learn the dance choreographies. You got good taste Seoyeonssi."

I smiled. All of them were so kind to me.

I looked over to Taehyung. He was still avoiding my gaze while his now red bangs swiftly brushed his forehead.

Hm, I guess he didn't want to talk to me.

But I didn't have time to think about it either when Namjoon finally walked over to us, still with his clip board.

"So guys, today's practice will be though. I hope you all packed a lot of drinks so you will stay hydrated. Cause today, Seoyeon has to learn the choreos and we all have to adjust to an eighth dancer."

His serious look and tone made me shiver. The Joony I got to know the past days was way nicer than that.

Jimin must have noticed my nervousness since he leaned closer. "Don't worry, practice just stresses him out every time." He whispered and gave me a friendly smile.

I guess that made sense. He really looked dense.

"I want two groups today. The tour is in quite some time, so I want Jiminie, Hobi, Kookie, Yoongi and Jin on training in the room down the hall. Me, Tae and Seoyeon will practice in another room for us. I got the song list for you here, the other one I'll take with me. I'll come to check on you at 11 am, and then we'll have some lunch outside and after that go back in here. Questions?"

I hesitantly raised my hand and all of the boys looked at me. Namjoon nodded to me to give me a sign to speak up.

"What about the singing thing? When you change the choreographies you must already know where to put me in the songs, right?"

He nodded. "I did yeah, but that'll come on another day. Today we specify on your dance skills to get you on our level."

I gave a quick nod and a slight bow of my head to excuse my curiosity.

He then faced the others again. "We'll see each other in about four hours."

The others quickly left the room along with some of the choreographies, leaving Namjoon, Taehyung and me behind. Joony walked over to the boom box and started to fiddle around on its buttons, seemingly trying to get this thing to work. I stood up to go help him, but when I walked past the red headed guy he shook his head.

"Don't. He'll just get mad. He doesn't like to ask for help, so he needs to figure this out by himself." He whispered.

I looked at him, surprised at his sudden interaction towards me after a whole hour of awkward silence after this morning's incident.

Instead of objecting I just gave in and sat down next to him on the wooden floor, watching Namjoon struggle.

It took him a good ten minutes to even get it to work, but then loud music blasted from it, reliving some of the thick tension in here.

He turned to us, mentioning us to stand up, which we did.

"We'll start with some simple stretching. Don't want anyone hurt because of tension in their muscles."

We followed his instructions clearly. The stretching was indeed good for my body.

I did a bridge, splits in all directions and other exercises until my connections popped. The music that was playing along the whole time was basically the morning radio, since Namjoon couldn't connect his phone on his own.

I watched the two men closely. It surprised me how bendable they were.

Of course they were trained dancers, but still.

Since Joony's face softened over the time we did our exercises, I gathered enough courage to offer my help for that speaker.

"Namjoon, uhhh... do you might need some help with the boom box?"

I looked over at Tae. He face palmed him, but made sure to make no noises so the other men would not notice, and to my own surprise he actually didn't.

Instead, he exhaled dramatically and threw his head back in frustration. I saw him pinching the bridge of his nose before he spoke.

"Ugh, fine..."

At the weirdly vulnerable sound of the man's voice Tae raised his head in a confused manner.

I bowed to Namjoon to thank him for the acceptation and went over to the device in front of the wall mirror. In its reflection I could see both of them glaring at me which gave me goosebumps.

I carefully took out my phone and connected the speaker over Bluetooth. It wasn't much of an effort, so I didn't fully understand Namjoons struggles about it.

I opened Spotify on my phone and picked a random play list with all sorts of BTS songs, so Joony could pick out the ones he needed for the practice.

Once I made sure the speaker really did work I turned to them, giving the older one a questioning glare which he immediately understood.

"Let's try 'Spring Day'."

I turned on the music and increased the volume.

Namjoon and Taehyung were good teachers, since they showed me every move, even the tricky ones with so much patience and care.

After good one and a half hours I could do the dance perfectly, while always silently mouthing the lines that were now mine in the song.

When we finished the about 83th go- through, it was finally 11 am.

Lunch time~