𝕃𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕠 [LEE KNOW]

18

Dance

When Minho was thrown into the survival show with less than a month of training period, he didn't really know what's the worst that could happen. He faced it with confidence and took the opportunity nobody else could have gotten. He took the risk, not expecting the struggles he would face. Especially as someone who had the shorted training period.

Passing the JYP dance within two weeks helped him be confident. There are other dancers that tool years to pass and he did it in less than a month. However, the aftermath of doing that made him loose an unhealthy amount of weight. Not to add the fact that he never received vocal nor rap trainings and was told to focus on his dancing instead.

He knew he wanted to be a vocalist. He liked singing and was confident in his own voice. Minho knew he was lacking behind the others knowing the fact that again, he barely trained. So, he took it up to himself to train harder for them, and for himself. He worked hard to improve his singing as well, despite being told to put dancing as his main priority.

Minho did not know what JYP was on when he already said he was a vocal based dancer and still made him rap.

When they debuted, he thought he could get over those problems but it seems as if he hasn't.

He wonders if Felix faced those problems as well. Minho knew Felix probably no longer does. And if he does, Felix could probably talk about it with one of them and feel better. Besides, Felix trained long, longer than he did and Felix can easily open up with his emotions.  He grew up with siblings, he was used to asking for help.

Minho wasn't like that.

He can't find it himself to ask for help from the others when he himself has been doing everything alone while growing up.

For the past few days, the ring in his finger has been his only comfort. He wanted to cry. He wanted to bawl out and let out all the pent-up emotions and exhaustion, but he couldn't. He wanted to let go of that restriction and just let himself go. But he can't find himself to do that.

Because Minho doesn't cry.

"Hyung, I think- no- we think something's wrong with Minho hyung." Jeongin hurriedly informed Chan the moment Minho left to practice his unit dance with one of the Aespa members.

"Huh? What do you mean? Is he sick? Is he overworking himself?" Chan asked without taking a breath.

"He's-"

"Different?" Felix helped the struggling maknae to explain. "Hyung, trust us. Something is bothering hyung. No offence but his dark circles are more prominent these days."

"And I know it wasn't just because of recent schedules because he has been staying up late every night and thinks that we don't hear him." Seungmin added, after all, he was the first one who got to know Minho. He knew things about Minho that the others did not.

Chan sighed softly. He smiled at the younger ones before nodding. "We can't force him to open up to us. That will only push him away. Let's just show how much we love and support him for now. When he finally does tell us, let us not judge him for whatever it is, okay?"

Six other heads nodded.

"Hyung, Minho hyung will be okay, right? I don't want to lose him." Seungmin whispered to Chan.