There is a name on his wrist, stark against his skin.
The black characters are clear and unmistakable: Choi Yeonjun.
Soobin swears.
All idols wear soulbands around their wrists to hide their soulmate's name: as idols there's an expectation to be sin...
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Two days later, at dance practice, Yeonjun lifts up his shirt to wipe the sweat from his face, revealing his abs, and Soobin misses his mouth when he takes a swig from his water bottle, drenching the front of his shirt.
Abs? Since when did Yeonjun have abs ? He was practically living in crop tops when they were doing Blue Hour promo and Soobin saw no hint of — Taehyun's eyes catch his in the mirror, grinning. Ah. Right. His unerring quest to get them all into the gym. He must have finally worn Yeonjun down, somehow.
So Yeonjun has abs now, fine. Lots of idols have abs. It's nothing new.
Soobin sighs and attempts to wring the water out of his shirt back into his bottle.
"Ew, hyung, what are you doing?" Beomgyu's staring at him like he's lost his mind. "Why are you putting your sweat—" he cuts himself off with a shriek when Soobin flicks some of the drops at him. "Hyung!"
Soobin grins, advancing on him. "Oh Beomgyu~ Come here~"
Beomgyu shrieks again, attempting to run away, but Soobin's got a longer reach and manages to grab the back of his shirt, dragging him back and under his arm. He gets Beomgyu's head against his chest, pressing his hand to the side of his face to smush it into the water spilled down his front.
"Ah, stop! Stop, hyung, you're so sweaty!"
There's laughter from some of the staff, and in the mirror Soobin sees one of the social media team grab a camera to start filming. Soobin makes sure to squish Beomgyu as much as he can against his chest so he looks as unattractive as possible - if that's even possible. Mildly less attractive, maybe.
He's so focused on Beomgyu he doesn't sense Taehyun coming up behind him before it's too late and there's a shock of cold water running down his back. Soobin swears, releasing Beomgyu immediately to turn on Taehyun, but Taehyun is much faster and darts back out of reach, grinning and waving his empty water bottle at him.
Soobin's eyes narrow. "You are so dead."
What follows is five minutes of absolute chaos, Soobin chasing Beomgyu and Taehyun around the practice room, half-empty water bottle in hand. He knows he's going to lose, especially when Kai gets caught by a few stray droplets of water and joins in the fray, but it's not really about getting revenge. It's a release of tension, a moment of reprieve after hours of rehearsals.
It finally ends when they back him against a wall, Taehyun and Kai pinning his arms to his sides as Beomgyu advances on him with a water bottle. Soobin tries to struggle but it accomplishes nothing - Taehyun has definitely been in the gym - and so he's powerless to do anything as the water bottle is emptied over his head.
It drenches him completely, plastering his hair to his forehead, sticking his eyelashes together and running down his cheeks to the edge of his jaw, soaking his shirt.
