To The Dazzling You

Chapter 11

Sunoo sat down and placed his choco-mint milkshake in front of him. When he looked up, he saw Jungwon wrinkling his nose in disgust. He gave the younger a challenging look.

"This looks disgusting, hyung!"

"You have no clue, that's delicious!"

The older took a huge sip before letting out a satisfied hum.

"Right," Jungwon scoffed, "I have taste instead."

Sunoo rolled his eyes and continued to sip his drink in delight.

Moments later they both burst into giggles. Sunoo was so happy to have the younger by his side, not only for moments like these, but also for the time he spent with him during his heat.

A body suddenly plopped down next to Sunoo and a heavy head landed on his shoulder. It was Niki, who let out an exhausted sigh.

Sunoo patted his head soft while Jungwon stood up and walked to the counter, probably to order a drink for the youngest.

"Is Heeseung hyung giving you a hard time?"

Niki nodded, pouting.

Sunoo gave him another pat and leaned his own head on Niki's.

Jungwon came back with a drink and put it in front of the youngest.

"I mean, I know we have that duo stage and he wants it to be perfect, and I feel so honored that he choose me among everyone to do it with him, but it's SO HARD and SO MUCH and I just wanna sleep in for once," Niki complained before he reached for the cup of pumpkin spice latte and took a big sip.

The upcoming performance was a combination of dance and theater. It had the overall theme of Shakespeare and the play the theater department would show was Romeo and Juliet. The dance department would perform dance scenes in between, as a form of relaxation for the audience. The dance sections were danced by 4 to 8 dancers each, but one was just a duo performance. And Heeseung, who was set as one part of the duo as he was the dance team captain, had chosen Niki to be his partner. Many had been upset about the fact that Heeseung had chosen Niki - a student in his very first year, only months into his studies, but Heeseung had flipped them all off. He had argued that Niki was exceptionally talented when it came to performing arts. The others had continued to be upset, but Heeseung hadn't given a damn about it any more. Sunoo highly respected him for that. He himself had been glad that Heeseung hadn't chosen him, and he also saw how talented Niki was.

Sunoo was part of 4 out of the total of 6 dance stages that would be shown before, in between and after the acts of the play.

Niki put back his cup and cuddled closer to Sunoo.

"Today I had to get up at 6! It's Saturday and I had to get up AT SIX AM!!! And during the week I had to go to the dance studio before my lessons, so I had to get up at 4! FOUR!!"

Niki whined some more and sniffed for good measure. Sunoo and Jungwon gave each other understanding looks, already thinking what they could do for the younger when that stressful time was over.

Suddenly, Niki sat up straight, making Sunoo jump up in surprise.

"Sunoo hyung!!"

"Yes?"

The older looked at him, confused from the sudden outburst.

"Your appointment? How did it go? You didn't call us yesterday afterwards?!"

"True," Jungwon piped up, "that's why we wanted to meet today, too! What did the doc say?"

"Ah, well..."