"Are you nervous for our first dance class? Cause i am." Jennys voice sounded a bit anxious but there was a hint of excitement.
"Me too.. i wonder what type of dance we will do." Jasmin answered as they entered the practice room. A few other girls were already gathered there, clearly not pleased about seeing them. This demenour changed in an instant though, when the 7 guys made an entrance.
"Hi Sunghoon!" "I like your shirt, Jay!" "Your hair looks especially nice today, Ni-ki!"
Jenny rolled her eyes at their pathetic attempts of catching their attention. She despised people who desperately tried to climb the popularity ranking by being fake, even though it was amusing to observe sometimes, how they got rejected or straight up ignored.
The group greeted each other, excited that they got put into the same dance class.
"This will be so much fun!" Sunoo expressed happily with everyone agreeing. Except Sunghoon of course. He just mumbled something about how he hoped this will be over soon.
The teacher got everyone's attention by clapping twice. Although he was a middle-aged man, his aura felt very young. He wore a pair of navy sweatpants and a matching hoodie, his hair styled in a half bun.
"Good morning class! My name is Mr. Wren and i am so excited to introduce myself as your dance teacher for this semester. I have a cool project planned for you and i am sure you'll be thrilled to participate! Everybody get up and place yourselves into three rows. We'll start with some warming up exercises!"
After finishing with the exercises Mr. Wren begins explaining the project:
"Everybody listen up! For the new students here that are not aware: There will be an annual school event held on December 2nd with a colorful program ranging from an art gallery to a dance competition which this dance class will contribute to! I will put you in teams of two, based on how i think your vibes and energy will fit together when dancing. Every team will get assigned a song and will create a choreography to compete with in the competition. I expect everyone to be committed to this project, as your motivation and progress will influence your grade. To determine the duos i will teach you a simple choreography. Any questions?"
"Yeah. Why can't we choose our partner ourselves? Seems a bit excessive to learn a choreography just for the sake of comparing us." Jake exclaimed.
"I understand your point but i have my methods. I will not change my mind on that. Now, everbody! Watch and learn."
Everyone sighs and reluctantly repeats the teachers moves. The dance class extended over a few hours until finally, the teacher was happy.
"Good. I think everyone has the dance moves down. I want pairs of four." Mr. Wren looks around. "Heeseung, Lilly, Jasmin, Sunghoon. You're up first. Show me what you got."
Jasmin gets up nervously from the floor, locking eyes with Jenny, pleading for emotional support. Jenny crossed her fingers, gave her a reassuring smile and mouthed the words "You got this!".
The four positioned themselves in a row, waiting for Mr. Wren to press play.
When the first beat of Gata Only started playing, everyone's body instinctively popped into the first move. It took a few seconds for Jasmin to adjust to the fact that everyone was looking at her but once she found her confidence, she fully committed to the choreography, her body moving through every movement with ease.
As they hit the end pose everyone claps enthusiatically. Jenny looks proudly at Jasmin as she didn't mess up one bit and excelled at the task. The teacher calls up the next four people which were Jungwon, Jenny, Sunoo and Lina.
After everyone had their chance to dance the choreography the teacher clapped proudly.
"You guys learn really fast and precisely. Good job everyone. Before i can dismiss you, i will announce the teams." Excited mumbles fill the room before the teacher interrupts as he looks at his notes.
"The teams are: Ni-ki and Lilly, Jenny and Jungwon, Lina and Heeseung, Jasmin and Sunghoon.." that's when Jasmin stopped listeninig. Before she could even form a thought, Sunghoon interrupted the teacher.
"Excuse me, did you just say i am teamed up with Jasmin? No chance. I want another partner"
Mr. Wren raised a brow: "Like i said. I have my methods of analyzing compatibility when it comes to dancing and it just so happenes that you two matched very well so i am not gonna change my decision and that's that." He continued listing the other teams but Jasmin didn't care. All she cared about right now, is the fact that she was teamed up with Sunghoon. The guy she didn't know how to feel about. But one thing was clear. He didn't like her and he wasn't about to make her forget about that.
"Now every team please come up to me, i will tell you your songs."
Sunghoon goes up to Mr. Wren with Jasmin reluctantly following him. "Let's see.. ah yes. You guys get 'Meddle About'by Chase Atlantic. I think it fits you guys well"
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Jasmins mouth was gaping. Out of all songs it had to be a sensual one meaning the choreography had to represent this feeling.
"Are you sure you can't give us another one?" she managed to get out.
Mr. Wren shook his head in response before redirecting his attention to the other duos, waiting to get their song.
Sunghoon rolled his eyes and stared coldly at her: "I expect you to think about some ideas for the choreography. I am not loosing this competition just because i have an incompetent partner, understood?"
"I am not the incompetent one of us two! At least i know how to be decent to another human being." she managed to counter.
He raised a brow in surprise. She never talked back to him in the weeks before."Tomorrow after school. Here." Before she could answer he already left the room, leaving her a bit dumbfounded.
Jenny approached her with a small proud grin. "I think he likes it when you talk back to him." This comment made the blood in her system shoot up into her cheeks, coloring them hot pink. "You're talking nonsense, Jenny!"
She just shrugs: "Anyways, which song did you guys get? Jungwon and i got Obvious by Fordo. I looovee that song!"
"What? You guys got such a cool dance song! We got.." Jasmin doesn't even wanna say it. "Meddle About.."
Jenny tried her hardest to not burst into laughter, the irony of the two people that didn't like each other very much getting such an intimate song was just too good in her eyes. Jasmin hit her shoulder with a displeased expression trying to make her stop.
"I'm sorry, i'm sorry! I'm sure you two will manage it somehow, i mean you're both great dancers and to be honest, i see why Mr. Wren teamed you guys up. Your movements looked really cohesive."
Maybe it wasn't gonna be too bad. I mean, what could possibly happen if you make these two work together?
