saturday - dance for me / lee daehwi

02: hugs

+ haeun

" what do you mean, 'dance for me'? " daehwi began, stopping in his tracks.

" i mean, the show must go on. i can't dance on stage during lunch within this condition. " i say, chuckling.

" but... i can't. it would be weird. standing in your place. "

" why? i can be there with you! " i say, walking closer towards the nurse's office.

" are you always this friendly with strangers? if i was some untrusted person, in which i am not, being this open with me would be very dangerous. " he says, changing the subject.

i sat on the bed in the nurse's office, waiting for the nurse to finish up what she was doing.

" well... as you have already said, you are a trusted person... and i was never open with you. i just acknowledged the things that you already know about me. and about working and practicing with you? i have already seen you dance in the school's practice room before. my friend had me watch you... do you want me to be mean to you? i could do that if you really want. " i say. he definitely thinks that i am a know-it-all at this point...

" aigoo... you be whatever you want around me. i am your new friend~ i'll get going now. nurse? please take care of her. she twisted her ankle. " daehwi says, waving to me before walking away.

" okay, hurry back to your class. " the nurse says, finally helping me.

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it was after school now. i was sitting in the practice room, waiting for my friends to arrive.

scrolling through my instagram, i sighed.

there's nothing interesting today...

" hello, haeun~ " justin sang happily, sliding onto the floor next to me.

" hey fam~ " lee woojin says chuckling.

" hi, dongaeng. " daniel says, patting my head.

" hi, weirdos. " i say, flicking woojin's forehead. " i'm not your fam. i'm your noona, where is the respect? "

" you act much younger than me at times so fight me, noona. " he says, bringing up his fists.

i shake my head with a chuckle.

" what happened to your ankle? is it alright? i ate lunch outside today. in class, everyone was talking about you hurting your ankle on stage! it's crazy! " justin says, laughing.

daniel was touching the medical tape thing that the nurse wrapped around it.

" you're so clumsy, goodness gracious. " he says, getting off of the floor.

" aish... at first i thought you were concerned with my well-being, but i guess not. i twisted it while dancing... " i say, sighing.

" then... why are we in the practice room? you can't dance like that. " woojin says.

" i don't know... i just feel stress-free in this room. "

" oh my gosh.... crap crap crap... daniel hyung! i gotta go! my mom is mad at me... i forgot that i had to get home early today for some dinner. come walk me home please~ " woojin suddenly says, yanking on daniel's sleeve.

" okay okay... take care dongsaeng~ " he says before leaving with the child.

" let's start with warm u--- oh. i'm sorry for interrupting you guys... we will be leaving now. " a classmate of mine named samuel says, walking into the room with another boy.

" it's alright... we can share... we aren't planning on dancing much. " i say, scratching my neck.

" oh yeah. i saw the accident. are you alright? " he says quietly.

the boy comes out from behind samuel, wide-eyed.

" oh! hey daehwi~ and i'm alright... thanks for asking. " i say, getting up slowly.

justin gets up, too.

" why are you suddenly standing? " he asks, trying to get me to sit down again.

i smile, waving at daehwi. he gives me a different feeling... he isn't extremely cautious of the popular person i am. he doesn't use me for who i am. he acts as though i am just another average student. it makes me happy. it's also the reason to why justin and i are friends. (daniel and woojin are my new friends that i met through dance and singing, btw.) justin had no idea of who i was because he always focused on him and his friends. one lunch time, he went on stage while i was performing and said that he wanted to use the stage with his friends and asked me to turn off my music. we were enemies at first, but when we were partnered in a project together, we became very close.

daehwi waved back, kind of weirded out because i randomly stood up just for that.

" justin, let's go to the music room instead. i wanna practice my singing today. " i say, grabbing onto his arm and walking out.

" let's all practice together! we could play with the instruments and practice our vocals! let's go, samuel. " daehwi suddenly says.

" but- but... i wanted to dance today! " he whines.

" tomorrow. " daehwi says, walking next to me.

" let's go? " daehwi says to me.

i nod, walking back to samuel.

" if you really want to dance... you can dance. i can try dancing with my ankle so you don't feel lonely. " i say with a smile.

" no.... ughhhhh let's just go. " he says, getting up and walking next to me.

daehwi skips to the spot that is on the other side me.

" ew. you left me for samuel? ew. " he says, rolling his eyes.

" actually.. i'm about to leave both of you for justin. byeeeeee~ " i say, limping next to justin who was in the front.

he put his arm around me.

" aw~ you're like a little puppy who only likes their trainer~ " justin says, squishing my cheek.

" more like 'aw~ you're like a loyal friend who would prefer her best friend over two new friends~' " i say, hugging onto him teasingly.

" yah! are you guys a couple or what?! " samuel says, laughing.

" no way! they are not a couple! they can't! justin's way out of her league anyway. " daehwi says, running up to me and hitting me in the head.

" they have better couple goals than the actual couples in this school, though. i ship it. " samuel says, kicking daehwi from behind.

" yah! i don't ship it! no! separate yourselves! " daehwi says, glaring at justin and i.

i continue to hug onto him with a small pout on my face.

justin laughs, patting my head.

" i don't think she wants to. " justin says, trying to pull me off.

" yah! " daehwi says, pulling me away from him with all his might.

" if i can't hug onto justin... can i hug onto you? " i say, hugging onto daehwi like a teddy bear.

" uhhhhhhh you can go back now. " he says, completely spaced out.

i laugh, releasing the hug and waddling a bit faster in front of the three.

" i'm gonna get to the music room first and get the piano before anyone else~ " i say, fastly limping down the hall, not caring about the teachers who might catch me or my injured ankle.

" haeun! don't do that! your ankle can get hurt mor-- "

" no way can you beat me! " daehwi screams, fast walking after me.

" and... i don't want the piano. " justin says. samuel nods.

" i'm gonna get there first and lock you guys out! " i say.

" okay nope, that's not going to happen. " samuel says, fast walking with justin.