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chapter 22 | wee woo

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"another minute and we would have missed it," jinyoung let out a shaky breath, being the last one to hop onto the bus as he took a seat beside mark.

behind him jaebum finally relaxed, heaving a tiring sigh as he dropped his head onto youngjae's shoulder to his left. "you okay?" the younger boy murmured as the other shut his eyes close, humming a soft 'yeah' in response.

the hired coach was a reasonable form of transportation for the big group of jyp trainees. seats of two lined in rows and almost every place was taken. surprisingly it wasn't as noisy as expected, as for most were accompanied by earphones and morning drowsiness.

an exception to this was a trio of yugyeom, bambam and jackson who were deliberately pushed to the back of the bus beside some 5live members, knowing that they were the loudest bunch.

the boys were fighting over the window seat when jyp walked in with a staff who ticked everyone off and handed badges with their company name.

"good morning guys," jyp looked around the bus with a smile, "we've got a long journey and a hard day ahead of us, so sleep now as much as you can and work it off when we get there. but before we leave, i just want to give a couple of precautions. there is going to be a timetable which you will follow accordingly, it is expected of you to be exact on time with your team. when you are not in a class, you are allowed to wander around, but not leave the building. now, enjoy the ride and let your practices pay off. jyp hwaiting!" he cheered and the rest joined.

with that, he took a seat by the top and bus driver turned on the ignition. with a stuttering pull, the vehicle began to move out of its parking lot and into the early busy city.

youngjae gazed through the window as jaebum played with his hands. it was comforting, this unspeakable closeness between them. turning his head, the younger leaned deeper into jaebum's side as they both shared earphones that emitted from the older's travelling-vibe-mood playlist.

and with that, the pair slumbered into a sense of sleep which felt like waking up every minute from jackson's scream in the background or bambam's attempt on singing along to a bigbang song.

"hey, vocal-line couple, get up, we're here," yugyeom poked his hyungs as they untangled themselves from each other.

"vocal-line couple?" youngjae asked with another series of yawns.

"i like the sound of that," jaebum mumbled instead.

"of course you do," jinyoung rolled his eyes with a smirk.

taking turns, everyone slipped out from the bus and into the gleaming sunshine that struck winds onto the pavement. it was decently warm for a weekend morning as they grabbed onto their packed bags, and shuffled behind jyp as he lead them towards a building that youngjae recognised from memory.

his older brother goes to university down the road from here.

shaking away a couple of aspiring thoughts, the boy caught up to his group and took hold of jaebum's hand. at this point it became so natural that no one questioned it. though the older boy found it difficult to hide the arising smile that tugged his lips whenever youngjae intertwined their fingers or was simply by his side.

the inside of the building opened to a friendly reception which they passed easily and trudged further down a corridor that revealed a mass area of open space.

"this is the dance studio wing," jyp told them, moving onwards fast enough as he demonstrated the locations of other places such as the vocal-demo rooms, cafeteria and personalised jyp fitting rooms that were spread into two between the male and female trainees.

finishing with that, he explained that everyone was arranged to assemble in the auditorium a couple of floors above, with that diving into smaller groups to fit into the elevators as they waited for their turns.

it was pretty crampled but still manageable as at least a bunch of ten entered the small space. it was a mix of staff, strangers and trainees. youngjae stood shoulder by shoulder with jaebum who looked down as he held onto the wall.

they still had at least three floors to go when the lift stopped and proceeded to open its doors as a person tried trudging through and stepping off.

seeing the situation, jaebum moved aside to let the stranger pass, resulting in him slipping chest into chest with youngjae as he wrapped his around the younger boy's lower back. a shiver ran down his fingertips as they were almost touching noses, staring at each other while holding their breaths at such proximity.

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recreation of that holy gif

written: august 14/15, 2017
published: september 6, 2017 (DAY6 OMG)

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