Exotic Yoong

Worries

Worries

SuHo § YoonA

YoonHo

Heaving himself over the last flight of stairs, Suho made his way towards the door to the rooftop.  Today was EXO-K’s first day of their dance collaboration with Yoona-sunbae, things had not gone as well as he had hoped. During the parts that Sehun needed to dance with Yoona, the maknae would become extremely stiff, making it impossible for them to dance. To make matters worse, right after Yoona left for another schedule. Kai became his usual self and started bossing everyone around on their dances including Sehun-

“Suho-ah,” a familiar voice called out. He looked up, to his astonishment, there sat the very person he had been thinking about seconds ago sitting on the ledge of the building dangling her feet.

“Noona!” Suho yelped. “What are you doing here?”

Yoona chuckled. “Why do people keep asking me that?” she tilted her head to the side. “I could ask you the same thing.”

“Ahhhh,” Suho cringed, old habits die hard. “To clear my mind off…of some things.”

“Me too.” She stared back at him with a smile. Suho stood there, frozen to his spot. Her smile had been different from all the smiles he had seen on TV. It was beautiful…it was sincere and… it reached her eyes.

A comfortable silence formed between the two as both were deep in thought. For a brief moment Suho wandered if he should ask Yoona advice. The thought vanished as quickly as it came. No, noona wouldn’t want to listen to my troubles. Then there was also the fact she had never been a leader before.

“Do you want to talk about it?” Yoona prodded while swinging her legs like a child.

It sounded tempting, but Suho shook his head. “No, it’s alright.” He tried to sound polite. “I’ll think of something. Thanks.”

Chewing on her bottom lip, Yoona thought hard. “How about,” she shifted her body and jumped, landing right next to him.

On instinct he reached for her. “Noona!!” Their hands brushed briefly. His hand felt tingly all of a sudden. The pit of his stomach fluttered.

“I’m alright.” She adjusted her shirt.  “How about we each talk about our problems? You can go first.”

Suho contemplated. It would be alright…he might even have the chance to help out his sunbae with something. “Okay.” He nodded in agreement.

Yoona leaned against the ledge and waited.

“I…” He took a deep breath in, wondering just how much he should tell her. “I’m concerned for Sehun, it’s not like him to be like this. Normally, he’s a great dancer probably right behind Kai. But today… it was like he was dancing for the first time or something...” Suho released a sigh, already feeling slightly better. “Not all of us get as along as fans would think. It’s awkward in the dorms sometimes. I…I feel like this is all my fault. Sehun, Kai, everything.”

“Is that all?” Yoona smiled, he frowned. How could she laugh when he had just poured his heart out? “It just takes time.”

“Eh?” he blinked.

“It’s normal for groups to have problems in the beginning. It’s even normal to have a lot of fights but I think…” her face scrunched together as tried to find the right words to say. “you need to be firm with them. Punish them if they’ve done wrong. Compliment or reward them if they’ve done something right. As a leader you should be a mentor, a listener, and a friend. While they may have their differences at least they share a common ground, you. You’re their friend. Besides it takes time to form a brotherhood.” Yoona threw her head back in the air, laughing. Suho took a deep breath in, catching a waft of her perfume. She smelled like lavender and…strawberries. It was soothing. “Does that even make sense?” she asked, more to herself than him.

“Kind of?” Suho offered.

“It took us a year to get along with each other and a little longer to getting used to Seo baby’s old habits, but now she’s our baby. It just takes time that’s all.” She concluded with a simple smile. “As for Sehun I think I have an idea to help him out.” Yoona shot Suho a wink and stretched her limbs. “And do you want me to get Taemin for you?”

Suho gaped. “Wh-“

Yoona chuckled sheepishly, scratching the back of her neck. “My photo shoot finished earlier so I thought I could pop by and I saw Kai...”

“ordering everyone around.” Suho finished her sentence. Her head bobbed up and down. “Nah.” He waved a hand off dismissively. “I’ll come up with something.” They looked at each other and burst into laughter, laughing away their worries.

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Later on as Suho laid in his bed thinking of all the ways to break the ice between his members he remembered something. “Shoot!” He forgot to ask noona about her problems.