seventeen imagines

prince • soonyoung

happy birthday to our prince, soonyoung! thank you so much for being an amazing dancer, choreographer, singer, rapper and for being you. seventeen wouldn't be the same without your silliness and we love you so much ❤️

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You stepped into the practice room and saw many people sitting on the floor. It was the first class and everyone seemed nervous.

You find an empty spot beside a boy near the back of the room. Smiling at the stranger, you sit down beside him. He returns a smile in return and you could see how friendly he was. His entire face smiled with him and it looked so genuine.

The boy beside you seemed very excited and anxious. His leg was bouncing up and down as he played with his fingers. A song seemed to be stuck in his head as he bopped his head around. He looked like a passionate dancer.

"Good afternoon everyone! I'll be your teacher! I hope everyone is ready to learn the art and mannerism of ballroom dancing! Could everyone form pairs and we'll get started." Your teachers clapped their hands together and let everyone choose their partners.

You watch as the people around you make pairs and turn towards the boy sitting beside you, "Would you like to be partners?"

He looks at you and nods, "Sure! I'm Soonyoung!" The excited boy introduces himself to you, his entire face smiling again.

"I'm Y/N! I've never tried this before and I'm very excited." The two of you stood up as everyone found a spot in the room to learn.

Soonyoung nods, "Me too! I took this class because I wanted to improve my dancing and become a well rounded dancer."

You nod your head in understandment, "That's really great of you. I just took this class because I love to dance and I wanted to try something new."

He nods at your response and the two of you listen to your first instructions.

"Okay class, lets start off with the proper way to escort your partner onto the dance floor."

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As the weeks went by, you and Soonyoung became good friends. Your personalities playing off of each other got the two of you in trouble numerous times.  Both of you would make each other laugh during the lesson and make funny faces while dancing. But you both always seemed to act serious when it was time for events and evaluations.

When you weren't goofing off together in class, the two of you would put your everything into dancing. You would intently listen and watch your teachers demonstrate the dance. As they taught, you would remember their tips and make sure you put it into your dancing.

As you two were learning how to ballroom dance, Soonyoung found himself unable to do it. He couldn't slow down his movements and put the emotion into his steps. The boy was so used to high energy performances and powerful movements. He never tried to slow dance before in a routine and didn't know how to.

He was very frustrated with himself and would always grumble to himself when he couldn't get the choreography down.

Being his partner, you could see the frustration in his movements. From the way he held you to the steps he would take, Soonyoung couldn't get it down. You tried to help him as much as you could. The two of you would stay after class to practice some more and help Soonyoung with the dance. You would count out the steps for him and watch him in the mirror. You tried to point out parts of the dance where he was lacking and tried to help him put more emotions into his dancing.

As the classes went on and your partner still couldn't get the style of dance down, you thought of an idea during class.

"Salsa!" Your teachers called out as everyone got into positions.