"Take 5, and then we're running it again from the top!"
Got7 members groan with both dread and relief at their choreographer's instruction as they break the ending formation of their Look choreography. After running the dance 3 times in a row, the members are out of breath and about ready to collapse. Several of them mumble "thank you five" as they relax and gasp for breath, dispersing.
Yugyeom feels like he's going to die. Not only is the dance practice exhausting his body, but he's been so sleepy all day. He has been trying to keep his eyes from shutting during rehearsal. This is perhaps the first time in his life he's felt like he could fall asleep dancing. He lolls his head to the side to check the time on the wall clock.
"11:45 pm"
Yugyeom groans. They've been practicing for over 2 hours. He blinks several times as the sleepiness causes his eyes to droop and looks around for someone to pity him. He shuffles over to Jaebeom who is lounging on the black leather sofa in the corner with his eyes closed and his head leaning back against the wall.
"Jaeboem-hyung I'm tiiiired." Yugyeom whines, standing in front of his leader.
Jaebeom peeks one eye open to find his vision filled with his tall maknae. Yugyeom is blinking a lot, obviously struggling to keep his eyes open. Though his own body is aching from the nonstop dancing, he feels a pang of guilt for the youngest. As the leader, he feels responsible for not making sure that Yugyeom got enough sleep, or ate enough, or whatever was causing him to be so sleepy.
He closes his eye again and sighs.
"Do your best and finish practice well and you can take the first shower when we get home and then go straight to bed, okay?"
Yugyeom nods with his eyes closed and mumbles "straight to bed". When he forces his eyes open again, Jaeboem's are closed and he realizes that he will get no more attention here.
He checks the clock again.
"11:47"
He groans again, almost wishing that they hadn't taken a break because he just wants to get this over with and sleep.
He shuffles over to Jackson, who is leaning with his forearms on the wall and focusing on steadying his heartbeat.
Yugyeom knows exactly which tactic to use with him and whines "Ssuenie-hyung" while making sweater paws and rubbing his eyes.
Jackson pretends not to melt upon hearing the affectionate nickname and forgets all about his heart rate as he looks up in the direction of the distinctive nasally voice of their maknae. He can't hide his smile at the adorable sight of the tall boy rubbing his eyes.
"I'm sleepy, hyung." Yugyeom whines, dropping his hands and pouting.
"Aw" Jackson coos and reaches up to ruffle yugyeom's already-messy black hair. "It's okay we're almost done."
Jackson giggles as Yugyeom yawns in response,.
"Time's up. Starting positions!"
Jackson pats Yugyeom's butt as they jog back into starting positions and says "fighting!" just before the music starts.
They run the song two more times and even after Jackson's encouragement Yugyeom really doesn't think he can do it again. He almost fell over toward the end of the last run, too exhausted to execute his moves expertly, relying completely on muscle memory. He hopes the choreographer didn't notice as they hold the ending pose, gasping for breath as they wait for the choreographer to tell them whether they can go home or if they have to run it again.
