(ON HOLD) Signs of Destruction // Chanyeol + Ot9

III - Practise

Sweat and hard panting had made the mirrors steamy, as the nine young men followed precisely on the steps of the dance instructor in their new song's pace. They had been practising for over three hours already, allowing themselves only a few small breaks of gulping down the cool water from the bottles, refilling them after that before continuing again.

When it was finally time for a longer break, they all collapsed on the floor some crawling to sit against the walls and mirrors, some staying in the middle of the floor. Chanyeol slumbed down to a corner against the mirror, immediately starting to chuck down his water, gazing at the other members who were some smiling from the exhausting but successful training.

Chanyeol heard a thump next to him, and saw Jongdae sitting down next to him with a mischievous smirk, before tackling Chanyeol on the floor, starting to tickle him. Even though they were exhausted, they still had the energy to play around. Or well, Jongdae at least.

"Oh c'mon Jongdae!! Aren't you tired at all?" Chanyeol groaned between the small laughs he let out while squirming on the ground, before rolling around, locking Jongdae under him, starting to attack him back.

"Ahhh Chanyeol get off! You're so heavy!!" The few months older boy chuckled from under the taller one, pushing his chest lightly. The taller one gladly let the smaller one roll them over again, so that he was now under the latter. "Awwwweeh look how squishy you are!" The older exclaimed, pinching the younger's cheeks and stomach a bit as he continued to tickle him, but the younger boy's smile was slowly fading. He tried to keep it up as much as possible, but something in the older's words made him uncomfortable.

We always joked around like this, it wasn't anything special, and I shouldn't think of it as anything special right?

"Yahhh Jongdae you're no better!" Sehun suddenly exlaimed from the other side of the room, making everyone laugh.

"I know I know, but Chanyeol's a giant!" The smaller one, now sitting in front of Chanyeol, whined looking at Sehun with a fake pout.

"Yah he's a lot taller than you! And has a lot of muscles, can you see those guns?!" Sehun exlaimed, making everyone laugh again, and Chanyeol give a smile to Sehun for defending him, even though it was normal for them to make fun of each other.

But why does it bother me then? I should just forget what they said, they were just playing around right? This surely has nothing to do with the fans' comments right?

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After a few more hours of practising, they were finally going to have something to eat. Holding onto each other they dragged their tired feet to the van, which took them to the dorm. They had 1.5 hours time to get changed and make food, until they'd leave for vocal practise, or work on the other new songs. They'd be coming back with a few songs during the next summer, and only one of the main songs was ready. Even though they had a lot of help from outside the band, a few members still wanted to be part of the producing process. That including Chanyeol.

Once they got back to the dorm, there was a competition of who would get to shower first and where. The youngest ones got to go first, of course, Sehun running upstairs to the private shower whereas Jongin and Kyungsoo got the downstairs' showers. Junmyeon and Yixing headed to the kitchen, leaving Chanyeol, Baekhyun, Minseok and Jongdae in the middle of the hall without no actual chore to do. They all looked at each other, before Jongdae shrugged and headed towards his room. And so did the others too.

Chanyeol went straight to his wardrobe, taking out some clean clothes before slipping into the bathroom after Sehun exited, and before anyone else could take his place. He placed his clothes on the floor beside the toilet and stepped into the shower. The warm water caressed his skin softly, washing away the sweat, relaxing his muscles. He stepped out of the shower as he heard a knock from the door, rushing him out, and dried himself, examining his tanned form from the mirror.

The comments he had read, which Jongdae's words had confirmed, came back to him clearer than ever. He moved his hand on his stomach. Yeah maybe he wasn't that lean as Sehun, and he might be just a little chubby, but surely he wasn't that fat. Right?

"Chanyeol c'mon! The food is ready already, Yixing and Junmyeon also have to shower!" Minseok shouted from the other side of the door, and Chanyeol hurriedly tied the towel around his hips, instantly regretting it, but having no time to change, before he rushed out of the bathroom.

"Sorry, I zoned out, I'll go to eat now!" Chanyeol flashed a smile to the older one, who looked at him a little strangely as he went to get himself cleaned.

Chanyeol quickly changed his clothes, taking his phone with him as he ran down the stairs, only to meet eyes with surprised Junmyeon. He flashed another smile to the other, and plopped down on one of the kitchen chairs, opening twitter to read through the fans comments, while taking food on his plate.

There were a lot of positive comments, but the tall boy still found himself lessening the amount of food he took, each time he came across a nasty comment.