Neighbors // YoonMin

5: Friday

"Good luck Jiminie. You have Hoseok hyung up there with you so don't worry," Tae smiled and gave Jimin a huge hug. They backed away and did their 'secret' handshake, proud of not messing it up for once. 

Jimin giggled, "Thank you for coming, Tae."

"You know I always do."

"I know, I know. Now go take your seat, it's starting soon," Jimin smiled. 

Tae nodded, giving Jimin one last 'good luck' before running off to his ticket-assigned seat. Jimin inhaled to calm himself and then walked over to Hobi and the rest of the competition team. 

Hoseok was the leader, since he owned the company. Jimin was second in command since he helped Hobi make the team. Then there were the other five members. Dino, Hoshi, Wooyoung, Minho and Hyunjin. Each of them had formed a bond of sorts since joining the team. All of them were also amazing dancers who put a lot of work into practicing. 

Everyone except for Jimin and Hoseok were still getting costume touch ups. Jimin walked up and helped Wooyoung adjust his collar. 

"Thank you," Wooyoung said. He looked a little nervous. 

"Any time," Jimin smiled, "Don't worry about it, Woo. You'll do amazing just like you always do."

"I know... it's just that the guy I like came to watch," Wooyoung admitted with a small blush. 

Jimin raised his eyebrows teasingly, "Oooooo good thing we have a sexy concept then."

*****

All of the dance teams were lined up on the stage in the order that they competed. Hoseok's team was the fourth one down. Jimin and the others nervously huddled together and shifted from foot to foot as they waited for the results to be announced. Prize money was involved for the top competitors. 

Out of the corner of his eye, Jimin caught Jungkook and Taehyung laughing together about something. Tae had probably told a joke- he was always the type to do that. Jimin didn't even know that his boyfriend had come to watch until he had walked out on stage for the performance earlier. 

The mc tapped on the microphone to get everyone's attention. He then bowed and began talking. Jimin was a bit tired but he continued to pay attention the best he could. He probably just needed a sugary snack or soda and then he'd be fine. Hobi looked over at him with a soft smile and then back to the announcer. 

"Third place goes to Mixed," the guy says and the farthest team on the left cheers and walks up to claim their trophy, "Congratulations." The team took their prize and then went back to their spot on stage. After the clapping died down, the ceremony continued. "Second place goes to Lost Dynasty," one again, another round of cheering consumed the building as the second team claimed their prize. 

Jimin would be lying if he said that didn't make him nervous. His team either got first or didn't place at all. It was less a fifty-fifty chance, taking the other teams who hadn't placed yet into consideration. 

"And now first place, the winners of the money prize, goes to Hope World dance team!"

Jimin's eyes widened as Hobi screeched and shook Jimin, "We did it!"

The team walked up and got their prize. Jimin was still speechless as he stared out at the crowd. Taehyung and Jungkook were clapping and cheering like a bunch of idiots. Hoseok thanked everyone and then stepped back with the team. Jimin was assigned to holding their trophy while Hoseok and Minho ended up holding the giant check. Everyone was a happy, smiling mess and Jimin couldn't have felt more relief in his life. That feeling returned to him every time they did well in a competition. 

All of his hard work the past month paid off. 

After taking pictures, the dance crews were all ushered off stage to get changed and pack up anything they had brought with. Hobi was given the actual check and you could see how proud he was. 

"So, you all worked hard on this and we did it. We won just like I knew we could. I don't really know what to do with this money though. It feels sorta wrong for us to use it on ourselves," Hoseok spoke. 

Dino raised his hand slightly to catch his friend's attention, "What if we use it for a scholarship type of thing at the studio. For kids who don't have enough money to pay for lessons and such."

Hoseok smiled, "Perfect." And everyone else couldn't agree more. 

*****

Jungkook, Jimin, Tae and Hoseok all sat around a corner booth at a small restaurant in Seoul. Tae and Kook originally wanted to take Jimin out for a celebratory dinner, but when Jimin saw that Hobi had no one to do that with he invited the man along with. 

Even though it was supposed to be Jimin's date night with his boyfriend, he couldn't be happier that he got to share this moment with the important people in his life. If only Jin and Namjoon would've been there. 

"You guys did really good out there," Taehyung complimented, "I've seen it so many times but I just can't get over Jimin's duality."

Jimin blushed at the shower of compliments, "It's all thanks to Hobo-hyung. He did most of the work with choreo and teaching everyone."

"Shut up, Jimin," Hoseok smiled and poked his shoulder, "You did just as much work as I did. You helped the other members get it down better and you actually choreographed more than you give yourself credit for."

Jimin shook his head and sighed. Just then, the waitress came over and put their food on the table. "Enjoy the food," she smiled, "And please let me know if you need anything."

"Now all we have to worry about for a while is the parent's day at the studio," Jimin sighed. 

Hoseok chuckled, "You act like it's the end of the world."

Re-edited: 3/8/20