Ballerina | JISUNG

Chapter 3

"Well this looks... appetizing." Dahye said, staring down at the food on the tray in front of her. Renxiang shrugged her shoulders.

"School definitely spends more money on the theatre than cafeteria food." Byunho said, taking a bite. Dahye winced as he forcefully swallowed it. "Okay, maybe they could spend a bit more money on food."

"It's not that bad, you're just being overdramatic. Drama majors." Hyunjae scoffed. As soon as he put the spoonful of food in his mouth, his eyes widened, grabbing a bottle of water.

"Yeah, overdramatic." Byungho said, rolling his eyes. They then all started staring at Renxiang who was eating the food perfectly fine.

"Food is food." Renxiang told them. "But this helps, hack my brother told me about." She placed a salt shaker in the middle of their table.

"You're a lifesaver." Byungho said, taking that salt. Dahye took it after than him and she had to admit, it helped a lot.

"Speaking of my brother." Renxiang said as squeals started from the doors. Dahye turned around to see a group of boys entered. She recognized three of them as Jisung, Mark, and... Donghyuck?

"Wait, that's Dream?!" Dahye exclaimed.

"Yup. Don't ask me how the ugly scrawny one got in." Renxiang replied.

"That's her brother." Hyunjae whispered to her. Dahye shook her head.

"Wait, my brother is there too." Dahye said, surprising her friends.

"Brother? Who's your brother? Jaemin?" Byungho asked.

"No, Donghyuck." Dahye answered. They all stared at her. "What?"

"Donghyuck, as in Lee Donghyuck, as in Lee Haechan?!" Hyunjae exclaimed. Dahye held up her hands.

"Haechan?" Dahye asked. The three of them nodded their heads.

"That's his stage name." Byungho informed her.

"Stage name?" Dahye was beyond confused.

"Yup, every year two music students from NSA get to spend a summer working with music producers. Last year Mark and Donghyuck were selected. Typically only juniors and seniors are picked so your brother must be pretty damn special. Renjun told me that your brother thought his name would be too hard to pronounce so he chose Haechan to be the name he would go with when he was working on his music." Renxianf explained.

"Music producer? Donghyuck just told me he was going to some overnight camp." Dahye said. Renxiang shook her head.

"No, it was producers. Renjun even went to visit them and took pictures." Renxiang said, searching for something through her phone. She showed Dahye the picture.

Sure enough, Donghyuck was standing in between Mark and a skinny boy who she presumed to be Renjun, the background clearly a recording studio.

"I can't believe that idiot lied to me!" Dahye exclaimed. Hyunjae shrugged.

"Maybe you should ask him about it." Hyunjae suggested.

"Oh you bet I will." Dahye said, aggressively poking the food in front of her.

...

"Stop glaring at your girlfriend." Chenle said to the boy sitting beside him, staring lasers into a girl at the table. Jisung glanced over to where they were looking at. He quickly looked away as he realized the girl he bumped into was sitting there.

"That's disgusting." Renjun said, rolling his eyes. "That's my sister."

"Can you guys stop arguing for a moment and pass the salt." Donghyuck said, sticking his hand out. Renjun gave him a look before passing him the shaker.