"hi, can i have two slices of strawberry cake and four water bottles please, hatter?" seolhyun ordered at the mad hatter's tea and bakery place. "of course, mrs. cheshire! how have you been? i haven't seen you in ages. please do come by more, have you seen my son?" he continuously said.
"uh.. i've been alright. i'll definitely try coming more and yes, changmin is quiet, but very sweet. i played dodgeball with him today. he was great." seolhyun smiled.
"ah, yes! if you get to talk to him again, please tell him to come by and visit me one of these days." the hatter replied as the treats seolhyun had ordered came. eric had seen seolhyun struggling to carry it all and hurried to come help her.
"hatter is so sweet. i wonder why changmin doesn't hang out with him that much." felix said. the four ate and talked together, talking a lot about the winter ball.
"eric can go dress shopping with us." seolhyun said as eric just sat there. "it's okay dude." felix patted his back. "i think i'm just gonna go with eric again this year." seolhyun stated.
"is there any boy you're interested in right now? i can make negotiations." soojin said. "not really.." seolhyun responded.
"she finds someone attractive but wouldn't date them." eric said quickly.
seolhyun stared at him. "how do you know?" she asked finally. "you always say that when you find someone attractive." eric replied.
"who?" felix asked.
"ji changmin."
changmin was in his dorm on his phone. chanhee was laying on the bed across from his, napping. the other two were in their dorm. changmin was bored. he wanted to go dance in the practice room.
he was asked to perform a dance to a song of his choice for the winter ball. currently, he had been addicted to the song "maniac" by conan gray.
chanhee wouldn't be up until late afternoon, so he decided to go to the practice room alone. he needed to start choreographing his dance early, and continue to practice and fix his mistakes.
one he got to the practice room, he listened to the song, he listened to the beats and sounds in the background, not the lyrics.
changmin started to feel the rhythm and start making a dance to the beginning of the song.
he was making good progress.
on the other side of the city, seolhyun, eric, soojin, and felix were obsessed with seolhyun's new "interest".
"dude what if i hex him to ask you out?" soojin asked. "no no, don't do that." seolhyun said.
she was about to grab her phone from her backpack to find changmins instagram, but it was no where to be found.
shit, did i leave in it the dorm ??
she thought to herself.
"one sec, i need to grab my phone." seolhyun smiled and disappeared.
now seolhyun has teleported to the wrong place many times. this was another. changmin was in her mind currently, and she accidentally teleported to the practice room, where changmin was dancing in.
she saw changmins sharp and great moves, it mesmerized her. seolhyun crept to the corner of the room, quiet as a cat. she noticed his sharp and complex moves compared to her ballet.
she watched in awe. once the music stopped, she clapped. and clapped. it startled changmin.
"you're really really good. is that for the winter ball?" she asked him.
"you.. yes but..." he was confused but then pointed to his mouth. seolhyun nodded.
"oh, thank you. i was just practicing the moves i had made already." he said with a smile.
"it looks really really good. you're tired aren't you?" she said. "yeah, it's been a while.." he replied.
"you can come with me to your dad's shop. my friends and i are there right now. well i just need to get my phone." seolhyun offered. "my dads.. shop?" changmin whispered to himself, loud enough for seolhyun to hear.
"your dad also mentioned he missed you and to tell you to visit him some time." she also said. "alright then, i'll come. let me just go wash up." he said, grabbing his backpack and waiting for seolhyun to follow with him.
their dorms were near each other's, just two dorms down the hall was changmin and chanhees from seolhyun and soojins.
"so you aren't going to the ball this year?" he asked, with a very slight disappointed tone. seolhyun could hear the disappointment loud and clear.
"maybe not, i just said that so i had a way to put down jaemin nicely. why are you upset about that?" she replied.
"i was just wondering since you go every year." changmin replied as they left the elevator.
"mm.." seolhyun hummed. "anyways, see you in a few minutes. i'll wait for you in front of the elevators." she continued.
"yeah! okay! see you then." he said, entering his dorm.
seolhyun hurried to grab her phone and text soojin.
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seolhyun ghosted soojin and went to go use the restroom. after that, she went in front of the elevators and sat on the couches they had near them, waiting patiently on her phone.
changmin then found her napping on the couch. he tapped her shoulder slightly, he didn't want her to get angry at him.
he was left with a loud, dolphin like scream.
"oh, i'm so sorry. oh my god, are you okay?" she said in panic. "don't worry.. i'm fine." changmin laughed and looked at the very faint bruise of nail marks.
she took his hand and rubbed it, scared it would become a darker mark. "i'm sorry." she whispered.
changmin was just overwhelmed. he looked at the girls thumb rubbing his palm.
"no no, i'll be okay. it's fine. don't worry, seolhyun." he said. he had just gotten out of the shower, but had felt he was sweating already.
"are you sure? do you need to go to the nurses office?" she said.
"i'm fine girl, let's just hurry to the cafe." he smiled.
as seolhyun was about to let go of his hand, she felt bad. she made their hands interlock, which made changmin feel butterflies in his stomach.
"are you uh, okay with this?" she asked.
he smiled before saying "it's all good."
"let's go then!" she said and swung their arms gently.
