Chapter One

Beloved Leader

I walked into the dance studio, having the feeling of disappointment hit me for a moment. It was empty despite the fact that dance practice was about to start in another half an hour. With a sigh, I took my cap off to fix my tangled hair underneath. It was noticeably sticky and greasy. I guess I better wash my hair tonight.

As the clocked ticked, the mere thought that in a couple of months we were about to release our full debut album. The whole three months debut plan is finally going to come to an end.

“HYUNG!” Chanwoo grinned playfully as he walked in with his usual black hoodie and dragging Yunhyeong hyung behind him. I smiled and greeted them back.

“Where is Jinhwan hyung and Junhoe?”I asked.

Glancing at the door, I also noticed that Donghyuk was also missing. Usually Donghyuck would be tagging along with the twin monsters. Bobby had a recording today which would probably lead him to be late for practice but having the rest late for practice was not common. Especially when they knew I was going to lead the practice today. Checking back to the clock, another ten more minutes before practice.

"They said they would be here soon with Bobby hyung too." I nodded my head feeling a bit more relieved. I guess they went to pick him up since it was on the way.

"Let's start warming up first then?" I said. They nodded quickly placing their bags at the bench at the end of the studio and followed me warming up.

 Just a few minutes later, Jinhwan, Junhoe, Donghyuk and Bobby came in the studio. They put their stuff down and joined us after. Like usual, we practice our 'Apology' dance steps since our debut album wasn't that long. I kept my eyes on everyone and saw that Jinhwan and Bobby were having a hard time with their steps.

"Jinhwan hyung, focus on your expression. You never know when the fans are looking at you."

"Bobby hyung, you’re falling behind on the beats."

After a while, I could tell everyone was starting to get tired since their dance steps were starting to become weak.

“Okay, what the hell is going on? It’s only been a couple of hours and you guys are already getting tired.” Everyone was panting out of exhaustion but still kept their eyes on me.

“The moves are not difficult as long as you keep to the beat We have done more complicated moves than this.” I said as I went over to turn of the music. I knew why they were tired but we’ve done worse. Apology had more focus on our vocals but we have to make sure we don’t seem like a mess walking around the stage bumping to each other.

The clock was basically glaring 1 o’clock in the morning, so Jinhwan hyung decided to pull me to the side and gave me you need to tone down a bit face. “Hanbin—ah, Let’s have a five minute break and then we can continue where we left off. We haven’t had a break since we started and Bobby just got back from recording and came here straight. He looks like a walking zombie.” He said as he gave a pointed look at me. I closed my eyes and breathed in deeply. I knew he was right so I calmed myself down and went back to the rest.

 

“Five minutes break and then we are going to finish practicing Apology. No mistakes.” I said grumpily and went to take a seat at the end of the bench closest to the computer.

A few seconds later, everyone dispersed around the room. Donghyuck and Yunhyeong bickering about something that they saw on their phones and Bobby, Junhoe and Jinhwan was lying down on the ground resting. Chanwoo, the maknae however was walking up to me with a bottle of water and his adorable smile on his face.

“Cool down a bit?” He joked as he sat down next to me. I grumbled but nevertheless grabbed the offered water and leaned on to his shoulder.

I looked over to his cellphone noticing that he was watching one of the recordings that we did during our Debut Single ‘Airplane’. A huge smile was plastered on to his face while he watched the video and I couldn’t help but smile and roll my eyes at his adorable simpleton mind. He must be looking at the mistakes that he did back then, since he likes to do that. One of my favorite things about the kid. It showed that he had room for improvement, though I would like it if he was looking over the recording we made for the Apology dance but this okay.

 

He had seemed to notice that I was staring at his phone since he was pulling away his phone further away so I couldn’t see the phone and bringing it back to my view.

“Hey, hyung. I need to talk to Yunhyuk hyung for a while.” Yunhyuk is our manager, though the fans like to call him Baymax manager instead.

“Why do you need to talk to Yunhyuk hyung?” Chanwoo just showed his tounge at me and placed his phone aside before gently getting my head off his lap.

“I have a letter I need to send to Minho hyung. Be right back.” He said cheekily as he left to find Yunhyuk hyung. I sighed and pouted. Well, now I don’t know what to do.

 

Looking over to the other side of the practice room, I saw Yunhyeong and Donghyuck doing the dance for the rest to check. Sometimes, I am thankful for Yunhyeong and Donghyuck for helping me. Before I could go over to them, I heard a sound ‘ding’ come from Chanwoo’s phone.

Chanwoo’s phone was like the most mysterious phone out of everyone else. He never lets anyone touch it because ‘There are a lot of actress’s phone numbers that I don’t want anyone to know’. Knowing Chanwoo he might just be joking about it. I couldn’t help but to take a peak as I grabbed his phone and was greeted by the video recording on pause and the comment section opened. I guess he was reading the comment section.

 

'He is so horrible. Why did he get chosen? He doesn't deserve it.'

'He is a child actor so must be his fans who are supporting him. I personally think that even if Chanwoo didn't make it he would have a plan b. The others don't have any acting job to turn to if they fail.'

'I think the votes were actually rigged and YG actually chose him just because he is famous.'

 

I looked over at the other comments. There were a lot of hate comments and somehow that hurt me. It angered me but somehow, Chanwoo manage to keep a smile on his face while reading all of this. I looked over at the boy who was still talking to Yunhyuk hyung. I quickly put down his phone like it hasn't been touched and leaned back on the wall and pretended to be asleep.

A few seconds later, I felt a weight next to me and I guessing chanwoo leaned my head towards his shoulder so that I could be more comfortable and went back to what he was doing. I opened my eyes slowly and looked at his face. He was still smiling as he looked through the comments again.

"I think I got it now. HanBin-ah." Suddenly, Jinhwan hyung came to me and pulled me away from Chanwoo. I looked over at him and saw him perfecting his move with Bobby. I nodded my head and watched them closely. "Okay, that was better. Everyone, five minutes up! Let’s gather and start dancing I want it to be perfect." I said as I joined in with them. We dance like it was the real stage and I could see that everyone was giving their all. Then my eyes landed on Chanwoo. If Chanwoo was keeping that from me then what are the other members keeping from me?

After the dance practice, we decided to go back to the dorm but Chanwoo said that he wanted to stay back."Chanwoo-ah. We have been practicing for more than 7 hours. It's 4 am. You need to sleep." I said grabbing him by his shoulder. He smiled back at me with his dimpled smile and shook his head.

 "I want to do it a few more times then I'll come back up." He said trying not to worry me. I sighed and knew that chanwoo is sometimes stuborn and he would just sneak off at night anyway if I didn't let him practice a few more times.

"I'll stay with you." I said to him. He looked at me shocked at first but then shook his head telling me, he didn't want me.

"Hyung you have been here all morning. You can go back. I am not going to be that long anyways." He said rubbing the back of his neck. Bobby took it as a sign to jump in the conversation and convinced me to go back to the dorm with them.

 

 

 

After we got back to the dorm, I needed to drink milk to sleep. I was extra worried about Chanwoo after I found out what he has been looking at. I walked over to fridge and saw a note on the fridge. 'Hyung, chocolate ice cream for you too cool down! Fighting!! Don't stress out to much!" I took down the note pad and looked at it. When did he have to do this? We all knew whose handwriting it was. Chanwoo.

"Hanbin, why are you still awake?"Jinhwan and Bobby came into my view and asked me. I sighed and just shook my head. "I couldn't sleep." I said casually. Bobby looked over to the note that I was holding and went over to the fridge and took out the choco ice cream.

"Wah, this boy is up to B.I...." Bobby said teasingly which made me blush and Jinhwan let out a laughter. "I still remember how you were like at Japan." Jinhwan hyung said and he took a seat in front of me and Bobby.

"CHANWOO-ah!" Bobby imitated which made me blush even harder. I love to tease me since they knew I had a little soft spot for the younger.

"Search all over Osaka if you can't find at Osaka, go to Tokyo if you still can't find it at Tokyo go to Fukuoka or Nagoya." Jinhwan imitated as he gave the electric bill that was on the table to Bobby who looked dumbfounded at Jinhwan for a while.

"How the hell am I going to buy ice cream with bills?!" He asked Jinhwan who was cracking up. They never fail to amaze me Jinhwan and Bobby. My closest friends. Then start Bobby bringing up the past when it was just me, jinhwan and him. I looked over at the time and it was almost 6. Why isn't Chanwoo back yet?

"Okay, you guys need sleep. Tomorrow we have to go to vocal practice." I said pushing Jinhwan hyung and Bobby towards their room. "Aren't you going to sleep?" Bobby asked me as he saw me walk out of the room. I wore my hoodie and turned to look at him. "I am going to drag that boy back home." I said.

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faevyre #1
Chapter 20: I'm still waiting for your update :(
Puteri_
#2
Chapter 22: Thank you so much :)
baekyeolmaniac #3
Chapter 1: i just cried at this.. i know it has been years but just couldn't tolerate the amount of hate chanwoo was getting back in those days. Anyhow, he had improved so much now. much love to chanu giant baby!!
PenguinLOvers772
#4
Chapter 21: Why the deletion? Is everything alright?
The story ia getting good u know it's a pity to end :(
butterfly__
#5
Chapter 19: I read this after watching legend of the blue sea, I've fall in love with minho all over again just like from boys over flower. Him being protective elder brother is all chanu needs
BeaRamora
#6
Chapter 19: Poor our giant baby Chanu...