Ch 4 - Full Moon
Waxing & Waning: Two Moons‘HIATUS’ era
*A/N: If you’re not familiar with the choreography from Angel, you might want to watch the video ref first.
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Since promotions for MAMA stopped, it’s not that the group has had no work, but their work is much simpler and low key. No word yet on when they’re going to be doing another mini-album, but it’s been really nice to have this break so far. The group has been rehearsing some of their non-title tracks and working on the choreography for Angel a lot lately. Jongin notices that being out of the spotlight for a bit has been good for Kyungsoo. The singer seems no less serious about perfecting his performances, but the anxiety of being scrutinized on camera and in interviews appears to have receded for now. Jongin loves how light-hearted he can be during their breaks, rather than sitting aside looking burdened like he often was near the end of promotions.
Right now in the practice room, EXO-K is going over Angel again and again. On the 30th time through, Jongin can tell that Kyungsoo is starting to succumb to exhaustion a bit, though his hyung would never admit it. When Jongin starts his dance highlight in the 2nd verse, he impulsively decides to have some fun. He reaches out and tickles an unsuspecting Kyungsoo in the stomach, continuing on in his dance over toward Baekhyun without even missing a beat. Kyungsoo, on the otherhand, was caught completely off guard and falls down in a reflexive fit of laughter, which looks all the more ridiculous because Jongin was so quick and smooth with his tickle that no other members even saw it happen. “What the heck?!” Kyungsoo is yelping while giggling and still trying to get back up as the track keeps playing. Jongin’s already dancing back over his direction by the time the singer’s just reached his feet, and the younger gets him again, tickling the older’s right collarbone with a feather light touch of his fingers before pirouetting and moving off again. The singer shrieks again at the tickle, and this time jabs at Jongin while the man’s arms are raised in mid-dance. In his eagerness to retaliate, Kyungsoo doesn’t bother to be subtle at all, and it ends up looking like he is trying to punch the dancer even though his intention was to tickle back. Junmyeon finally calls for the music to stop.
“Kyungsoo, what ARE you doing??” Their leader is confused and shocked at this uncharacteristic behavior from the normally focused perfectionist that is Do Kyungsoo. The other members are highly entertained but also sporting curious faces, all trained on the short male.
“It’s not ME, it’s HIM! Jongin’s goofing around and I was just paying him back,” Kyungsoo blurts out, voice higher pitched than normal, and while he sounds indignant, Jongin can tell the pale boy is still very much amused.
Jongin can’t help but crack a smile watching his friend all flustered in a good-natured way. Kyungsoo seems to notice this giddy grin out of the corner of his eye. Jongin makes sure to wait until they make eye contact, sporting the cheeky smile for one more lingering moment be
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