"Alright." I clapped my hands. "You ready to run this?" 

"Yep!" She smiled brightly, hopping up from where she was doing the splits on the ground. 

"No being stiff, okay?" I plugged my phone into the speakers. "You know the lyrics, right?"

"Of course. It's been stuck in my head all morning." She giggled. "Why do you ask?"

"Just makin' sure." I walked over to her as the song started, going behind her and pressing the front of my body to her back. I didn't miss how her eyes sparkled, and how her expression changed from joy to a flirtatious, yet shy, gaze. Her movements were smoother and more...real than the day before. She must have put a fair amount of work into this. She oozed confidence, which translated to iness in my eyes. She seemed like she knew that her body was a work of art to me, and was more than willing to show it off. When the routine ended, and her arms were around my neck, while mine were around her waist, it took everything in me not to kiss her. "You've improved." I purred. Her face turned a cute shade of pink.

"Thanks..." I felt her hands fidget on my neck. "That means a lot...coming from you." 

"Oh, hush." I tickled her waist a little, making her giggle. "But did you work on 'Baby Boy'?" 

"Yeah, I did." She hummed. "Are we gonna run that next?" 

"If you're up for it." I let go of her tiny waist, and her hands slid from my neck. I changed the song playing on my phone to 'Baby Boy' by Beyonce, and took my place at a fourty-five degree angle behind her. I couldn't take my eyes off of how she rolled her body, and whenever we made eye contact, she never hesitated to show me a small y grin. I swear, this girl knew what she was doing, and she wanted me to break. I picked her up and spun her around, then hit the ending pose of the choreography. "Damn, you're light." I chuckled. 

"Ah...really? I was a little nervous about that part." She giggled. I let her stand on her own, and went over to my phone. I put the two songs in a playlist together, and threw it on repeat. "So, we're running both of them again?" She raised an eyebrow at me. When she had her confidence from dance, she became daring. She wasn't the shy Mina anymore, she was terrifyingly y. I shrugged and took my place for 'Me Like Yuh' again. 

Lunch time today, meant that it was the end of my work day. I started packing my stuff up, when Nayeon popped in my room. "Yo, Mo."

"Yo, Nabongs." I looked up from my bag, where I was putting my high heels. 

"We gotta talk real' quick. It's about Mina." We sat on the floor together, while my mind was racing. I couldn't help but fear that I had scared her off...maybe I had come on too strong? Maybe Nayeon was having second thoughts about the possibility of me dating the intern? "I can see you're panicking, and I promise, I'm fine with you two dating. I've actually been trying to push Mina to flirt with you and stuff, so don't worry. Not the problem." I breathed a sigh of relief, though I was still worried about her. "Now, here's the problem. She's been having a bit of a rough time lately, even before she started interning for us. She's got a metric ton of self-esteem issues." Nayeon sighed. "The world of ballet , Momo. She has to keep this figure, she has to look a certain way, and instructors will never hesitate to scold her over the smallest thing in her appearance. All the pressure from that, and her parents pushing her even harder than her instructors, has kinda built up." 

"Aww...no. There's no way she could be upset with herself-"

"Mo', do you remember when we started becoming friends, and I ended up not eating for three days straight?" 

"Yeah...that was messed up. By the way, you ate dinner last night, right?" 

"Of course. I'm an adult now, Momo, I know that I need to eat, and that a little bit of fat isn't going to ruin my career." She chuckled. "But thank you. Anyways, Mina lives with her parents right now, and you know college kids. Apparently, she's putting on weight, and her parents are putting her on a diet. She's had headaches because of calorie restrictions, and she's been really emotional because of the lack of food."

"I swear to god..." I sighed. "What do I do?" 

"Honestly, all we can do is just try our best to build her up, and be there for her when she comes crashing down." Nayeon sighed. "It hurts to see her like this, especially because I went through something similar. I don't want this to impact your romance with her, though. As much as I wanna get you two together already, I don't want anything to be rushed."

"It won't. I'll just keep an eye on her when I can." I stood up. "Should I take her out to lunch today?" 

"She already left for lunch. Whether she actually eats or not, I don't know, but she had better be eating." Nayeon grumbled. "Anyways, you're done for the day, so I won't hold you back here much longer. Are you planning on hitting up the club later?" 

"Nayeon. I have a sixteen year old girl to take care of, and a massive crush on our intern. I'm not clubbing any time soon." I chuckled. 

"How long is she staying with you?" 

"At least a week, I think. I just wanna adopt this kid, really. Her parents told her to stay away from home. Who tells their kid that?" I sighed. "I'm just...ugh. I don't see her as a child of mine as much as I see her as a little sister, but if I need to adopt her to get her away from her family, I will."

"I hope all goes well...I don't understand people sometimes."

"Me neither." I slipped my coat on. "Actually...maybe my day isn't over yet. Can I borrow Mina until about two?"

"Are you putting the moves on her? I swear...I was gonna have her fix the leaky water fountain." Nayeon whined. "But I guess she could fix it after you flirt with her."

"Well, I have to pick Yeri up from school at two-thirty, but I don't really want to just sit in my apartment for two hours. I'd rather hang out with Mina under the disguise of learning choreography." 

"Sly." She patted my shoulder. "Oh, and apparently you made a new choreography."

"Oh, yeah I did! I couldn't sleep last night...I was kinda thinking about Mina, and I ended up making something for her. She doesn't know that she's the reason I made it, and I wanna keep it that way because it's kind of embarrassing. But I'll send it to you."

"You need to send it to me." Nayeon shook me by my shoulders. "You're so dead! You like her so much~" She teased me. "Lemme guess, you have a heart by her name in your phone, and a cute nickname for her that you're too scared to use in person, right?"

"Damn, you know me well." I groaned, tossing my coat back on the couch. "Anyways, I'll just eat lunch with Yeri. I'll take her out to a restaurant or something when she gets off school. For now, I guess I'll just run some stuff I like." 

"Okay. Jeong has a day off today, so I think I'll make her treat me to lunch." Nayeon her lips. "Do you have any idea how great it is dating a nurse? She has such a warm heart..." I could see her body vibrate in happiness. "I can't wait to hear more stories about the E.R. over a grill and teokbokki." 

"Weirdo." 

"Hey, you'll be like me soon. When you and Mina start dating, you're gonna be just as 'weird' as Jeongyeon and I." She stuck her tongue out at me. "Don't overwork yourself, nerd." 

"I won't." I shrugged. I put on my dance shoes, and started to run through the choreographies that I liked. I made a point to run through some of Red Velvet's stuff so I could help Yeri practice at home, as well as running through the three dances that I would do with Mina. When I felt sweaty enough, I went to Nayeon's office to grab a bottle of water. She kept all sorts of drinks and snacks in her office, and we were all welcome to take from her stash. I took a few pretzels out of a bag in her desk to snack on, and went back to my room to cool down for a little while. 

"Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't-!"

"It's fine, Mina." I laughed. She walked in on me as I was running through the choreography for 'Gangsta'. "In fact, did Nayeon tell you that I