I remember the first time I was teaching the new choreography on his first day. It was cute seeing him struggle, but I did not let my feelings go further then that. I was a teacher and he was my student. Even though I was only one year older then him, I don’t think it’s right. After most of the class got use to the dance, I walked around the room helping people who needed it. Yes, that included Yesung. He wasn’t kidding when he said he couldn’t dance. I ended up helping him the most out of all the kids in the class, but it still wasn’t helping.

This pattern continued for the next few days. I would end up helping Yesung more then others and I thought it wasn’t fair. After that class ended, I called Yesung to stay after and talk to me.

I told him that because I’m helping him more then the others, it’s not fair to them because they feel like I’m focusing too much on him, and not the class. He looked sad with his head hanging down low.

I put my hand on his shoulder. I told him I had to cut him from the class, but we could do a one on one class. He seemed understanding, but told me I didn’t have to do the one on one class. He told me it would be useless and that he was no hope.

I felt so bad. For that whole week he was in my class, he showed determination and he didn’t care that the other kids didn’t like him. I admired him for that. But now I feel like I all of that determination out of him. I feel like I crushed his dreams into a thousand little pieces.

It took a little time, but I convinced him that one on one classes are best for him. After who knows how long, I finally convinced him.

That following day, are one-on-one classes began. I had to start from scratch with him. I taught him all the basics of dance. Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year.

Through those years, we learned a lot about each other and became really close. That feeling that I felt the first time I met him grew, but I tried to stop it.

One day during a break we took, I asked him why he was so determined to learn dance. That’s when he told me. He told me he was a trainee at SM Entertainment and he wants to debut in an idol group, but he falls behind in classes there so he came here since he heard it was a great place. I kept his secret that he was a trainee because he didn’t want others to find out.