Baby Steps
Description
Baby steps.
The giant maknae of their team was a reminder of how he was as a teen aspiring for a bigger dream. Perhaps that's why he always found himself drawn to Hyunbin, because he's an unpolished gem like he once was.
And Minhyun believed in that. He believed in Hyunbin. As long as he take baby steps one at a time, he will get there.
Summary: Hyunbin's struggle in the dance department was obvious, as with the song choice in general. While Minhyun was not able to be the best dance teacher around, the least he could do was to put faith in their group's maknae and give him a few words of encouragement when he's down. He picked him for a reason, Minhyun thinks. And he wanted to keep that belief in mind.
Length: one-shot / 3801 words
Rating: PG
Characters: Hwang Minhyun, Kwon Hyunbin, mentions of Justice League members
Trigger warnings: n/a
Author's Note: Friendship, senior-hoobae sort of minhyunbin. Set in Produce 101 era, during the Cover Song Mission.
Foreword
There is no success without hardship
- sophocles
"...Hyunbin? Where's Hyunbin?"
Minhyun found himself asking the question that seemed to ring in the room a tad too often over the first 36 hours of their new grouping. Things haven't been easy - lack of sleep, lack of practice, lack of cohesiveness. Their group struggled no less and possibly more than some other teams. He parted his lips to ask once more as the bathroom door click shut behind him, then Jonghyun beat him to it with his quiet drawl from his bunk bed.
"Laundry room. He took his clothes and left just now."
"...Then I'd be right back."
He grabbed his basket of dirty clothes and slipped out of the silent room, a large difference from the loudness of booming laughter next door, and singing battle going on two doors down. The corridors were quiet, however, and Minhyun found himself padding his steps to the first floor slowly, in search of the boy with lanky limbs and wavering spirit.
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