Myungsoo’s POV

Dinner at our table was loud as usual, imagine 6 guys (excluding me) were either talking or laughing at the same time. Dongwoo and Hoya were telling Woohyun about the pranks that they’ve set up around the boy’s dormitory for unlucky freshmen. Their laughs were so loud that it attracted unwanted attention, while Sungyeol was gossiping with Sungjong and Sunggyu. I don’t mind if it was someone else, but it gets annoying when they start gossiping about me.

“…. he shouted ‘NOOO!’ right in the middle of the scene ruining our performance… I think he’s just jealous…”

“Really? Do you think he likes her?” Sungjong eyed Sungyeol curiously.

“Dunno, maybe… ‘cause he asked her to be his dance partner afterwards,” Sungyeol shrugged his shoulders.

“But everyone knows that she can’t dance… why would he asked her…?”

“I think he lost his mind…” Woohyun joined in.

“I just hoped that it won’t affect our practice…” Sunggyu sighed.

“Well she’s pretty in a way…” Dongwoo suddenly becomes serious.

“Yah! I’m still here you know!” I slammed the dining table.

Everyone then stopped talking and gave me weird looks, but it only lasted for a couple of seconds before they continued on talking again.

 “See, I told you he lost his mind…”

I scoffed. that’s it; if they’re going to keep on gossiping about me then I’ll just leave. Feeling irritated I stood up and started to walk away.

“Myungsoo boy, where are you going?” Dongwoo called after me.

“Yah, we were just joking. You know us, don’t take it to heart,” Hoya reassured me.

“You’re just too innocent that we couldn’t help teasing you,” Woohyun gave me a foolish grin.

I smirked, “Whatever guys, I’m just going to the dance studio.”

“Okay, just don’t stay up too late. We have practice tomorrow,” Sunggyu reminded me.

“Roger that!” I saluted before heading out.

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When I stepped into the studio, Eunhee was already there scanning through the songs selection near the stereo.

“Sorry I’m a little late, dinner at our table can be hectic at times,” I apologized, scratching my head.

She looked up and gave me that breath taking smile she always has, “It’s okay, looking at you guys I sometimes wished that I have more friends who are fun, caring, trustworthy, and supportive like them.”

“Yeah, I’m grateful to have them… but they can be annoying at times,” I rolled my eyes.

I walked over to her and started to scan through the songs selection too, “Have you found a song that you want to dance to?”

“Hmm, not yet… after observing the dance steps through their videos, most of them are still kind of hard for me to follow. I don’t know why you picked me as your dance partner but literally I can’t dance you know…,” she sighed.

“Come on, everyone can dance. Show me, it can’t be that bad…”

“Okay, but please don’t laugh at me,” Eunhee then picked a song and got ready; it was SHINee’s Ring Ding Dong.

Even if she only danced to the chorus part which to me was uncomplicated, she still got some of them wrong and at some part she was off beat. I pursed my lips, trying hard not to laugh.

“There how was it…?” she skeptically looked at me.

I let out a deep sigh, “You still have a lot to work on… You’re stiff like a log…”

Eunhee hung her head low, “I knew it…”

I don’t like seeing her feeling down like this, I know that she can improve and I’ve decided that I’m going to help her.

I then took hold of her hand and dragged her out of the studio, “Come with me, and bring your jacket with you.”

“Where are we going?” her eyes were wide in surprise as she tried to keep up.

“The stadium, we’re going jogging.”

“What? Jogging at this hour? and isn’t the stadium closed?” she pouted.

“Eunhee-ah, you need to do some exercises to loosen up a bit and to build up your stamina too. As for the other problem, we can always jump through the back gate,” I gave her a mischievous grin.

When she heard the last part her eyes grew even wider, I chuckled seeing her cute expression.

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When we finally got inside the stadium after jumping through the gate with difficulty, we went straight towards the track and field area.

“Myungsoo-ah, you better not get me into trouble… I’ve done enough punishments here already…” she sounded worried and nervous.

“Hey, don’t worry about it. The stadium is practically deserted at this hour,” I reassured her.

“Exactly…” I heard her mumble.

When we got to the middle of the field, I stopped and faced her, “Alright, before we start jogging, I’m going to teach you some stretches that’ll help improve your flexibility and to prevent injuries. I’m sure you’ve learned some of them from dance class. Eunhee-ah, form today onwards I want you to do these stretches before you go to sleep, after you wake up, and before any dance practices.”

She listened with such stern eyes and merely nodded. I then showed her the neck isolations, the hip swing, and then the leg stretches which consists of the quadriceps, hamstrings and calves, leg swings, and finally the lunge stretch.

Eunhee followed with not much difficulty since the stretches are pretty simple, but she still can’t do the lunge stretch properly. Seeing this, I probably won’t push her to do the splits yet.

“Do I have to do this every day…?” she groaned.

“Yup, and no excuses. The exam is in 4 months so we need to train and practice intensively.”

She gave another sigh of protest.

I’m sorry Eunhee-ah, but it’s for your own good anyway…

After we’re done with warming up, I took her to the tracks, “And now, let’s run three rounds around the stadium. I’ll run with you just for the first round.”

“What! But one round is already 800m, and you want me to do three rounds!? And why are you running for the first round only…?” she complained.

“I have dance practice with the boys tomorrow so I’m not going to tire myself tonight… he, he…,” I grinned as we started to run.

“Excuses…,” murmured Eunhee as she slightly pouted.

I chuckled, no wonder Sungyeol likes to so much, she’s cute…

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After running for one round, I took a break and sat down on the grass. Eunhee merong-ed at me as she continued to run around the stadium, I merely sniggered.

She may be complaining at first but her face showed determination when she runs and she kept her pace. She gave peace signs while grinning as she ran past me; I returned it with a smile and a wave.

When she was finally done with her three rounds, she lay down on the grass beside me in exhaustion.

“It’s tiring… but somehow… I feel good…” said Eunhee as she gasped for air.

“Then from now on, you should at least run or jog for 30mins everyday to build up your stamina,” I told her as I too, lay down beside her.

“I won't complain this time... Myungsoo-ah, thank you for asking me to become your partner and for helping me… It means a lot…”

I turned to look at her; she was facing upwards gazing at the night sky. My lips curled into a lopsided smile, “You’re welcome, isn’t that what friends are for…?”

She then turned to face me and gave me that breath taking smile; I swear I felt a zing pass through me. I averted my gaze and turned to stare at the night sky hoping that she won’t see me blushed.

“So, what song should we dance to?” I asked.

“Hmm… I don’t know… how about 2PM’s I’ll Be Back? There’s a running part in it,” she giggled.

“Yah, that’s easy…”

“Easy for you it is…”

“Fine, if you want to do that then let’s do it. I can always try to improvise on my part later on.”

“But don’t improvise too much that it’ll make me look bad…” she pouted.

I laughed, “Don’t worry Enunhee-ah, you’ll do just great…”

Then we both became silent, lost in our own thoughts. We stayed like this for a while, gazing at the stars above us. Somehow being with her like this, I felt happy and carefree. I wished time would just stop.

After some time, I softly heard a deep but steady breathing from Eunhee. I then turned to face her, as I expected, she had fallen asleep. I smirked, Dongwoo was right she’s pretty, even when she’s asleep. Seeing how tired she looked, I don’t have the heart to wake her.

I slowly tucked a few strands of hair behind her ear. I guess I’ll be giving her a piggyback ride back to the dorm…

Eunhee’s POV

I was woken up by someone repeatedly banging on the door. I lazily sat up, rubbed my eyes, and blinked a few times. Eh? How did I end up here in my room? The last thing I remembered I was still at the stadium with Myungsoo…

Then I heard the banging again. Aissh… Where did E-Young got to this early in the morning anyways? I then got up from bed and walked over to the door. I sighed; my body still felt a little sore from all that running last night.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

“Alright, Alright, I’m coming!!” I shouted. Who in the world is banging on my door at this time of day?

I unlocked the door and yanked it open, “Yah! Could you kee-…”

I was greeted by Jihyun who was glaring at me with such fiery eyes that I choked in my own words.

“You!” she snarled.

I took a few steps back as she barged into my room slammed the door shut. Okay… what did I do wrong this time?

 “Keep your hands off Myungsoo! He’s mine…” she growled, poking me on the chest.

“Whoa, whoa… I didn’t do anything, I swear!” I said, trying to back her off.

She scoffed, “Liar! I saw you being carried in here by Myungsoo last night.”

“Oh, so that’s how I got in here…” I scratched my head.

“Yah! Don’t act all innocent as if you don’t know!” she pushed me hard; almost making me lost my balance.

I gritted my teeth; if my body isn’t aching this badly right now I will surely attack this girl. All I can do was just returned her fierce glare.

“I must’ve fallen asleep; it’s not as if I deliberately asked him to carry me. And for your information, the last time I checked he’s not even taken. How could you even say that he’s yours?” I counter attacked her.

Jihyun then came closer to me, “As if you have a chance, I’m warning you Eunhee, I already have my eyes on Myungsso. So keep your hands off him or else… This is the first of many, there’s more to come so be warned…” her whispers ran shivers through my spine.

She gave me one last push before heading for the door. After a few steps, she turned around, “Oh, I also heard that you’re his dance partner. I wonder how you even seduced him; you have neither the looks nor the talent… Let’s just see how long you’ll last,” she sneered.

With that, Jihyun finally walked out of my room and the door closed with a click. I sighed in relief, it’s a good thing that I don’t have the energy to fight her back or it’ll surely end up in a catfight.

I ruffled my hair and went back to lie down on my bed. I didn’t know that being Myungsoo’s dance partner for just one project can be this complicated…

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