You realised very quickly it was just the beginning of a long day. The slightly irritated manager noona took you to the side, once again de-briefing you on certain aspects of the boys' schedule and what you were to do. The basic jist of it was that you were to stick to them everyday, all day as she handed you more sheets.  

The moment she walked away, you sat down, watching the boys intently while reading your notes in between stares. 

Definitely after seeing them dance; you could see the potential of some of them, being able to picture a few as idols. For instance; the tanned one at the front of the routine's formation caught your eye immediately - he had so much presence and his movements were so fluid – he reminded you of a ballerina.

There was another guy that was amazing - the smiley sweaty one who immediately changed into a whole different person as soon as the music started - his moves were so sharp and point on - he looked like he had been dancing his whole life. 

The boy who looked unamused and unsmiling during practice and breaks was actually very, very good - you were quite surprised that he could easily keep up with those two amazing boys. And the girly one with long hair (Luhan you remembered his name was) definitely got manly points for looking a lot less feminine when he danced.

Sohee, or whatever that guy's actual name was, could really dance! He may have been small, but his movements were point on, if not, more exaggerated than the other dancers, but you guessed that was so that he could if not stand out from the others, at least look like he was keeping up. 

However, along with amazing dancers, come the not-so-amazing dancers; and there were a few...

Suho or Junmyeon, or whatever his name was, was actually not that bad - he kept up pretty well and it surprised you, maybe it was because of the confidence he had - it masked the fact that he wasn't the best dancer in the bunch. The lanky guy with the toothy smile just could not co-ordinate his body to the movements. And unfortunately his douchey friend was all right – you noticed he had amazing thighs that depressed you further. 

Your eyes wandered to Kevin who looked very focused, trying not to miss one step. He wasn't bad thank goodness - he was keeping up the same as Suho or Junmyeon or whatever. You couldn't help but notice very quickly, just how huge Kevin was compared to the other members - it kind of looked like an optical illusion at certain times, but you tried not to laugh or smirk watching him dance with boys who looked like children next to him. 

Surprisingly the emo, eye-bag boy was keeping up! He looked solely focused on the moves, but it was impressive how he danced to the music in time. And the boy with the huge eyes who looked terrified shocked you the most because he was actually pretty good. 

However there was one appalling dancer - you realised pretty quickly it was the guy with the amazing jaw bone - he just could not move in the same way as the others; when the others spun in one step, like the tanned on in front, he would take 4 steps going round in a circle - he was a little far from graceful to say the least – you couldn’t help but chuckle a little, bless, he was trying at least. However you came to the conclusion that SM wouldn’t recruit this guy for no reason so he must have had some other amazing talent that made up for his lack of dancing skills.

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As soon as practice ended; you rushed to bring the boys their towels, you decided to go to the one up front - the tanned one - who was also the sweatiest judging by the looks of all of them. You offered him a towel, but he barely looked at you, nodding his head in acknowledgment before taking the it, mopping up his face and walking off to sit on the floor near the windows, fanning himself lightly. 

You held in an eye roll the minute the lanky, tall, toothed guy walked up to you with his other friend with the great thighs. Both of them snickered, gesturing for a towel with accentuated movements; 'I am hot - towel.' They jibed in English, pointing at the towel and then fanning themselves. You held in the snarky replies that were bursting to come out, and just handed the two their towels, letting them walk away. 

You couldn't help but notice however that the small guy with large eyes rolled his eyes at them as they walked past. He opened his moth, about to say something - but the tanned one held him back; shaking his head and muttering a few words that calmed him down immediately.

'Hello, thank you.' the longhaired guy - Luhan said; offering his hand for you to place the towel in it. You snapped back into reality - looking up at Luhan. He smiled and bowed politely while you handed the towel over, mimicking his smile.

'Thank you.' Luhan spoke in English, panting a little since he was fatigued from all the dancing. You wanted to tell him he was a great dancer, but held back, worried you weren't on that level of friendship yet, but nonetheless, it wouldn't take long you concluded since you couldn't help but warm up to this nice girly guy. 

Kevin approached looking exhausted.

'Hey.' He nodded before stopping in front of you. You offered him a towel and before you could say anymore to him. The amazing dancer guy - the one with dimples approached - exchanging a few words with Kevin. The moment he spoke though, you realised Kevin must have been Chinese along with this guy because they spoke in Mandarin, not Korean. 

'Does she know Chinese?' the other guy asked looking at you and giving a little nod. 

'_______, do you know Chinese?' Kevin asked in English. 

'I know a little.' You replied in Mandarin, feeling very self-conscious. 

But that was a good enough barrier broken in this boy’s case, because he immediately perked up - bowing at you very politely and delicately taking a towel from you. 

'Thank you, where are you from?' He asked dabbing himself; happy to know there was someone else he could speak Chinese too. 

'You're welcome - I'm from England.' You replied speaking slowly - not wanting to mess up your words in front of native speakers. 

'Wow, I'm Yixing.' The guy said pointing to himself and bowing slightly. 

'I'm ______.' You replied unable to stop yourself from blushing. Yixing broke out into a delicate smile - you couldn't help but notice the emergence of two dimples on either side of his cheeks when he smiled - it reminded you of a baby face. You couldn't help but break out into a bigger smile. 

'Zitao come over here.' Yixing called out to eyebags - you guessed his name was Zitao then. Even Kevin who was dabbing the towel over his forehead ushered an unsure looking eyebags towards him. 

Kevin took a towel offered and gave it to Zitao who was acting shy and whispering to him unsurely. You realised pretty soon that this Zitao had a) muscles not be reckoned with and b) a height that could nearly match Kevins. You tried to smile at Zitao, but he shyly looked away clinging onto Kevin who tried to look annoyed at his actions, but failed. Kevin gave you an apologetic look before saying ‘thanks for the towel.’ and walking off with Tao by his side. Yixing nodded in thanks and went to join the other two.

‘Hello.’ Two voices behind you said, causing you to jump on the spot in shock.

‘Oh sorry, haha.’ You turned around to see the Sohee look-alike and awful dancing, amazing jawbone guy standing and smiling at you. You smiled back in response.

‘Hi.’ You replied weakly, trying to regain a normal pulse. They seemed amused by your reaction, especially jaw-bone guy – when he smiled he reminded you of a cute monkey, he looked so cheeky.

‘Can we have a towel pelase?’ Jawbone guy asked, Sohee nodded in agreement.

‘Oh yes of course – here.’ You said handing them a towel each they nodded in thanks – Sohee immediately wiping the sweat off of his forehead, looking exhausted.

‘Sorry, what’s your name?’ Jawbone guy asked in Korean.

‘_______’ You replied tucking a loose strand of hair behind your ear.

‘Hello ______, my name is Jong Dae.’ Jawbone guy said gesturing to himself and nodding politely at you.

‘And my name is Minseok.’ Sohee said giving you a tired smile.

‘Nice to meet you.’ You replied unsure of what to say next – it was nice that they were being so polite, open and friendly – but you didn’t want to push your luck and badger them with que