Well this would’ve been out sooner but I got distracted by many things like Fifa..yes..I’m sorry for being a fan of soccer. >.<

Anyways, here it is! Hope you enjoy!

Broken Ankle

"5, 6, 7, 8!" You shouted to yourself in the practice room. You were currently practicing a dance and you were able to make every single move perfectly except for the very last one.

It was frustrating you a lot since it was one of the simplest move throughout the dance. The ending move was just a spin to the ground. It was the pose right after the spin that gave you difficultly.

You had to spin to the ground and bend your left leg while the right leg was sprawled onto the right side of you. Your right arm hand to be loose and touching the floor while your left arm had to be rested on your left leg.

It wasn’t a difficult pose to manage but the spin had always made you dizzy afterwards which caused you to miss the final ending beat. You sighed in frustration as you missed the beat yet again.

You started from the beginning once again. As you continued to passionately dance to the beat of the song, you didn’t notice that someone came into the practice room and was watching you dance.

At the end you spun and yet again, messed up. “DAMMIT!” You shouted and groaned in frustration. You plopped onto the floor and stared at the ceiling.

"If you spun a bit slower and let your right leg out a bit, I’m sure you’d be able to get the ending move right," you heard someone say. You turned your head to see Jihoon approaching you.

"Oh, hi there Jihoon, I didn’t see you there," you said as he sat down next to you. He didn’t say anything back, instead he gave a small smile and a wave.

"Don’t you have practice?" You asked. He nodded, "Yeah but I got bored so I decided to find an empty room but I heard music from down the hallways and I wanted to see who was using this room," he replied.

"Oh well, if you want this room I can just go to another one," you said. He shook his head, "No, it’s okay. It’s perfectly fine." He replied.

"Oh and what do you mean from before?" You asked. "Would you like for me to demonstrate?" He suggested. You nodded your head as the two of you got up from the ground.

You took a couple of steps back as you watched him. “You see how you tend to just spin then attempt to get into the finishing pose?” He asked. You nodded.

"It makes you dizzy right? That’s why you can’t get the move," Jihoon asked once again. "Yeah," you said. You found it a bit surprising how he was able to figure out what was making you so frustrated.

"So instead of just spinning like that, try sticking out your right leg further and further as you spin down," Jihoon suggested. He demonstrated what he meant and he was able to perfectly manage the finishing pose.

You blinked at him a bit confused. He turned his head and chuckled at your perplexed facial expression. “Come here, I’ll show you,” Jihoon said. He motioned his hand and you walked over to him.

So as you spin down, your right leg just moves a bit further to the right, that way, it’ll be easier for you to get into that pose,” he explained. He demonstrated it more slowly for you and you nodded your head.

"I think I get it now," you said. "So is it like this?" You attempted to do the same thing he did but ended up stumbling at the last part. You fell onto your and you groaned in frustration.

"You’re doing it a bit too fast so try and do it a bit slower," Jihoon said. You nodded your head as you did your second try. This time, you were successful.

"YES! YES! THANK YOU SO MUCH JIHOON!" You shouted. Without even thinking, you embraced him into a hug. After about 5 seconds, you realized what you just did and quickly let go of him.

"Um, s-sorry about t-that," you stammered. "I-it’s f-fine," he stuttered. You were able to feel your cheeks turn slightly pink. "So uh, maybe you should um, try it with the dance?" Jihoon suggested.

You didn’t want to reply so you nodded your head. He turned the music on and you started to dance. As you were nearing the end, you suddenly felt a pain in your ankle as you did one of your dance moves.

However, you ignored the pain and continued on. As the last move came, you spun but fell to the floor. You ankle buckled and made you collapse to the floor.

”______!” Jihoon shouted. He turned off the music and ran over to your side. “Are you okay?” He asked frantically. “I-I think I sprained my ankle,” you replied.

Jihoon’s eyes widened, “Stay here, I’ll go get your manager.” You nodded your head as you tried to put your ankle in a less painful position.

You mentally scolded yourself for getting hurt right before your debut was nearing. It was so close but this stupid injury had to happen to get into your way.

It wasn’t very long until Jihoon bursted through the door again with your manager. “______! Why did you overwork yourself? I told you not to otherwise accidents like this would happen!” Your manager scolded.

Jihoon and your manager aided you as you slowly got up from the floor. You limped onto one foot as they set you down on a chair. Your manager sighed, “Well there’s nothing we can do. You’ll need all the rest you can get for a quick recovery so I’ll call up Jahee to take care of you.”

"Wait! I’ll take care of her, since I’m already here, it’d be troubling to call another member to take care of her," Jihoon said. "Are you sure Jihoon? Don’t you also have practice? I don’t want to trouble you," you said.

Jihoon nodded. “Okay but make sure she doesn’t attempt to walk or anything. We’ll check to see if she sprained it or if it’s broken tomorrow morning,” your manager said.

The both of you nodded as your manager left the practice room. Things got a bit quiet when you heard the door click. For a moment there was a slightly awkward silence.

"I’m sorry," Jihoon suddenly blurted out. You turned to face him and stared at him confused. "What do you mean? It’s not your fault," you replied.

"Well I made you extend your foot and then this happened and, an-" You cut him off, "It’s fine. It’s actually my fault for going on. I felt pain earlier on in the dance but I continued on despite the terrible pain I felt."

He sighed and sat down next to you, “Well it’s still fault. I’ll take full responsibility for it. Until you recover, I’ll be right by your side.” You shook your head, disagreeing with what he had just proposed.

"No, you should go and practice otherwise your members will be angered towards you," you replied. "No, it’s fine. I don’t have practice on the weekends so I’ll take care of you the whole weekend. Don’t worry about it," he replied.

You softly sighed as you leaned back in your seat. “Do you want to sit or lie somewhere else where it’s more comfortable? The lounge isn’t too far and it’s just down the hallway,” he suggested.

"Sure, this seat is already killing my anyways," you replied. He chuckled as he got up and aided you from getting up from the chair. He helped you in slowly lifting you up from the seat.

He placed your arm around his neck and you limped towards the door. It was a bit hard for you to place your arm around his neck since he was slightly taller than you but only by a few centimeters.

He wrapped his right arm around to your waist which cause you to brush a bright shade of red. He used his spare left arm and turned the doorknob.

"Are you okay?" He asked and you nodded your head as the two of you slowly walked/limped towards the lounge which was just down the hallway.

As you reached the grey door at the end of the hallway, someone shouted Jihoon’s name. “Jihoon! Jihoon!” Someone repeatedly shouted his name.

The two of you froze in your tracks as you slowly turned your head to see that Seungcheol was at the end of the hallway. However he did not look very happy. It seemed like he was about to explode.

"YAH! Where have you been? Our show is in less than a month and yet you decide to leave? Ho-" Seungcheol stopped scolding him as he turned to face you.

"Oh what happened?" His face seemed to soften when he saw your foot. "Uh, oh it was just an accident that happened in dance," you answered him. "Was it this guy’s fault?" He asked and pointed his right index finger towards Jihoon.

You shook your head, “No, I was dancing then my ankle buckled. It’s probably from overwork.” “Then why is he here?” Seungcheol asked. There was a quiet moment for a second until Jihoon opened his mouth to speak.

"I was helping her with her dance and then this happened, since I was there, it was partly my fault so I am to blame. If you can let me hyung, can I just take today off? I want to take care of ________," Jihoon explained.

Biting your lip did not help at all when you tried to hold back a smile. He didn’t have to take care of you but he wanted to which of course, made you happy.

Seungcheol sighed, “Fine. You can have him for today _______.” You nodded as he turned around to leave. As you saw Seungcheol disappear down the hallway, Jihoon cleared his throat.

"We’re almost to the lounge so just a few more steps then you can rest," he said. You nodded and continued to limp towards the grey door that was at the end of the hallway.

Once you reached the end of the hallway, Jihoon opened the door and you limped your way towards the red couch that was not so far away. “Ahh thank you Jihoon,” you said as you laid down onto the couch.

You sprawled your left leg as you lifted up your right leg to elevate your injury. “No problem. Water?” He asked. You didn’t reply but instead, stuck out your arm.

He took that as a yes and placed the cold water bottle onto your palm. You grasped it and sat up to take a drink. From previous experiences of drinking water sideways, you decided to take the safe route and not choke since it would mean double the pain.

There was a moment of silence, though it was more like an ‘enjoying-the-relaxation’ rather than the normal awkward silence that seemed to always occur whenever you’re with Jihoon.

Taking a glance over at Jihoon, he was throwing his water bottle from one hand to the other. “You look bored,” You bluntly stated. He stared at you confused.

"You know, if you’re bored you could just leave me. I don’t really mind," you said and he shook his head. "I need break anyways. Seungcheol hyung has been pushing us way too much and it’s really tiring since we barely get any breaks," he paused a second to take a sip of his water.

"Plus, I get to spend time with you which is far much better than practicing 24/7," he added. You couldn’t help but giggle when he complained about practice.

"What’s so funny?" He asked as he pulled his chair closer to the couch. "I always suspected you to be the one that just loves to practice and wouldn’t care how long or how tired you’d be. I’m a bit surprised," you said.

He chuckled, “Well I do love to practice and I usually don’t mind but I do get tired here and there. I’m not a ‘practiceholic’.” You giggled an unsavory giggle.

"What about you?" He asked. "It’s the same for me like it is for you. Sometimes I just need a break but really this injury is too much of break," you said.

"Ah, I think you’ll hopefully recover fully over the weekend so you’ll be able to get up and at em in no time," he said. You couldn’t help but smile at his encouraging words. "Thank you," you said.

You see, there was always something about Jihoon that you couldn’t help but smile each time you see him. You weren’t positive that you had feelings for him but it seems like you did. Though you weren’t so sure since you never experienced love yourself.

"Since we’re alone, we should get to know each other more often." You nodded but it didn’t seem like he noticed so he continued on. "I mean we’ve known each other for a quite some time now but not that much."

"Jihoon," you tried calling out his name. "So it’d be nice to get to know each other even more, if you know what I mean." "Jihoon," you raised your voice a bit louder. He still continued on rambling.

"Well you don’t have to if you don’t wa-" "JIHOON!" You shouted. This time, you were able to catch his attention. "Oh, sorry for rambling about," Jihoon said.

"It’s just that I-" You cut him off before he could go about rambling again. "Okay I’ll start off since you might ramble about," you said and he nodded.

"Okay so hmmm," you thought for a while as you tapped your chin. "Favourite dessert?" "Jajangmyeon with spicy ramyun noddles," he replied.

"You?" He asked. "I don’t have one, I like all foods," you replied. "Hmm, I really want to meet Park Shin Hye," you said. "You want to become an actress like her?" You nodded.

"I idolized her since the first drama I saw her in which was You’re Beautiful. If I can, I want to get a role in a drama with her which is basically near impossible," you said.

"Cool. I’m pretty sure one day you’ll be able to work with her so don’t lose hope," he said. "I want to meet Justin Bieber and Brian Puspos." "Well tha-" He cut you off and started rambling again.

You softly sighed and giggled quietly to yourself as he rambled on. Just as you were getting up to sit straight, you heard three words come from his mouth.

"I like you," he suddenly said. Your eyes widened and you stared right at him. "W-wait what?" "I like stew," he said. "No, what did you say? Like actually say?" You asked and he shook his head, "I don’t know what you’re talking about, that’s what I said."

"No, I could’ve sworn I heard something else," you said and leaned a bit closer towards him. "I said, I like stew, why? Is there a problem?" He asked and you shook your head.

"You didn’t say that you liked stew! You said, and I quote, ‘I like you’," you said. For a moment you could’ve sworn you saw him smile a bit but he looked at you absurd.

"Why would I say that? Seriously, you’re hearing things _______!" He said. "Uh, I’m pretty sure you said that," you argued back. He shook his head, "You’re crazy!"

He got up and started to walk towards the grey door. You were sitting there dumbfounded and unsure of what to do. Then an idea had lit up in your head.

You got up and limped a few times before lying down on the floor, faking that you fell. “AH!”  You screamed. He immediately turned around and you clutched onto your right ankle.

"Y-yah! ______! Why would you get up and walk?! Did you think I would actually leave you? Just, stay calm, I’ll go and ge-" You cut him off with a kiss.

He was taken back at first but then gave in, he kissed back and you prayed that you were right about what you heard earlier. He pulled away from the kiss.

"Pabo," you mumbled underneath your breath. "I like you too." He was shocked but his mouth slowly twitched into a wide grin. "Glad to hear," he replied.

He then rested beside you on the floor. “To be honest with you, I panicked when you asked me to repeat it. I thought you would be disgusted with me,” he said.

You shook you head, “No way! Who’s crazy enough to reject you?” He laughed and slyly took your hand in his. He quickly pecked your cheek and you giggled.

"If you want then just go for the lips," you said. He turned and he was now facing you with him on top. He slowly leaned in for another kiss. Just when your lips brushed against each other, someone disrupted you.

"Hey Hy-WHOA! Didn’t mean to interrupt you guys, please continue on," you heard a member say. Jihoon got off of you and turned to see Hansol standing by the doorway.

"Way to kill the moment," you mumbled as you sat up. Jihoon sat up and then suddenly Soonyoung appeared. "What’s taking you so long?" Soonyoung asked.

"Hyung, let’s just go. We’re interrupting them from making out," Hansol said. He turned around and grabbed Soonyoung’s arm as he dragged him away.

"WAIT WHAT?! JIHOON AND _______ ARE DATING?!" You heard Soonyoung shout from all the way down the hallway. Suddenly, you heard a lot of talking from the hallway.

"Well this is not at all embarrassing," Jihoon said sarcastically. You could feel your face burning up by the minute since you were able to pick out some words from the loud conversation.

"Do you think that they might have told th-" He cut you off, "Yep. Definitely. Prepare for endless teasing from both Seventeen members and your group members."

You took a deep breath in and sighed. “Oh well,” Jihoon said. “Well at least I could keep them away by something.” You arched you brow and turned your head to look at him. “What?”

"This," he said before kissing you. You could feel your heart melting by the minute as the two of you kissed. "SO IT’S TRUE!" You heard Wonwoo say.

You pulled away to see Samuel running around frantically and screaming, “MY EYES! MY EYES!” The two of you couldn’t help but burst into laughter as the members one by one came to interrogate you and of course, come to tease you.

Phew. Finally was able to decide an ending for this! It was so difficult to see what kind of ending suited it so I decided on this one! Well I hope you were satisfied with this one shot!

-Admin L