One step to you
Strangely uneasy
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“Ugh! Jeonghan hyung, I’m sorry!”
A crowded practice room.
While the Seventeen members were rehearsing their group choreography, Hoshi accidentally stepped and bumped into Jeonghan.
For a moment, everyone was silent—
“No~ It’s okay~”
Jeonghan waved his hand and smiled as if nothing had happened.
The smile was brighter than usual,
Hoshi nodded with a momentary embarrassed expression and returned to his seat.
But even after that, Jeonghan continued to laugh and laugh.
Even if the choreography gets messed up, even if I start over from the beginning, even if I sweat and get out of breath.
He would smile and pat the back of a member who made a mistake, and when he was wrong, he would scratch his head and stick out his tongue playfully.
In that strangely optimistic atmosphere, the members exchanged glances with each other.
“Hyung Jeonghan… why are you like that?”
"...Your smile is a bit different than usual..?"
Every time that happened, the one who observed it silently was Seungcheol.
He squinted his eyes silently, staring at Jeonghan, and eventually, at the end of the practice, he approached him.
“...Ugh, is that so good? Control your expression.”
Jeonghan immediately burst into laughter.
“Me? I did my best~”
"……crazy."
Jeonghan tilted his head with a playful look as he spoke to Seungcheol, who spoke with a small sigh.
“Still... I want to meet you quietly and nicely. Thank you.”
At that one word, Seungcheol responded briefly, seemingly indifferently.
“…Yes. Please, do so.”
Then he patted her shoulder and turned to walk away. Jeonghan looked at her back and smiled softly, deeply.
***
On the other hand, at that time, Seoyeon
I was completely immersed in a scene from a weekend drama and was acting.
A confession climax scene where the emotional line with the other person flows importantly.
Seo-yeon, who was acting with a keen eye for every emotional line, recited her lines while looking directly into her co-star's eyes.
“...Then would you like to have a drink with me?”
"....yes?"
At that moment, outside the camera, everyone held their breath, and a longing light formed in her eyes—
“Cut!”
The director's voice suddenly released the emotional chain.
Seoyeon exhaled lightly, nodded, and slowly left the room.
While monitoring, the director nodded and said.
"This part was really good. Next time, could you lighten the tone a little bit?
"all right."
Seoyeon answered neatly and smiled. Deep down, she wanted to end it quickly.
Because I had a plan with Jeonghan tonight.
Even if we can't go on a grand date, I can still walk the streets with him at night.
A single whisper in a cafe, everything was so long awaited.
At that moment.
“Seoyeon, you worked hard today!”
Eunho, her opponent, approached. Seoyeon instinctively bowed her head in greeting.
“Oh, yes! Thank you for your hard work, Senior Eunho.”
He asked with a natural smile.
“Huh? Seoyeon, what’s your phone background?”
At those words, Seoyeon tilted her head and habitually picked up her phone and unlocked it with her fingerprint.
Seoyeon is curious, wondering why people are curious about such things.
I thought the conversation would end, but Eunho smiled and said,
“I knew it.”
"…yes?"
Before Seoyeon could even raise her head, Eunho snatched her phone away.
While Seoyeon, startled, reached out— Eunho quickly entered his number,
He called himself using Seoyeon's phone. His phone vibrated.
“…I don’t think I’ll give it to you if you just ask for my number. Then I’ll see you at the next shoot.”
Eunho smiled nonchalantly, waved his hand, and left.
Seoyeon retrieved her phone and stared blankly at it for a long time.
“...What the... Really...”
Something felt off, something didn't feel right... I didn't even want to laugh.
"I wish I could hear Jeonghan's voice right now," he muttered quietly.