The Project 'Buddy'

~6~

Loud music could be heard even through Jungwon's AirPods. He took them off, and entered the dance room where all his friends were.

If you're wondering what's happening, Jungwon, Sunoo, Jake and Niki are going to perform on stage during the Gbogh Fest that was coming in 2 weeks. They volunteered themselves, thinking it would be fun to do something out of their comfort zone before the end of Uni.

Luckily for them, Niki was an expert in these things. He was a dancer himself, so he knew places where they could book dance studios to practice. The school didn't really have one, so for the meantime, they were booking dance studios to perfect their routine before just practicing in empty classrooms after school.

"Yay! Jungwon's here! Let's begin!" Niki cheered eagerly. He was really excited to do this.

"Whoa, can't you see I just stepped in?" Jungwon asked, gesturing to the ground.

"Nope. You're like, half past that line, so you're technically quite inside the studio already," Niki factly stated, and Jungwon smacked his head. He really was taking the advantage of turning 20...

"We're doing quite a few performances aren't we?" Jake asked, stretching.

"Yeah. We're dancing to one and then the one of you is singing and I'm not cuz yeah but whoever you are good luck," Niki informed, and his three hyungs rolled their eyes. They were going to dance to this song called, 'Sweet Venom."

"Where are Taki, Daniel and Geonu?" Sunoo asked out loud, fishing out his phone. The four of them waited for about five minutes and the three boys sprinted through the door.

"Class...released....late," Geonu panted.

"You guys are released late and Niki is released early? What?" Jake looked between the four of the Juniors.

"Sucks to be you, cher didn't come today so we got sub and we managed to trick him into thinking dismissal was thirty minutes earlier than normal," Niki proudly flipped his hair, and Jungwon and Sunoo burst out laughing.

Taki's eyes widened, mouthing lucky.

"That's right pookies, learn from me," Niki told them, only to earn himself a smack on the head from Jake.

"Okay, let's start!" Jungwon announced, making sure they don't fight. Niki, determined to do the routine well, just scoffed out a breath of frustration. He went to the front of the dance studio and everyone took their positions.

Jungwon, being the first one to start, took in a deep breath. He pressed play of the audio, quickly got into position, and waited for the beats to play. He waited for Sunoo to do his move and then it was his turn. "Hey~! I see your face, you're up to something.."

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"Venom," Jake sang, finishing the song.

"Whooo! Yes! We did it!" Daniel cheered.

"Singing and dancing....not bad guys," Niki complimented.

"Of course! Who do you take us for?" Sunoo huffed, crossing his arms.

"I don't know....couch potatoes?"

And then they started chasing each other. Jungwon, too tired to deal with them, sat down on the floor while drinking from his water bottle. He glanced at his phone and noticed something.