If Only...

Part Two

Yunho glanced at me and chuckled, “That was my cousin.” He answered followed by a, “Why?”

“Jeonhee was--” I instantly covered my friend’s lips and continued for her, “I have never seen her before so I was just curious.”

“Well, I coincidentally just saw her here, I had no idea she was joining this contest.” He shared.

Asano and I replied a simple nod.

“Contestants, the competition will start in thirty minutes.” The lady with a megaphone announced.

The three of us exchanged glances.

“I better put on my costume.” Yunho pursued, “Fighting to us!”

“Fighting!” I replied while Asano just smiled back.

Yunho soon left us. My friend pinched me on my cheeks, “Oh you should have told him already.”

“I did not have the courage alright?” I frowned.

“That’s not the real reason, you’re just very stubborn.” She rebutted.  

I soughed, “You don’t understand the possible consequences Asano.”

“Which is better? You, confessing and afterwards feel like you have let go of a huge boulder on your shoulders or not doing it but you feel like you are about to explode any moment, when you see him with another girl?” she weighed things down.

“None?” I hesitantly answered.

“You better straighten up Jeonhee.” My friend advised, “Well, I have to go. I still need to internalize.” She ended.

Before she left she hugged me and wished me luck. I hugged her back and said the same and then we parted ways.

I did some stretching at one corner of the holding area while executing my moves in my mind. This is it! If I can’t wow the judges with my costume at least they should love my routine. Besides that is the whole point of this contest anyway.

A loud bell sounded off the four walls signaling the start of the competition. It added to the tension I was currently feeling. I saw the first ten contestants lined up and soon walked out of the premises towards the back stage.

Music boomed all over and lights played at the stage. Cheers of the audiences were very evident as well. A couple of hours later, the holding area became almost empty. Only about 30 people were staying here. Asano also performed within those hours if waiting, she did a hip-hop ballet kind of dance. She was really good especially at the ballet part, it was just her expertise. She looked really stunning, like those women I see in movies. Oh, I almost forgot to mention Eunhyuk oppa. He did some kind of robotic, hip-hop, routine with his specialty popping. I can’t quite explain it though; all I can say is that, the whole performance was simply overwhelming. He could actually win this thing.

The 7th batch of dancers was nearly done and next is the batch I belong to. Oh, please I hope things go well.

When we were lining up, Yunho came up to me.

“Aja!” he stated, giving me encouragement.

“Thank you.” I continued, “So aren’t you dancing yet?” I wondered.

Yunho need not say anything and showed me his number, he was the 95th contestant.  

“Wow, you were very late.” I reacted, my eyes wide open.

He laughed at my expression, “Well, this is what I get for choosing to ride the train.”

My brows met, “Wouldn’t that be way faster?”