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He told himself exactly that maybe a hundred times on his way to practice.

After a five minute run, Taeyong was finally in front of the door to the practice room. He couldn't make himself grip the handle and open the door whatever he did- he was too scared. He was thirty minutes late- ten minutes past his given extra time.

Thankfully, he didn't have to worry about opening the door since his dear friend opened it for him. Taeyong was pleasantly surprised when he saw that the shorter didn't very angry. And of course, he had to take advantage of that.

''Hey Ten, how are you doing?'' Taeyong said sweetly, flying past Ten who just looked at him with an unimpressed stare. ''I know you're doing good. Let's start practce right awa-''

''Taeyong.''

Taeyong shut up immediately and averted his eyes to the ground, face red in embarrasment. Ten sighed at the older and rubbed his temples, annoyed.

''Look, you can't come to practice late every single time,'' Ten said firmly. ''I'm tired of waiting every single time.''

''I know,'' Taeyong mumbled, his eyes fixed on the wall behind Ten. ''I'm sorry.''

Ten's eyes softened when he saw that the boy was genuinely sorry. Taeyong had been coming to practices even later than normal- normally, he'd come a few minutes late and they'd have friendly banter and go on with practice after, but lately Taeyong had ben coming ten to twenty minutes late every time. Ten knew Taeyong had a hard time managing everything right now, but he didn't want to Taeyong to think that this was okay. So without the other realizing, he had been trying his best to motivate him to get himself together.

''It's okay,'' Ten said and Taeyong hated how he sounded let down just like how he had sounded in the last practice. ''But Taeyong, I don't want to put up with this anymore, okay? You've been coming late for like... the last seven practice sessions.''

''I'm sorry, Ten,'' Taeyong said, voice soft. ''I just have a lot going on right now. This'll be the last I come late.''

''I hope you're right,'' Ten said and smiled at the taller, successfully breaking the tense atmosphere. ''Anyways, I'm stopping this before shit gets too awkward.''

Taeyong chuckled and walked towards the speakers, throwing his backpack next to it. ''Thank god, this was going nowhere.''

''It was going somewhere but I didn't want to take it there,'' Ten said. ''Come on now, we lost enough time. Open the music, let's go over the choreography.''

''Which one?''

''The end of semester performance.''

Taeyong's slender fingers moved on his phone quickly, opening his playlist he had named 'Dance' and clicking on the very first song.

''Bluetooth-''

''I know, Ten, I'm not that stupid!'' Taeyong whined. Ten cackled.

''I don't know about that, Taeyong. You seem a little more airheaded than usual today. Did something happen today?''

Taeyong huffed when he remembered the guy he had bumped into half an hour ago and how much of a dick he'd been. ''Yeah, I fell on my ass.''

''Nothing unusual,'' Ten said, uninterested. ''Tell me if something interesting happened.''

''I met the biggest ass I've met in a while,'' Taeyong complained, stopping the music to talk about how shitty hs morning had been. ''I was running and he bumped into me. I fell and when I looked up he was looking straight down at me with the most annoyingly amused expression I've ever seen.''

''I sense something weird here,'' Ten commented. ''Are you sure he was the one who bumped into you? If you were running, then you were probably the one who ran into him.''

Taeyong gasped dramatically. ''Ten, you're my friend! You can't just put the blame on me so easily!''

Ten shrugged. ''I'm just saying what I'm thinking.''

''You're mean,'' Taeyong muttered, starting the music and putting down his phone. He walked next to Ten, who was grinning at him like the annoying person he was, and turned to the mirrors. ''I'm never talking to you again.''

''Yeah, whatever.''

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Hey guys! I'm back after a very very long hiatus. I hope you liked the first chapter which is kind of unlikely because I'm horrible at writing first chapters. This is also my first university au so please bear with me. This and Freak are my only long fanfics and I'll admit that I'm much better at writing oneshots than long stories. Also I'd like to say this: Since I'm ridiculously multifandom, you can expect stories from many different fandoms from me.
Also huge thanks to BTSNOODLE !! she singlehandedly managed to make my profile look gr8!! tysm ily

All in all, I hope you'll enjoy this story because I like writing it very much. Thank you for reading!