Among the Stars- Seaycee Oneshots

Insecurities

"How does Sean even lift her?"

"Is it just me or has Kaycee gained some weight?"

"Her legs are huge, Rip Sean's body with a partner like her"

Kaycee had just posted several pictures from her trip to NYC and was overwhelmed with the amount of hate comments that had rolled into her comment section. Kaycee had never been a true girly girl but she did care about her appearance and had things that she had always been insecure about, one of them being her weight. Growing up as a dancer in the industry there are always people with certain opinions, that felt inclined to share them, so this wasn't new to her but it still hurt.

She locked herself in her bathroom, staring at herself in the mirror. The person that stood staring back at her was one she was disgusted with. Hot tears spilled down her cheeks like waterfalls as she stood there, picking apart everything she disliked about her body. She felt overwhelmed as they seemingly piled on, all at once, her legs, her arms, her height, her —

"Kaycee?" a voice broke her out of her pity party and she snapped her head towards to locked door, quickly splashing water on her face and dried her face as a last attempt to fix her appearance before opening the door.

"Hey Sean!" She chirped with fake enthusiasm, forcing a smile that didn't reach her eyes. She knew he could see right through her, having known her for so long, but forced the act nonetheless. She didn't need to bother him with her insecurities, he already did enough for her.

"Hey Kayc! Is everything okay? I texted you that I was here but you didn't respond, so I let myself in." Sean explained, raking his eyes over Kaycee. Her eyes were puffy and her skin was flushed, she looked exhausted. He tried desperately to meet her eyes but they stayed glued to the floor, not letting him in.

"Ya, I'm great! I'll just grab my stuff and we'll be on our way!" Kaycee chimed, brushing past him into her room.

A frown formed on Sean's face as he watched her go, something was wrong, he could tell. They had spent enough time together to pick up on each other's tells, and Kaycee saying how great she is and avoiding eye contact was one of hers. What Sean didn't understand is why she was hiding whatever it was that was bothering her from him. Their partnership was built on the foundation of complete trust in the other, so what could be so bad that she wouldn't tell Sean?

The duo climbed into Sean's car and Sean pulled a lunch box out of the back seat before climbing back into the front.

"I know you sometimes forget to eat when your parents are out of town, so I made you a little something." Sean stated as he tossed a lunch box into Kaycee's lap, hoping to get a smile out of her.

"It's your favorite."

Kaycee looked into the open lunch box, seeming at war with herself. She would usually devour Sean's cooking in half a second when he brought her food, but the comments from this morning stayed glued in her mind and she suddenly felt like she was going to cry, just looking at the food.

Sean watched her in confusion as she closed the lunchbox and set it in the seat behind her. "Thank you, but I'm not hungry."

"Kaycee, you need to eat something." Sean spoke firmly, not leaving any room for argument. Kaycee only avoided his intense gaze, looking out the window.

"I already ate." It was a blatant lie, and they both knew it.

Sean mentally debated forcing it out of her now but decided against it, seeing as they had two masterclasses tonight and he didn't want to be arguing with her when they were dancing. Whatever it was, it would have to wait.

They made it to Brian's class after an uncharacteristically quiet car ride and Kaycee practically leaped out of the car the second it stopped, hustling into the class and leaving Sean to follow her, hot on her heels.

Kaycee avoided him the entire class and only interacted with him when they were paired together to film, even then, not interacting with him much when they improved. She danced well, but still seemed off in Sean's eyes. Her usual spark wasn't there, the happiness and light that usually lit up the room was gone and Sean was feeling a little cold in it's absence.

She didn't talk to him after class or when they walked into Jojo's class a half hour later. She set her stuff down in a corner and Sean followed her this time. He was determined to stay close to her whether she liked it or not.

Sean only half payed attention to learning the choreography while he watched Kaycee. She was physically going through the motions but her eyes were glazed over and she looked a million miles away. Kaycee always gave one hundred percent to whatever dance she was learning, so to see her off her game was surprising to everyone. She seemed fine an hour ago and usually could do four masterclasses without showing any signs of fatigue, but that wasn't the case today. Her movements became more slow and sluggish and her body seemed pale, void of its usual color.

When Jojo finally called for a water break, Kaycee didn't move, instead staying on the floor, going through the choreography. After missing another step she ran a hand through her sweaty hair, huffing in frustration. Sean stayed on the floor as well, approaching her cautiously as if she was going to snap at any second.

"You're think about it too much, just relax. What part do you need help on?" Sean asked her in a low voice, resting a hand on her shoulder.

"I don't need your help, Sean." Kaycee mumbled, lazily shrugging his hand off.

Sean recoiled and walked away, giving her space. Kaycee felt bad for snapping at him when he was only trying to help, but figured it was for the better.

He deserved someone so much better.

An: finally this is out! part two of this shot should be up in the next few days, so I hope you guys enjoy this:) Also I got to take Sean's class at SA Hip Hop fest and omg it was so much fun! He was so patient with everyone and taught everything really well!
Last thing everyone make sure to check out Sean's announcement on his Ig and youtube and donate if you can! Thanks for reading 🌙