Learn || Golden Child

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And then it was Jaein's turn. Sungyoon helped her film at the back.

Afterwards it was Sungyoon's turn. Jaein helped him take a video. At the same time she noticed that many other people also took out their phones to film Sungyoon dancing.

Lastly it was Minah and Donghyun's turn, where Arim and Bomin helped them film. And they cheered when the dance teacher told Donghyun to move to the front and dance.

After everyone danced, the teacher had another solo performance. Then he chose a few students to film with him for the very last time.

He chose the three boys along with a few girls who were also good at dancing.

And that concluded the lesson. Students were dismissed.

"Let's eat dinner together," Bomin suggested.

Arim smiled widely as she hugged his arm. "Yes! I'm starving."

"We can have some desserts too," Donghyun said.

Minah nodded, smiling, before looking around, "wait a second. Where is Sungyoon?"

"Jaein ah, do you know where he is?" Arim tapped the girl's shoulder.

Jaein just stared blankly at a direction, where Sungyoon got surrounded by a lot of girls.

"Oh shit," Donghyun mumbled when he saw what's happening.

"Hey there~ you danced so well just now. What's your name?"

"What's your instagram name? Let's be friends!"

"Are you single? I want to get to know you more~"

"Can I have your number?"

Sungyoon didn't know how to react to the situation. He tried to walk away but couldn't.

Arim widened her eyes before shaking Jaein's shoulders hard. "Yah! Go save your partner!"

"I know right! These two guys here are safe because of us. But Sungyoon over there isn't!" Minah exclaimed.

"B-but I'm no one to save him from that situation..." Jaein panicked.

"Come on," Arim looked completely serious, "take a deep breath. You'll know what to do. Just a bit of acting is fine."

"A-acting?" Jaein's voice was shaking as she spoke.

The other four teenagers looked at her silently.

"Okay, I'll try my best." The girl let out a sigh before turning around, walking towards the crowd.

Sungyoon was panicking and he felt uncomfortable. However, he couldn't figure out a way to get out of this situation. And he widened his eyes when Jaein pushed through the other girls and stopped in front of him.

"Yah oppa~" Jaein whined, making him freeze in shock.

"Why are you like this?!" She lightly punched his arm, "you always don't express yourself well. You should reject people at the right times."

Sungyoon remained speechless at how she's acting like a completely different person.

"Why can't oppa just tell others that you have a girlfriend?! You're going to make unnie so jealous." Jaein looked at him with puppy eyes as she pouted at him, making him widen his eyes.

"Sorry, my brother is always like that. Also, he doesn't really use social media." The girl smiled apologetically at the other people as she hugged his arm. "If lucky enough you may be able to meet him next time. We're leaving now."

At this moment, the other four teenagers finally came to save the both of them.

"Yes!" Minah dramatically hit Jaein on the back, "maybe next time!"

"Y-yeah!!!!" Arim jumped in as well, "Let's go and eat!!"

"Agree!!" Bomin and Donghyun exclaimed before grabbing Sungyoon's arm, dragging him out of the crowd. The six of them left the dance studio.

They went to one of the nearby restaurants and took a seat. They quickly ordered their food before it was complete silence again, remembering the sudden event.

"Jesus christ Choi Jaein..." Minah looked at Jaein, surprised by her acting.

"I'm impressed, to be honest," Bomin said.

"I... I don't... how..." Jaein had been overwhemed by anxiety ever since she left the dance studio and got out of character. She almost couldn't breath and had to keep holding her stomach that was aching.

Arim got a bit worried, and tried to put her arm around Jaein to calm her down. But she just shook her head, meaning that she didn't want to be touched.

At this moment, Sungyoon, who sat right opposite to Jaein, finally spoke, "thank you for saving me."

She tried to respond but was still too anxious to even speak, so she just nodded her head.

"Are you not feeling well?" He asked, "I can walk you home first if you want to leave early."

Jaein widened her eyes and shook her head, and finally forcing out a few words, "it's fine, I'm okay..."

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Arim: hey dude

Arim: hey

Arim: hey

Arim: hey

Arim: HEY

Arim: DUDE

Arim: ARE YOU ONLINE

Arim: OR ARE YOU DEAD ASDFGHJKLL

Jaein: yeah both

Arim: are you feeling better

Jaein: yeah

Arim: good, we were very worried

Arim: btw i cant believe what you did today

Jaein: ...

Arim: you freaking sister-zoned yourself what the heck?

Arim: you should've acted as his girlfriend

Jaein: i have my reasons

Jaein: i dont know how to act like a girlfriend because i've never been one

Jaein: i could act as a sister this well because i am one

Arim: ....

Arim: fine

Arim: but now what

Arim: what if he ends up actually thinking of you as his sister

Jaein: sigh

Jaein: i dont know...

Arim: but on the bright side tho~

Arim: do you know that he had been staring at you the whole time during dinner

Jaein: ... really?

Arim: yeahhh he seemed so worried about you

Jaein: omg

Arim: so dont worry, you still have a chance

Arim: it's still possible so good luck!!!!