For the entire lunch period, the chaotic but loving group made sure to make Chaeyoung feel as welcomed as possible, knowing that the unwanted adrenaline rushing through her bloodstreams probably had her stress levels sky rocketing.
She was more on the shy and timid side, being soft spoken and more reserved about her opinions. Obviously, they didn't want to rush her into anything or be overwhelming with their very hyper personalities, but still made sure to show their more goofy characteristics .
Knowing that being the new student at a rather big public high school could be insanely nerve racking, as they had all been there at some point, they all reassured her that if she ever needed help with anything, she's always welcomed to talk or go to them for any form of advice.
Yoongi especially made sure to truly emphasize this.
In some ways, he kind of related to her.
Disregarding the more soft and cheery appearance, Yoongi knew what it was like to feel as if you shouldn't voice your proper opinions, or always being restricted to keeping thoughts within yourself.
So hopefully, aware that she could relate to one of them, it made her feel more comfortable and at ease asking for assistance in anything she was unfamiliar about.
After lunch had ended, both Hoseok and Yoongi offered to walk Chaeyoung to her next class, just to ensure she wouldn't get lost in all the complicated hallways and secretive twists and turns of the overbearing school.
Not to mention the student traffic jam.
At first, she denied their kind offers since she didn't want to burden them with helping the "pathetic new student", but Hoseok and Yoongi weren't having it and walked her anyway, just for safety measures.
As the three scurried their way to class, small talk was discussed among them in order to ease Chaeyoung in a little more. It wasn't uncomfortable or forced, but overall a pleasant atmosphere that hung above them.
And even though they didn't know too much about her yet, both boys already instantly took a liking to her along with the others.
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Entering the classroom, Hoseok soaked in the afternoon sunlight perfectly warming up his face with orangey yellow hues, casting this golden ray on his eyes that made them pop with this beautiful honey color.
Yoongi, who has only just arrived moments before, couldn't take his eyes off him.
To be fair, Hoseok was in his general eyesight, so it's not like he was purposefully staring in awe.
It was simply.. unintentional.
Yeah, let's go with that.
However, just as Hoseok locked eyes with Yoongi, the elder immediately tore his eyes away from the ethereal being in front of him, and back towards his lap, a light rosy crimson dusting his cheeks in the process.
He was just praying to the almighty gods that Hoseok didn't notice he was full on staring the whole time, or perhaps dismissed it with no dwelling thoughts. Thankfully, the prayers were answered, since Hoseok barely took notice of this and was completely unaware of the blush coating Yoongi's face beside him.
"Hey Yoongi!" Hoseok happily chirped, pulling out the chair in front of him before lazily plopping down in it.
"Hello~" Yoongi greeted, still not facing Hoseok, who was fetching out some supplies from his backpack.
"Sooo what do you think of Chaeyoung?" Hoseok inquired, gazing at Yoongi with hopeful eyes.
A small smile tugged at Yoongi's lips, since he did really like her and genuinely thought she was a sweet person, "I like her, she seems really sweet. How'd you meet her though?"
Yoongi turned to face Hoseok ever so slightly at the question, but not too much just in case his flushed face was still remotely evident.
"Oh!" Hoseok's face lit up at the question, eyes sparkling with pure joy, "she's sits next to me in one of my morning classes. I asked her to lunch since she didn't know anyone beforehand, and I felt bad if she was just left out since. Plus, she seemed really nice so it couldn't hurt to ask."
Nodding at the information, Yoongi turned back to face the front of the classroom before mumbling, "Thats really nice of you, Hoseok."
A light blushed creeped up Hoseok's cheeks at the compliment, before smiling sheepishly, "Well yeah, I know what it feels like to be in her place right now. It was the least I could do."
"Yeah but most people are b*tchy and wouldn't do that, you're a literal angel."
"Gahhh shut up I'm gonna melt into a puddle of squishiness because of you," Hoseok teased, playfully shoving Yoongi's shoulder.
"Puddle of squishiness?" Yoongi laughed, "the frick is that?"
"I don't knooowww," Hoseok groaned, his voice coming out a little more high pitched than intended.
Laughing at his friend's adorable and shy behavior, Yoongi turned back to face the front of the room just as the teacher clapped their hands to gain the class' attention.
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"I'm just saying Jimin," Hoseok grabbed his friend's shoulder mid sentence, "I don't think you need to worry about how flat your tights make your butt look."
Jimin shoved Hoseok's hand away before rolling his eyes, "Can you maybe, I don't know, not say that out loud" He hissed.
"So you're just not gonna take my motivational words of wisdom promoting body positivity?" Hoseok scoffed, pretending to be offended.
Rolling his eyes again, Jimin forced a smile and made his voice unnaturally soothing, "Thank you, Jung Hoseok, for that-wonderful speech," a tone of sarcasm lacing every word.
"You're welcome b*tcha$$," Hoseok beamed, overly scrunching up his nose and eyes.
Ending their silly little bicker, which was actually an ordinary and daily occurrence for them that everyone learned to deal with, the two finished putting on their dance shoes and headed towards the center along with the other students.
And out of the corner of his eye, Hoseok swore he saw someone oddly familiar, yet never in their dance class before. His curiosity getting to the best of him, the brunet turned around and eyes immediately lit up at the person a few feet behind him and Jimin.
Chaeyoung.
Poking Jimin in the arm harshly, earning a very annoyed glare in return, Hoseok motioned with his head to where he was looking at.
Not really giving Jimin enough time to fully comprehend what was happening, he just gripped the younger's wrist tightly before pulling him over to where Chaeyoung was nervously standing by herself.
Once she saw the two approaching, her eyes instantly flickered with sparkles dancing in them, the above lights reflecting perfectly.
"Chaeyoung, I didn't know you danced?" Hoseok smiled, the statement more coming off as a surprised comment than a question.
Looking down towards the floor timidly, she meekly responded with a soft, "Oh, yeah. I've been doing it for a couple years but I'm not the best at it," her sentence ending in a light chuckle.
"But what about you guys?" She immediately added afterwards, hating nothing more than to have the focus of attention all on her.
"Ah don't day that, I'm sure you're great!" Hoseok beamed before continuing, "I've been doing it since I was little, same with Jimin."
Nodding, impression clearly written all over her face, she curiously asked, "What type of dance you guys do?"
"Ballet and hip hop," Jimin answered, besting Hoseok to it.
"Just hip hop for me," Hoseok sheepishly scratched the back of his neck, "do you do hip hop too?"
Chaeyoung nodded, confirming that statement, before turning her head alarmingly at the dance instructor clearing her throat.
"Alright, lets start up with some warmups!"
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"...but I'm not the best at it."
Lies.
All lies.
Personally, Hoseok didn't blame her since she seemed to be a really humble person who hated attention and praise, which he somewhat related to.
But still, her movements and technique were flawless.
Both Jimin and Hoseok just exchanged pure looks of awe, mouths gaping open at the fluid moving figure in front of them. Totally contradicting her soft outward appeal, she was a master at precise and sharp movements, with her feet always landing on the feet and body moving fiercely with every word being blasted from the above speakers placed all about the room.
Of course, the two boys didn't believe she would be bad like she had claimed, but they weren't expecting that.
Hoseok wracked his brain and the information she gave them, "I've been doing it for a couple years."
It had to be another lie.
A couple years?
More like an entire lifetime, since no average dancer of roughly five or so years could have already advanced that much unless you were apart of this extremely prestigious program and working profusely 24/7.
If that was the case, then Hoseok just sweated at the mere thought of it; it sounded like torture.
He honestly just hoped that Chaeyoung was playing the humble card and lied about it, since the simple idea of it was uncomprehendable. Of course it was impressive, yet terrifying to think about, since the dance world from his pointe of view was already exceedingly cruel.
He couldn't even imagine it from someone else's place.
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