2. Pretty U (1/2)

he was actually really annoying at first.

as seungcheol left to go sort things out at his boyfriend's café, jihoon was left to suffer in the silence of the studio. in all honesty, he felt as if he should've just refused his best friend like he usually did. well, his generosity had led to both a road of heart

eak, as well as happiness, in the future. well, the

unette didn't know that yet.

instead, he was in the situation most people would love. after all, seven handsome dancers all in one room? it was hell. not only was it heavy, no one knew how to strike up a conversation. all their prayers were heard as the beautiful (jihoon shuddered as he thought that) started to speak.

"so, i feel like we should introduce ourselves. i'm kwon soonyoung, but some people here call me hoshi. i can't wait to work with you." the man smiled, which weirded jihoon out for a second. where did such a left-field name come from? he would've mistaken it for the mario character if he were as dumb as some others.

clearing his throat, a man with bleached-blonde hair started to speak. "i'm wen junhui." that was literally it. woah, he must be a really uncomfortable with the situation, or really socially awkward. he hoped it was the former, but he knew it would be the latter. jihoon would hopefully find out sooner or later.

"why do you have to be like this?" another muttered and jihoon recognised him to be the one who insulted him when they first met. "i'm xu minghao. some call me the eight." that was random. "we're both chinese if you're wondering, so there are some moments where we won't be able to talk back to you." jihoon took that into his mental notes.

"i'm lee seokmin," said another man. he had soft, chestnut-coloured hair, just like jihoon himself. he seemed more respectful, but he seemed positive. jihoon was clinging onto that energy at the moment. "you can call me dk or dokyeom. i don't really mind which one. i look forward to dancing with you." ah, he forgot he'd be doing that.

besides the ever-happy seokmin was another

unette, who was slightly more baby-faced than the other. jihoon couldn't say much as he was often told he looked younger than he actually was, much to his dismay. speaking up, he had a slight grin when speaking. "i'm boo seungkwan, or anything really. i really like..." jihoon had learnt the meaning of a talkative person that day. he had never heard someone share details about their life like seungkwan.

during his biography, in which he learnt how seungkwan was pining for a worker at a local café, it was luckily cut short when another dancer decided to cut in. "calm down there. woozi probably doesn't need to know those weird details." jihoon scrunched his face up at that name. seungcheol probably told them. "i'm jeon wonwoo, nice to meet you."

the last male, and apparently the youngest, was pondering on what to say. "i'm lee chan, or dino." jihoon later learned it was because he liked dinosaurs or something like that. maybe he had a kink for them, but jihoon didn't really remember. "i'm glad you're working with us for our contemporary dance. seungcheol didn't seem to know what he was doing." seems like him. seungcheol usually does hip hop so contemporary is completely out of his lane.

as if they were waiting for him, jihoon decided to speak again. "i guess you already know this, but i'm lee jihoon. please refrain from calling me woozi. there's a long story to that name." they all nodded. after all, seungcheol always bored them with his stories from his childhood. "please get along with me during the course of our work."

they all bowed slightly in response before soonyoung decided to speak. "so, jihoon, if you aren't a dancer, what do you work as?" it was a random question, but he thought it would be nice if they all got to know each other more.

"i work as a producer. writing songs is something i do if i'm inspired. sometimes, i sing." he said simply and all of them looked up. this person? well, it would be cool if he had actually written some songs they knew, but it was unlikely.

"really? name a song you've produced." minghao replied, wanting to see if he did know any songs. he loved music, having an extensive knowledge about the subject, so if it was relatively good, he would've listened to it.

"well, i wrote that lilili yabbay song that you danced to. seungcheol showed me a recording of the dance and i was impressed. who choreographed it?" wait, this was the person who wrote that song? the dancers who had worked on that song were: soonyoung, minghao, jun and dino. it was a fun song to dance to, and they actually loved the beat and lyrics.

"i did, but the others pitched in when they could. also, that was a great song. are you planning on releasing any others?" soonyoung replied, excited by the fact that he was finally meeting the writer of that song. seungcheol had left them in the dark, and he was starting to realise how much he had hidden from them.

"i don't have the inspiration to do anything at the moment." jihoon replied with a nod. "but, if i do, i'll try my best to make it into a good song. however, i'm just taking a