IX:

Jungwon & Heesung stood at the doorway with soft smile on their faces. Yeong bowed at them with soft smile and they bowed back at her. Jungwon & Yeong eyes met and they shared soft smile looking at each other which Niki & Heesung failed to notice.

"Where are others?" Niki asked softly and did fist bump with his hyungs.

"Jay, Jake, Sunghoon and Sunoo had some work at dorm so they couldn't make it. It's just us today" Heesung said with soft smile.

"We brought coffee for both of you" Jungwon said and passed Iced Americano to both of them.

"Thank you so much" Yeong took the takeaway cup & bowed at him.

Jungwon smiled and bowed back as well.

"Maybe you guys should take a coffee break." Heesung said with soft smile.

Yeong & Niki nodded softly.

All four of them sat down on ground while sipping their coffees.

"It's really nice to meet you in person Yeong-sii. We've been your fan after hearing your debut song. When we heard you produced and wrote lyrics all by yourself. We all were really impressed" Heesung says in soft tone as he sips his drinks.

"Thank you so much Heesung-sii. That means alot to me" Yeong smiled softly at Heesung. " Also, please call me by my name" Yeong said politely.

"Sure but you have to drop that formality as well" Heesung giggled softly.

"Um- should I call you Heesungie" Yeong giggled back.

"I won't mind Yeong-ah" Heesung smiled widely.

Jungwon and Niki silently looked at them interacting and then Jungwon leaned to Niki and whispered:

"Never thought Heesung hyung is this extroverted" Jungwon whispered at Niki with a hint of jealousy.

"I haven't seen him like this either" Niki whispered back and giggled sensing his hyung's jealousy. "You should talk as well hyung, come on" Niki pat his arms.

Jungwon looked at Yeong and Heesung talking and smiling then looked at Niki who mouthed;

"Come on hyung, talk with her" Niki mouthed.

"Are you guys done learning the choreography?" Jungwon asked looking at Yeong and Niki.

"Yeah we are done learning the choreography" Yeong looked at Jungwon and smiled softly.

"Can we get some spoiler than?" Jungwon smiled back widely.

"Yeah we can give them spoiler, right Niki-ya?" Yeong asked Niki with a smile.

Niki nodded and then stood up & helped Yeong stand up as well.

"Let us show you guys short glimpse of our dance" Niki giggled and walked towards music player at the corner of the room.

Heesung and Jungwon slide towards mirror and sat down on ground waiting for them to start their dance.

Jungwon POV

I can't help but stare at Yeong from time to time. I was trying my best not to be too obvious but I can't help it. As me and Heesung hyung leaned against the mirror as we waited for them to start their dance. I saw Niki was standing at the corner & Yeong was on center in her position.

Music started and I recognized the song right away, it was her own song "Solo" but in remix version. She started dancing and I can't help but be mesmerized by her moves. Her moves were surely really clean & her expression matches the song well. After one verse of her song, music suddenly dropped and our song "Pass the mic" was played in remix version too and that's when Niki came on center and started dancing. Yeong was standing few steps away from Niki but was still on her freeze pose. Niki danced on a verse too and then music dropped again & "16 shots" started playing and that's when both of them started dancing. They just did few steps together and I was already shocked on how amazing their dance moves looked. They were in sync making it even more mesmerizing to watch. Then they stopped dancing and paused the music.

"Ahhhhh whyyyyyyy?" Heesung hyung whined beside me. " that was amazing, especially the one where you both are dancing together, how are you guys so in sync. Like your dance moves and even your expression and aura which you share while dancing. It matches perfectly. I can't wait to see the full performance" Heesung hyung added with wide smile.

"Yeah I was amazed too. You both were amazing on syncing expression and dance moves. I'm sure fans are gonna love it. I can already feel that" I said with soft smile.

I wanted to see more of their collab stage. As far as I saw, it was amazing. It will leave you speechless. Their aura matches so well. I suddenly because anxious.

"What If fans love them together and ship them?"

I looked at Niki and Yeong who was drinking water as they were talking with Heesung hyung. Hyung couldn't stop complimenting them and they were just smiling softly. I saw their smiles are pretty similar too. They both hold the bottle in front of them and drank of it in sync making me raised my brows.

"Their sync is insane"

"You both have an amazing chemistry. Trust me, fans are gonna go crazy seeing you both perform" Heesung hyung said with soft smile.

That sentence made me sighs internally. I was jealous and my face says it all. But three of them were too busy talking to notice my jealous state.

Yeong POV

I was sitting beside Niki infront of Heesung oppa after showing them our choreography. When we were dancing, I couldn't help but stare at Jungwon, who was looking back at me as well. His eyes were serious like he was looking at my every moves making me feel nervous but I gave my best.

Heesung oppa is really sweet. He can't stop complimenting me and Niki while Jungwon was too quiet. I looked at him secretly & then saw him zoning out as if he is thinking something.

"When can we see your full performance now?" Heesung oppa asked softly.

"Directly on MAMA now" I answered & laughed softly. Niki laughed too but Jungwon was still silent.

I looked at him and saw he was still spacing out. I looked back at Niki & Heesung oppa.

"It's already 5pm, till when are you guys gonna practice today?" Heesung oppa asked.

"What time are we gonna end today?" I asked Niki.

"Maybe we can end now as today is Sunday and we need some free time. We practiced all day after all" Niki answered with soft smile.

"Yeah you guys have practiced hard. You both need rest too" Heesung oppa said.

"Okay then, I'm gonna pack up & leave" I walked towards my bag at the couch and then started packing.

Niki POV

As Yeong went towards her bag to pack up. I looked at Jungwon hyung and then at Heesung hyung.

"What is he doing hyung? Tell him to speak to her!" I whispered to Heesung hyung.

"He's just too shy Niki, it's their first time meeting so give him sometime, I'm sure Jungwon will approach her" Heesung hyung whispered back.

"What happened? Are we gonna leave?" Jungwon hyung suddenly asked coming out of his dreamland.

"Yeah our practice is done for today so we are gonna leave now" I answered him calmly.

"Why don't you talk with her Hyung?" I whispered at Jungwon.

"I am too shy" Jungwon hyung whispered back.

"Okay guys, I'mma leave now. See you guys around" Yeong said with bag on her shoulder and was wearing mask & cap now.

"Let me- I mean Let us drop you to your dorm. Heesung hyung has brought his car today" Jungwon said with soft smile.

I giggled seeing our leader nim all shy.

"No no I don't wanna trouble you guys" Yeong shook her head.

"We insist Yeong-ah" Heesung hyung suddenly said and I noticed Jungwon hyungs smile dropped.

After that Yeong and Heesung started walking outside the practice room, talking with each other and smiling totally forgetting about me and Jungwon hyung. We followed them from behind.

We drove away from Mnet building towards her dorm. Just then her phone rang and I because stiff beside her cause I saw it was Haruto. I looked at Jungwon hyung who was beside Heesung hyung at the front. She picked up the call and we all were silent waiting for her to finish the call.

"Hey Haru" "Yeah okay, you can come over" "yeah bring the cheese cause I am out of stock" "okay see you in a bit" and then she hung up.

"Haruto?" I asked her with soft smile but internally I was worried for Jungwon hyung's reaction.

"Yeah he said, he wanna come over and have ramen at my dorm" She said in soft tone.

I just nodded and looked at Jungwon hyung who was looking back at us with rear view mirror. I raised my brows and he looked away. I know exactly what he is thinking.

Jungwon POV

We were on our way to drop Yeong to her dorm. I sat beside Heesung hyung, Niki and Yeong sat at the backseat. I can't help but stare at them from rear view mirror curiously. Just then, her phone rang and she picked up right away.

She talked with someone named Haru. I don't know who she was talking to but when she said they are gonna see each other in a bit and that person is gonna come to her dorm. I got curious to know who this Haru is. After she hung up the call. I heard Niki asking her;

Haruto?

That's when I gotta know who is Haru. It was Haruto from Treasure. I mean, I don't wanna assume anything. They both are from same company so ofc they are close friends. Also they are from same year so I don't wanna assume anything,not yet. I didn't realized I was still looking at them from rear view mirror & then I made eye contact with Niki. He raised his brows and I looked away.

"I wish I can be this close to you as well. Seeing Niki, Heesung hyung and now Haruto being close with you is making me feel so jealous that I can't even describe in a words. Choi Yeong, what are you doing to me?"