Short Notice.

All places, time, events and settings are fictional.
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"Are you sure you're okay, Takara? Because I feel like you aren't."

"Ni-ki, I swear I'm okay, 'kay? I was just feeling something strange."  Takara reassured. It was normal for Ni-ki to worry about her well-being and Takara feels light knowing that he's concerned about her.

Ni-ki bit his inner lip and nodded. He walked closer to her and rested his hand on her shoulder. "Listen. If anything is bothering you, just tell me. I'm here for you as you're captain and friend."

Her captain's words made her day a whole lot better. Well not until he mentioned the word friend. It kinda ruined everything but at the same time, she still feels grateful. And she wanted to see more of this side from Ni-ki.

Takara wanted to let him know that she too, will always be there for him as well.

Takara couldn't hold it any longer and pulled Ni-ki into a hug, making Ni-ki freeze from the sudden action. He has known Takara well and never has she seen her being this bold, but he doesn't mind, Ni-ki knew that she really needed the comfort. He did hesitate for a short while but he managed to hug the girl back.

As for Takara, she warmly smiled in his embrace. She wanted to do this for so long but she felt shy and nervous, she didn't want him to feel awkward right after, so she held back a bit. But this looked like a right time to do so, so she gathered her courage and hugged him as tight as she can.

Takara didn't want to let go.

"You're such an amazing and sweet person, Ni-ki. I'm so glad I have you." she uttered. Ni-ki's lips parted but instantly turned to a smile. He lightly patted Takara's head and let her hug him for as long as she wants. Besides, no one was watching them anyways.

Or so they thought.

Little did they know, Saeyoung saw the whole thing. She didn't know why but she felt her heart broke seeing them together. A tear escaped from her eye but Saeyoung immediately wiped it away.

Why was she crying? Saeyoung thought to herself.

Why did she feel heartbroken?

Why did she felt weight on her chest?

Why does she feel so sad?

All those Why's wondered around Saeyoung's head. She felt stupid. She felt dumb. She questioned herself on why would she even feel the harsh gravity that kept on pulling her heart down to break into bits.

Saeyoung doesn't even have a crush on him.

So again, why would she?

"I just wanted to let you know that you're a kind-hearted and strong willed girl, Takara. Thank you so much for always having my back."  Takara felt butterflies in her stomach after hearing Ni-ki's comment. Takara felt how grateful and happy he was and that made her blush.

Still holding back, Takara admits to herself that she wanted to be with Ni-ki. She wanted to be his girl.

One Week Later;
1st Dance Competition of the Year.
( PPSSDC 2O21 )

It has been one hectic week of preparation of the dance team for their first competition of the year. They trained and practiced for hours, days and sacrificed they're time just to prepare and represent their school in one of the best events they all have been waiting for.

New Schools from different districts of Seoul has opened meaning, new opponents. And new opponents meaning, one intense dance-offs. With the new school versus the old ones.

Representing Adroit Arts School ( 교묘 한 예술 학교 ), Ni-ki will make sure that even the new dancers will know that Adroit isn't one to be messed with when it comes to talent, skill and performance. With their achievements, Ni-ki and his team will make them tremble in fear.

As for Saeyoung, she still did feel a bit hurt after what happened between Ni-ki and Takara but she didn't let the scene bug her much since she knows she has a lot more important things to take care off. Not really wanting to make it obvious, Saeyoung still sings and hangs out with Ni-ki from time to time as if she saw nothing.

Saeyoung was now packing her stuff and fixing her camera, getting ready to leave and record, write and capture the moments of the dance competition about to be taken place in  Seoul Performance Dome.

"You ready, Saeyoung?"

Saeyoung wore strap of her camera and had her bag ready. She nodded at the american-japanese girl.  "Ready." Saeyoung held into Nina's arm and proceeded out to the school's parking lot where the school vans and buses are ready to transport the Adroit team players who are ready to fight in their own category.

In this kind of events, Saeyoung felt relieved now that she get's to take a short break from school, but she somehow does pity the other students who is currently stuck in their classes right now, who wants to watch and cheer on their classmates and friends competing.

"Alright news team, you all are already aware on what sport category you are assigned to write and record news about correct? Okay, I have nothing else to say but to behave, capture any news about our teams and cheer them on. The sports coordinator will tell you in which van or bus you will be taking to reach you're assigned destination. Good luck!"  Ms. Yoo gave her news committee team a bright thumbs up before entering the school again.

With each representative team like the basketball, volleyball, ping pong and baseball team, their competition won't take place in the same location. They will be transferred to the venue of the approved location that their judges wanted the fight to take place.

So with each team, different venue's.

Saeyoung and Nina approached the sports coordinator.  "Good morning sir! We just wanted to know in which van we will be taking to go to the competition venue."

The sports coordinator opened his files. "Are you the news team?" he questioned, making the two girls nod. "Which representative team are you assigned with?"

"The dance team sir."

"Oh okay. So since the dance team doesn't really consist of many members unlike the baseball team, you will be riding the school bus with them." the sports coordinator stated.

"We see. Thank you!"

It has been 30 minutes and many of Saeyoung's fellow news team were gone and has gone with their assigned team in their designated locations. Saeyoung's team consists of five members with her, Nina, Ze Yu, Daniel and Song Yee who will record the journey of the dance team.

They have finally settled in the bus and went to sit down in back row. Nina sat in between Song Yee and Saeyoung while Daniel and Ze Yu sat together. Not for long the dance team finally entered the vehicle. They occupied the seats up front while some of them sat in the middle row.

Ni-ki immediately noticed Saeyoung and gave her a simple smile which she returned with a nod. Ni-ki sat beside Jungwon and his row was far from Saeyoung's.

Out of the blue, Saeyoung has wondered on what kind of relationship Ni-ki and Takara has now. She felt curious with pinch of jealousy. Wanting to remove the thought, she grabbed her headphones from her bag and started listening to her play list, drowning out the noise from the real world.

Soon enough her eyes started feeling a bit heavy and finally, she fell into a deep sleep.

"Yah! Roh Saeyoung wake the fuck up!" Nina yelled, removing Saeyoung's headphones from her head.

Saeyoung groaned and wiped her eyes.  "Where are we?" she questioned followed with a small yawn.

"We're in Seoul Performance Dome. C'mon! The dance team just entered the vicinity."  Nina hurried up and jog her way out of the bus with Song Yee leaving Saeyoung behind. Nina felt excited and wanted to explore the place as early as possible.

Saeyoung had her headphones around her kneck, she fixed her hair and uniform, she grabbed her bag and made sure her camera was okay, then she was ready to go. She slowly left the bus and noticed teams from different schools who just arrived.

Saeyoung entered the building and she felt lost. She didn't know on where she was going. No one informed her on where she was supposed to go nor anyone told her on where Nina and the dance team were.  She quietly cursed at Nina for leaving her behind.

"Oh wow, you're a pretty girl."  unfamiliar with the voice, Saeyoung turned around to see a boy. She checked his Jersey and she immediately knew that he must be participating in the competition.

"Sorry but who are you again?" asked Saeyoung who had her eyes on the boy. She already felt disgusted at some point.

"I'm Yun Mogyu. One of Juggyeok Academy's dance team, our school recently just opened and I wasn't expecting to see a pretty girl like you in this competition." Mogyu gave Saeyoung a wink, which made her feel more uncomfortable and disgusted.

Eww. Men and their ways.

It has only been a few minutes since she entered the building and here she is, becoming a target of a flirty and non-attractive guy. She'd really kill Nina for leaving her behind.

Saeyoung snorted. "Nice try. But try again, seriously you're making yourself look a lot more stupid and 10x hideous in front of me. Did I mention that I'm not interested in a boy like you?"

Her words and attitude made Mogyu pissed. "Really now? The perhaps you better come with me."  he immediately grabbed Saeyoung's arm and started dragging her.

"Hey! Let go of me!" the girl demanded, trying to release his grip from her arm.  "Hey, I fucking told you to stop! Let go!"

Mogyu kept a tight grip and dragged her to a far area of the dome. Saeyoung was nervous and scared, she isn't aware of the boy's intention and whatever it is, she isn't prepared with what he has.

"Hey! Please, let go!" she pleaded once more.

About to drag Saeyoung to a certain room, they were stopped. "Let go of the girl."

Another boy appeared holding Saeyoung's arm, his eyes glaring at Mogyu.  "Let her go." the boy demanded.

"This is none of you're business so leave. Me and my girlfriend will have to settle something."

Girlfriend? That's the word that turned off Saeyoung. Who the heck does he think he is to claim Saeyoung as his girlfriend when he just met her. Is he crazy? Saeyoung will definitely kick his balls out once she sets herself free from his grip.

The confidence he has makes Saeyoung's blood boil. She will beat the shit out of Mogyu if she can.  "Excuse me? But what kind of shit are you trying to pull off? I was never you're girlfriend you douchebag! The fuck why would I even be you're girlfriend?"

"You bitch-"

"Alright that proves it. Let her go. Or else I will report this to the judges and staff and you're team will immediately be disqualified!" the boy threatened, his attention still focused on Mogyu who was giving him a tight glare.

Mogyu sighed and released Saeyoung from his grip.

"You stupid asshole." Saeyoung did not hesitate and instantly punched Mogyu right in the face. She did want to kick him in his balls but she showed mercy by hitting his face instead.

The boy who helped Saeyoung brought her behind him and turned to face Mogyu who groaned in pain. His lips were bleeding and his nose ached.  "Don't you dare try to go near this girl again. If you do, it's a big bye bye to you're team."

The boy led Saeyoung away from Mogyu and continued to stay beside her, just so she could be safe from any of those disrespectful guys like Mogyu. He also noticed that she was new and hasn't seen her face before so he could tell that Saeyoung isn't aware of how people from different schools behave when events like this happens.

"Thank you back there. I'm Saeyoung, you are?" Saeyoung reached her hand out to her saviour. Right in her head, she was thanking the God's for sending her a protector when she needed help.

The boy gave her a small smile. "Haku Shota from Hyevin Performance College. But people mostly knows me as Soul, so call me Soul."  he shook her hand.

"Soul. I like it."

With Soul's help and maybe a few chit chat from here and there, Saeyoung was able to find Nina and the dance team. They were all gathered together in one big room to prepare and they were surprised with Saeyoung and Soul's sudden presence.

They were looking for Saeyoung everywhere. They even suggested on calling the police.

"Shit! Saeyoung there you are! We were worried for you."  said Nina who immediately pulled her friend to a hug.

Just stressed a few second earlier but with Saeyoung appearing, Ni-ki felt relieved. He stood up and approached the girl but stopped when he saw that Saeyoung wasn't alone. Ni-ki balled his hand into a fist at the sight of the boy and the rest of the dance team were surprised of Soul's appearance.

Ni-ki was about to approach Soul but Nina beated him to it.  "Thank you so much for helping Saeyoung! May we ask on where you found her."

Soul nodded at Nina.  "One of the boy's from Juggyeok Academy's dance team dragged Saeyoung out of the blue. The boy flirted with her but got mad with Saeyoung's answer. From my perspective, the boy's intention doesn't seem to be clean so I stopped him before anything happened. "

Everyone except Saeyoung and Soul were shocked at the news. Nina ran back to her friend and gave her another hug.

"What's the name of the stupid prick?" Ni-ki spoke furiously. His expressions says he was pissed.

"You don't need to know Ni-ki. Everything's fine."  says Saeyoung. She gave Ni-ki a reassured look before facing Soul and giving him a warm smile.  "Thank you Soul for the help earlier. I really appreciate it! Can we be friends?"

"No you cannot. Bye." Ni-ki finished before Soul could even say a word. He dragged Soul out of the room and harshly slammed the door shut.

"Geez, what's wrong with him?"