Still embarrassed by my complete incompetence to interpret the situation correctly, I sat stiffly on this uncomfortable chair and nervously slid to the right and left.

With the flat of my hand I stroked my face, through my hair and finally I bent forward and buried my face in both hands...

*Shit...*

What had happened on the roof? How could I have assumed that something would happen?

A sigh escaped me. A little loudly, because the staff looked curiously in my direction. They probably thought it would go on.

Everyone waited anxiously for Hyunjin to come out of make-up.

Suddenly the lights dimmed again and he entered the room. This time he was wearing a black waistcoat over a white shirt. The jacket was gone.

Once again, something tightened in my stomach. I still couldn't get over the fact that he was getting this chance and not me.

He and the dancers positioned themselves as they had stopped earlier, holding on to the taller one's arms.

And the choreography continued. Hyunjin mastered the next part just as expressively and impressively as before. At one point, there was a brief interruption so that the manager could show Hyunjin something on the screen. He looked concentrated and nodded. Unfortunately, I couldn't understand what they were saying to each other.

Back on the dance floor, they repeated the last part, although it was hardly possible, it looked even better.

In Meanwhile, I chewed on my lower lip and followed every little movement.

*I want to be on the dance floor too...*

Hyunjin formed his hand into a pistol and abruptly raised his arm in the air. His eyes searched mine and he pulled the trigger exactly on the beat. This gesture and his piercing gaze gave me goose bumps. It was as if he had cast a spell over me.

*Wow*

That was it for the second take.

"Great job the second time Hyunjin!" the manager announced, "next shoot starts again in an hour. Don't forget, another outfit change, the vest has to go!" he finished and clapped his hands.

My eyes were still glued to the sweaty man with the vest, who was approaching me smoothly.

Instantly, the moment on the roof came to mind and my cheeks immediately glowed, but my gaze still followed him every step of the way.

"If you keep staring like that, your eyes are going to fall out, Lixie," he winked at me, teasing me again, but this time I countered with a grin:

"If you take any more shots and take off your clothes, you'll end up naked".

He looked at me, taken by surprise and with briefly widened eyes, but he quickly regained his composure and said with a grin:

"I'm going to get some provisions, will you come with me?"

"Yeah, sure!" I replied and together we trotted off to the break room.

*He probably didn't even notice my mistake on the roof, at least he doesn't mention it or say anything about it.*

As soon as I got to the break room, I stood in front of the machine and selected a bag of potato chips. Unfortunately for me, the thing got stuck and I hit the box loudly, swearing in my middle language:

"Are you fucking kiddin' me?! Come on! Just give it to me!"

I pressed the button hard, continuously, but nothing happened. When I suddenly felt a warmth on my back and a hand immediately pressed the button with me, my heart skipped a beat.

"Don't be so impatient, Lixie. Here, press gently," he breathed too close to my ear and I was instantly frozen.

His hot breath on my ear clouded my brain and a pleasant shiver ran down my spine.

*Fuck! What is this guy doing again?*

As he pressed gently against my hand, I thought I felt him even closer to me.

My back got hot and, frightened by his now tickling breath on my neck, I wanted to flee and turned around abruptly.

Fucking plan...

Now I was standing right between him and the vending machine, looking straight into his currently blue eyes.

At first it took my breath away, but then my chest rose and fell faster and faster.

The fact that he was resting his hand next to my head against the machine did nothing to slow down my breathing.

"Yongbok, why so blown up?" he looked me intensely in the eye.

"I-I.... E-ehm I..." I couldn't get a word out, the situation with this guy was making me too jittery.

As his face came closer, I tried not to fantasize about all sorts of things in my head again, but kept my eyes forced open.

My heart was pounding in my throat and my hands were clenching into fists at my sides. For a brief moment, my songs flickered and my eyes grazed his full lips. This happened for just the briefest of moments and I immediately searched his eyes again.

There was a sparkle in them and, out of nowhere, a shy little thought nested in my brain.

*Are his full lips as soft as they look?*

Just before the tips of our noses touched, he turned to the side and breathed into my ear.

"I'm going to take it now, if you don't mind...?"

My brain shorted out and stopped working. My heart was galloping, my blood was rushing in my ears, heat was spreading from the ear he was breathing on.

I nodded vigorously, hoping my thoughts would be confirmed. At that moment, I would have said yes to anything.