dance the night away,
ch. 3
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summary: you just graduated from the top ranked dancing university in the world, ready to take on whatever came your way. but before immediately getting involved with professional stuff, you wanted to cut yourself some slack. so when you and your group of friends went to South Korea for a trip you definitely weren’t expecting to get recruited while dancing to some random ass kpop dancing challenge. you were baffled when the recruiter uttered the word “EXO” to you, the group that got you into dancing in the first place. so when you accepted the offer you couldn’t help but think “what the hell am i gonna do?”
word count: 3.214
content: age gap (10 years), idol!baekhyun x dancer!reader, swearing, jealousy, will include fluff, angst and smut in the upcoming chapter
author’s note: hiii!! sorry this took so long, i’ve been thinking about plot ideas. also- smut incoming in the next chapter~ enjoy ❤️
why was he looking at… me?
i didn’t know what to think. he was pretty far away so i couldn’t read his expression. looking down at my watch i noticed i had 17 minutes of break left. gotta go about my day somehow after that embarrassing moment.
“WHAT?? PFFT GIRL- YOU DID FUCK UP A LITTLE” yunjin bursted out laughing as i told her and minji about my encounter with baekhyun. minji got super red while wheezing, i thought she was gonna turn into a tomato at some point.
“i knowww, UGHHHH. what a way to start the first day of the job.” i facepalmed while the girls kept bickering. as i was about to whine about them laughing i heard a mad sounding voice snapping at someone,
“what do you mean ‘mind your business?’ he IS my business. if i see you literally eye-fucking him ONE MORE TIME, you’ll be the one getting fucked- and NOT in a good way.” it was giselle. she looked livid as she was talking to a girl. the other girl scoffed,
“yeah as if you OWN him. we’ve been here for a day and it looks like YOU are the one that’s been eye-fucking people. i was just TALKING to him like a normal person. takes one to know one, cunt.”
“WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY?”
the others rushed in between them, some holding the distance and some holding the girls apart. damn, it has only been a day and people are FIGHTING over someone?
“what’s happening here?!” seulgi bolted in the room, yeji quickly catching up behind her. they seemed surprised and mad at the same time. everyone stopped in their tracks. no one said a word.
“i asked something didn’t i? WHAT is going ON?” pure silence. not even crickets were chirping.
“…she started it.” said the woman giselle was about to throw hands with.
“is that true?” asked seulgi.
giselle didn’t say a word but she looked sure of herself. a bit TOO sure.
“let’s get this straight. this is your JOB. not your hangout session with a group of friends. you get PAID to be here. yes, we might not work a 9-5 office job, but THIS is still a job- which you applied for, which you TRAINED for. i’m saying this to everyone. let this be a reminder that you all are grown ass women. act your age. giselle and julie, please meet me in my office during lunch break.” the girls gave each other death stares.
“..okay then shall we start?” asked yeji, trying to soften the atmosphere. “let’s revise ‘wolf’ one last time.”
. . .
“great job everyone! let’s move on to our next song, MAMA. you won’t need to move a lot for this song, so you’ll have plenty of energy for the one after this. just a little spoiler~” grinned yeji playfully. man was i hyped! all of those nights when i stared at the ceiling, dreaming about these days… they are finally coming true.
“will we have outfits for each song?” asked a girl with long wavy brown hair.
“yes, manon. but not for all. it’s not certain how many but i’d say you’d have at least 5 outfits.” answered seulgi, manon nodded.
“are we not gonna practice with the boys?” chimed in giselle.
“yeonjun informed me about their current situation with ‘wolf’. they have more stage time in wolf, so they’re a little behind but that’s okay. we will practice together after we complete MAMA.” answered seulgi rather coldly.
“finallyyyy~”
yeji looked at seulgi to see if their conversation was over. seulgi nodded.
“aaalrighty then! for the first move, you’re gonna make an “X” with your arms in front of your chest…”
lunch break was here. everyone scrambled to where the elevators were. i saw julie and giselle following yeji and seulgi from the corner of my eye. yunjin was looking at them.
“they got what they deserved. what are we? elementary school students? who fights over boys in their 20s for fucks sake?” she sounded unamused. minji giggled,
“do you have bad blood with giselle or what? you’ve been a hater since day 0- literally from the moment you saw her today.”
“no i don’t but people like her get on my nerves. black lipstick and a pushup bra to a fucking dance practice that’s literally your work? outrageous in my opinion.” minji hummed. although i don’t know if she was agreeing with her or was just acknowledging what she said.
. . .
“GUYSSS! over here!” sunoo waved at us,
“i saved you seats! also, this is hyunjin.”
hyunjin had medium length hair which was half let down. he was pretty attractive.
“nice to meet you guys.”
i swear i saw yunjin blushing a little.
“so we heard you guys are still doing wolf? when will it be over?” i asked.
“oh we just finished it. taemin said that we’ll practice with you and exo after the break.”
i choked on my caesar salad.
“LIKE THIS BREAK? IN AN HOUR?” i might’ve shouted a little because i received some confused looks from around. sunoo laughed,
“yes! i’m soooo excited! i can’t wait to dance with kai and yixing! they’ve been my idols since i was 12, so for 9 years i’ve been waiting for this day. i chose music as a major because of them.” he explained all giddy. it was super cute.
“i actually was never a fan of them until i applied for the job. they have some pretty sick moves and songs.” admitted hyunjin.
“kinda same here.” agreed yunjin.
“whaaaat? you guys are nuts! i’m 23 right? i’ve been an exo-l since i was 11! been here since debut.” exclaimed minji and saluted like a soldier. i laughed,
“i’ve been a fan since their call me baby era. i still remember the first time i saw them.” i sighed dreamily. then continued,
“my bias has always been baekhyun though. something about him just captivated me instantly. his looks, his voice, his personality… i saw him as a brother i never had for the most part. but during their obsession era..” i shook my head “and now seeing him in the flesh… it’s impossible not to like him.” wait. did i just confess my feelings for a celebrity in front of people that i’ve known for LITERAL HOURS? great job y/n. yunjin hummed,
“i mean i don’t blame you. they’re all super hot. even i got nervous from locking eyes with chanyeol.”
“gosh same! suho is my bias and i think i died a little when he smiled at me while he was introducing himself.” minji chimed in.
I WAS SO RELIEVED THAT I WASN’T THE ONLY ONE. sunoo and hyunjin agreed. they said that they looked… clean. and handsome of course.
minji choked on her Sprite. and pointed behind us. we all turned our heads. exo came to eat with us dancers! they lightly bowed to everyone looking at them. we also bowed with our heads when i noticed chanyeol looking at me and then snickering, turning to kyungsoo and pointing towards me with his eyes. kyungsoo, being the quiet guy he was, ever so slightly looked at me with his eyes, looked at chanyeol again. and my worst nightmare happened. he smiled. they know. THEY FUCKING KNOW.
something even worse happened. they started walking towards us. TOWARDS ME.
“hey! you’re y/n right? we’re chanyeol and kyungsoo, nice to meet you.” we shook hands.
“please eat well. you’re working very hard.” said kyungsoo calmly. chanyeol looked like he was fighting an “ijbol” forming inside him.
“s-so, is it true that baekhyun bumped into you totally spilling his iced coffee on the ground?” i could only stare with my mouth open. chanyeol laughed in a playful manner,
“that’s how he described you looking at him after realizing what had happened! i didn’t believe him but you really do look cute like th- OUCH!! KYUNGSOO WHY?”
“we must go now but please enjoy your meal, everyone.” said d.o. while dragging chanyeol by his arm after he seemingly stepped on his foot. he was a bit too late as we all heard what baekhyun said about me. cute. he found ME- ME. CUTE.
“am i hallucinating or did chanyeol accidentally admit that he AND baekhyun found you cute?” blinked minji.
“CARE TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED Y/N?” a very expectant sunoo exclaimed along with hyunjin looking at me, eyes wide.
“um.. okay so…” i explained what had happened and, surprise surprise, they laughed.
“but hey, at least he found it- or should i say, YOU cute, y/n?” hyunjin wiggled his eyebrows. i threw a salt packet at him jokingly.
the rest of lunch was over in the blink of an eye. the dancing instructors led us to a much bigger dance room.
exo was already there. the members bowed once they saw us and vice versa.
“wolf and MAMA, right? is everyone ready!!” exclaimed minseok. a symphony of “yeah!”s echoed.
“alright, let’s get you all into position.” said taemin, signaling seulgi to explain how it was going to unfold while showing us our places.
“you guys will not appear until the very first chorus. 15 of you will come from the right and the others from the left. sort of like a “V” shape. you will have some ramps on stage to give you some depth, after that…”
. . .
whew. it was tiring alright. the dancing was okay but what’s really tiring is being super close to them. especially baekhyun. my body produces so much adrenaline that i get tired faster than i normally do. i was laying down on the ground with my eyes closed, panting heavily. MAMA’s choreography was much lighter than “wolf”. considering wolf being the first act of the night, seulgi and taemin sure did go all out for it.
i sensed someone hovering over me.
“tired already?~ it’s okay you have roughly… 40 more songs to go~” i opened my eyes to a very playful baekhyun looking down at me.
“a-ah. well, MAMA isn’t all that but “wolf”? yeah wolf is quite something alright.” i smiled at him. he chuckled, lending his hand for me to hold. when i held his hand to get up, he grasped it firmly and pulled me, making me stumble a bit towards him. why was he being so attentive? i mean, not that i DIDN’T like it. but the pop star incredibly handsome main vocalist and greatly successful baekhyun of exo paying attention to me felt… weird. in a good way.
we chatted a bit more about the choreography. my eyes started to wander around in order to see if we were being stared at or not.
everyone seemed to mind their own business- some were laying down, enjoying their 10 minute break. some were chatting and some were even talking to the members like i was. i saw giselle looking at us, her arms crossed, one eyebrow slightly raised. before i could respond with an inquisitive expression, baekhyun asked,
“so, how old are you?”
“im 22 as of now.”
“ahh, so we have 10 years between us.”
he seemed like he was contemplating something, brows slightly furrowed and the sliiiiightest most microscopic pout you could ever see. before i could ask why, yeonjun requested that we did the chorus part of MAMA one more time.
“alright! that’s all for today. congratulations for completing the first day everyoneee!” clapped yeji. finally the day was over. we rehearsed with exo like, 6 times and went back to our separate studios. we completed call me baby, love me right and overdose. we’re going quite fast in my opinion.
“you can go eat dinner in the cafeteria or you can go out. please return to your dorms at 22.30 at latest and don’t forget your keycards. see you all tomorrow.” smiled seulgi as she was packing up her stuff.
“yall wanna go and explore seoul? i’ve been living here for 12 years now so it’s safe to say i got some stuff down about this place.” said minji and flexed her arms. i laughed,
“fine by me! you owe me 200 dollars if we get lost though!”
. . .
we were waiting for sunoo and hyunjin to get out of their studio. the door finally opened, yeonjun and taemin smiled at us before heading towards the stairs. when we looked inside we found a very sweaty group of men. ew.
“o-oh,” sunoo panted “heyyyy girlsss…” he waved sloppily like an overcooked noodle.
“damn, did yall run to the moon and back? why yall looking like slime?” teased yunjin.
“ha-ha verry funny. laugh all you want but when it comes to some other songs, you’ll be the slime.” said hyunjin before throwing his sweaty towel at yunjin,
“EWWW, YOU PIG!” yunjin threw it back earning a playful scoff from sunoo.
“see you tomorrow, bro!” said a guy with a very sharp jawline. he looked at us and smiled- it was more of a smirk really.
“yeah, bye jay!”
minji explained our plan to go eat outside. they obviously both agreed. i felt happy knowing i had formed a great friend group from the very first day.
days after weeks after months.
it has been 3 months already.
it was october 2024. a year later this month, we will be very very close to our main goal.
the friendship group was going great! yunjin, minji and i- the perfect trio. sunoo and hyunjin was also keeping us company of course. especially hyunjin with yunjin, they were like siblings!
“okay girlssss! time to turn up the heat! we will be moving on to the sexy songs~” said yeji while wiggling her eyebrows up and down.
we were down 15 songs. only 31 left. after that, all we gotta do is practice, practice and practice. performing in front of an average of 55,000 people in each city shouldn’t be easy.
meanwhile, baekhyun and i have gotten closer. one time, he even said that we were friends!
“it feels so refreshing to talk to a person who doesn’t seem too interested nor too disinterested in order to make me feel,” he air quoted “normal.”
“yeah, well even though i am a fan of you and your work, i won’t let it disturb us from actually having a nice conversation.” i smiled at him.
“you’re one of the very few people i could call my friend that is also an exo-l.”
even the thought brings a smile on my face.
seulgi made me snap back to reality when she started explaining the first move to “playboy”. arguably one of the sexiest exo songs to date.
“… and then you hug yourself on ‘boyy~’ while making a cirlce with your head tilted backwards from left to right.”
. . .
after many body rolls, playboy was finally 90% over. it took longer than expected. 3 and a half hours. and we still needed to practice the parts where we exchange canes with the members and the other dancers. playboy might sound like a simple song. and it is; but that’s the reason for the dance being complicated- for it to not be underwhelming for the audience.
“let’s take 10 and we’ll head up to the boys to practice a bit before we go eat lunch.” said seulgi before calling someone on her phone. it made me realize how bad i have been neglecting karina, natty and chaewon. i couldn’t even text them properly, let alone call them in the last few weeks. i decided to FaceTime them. karina picked up,
“Y/NNN OH MY GODDDDD WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN??? GIRLS SAY HI!” turns out all of them were together.
“HIIII, i knowww i’m sorryyyy. it’s just been so hectic these days.”
“BITCH WE MISS YOU SO MUCH!! THIS ONE’S FOR YOU!” exclaimed natty and drank a shot of tequila.
“so, how’s it going?” chaewon asked.
“pretty good! here look, meet minji and yunjin-“ i introduced them.
“sooo~ got a special someone? perhaps an exo member??” questioned karina. chaewon snickered.
“guysss pleaseeee. i’m not here for that. i’m here to dance with my idols.” even though i’d be lying if i said i wasn’t fantasizing about baekhyun fucking the absolute living shit out of me, in no way am i gonna confess it.
“okay okay fine. don’t come crying to us that you didn’t get fucked by baekhy-“
“OKAY BYE GUYS LOVE YALL.” i hung up upon hearing natty literally say my thoughts out loud. besides i didn’t have headphones in and i don’t want anyone hearing my silly banter with my best friends and misunderstand it and gossip about it and- whew. man i guess i’m overthinking but you never know. especially with people like giselle around.
“everyone! let’s go practice with the boys!” yeji exclaimed.
. . .
“so, what exactly are you and baekhyun?” my stomach dropped upon hearing the question. my head shot back. giselle was looking awfully innocent for a question that had bad intentions lurking beneath.
“uh, what? we’re colleagues i’d say. maybe a bit on the friendlier side but nothing more.”
“yeah like i’m gonna buy it.” she friskily pushed me.
“come on, what’s your deal with him?”
“i told you. there’s no deal.” she sighed, leaning in close to my ear she said with a low voice,
“look, i don’t know if you think i’m stupid but i’d have to be one to believe what you just said to me. i’ve heard about your little ‘first encounter’ with him. afterwards you both got closer and closer every day. you really think i don’t see the way yall look at each other? especially you, you are clearly dying to fuck him. or did yall fuck already? hah, never thought that i wouldn’t be the first one to get in an exo member’s pants-“
“what the fuck are you talking about giselle?” i pulled away from her. what was she on about?
“who are you to accuse me of such things?”
“he always picks you to dance closer to him out of all 10 of us. every. single. time. always talks to you when he gets the chance, is usually staring at you while you’re dancing… want me to continue?” ..i actually did want her to continue because she -as an outside viewer- was confirming all of the things i had noticed but left it be. however, i’d rather die than admit this to her so,
“if you talk such bullshit one more time, it’s not gonna end good.” she scoffed,
“yeah? worried that your secret will be out? what will you do huh you motherf-“
“heesung and y/n. the exo members are asking for you.” said a tall man. seems like he’s their manager or something. saved by him, i shot giselle a dirty glare and went out of the studio.
“hello, y/n and heesung.” said jongin warmly.
“we’ve been taking in weekly reports from your instructors, and during these 3 months both of you never dropped down from 1st place, with a few exceptions.” explained baekhyun.
“so that’s why we’re inviting both of you to have dinner with us today! our treat~” happily said chanyeol.
dinner with all 9 exo members? am i in a fan fiction or what?
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