At the start of this month, joining up with a group had seemed like a good idea. While Dowoon loved the song he’d chosen to perform solo, the fact that there was no dance to go with ‘Akaneji no Kaigou’ had made him second guess his decision and he’d hastily signed up to one of the various groups that had been advertising free slots around the Seocho building. Besides, it meant he got to practice his English too, what was there not to like?
As he soon found out, pretty much everything.
Returning from his little trip to the bathroom, Dowoon sloped over to Hwanwoong when the other called to him, ears red as he approached the other trainee. Honestly, what had he been thinking, accepting this particular part? Not only had he a good chunk of actual singing, but his aura was so far removed from the original performer’s that it was almost laughable. No doubt Eric would have found it funny, if the younger boy had been in the mood to enjoy his brother’s misfortune.
This month truly was cursed.
“Ah, I’m doing the leader’s parts….” Dowoon mumbled, sitting beside Hwanwoong and pointing at the parts he’d highlighted for himself. “Don’t suppose you can change my part to make me not look dumb, hm?” he joked, a little smile on his face despite the embarrassment.
“Oh, right!” he chimed in happily not thinking too much of the mumble as his eyes returned to the video he was playing, notebook beside him ready to fit everything together. They were missing a main dancer position technically, but assessing everyone’s talents it wasn’t like they were lacking completely in that area. He’d probably have to split the parts in between himself and Bambam as the rappers in general were lacking parts, but the question was who took the solo part. Hwanwoong desperately wanted it -- how could he not? -- but he wasn’t sure how that would sit with everyone else in the group.
Dowoon’s concern finally registered within his busy mind, and for a moment he put everything else aside and put his full focus on the older. At first he wasn’t entirely sure what the guy meant, but Hwanwoong soon assumed that it might, just might, have something to do with what he himself was struggling with too: confidence.
“Hyung, don’t think badly of me for saying this please, but...” for a moment the dancer weighed his words. “If you don’t have the right aura then I’d have to take you entirely out of the choreography for that to happen...” The part the older had was a very charismatic one, not particular difficult at the time he was in the centre, but at the same time it was all about expression. He was used to just letting everyone pick the roles they thought fit themselves best, but perhaps that had been a mistake this time? No, he couldn’t think like that. He had to have faith. “Alright, try taking a look at this.” Hwanwoong jumped up from the floor and performed the moves mechanically: very precise but with a completely neutral expression. “It’s not a hard move in any way, but even though I did it right, it didn’t feel right did it?” He then proceeded to sharpen his gaze and put a sly smile on his face as he swung his hips to the beat inside his head. “Did you see the difference?”