Summary: after Hybe decided your girl group needs a new concept you’re having a hard time changing your image. Could Hoshi just be the dance coach you need?
Warnings: sensual undertones, use of the word sexy.
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You did the steps again and again and again and they just weren’t clicking. You huffed in frustration as you furiously drank your water. How after two weeks was this choreo not making sense for you. Everyone else in your group had it down pat at this point but you had to stay late just to keep practicing.
You were a newer girl group under HYBE you’d only debuted two years ago. So far the group had only done cute concepts, and you in fact were the designated cute member. Even though you were one of the oldest members it didnt bother you, you’d been called cute your whole life and you just owned it. But now the company wanted to see something different since the group was beginning to mature. They asked your team to put together a Girl Crush concept.
You weren’t particularly nervous about the group’s shift into maturity, it was probably overdue honestly. All of you were in your 20’s now, and your members were relieved to finally show the fans your sexy side. Your issue was that you didn’t know how to find yours. Your choreographer spent hours yelling at you for dancing like a robot and that he’d never been so let down by you before. You didn’t cry though, you stopped crying when you were a trainee. In this line of work nothing could be taken personally.
So here you were, in the practice room after midnight. You hit the play button on your phone again and let the song blare through the speakers. Again, again, again. You tried to listen to the choreographer’s advice and “learn what makes you feel hot” and to channel that, but you had no idea what that could be for you. If you were being honest you never felt like that, you always just embraced your baby face. Even now as an adult people mistake you for a high schooler. You lied on the floor and groaned, you were ready to just be flamed by your members, your staff and the fans for how horrible your performance was gonna be this comeback.
“Uhhhmm hello?” You looked up to see Hoshi enter the room.
“Shit” you silently cursed to yourself as you pulled yourself up off the floor. You looked at the time, 1am. “Sorry” Hoshi said “I just booked the room for tonight.”
“No you’re fine, I wasn’t keeping track of the time.” You said as you started to collect your things in your duffel bag.
“What’s got you down.” He asked as he put his own things down.
“It’s nothing I’m just having some trouble with new choreo.”
Hoshi looked genuinely surprised “really?” He said “you’re a great dancer.”
You felt your ears get hot, nobody knew it but Hoshi had been your work crush for a while. He had been ever since he helped choreograph your debut song. “Yeah” you continued “it’s just we’re trying something different and it’s just harder for me than I thought it would be.”
“Could I see it? I might be able to help.”
You laughed “yeah sure but not even the choreographer can help me.”
Hoshi smiled “well they aren’t me.”
You took a deep breath as you played your music again and started from the top. You cringed at yourself as you tried to do the sexy moves in front of him. It was already embarrassing to do in front of everyone else, your crush was so much worse though.
Once you were done you took out your phone to show him a video of the choreographer doing the dance. “This is how it’s supposed to look” you said. He nodded “I mean you have the moves down but you’re just not feeling them.”
“Yeah that’s my problem, I don’t really know how to channel that uhm…energy.”
He thought for a moment “okay uhmm well how do you normally dance at the club?”
“I don’t really go often and when I do I just jump.”
Hoshi giggled “you’re an idol known for your dancing and you just bop around at the club?”
You looked down at your feet, this couldn’t get more embarrassing.
“Oh no I don’t mean it like that, I’m just shocked that you aren’t feeling yourself in this concept.”
“I feel like you’re the only one that feels that way.”
“I mean you’re hot.” He said matter of factly.
You felt your whole body freeze, no one ever calls you that, and suddenly your crush and the hottest idol you know is saying it to you. “I…uhm…thanks.” You weren’t sure what else to say. “I’ll just leave you to it” you said as you picked up your bag.”
“Wait” he said after you “I wanna help.”
You shook your head “I’m not sure, I mean I’m just almost ready to have a bad comeback.”
He took your bag from you and put it back on the floor “absolute nonsense, I was there for you from the beginning I’m not gonna stop now.” You gave him a small smile. He was always so sweet, it was no wonder everyone loved him.
“Alright so really think, when was there a time where you felt really cool and hot, and don’t tell me it’s never happened.” He said. You thought really hard and then it hit you. “Oh actually a few weeks ago I was shopping and I tried on this one dress for fun and I felt…yknow.” You looked down again, why was it so hard for you to just say it.
“Come on y/n don’t be shy, you can’t be if you want to get this dance right.”
You exhaled “I felt sexy.” You mumbled. “Perfect!” Hoshi exclaimed “keep that thought in your head and do the dance again.”
“I took a selfie, do you think if I looked at the picture it could help?” You asked. To your surprise his ears turned red “y-yeah that could probably help.”
You opened your camera roll and found it, you really did feel sexy in that dress even if it was just for fun. Hoshi shuffled closer to you “would it be okay if I saw.” You just silently nodded as you showed him your phone. You felt like this entire encounter with him was so awkward and he’d never talk to you again after tonight. He stared at the picture without saying anything
“I uhm I think it could help me.” You finally said after too long of a silence. Hoshi blinked a few times, as if he’d been asleep and he just woke up.
“Yeah absolutely, let’s see the dance again now!” He said his voice going higher than you’d ever heard before. You ignored it though, you wanted so badly to get this right so you wouldn’t be the laughing stock of your group for the next few months.
You played the song again for what felt like the millionth time tonight. As you danced you tried to shake off the awkwardness, you tried to forget about the cute image you’ve always had. You just thought about how you felt the day you tried on that dress. You looked at Hoshi from the corner of your eye to see if he noticed a difference. He was so quiet and still, he just watched you with a blank look on his face. He’d helped you with choreo before, but he never gave such a little reaction before.
Once you were finally done, and you were panting and covered in sweat from being so tired you looked at him. “Was that any better?” You asked. He nodded, the only thing that moved on his face were his eyes, they had something in them you hadn’t seen before.
“Could I just make a note?” He asked.
“Yeah sure I need all the help I could get.”
He walked close to you “the uhm chorus” he continued “that’s the point move right?”
“I think you just need more fluidity there, yknow pretend your body is made of water.”
You went to the chorus of the song and hit play, the move was a body roll, and he was right you were still a bit stiff. You did it a few more times.
“Would it be okay if I guided you?” He asked.
You could feel that blush creeping back on your cheeks “yeah that’s, that is absolutely fine.” You heard your voice crack, you hoped he couldn’t tell you were nervous. You’d known him for some time but you had never been so close to him until now. He snaked his hands around your waist “play it again” he said close to your ear. You felt goosebumps on your neck.
You played the chorus again, and he used his hands to guide your body in the right way. The move looked much more fluid with his help.
Once it was over you both just stood there staring at the mirror in front of you. His hands were still on your waist, and both of your faces were red.
You turned around to face him, still in his arms. He stared down at you and did something you would have never expected. He kissed you.
You had no idea how long the kiss lasted but you just leaned into it. It felt much more natural than you assumed. He guided you, it almost felt like a dance in itself. Once you finally pulled away from each other you both smiled.
“Sorry” he said “that’s not how I wanted to do that.”
“What?” You asked, had he wanted to kiss you before?
“I mean I like you y/n i probably have since I met you.”
You were perplexed, never did you think Hoshi would like you back.
“I-I like you too, admittedly even before we met.”
He laughed “I knew it, you were a fan so you just had to train at Hybe.”
“Well now you can say you’re my fan.”
He smiled at you again “you got me there, yknow you’re probably my bias.”
“Oh god please never say that again.”
You both laughed. Then his phone pinged. “Shit the guys are on their way.”
He nodded “yeeaahhh I came here an hour early to play around with new choreo to teach them but….we know how that turned out.”
“It’s been an hour already?!” You checked your phone and sure enough it was 2am. “Shit I’ve got to get to sleep I have to be at a radio show like crazy early.
You started to rush out but then turned around before opening the door “are you busy this time tomorrow night?”
Hoshi shook his head “nope I’ve got a free night, why do you wanna kiss some more?” He jokingly winked at you. He was such a dork which was also why you liked him. “If you come to my dorm I can cook you a fabulous meal of instant ramen and we can watch some high class entertainment such as anime off a pirated site.”
“Sounds like a date.” You gave each other a smile again before you headed out of the practice room. You were happy you left when you did because you passed by a few members of Seventeen on your way out of the building. You know Hoshi would never hear the end of it if they walked in and you were still in the room.
As you laid in your bed for the night you got a text, you opened it to see it was from him.
maybe you could show me that dance again tomorrow night ;)
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