shadow.
closed starter for @idjiho
at this point, dax had no idea how he had gotten himself into this situation. it had all started at kcon. there was a boy that looked familiar and he must know him from produce project, but dax had never bothered to learn names, and this boy seemed to be a bit interested in him. fuck it, dax had thought, before deciding to entertain the kid for a bit, letting him praise him for his show with titanium and doing well in pro j. so he does know him from pro j. at least that mystery was solved. one thing had led to another and dax was bored, so it was back to his hotel room for a night of meaningless fun before he promptly kicked the boy out of his room. kcon was long and he needed to catch up on his sleep, he just hoped he wouldn’t awkwardly run into the boy later during the event.
and yet here he found himself at pro j with his own personal shadow. dax stood in one of the training rooms, stretching out for his upcoming practice session for the final stage of this hell hole of a show. not only had his only friends left him alone to rot around the rest of the trainees, but he hadn't made as much of a splash in the show as he had expected. dax was used to people fawning over him (well, at least before they got to know his winning personality, that is), but that wasn't exactly the case during this show. it was a blow to his self-esteem and he was ready for it to be over so he could focus all of his attention onto his actual group where he was bound to be popular with fans.
as he rolled out his neck and shoulders, he lifted his head to look in the mirror only to find someone entering the room he was in. dax huffed and went to turn up the music from the ipad sitting in front of him, hoping the kid would take the hint that he was not in the mood to talk to anyone. especially someone he assumed was a one time thing. dax looked at the boy's smile and rolled his eyes, not even attempting to spare his feelings.
"what do you want, jiho," dax asked while continuing to stretch, not looking at the person he was talking to. he pulled his arm over his head, holding onto his elbow, and leaning to the side, his shirt riding up the smallest bit from his movements. he looked in the mirror and caught the younger boy's eyes looking over the bit of a skin for second, causing dax to roll his eyes yet again and stand up straight. he turned around to look at jiho and placed his hands on his hips. "can't you see i'm busy?"