Moon Child

Chapter 18 Mr. Obvious

An hour even before the apprentices were due to start their usual rehearsals, one of them was already walking into the dance company. 

Donning her Ray-Ban sunglasses which could probably cover half her face, Hyo Jin took one glance around the entrance of the company before she darted into one of the corridors.

With the lightest footsteps possible, Hyo Jin snuck past the numerous empty studios until she saw her partner in crime standing in the far end of the corridor. Deftly, Hyo Jin approached the tall lady with a soft psst, effectively garnering her attention.

"Is there anyone behind me?" Ji Hye asked when Hyo Jin was in front of her.

"Negative. How about me?" Hyo Jin whispered.

"We're good to go." Ji Hye confirmed.

"Why are we wearing sunglasses indoors again?" Hyo Jin finally took off her Ray-Bans.

"It's stylish. Don't you think?" Ji Hye took off her Prada sunglasses, flourishing them in the air before she kept them in her bag.

"I suppose so. Anyway, what are we going to do?" Hyo Jin spoke in a hushed voice, her eyes still darting rapidly around just in case someone decided to show up.

"I'm sure it wouldn't be so bad..." Ji Hye tried to reason.

"Maybe with Yej, but your friend can't seem to control himself. Mr Obvious won't be able to stay away from her, trust me." Hyo Jin argued back.

"Perhaps you're right...Hyun Bin isn't the best at hiding his affection for her." Ji Hye thought back to the hospital incident as well as the numerous times he would smile just from thinking about her.

"Exactly. So we need a plan." Hyo Jin concluded.

"How about this. We throw a dance party." Ji Hye suggested.

"Will that work?"

"We'll find out in a bit."

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An hour later

"So it's a sauté arabesque, chassé then you do a little jeté. Ladies go on your pointe shoes and gentleman, do a three-quarter point. You go this way around in your arabesque and brush through-" Hyun Bin was teaching the choreography for their ballet item, demonstrating the movements gracefully in front of the apprentices.

"Let's try that. Five, six, seven, eight and sauté..." Hyun Bin watched as the apprentices tried the choreography together.

Hyun Bin nodded his head in an open show of approval as his choreography came into life right in front of his eyes. His eyes held his usual intense seriousness, one that the apprentices were familiar with by now.

They were weeks away from nationals at StarRise and thankfully, all the dance items were progressing beautifully thanks to everybody's hard work. Hyun Bin was simply relieved that he had no other cases of life-threatening injuries or collapses in the past few weeks.

Nevertheless, the man would often remind the apprentices to rest and hydrate. It was a no brainer that he kept a particularly close eye on his swan girl. 

It was incredibly difficult for him to stop himself from overreacting every time he would catch Ye Jin wiping the sweat off her brows or panting from the jumps.

For the first few days when Ye Jin came back to class, Hyun Bin would often give the class breaks the minute Ye Jin would so much as stumble slightly. 

Arguably, it wasn't because she was tired. Rather, it was because she was still getting used to the choreography. Of course, Hyun Bin assumed the worst and was handing out the breaks like they were free flow.