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EVERGLOW - ARRIVAL OF EVERGLOW
Bon Bon Chocolat (봉봉쇼콜아)

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Jeongguk felt a pit of dread rise in his stomach as he stood infront of the dance studio, legs seemingly turned into stone not wanting to move away from their current spot.

Today was going to be the first time he had to train with Taehyung, work with him and endure his attempts to make Jeongguk mad, to annoy him.

Why was it him again? Why does fate always just fucking hate him? He can't do this today.

Looking around like a lost puppy, his eyes landed on the glass door infront of him, having his faint reflection look right back at him.

His eyes moved from the top of his head, the tips of his hair stands, right down to his feet, staring at every inch of himself, admitting that he looked pretty decent today.

Light gray hoodie and sweatpants, black puma logo decorating them, hair sticking up in all directions as he only half motivatedly rolled out of bed today and face very clean for once, not one pimple sticking out.

He felt a sudden confidence rush through his system -- you know what, maybe he could do this today.

As if the stone around his legs suddenly crumbled, he automatically moved towards the door, unlocking and open it, strutting into the building, posture straight and head held high, feeling confidence swirl throughout him, giving him a caffeine like energy boost.

He walked right to the  room where he would be giving his first class today, already getting out the speakers and putting on some music, randomly moving to the beats, warming up until people started to trickle in.

The first class in the morning was normally the hardest for him as tiredness was still dominating his body, just wanting to jump back into his comfy bed and snuggle with his blanket and Coconut laying beside him.

But today was different, the air around Jeongguk dripping with motivation and confidence as he taught each and every move fast but precisely, waking up all of his dozy, tired students.

Sad that he had to spend such an energising mood on someone like Taehyung today who would probably just suck all of it out of his body and soul.

"five .. six, seven and-" Gguk made one final sway with his arm before dropping it down, head hanging low, everyone standing behind him following suit. "eight-- great job today, everybody!"

He made his way to the big box filled with water bottles, handing them to each of his students as he send them off one by one, giving everyone a nice smile and a 'you did well' as they were leaving -- today was just going exceptionally good, so why not be extra nice today and give everyone a personal farewell, the upcoming practice with Taehyung slipping into the back of his mind for a second.

Once everyone left the took a bottle himself, squeezing it as he was gulping the water down, eyes closed, enjoying the refreshing nature of the liquid running down his throat.

Gguk almost gulped down the entire thing, sweat running down his forehead as he was interrupted by a loud knock on the glass door of the practice room.

He turned around staring right into the eyes of Kim Taehyung, smirking cockily, laptop tugged snuggly between his arm and body.

Slighty annoyed already, Jeongguk waved his hand as a sign for him to come inside, chugging down the rest of the water before setting it aside to put into the recycling bin later.

"Huh, Jeon, already so sweaty and done after one class?" Taehyung began to tease him yet again, Gguk's head tinting slighty red with anger and annoyance -- that guy just doesn't grasp that his comments aren't very necessary.

"Shut up, Taehyung. Maybe we should just get this over with." Jeongguk watched as Taehyung sat down next to him, placing the laptop right in front of them. "The fuck are you doing?" He was confused as to why they would need a laptop for practice, it's not like they had all the time in the world if they still wanted to choreograph something somewhat decent.

"Chill, Jeon. On your man period?" Taehyung scoffed as he opened his laptop, logging himself in, Gguk whispering a 'shut up' under his breath, not being able to search his brain for a witty enough response.

He watched the laptop screen carefully, eyes wandering down to see Taehyung's fingers control the courser via the mousepat, fingers gliding over it -- he even had pretty hands, seriously what about this guy was not gorgeous -- not that that was attracting Jeongguk in anyway, his personality really overshadowed his appearance.

"So-" Gguk's heart slightly stopped as Taehyung slapped his hands together suddenly, gaining all of his attention. "Since we don't have a lot of time, and we both would appreciate to work less with eachother i'm guessing, we can just take the choreography that Lia and I were planning to do."

Jeongguk wholeheartedly agreed with 'the work the least amount together as possible' part as he wasn't planning on befriending Taehyung in any way during the next month or so.

"We filmed it already, so you can take a look, Jeon. I don't know if you can keep up though, it's very fast." Jeongguk rolled his eyes, sighing at the comment, using his hand to push Taehyung's away, pressing play on the video.

Eyes fixated on the laptop screen, Jeongguk had to make sure his jaw didn't drop in awe.

He sure already knew why Taehyung and Lia literally won every competition they attended, they were both incredibly talented dancers put together to form one unit -- but seeing what they put together, made his eyes widen.

It was all perfectly matched to the sensual beats playing in the background, just the right amount of flashy yet powerful and elegant, their facial expressions fitting the emotions portraited in the song perfectly, both incredibly synchronized as well.

The video ended with Taehyung holding Lia in his arms, one of legs held by his hand, faces just inches apart, both of their chests heaving up and down, leaving Gguk's face streaked with a light pink blush.

"So-" Taehyung grabbed the screen of his laptop, folding it close, turning to to look at Jeongguk. "This is gonna get us a win, Jeon. And i expect you to give more than one hundered percent."

Jeongguk gulped. He knows himself as a good dancer, otherwise he wouldn't been able to work in that field but this choreography -- intimidated him.

"And i think it's clear that you are doing Lia's part." His eyes widened in disbelief, he had thought that they would change stuff up a little bit because he sure wasn't going to do a choreography where he had to sway his hips and be in the other's arms.

"Excuse me? No, i won't be doing the female part, Taehyung! We'll change it around!" Jeongguk doesn't want the female part, couldn't do the female part.

He knows how people are that they will connect it to something, that they will find out -- he doesn't wanna be made fun of again, doesn't want to be forced to move cities and start over again.

"Jeon, firstly we don't have time to go over it again and secondly it's a male-female oriented competition. We have to keep it this way." Taehyung got up, tugging his laptop underneath his arm again.

"No, Taehyung! I'm not obeying your rules here! You can take the female part!" Jeongguk got up as well, holding onto Taehyung's arm securely, knowing he had a class in a couple minutes and would use it as an excuse to end the conversation right there.

"Come on, Kooks. Your body type fits the female part way better than mine ever could. Don't you wanna win? Get all the validation, maybe a raise so you can teach advanced classes? Isn't that your goal?" Taehyung's orbs met his, as he heard his deep voice soften significantly, somehow his heart starting to pick up speed as he was staring into his somehow comforting, sparkly brown eyes.

Yes, Jeongguk finally wanted to teach an advanced class, wanted that validation and to finally feel appreciated again, something he hasn't been able to experience in months.

Maybe -- Taehyung was right.

"Alright." Gguk sighed, releasing Taehyung's arm and taking a step back. "I'll do it."

"See, wasn't that hard, Jeon. Maybe practice right now, to get better you know?" Gguk saw him wink and before he could even think of retreating his statement about doing the female part, the older one was already out the door.

Jeongguk sank to the floor, sighing heavily, asking himself, why he even agreed to this in the first place.

For a second he just felt like Taehyung understood what he wanted, what he searched for, but suddenly his eyes widened as a thought passed his mind -- did Taehyung just manipulate him into taking the female part?

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groupie epilogue pt1 is published too!

hello <3!! hows everyone doing
I wrote this in pretty much 15 minutes bc i somehow forgot its the day i update usually whOOPS

Also how do you guys think Tae manipulated Jk? why did he suddenly feel so comfy?

Sigh i dont know if i can keep up this updating schedule once my finals come up and thats going to be in a little over a month already- how fast time goes by is crazy tbh

yall btw

have a nice day everyone!