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'𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞?'
Having dance and accepting it was a concept lost on many people, being able to hold it in one hand and juggle life would only be considered maintaining it. But being able to induce so much of it through and through made it hard to separate what part of it actually made her fall in love with dance.
Hari was a dance prodigy, making her debut at only 12 years of age she battled for the top spot alongside other global sensations. Her journey through ballet, contemporary, lyrical and then venturing out into street and hip hop is what excelled her level of networks, making her the greatest star yet.
Unfortunately not all stars can continue their path of life, for Hari, she mistakenly got too comfortable with her fantasy.
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"Yah hurry up we're going to be late!" Xena explained, her worry's only fuelling her friends.
"Oh calm down the plane isn't going to leave without us."
"Yes it will, it's a commercial plane?!" The blond haired girl replied, noticing the way her friends wide eyes snapped towards her.
"You booked commercial!"
"We're not made of money Aera."
"We'll excuse me but I thought the point in having rich friends was to fly private." She muttered under her breath. Dragging her more than average sized suitcase along the walkway.
Xena breathed out in exhaustion and sat in the waiting taxi. A migraine already forming in the pits of her mind, taking a plane back to South Korea was meant to be the least tiring thing she had to do this past week but clearly thing just aren't meant to go to plan.
"Look I know we weren't here long but the amount of clothes I found in Japan on a budget kinda makes up for it."
"Mhm." Aera watched her friend close her eyes and lean her head back on the seat, only giving simple replies as evident of her exhaustion. She felt bad and decided to close her own eyes, her own way of keeping her loud distractions to a minimum.
The taxi arrived at the airport, and a small crowd had already formed at the entrance.
"Shit, who leaked what airport we were going to." She quizzically looked at Aera, the girl furiously shook her head in response.
"Coco's life it wasn't me." She held her hand up in defense.
The two girls waited for security before leaving the taxi, their manager and a couple newly acquainted guys surrounded the car, letting the girls out before flanking all sides and spreading their arms to block the fans.
"Where's Hari? Is it true she left Korea to get a nose job?"
"Ahhh my favourites are so close!"
The constant shouting didn't deter until they reached security when they could finally take of their masks and hats. The rest of the plane ride was filled with nothing but crying babies, smalltalk and the drilling white noise in the background.
When the two missing girls of YUNA finally met up with the rest of their crew it was filled with shrieks and crying, except not the good kind.
"Oh my god why do you guys look like that?" Yeong-a exclaimed, quickly making her way to her friends.
"What do you mean?" Aera questioned, even her persistent smiley persona seemed dimmed.
"You look like shit, did the crowds trample you or something?"
"Yeong-a! Yah, I'm your older so quit with the insults."
"Sorry Xena unnie." Yeong-a looked down sheepishly before she sprang back with excitement, her hands quickly clapping together.
"Now that you're here Hari can make her announcement."
"The one where we had to travel all the way back for?"
"A-ah well yes but it's worth it I promise."
The three girls left the lobby and joined their remaking team in one of the dance rooms.
As soon as they entered Xena immediately knew what her leader was going to say and was in the middle of putting her hand up to explain her appearance.
"Wow you look like shi-shiny, you both look so shiny." She corrected her sentence halfway through after seeing Yeong-a make a throat cutting notion behind Aera and Xena.
"Uh huh, let's remind ourselves of whose older here."
"Okay now we just have to wait for Iseul, she's in the toilet."
Speak of the devils and she appears, or whatever the saying is. Iseul's eyes took a quick detour then back to their leader whom appeared to be sitting at the front of the stage. If she noticed anything different from the girl she didn't utter a word, quickly and quietly sitting on the floor next to Yeong-a.
"Now that I have all your attention I would like to announce something very important."
"..."
"Well? What is it?" Xera asked, growing frustrated by the second. "Oh right um it's here somewhere." She ruffled through the contents in her bag accidentally tipping it over, letting all sorts of things fall out.
"My lollipops?" Iseul questioned, watching Hari quickly put it back in her bag.
Wrappers from all sorts of sweets and junk food seemed to be overflowing her bag, making it hard for Hari to find what she was looking for.
"Any day now Hari."
"Is that a condo-"
"Here it is!" Hari snatched a piece of paper from the bottom of the bag, kicking the bag away with her leg.
"Okay where was I." She used her free hand to brush the stray pieces of hair away from the sides of her face. "Oh right, manager Bato says we have two weeks left to prep our last video of the season and to get workshop numbers counted before the end of this week." She carried on reading the rest of the list finding a few more thing their manger left for them, "Mnet had invited us for the second season of Street Woman Fighter, our sponsor needs a least three to five working days to finalise their preparations-"
"Wait what? Go back."
"Oh the workshops need a bit more rounding up, Aera I know you like to participate but maybe we should leave the maths to Xer-"
"No not that you idiot, the one about Mnet inviting us?!" Xera sprang up suddenly, making the others even more on edge.
"Oh yeah." She looked back at the paper, reading out, "We have been formally invited to appear as one of the dance crews for the popular korean show Street Woman Fighter."
"Are you shitting me!" Aera squealed and jumped up alongside Yeong-a, getting all excited whilst Iseul and Xera stayed sitting.
"We obviously have to accept!" Yeong-a said with much joy, the feeling finally reaching Xera and Isuel, even if the latter didn't really show it.
"I'm down for it." The blonde haired dancer said, Iseul nodding along, "Yes, I think this will be a very good opportunity to explore and expand globally."
"Well?" They all turned to look at their leader who seemed deep in thought.
She was brought out of her daze when a hand came and waved itself in front of her, "Earth to Hari? Hello what's going on in that small brain of yours." Xera's brows furrowed in confusion, an opportunity this big would usually make Hari happy.
"Sorry, where were we?"
"Um deciding to accept the invitation." Aera replied, catching on to Hari's distant state.
The leader shook her head and put up a facade, making that same happy expression she seems to go by so very often.
"There is something I have to tell you guys, this cannot be shared, the only other person who knows is Bato."
The rest looked really unsure, maybe this wasn't a good idea after all.
"A couple weeks ago I received an invitation to become a judge on the same programme, but I turned them down."
"You what?" It wasn't the fact the members started backing up making Hari scared, no. The fact Isuel raised her voice really made the rest sweatdrop.
"You're telling us you received this amazing offer and didn't tell us, not to mention declined it?" Her temper grew worse by the second, with each step Iseul took, Hari stepped back with her hands up.
"H-hey Iseul let's not get mad shall we, Xera help me!" Hari whisper shouted the last bit, looking at Xera for help who only chuckled in response whilst shrugging her shoulders.
"Okay okay, I'm sorry, I should've told you guys, but in my defence I didn't decline because I think I'm better or have a big ego." Yeong-a snorted at that, making Hari glare at her, "I couldn't stand doing something that wasn't with you girls, you guys are the very reason I'm here so If I'm out there shining, I want to do it with my team."
"Aw Hari, who knew you were so good and mushy feelings talk!" Aera laughed and squished Yeong-a, Iseul and Hari into a hug, Xera looked at them fondly, that was until they extended their arms to her to get in the hug with them.
"Absolutely not."
The four girls slowly shuffled in their group hug formation until they reached Xera and quickly trapped her into their nest of giggles and warmth, even Iseul stayed. Hari was enclosed in the centre, receiving the affection as the leader of YUNA, making her smile even wider. But even with all the positive thoughts that contaminate ones brain she still had the distant thought stuck in the spindle of mind.
