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It was a normal day of practicing the choreography for our next comeback, Inception, and the guys and I have already practiced for hours perfecting our performance and are taking a little break.
"Do you guys want anything? I'm going to grab drinks from the 7-Eleven downstairs." I grab my bag from the hook on the wall of the practice room.
"Can you get me a boiled egg?"
"Iced americano please!"
"Ice Cream, Ice Cream." Various members call out.
"Ooh, I want to come." Yunho grabs his bag and rushes over to me.
We smile at each other and head downstairs.
I grab a pack of water bottles and some snacks."Yunho-" I trip and almost drop everything. He sticks his head around from the corner "Yes?"
"Can you help me carry some stuff?" He walks over and grabs the heavy things.
I thank him and grab the other snacks that the members wanted. After a few minutes, I meet Yunho by the registers and pay for everything.
"Wait, are you guys idols? You both are so handsome." The cashier gushes as we're about to leave.
Yunho and I look at each other. "We're from Ateez, under KQ entertainment."
The cashier's eyes light up. "Ahh KQ, sorry I'm new."
I point at Yunho "He's Yunho and I'm Mingi." We wave as we head out and back upstairs.
"Achg-" Just as we reach the top of the stairs I trip and drop a bag of stuff. Yunho drops his stuff and comes over to help me up. "Thanks-"
"Be careful okay? We can't have you hurt your back again." Yunho says as he rubs my back soothingly. I rub my face and sigh. "I'm sorry I just tripped..oh no the ice cream is going to melt."
Yunho furrows his eyebrows "The Ice Cream doesn't matter right now, are you okay?"
I nod and start picking up the stuff on the ground and start heading back.
I open the practice room door and all eyes turn towards us.
"Ten-minute break everyone," Hongjoong announces and walks over to the snacks.
"Food!" "Snacks!" "Americano!" Everyone rushes over to grab their snack requests.
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Hoongjoong clasps his hands together "All right everyone, let's get back to practice."
Everyone starts to clean up and I notice Yunho whisper something to Hongjoong but move on.
After cleaning and stretching we start practicing again.
The music starts for 'Inception' and we all get into position. While in the middle of the song, my back starts to hurt but I ignore it and finish until the end.
"Let's go again!" Hongjoong says after the song is over. I take a deep breath and a gulp of water before we start.
After a few more rounds of choreography, I slow down become sloppier.
"Hey, Mingi" Our choreographer points out "Are you okay? You're slowing down quite a bit."
Everyone looks at me and my face turns red with embarrassment.
"Mingi, would you like to sit out for a couple of minutes," Hongjoong demands more than requests.
I sigh and lay down on a couple of chairs against the wall. I feel bad, I'm slowing down everyone just because my back hurts a little. I close my eyes and attempt to nap for a few minutes before someone sits next to me.
"Are you really not feeling well? You've been laying down for 20 minutes." A soft voice who I recognize as Yunho's starts talking to me.
Instinctively I rest my head on his lap and open my eyes to see him staring right at me. I flush before turning my head away in an attempt to hide it.
"Uhh, I don't know. Maybe when I fell up the stairs I hurt my back." He starts running his long fingers through my red hair. I sigh inwardly and start to drift off again.
Suddenly I hear a few gasps and I don't feel him caressing my hair anymore. "Mmm?" I groan.
I open my eyes to see a silver glitter aura surrounding me and Yunho. I quickly sit up and move my hand over my mouth.
"Y-Yunho?"
Before I know it I'm trapped in a big bear hug and hear him sniffling. I wrap my arms around his broad shoulders and feel tears prickling my eyes.
"We're...soulmates?" He says though his tears.
Yunho? Who I've always cherished. My friend of 6 years. Is my soulmate?
I start crying tears of joy and nuzzle my head in his neck. After what feels like an eternity we let go of each other and stare with a lopsided smile while being illuminated by our aura.
We heard a stifled cough and turn only to see our members with their mouths agape. I feel my face turn red.
"Wait you guys are...?" "What just happened." "What the fu-"
"OH MY GOD I WANT A SOULMATE." Wooyoung cries out dramatically and drops his knees to the floor in defeat. "But congrats though."
"Hey, so how about we-" Our choreographer, Yunhee, opens the door and looks at Yunho and I still glowing "-oh? Uh...how about we be done for the day..." She chuckles awkwardly and closes the door while Hongjoong chases after her.
"So...uh...what now." I scratch my head and sigh.
"Well..." Yeosang drags on.
Hongjoong bursts through the door "So I asked Yunhee not to tell anyone, including the company." Hongjoong takes a big breath "But I don't know how long she'll keep that secret. So I think we'll have to tell the company soon or else all chaos will break out."
Yunho's and I aura turns turns into a dark purple color. "Whoa, it changes color depending on our mood?" Yunho asks and rests his head on my shoulder.
"Wait pause, you guys aren't going to be that cringy affectionate couple, are you?" Jongho asks.
"Are we dating now?" I ask Yunho.
He hums "Well being soulmates doesn't mean we have to date." He looks up at me and I feel my smile faltering and the aura changes into an obnoxious orange color. I tear away from Yunho, losing our aura.
"Wait I didn't mean it like that-"
"No it's fine, we should go tell our CEO," I say monotone and head towards the door.
I see Seonghwa nudge Jongho in the mirror and whisper yell at each other.
By the time we're out of the practice room I see KQ employees walking around and Yunho advancing on me. Not good. Good thing San grabs Yunho's arm and drags him behind.
Our manager Sungjin comes up to us "Why did Yunhee leave so suddenly? Did something happen?"
I open my mouth to speak but Hongjoong beats me to it. "There's kind of an emergency going on. We need to see the CEO."
Sungjin raises an eyebrow. "You'll have to talk with the secretary and see if he's free right now."
I sigh and fiddle with my fingers while walking to the secretary.