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@⁰² jaemin n. @⁰² donghyuck l. "i hate this, you know i hate this," she mutters beneath her breath as she hobbles on her good foot to catch up to haechan's steps, the crutches held under her arms beginning to tire her out. she should've assured the doctor she didn't need anything more than a cast (and that was already too much), but her best friend just loved watching her suffer in more ways than one. now they're in public and she's garnered a bunch of stares — how could her night get any worse? "huh?" she looks up from her foot's stance, the unfamiliarity of haechan's friend making herself more self-conscious. in a subtle motion, she nudges her shoulder to haechan's, keeping herself close to him before she responds abashedly. "hi, i'm minju. oh? no, no, that won't be necessary—" she says, not wanting to draw any /more/ attention to her than she already has. "i'll be okay, don't worry please! uh, i didn't know haechan had a friend interested in ballet recitals, i wouldn't have accompanied him then," with this, she squints to her friend, though all for jest. "but, more the merrier."

@⁰² donghyuck l. @⁰¹ minju k. [ ] sorry repost cuz i forgot to tag minju LOL

he can't help but instantly crack a smile at the sight of haechan, his friend absolutely already looking hyped about the ballet, with him jumping up and down, waving his arms to get his attention. "i'm coming! i see you, bro!" jaemin calls back, lightly jogging his way up to his friend and the +1 he has brought. "sup man." jaemin says, greeting his friend with a quick dap. he then turns to the girl that's with haechan, holding out his hand. "hey, i'm jaemin, haechan's friend, nice to meet you." he's never seen the girl before, and he doesn't recall her being around any of his friend groups either. he looks at her booted foot, and how she's leaning on the crutches. "will you be okay to stand for a bit? it seems like there's gonna be a bit of wait before we get seated.." jaemin says, peering around at how many people are now coming in and are present in the venue. he again then turns back to the girl. "do you want us to get you a wheelchair or those motorized scooter things?"

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@⁰² jaemin n. when haechan and minju arrive, the venue is already filled with guests; some chatting and some looking around. he didn't imagine there would be so many people attending a simple recital, thinking ballet wasn't that famous of an activity but his presumptions are proven to be wrong when his eyes land on the amount of people in the building with them. his eyes scan his surroundings for jaemin's whereabouts, hoping they weren't late and hadn't made him wait. he had forced minju to go to the hospital with him that morning, convincing her that she needed to get her leg checked out and laughing a full 5 minutes when she exited the hospital with cast and crutches. afterwards, they had to commute and the traffic was terrible so he really wasn't confident in arriving on time. his eyes chance over the figure of his other friend and tries to flag the male's attention by raising his arm up and down, waving in large motions. "jaem! over here!"

@⁰² donghyuck l. @⁰¹ minju k. in what world did he ever watch a ballet. jaemin continues to debate his existence at the particular showing, but then he painfully remembers—/winter/. after the night of the party, jaemin had not only come to realized just what had happened, but who had watched. he shakes his head, rearranging his fallen bangs across his face and eyes, occupying his mind with such a mundane task, instead of continuing to recall and replay the events from nights ago. for worse or for better, hyuck (who he learned also liked to go by haechan) had forced jaemin to drag himself outside, and in good timing.

ever since he had talked to his ex-girlfriend, everything in his school life had dropped off into a steep decline. he had slept-in—missing classes, bombing weekly quizzes, but the lowest thing he had done was taking out his frustration in hockey, stupidly fighting a player on the ice whom was known to engage in cheap fights. he knew better than that, and he was never a player to fight. but after everything that had occurred within the past few days, jaemin had just lost it, shoving and ramming the other player furiously into the boards, before punching the guy right in the face. there had been blood, jaemin's punch not having caused for the other player to break his nose, but because he had boarded the guy's face. that called for an immediate suspension of 7 games, and a fine. thus, with extra hours and days free from attending hockey games, jaemin was here, to watch a ballet recital with his newly-made friend.

he was indifferent about ballet, but was actually looking forward to spending time with his friend. standing off to the side just behind the doors to the playhouse, jaemin looked out through the glass, seeing if he could spot haechan. and he did, picking out the familiar face from other incoming students, along with a girl? jaemin squints, seeing a girl who's definitely talking to him as they walk up, the latter on crutches, with her foot in a cast boot. "is this the cute girl he was talking about?.." jaemin questions to himself.