At that moment, the dancers turned to June, finding his name familiar.
However, what caught their eye more was Jay, who was dressed even more obnoxiously than them.
June pursed his lips and leaned against the wall. Well, there goes his chance to escape!
Just then, Gun entered the room with a wide smile on his face. He searched the room with his eyes and smiled even wider when he saw June.
June shook his head. He thought Gun wouldn't notice if he left, but it seemed like he was really looking forward to having June in their anniversary video.
"C-Jay, you're also here?" Gun asked, scrutinizing the former trainee's outfit.
"Can I watch you guys?" he asked with bright eyes.
Gun scratched the back of his head. "Sure, stay in the corner," he instructed Jay like a little dog.
Jay obediently followed. Meanwhile, the dance crew leaders were still wondering who this 'June' was.
"June?" Christine of PEANUT REPUBLIC said. "Like EVE June?"
"Let me introduce you to one of my favorite students," Gun said, standing next to June.
June hesitantly removed his cap and mask before bowing his head.
"Omo. It's really June from EVE!"
"Wow, you're really handsome!"
"Is it possible to have such a face?"
"Dang, you just made the other guys in here look like little shrimps."
June scratched the back of his head and muttered statements of gratitude as compliments continued being thrown his way.
"What is he doing here, though?" Dookie of XYG asked.
"Well, I already told you about this concept, right?" Gun asked.
"Yeah," the dancer replied. "It's an evolution of dance. We'll have beginners, intermediates, and then us experts at the end of the video."
"Well, June was in the beginner class," Gun explained. "And he was supposed to represent beginner dancers."
"I thought the beginner choreography has already been filmed?" Dookie remarked.
"Yeah," Gun said. "June's currently having a comeback, though, and this is the only free schedule I got from his manager."
June pursed his lips as he listened to their conversation. Then, he turned to Jay with a subtle glare. Why was he never informed of any of this?
Jay sheepishly smiled. In truth, June was actually free during the 'beginner' and 'intermediate' filming days. However, since he heard that the 'expert' part of the video was going to feature some of his favorite dancers, he couldn't really pass on the chance.
"So, he's going to be filming with us?" Bad Lee, leader of DEDE, asked.
"Yeah," Gun said, not finding anything weird with it at all. June was still technically a beginner based on the length of his dancing experience, but Gun felt that June's dancing skills could be considered at a beginner expert level.
Although they didn't say anything, June felt that he was being prejudiced. It was true that he didn't consider himself an expert, but he believed he could still keep up with their dancing.
"Well, did you see the video I sent last night?" Gun asked.
Once again, June turned to Gun, who wasn't even looking at him since he was busy ogling the dance crew leaders.
"That's the choreography we're going to do? It's pretty tough," Bata of WETHEMEN said.
"Yeah, it's going to be a partner choreo, so grab your partners, and we'll go over some of the dance moves. I'm sure you went over it already, though, so this will be quick."
June, in fact, did not go over the video. He didn't even receive it from Jay!
What was he going to do now?
His thoughts were cut off when he suddenly felt burning stares on the side of his face. He realized that all of the dancers were already partnered up, but there was no one by his side.
"Wait, you don't have a partner?" Gun asked.
June silently nodded. Gun pursed his lips and wondered if he should take one for the team and act as June's partner (he would actually like that), but in the end, he decided to just let it be.
"We'll have you in the middle then," Gun said, which seemed to have been a bad idea since the dancers grew even more hostile toward June.
"Can I just stay at the back?" June asked, raising his hand.
6000, leader of MBLEM, silently scoffed. "He must not be confident with his skills."
Nonetheless, June heard him but decided to ignore his bitterness.
"No," Gun said. "You're precious—I mean, it wouldn't look balanced if you were in the back. This is only a short clip anyway, and the original dance was supposed to be a solo dance. I'll teach you a little later while the others are practicing."
June sighed and nodded in defeat.
After that, Gun went over the dance with the professional dancers. They were truly on another level since they were able to channel the feeling of the dance with just one teaching session. It was a pretty sensual dance, so June was actually grateful that he didn't have a partner.
One, it would feel awkward since the dance had some grinding movements.
And two, his fans would not like it if they saw him doing such dances.
As the session continued, June marked some dance moves that he thought could be a part of the solo dance. Then, after around half an hour, they decided to call a break before they finally film the video.
June took this time to learn the dance from Gun.
"So, how are we going to do this?" June asked.
"I saw you marking some movements already, and I think it's also pretty good. Did you watch the video beforehand?"
June shook his head.
"Really?" Gun asked in surprise. "But it appears like you're already familiar with the dance."
June shrugged since he really didn't watch the dance video. As his dancing skills improved, he just found himself learning dances at a much quicker pace.
They played the music, and Gun started demonstrating the entirety of the section so June would have a better feel for it.
June watched silently from the side, taking note of the movements and memorizing them.
Meanwhile, the dancers, who were supposedly having their rest, paid attention to June, still finding it weird how he got the center position when he was supposed to be in the beginners' video.
"Alright," June said, nodding to himself.
"Do you want me to demonstrate again?" Gun asked.
June shook his head. "Nah, I got it. Just tell me which parts I got wrong."
Gun and the other dancers were confused. Gun just showed him the dance once, and he was already prepared for a re-
demonstration?
"Are you sure?" Gun asked.
June nodded. "Yeah, I think I got it."
"Play the music, please."
