[euijin/mint] legacy
Euijin isn’t exactly sure what to expect from the female dance battles. There’s too many people from groups he doesn’t know and with the numerous said and unsaid rules against general communication between male and female contestants - he really has no idea.
They’re good, though, and he’s a little impressed. Scratch that, he’s a lot impressed, but just thinking about Lee Joohyun makes him feel old. And then there’s Mint.
Now, Tiny-G he does actually know - from afar, but still. They were active around the same time he was still with A.cian and on top of that they’d binge watched Hyuntae’s weird webdrama as bonding time back when he and and Hyungmin joined Bigflo. He didn’t learn a lot about Tiny-G then, though, except that according to Hyuntae they were nice enough, funny - after all, excluding Dohee, their role in the webdrama was mostly to stand there and be mildly weirded out by Hyuntae. Euijin has seen a few of Tiny-G’s music videos but that’s about it.
None of the videos, none of Hyuntae’s possibly exaggerated stories can even compare to what Mint does to that stage.
Mint is hot, sure, but more than that Mint is powerful and Euijin finds himself immersed, dancing in his seat like an idiot. (It’s okay, though. A quick glance to the others tells him most of them are doing the same.)
It’s a little sad but wholly unsurprising that he doesn’t win the male dance battle - Feeldog has been deemed resident dance god ever since he stepped on the show.
Euijin uses the commotion after the battle to trail after Mint. Some of the cameramen glare at him but it’s not like they’ve explicitly forbidden them from even talking to the female contestants, so Euijin pays them no mind. Mint is standing a little to the side, talking to one of the girls Euijin doesn’t know. It doesn’t look like either of them care much about whatever they’re talking about so he clears his throat.
Both of their eyes snap towards him and Euijin tries to remind himself that he’s possibly being filmed and making a fool of himself in front of the female contestants would be a really bad idea.
“Hi, I’m Euijin,” he says, smiling. He tries to address both of them, he does, but his eyes keep going back to Mint.
The second girl folds into a bow and mumbles a name that Euijin fails to catch, but before he could ask she slinks away, eyes full of mirth.
Mint stares after her for a bit, confused, then turns back to Euijin and beams at him. “Mint, nice to meet you. You were really good.”
“Oh, thank you.” Euijin feels irrationally proud at the compliment. “Actually, that’s what I came for, you were so cool up there.”
Mint laughs. “Aw, whatever I say now it’ll look like I’m parroting you. But thank you. You were from Bigflo, right?”
“Yeah,” Euijin blinks, startled. Her knowing who he is isn’t that surprising, considering they were all announced at some point but the budding fanboy in him is having the time of his life. Hyuntae would laugh at him for the rest of eternity if he knew.
“We shot a webdrama with your rapper a while ago, I remember I checked out some of your songs. But I don’t remember you?”
“Ah, yeah,” Euijin suppresses the urge to rub his neck. There’s the awkwardness again. “I joined earlier this year.”
“Cool,” Mint says and the conversation lulls to a somewhat awkward silence. Mint is still smiling but she also looks a little confused.
Euijin mentally kicks himself. “So,” he starts after what feels like eternity. “Would you possibly want to go get coffee together sometime?”
Mint shrugs in that universal way that means sure and Euijin has half a second of relieved happiness before she freezes, her expression morphing into one of suspicion. “Are you asking me out?”
“Uh, sure?”
Mint cringes. “Um. I mean, I wouldn’t mind getting coffee with you, you seem really cool but, uh, how do I say this? You’re not exactly my type.”
Euijin racks his brain for a response that would leave at least part of his pride intact. It’s that exact moment the other Euijin chooses to walk by and Mint’s eyes follow her, sliding down her bare legs before she quickly returns her gaze on him.
Oh.
Euijin tries and ultimately fails to hold in his laughter. Mint startles, giving him a hesitant grin in return.
“I understand,” Euijin grins, subtly nodding towards the other Euijin. Mint’s eyes widen slightly, but he waves a hand before she has time to panic. “It’s fine, it’s none of my business. I’d still like to get coffee together, though,” Euijin adds. “Like, platonically?”
Mint just looks at him for a few moments, eyes narrowed. Then her face clears and she laughs. “Sure, platonic coffee seems nice. We can bond over stories of that rapper of yours. Dohee has told me so many.”
Time spent making fun of Hyuntae? Mint is already climbing up Euijin’s list of favorite people. “Great. It’s a date then.”
“A platonic one,” Mint clarifies, waving a finger in his face. She maintains a serious face for about two seconds before both of them start laughing.
“A platonic one,” Euijin agrees.
It’s probably for the best, anyway. Instead of an awkward half relationship in between schedules now he has a cool, new dancer friend to slander Hyuntae with. What could be better, really?