‘Two, two, tlee POUR. YOU JUMP ON POUR, NOT LAND ON POUR. Let’s start again.’ The dance trainer began counting again. He was tutoring HyungEun and KiKwang, and being a typical korean, he couldn’t really count properly in english.
Just then, a muffled voice from the bench area exclaimed loudly,’ What’s that horrible counting? Two, two TLEE POUR, TLEE POUR TLEE POUR.. TLEE POUR SOMEMORE I’LL POUR SOME OF MY WATER OVER HIS HEAD AHH!!’ Everybody had eye expansions. The expanded eyes were all staring at the direction of where the voice was coming from – the bench.
Only two people were sitting on the bench, Hyeyeon and Tae Eun, who were both already learned their choreography. Hyeyeon’s eyes were closed, oblivous to the sudden commotion, listening to music. Tae Eun was scratching her head, yawning, still half asleep.
Looking around, realising that everyone was looking at her with their eye expansions, the words ‘ Why is everybody staring at me?’ were written clearly on her face. Hyung Eun, who stopped dancing, gasped loudly,’ Oh my gawd. DID SHE JUST SLEEP TALK?’ It was Tae Eun’s turn to had eye expansions. ‘What did I say?! WHAT DID I SAY?!’
Not able to hold her laughter any longer, SooYeon burst out laughing and clapping,’ You said,’ Tree pour water on his head AHAHAHAHA’ Gayoon burst out laughing too,’No! She said Sun-saeng-nim’s counting sucks!! HAHAHAHA not tree pour water or what nonsense.’ Everyone but Sun-saeng-nim and Tae Eun began laughing. Embarrassed and blushing, the dance trainer yelled,’YAHH!! What are you laughing at!! Continue!!!’
Hyung Eun and KiKwang obediently got into their positions again, and the music started, but the dance trainer’s counting didn’t. Staring at him intently, guessing why he wasn’t counting, Hyung Eun and KiKwang stifled their laughter.
‘What are you laughing at?! I’m not counting cause.. uhh..’ the dance trainer scratched his head sheepishly,’ cause I’ve got a sore throat!! A-hem!!’ He cleared his throat loudly,’ You count yourselves!!’
Mischievously, Tae Eun whispered to Sooyeon,’ Count yourselves.. HEHEHE. ONE. TWO. AHAHAHAHAH.’ All the 4minute and Beast members minus KiKwang plus Sooyeon and Tae Eun began cracking up at one corner of the dance studio, not because Tae Eun’s joke was very funny, but because they were in a laufy mood already.
Dance Trainer Sun-Saeng-nim walked over the the whole vibrating group, and cleared his throat loudly. Yoseob muttered under his breath,’Strepsil, sir?’ Clearing his throat again, he yelled, as usual,’ YAHH!! Sim Tae Eun! Come over here!!’ Worried that she was in trouble, Tae Eun slowly walked over, pulling SooYeon with her,’Yes, Sun-Saeng-Nim??’
In a very very soft voice, the dance trainer said sheepishly,’ Since you two are from Singapore, can you teach me how to pronounce ‘two’, ‘tlee’ and ‘pour’ properly?’ SooYeon started cracking up, but Tae Eun was having hearing problems. In a loud voice, she said,’ EHH?! Sun-Saeng-Nim, I think I heard wrongly. I heard you asking me to teach you to count. What did you say?’ Her eyes opened wide.
The entire room burst out into laughter as the dance trainer blushed. Laughing, SooYeon patted his back,’ It’s okay, Sun-Saeng-Nim. We’re not laughing at your pronounciation, it’s just that the events happening are funny. It’s TWO, THREE, and FOUR.’
Tae Eun, who finally caught on the situation, took turns with SooYeon to train their trainer to count properly. Finally, he got it right, and it was HyunA and Tae Eun’s turn to practice again. At first, Sun-saeng-nim was counting weirdly,’ TWO TWO three four’ with the ‘two’s at his normal volume and his ‘three’s and ‘four’s very soft.
Not used to dancing without Sun-Saeng-Nim’s counting, Tae Eun kept missing the same beat over and over again, making Sun-Saeng-Nim very frustrated. ‘YOU TURN ON TLEE. NOT REMEMBER TO TURN ON TLEE’ HyunA smiled mischievously,’ Ehh?? What did you say??’
Confidently, the dance trainer replied,’ I said to turn on three! Let’s start again, TWO TWO THREE FOUR, THREE TWO THREE FOUR…’
