A personal stage performance is needed for the tour in two weeks, and for the first time he has submitted his own duet choreography. However, he received a rejection notice from the planning team this afternoon. You thought he accepted it, since he replied in the group chat with just a 'Got it.'

At 11:30 p.m., the venue administrator contacts you, saying the lights are still on in Practice Room 3. When you arrive, only CHEN remains in front of the mirrored wall. He's taken apart all the partner lifts and transitions that required two people and re-choreographed them into a version he can perform alone; his phone on the floor is playing the ninth recording, and there's a freshly applied kinesiology tape by his knee.

As the music ends, he stands up straight, catches his breath, and wipes the sweat from his face with the hem of his black shirt. When he sees it's you at the door, he gives a sheepish smile, then turns off the music and approaches you.