mei wasn't having any of it.
her knee was scraped harshly on the stage while performing (the chinese was professional enough to not ruin the performance and kept on until the end without anyone noticing it) and was currently bleeding but she still sat on the seats prepared for her group,
she didn't have the chance to tell anyone about it. the old and new bruises on her legs were hurting in a piercing way, meizhen was almost sure that she have to be excused for this and be rushed to the hospital.
though, the dong kept quiet and dazedly listened on the conversation— wishing for the others to not notice the small blood stain that was starting to seep through her pants where her wounded knee was.
the chinese inwardly cursed the bandage that was wrapped around her knee, sighing in devastation. ❝kep1er picked loona as the worse team.❞
meizhen's consciousness went back to life as her dull gaze averted to park somin who was cowardly hiding behind shen xiaoting. her eyes was unusually sharp, making it seem like she was glaring; but mei let out a small smile, though hidden in it was irritation. ❝mei, what do you think about this?❞
the dong subtly flinched at the mention of her name and smiled softly, keeping her voice as calm and steady as she possibly could. ❝well, i do understand their reasoning behind choosing us and that everyone expects for our group to be more powerful and energetic in this round due to what we have shown in the past rounds, but loona is here to prove that we are not a group that only serves those kind of performances.
we want people to know that loona is versatile with other concepts and that we can deliver deep messages through our performances. i believe that we've proved just that with this performance. i understand that you've found it lacking due to how drastic the change we've done with our stage compared to round 1 and 2, and that's all right. we accept criticisms.❞
she politely bowed her head towards the youngest group and took a deep breath, slightly grimacing at how painful her legs was getting after shifting on her chair. ❝a mature answer from loona's mei. now then—❞ dong meizhen tuned them out, going back to dazedly listening.
the only time she did snap back to life was when another group chose their group as the worse, this time being wjsn. the girl boredly gazed at both of her lovers, bona and seola whom tried their best to not make eye contact with her, poking her inner cheeks with her tongue and clicking it a bit loud. ❝how fun.❞ mei muttered, unamused at the events.
the dong didn't bother hearing their reason, knowing that it would just put her on a bad mood more than now. but god was seriously against her today, and she was the favourite of the hosts. taeyeon smiled at her gently and asked, ❝loona's mei, what do you think?❞
meizhen knew the older woman well and the kim knows about her relationship with two of the wjsn members, but she also knows that the questions being directed to her was because of the spotlight producers were putting her in.
❝i'll be completely honest, i'm actually quite disappointed at the fact that we've been chosen twice as the worse team. it would be a huge lie if i say that i'm not, but i understand that it is hard meet the high expectations of some people who watched this stage. although, personally, i am satisfied with our performance—❞ —we even got hurt for this stage— ❝—and i just hope that the message we meant to show was understood by the fans.❞
