star | stray kids female member

三十七┊show me the money 777 ‣ ep. 6, pt. 1

last week, the mention of a team vs. team diss rap battle had eunbyeol practically jumping in excitement. she often had playful rap battles with changbin and jisung when they spent time in the studio together, and minho's witty comebacks had rubbed off on her.

the team was going against code kunst and palotalto's. eunbyeol chose junwon (ph-1) to go up against, figuring that he'll most likely talk about her age, height, or idol status which will make it easy to counter him.

currently, she and the rest of the team were sitting in their designated waiting room as the first battle was coming to an end. a staff member entered to usher them toward the stage, the producers going ahead.

eunbyeol was the last to leave the room, following behind superbee when nafla called out to her from the entrance of swings and giriboy's waiting room just two doors down.

"good luck! i'm looking forward to your turn," he gave her a childish thumbs up with a lopsided grin.

"thank you, but it's nothing compared to yours!" she complimented before rushing after her team.

on her way, a cameraman from her agency was walking alongside her, filming for a behind-the-scenes video to post on stray kids's channel later on (unsurprisingly).

"how are you feeling about the battle? are you afraid of hurting someone's feelings?" he asked.

"ah, i'm going against ph-1, so i'm excited. i'm not too worried about being too mean — it is a competition, though, and i'm here to win. he's definitely got some good points in his rap, i'm sure of it."

"what's your concept for today?"

"well.." she glanced down at the big coat she was wearing. "this is to cover up a really preppy school-girl outfit since ph-1's probably going after my idol status and age. if he's gonna say i'm a child then i'm acting like a child."

a confident, sly smile made its way onto her face as she waved at the staff member and met up with her teammates just in time to walk on stage.

she and junwon were the opening battle after the introductions of both groups, the latter being the first to attack.

"i got a call from your mom. she's worried that you're skipping school to go to rap events," he said.

"what a coincidence! i just talked to jay park this morning because he was wondering where his dog was; turns out his pet's right in front of me."

she heard the audience roar and felt superbee squeeze her shoulders, laughing hysterically.

junwon turned away in an attempt to ignore the retaliation and called, "yo, vani! give me that pistol."

the instrumental version of notorious b.i.g's juicy sounded throughout the venue along with junwon, kid milli, and loopy's chanting.

"hello, little kid, my opponent. mnet made me go against a kid, isn't this too much?"
"watch the oppas here and learn, you can't disregard the years."
"the only thing you're good at is sitting still, looking pretty. please don't cry when 3racha's disappointed you didn't win, gotta keep your idol image."
"go back to being a little doll, you're not fit for this scene."

when he was done, eunbyeol slipped her hands out of the pockets of her coat as superbee and coogie took it off of her to reveal the outfit that took nearly everyone by surprise. one of them put a plastic tiara on her head as well, making her look like a spoiled middle-school kid.

"give me the beat, please!" she voiced, grinning at the intro to superbee's 5 gawd beat.

"ph-1, last place. loopy, kid milli, ph-1! you lose to a seventeen-year-old, k.o.!"
"in ten years, you'll be forty. you'll be the same age as mc sniper, and i'll be changmo's age."
"when you were seventeen, you were at pc cafes while i'm seventeen and making five times your paycheck."
"i saw your teammate shaking in his fake yeezy's backstage. can't believe you think you're better when you're feeling threatened by a high-schooler."

ending her diss, eunbyeol was dangling her school name tag in front of junwon's face, lightly swinging it back and forth to provoke him. to finish her character, she turned around and flipped her hair behind her. she caught changmo's gaze and he gave her a prideful thumbs-up.

the next two rounds went by smoothly and each member of the teams was satisfied with giving the public an entertaining performance.

everyone settled in their waiting room until the audience vacated the building before going back on the stage for the announcement of the results.

"you changed out of your costume? it matched you so well," junwon quietly commented upon noticing that eunbyeol was now in a t-shirt and jeans.

she deadpanned and karate-chopped his abdomen, giggling at his reaction. "i wasn't expecting you to mention 3racha. it was really good — caught me off-guard."

"me? you came back so well! wonjae [kid milli] was just telling me that he's starting to see you as an opponent of equal skill instead of someone who called him their mentor. and that comment about jay! insane."

"maybe i'll join indigo for a day to surpass him," they laughed.

the two of them ended their conversation when jinpyo started speaking, building up anticipation to hear who the victors were.

"the winners have been decided through the audience's votes," he said. "i'll announce them right away."

eunbyeol walked into the dorm that same night with a hard-to-keep frown that took over her face. the boys, who had stayed awake to wait up for her, eagerly rushed to the entrance. their hopeful expressions faltered when they saw her, and they readied themselves for bad news.

"hey, eun.." chan intoned. "how was the battle?"

she sighed, exasperatedly before breaking out into a toothy smile. "i won! i beat ph-1!" she shouted.

jisung was the first to cheer, running up to her and lifting her by her waist. he spun her around then brought her into a tight hug in which the rest joined, a few childishly jumping up and down.

"i can already see it," said hyunjin. "xiao, first place of show me the money triple seven!"

felix ruffled her hair and squished her cheeks in his hands. "i can't wait to see your stages! we'll be screaming in the audience!"

"huh..? i want you guys on stage with me though.."

➥ 終。
➥ someone hold me im about to either profess my love to kid milli or publish another skz fic