Trainee, No More

Part 1: The Results

NO POV

The boys were at home, while the main 3(Hanbin, Bobby, and Jinhwan) were at the dorm, all waiting for the final member to be announced. It seemed like a given that Junhoe, Donghyuk, and Yunhyeong would make it, but who would the 7th member be?

4th Member: Junhoe
5th Member: Yunhyeong
6th Member: Donghyuk
7th Member:...

YUNHYEONG POV

The announcement is in a few minutes. I don't know who will make it. It could go anyone's way right now. I should probably call Chanwoo.

*calls Chanwoo*

"Hello?" I say.

"Hey hyung. What's up?"

"Not much. They're announcing the final member in a bit. I just wanted to stay on the phone with you as they reveal who it is. Are you nervous?" I asked.

"Yeah. Jinhyeong and Hongseok worked really hard and I'm not sure who will win."

"Well lets just-," I say, before I get cut off.

"Hyung.."

"Chanwoo..I..."

We both see on our computer screen the last member of iKON. Turns out that Jinhyeong made the team, which means Chanwoo and Hongseok were eliminated. Chanwoo just stays quiet on the phone for the next 5 minutes. I didn't know what to say. I wanted to comfort him as much as possible but I'm afraid.

"Chanwoo-yah..do you need me to come over to your house?"

"No."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah its okay."

"Do you need anything?"

"I just need some time to myself."

"Okay. Call me when you have the chance."

He hangs up and I just sit there. One part of me is grateful that I'm in, another part is proud of Jinhyeong, but another is really sad that Chanwoo won't be performing by my side. Because we didn't know what to expect, we didn't actually prepare for it. We just knew that we would be committed to each other regardless of the results.

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For the past two weeks I've been practicing with iKON. We had to leave to Japan for the YG family concert in about a month so we had to prepare and get Jinhyeong more accustomed to just working with a team of 7.

I still haven't heard from Chanwoo. He hasn't texted me, called me, nothing. I know that YG actually allowed Chanwoo and Hongseok to use the studio to practice and train if they want to debut, and I've only seen Hongseok. Chanwoo hasn't shown up at all. I would text him, but I'm afraid he would be annoyed. All I could do was wait for him to contact me.

"Hey are you okay?" Bobby asks.

"Yeah. I'm just eh."

"Chanwoo isn't it?"

"Yeah.."

"Well I mean what happened has happened. You can't change the results. We have to be fair."

"I know, and I've accepted that. Its just miss him you know? I haven't heard from him in weeks."

"We have tomorrow off. Why don't you go to his house? If anyone asks, I'll just say you went home or something," says Bobby.

"You sure?"

"Yeah. Just go see him."

I nod and listen to Bobby.

After rehearsing all day, I'm the first one to arrive at the dorm around 8. All I saw was the bed that me and Chanwoo shared, but I noticed something on my bed that I didn't notice before, Chanwoo's shirt. I don't know if he left it here on accident, but I guess it gives me a reason to go to his house now, right?

I send him a text saying "Hey baby. I noticed you left your black v-neck here. I'm gonna bring it to your house tomorrow. I'll be there around 10 am."

It was already 9 pm and I still didn't get a reply. I got tired of waiting so I thought I'd try to sleep. It's hard to though because I've gotten used to Chanwoo being here. Its been like this since I returned to the dorm. I miss him, a lot.

Since I have trouble sleeping, I hold his shirt in my arms, as the shirt still contains Chanwoo's scent. Its the closest thing I'll get to having him here, and it helps me fall asleep.

***Yunhyeong's dream***

"Yunhyeong-ahh," Chanwoo said.

"Chanwoo-yahh. I miss you."

"I know. I'm right here though. Don't worry. Nothing will happen. Everything is okay."

"Then why doesn't it feel like it? It hurts.."

"I know it hurts.. You just have to accept it. We have to live like this and deal with it."

"Yunhyeong," Jinhyeong says as he shakes me to wake me up. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah why?"

"I came in and you were moving around a lot, and I saw tears rolling down from your eyes," he said. Jinhyeong and I share a room now so it was inevitable for him to see this.

"I'm fine.." That's all I could say. I couldn't help but hide it.

"I know what's wrong. I'm sorry about what happened.."

"Its not your fault. You were well deserving. You all were. I can't be selfish, because this is a team. Yeah I miss Chanwoo, but I have no control over the results. What happened happened."

"You're right, but I wanna know something. Are you upset with me at all?" he asked.

"No. I have no hard feelings towards you at all. Me and Chanwoo talked about what would happen and how we would handle things if one of us didn't make it. I knew it would be difficult, but I'm trying to put these feelings aside for iKON."

"I just feel really bad.."

"Don't okay? I'm proud of you."

"I'll just trust your words. But if you need anything just ask me okay?"

"Of course. We're roomies. I can't allow any awkwardness between us."

Jinhyeong smiles and suggests I go back to sleep, which I should if I'm gonna see Chanwoo tomorrow.

I go back to sleep while continuing to hold Chanwoo's shirt.

I wake up the next morning around 8 am. Jinhyeong is still asleep, and the only person awake is Bobby. He already knew why I was up early and nodded.

Chanwoo's house is about an hour drive from the dorm so I had to leave early before traffic gets bad.

The drive so far isn't bad, but my stomach was growling excessively due to the fact that I haven't eaten since last night. Maybe I'll take Chanwoo out for breakfast or something.

I arrive at his house and walk to his doorstep, thinking about how he's going to react to me being here. I feel quite nervous.

I proceed to knock on the door, and no one opens it. I knock again, and the door opens.

A/N: Sorry if this was a boring start. But why hasn't he texted back? What has he been doing since the results came out?

Anyways I started school so I'll hopefully have inspiration to write. I will do my best to update as soon as I can :)

We'll find out in the next part what happens!