Stay - Yang Jungwon 양 정원

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄

It was safe to say I was very, very confused by the directions I was given when I stepped out of the car. The driver had told me to follow the path into the forest and just keep going when I saw the building. "Am I going the right way?" I muttered to myself while kept walking down the man-made path through the forest. I wasn't one to get scared easily but this was starting to creep me out.

Things started to make sense when I saw the bright clearing at the end of the trail. It was a giant property with green fencing around it. There was a large main building, that looked almost like a giant brown box. My eyes widened as I looked up and realized, the building itself was probably two, maybe three stories tall. I frowned, looking around trying to find a way in. There was an obvious path to the front door, but there was no handle—

"Oh my god!" I let out a small scream when the door suddenly opened, giving a loud sound as it turned, revealing a large hallway. I didn't step into the building yet and just peeked my head around the door. I couldn't hear anything nor could I see anything really besides just four walls and a concrete floor.

Hesitantly, I stepped foot into the futuristic building and started walking. It took me a second, but I finally saw the small GoPro camera mounted in an indentation on the wall. Not knowing what to do or even how to interact with the camera, I waved at it. "Hi," I said quietly, feeling a little creeped out imagining some sort of producer on the other end of the camera.

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Bang Sihyuk smiled when he saw the girl, "There she is."

Rain looked down at his papers, "Song Chaerin. Goes by Chaeri. Born in 2004."

"She's so young. But her visuals are amazing." Zico commented.

"She's been training for a little over a year. We casted her because we heard of her visuals and her academic levels. When we trained her, we gave her a private coach in each category." Bang Sihyuk explained.

"So no one knows about her?" Rain asked.

Bang Sihyuk shook his head, "Barely. Only the staff and I, and BTS know about her training status. She's amazing at dance, but she excelled in singing as well. She just might be an ace like Heeseung."

Zico laughed, "Oh a secret weapon, okay!"

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There were a few turns down the hall, and the further I walked, the more I could hear voices. It was hard to make them out until I was right next to a glowing LED-lit door.

"Oooh! I think someone's coming!"

"I wonder who it is, maybe we've seen them before?"

Bile rose in my throat as I gripped the strap of my backpack tighter. My other hand started fiddling with the small necklace I was wearing under my hoodie. "This is fine," I whispered to myself, "No going back now. Just walk in there," I shook my head realizing I probably looked incredibly stupid in front of whatever cameras were filming me.

I turned the corner and felt my body freeze when I saw the trainees in front of me. They all looked about my age, maybe some older or younger, but the scarier fact was that they were all boys. All male trainees. My brain was racking for some sort of explanation. The PD told me this would be a co-ed survival show.

Clearly, they had to work on their definition of 'co-ed' if the ratio was going to be this skewed.

I forced my feet to take another step and then another, until I reached the glowing square in the middle. I wasn't even shocked when the platform started moving, I was too focused on the people in front of me. I could hear them all talking, maybe it was the giant room, but their whispers seemed to echo off the walls, or maybe they weren't even trying to hide their words at all.