You're now currently touring the arena with the team staff showing you all the best spots of the arena while filming you for the team's social media video.
The staff asked you occasionally about your goal for this upcoming season which you answered "Well it's to win, win a lot of games for the fans because of what they went through watching last season."
After showing you around the arena, the staff guided you to the locker room area and you immediately walked to your locker room. You opened it and placed a photo of your mom carrying you while you were still a baby
Because your mom is the real MVP of your life.
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While you and the staff were busy filming some content, another group who were also filming for their own content arrived.
They saw you and made their way to you and greeted you.
"Dive into IVE! Hello, we are IVE!" They told you in unison catching you off guard.
"Ayo?!"
The girls saw your reaction and immediately apologized but you told them that it's okay.
You properly introduced yourself to them and while they took turns introducing themselves to you.
It was also a good thing that they introduced themselves in English because surely you won't understand a thing if they did that in Korean.
"So Wonyoung, Yujin, Liz, Rei , Gaeul, and Leeseo." You told them making them nod in approval.
"Such beautiful names befitting each of you ladies," you unknowingly blurted out, making them blush at you.
Realizing what you did, you immediately apologize for making the situation awkward but Wonyoung assured you that it's okay.
"Y/n-nim it's okay don't worry about it, it is pleasing for us to know that you think all of us are beautiful," she said making you blush in embarrassment.
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After that very embarrassing moment, they asked you if you can accompany them to tour the arena which you did agree to do so.
You tried to tour them the same way the staff toured you earlier and luckily it seems like they are having a good time.
They have also managed to befriend you because almost all of them have very outgoing personalities but among all of them, Liz was the one who talked to you the most.
Liz tried to talk to you in English with Wonyoung assisting her with some English words.
"Y/n-nim, why did you decide to come to play here in South Korea? USA is the best in the world in terms of basketball right?" Liz asked you, unknowingly making you sad.
"Well, going here is the best option for me at the moment and I know South Korea has many good places and food that I could checkout!" You said trying to cheer yourself up while making Liz smile brightly.
"You should contact us if you decide to explore Seoul!, we will be your tour guide!" Liz said, looking at Wonyoung and Yujin who nodded.
"I will keep that in mind Liz, thank you very much," you said while smiling.
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After walking for a bit, you and the others arrived at the court where they convince you to show some of your moves.
At first, you were hesitant to do that since you don't want to embarrass yourself in front of these beautiful ladies but damn..... you can't just resist Liz so you decided to give it a shot.
You removed your suit and neck tie so you can get comfortable dribbling the ball.
You did some stretching and you see IVE along with other staff members looking at you, clearly expecting you to put on a good show.
At first, you only did some of your routine crossovers into layup until you started doing more complicated dribble moves that you did at a moderately slow pace cuz you don't want to rip the slack you are currently wearing.
After a little bit of showing off, you finally bowed to the viewers and they cheered on you. IVE went to you and they clearly enjoyed your little exhibition.
Liz and Wonyoung keep telling you that you were amazing doing those dribble moves while Rei and Leeseo are trying to do your dribble moves, making you laugh while Yujin and Gaeul complimented you.
While you were talking with Liz and Wonyoung, Leeseo went to you and said "You are a very good player Y/n-nim!!!"
A very simple praise
But It made you very emotional inside.
Your final year at UCLA was probably the lowest point of your life. You received slander after slander from the fans, Your coach telling you that you are now just a role player and you always performing very badly on the court.
So when you hear Leeseo praise you. tears nearly fall into your eyes but luckily you managed to hold them in.
Liz saw your reaction but she decided to not ask you about it.
"Y/n-nim"
Sadly, your time with IVE has finally come to end when your agent called you for something important.
But before leaving IVE asked you to do this selca thing which is just a selfie and asked you about your social media account.
You said goodbye to them and you immediately went to your agent.
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Later that night
In IVE's dorm
IVE researched your profile and they saw what you have been through these past three years.
They saw you tore your ACL in a game highlight and they also multiple videos of random YouTubers who detailed how you went from one of the best prospects of your generation into a complete bust.
The members felt angry and disappointed at the fans who sent you hate comments after all you have been through.
But at the same time, they are very proud that you are still trying your best to achieve your dreams.
Seeing those videos earlier... Liz told her members how you reacted when Leeseo praised you earlier.
Leeseo felt proud that she made you happy even for just a little bit which made the others smile.
Liz on the other hand, felt nothing but pity for you for all the things that you have gone through.
"Y/N-nim, I can see that you've been through a lot, to the point where a lot of people chose to give up on you. They should have been there to support you, more so that you need them now more than ever, but they didn't. Instead, they thought of you as someone whose dreams had already been shattered. No, that's not true at all. In my eyes, I see a man who firmly made the choice not to give up on his passion just yet, and is still working hard so that he can achieve it. From now on, you don't need to worry about being alone, because my friends and I will be here to support you all the way."
