Royal Colors (OPEN APPLY FIC)

Chapter 56: First Half of Black's Promotions

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-Tuesday, February 28, 2023~6:45PM-

~Zeke's POV~

"Royal Colors on standby!" The The Show staff called out.

I turned to my members to see everyone looking nervous, including A.D who had portrayed a confident aura until now. I figured he wanted us to feel comfortable and not afraid but once we got here, his anxiety got the best of him.

"Come on." I took charge. "Let's cheer."

I put my hand out first and my members all looked at me. Gohn saw through me and smiled, putting his hand down. Lìxìn was next, then the twins, leaving A.D for last.

"You don't have to say the speech if you don't want to." I told him.

He looked at me, a bit shocked. "But everyone is expecting me to."

"Just because you've debuted as RC before." Gohn said. "But you're not the only one to debut before so if you don't want to do it, I have a feeling Zeke will."

A.D looked at me and I gave him a confident nod.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"Trust me, this isn't my first rodeo." I told him.

"He used to be a leader, remember?" Gohn reminded everyone. "He's planned many a speeches."

Everyone snickered at my partner's choice of words, including me. The laughter was quick though as everyone fell into nerves.

"We're about up so we better do this quick." Ray said.

We all nodded and froze in place for complete quiet. I took a deep breath before saying what was on my mind. "For some of us, this is a chance at our dreams. For many of us, this is a second, and possibly last, chance. Let's go out there and show them that we belong on stage just like everyone else. Royal Colors-Black..."

"Fighting!" We all shouted, throwing our hands down.

I could tell some of my members were still nervous, but I didn't expect anything less for a debut stage. A.D's nerves seemed to slip away though and he was able to help calm everyone down, which was a reliever for me as I needed to calm myself down. However, as soon as we went on that stage, it was as if all the anxiety never existed.

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-Friday, March 3, 2023~12:36PM-

~Jay's POV~

We entered the waiting room after changing and I immediately started looking around, my brother joining me as I did so.

"Waah~" I exclaimed as I saw what today's location was. "Their destination today is Italy."

"I love Italian food!" Ray exclaimed.

I snickered and rolled my eyes as I was admiring more than just the food of Italy.

"Wouldn't it be cool to really travel to Italy some day?" I told him.

"Yeah, I guess." He said.

I gave him a stink eye. "You guess?"

"I don't know." He shrugged. "All I can think about is performing in Mexico some day."

I sighed, thinking about our hometown. "It would be nice to go home."