I won't lose to you

4

It was time to film some games in pairs for Mnet's youtube channel, and for the first game Eindra paired up with Iseul, since Dayao paired up with Aera and girls and boys had to be separated. It ended up being a prank, which Eindra expected, but it still startled her as the lights in the room went out and then someone wearing a hideous mask jumped out from the corner. Iseul was basically bouncing off the walls screaming while Eindra collapsed to the floor trying to calm her hammering heart.

Then, for the next game the girls and boys were supposed to pair up. Eindra paired up with Kaeto and they had to wear a step counter while singing the signal song. Eindra completely destroyed him, mostly because she was way more competitive. While Kaeto was just jumping around and doing the choreography, Eindra ran laps around him all while belting the song.

Next, Eindra and Kaeto had to do a staring contest where they compliment each other, and the winner won a little bit of extra screen time. Eindra fully believed Mnet was just trying to create ships before the show even started, to try and draw in viewers. However, when Eindra and Kaeto were staring at each other, it was just kind of awkward.

"I like your glasses," he told her.

"Thank you, I'm severely shortsighted," Eindra reached forward and snapped her fingers right in front of his eyes, and inevitably he blinked.

"Hey! You can't do that!" he complained.

She cackled and shoved him to the side so the camera was only on her,"Get out of here, loser,"

She fixed her hair and flashed the camera a smile. She actually had no idea what she wanted to do, so she started singing the first song that popped into her head, which happened to be 'Lay All Your Love On Me' from Mamma Mia, because the song had been stuck in her head all day. She sung just the famous line from the chorus and then blew a kiss to the camera.

At the end of the day, Eindra tried to relax, as the next day was their first mission and the day the first episode came out.

"Hi guys," Iseul said as she walked into the dorm room,"A few of us are going out to the bar down the road. You two coming?"

"Yes, we'll come," Dayao said, staring at Eindra meaningfully.

"Great! Does Aera want to come? Where is she?"

"I think she's in Jiho's room. I'll message her,"

"Oh, Jiho's coming with us too, maybe he already invited her,"

"I think I'll actually stay in tonight," Eindra said, and Dayao snapped her head towards Eindra and glared.

"What? But you stay in every night," Iseul whined.

"Come on, Ein. You're gonna have to make friends eventually," Dayao said,"Either you come willingly or I drag you out there,"

Eindra ended up sitting at a table with Iseul, Dayao, Aera, Jiho, Kaeto and much to Eindra's dismay, Lee Duri. Eindra supposed she should've assumed he was coming, since he and Iseul were very good friends. They come from the same agency, so they'd known each other for years. Eindra was very happy when she saw Kaeto, and quickly took the seat next to him, which happened to be opposite to Duri.

"Ein, it's good to see you," Kaeto put an affectionate hand on her shoulder,"You've been so busy with filming lately,"

Eindra smiled at him,"It's all over now. Thanks for pairing up with me earlier,"

He gave her a heart-melting grin,"Of course. You're the only girl I'd want to pair up with,"

Eindra caught Duri's eye from across the table, and he was glaring at Kaeto's hand on her shoulder. She had expected Duri to be as pissed off with her presence as she was with his, which was proven by his hateful stare. She felt that their crooked relationship was probably her fault, ever since she didn't allow him to apologise for that dare. He had definitely tried to talk to her normally since then, such as the time in the practice room where they had discussed their tattoos, however the event that cemented their rivalry was when he got first place, and she got second. She saw him as the one person she needed to beat, and he saw her as the person most likely to beat him.