"Wake up Idiot, you have to start training again." Ugh, this evil creature, aka my brother Seungmin, wakes me up. I look at my phone, the screen illuminated because of my bright blue wallpaper. The time said 5:17 AM. Ugh, couldn't I get like 30 more minutes of sleep.
"Okay, okay, I'm waking up. You sea urchin, " I muttered the last part, making sure he didn't hear me. I rolled my eyes, got out of bed, and got an outfit together to shower. I guess I miss being a trainee, everything except for the long hours. Sometimes, it makes me question my decision of my 'dream'.
While I do like to look very cute, I make sure to wear something comfortable to dance in, I learned that the hard way when I trained at SM. I put on no makeup, some gym shoes, and grabbed my bag that consisted of water, snacks, a change of clothes, my wallet, and my songbook.
I called Sang-hyeok and Donghyun, "Are you guys excited? You're a step closer to debuting." While Sang-hyeok looked very hyper with his protein drink on his kitchen table as he put his shoes on. Donghyun, on the other hand... could look a lot better.
"Hey, sleeping beauty, wake up it's your first day. You can't be late." Sang-hyeok lectures, Donghyun. He had a really bad bed head, and his eyes were still drowsy. "5 more minutes?" Donghyun asked, which Sang-hyeok replied with a strong "No" and a dirty look. Eventually, Donghyun got up and decided to get ready.
35 minutes later and I arrived at the HYBE building. I walked in, and it smelled amazing, like a new cafe. I went to the desk and showed them my information, they let me in and I walked to the practice room they gave me. I was super excited.
Maybe I can see one of my other members there, or just meet some new girls to be friends with! I walked into the practice room and saw at least 8 BOYS practicing?!?!?! Maybe they gave me the wrong room. No, that can be, it has my name and everything.
"Oh, it's the staff. Do you think we could get any waters" Someone asked me. "Oh, I'm not a staff, I'm a trainee," I reply. A confused look spreads on all of their faces. "Then why are you here? Go with the girls, isn't that where they assigned you? You must be really new to this, huh?" He asked me. I know he is NOT down playing me. Excuse me, sir. I actually debuted before. Who are you calling new?
"No, I'm not new to this, this is where they assigned me." Although he made me want to go off on him. I just stayed calm and quiet. "That's crazy. Let me see your paper," another guy added. He had this really cool Aura. Which really scared me.
He had oreo hair and just looked very intimidating. "You really are supposed to be here. Welcome, I guess." He added, smiling at me, just a little smile, though. "Come on, Dongmin, you can't believe her. What if she just wants something from us? " the other guy added. He really is about to get on my very last nerve.
"Why would I want anything from you guys? What's so special about you?" I snap back, making him more furious than before. "Exactly, don't hate her just because of a little mistake, the staff made. Just wait until tomorrow, today you can train with us, okay?" Dongmin states. He was super cool!
They showed me something they've been working on for a while. Seemingly, they couldn't get it down pack. "Here, it's supposed to be like this, not that." I showed one of the other guys the right move. For some reason, they all looked at me with the most shocked look ever. "You did that so flawlessly..." The guys I was helping said. "Yea, if you do it a lot, it's not as hard as you think. Just remember it's not all in the shoulders. You have to lean too, to make it more satisfying."
I went to my bag to get some water when I felt someone tap my shoulder. "Can you help me too?" Someone added. He was cute. He looked younger than me surprisingly, like some years younger. "Sure, kiddo! What do you need help with?" I ask him
"I don't know how to do this move." He shows me a poor attempt at the dance move and feels embarrassed right after. "Woonhak-ah, I thought you said you had it?" Dongmin said, very sad. "I THOUGHT I DID, but I forgot what to do," He said, pouting.
"Of course I can help you, Woonhak, just listen and watch first, and after the first time, you can attempt, okay?" I tell Woonhak, which he replies with a very bright and happy smile. I showed him, and he watched very closely. Then I told him to follow along, which he did, and he almost had it, which made him smile and feel optimistic.
"Oh, thank you Noona you helped me a lot, I get it now. Bounce bounce, step, bounce, floor." He repeated the steps I thought him. "No problem. I'm gonna take a tiny break. If you need me, I'll be over there." Woonhak nodded, understanding that he could ask for help anytime.
I sat down on a couch in the back of the practice room. Looking at everyone dance and helping each other. I decided to drink some water. In the next 2 hours, I would have vocal lessons, so I did some vocal exercises. As I was singing in a mi mi ma mow moo tone. Dongmin came and sat right next to me.
"You really do know what you're doing. How are you so good." He asked in awe. "Well, I used to be a trainee at SM. So I learned lots of different ways." I told him, choosing not to tell him about the whole I was a popular idol thing.
Listen, the only reason most people don't recognize me is because I'm not called Yuseo anymore. I told people to call me Chae-rim. I also stopped dying my hair and straightening it. So, instead of jet black, it was light brown and a little coily. I also changed my makeup style and fashion style. I just kinda wanted to rebrand myself. Don't get me wrong, I loved being in Izone, and my Izone identity will always remain in history. Though I'm starting a new path now.
"Oh, that's really cool, I trained at source music, so I learned a little something too," He states. It was obvious you went to a company with good dancers. He looks incredibly great while dancing, very detailed and precise. "I could tell you're really good at what you're doing, Minnie. Don't give up, okay?" I tell him in encouragement.
He smiled. "Same to you, oh I never got your name." He realized. "Chae-rim, call me Chae-rim," I reply back. We shake hands and sit in silence the rest of our little break. Once the class was over, I went to the vocal training room. I saw only 5 other people there, one catches my eye, though, the one standing right next to me.
He was very handsome and had very broad shoulders. I introduced myself out of habit."Hi, Chae-rim, you are?" I reach my hand out a little for him to shake. "Hello Chae-rim, my name's Sungho. Nice to meet you!" The man smiled back at me fondly.
A/N: That's it, and I hope you enjoyed that chapter. I can't wait to see you in the next one with Sungho!
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