End of the beginning 《Boynextdoor fanfic》

Monthly Evaluation Starts Today

After vocal practice and talking with Sungho, who is a very interesting person and such a great singer. I decided to go get lunch. I texted Donghyun and Sang-hyeok, asking them to meet me so we can all discuss our first day's.

"Rima!!! I made so many new friends, all the boys are kind to me, how are the girls. They better be nice to you, or else." Donghyun rambles on, holding his fist up as a threat. "Well, that's the thing," I started, getting a serious look from both of them, kinda intimidating. "I am training with boys instead of girls," I finish.

Donghyun grabs my head and turns my face to his wide eyes and agape mouth. "WHAT, HOW ARE YOU TRAINING WITH BOYS?!?! Are they hurting you, poor baby?" Donghyun screams. "I'm fine, some were super shocked, but I met some nice people. One was named Dongmin, another was Woonhak, and there was another one, but I don't remember his name. " I tell him. "Oh, so he's trying to steal my persona," Donghyun mumbles, upset that they have similar names, jokingly, of course.

Sang-hyeok smiles at me, telling me that it's good that I have people to rely on in class that's not them. We all talk some more and then go back to our schedule. Thought this is just the first day. I probably won't even like it here. I might switch after a while. What am I even doing here. All these people have been here longer, and they seem to be doing better than me.

I'm just not fit to be here. Do I even want to be an idol again? After the way I was treated, I don't know. I watch the boys dance more, in my own thoughts, questioning how much of this I deserve. Huh Yunjin should've debuted instead of me, to be honest. How did she get eliminated? She was doing really well.

Dongmin comes over and sits next to me. "What's that one Disney movie say? Getcha head in the game Chae-rim." He tells me, shoving my shoulder softly

"I'm just a little tired, you know?" I told him I applaud for trying to be a good friend even though he doesn't know me. Although he looks very cool and cold. He's pretty sweet.

"Why did you not sleep much before you got here?" He asks me, Oh, he's so pure minded, I just met him, and he seems to be very cheerful, so I'll just lie.  "Yea, didn't sleep much last night, don't know why, haha..." I tell him. He nods, grabs my wrists, and takes me to the mirror. "I can tell you're lying, and you're obviously sad. You know what helps me feel better, dancing, come on. I can teach the choreography for Pretty U by Seventeen!" He happily says.

I smile at him, as kind of a thanks, for making an effort to help me feel better. He teaches me for an hour the whole choreography of Pretty U, although I knew the choreo by heart after doing it like 9 times. "It wasn't that bad, was it?" He asks. I don't know about him, but maybe I need to start working out again cause that was tiring. Though I'm too cool to ever admit that after seeing how unfazed he was.

Months later

It's been about 5 months since I've joined, and things have been pretty good. I've made various friends. Although I've still been practicing with the boys and no one has yet to change my schedule. Next week is our monthly evaluation. Instead of dancing in a duo or alone, like usual, we have to dance in a trio. Now, usually, people would go to find someone to dance with, but as an INTP, I can't exactly ask people that easily.

"Come on, you're with us." Nevermind, looks like I don't have to. It was Dongmin with Woonhak right behind him. Actually, I should've expected that. "Yea, okay, but what song would we dance to?" I ask them both. They look at each other like they forget about the whole dancing part. "You guys didn't pick a song beforehand?" I ask them. They softly laugh as if telling me, "No." It's hard sometimes being the smart friend.

"Ok, well, we're a group, so now let's brainstorm what groups we can do!" I say. We spent at least 15 minutes debating, which dances would be better to show off our talents. Surprisingly, Woonhak had the best suggestion out of us. "We should do Energetic by Wannaone!" He suggested. Actually, I already knew the dance to the chorus, so I didn't have a problem with it. "Yea, that sounds perfect to me. How about you, Dongmin?" I ask Dongmin, in case he wasn't comfortable doing it. He says he doesn't see a problem with it, and so we get ready to learn it.

Usually, during monthly evaluation dances, we have to sing while dancing, just to make sure we are stable while dancing so we won't have to lipsync. "We should do line distribution so we know what times we go center. Though we have to make sure line distribution is fair." Dongmin says he has really good leadership skills. If he debuts, he's definitely gonna be the leader. Woonhak and I agree, and we spend another 30 minutes picking what line would go best with who. Woonhak got 56 seconds, I got 1 minute and 4 seconds, and Dongmin got 1 minute and 2 seconds.

2 hours later, and we learned half of the song, though practice was done, we still wanted to practice. "Hey, how about you guys come to my house afterward to practice with me?" I ask them. They both smiled and nodded, although Woonhak looked a little confused. "You don't live in the dorms?" He asked. "No, all the girls' dorms were filled, so since I'm practicing with the boys, I would have to share a dorm with boys. I just thought living at home would be better. They understood!" I explained.

Woonhak and Dongmin nodded and offered to walk me to lunch with me so we could get to know each other, and of course, I agreed. On the way to lunch, I see Donghyun and Sang-hyeok in line, so I run towards them, Dongmin and Woonhak following close behind.

"Hi boys! These are my friends, Dongmin and Woonhak." I then turn to Dongmin and Woonhak. "And they're Donghyun and Sang-hyeok. I met them when I first auditioned!" I introduced everyone, and they all smile at each other. We all sit down, and they all start to conversate with each other.

"Are you guys ready for the monthly evaluation?" Donghyun asked the other two boys. They both nod and explain how excited they are. Especially because it's a trio instead of a duo like usual. I'm glad they want to work with me. Usually, I wouldn't be willing to work in a group, but Woonhak and Dongmin aren't bad, so I won't complain. I'm just excited about our monthly evaluation, I hope it comes fast!!!
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