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CHAPTER | 003
GOOD MORNING, DREAMERS. I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GOOD NIGHT REST. YOU ALL DID AN AMAZING JOB LAST NIGHT. AS INFORMED, EVALUATION WILL BE WITHIN A WEEK. FOR THIS, GROUPS OF FOUR WILL BE NEED. EACH GROUP A WILL HAVE A CERTAIN THEME THAT THEY MUST FOLLOW. FAIL TO FOLLOW, YOU ALL WILL MOVE DOWN A RANK. YET YOU AND YOUR GROUP CAN GET THE PERFORMANCE DONE IN THREE DAYS AND PASS, YOU ALL WILL BE GIVEN AN REWARD. BEST OF LUCK.
tablet: as the only person who ranked A, you will be helping those with the lowest rank. if you managed to get your group to succeed, you will be granted an reward. "that's why i'm here and not with the others. i see now. i will try my best and i'll try to have us perform in three days" you smiled. "i will make sure each member shines in their own way" you smiled. after that, your small interview was over. you got up from the chair and said goodbye to the staff before you head out to find the three trainees in your team. the trainees were allowed to pick their teams expect for the three who were ranked low and you. you four were already a team.
as you headed to your room, you could see each group's planning on their performance. you hope your theme is easy. as you passed by the practice rooms, you saw nabi talking to her team. she looks at you and gives you a certain look. she was disgusted by you. most likely of your rank. you ignored her and continued to look for your members. once you found them, you saw them all talking. "hello. i'm sure they told you that i will be joining your team" you said. "i loved your performance! hi, i'm dara! iris is the girl who performed solo and yuki is the girl who performed gotto go" dara smiled. "nice to meet you all. i hope we all get along. if you don't know, my name is (y/n)" you smiled. "so what's our theme?" you asked.
"aspiration. we started to look up a few songs. here's the list" yuki hands you a piece of paper. after looking over it, you saw they made good choices. "who chose tomorrow?" you asked as that got your attention. "i did. was it a bad idea" iris raised her hand. "of course not. it's a good song chose but have you guys listened to into the i-land? i feel like that song fits us better since we're trainees" you suggested. "shoot! i forgot about that song. we should totally do that one!" dara said. "i agreed. i remember i cried when i listened to it" yuki said. "now that is settle, let's figure out who's doing what part" you said. "yeah! let's try to get this done so we can perform early so we can get the reward" dara said. "no need to worry about the reward. our main priority is passing the evaluation. let's just take our time" you said.
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it was the second day since the evaluation was announced. tomorrow, a few groups will be performing. you and your group decided not to do it. as much as they wanted to, you explained to them getting isn't the main reason why they were here. they're here to be idols which they understand so the four of you were in the studio, practicing the performance for the fifth time. "i'm done. my feet are killing me" dara said as she drops onto the floor. "okay! let's take a break" you said and the rest fell onto the ground too. you walked over to your stuff and grabbed your water bottle. while you drank your water, your eyes widened when you saw one of the judges walked in. "taking a break, i see" jungkook said. they all got up and lined up with you to greet the idol. "w-we weren't told that you will be coming" dara said. "none of the trainees were told. we all agreed to pop in and check on their progress. will you guys be performing tomorrow?" jungkook looks at you.
"no. we agreed not to" you answered. "really? i'm quite disappointed. we assume your group would definitely be one of them. i guess we will have to wait for your performance" jungkook said. "i guess so" you replied. "may i see what you guys have so far?" he asked. "we would love-" iris said but you cut her off. "if you don't mind, we would like to keep our performance a secret" you said. "i see. i heard you also didn't tell the camera what song you chose for the 1st evaluation. now i can't wait to see you perform. i like surprises" he said. you felt shivers down your spine when he said that last part. "is there anything i can help you guys without ruining the surprise?" jungkook asked. "yes! im having a bit trouble controlling my breathing since our performance as a lot of movement" dara asked.
"of course. it's very difficult to find the right time to breathe. do it at the wrong time, the whole performance will be ruined. my trick is..." you started to zone out. this is the first round and someone will be getting eliminated. you only need two more rounds and you can finally get out of this place. being an idol is cool but it's not for you. you hate having the center of attention. you're very private so just imagining being followed around is scary. you are so lucky that jihoon didn't reveal any of your information when he built the website for fans to watch the episodes and get to know the trainees. honestly you just hope no one from your university is watching and reveal your identity. you just want to end this and go back to being a student. "oh, congrats (y/n). your performance video was ranked 1st in many countries, including yours" jungkook said which made you come back to reality.
"oh my!" dara said with a smile. "it seems like you're the most popular trainee right now. i can see why" he added. "um, thank you" you said. "the producer wanted to kept it a secret but i thought it wouldn't be fair. i can't wait to see more from you. you're very talented" the idol said. "thank you" you bowed. "if you don't make it, it will honor to take you under my wing" jungkook said. "but you don't have a company" you replied.
