Symphony of Renewal [A SKZ FF]

Chapter 6: Silent Struggles

Miya Centric:
A few hours had passed since then. Hyunjin was the one to call Miya for dance practice, saying that the others were waiting. Miya gulped. Was it really that necessary for all of them to be there?

Miya tried but failed to prepare herself the whole way there. She was grateful that Hyunjin didn't say or try anything along the way, leaving her to her thoughts. She just wanted it to end already.

They reached the practice room. Stray Kids would be the only ones using the practice room for the whole day. Miya cursed under her breath. Great. Now they would definitely go all out on her.

When they entered the room, she noticed that the others were all smirking at her for some reason. If she wasn't nervous before, she definitely was now. Lee Know, Han and Changbin were also holding Nerf guns.

"Okay. Since you'll only be officially joining us in a few months, we can just do a few choreos today. Preferably, the choreos for our most recent title tracks," Chan announces, informing her of the plan for that day.

Miya nods slowly, still on edge. "Okay, but what are the Nerf guns for?" she asks, glancing at the three with Nerf guns.

Minho answers her question, still smirking. "I'm glad you asked. Every time you slip up, you get sprayed." He shoots some water at her with his Nerf gun to demonstrate.

Miya yelps while the others snicker. She lets out a sigh, knowing she can't do anything as it's eight to one. 'This is going to be a long day," she thinks to herself.

Time skip (to the end of the day):
Practice was... something. Minho had stuck to his words when he said that she would be sprayed for every single slip up she made. And with how difficult Stray Kids choreos usually were, it had been a very long day.

Once practice had ended, Miya was left alone in the practice room. She was drenched in water. It looked like she had taken a shower with her clothes still on.

She stood up straight. She had been previously leaning against one of the walls in the room. A small huff left her lips as she blew some damp strands of her hair out of her line of sight.

If she had thought they hated her before, she definitely knew they did now. "Damn. How am I going to get back to the dorm without drawing attention to myself?" She mutters, looking at herself in the floor-to-ceiling length mirror of the practice room.

After debating with herself for a bit, she decides to just screw it and take a risk. It's kind of late. Plus, she had dried up a bit. If she just acts natural, no one should notice her, right?

She proceeds with her plan. She had almost made it when she heard a familiar Aussie accent calling out to her.

"Yazumi!" Lily exclaims, running towards her. Miya turns around and freezes in surprise, only to be caught in a bone crushing hug.

"Congrats on your first unofficial day! How was it?" Lily asks excitedly as Miya taps her back to get her to loosen her hug.

Miya quickly thinks of something to say. "It was okay, just kind of difficult. We went over some choreos today. The boys are really... nice," she answers, hesitating before 'nice'. Luckily, Lily didn't seem to notice.

Lily nods in acknowledgement before a confused look takes over her face as she finally pulls away from the hug. "That sounds nice... but why are you kind of wet?" She asks, noticing the obvious.

Miya's eyes widen a bit. 'Oh crap. She noticed," she thinks. She tries to come up with an excuse. "I kind of poured a bottle of water all over myself because I got too hot and sweaty. You know how difficult some of Stray Kids' choreos can be," she says, hoping the Aussie will believe her. She's done that quite a lot of times, so it should be believable.

Lily seems to accept her explanation, as her confused and concerned features relax. "You're always so extra," she says, playfully rolling her eyes before continuing. "Anyways, I just wanted to check on you. I have to head to group practice. Catch you later."

"Bye. See you later," Miya says, smiling as the Aussie runs to where she was supposed to be.

She lets out a sigh of relief once she can no longer see Lily. She was really grateful to have a friend like her, so she felt bad for lying. But then again... what could she do? She was convinced that no one would believe her. Besides... who would believe her? A measly trainee who hasn't even officially debuted yet, over members of a popular Kpop group.

She begins to head back to the dorm. As she reached the dorm and entered, the boys were laughing with each other in the living room, but as soon as they heard the door to the dorm open, they stopped what they were doing. A silence overtook the room. They boys were all staring at her with expressionless looks on their faces.

Miya averted her gaze. They were probably judging her on the inside. She quickly headed to her room, too tired from the day's events to deal with anything right now.

She hops onto her bed, not bothering to shower. She lets out a sigh as she thinks about her day. How will things be if this is only the first day?

Her phone suddenly rings. She picks it up and answers, too tired to look at the caller ID before doing so.

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