Comparisons are easily done once you've had the taste of perfection, like an apple hanging from a tree I picked the ripest one I st--
"Sooyoung-ah! Come here quick or our vocal trainer will be mad!" Joohyun hollered as I remove my earphones and stuck them in my pocket.
"Alright, coming!" I hollered back. Okay you get the thing. I'm Park Sooyoung a.k.a. Joy. 18. For some reasons, he gave this nickname to me 'cause he said I'm joyful when I was younger, well not anymore. 3 years of sorrow is enough for me to be completely opposite with my nickname. My parents also call me that and they're still calling me that 'cause they are used to it. I'm not talkative as I used to be. I don't talk really much. I'll just mumble a word or two. I can even survive a conversation without saying a word.
I'm a trainee for 2 years now under SM ENTERTAINMENT. I didn't really want to audition but my parents pushed me 'cause they said that "they saw my potential" so yeah I'm basically doing this for them since all I cause them was trouble.
"Okay girls it's enough, you've done better and the four of you, Youngmin-nim wants to talk to you guys."
"What now? To tell us to lose some more weight? Bitch I'm already thin as a bamboo." Seungwan said through her nose. We laughed at it since that was the exact same phrase the CEO said to us.
"No. He said it's important. You better get up there or he'll be mad as hell."
"Omo! What if he'll anounce that we'll finally debut?" Seulgi said. I froze at that statement. Before I knew it, I already said--
"NO!" I shouted. No. It can't be. I'm not yet ready to meet him. Not now.
"Hey Sooyoung-ah. Do you want your 2 years of hardwork to pay off?" Joohyun said to me and I calmed down. Yeah 2 fu*king years of hardwork. It better be good.
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"Omo! Thank you so much Kim Youngmin sajangnim!! We'll definitely do our best!" Seulgi said excitingly.
"Your concept and debut song has already been decided so do your best. Don't let me and Lee Sooman-shi down. And Joohyun."
"Yes sajangnim?" Joohyun nervously answered.
"You, be the leader."
"Thank you sajangnim! I'll do my best!" Joohyun almost shouted because of excitement. I already saw it coming that she's gonna be the leader.
"So for now go back to your dorm and rest. We'll start preparing for your comeback tomorrow so get ready."
"Yes sajangnim!" We all said. I may be smiling in the outside but in the inside, I'm already panicking at the thought of debuting.
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"Omo. I can't believe we'll finally debut." Seulgi said, still amazed by the fact that her 7 years of training will finally pay off. At last.
"Man we don't even know our group name yet. It better be fabulous." Seungwan said while filing her nail.
"Tss." I mumbled as I do my homework.
"It's because of him, right?" Joohyun asked me and I'm puzzled af.
"What do you mean?" I said. Still puzzled.
"I mean it's because of him that's why you're afraid to debut." Joohyun said and the other members turn their eyes on me.
"Well, y-yes." The members knew about it, I mean what's there to hide? We're gonna be together for several years, there's no need to hide from them. They knew about Kim Taehyung, the alien one in the group BTS, he debuted under the nickname I gave him, V. And yes, he's my first love, I met him when I was in Daegu for a vacation with my family, long story, short, we fell in love but yeah now it's over, he probably moved on now. But I think I'm still not over him.
"You know what Sooyoung-ie, just forget about that first and focus on our upcoming debut. It'll eventually get better." Seulgi come up to me and patted my shoulder as I smile to her.
"Komawo unnie." I said to her and she smiled back at me.
"Speaking of debut, shall we pick our stage name?" Seungwan said out of the blue, ruining the sad atmosphere.
"Omo I have this in my mind since I started training. I'm gonna be IRENE!!!! Omg gurrl that name is so fab I can't!!" Joohyun well IRENE said and she looked like a kid given an ice cream.
"Well then I'm gonna stick to my English name Wendy, how about you Seul?" Seung--Wendy asked while still filing her nails.
"I can't really think of any, maybe I'll stick to my real name Seulgi." As Seulgi said that I felt that their eyes turn on me, I can't really see them since I'm not finished doing my homework.
"What?" I said to them as I put down my pen.
"What's your stage name?" Irene said to me excitingly.
"Well I'll maybe use my nickname." I said nonchalantly.
"You sure?" Irene said to me worriedly.
"Yeah. It's time to live up to my nickname again. Joy."
