"YAH! Wake up! We have to go! Our debut is in SEVEN HOURS!" I slowly open my eyes to see Min-ah hovering over me. I gasp. "Let's go! The stylists will be here in three hours and we NEED to rehearse our set!" She yells at me as she exits my dorm. This is it. Today is the day I will debut in the girl group Arrow. Our debut has really been built up in the media, so our debut is going to be as big as Exo's. 'Let's hope they like the song' I think to myself, being the one who wrote it.
I get out of bed and get my workout clothes on. Rushing out of the dorm, I'm sure to grab my phone and I head out to the van, with my facemask on. All of the girls are already there. Min-ah and Jun-hee are the rappers, Min-JAH and I are lead vocals, and our leader Jae-eun is mainly a dancer. I'm also the young and shy maknae.
"Yeah Soo-jung!" Jae-eun shouts as soon as I hop into the van. "Only five minutes late this time. Okay girls, let's get PUMPED!" Jae-eun... is like the awkward mother. Always trying to cheer us on, and make us excited for absolutely EVERYTHING! We cheer, and our manager starts the van. While we're driving, we all warm up. Its sort a tradition. I go through my usual, simple, vocal warm ups while I check my Instagram. Of course there are swarms of comments, likes and follows, but I promised I wouldn't read any until after the performance so I don't get psyched out.
Since I'm only nineteen, my manager is worried that I will get nervous. But, the truth is that they should be more worried about the other girls. Scrolling through my feed I notice something that interests me. Seventeen's Woozi posted a picture of our logo! I scroll down a little bit and read the caption. ~Can't wait for these girls to finally debut! Good luck, and expect to see me front row! Love You <3~. I feel my face stat to heat up. He doesn't even know us. What a sweetheart.
We reach Pledis' practice studios and see swarms of fans. Even though we all put our masks on, they still recognized us. They start screaming things at us, but I only notice what they scream at me.
"LOOK IT'S THE MAKNAE!!!""OMG IT IS!" "SOO-JUNG I LOVE YOU!!" they scream. I smile, wave and send them hearts. I really appreciate all of them, and wish they could feel the amount of love and joy I feel right now. We enter the dance studio after getting through the sea of fans, and begin stretches. Soon after, Min-ah plugs in our title track 'Rumble' into the stereo. We get into formation and start the dance.
Three hours' worth of vocals and dancing is finally over, so we head over to the room next door where the stylists are waiting for us. We individually take turns showering and changing, and then we sit in chairs and eat as the stylists do our hair and makeup. Two hours later my hair is dyed and relaxed, my makeup is done and my outfit is on. Pleated white skirt paired with a pastel pink crop top with the number ninety nine on it, as a tribute to my ultimate bias Xiumin. We aren't allowed to walk back out to the van with our outfits showing, so we cover up with these enormous black ponchos, and race back to the van, through the slightly smaller crowd of fans. Slightly.
Later on, we are backstage listening to the MC introduce us. It's none other than BTS's NAMJOON. While I'm contemplating whether or not passing out would be a good idea in this situation, I listen to Namjoon. "Hey everyone! Today you are going to witness, firsthand, the debut of the five member girl group ARROW! They consist of the leader Jae-eun, Min-ah, Min-jah, Jun-hee, and the fiery maknae Soo-jung! So without further ado, ARE YOU READY TO..." Namjoon trails off as we run onstage. I start us off by yelling into the mic,
"RRRRRUMBLE!"
Then the song starts. It's in a similar style to Exo or Seventeen. I run around on the stage during my parts, not doing the choreo until I have to. I high five fans and send hearts. On stage is really the only place I can break out of my shell, and once the songs over you can really notice.
"Thank you so much!" our leader giggles, bubbly as usual. I look down toward the audience and lock eyes with... is that... Woozi? I quickly look away at my feet, just barely noticing I was asked a question.
"Sorry, what?" I ask
"No problem Soo-Jung. I was Just wondering how you feel in this particular group, skill-wise?" Namjoon smiles warmly at me.
"Oh. Well I guess it's nice being the maknae. But I honestly see all of these girls as equals. They are all extremely talented." I look over to the fans, listening intently "I also have all of these amazing fans! I love you all so much!" I blow kisses at them and look towards woozi who is smiling like an idiot. I chuckle a bit at that, and turn back to Namjoon.
"Awesome! Now let's move onto the international part of the interview, for the overseas fans. Introduce yourselves!" Namjoon says
" Hello, I am oldest Jae-eun!"
"Hi, I am Min-ah, and I am rapper"
"Yo, I'm Jun-hee, and I rap as well."
"I'm Min-jah, and I am leads vocals." Now it's my turn. This is too easy for me, being 100% American, and having grown up in L.A.
" Hey to all our international fans, I'm your maknae Soo-jung! Thank you so much for all your love and support! I love you!" I do a bit of aegyo, receiving praise from the audience. I laugh as Namjoon starts to talk again.
"Now we have some fan requests!"
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A/N: Hey so I know that this hasn't gotten to the storyline yet but just you wait! I've got some intense stuff coming up soon. Also this is a slowish moving story. Not painfully slow but I want to take up about ten or twelve chapters about this length. SO STAY TUNED!
