language barrier ☆ junhui (HUGE REWRITE)

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Out of the 27 people who had auditioned that day, only 9 made it into the company.

Two of those nine chosen were the talkative English-speaking girl and the China boy who didn't know English.

The nine now trainees lined up in one of the practice rooms. This was the moment when they would be told what training role they would be taking on and with who.

"I'm going to call you by name and tell you who you're training with. Then you pair up with whoever is in the same situation, alright?" A sweet lady spoke to them, repeating the same explanation in different languages so everyone could understand what she said.

"Junhui. Seventeen Project" Junhui. China boy that didn't seem to know English had gotten into the prestigious Seventeen Project every male trainee wanted to join.

"Jieqiong, Pledis Girls" She happily joined another girl who had also been assigned to her group.

"Last but not least, Mei" The short English-speaking Mexican shot her head up at the sound of her name and nodded. "Regular trainee, please join your group"

She was disappointed to say the least. As fun as being a regular trainee could be, she wanted to belong in a group that had been already decided, not just feel like she was leftover.

The whole day, Mei and other trainees had been shown around the building. The first thing memorized was the location of the bathrooms, just in case she needed it.

Halfway through the company tour, the staff members announced that it was time for lunch. Small bags were passed around to the trainees and they were led to a larger practice room, where other trainees were already eating.

At this point, all of the staff members had left for their lunch break and the trainees had been left alone to have their own lunch.

Mei, being really shy around large groups of people, just slid down against a wall and started eating by herself.

Jun, who had now noticed the girl, just stared at her. He didn't stand up to go and eat with her, and he didn't call her over either. He just stared at her.

"Hello" A male voice spoke to Mei in English, making her snap out of her trance and look to her side, where there was a boy. He seemed to be around 14, just like she was, so she decided to be friendly.

"Hi! You're speaking English" She pointed out and he laughed. "Never mind, that statement was stupid. Of course you're speaking English" She added.

"And you're speaking English too" He pointed out. She laughed and nodded. "I'm Hansol, by the way" He extended his hand towards her.

She took his hand and shook it. "I'm Mei, nice to meet you"

He smiled at her and looked back to the slightly larger group of people gathered in the center of the room. "Would you like to join me and my friends?"

She looked over to the boys, although they seemed to be nice, she was still uncomfortable with the idea of sitting with a large number of people, so she simply shook her head but thanked him anyways.

So Mei spent the rest of the lunch break sitting alone, not that she actually cared since she had never been a huge people person.

After everyone had been taken somewhere else, Jun's group was now going to the large practice room in the basement so all the new people could get used to being there, since they spend a large amount of time fooling around down there.

So far, Junhui was starting to get comfortable with the whole vibe his fellow trainees were giving off, but the same couldn't be said about Mei.

Even though Mei was extremely happy that she had gotten into Pledis and had even had a proper conversation with someone, her shyness and anxiety were getting the best of her at the moment. She was constantly worried that she wouldn't be enough for the company and be dropped, or that she wouldn't improve her skills and that she would be stuck training for years on end, but something made her replace these thoughts.

It was China boy, Junhui.