Walls Over Flowers

[[4]] Leave Me Alone

The days seemed to pass by in a flash for Sae. She had to move all her things from her apartment to her own individual room at the company. When she finally lugged her belongings with the help of the managers to her room, she was out of breath. Heaving her chest, she sat down on her bed next to the open balcony window. Out of nowhere, a familiar person leaned on her door frame; it was Baek-Ah. 

"Adjusting well?" she asked. Sae looked at Baek-Ah and gave a forced smile, she was extremely tired. 

"I take that as a maybe," said Baek-Ah said, giving a light laugh. "Anyway, I just came to tell you that introductions and discussions will be tomorrow in the dance room at about 6 AM ish?" 

Sae's eyes boggled. 6 AM?! This was going to be a pain in the neck. But if that's what she had to do, she would do it without flaw. In accordance, she nodded in reply to Baek-Ah and lay down on her bed, sighing.

"Well see you at 6 then, unni. Have a good night's rest," said Baek-Ah before leaving to go back to her company. Sae looked up at the ceiling in distress. Tomorrow was going to a hectic day. 

The next day, Sae woke up to the blaring sound of her alarm clock set for 5 AM. She groaned and turned it off, rubbing her eyes while sitting up in bed. She got out of bed and made her way through her dark room into the bathroom, where she turned on the light. With a click, a flash of light nearly blinded the half-asleep Sae.

"Sh*t. That's f*cking bright," said Sae, cursing. She hastily brushed her teeth and washed her face, making sure to use burning water to wake herself up. After, she combed her messy dyed locks and tied it up in her usual style. 

"Finally. Done," she said. She went on to put on a black T-shirt, shorts, socks and cap on, making sure to loop her ponytail through the opening on the back of the cap. She then stashed an extra outfit in a bag, grabbed her phone from the counter top and made her way downstairs to the dance room. When she got to the dance room and found it empty, she looked at her phone. 

"5:55. They should be here in five minutes. I've outdone myself," said Sae, turning on the lights in the dance room. Her stomach grumbled, she hadn't had breakfast yet but she silently waited another 5 minutes for Baek-Ah to come. She was almost about to fall asleep again when there was a knock on the door of the dance room. Baek-Ah was grinning from ear to ear. Her hair was tied in a low ponytail and behind her stood JYP, BANG PD, and more people. Sae's eyes widened; she quickly stood up to greet the two producers. She bowed her head low as they entered and they greeted her back. Baek-Ah laughed and slung her arm around Sae. 

"Come on, you haven't had breakfast yet right?" she said. 

"How did you know?" Sae asked, astounded.

"You just told me," replied Baek-Ah wittingly. Sae facepalmed. Of course, how could she have not known her own words? Baek-Ah, ignoring Sae's embarrassment, led her to the back room where the people were gathered to eat breakfast. Baek-Ah sat in a seat next to JYP and gestured for Sae to come join her. As Sae awkwardly sat down, the managers served breakfast. They then began discussing the formation of Jerome. 

"Well, it was Baek-Ah who came up with the idea. She came to me with the idea of forming a group with different trainees from different companies for the main goal; popularity. We have her and Sae-sshi right now, who are both very talented." At that comment, Sae's face turned pink, she was glad to have been praised by the producer. "But we're not forming a group like AKMU, what are your plans Baek-Ah?" asked JYP.

Baek-Ah then folded her hands on the table and began expressing her thoughts. "Well, I have one more member I think matches Jerome. Her name is Min Hyuk. However, she's a trainee at SM. Although JYP and BANG PD are producers of popular groups, it's going to be quite difficult to collaborate with SM," said Baek-Ah. It seemed as if Baek-Ah had a lot of knowledge in the entertainment area. BANG PD nodded in agreement. 

"If Jin Young and I go together for negotiations, it could be possible to get SM to let Min Hyuk join Jerome. What do you think Sae?" 

Sae nodded firmly in agreement and said "I agree with both Baek-Ah and BANG PD-nim that it will be difficult to get SM to cooperate in this operation, but we have two amazing producers which makes it easier. Let's do it." 

With that statement from Sae, the atmosphere in the room turned from firmness to excitement. After eating, JYP and BANG PD introduced them to their managers and instructors and left for them to practice by themselves. They entered the main room, their dance instructor(Li-Young) at BigHit began to scroll through the music playlist. 

"Let's start with a choreographed dance for B.A.P.'s Skydive. How does that sound?" he asked. Sae and Baek-Ah nodded in unison. They began practicing the choreography, which was on an extremely hard dance level. Although both were good at dancing, both also had trouble during the duration of the practice. By the end of their practice, the managers had left and their instructor had told them to practice hard. Baek-Ah left after intaking water and Sae was left by herself in the desolate dance room. 

After taking a break, she began to practice again. However, she continued to screw up on a part of the choreography. No matter how hard she tried, she could not get the part right. Sweating, Sae sat on the floor, frustrated. She sat there for probably about 10 minutes, staring at the floor until an unfamiliar voice echoed throughout the dance room. 

"Are you the new trainee BANG PD was talking about?"

Sae looked up, coming face to face with a pink haired boy. 

"Who are you?" was the question Sae asked suspiciously.

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FINALLY AFTER 3 CHAPTERS OF INTRODUCTORY, THE MAIN LEAD COMES INTO THE PICTURE!!!