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chapter 18 | wow

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"well someone improved on their footwork," jackson whistled with a smirk as youngjae awkwardly laughed it off with a shrug of his hand.

the seven of them were in the dance studio (what a surprise) wrapping up on their choreography before their vocal orientation. they were supposed to be on break but no one denied the fact that they needed more practice — and so they spent their free hour in the same room, repeating the movements over and over continuously.

"yah! yugyeomie!" bambam screamed as he toppled over the younger boy.

the taller boy burst into a laugh as bambam fell onto his chest with his elbows the other way around and shoes flipping off.

the rest of the boys joined into their laughter, soon enough taking turns to sandwich each other with yugyeom lying flat against the floorboards — creaking in suffocating struggles.

when jyp walked in, at first without anyone's realisation, he was appalled to see the group having so much fun at such a difficult time in their careers. and he didn't know whether to be angry or — proud?

it was mark who noticed him first, "guys, get off!—" he whisper shouted, flushed between jackson and jinyoung who were on top of jaebum and youngjae.

they bowed politely once standing up, greeting a solemn silence as jyp looked around.

he saw their empty bottles overflowing the bin, the sofa was a hurricane of first-aid kits and sweat-through shirts, and the mirrors were damped with fog at least knee-high.

when his gaze landed back to the seven boys; they lowly hung their heads down, shuffling their feet in await.

"i've heard about your last month's evaluation," jyp began, his voice coarse. but he just clicked his tongue and dropped his arms, "i don't know guys, what happened? you tell me, is it youngjae? be honest."

a spur of looks ran along each other, innocent eyes parted in confusion as lips stuttered in defenses.

"jyp-nim, youngjae has nothing to do with this—"

"—it was everyone's fault."

"—it won't happen again."

"—don't kick youngjae out—"

attacked, jyp raised his hands in surrender, "goodness me, children, calm down," he managed a humorous laugh, "i was afraid that you won't get along but i'm guessing i was wrong. now anyways, this isn't why i came in the first place. i have good news."

jaebum let a wrecking sigh escape his lips, he thought for a moment that everything was over.

"next week," jyp spoke evenly, "on saturday afternoon, that's september 17th, you'll be coming with me as trainee representatives for a formal meeting, or well workshop, between some music companies. members of 5live are also coming and so are some female trainees like jihyo, nayeon, jeongyeon and a couple others. do consider this as an opportunity of critical judgement but beneficial experience. i have high expectations for got7 and that's no secret, so you better show everything what you're capable of."

struck in shock, the group could only gape with mouths parted open and eyes wide in ultimate surprise.

"we are travelling quite far though, so bus transportation is organised. it's very important that everyone makes it on time. that's on your shoulders, you are in charge of the members so take care," jyp nodded at jaebum who nodded back in return, "pack for a hard day, it's expected that we'll return late but you have the next day off. if you make a good impression, i'll count that as this month's evaluation."

with that, they were promised more details, and as they were left alone — jackson screamed in joy while bambam just ran around from happiness and yugyeom jumped up and down while jinyoung clung onto youngjae in a drunken hug.

mark shook his head, standing quietly beside jaebum who couldn't help but laugh.

he let them have their moments before pulling them back to work. because they had about a week to show themselves in full potential, without pre-settings or misconceptions.

with that, jaebum pulled them all into a hug, promising them that if they continue to work hard; everything is going to be okay. and feeling his arms on youngjae's shoulders as the boy smiled beside him — he really believed in his own words.

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sorry i know this is bad

written: august 11, 2017
published: september 2, 2017

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