Aeri: The Idol's Child

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aeri: the idol's child

it must have been really hard to train to become an idol. first, you have to know how to manage your time.

today, i woke up late and was late for the 8am vocals training. as i enter the audio room, the terror instructor was already arround. the other trainees are practicing their vocals already.

"ya lami! what time is it?!" ms. song, our vocals mentor, said.
i lowered my head as i am embarassed.

"8:45am ms. song. i'm sorry i'm late." i said in a low voice. i heard her took a deep breath. here it is, she'll scold me i know.

"join your colleagues now. before i change my mind!" she said firmly. i don't know why but the punishment i was expecting from her has not happened. usually when there are late trainees, she makes them submerge into water for the time as you were late. it is really horrible. i experienced it one time, in my first day and it was really horrible. i was 30 minutes late and was submerged into water for 30 minutes.

"yes. thank you." i immediately went to the trainees before the mentor change her mind. i already know some trainees since we've been training together for days.

"you got lucky there lami, ms. song is in a good mood." jungwoo, a co-trainee said whispering.

"yes oppa. i was really nervous tho." i whispered back.

he nodded his head and continue reading musical notes and i did the same. jungwoo, lucas, hansol and kun are the only one i know here. they're the first to approach me during my first day knowing that i am lee jeno's cousin. they took good care of me as an older brother and a trainee sunbae.

"why were you late anyway?" kun asked. i smiled, Kun is a chinese, so he's really cute when speaking hangul.

"i woke up late oppa." i said as i scan the music notes.

"achii." he said and ruffled my hair, if i remember it correctly, achii is a chinese expression that has the same meaning with aigoo.

"where is hansol oppa? haven't seen him for days." i asked. he just shrugged and said nothing.

°°°

lunch, i can barely eat the food served in my plates. it's all vegetables, i'm not a vegetarian but i need to eat these green leafy foods for my diet. how could they ask a 10 year old kid to go on diet to maintain my figure? but then, if you are fat, you'll get bullied. slim girls are considered healthy, those girls who are skinny are adored.

"still on diet?" jeno asked. i met him earlier while buying for my lunch. i nodded.

he made a 'tsk' sound. "you can still quit." he said which made my shake my head.
never will i consider to quit.

"never. i. won't." i told him. now it's his turn to shake his head.

"okay okay. just eat." he said and shove the meat in my mouth.

"aish." i chewed the meat and it made me crave for more. but i can't.

another important thing to remember, a trainee should be self-discipline. if it's a no, then no.

"Jeno." i looked at the side where the voice came from. there, a guy who looks like a angel was smiling and waving his hand at jeno, i smiled seeing his cute snaggletooth.

"ya renjun." jeno happily exclaimed and went towards the guy named renjun.

"when did you arrived?" jeno asked him while they walk to the table i'm occupying.

"early today, jaemin told me you're here so i came." renjun said, oh man. even the way he talk is so cute for me.

"you should have rest." jeno said. i listened to their conversation while eating.

"chenle and i went here right after we landed. manager hyung sent a message telling us there's a meeting." he said, i noticed his eyes are somehow sleepy.

my phone beeped that made the two of them look at me. i smiled apologetically as i opened the message i received.

'seika: ya. where are you?'
i typed my reply and put my phone back to my bag.

i looked at the two guys accross me. renjun's eyes are still wide opened. his eyes from jeno, then to me, back to jeno again.
he's reacting the same like na jaemin.s

"jeno. is she the cousin you are talking about ?" renjun asked. he knew about me? i thought oppa never mentioned anything about me to his members.

jeno nodded and renjun smiled.
"sorry i didn't notice you earlier. i'm huang renjun, you're lami right?" he said.

"yes, i'm lami. nice to meet you."  i lowered my head.

"he's my bestfriend." jeno said.

i looked at renjun again. he's nodding his head and grinning from ear to ear.

i was about to say something when i heard my phone ring.

1:00 trainees assembly.

a/n: thank you water2melon for the cover. i so love it 💕 i'm inspired bcs of the cover haha.