Rookie Fighting

Mother

Taeyong: Hey, how is it? I've been watching the show with the boys and we think it's going well!

Me: I sure hope it's going well! It would be amazing if I could debut!

Before Taeyong had time to respond, I got an incoming call from my cousin.

"Hello?" I asked into the phone.

"Hina... I am going to say something now but are you alone?" She asked. I shut the door.

"Yeah, Kyoko, what's wrong?" I asked.

"Your mom is really sick. Now please don't freak out right now. I bought a plane ticket for you so you can come home an watch her. We don't know what exactly is happening or how much time... how much time..." Her voice was beginning to waver. My hand was beginning to shake in fear. I felt my phone vibrate and I looked at a message Taeyong had just sent me.

Taeyong: So today is the big day! In less than an hour, you might be an official kpop idol!

I put the phone back onto my ear carefully.

"Kyo-Kyoko... Kyoko, watch over her very carefully. Tell me if ANYTHING happens and exactly as it happens,"

"HINA, SOME..."
I hung up before she could say anything else. I took a shaky breath and walked out of the room.

"Alright, everyone! Please enter the stage!!" I heard the director call. I gathered my strength and ran to the stage.

~•~

I stood next to Hirai Momo. She looked just as nervous as I did. I took a deep breath and prepared.

"Okay everyone. Here are the winners of Sixteen," JYP announced. I felt my phone vibrate. I took a peek at it.

Taeyong: Here it is!!

I felt another vibration. It was from Kyoko. I didn't read the whole thing. It said something that started with an O. I believe it was a link.

"Alright. The official kpop idols of our new girl group are.... Im Nayeon, Yoo Jeongyeon, Hirai Momo, Minatozaki Sana, Park Jihyo, Myou Mina, Kim Dahyun, Son Chaeyoung... and..." He left us in suspense for a couple of moments. The rest of us became tense. Butterflies flew through my stomach. I felt like I was going to throw up.

"Finally... Chou Tzuyu!" He announced. I didn't know what to do or say. I was in complete shock. I remembered the message from Kyoko and realized what the O was.
Aiko Suzuki's Obituary.

Taeyong called me. I just stared at the phone. He called me three times in a row.

"All of the names that were called, please follow Jinhoo. Everyone else, you are dismissed,"
One of the girls were crying. The others were dragging each other out. I just stood there, staring at my phone as Taeyong's calls piled up on my phone.

"Ms. Suzuki, please exit the stage," JYP said. He look at me in confusion. I didn't listen to him. Taeyong called me again. The notifications piled up more and more. They slowly became more and more blurry. Everything seemed to slow down while somehow the world sped around me at the same time.

"Ms. Suzuki? MS. SUZUKI!" I heard a woman shout from behind me as multiple people approached me. I collapsed.

The world slowly faded from my vision as multiple people shouted my last name.
All I heard was my mothers name over and over and over again.