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twenty one.

" i like you."

his voice resonating in her head, hwayoung had been reminiscing what happened the other night for numerous times. her head couldn't let go of it. every time she tried to think of anything else, the memory of daniel looking into her eyes and saying those three words came to mind.

it was almost like a broken record stuck in her brain. but the thought sent butterflies in her stomach every time. 

but she had to find a way to get rid of it eventually. her concentration at training would be at risk if she'd continue to be distracted.

she laid on her bed, fully tucked in. it was 5:49 am and she had woken up a little bit earlier than usual. she closed her eyes tight, trying to clear her mind.

the two of them stared at each other in enchantment, failing to lose intense eye contact. daniel was waiting for her to say something, to react in some sort of way, but she was dumbfounded. she opened her mouth to say something, but what came out were staggered sounds, making the both of them look away, shyly laughing.

it didn't seem like it, but daniel was anxiously still waiting for her to answer him. he expected her to ask something in the lines of 'what do you mean?' or 'what? are you kidding?' but she told him words that were completely different.

" i-i see. i'm sorry i can't formulate my thoughts well right now, uh, i just reaally didn't expect you to say that and i had no idea you thought of me that way. uhm.." she bit her lip, her eyes looking downwards. daniel stayed attentive, her eyes piercing back to his. 

" i think it's too early to say that i like you too, sunbaenim." daniel almost flinched, it almost hurt him, realizing that she still thought of him in a formal way. she leaned closer, looking sincere as her brown eyes matched with his.

" but, i  look forward to seeing you everyday. and i would be lying if i said that i don't want to become closer to you. because i do."

she flashed a genuine smile, and they shared that moment delicately, being with each other. he felt relieved and even more motivated to win her heart. he wasn't discouraged, for he knew he would be anticipating spending more time with her.

hwayoung eyes' fluttered open, failing to keep her mind off of the memory. she figured she'd just take a bath and focus on her training, especially since the preliminary evaluations were coming up.

" five, six, seven, eight!" our trainor, moonjun seonsaengnim shouted. i coherently followed the along the beat of the song. we had to perfect our dance routine to ailee sunbaenim's song, don't touch me.

the evaluations are tomorrow, and i can't risk making even one wrong move, because it could cost me my traineeship. preliminary evaluations were done to finalize the lineup of trainees, and those who don't pass will be kicked out, even if they'd only been training for a week or so.

all the trainees were gathered in the elites' practice studio, regardless of whether they were an elite or not. the trainors thought it would be better to do the general rehearsal with all of the trainees altogether.

luckily enough, i was chosen to be he center for the female elite trainees. i was finally warming up to them, gaining a new circle of friends along with taeyong hyung. i actually didn't expect that the other trainees would vote me as the center. but i thought of it as a responsibility and was really grateful for the opportunity.

the male elites were dancing to wanna one's energetic. and i wasn't surprised when i saw taeyong hyung being in the center, daniel sunbaenim's counterpart in the dance.

'snap out of it, hwayoung. you're thinking about him again.' i scolded myself, slapping my face lightly several times.

there was a subtle knock on the door of the practice studio. some of us looked in curiousity, but the others ignored it and minded their own business. our trainor approached whoever knocked on the door.

i took a glance at who it was, but i only saw a black- haired girl's side profile. her silhouette seemed familiar but i decided to focus on the boys performing. 

wait, wasn't that saeron unnie?

i gave a second glance at the girl, and to my surprise, it was saeron unnie. and while she was conversing with our trainor, she was looking at ... me.

our trainor glanced at me and gestured for me to come over. i quickly went over, almost tripping at it.

" a-annyeonghaseyo." i bowed to saeron unnie who was smiling widely. " your excused for the rest of the rehearsal. i'm sure you'll do great tomorrow, hwayoung." moonjun seonsaengnim said. " saeron ssi said you were needed somewhere."

" uh, i just need to borrow you for a sec hwayoung, it's an important matter." she told, dragging me out of the room, closing the door with her other hand.

" the president wants to talk with you."

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a/n: the wifi in this country is shit and iM HONESTLY SO TRIGGERED. 

i could have honestly updated hours ago if it wasn't for the bad wifi.

anywhoooo, this fic just landed a rank on fanfiction like wtffffffff thank you all so much i didn't expect this to even get any attention but you all made it possible I LOVE YOU ALL FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL AND MIND AND BODY.

I DONT EVEN KNOW WHY YOU GUYS LIKE THIS FIC IM A CRAPPY WRITER AND IM REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU EVEN READ IT AND GIVE IT ATTENTION.

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