prove it • stray kids

18 | mission two

su-wei lin

[korean]

"You were tasked with presenting a performance showcasing your weakest talent, which I hope is no longer as weak. I'll be mainly focusing on your improvement in the areas that I mentioned previously, but I will also take the entire performance into account. Let's get started. Suwei, are you ready?" PDnim asks.

I step forward, "Yes, I'm ready."

He nods, "Please introduce your performance."

"I'll be covering RM from BTS' solo song entitled 'Reflection.'"

"Whenever you're ready."

Nyla and Riley shoot me encouraging glances before sitting at the side of the room.

Taking a deep breath, I recall the lyrics and begin my rap, focusing on pronouncing my words strongly yet clearly.

After my performance, PDnim writes some things down and looks up, "Your turn, Nyla."

His expression is unreadable, making me even more anxious to hear his opinions after all of us perform.

As I go to sit down, I pat Nyla's shoulder, "Don't worry, you'll do great."

She gives me a half smile and stands in the middle of the room, "I'll be performing a dance routine by Lee Yoojung to the song Wild Things by Alessia Cara."

Her performance was comparatively shorter―which was probably her intention―but I think she conveyed her improvement well anyway.

"Finally, Riley's performance," PDnim folds his hands on the desk in front of him and awaits the last performance.

Riley quickly gets up and stands in front of him, eager to get this over with.

"I chose to sing Youth by Troye Sivan."

She glances at Nyla and I, and we give her a thumbs-up. She takes that small gesture of encouragement and begins to sing.

Once Riley finishes, and PDnim completes his notetaking, he calls the three of us to stand in front of him.

With our hands nervously folded in front of us, we carefully listen to what he has to see.

"I have seen an improvement in all of you; some more than others. That being said, let me explain each of your cases in more detail," PDnim pauses to look at me before continuing, "Suwei, I am pleased to say that you met my expectations the most out of the three of you."

Slightly shocked, I bow and thank him. I'm glad that I did well this time.

"You could work more on your energy, though I understand that the song you performed did not require high energy. Moving on to Nyla: You fixed your timing and your movements are sharper. Despite these good things, your shyness still stands out. You have to be confident with your dance and use your space well."

She quietly nods and bows.

PDnim continues on, "Riley, your melody is much steadier, however I still think your range is weak. The improvement is noticeable though, so with more vocal training, your range should grow soon."

"Okay, thank you, PDnim," she bows.

He puts down his notes and talks to all of us, "With all this being said, I want to try something new for the next mission. Your third mission will be simple: a duo versus a solo. Suwei will perform solo, and Nyla and Riley will perform as a duo. The type of performance is fully up to you. Good luck."

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[english]

Since filming finished, we continued training and then went to the GOT7 dorm.

Nyla was laying on the couch nervously playing with her fingers while Riley and I were on the floor across from Mark.

"Does this mean PDnim is probably favoring the idea of splitting us up?" Riley asks Mark after explaining the third mission.

Mark runs his hands through his hair, "It's hard to say. He's obviously considering it, but the results of this mission may decide if it's in his favor or not."

The three of us sigh and lean against―or in Nyla's case, further into―the couch. Hopefully we don't get split up for good.