Lin Zhu participates in the Chinese survival program Idol Producer where she must compete with one hundred male trainees to be part of China's new group.
Will she make it?
Will she make new friends during her time there?
Will there be something more...
After we all had dinner, I received a message from the girl's groupchat. Jieqiong had created that evening. She had sent me the message with the dorm room and said that I could already go if I wanted to as it was all ready.
I then said goodbye to the boys and went to our dorm to pick the bag I had prepared before heading to the room. Once I arrived. I knocked the door five times, just like they had told me to, as they said they didn't want the boys to know they were there.
"Come in!" Cheng Xiao said and I opened the door.
The room had been decorated in a beautiful way. This room was different from the ones we had. It was on the top floor, which we had never used. We were told we couldn't go there and, even if we did, all the doors were locked, so it wouldn't make a difference.
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(Obviously without the Produce 101 logo.)
It was ten times bigger than the rooms we had, or at least it looked like so. The fact that it was all neat and clean could be a reason why as the boys always left their stuff laying everywhere and that took up a lot of space.
"Woah!" I said amazed by the views. "This room is so beautiful!"
"I know, right? We had it custom made for us in a way." Cheng Xiao proudly said.
"Custom made?"
"As we were told we would have to be here most of the time, we both asked if we could get a room so that we didn't have to be coming and going all the time. They obviously said yes and, as a kind of <mentor privilege> let us design it." Jieqiong explained.
"But didn't you tell me this morning that you asked for the key to one of the empty rooms?" I asked confused.
"Well, if I told you we had a ginormous room custom made for us, it would have ruined the surprised, wouldn't it?" She said and chuckled.
"Fair point." I admitted and left my bag on the floor. "Which bed is mine?"
"We both chose the top ones, but if you want it, I can take the bottom one. I don't mind." Cheng Xiao told me.
"No, it's okay! Don't worry. I'll take the one on the bottom right, then." I said and placed my bag there. "Did you plan anything?"
"Not really. We can do spa night, watch a movie, karaoke..." Jieqiong suggested.
"Yes, karaoke!" Exclaimed ChengXiao.
"We'll begin setting it up while you take your things out, then." She told me and they began preparing everything.
I then opened my bag and took out my pyjama, beauty products and phone. I then excused myself and went to the bathroom to get changed as they both already were wearing their pyjamas.
As I was changing, I heard a knock on the dorm.
"What do you want, Yixing?" Asked Cheng Xiao to Yixing, who I supposed was the one who knocked. "We are having a girl's night."
"Just the two of you? How sad." He said jokingly. "I came here to take back my toner. You asked for it yesterday but never gave it back."
"Wait, don't-!" Exclaimed Cheng Xiao just before the bathroom door opened abrupty. "Lin's in there..."
"Linlin?" He asked confused. "What are you doing here?"
"Ta-da! Girls night!" I exclaimed embarrased.
"Cool pyjama, by the way." He said chuckling.
I then realised my pyjama top was an exo t-shirt and quickly covered myself. I had never felt so embarrased in my entire life.
"Don't cover it, it's cute." He said smiling. "Thank you for the support."
"You are making her feel uncomfortable!" Jieqiong exclaimed and pulled him out of the bathroom, taking the toner on her way. "By the way, how did you know we were here?"
"You both make a lot of noise, you know?" He said. "The male mentor's room is next door. Jackson and I are the only ones who have ever used it, though."
"Is your's as fancy as this one?" I asked, curiosity taking over me.
"Definitely not. Ours looks like your's although not as messy."
"Well, as great as this conversation is, you need to go now. We are trying to have a girls night here!" Said Cheng Xiao trying to push him out.
"Okay, okay!" He surrendered. "See you tomorrow then."
After that, he left and the girls went back to preparing everything.
"Sorry about that." Cheng Xiao apologized. "We didn't know he'd be sleeping here too."
"Don't worry, it's okay." I reasurred her.
"Girls, this is all set." Jieqiong informed. "What do you want to sing first?"
"I don't mind. You two choose." I told them.
"Do you know Agent J? As you aren't going to perform in my group, I at least want to sing it with you on karaoke." Jieqiong told me.
"Yes, of course! Let's go for it!"
We then all got ready and jammed along to the song the whole time. We danced to the bits we knew and sang along while joking around, which made singing hard as we tried not to laugh.
"I will most definitely miss dancing this time." I confessed as the song ended.
"You should have chosen our songs, then." Said Cheng Xiao pouting. "Anyways, which song next?"
"What about one of your groups?" I suggested.
"Sure, let's start with mine!" Said Cheng Xiao and searched for the karaoke version of one of their songs. "I don't know which one to choose, though..."
"She knew <Secret> pretty well, right?" Jieqiong remembered. "Go for that one then!"
After Cheng Xiao searched for it, we began singing and dancing along. I was happy to hear Cheng Xiao sing as in her group they barely gave her any lines. That was really unfair, but that's how entertainment companies worked. They don't really care about how they do it as long as it's profitable.
