In the middle of the spacious dance room held only two chairs, all trainees minus Jungkook and the test instructors; YG and Nayeon.
Ever since Nayeon stepped through this room a smug smirk never left her face. My mind flowed, pumped actively with dumb theories out of anger and fear.
"I'm sure you all know exactly why you're here today. Without delay, let us begin!" Nayeon announced.
"First up, Lalisa Manoban." YG called Lisa up first to the middle of the room.
"Starting off simple. Do a split." Nayeon commanded. Lisa did as so, fiercely and with power.
Nayeon gave a small hmph. "Not bad."
"A freestyle to Taemin's "Move." Cue music." Again, Lisa did as so. The demands only increased in difficulty as the time passed, Lisa left a sweating mess in one corner of the dance room, looking as if she were almost broken.
As summed up by YG and Nayeon, Lisa's most strongest points were dance and rap. Overall, visuals and vocals need the most improvement from her.
"especially vocals." Nayeon whispered, still loud and clear for everyone to hear.
Lisa's face contorted to an expression of disgust and contemplation as she sat, catching her breath.
Next up, Kim Jisoo. She barely managed to make it towards the end - at that point, she probably could've passed out in the duration of it all. From her, dance needs "serious improvement."
More like, Nayeon is far too unnecessarily critical towards others. However, that's what you can expect from the k-music industry.
Compared to YG, he treated each idol respectfully and with leniency by just a fraction.
Third, Rosé. Put all together, she performed decently. She held exceptional talent in vocals.
Both YG and Nayeon finally agreed that Rosé is fine where she's at. Dance, visuals, vocals and rap are all in the right balance.
"Keep doing what you're doing right now. Work hard." Nayeon gave Rosé a halfhearted smile before she turned around to leave, not in any bit tired from the test.
This probably wasn't her first rodeo. Maybe Rosé trained somewhere else before coming to YG? I made a mental note to ask her later.
Fourth, Jennie Ruby Jane. She performed equally as well too, up to par with Rosé since she received similar feedback.
Instead of coming after me next, Nayeon moved on to other trainees.
She picked at everyone except me - saving me for the very, very last.
When it came down to me being the only trainee left to take the test, Nayeon and YG gazed at me, expectancy expressed loud and clear.
I stepped forward, as ready as I could be.
YG opened his mouth to speak but, however, was interrupted by Nayeon.
"I think I can handle this." The slight malice in her voice took YG by surprise for a moment, though he quickly regained his composure and nodded, not hesitating in the slightest to agree with her.
"Freestyle to Gfriend's Rough. The whole song. Cue music."
"Double back handspring."
"Handstand."
"A few rap verses from So Far Away."
"Yuju's high note in Love Whisper."
Throughout all this, I fought just as a warrior would. When the timer rang and I was finished, Nayeon held a look of dissatisfaction on her face. Everyone in the room started clapping.
For me? I rubbed the back of my neck, breathless, my face as red as a tomato. I'm not even confident I performed that well.
On the other hand, YG was speechless.
"You performed excellently. It's rare to come across a girl as talented as you, Ara." Nayeon turned her head away, disgusted at the outcome of it all.
She then sprang up from her seat, gathered her things, and stormed out.
YG clicked his tongue and shook his head. "Never mind her. You did amazingly." YG reassured me, giving me a bright smile. "Alright, that's it for today, everyone go home!"
I hadn't noticed the time flew by so quickly - it was already 5 pm. Due to the massive amount of trainees, of course the test would take all day. I turned to find Jungkook still perched in his seat, grinning widely at me.
He ran up to me and squeezed the life out of me.
"You did sososososo well babygirl I'm so proud of you!" I cheerfully returned his embrace.
With that, Jungkook walked me home and stayed over for the night, making sure I was safe and okay.
(A/N: So, the next chapter will unravel how Nayeon and Jimin are doing and what their current whereabouts are, since they just disappeared out of thin air :'). As always, more to come my little lovelies!~💜)
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