青春有你 Idol Producer 2 {Discontinued}

十五

I was so nervous. I was sitting in the makeup chair, stylists restyling my hair and makeup artists touching up my face. There was 20 minutes till the 'concert' begins.

After I was done, I made me way to 'the secret waiting room' where all the 'guests' were. I knocked on the door and entered the room. Everyone was there sitting on sofas and chairs. I waved to them and took a seat between yujin and Justin.

Since I was bored, I started playing games with Justin and Chengcheng. They were pretty entertaining as always. I hung out with them till it was 10 minutes till the night started. I then went to the trainees' waiting area.

Walking into the room, I realised that most of the trainees were already there. I looked around for a seat and saw Sun Zelin waving his hand signalling to me. I realized that he had saved me a seat togethere with the rest of our team. I muttered a thank you to him and put my focus onto the large screen in front of us.

"Neighboring Tarzan trainees please get ready."

I guess they were the first to perform. They were pretty good afterall. We wished them goodluck. They then left the room, and the TV screen lit up.

The screen projected the situation of the stadium. It was crowded, with many fans holding banners and neon boards. The stage was filled with coloured decorations. Zhang PD stood on the stage, wearing a suit.

"Hello everyone, I am the nation's representative, Zhang YiXing. Today, we will have Youth has you's first live performance. The group evaluations!!"

He announced. Right after that, our group was called to prepare for our performance.

All of our teammates got out of our seats and went backstage. Everything just felt so real now. Soon the Neighboring tarzen trainees went onto stage. That meant that we had another 3 to 4 minutes till our performance. To be honest, I was really nervous but tried not to show it.

Before we knew it, Neighboring Tarzan was coming to an end. We did a short cheer and a group hug before going onto stage.

We walked onto the stage with confidence. On we were in the middle, we bowed and introduced ourselves. The music then started.

It all went pretty well so far, we were in sync and our vocals were stable. I was pretty sure that most us would get a high ranking. The performance was running smoothly afterall. Or so I thought......

The chorus started fairly well...until I felt my tie loosen up. I was starting to panic internally. What could I do?? Instead of tugging it strongly like usual, I pull it gently while trying to make my movements look strong. I could feel that the tie was loosening more and more. I was scared, the tie could fall of any second now. Suddenly I had a good idea. When the chorus finished, I tugged my tie and threw it off the stage making it look like the choreography.

The rest of the verse and rap was fine, since I didn't have to touch my tie. But once it reache d the second chorus, I was doomed. When everyone was tugging their tie, I had no choreography planned. Therefore, I freestyled a dance that I thought would blend in well with the rest of the members. The dance seemed fine as the reactions of the audience didn't change.

Now came the hook, I didn't have to use my tie that much, but there was one move that required my tie. Zhenning was going to hold my tie and pull me closer to him. When he was supposed to pull my tie, I pulled his instead, causing him to come closer to me. Maybe a little too close....

Since this was impromptu, he was taken by surprise. He hid his expression pretty well I would say, although I could still see his startled expression.

I pulled him close to me, so close......till his plump lips brushed against mine. My cheeks flushed, but thanks to the makeup, it was unnoticeable. Without stopping time to savour the moment, we immediately continued the dance, pretending nothing happened. The rest of the dance went according to plan, and we soon finished and got of stage.

"Good job guys!" I cheered once we got of stage. We patted each others backs and went back to the trainee room.

"Hey guys, I'll join you later. I have to help PD with some things. Have fun watching the performances!" I excused myself to go prepare for my special performance.

"Aww, really..... OK then, we'll see you later." Shi zhan said. I waved to them, and walked towards the makeup room.

After getting dressed and putting on makeup, I went to the 'secret waiting room' and spended some time with my group, Nex7 and Nine percent.

Performance schedule
1. IZ*ONE 《Rumour》
2. NEX7 《Wait a minute》
3. NINE PERCENT 《Rulebreaker》
4. IZ*ONE 《La Vie En Rose》
5. NEX7 and NINE PERCENT 《Dream》
6. EVERYONE 《Swalla》

Time skip to right after Swalla

I was exhausted. I had done a total of four performances and I was drop dead tired. All of us got off stage and planned to celebrate at the eating hall. So, we asked our manager to help buy us food for a feast.

All 3 groups gathered in the hall, eating happily. I was eating and chatting with NEX7 and Nine percent since I haven't seen them in a while. I was sitting in between Wenjun and Justin. While chatting Justin arm was wrapped around my shoulder and wenjun was playing with my hair and caressing my cheek. Skinship between us was pretty normal since we had know each other for years.

Half way through our conversation, I heard a swarm of voices and footsteps outside the door. I shrugged it off as I thought it was just trainees passing by. After eating and chatting for a while, we all decided to leave and rest, as all of them were leaving the next day to continue their projects. I bid them goodbye and left to my dorm.

"Hey guys, I'm back!"

I shout to my roommates as I enter the room. Strangely, no one replied. Instead, the room was suspiciously silent.

I looked inside the room and it was empty. Shouldn't they be back yet? I thought to myself. Then, I saw a note pinned onto the bed.

"To: Yuanying

We've gone to another dorm for a sleepover tonight. We've invited some trainees to keep you company. Have fun. 

Wenhan"

"God damn it! Why did they have to ditch me like that! Hmpph!" I said clearly annoyed.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in" I shouted.

The door opened revealing Zhenning.

"Oh hey, I miss you. Come here!" I said, patting the seat next to me.

He just walked to the seat and sat down without any emotion. I could tell that something was up. He wasn't behaving like his usual self. I then hugged him and he stiffened up a little. I pulled away and looked at him.

"Hey, what's wrong? Are you okay?" I asked, worry evident in my voice.

"I don't know, go ask your new boyfriends!"