Pretty Boy

20

I  opened the first card and called out her name, "Kim Hyunah." She looked shocked and I could immediately see the tears start to form in her eyes. She took a shaky step forward as she tried to compose herself. As an older trainee, she probably knew this was one of her final chances, but she had to keep it together to set a standard for the younger trainees. She came up to me, took her card, and gave me a hug. I patted her back to assure her she has done well then released her to stand beside me.

As I opened the next card I saw the beagle-like girl. I smiled as I read, "Park Jieun." She released a little squeal as she jumped up and down. The girl next to her pushed Jieun towards me so she could grab her card. Jieun nearly knocked me over when she pounced on me, but I caught her and gave her the card. She smiled a huge smile as she took her place next to Hyunah

"Lee Sian." I did not realize Sian's eyes could get any bigger but at that moment they did. She walked up to me dazed like she could not believe she what was going on. When she took her card she asked me, "This is real... right?"

I smiled and laughed assuring her, "Yes, this is real." Sian proceeded to squeal and squeeze the life out of me to the point where I had to catch my breath before reading out the next card.

When I finally caught my breathe I opened the next card, "Go Yujin." Yujin did not squeal or cry or do anything of that sort. Instead, Yujin kept her cool, walked up to me silently took her card and gave me a hug whispering, "Thank you," into my ear.

"Hong Yeji." I braced myself for a part 2 of Jieun as the child bounded up to me, but instead of nearly knocking me over she quite literally swept me off my feet. She grabbed me around the waist and lifted me up a little making me wonder if she was doing weight training outside the company. When she took her card she smiled and squealed again coming in for a part two of death for y/n. As she released me I patted her head then she took her place among the ranks.

"In my hand, I hold the last card. Only one more girl will debut in this group," I took a deep breath before taking out the card, "Han Chowon." She started to tear up as she came up to me so I laughed and wiped her tears as I pulled her into a hug. Being the big baby she was she cried into my shoulder for a hot second.  "You are going to ruin your face if you keep crying like that," I laughed as I patted her tears away with my sleeve.

Once Chowon took her place next to me the CEO stepped in and began to speak. "Thank you all for your commitment. Anyone who was not picked for the debut team please return to your practice. Debut team, follow me to your new practice room."

All of us got very excited and were practically stepping on each other's heels as we followed him to the next floor. When we got to the door I saw it was next to the room Jaehyun and I had practiced in making it right next to NCTs rooms. As I thought this I saw five heads peek out of the door then Jaehyun walked out of the room. He froze as he saw us and asked, "New debut team?"

"Yes, how are the boys doing today? Is Taeyong there to talk? I figure the leader may want to spread some words of wisdom to the new group," asked Sooman. I stood a little stiffer at the mention of his name, but I relaxed because I figured that it would be a short conversation.

"Yeah, give me a second to call him over. He is practicing so has his earbuds in right now and can hear nothing," my brother responded.

"Thank you," with that Sooman turned to us and opened the door to our new practice room ushering us in. I don't know what I expected, but I was extremely underwhelmed with the room that lay in front of me. It looked like every other practice room in the building except the accent wall had hexagon details and there was currently no furniture. I figured we would get a couple of chairs and maybe a couch later. 

"Wow," all of us exclaimed. Yeji and Chowon started to bounce around a  little.

"This is where you will train for the rest of the time you promote as a group. Please treat it with respect. There should be a water machine installed within the next three days and you have a phone over there for emergencies. If you would like to propose putting anything in this room, such as furniture or such please ask your managers and they will get it checked with the company. On the topic of managers, we will find you some within the next couple of weeks," the CEO paused for a second so we could digest all of the information. "In addition, you will be receiving your contracts within the next couple of hours. These contracts will be temporary as you settle into your group and you will have to resign in three weeks your official 7-year contract. At that time you will be assigned to a new apartment dorm. I assume tonight your sleeping accommodations will be different," he smirked, "so tomorrow you will be reassigned to your temporary rooms still in the training center where you were previously living. Remember, you cannot slack off or tarnish the name of this company."

As he finished up all of us seemed to have lost a couple of shades in our faces. It was scary to be given so much information at once. "I assume Taeyong and part of NCT will be here soon to give you some advice, but I am on a tight schedule so I have to go." He left as we all bowed and thanked him for his trust.

All of us sat in a circle as we got to know each other.

"What do you think he meant by 'I assume tonight your sleeping accommodations will be different?'" asked Sian as we all pondered the question.

"I don't know, I have been training here forever, but I have never heard of anything," Hyunah answered. "Maybe there is a secret hazing ritual." 

My blood ran cold at the thought. There is no way... right? I tried to assure the girls he was probably just joking. 

All of a sudden there was a knock on the door. Must be Taeyong coming to give us advice. The girls and I jumped to our feet and bowed to our seniors. As the door opened I saw it was a lot more than just Taeyong coming in. A few members of NCT came in with him, but the line did not end there. It seemed people just kept filing in till there were 2-5 representatives from each group. Chowon, who was standing next to me, grabbed and squeezed my hand, scared.

Oh, no. What have we gotten ourselves into?

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