[#1] DETENTION | c.bg x s.rj √

Twelve

THIRD PERSON

It's the next day and right now the girls are practicing, it's half past 1 and that means they've been practicing for 4 hours. The music stopped and they turn to see their manager smiling at them. They smiled back and sat down, "You girls rest a bit. JYP wants to see you in twenty." he said, making the girls groan.

As he walked out, he smiled sadly at the girls before disappearing from their sight. "What do you girls think it's about now?" Ryujin asked, the memory of the last time they were in JYP's office lingering in her mind. "Possibly not about the boys again, right?" Yeji asked, turning to look at the girls. They had sad smiles on their faces and it worries her.

To be honest, she's worried about the boys more than her groupmates. She somehow felt guilty for making them apart of their lives. Their careers are at stake. Who am i kidding, all of their careers are. Maybe it was just her that thinks too far, too deep.

After 20 minutes passed, the girls walked up to JYP's office, nervous like always. Who wouldn't be? The last time they were here, they only got scolded and they don't want that to happen again. Yeji knocked on the door, "Come in." they heard his stern voice. She was hesitant, but opened it anyway.

As they walked in and sat down, they couldn't stop tapping their feet because of the look on his face. "Are you afraid i would scold you again?" he asks the fidgeting girls. They didn't move or answer, "This time it's better." he sighed. "I want you girls to cut off all connections with them." he said.

The girls widen their eyes, "How are we going to-" JYP gestured for Yeji to stop. "This will start after your dance project." he calmly said. Ryujin furrows her eyebrows, "You can't do that." she mumbled. He smiled, "I'm your boss, the CEO of JYP Entertainment. I can do that." Ryujin scoffed silently at that.

"Yes, you are my boss. You are the CEO of this company, but that doesn't mean you can command all your idols to do everything you want." she argued. "Ryujin, stop.." Chaeryeong placed a hand on her shoulder, which Ryujin gently pushed off. JYP leaned back in his chair and observed as the girl continues, "He's my friend, and i can't just ignore him for my career. I want to maintain a good friendship and i can't even do that?" she breathed heavily.

"Think about what you said, Ryujin.." he crossed his arms.

"Oh, i thought about saying this for so long." she stood up and was about to leave. "Ryujin," Yeji called. Ryujin ignored her and went for the door. JYP tilt his head, "It's either you do this the easy way or the hard way." he said and that made Ryujin turn around with that cold glare she gives to everyone.

"You do it, or we do it for you." he said before telling the girls to go back and practice more. They walk back to the practice room and sat on the floor.

RYUJIN

We were all on the floor when i heard Yuna groan. Lia and Yuna was quiet earlier, which is normal for them to be that way in front of JYP. But, it was different. Usually, they at least say a sentence. We look over to her, "Why can't we just have normal lives?" she asked, staring at the floor. All of us stayed silent.

"We chose this path, you know.." I hear Lia finally say something. "We chose to be trainees and follow our dreams. Think about it, if we didn't, where would we be now?" she puffed out her cheeks. "Probably not as far as this," Yuna snorted. "You gotta do what you gotta do.." i saw her pull out her phone.

"You're something else, unnie." i smile at her. "I'm doing this for us. I know if we do it, we'll end up with something better. Them too. So, let's do this." i saw the others pulling their phones out too, so i followed. I hesitantly tapped on his name in my contacts list.