Started With A Dare

fifty four

Tzuyu's POV

It was right after breakfast, manager unnie came to our dorm with a clipboard with hundreds of papers. She told us to gather up in the living room which probably means we have a schedule for this week. We had a lot on our hands she told me as we waited for the other unnies to get out of their rooms, why? what's up?

"Girls, we have a collab coming. JYP PD nim told us that we'll be collabing with bighit. As you all know, BTS had hit the top of the billboard charts again today, PDnim though it would be a good idea, it could raise more attention for us. He spoke with their producer for some time...any questions?" Manager unnie looked at us. Jihyo unnie raised her hand.

"Unnie...is it a song collab? and...the whole of JYP?" she asked with her eyes getting wider the more words she spat out.

"It's an event. Any more questions? we have to rush, i'm not sure about this but I think bighit's coming here at three, so ask all you want while you can." Manager unnie pointed to a text on her clipboard that read: bighit x jyp rehearsal.

I gulp. I wasn't ready to see Jungkook yet, not like this! Why weren't we notified of this yesterday? An entire event? What is PDnim thinking?! Won't this raise speculations, dating rumors? What if we got too obvious, we might get kicked out of both our agencies...aish..

I was staring down at my feet, but i my peripheral vision, i could see my unnies' worried looks.

"what if it raises dating speculations?" Momo unnie raised her hand and manager unnie nodded for her to put it down.

"the whole sake of the event is to kill those things. we were caught having dinner with them, but in the dispatch photos, it just looked like bts and twice." she gulped

"we have to show that it was some kind of company dinner, because we are planning this event. our sales have went down by 20%, we aren't blaming you...but it's just because netizens are sensitive to issues like this."

"we get it unnie, but don't you think it's kind of weird? can't PDnim just release a statement? won't that be enough to calm netizens down?" she sighed.

"i'm really sorry girls, i know this whole event thing is ridiculous. JYP PDnim is just too worried, he's been off lately. It's because of his daughter being rushed to the ER, she has pnuemonia. I'm really sorry girls, we'll let you rest afterwards, don't worry." She sighed

Unnie then handed Jihyo unnie the first page of her clipboard papers. It was the schedule, it looked so long! One hour we'd be here, another hour we'd be there! 

All of us had a good look on the schedule, already feeling the tiredness of all of it. None of us have been sleeping early lately, you know...with the recent events with BTS.

I could see my unnies' tired eyes, at first i thought they would tease me about it because of Jungkook, but I guess we're all too busy and tired to tease each other.

"You girls can memorize the schedule for some other time, for now we have to get ready for the first rehearsals. Get dressed, you'll be fixed in the studio so head there afterwards." She looked at her watch "Bighit will be arriving in about an hour, so we have to be quick. Bye girls, good luck"

"Bye unnie, thank youuu~" Nayeon unnie sent finger hearts trying to be cute, then when unnie closed the door, she looked at the schedule that was in Jihyo unnie's hands. "Yah, this is no joke. What is this? they're trying to kill us aren't they?"

Jeongyeonnie pats Nayeon's arm. "yah, just don't complain. aish, we're not robots right? I'm seriously tireeeed" she sighs in frustration.

Dahyunnie looks at them with concerned eyes "let's just sleep on the way..."

We all went our separate ways into our rooms to get dressed. I didn't know if i should be casual with just hoodies or be feminine.

We were certainly gonna need to be atleast comfy in our clothes since we're having rehearsals, but i don't intend to meet Jungkook like that. especially since it's our second time meeting as...uhm...boyfriend and girlfriend.

I still can't get it in my mind...that me and Jungkook oppa are...a thing. I guess i was so fustered as I thought these, Chaeyoung unnie tapped my back which made me jump a bit.

She snickered and entered the bathroom. what? I'm glad I showered much earlier than they did, or else we'd take forever waiting for each other. 

I guess when you start dating someone, and if you really like them, you'd get so concerned about how you look. When I stepped in front of the mirror, i felt so different.

It felt like I have to fix myself a bit more, try to be a little prettier. Because what if he gets used to me? If i'm worn out to him? I don't want to lose him, if he gets bored of me and leave me...i know i'll be torn.

I decided to go semi-casual. I was inspired by a post on instagram, i always surf for ulzzang outfits on the site, and i thought this was perfect.

A light blue t-shirt with oversized sleeves, a really dark navy blue miniskirt with three pleats in the left side. I was wearing safety shorts with white thigh high socks, the hemline was lacy and had petal like shapes that had a very feminine appeal. I just left my hair let down it kind of looked messy but casual, we were gonna get fixed at the studio anyways.

When we were all ready to go to the studio, i realized i was the only one with such a fancy get up. Everyone was wearing either a hoodie, t-shirt, leggings, jeans, or had semi-shorts. It just looked like a normal dance rehearsal to them, when the other unnies saw me, they burst out laughing.

"are you really that conscious? you look like you're going to a date..." Mina unnie scoffs.

"you're so cute, tzuyu-ahhh" sana unnie squeals as she shrieks with laughter.

I ended up adding a long black jacket that reached my thighs, it went way past my skirt. I kind of liked my get up, the jacket looked like a coat though. We got to the studio, everyone had some makeup touch ups and we were set and ready to go. 

Even the staff thought I was being ridiculous. They teased me, asking me if I was going somewhere while they did my make up.

All the other unnies' make up was just natural, of course, we were just gonna practice. But when it was my turn, they laughed first and asked if I wanted my make up to be grand like being in a concert.

All my other unnies laughed along with them. We were all happy, the staff told us to not get too stressed out about things.

They also said they were having a hard time too, because they had a lot to plan. I could tell they were tired too.

They said some of them started sleeping here so they wouldn't have to travel from their homes. I guess they won't be able to see their family until the event ends won't they?

I'm just so glad and thankful to be in a family like this.