After the general shock and excitement of the scoring, Jaemin was back with his stylists being plucked and prodded as they tried to make him look perfect for the interviews. Kai had yet to appear, but Jisoo and Tzuyu had assured him that his stylist was adding finishing touches for his outfit for the night. Tzuyu had styled his hair in a side parting, leaving a few loose strands to fall onto his forehead, and painted his nails a metallic gold that seemed to move on his finger nails. Jisoo had then lightly painted a gradient of pink and gold onto his lips, starting with a small amount of gold on the corners of his lips and finishing with a vibrant baby pink on the centre. He admired the way she carefully blended the two colours, her perfectly drawn eyebrows furrowing in concentration. With the help of Tzuyu, did a similar thing with his eyes, decorating the corners of his lids with a shining gold leaf and using the same baby pink colour on the centre of his eye lids. Finishing it all off with a light blush stretching from across his cheeks and nose and some black mascara, the two women gave Jaemin a tight hug each and left the room. Tzuyu had had to pull Jisoo away, who had begun crying as she said goodbye.
Once they were gone, Jaemin waited for Kai. The blue haired stylist burst into the room carrying a long suit bag.
"Jaemin you look wonderful." he started, pulling the young male onto a slightly raised bit of the room in front of a mirror. "This is your suit for the evening. You will not be matching with Jeno, we thought that would be a bit over the top. Put it on, then call for me when you are done and I'll make altercations."
Once Kai had left again Jaemin pulled on the black trousers and white shirt. He slipped on the black dress shoes and adjusted the cuffs of the shirt. He then placed the baby pink, velvet suit jacket over his top, fiddling with the black lapel of the jacket. He called for Kai who simply straightened his jacket before leading Jaemin out of the room.
They reached a small corridor that led to a dark stage area, and Jaemin spotted Jeno standing in a queue of other tributes waiting for the show to start. The older boy waved at Jaemin and he waved back, moving to join Jeno, but was stopped when he was pulled into a tight hug but his stylist.
"This is goodbye Jaemin. Just know it has been an honour being your stylist, and I will be rooting for you the whole way. You can do it, I believe in you and so do Tzuyu and Jisoo. We will be watching you every step of the way and will do everything in our power to make it as easy for you as possible whether you make it or not."
Kai had started half way through his little speech and Jaemin couldn' help to tear up as well but refused to cry as he didn't want to ruin Jisoo's hard work. He squeezed Kai once again and let him go. Kai gave him a sad smile, fixed his hair and jacket a little before pushing Jaemin towards Jeno.
"Thank you for everything Kai." Jaemin whispered as he watched his stylist walk away.
He joined Jeno in the queue just in time to be blinded by the sudden lights on the stage before them.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the 50th Hunger Games." Boo Seungkwan introduced and Jaemin had to cover his ears from the sheer noise of the crowd as they roared in excitement. "Tonight, my friends, is a very exciting one. Not only are we celebrating the 50th Hunger Games, but tonight you will watch as two young tributes, both aged 15, will tell me of how they scored twelves. The first time in history for two tributes to have ever scored twelves in the same games! Isn't that exciting?"
The crowd cheered once again. Jaemin zoned out a little as Seungkwan continued talking, thinking about what Jeonghan had told him about how to act. He had to maintain that innocent image despite being a high scorer. Backstage there was a small screen that showed to all the tributes on that side (the tributes from the even numbered districts), what was going on on stage. Jaehyun had dnow stepped onto the stage flashing his charming smile which made the audience go crazy. His interview went by quickly for Jaemin, it was the same as most of the past Career interviews. Jaemin knew that Jaehyun had volunteered so the boy was going on about how he felt it was his 'duty' to represent his district. Soo enough it was Mark's turn and Jaemin couldn't rip his eyes away from the screen. Mark was in an elegant black suit with a black tie. As he spoke Jaemin watched his every move, not even realising how engrossed he was in the District One tribute. Apparently Jeno caught onto Jaemin's fascination with Mark, as he tried to pull the younger's attention away from the screen by making light conversation.
