As It Should Be [BAMLISA x Hit The Stage] ✔️

chap 14

She finally won. Everyone congratulated her and tapped her shoulder. Everyone except for him.

She saw Bambam's eyes after her performance. How his reflected the pain that she felt, the sadness that she has inside her. She knows it's not coming from the exact same place she was, but she was sure it had something to do with the past few weeks. She was ashamed because she brought this upon herself that when their eyes met she just looked away.

She can't explain why she chose to avoid him. The thing was it wasn't just him. She was avoiding most people for reasons that she's not entirely sure of. Was it because of pride- not wanting other people to feel that she might just drag them down or not wanting to feel indebted to people. It may seem stupid for most. That she should just move on because that's how life is. But it was a moment of vulnerability that she wishes to keep to herself. She knows she'll feel a lot better soon, especially with such great support system that she has. She's just worried that she might have ruined some relationships in her short self-isolation process. But just like all heavy thoughts she had this past week, she refused to acknowledge it for too long and put on a smile.

As the show was wrapped up, the producer reminded the cast that there will be a quick shoot in 2 days time for the intro and announcement for the next challenge. Most have packed up and left when Lisa saw Bambam making his way to her. Guilt was washing over her as his steps grew nearer. She tried to look busy as she continued to watch him in her peripheral vision.

"Congrats," he whispered. Before she could even look up, he has already walked past her.

Lisa was trending once the episode aired. Everyone was congratulating her left and right. No news of the meet-up was in sight, although there were some appearance of Fan edits of Lisa, Bambam, and Ten's performances together. Her spirits were a lot better especially with the girls celebrating her win for her. Their smiles and laughter can be pretty contagious.

"Our Lisa is so cool! You made me cry so much!" Rosé was hugging her tightly as Jennie was bringing the food on the table.

"Exactly! Where'd all that drama come from?" Jennie tussled Lisa's hair after putting the pasta and chicken down. "Rosie, the coleslaw's over there."

"You did amazing Lisa!" Jisoo pinched her cheeks as Rosé released Lisa and headed for the coleslaw.

"Thank you unnies!" She laughed lightly, for the first time in a while. They ate while watching Lisa's clip, played some more music, and they pulled her up to dance until she was all spent.

As she was going back to sleep her phone made a sound.

Sorn: lisaaaaa congrats bb 😭💕
Lisa: thank you unnie 🥰
Sorn: woot wootss🎉
           You feelin better?
Lisa: uhm...yeah?
Sorn: hahaha that's good
           Don't think too much about negative stuff
           I mean you won and all!! Just enjoy it ☺️
Lisa: will do 😌
          Night unnie and thank you~
Sorn: night! 💋

As she exited from their chat box, she saw Bambam's name in her inbox. His latest messages were still left unread. She felt another pang of guilt. But she didn't know what to say yet so she decided to close her phone and go to sleep. I'll talk to him in person.

The next day was their shoot. The cast was immediately gathered on the stage as Heechul addressed them.

"I know that you are all wondering as to why you been suddenly called out in the middle of the week. For this week's challenge we decided to have a twist." He stopped. He was teasing considering how we are obviously left hanging in anticipation. "You guys are going to be paired up!" He held out a box in front of him. "In this box are the names of our female contestants that will be picked from by our male dancers."

Everyone shifted on their feet. They knew that this was going to be incredibly awkward and if they're not careful, might be even scandalous. The latter is what Lisa is most worried about. With what happened before...now she needs to experience this?

The boys were handed the box to and were asked to take a piece of paper inside and pass the box unto the next person. They were not allowed to look at the paper and were instead asked to give it to the staff.

"I'm sure that you all can't wait to find out who your partner will be. But before you find out who you'll be dancing with, each of you will be brought to a practice room, with a surprise waiting inside." Heechul said as the director said 'cut'.

Each of them were led to different directions by a staff member. The boys went ahead first and then the girls followed.

Lisa's heart was hammering. She has a feeling where this was leading, but she needed to stop thinking of that so she can calm her nerves.

The staff left her in front of a door. "You can head in when you're ready," the staff said. And then he left. Just like that!

She was trying to do a quick breathing exercise. After a few minutes she pushed the door open and saw someone's back turned towards her. She shifter her eyes to look at the mirror and saw a surprised face that reflected her own.

"Hi..." she greeted.

He stood there for a few, agonizing seconds before deciding to finally turn and look her in the eye. "Hey," Bambam said.

A/N: short ch :<<<