20 cm || Choi Yeonjun

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TXT was awarded two categories that night. I was happy for them. Seeing them receive their trophies first hand made my heart soar. It was well deserved knowing how hard they practice every single day. And I'm even happier that their fans see all of these efforts. They understood them completely. Never doubting the boys amidst the controversy. They shielded TXT with more positivity even.

They immediately flew back to Japan early in the morning to continue their pending schedules. They still had two weeks to go before coming back here. I was grateful for that with all honesty. It will be too much to take for me to see him treat me like a complete stranger. I know it will become my breaking point because I'll be forced to act the same way. Act like I didn't know him. I'd rather have him be away than to see him everyday living in the lies we had to make for the sake of our contracts.

I can't face him. At least not yet.

And true to Ga eun's words, dozens of articles about a mysterious lucky 'fan' BTS got to interact with, flooded the internet. Talks about Hoseok oppa dating became the only thing the fans held on to. They were all hopeful. Sorry to them though, it wasn't like that.

The bad weather really saved my ass during the whole duration of the show. Blurry pictures of my face was the only thing the fans had. Countless of cameras were directed at me the moment two of the members of BTS took notice of me. To say it was shocking was an understatement. It freaked me out how different angles of my head trended on the internet.

As for us, practice continued. Our mini vacation only lasted for four days. Today was special because the management allowed us to post the studio version of our cover to Red Velvet sunbaenim's song. It'll be uploaded in the label's account along with other videos of our hoobae groups. We were all excited. Though our faces weren't revealed yet, our voices are gonna be officially introduced to the public.

There was at least three days to go before they'll announce our group's name. After that will be the start of the shooting for our music video. It was honestly a long process. Everything was hectic. We were constantly juggling work but somehow we managed. We endured everything. Yes, at some point we got exhausted, but we still pushed forward.

"Jiwon-ssi, come here please." Our stylist said as she waved her hand at me. We were now in the lounge area of the building, the four of us seated on the electric blue couch while our stylist unnie brought out racks and racks of clothes she designed. "Stand still and arms on your side please." She softly said and pulled out a tape measure. She began measuring the length of my arms, my eyes scanning every corner of the lounge as I felt her tiny form hover around my body.

This was the first time we were here in this room. It was only exclusive for artists so now I felt really glad that we finally got to look at it first hand. The feeling was like stepping into Disney land for the first time. It's only sinking in now that I will soon be an artist of Bighit. It felt like we were finally included in the family.

"Okay. Next, Ria please come here." Our stylist unnie called out, pushing me gently to sit on the couch.

Once we were all finished, she had pulled out four hangers on the rack. She placed them on the table and sat directly in front of us. "This will be what you will be wearing for the album jacket." I couldn't fight the smile that started forming on my lips. We all quieted down and payed our whole attention to her.

She pointed the first outfit and said, "This is for the center." Eunbi and Ria turned to look at me, Ga eun nudged me to take the sprawled out outfit. It was really pretty. It was a thin strapped rainbow-sequinned dress. "Okay, next...." She scanned her eyes on the table and pulled out a satin off-shoulder top and leather pants. "..is Eunbi." She handed unnie her outfit and picked up another one. It was a black-sequinned tube top partnered with a leather a-line skirt. A jacket comes along with it, the tip of its sleeves were rainbow.

"Ga eun, this is for you." Then finally she picked up a short sleeved rainbow-colored turtle neck crop top and black high-waisted shorts. "Lastly, for Ria."

"The other dresses are still in the making. So go ahead and try these on so that we'll see if any of you need alterations." The unnie explained to us. We all nodded obediently.

The meeting lasted exactly four hours. It was draining. We at least had tried five outfits. And they were only for the album concept not for the whole promotion period. What I noticed though was all of us mostly had to wear fishnet stalkings or skin tight leather pants. I'm guessing that that was what we'll be wearing for the stages.

"Oh? Yah! Unnies! They posted it already!" Ria frantically shouted as her gaze was still focused on the laptop she was holding. "Heol, the song cover?!" I screamed. We all scurried around her and placed the laptop in the center. She clicked on the video, and our voices started to play. "Wah... This feels weird." Ga eun wiggled and shifted in her seat.

"Wtf," I screeched as I pointed to the screen. "It has three hundred thousand views already!" We all gasped and stared at the rising numbers. "But... but it has only been two hours!" Ria said, her voice laced with pure bafflement. Actually we all were. The amount of attention we were getting was hard to process. This is when we all realise that fans are all excited for a girl group to debut in Bighit. They must have waited for so long.

"Should we read the comments?" Ga eun asked. Our excitement died down in just a snap. "I don't know... I'm scared." Ria reached for my arm, seeking for comfort. I held it back firmly, my fingers drawing circular patterns on the back of her hand.

"I see nothing wrong. I say we should." Eunbi unnie's determined eyes silently gave us reassurance. "What if they don't like us?" Ria asked with a small voice. Her head now hung low.

"Then we prove them wrong." I turned to her and held both her cheeks. "They'll easily fall for your charms, Ria." I patted her head and pulled her closer to my side.

"I'm seriously getting scared of Bighit...They are making too many monster groups
💀💀💀"

"Jesus christ, what do these kids eat?? CDs? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ"

"Saw this trending on Naver and I decided to check them out
++ Best decision ever"

"Flood rv's next Vlive with this one
I'm sure Wendy will love it"

"Why do I feel like we'll be in the
same age group except I'll be the potato and they'll be the sexy french fry?"

"So this is why Jungkook's been
hiding... There are girls in
Bighit now ㅋㅋㅋㅋ"

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Hello MOAs!!! I hope nobody will comment any sexist comments about the girls' outfits and or about how they're still young.

Please, please keep an open mind that every single group in kpop does this.

That's all, love u lots!! 💜💜💜