nct imagines ii

nct - tv show

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a girl left the stage to join the others on another stage. you stood by yourself on the performance stage, tears were threatening to fall from your face.

"we're sorry, but you will not be moving onto the next round," one of the judges said to you, and you just grit your teeth in frustration.

everyone was sad. it was close to the finals so everyone had gotten attached to each other. you knew that the two of them just watched what happened from backstage and were either fuming in anger or genuinely upset for you.

you bowed in respect before standing up straight. tears fell and you wiped your tears with the sleeve of the jacket you were wearing.

after saying good luck to the others, you left the stage and went backstage. production workers were guiding you as the show continued. luckily, a camera didn't follow you as you went to sit in one of the dressing rooms.

no one was in there. just a tv on the wall that was broadcasting what was happening onstage.

you knew they were probably looking for you, but they probably had to go on stage for their performance.

they'll make it. they'll make it, y/n.

a heavy but shaky sigh left your lips as you watched the tv screen.

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all of the performances happened and eventually the elimination began. you watched in suspense as people's names were called, but their names were never called.

"what?" you questioned and ran out of the room. you hurried down to where the stage was, trying to push through as staff stopped you.

after a bit of time, the two guys walked down and saw you in the hallway.

"the three of us, huh?" jeno spoke with a sigh. he gave you a small hug. "we'll do better next time," he said to you and shotaro, giving the latter a small hug as well.

"but your performances were amazing. i can't believe you two got eliminated," you said to them as staff members directed you to bring you to a van that would take you back to the dorm you were staying at.

"maybe it's rigged," shotaro said quietly so the staff members wouldn't hear.

"probably," jeno chuckled. "you guys wanna go get ice cream?" he asked once you three got into a van with a staff member.

"sure," shotaro replied and you nodded.

the three of you were driven back to the dorm building. you went to your dorms and packed up all of you stuff. luckily, you didn't bring that much stuff in the first place so it was pretty easy to pack up. you made sure you had everything you needed before leaving.

you went outside of the dorm building and found shotaro and jeno waiting for you.

"did you text the guys?" you asked them.

"yea. guess we can't tell them our results, huh? that'll be weird," shotaro commented, readjusting his duffel bag that was hanging on his shoulder. "taeyong said him and johnny will pick us up," he mentioned. you nodded.

"hopefully it goes well for everyone else. a lot of people were eliminated today in general," you said, looking at the studio you were just in.

"the next episode will be the finale," jeno mentioned with a sigh. "at least we did pretty well."

"we can always try again," shotaro said. "besides, we were the best to the guys, and that matters the most," he added. you nodded in agreement with a smile.