"Nari? Is everything alright? Where were you during the announcements and the other stages? And what's that on your neck! What happened?!" Frantic worries came from her friends, who couldn't help but worry for her.
"Oh well there was a family emergency actually...I don't wanna talk about it...and this?" she pointed to her neck. "I got it while the stylist was straightening my hair, it was there quite a while back! I'll be fine!" she lied. "What about your fingers? Why are they bandaged?"
"Uh well- you know during the family emergency...something happened-I broke a glass..." she partially lied. "Well, I hope you get well soon!" Sumin hugged her. "I will..I always have," she muttered. "Now, do you want me to tell you some exciting news?" Sumin almost giggled. "Uh-sure? I guess?"
"Guess who's performing at studio choom!"
"Let's see, K group's back door? And G group's you calling my name?"
"How did you know!" Sumin exclaimed. "I guessed, since you know," Nari smiled back. "I honestly don't know," the elder replied. "Unnie-nevermind...I'm going out to the common area, I wanna see the snow."
"Okay, do you wanna be left alone?"
"Kind of...yes."
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This was one of those rare yet beautifully calming moments that Meilin liked. The serene view of snow slowly falling down, tiny snowflakes probably getting lost in the abyss of everything. While she still tried to forget about the blood in the room and the screams, she couldn't. Worry invaded her peace of mind, not letting her relax.
"What could've happened? What went in that room?" Perhaps she would never know. She was suddenly pulled out of her thoughts when a familiar voice called her name. "Oh Hao," she smiled, as the boy took a seat next to her. "Is everything alright? You seem really disturbed, like extremely," Zhang hao said. "Oh well, I don't know its just..." she sighed out not sure about how to convey her feelings.
"If you're worried about being eliminated, don't be, you're amazing and you know that!" The boy smiled. "I'm not that worried for that, it's just," she took a pause. "Before going on stage, I heard this scream...like it was terrible, and when I followed it after, it was coming from this green room but the staff took me away..."
"Did you check the room afterwards?" He asked, growing curious. "I did, but, there was nothing in that room...other than a splotch of blood on the floor," Meilin answered. "Really? That's...that's honestly horrible, did you tell anyone?"
"No, if it happened here, in a green room, during a very busy period when so many people can access the room...the staff here has to have been involved," Meilin said. "That's true, I would've never thought of that." Zhang Hao gasped.
"If I tell anyone, I might risk that person and me as well," she said further. "Well you can't expect anything else from a Harvard Psychology Major!" He laughed, as she playfully hit his shoulder, "Don't bring that up please," she sighed yet again. "I know you hated it, but you didn't hate doing it, you just hated the person who made you do it."
"Oh I will always hate them don't worry about it,"
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"Yujin! Yujin! Yujin!"
"Oh my god what?"
"I can't believe we're going to STUDIO CHOOM!" Jiwoong screamed, happiness flowing through every word of his sentence. "Well you better believe it, since you have to do good there as well," Yujin told him. "Hey! Why are you so not enthusiastic? What's wrong with you?" Taerae asked.
"Did you not see me screaming when our team name was announced? I'm just a little tired okay?" Yujin replied. "Are you tired or is there someone on your mind?" Jiwoong asked. "Yea-wait what?"
"I saw you continuously looking for someone a while back, and even now, you went to the common room five times," Jiwoong explained. "How do you even realise all this?" The boy couldn't believe he was busted. "I am your hyung, you know, now who's the girl?"
"How do you know it's a girl?" Junhyeon, who was clueless asked. "I mean of course its a girl, he went to the 5th floor one too many times," the eldest explained again. "Oh right, that's where the girls have their dorms," Junhyeon nodded as he understood before asking Yujin, "So who is the girl?"
"Your mom," Yujin said, picking up his stuff, trying to escape the interrogation. "Guys don't pressure him like that," Jongwoo suddenly said. "But who is she? Come on tell us! Don't leave us on a cliffhanger, you aren't the penthouse drama," Junhyeon rolled his eyes.
"Alright, fine, but," the young boy smirked, "Since I'm basically telling you guys my crush, I deserve to know yours, is that fair?" He really thought he would be able to have the upperhand in the situation, however, "Alright, cool." They all said.
"You guys go first!"
"Okay...for me it has to be Yuki." "Mirae," "Oh me too!" "Jiwoong hyung." "Dude we know."
"Jiwoong hyung what about you? Is it Jongwoo?"
"Maybe? But if I have to answer, then I guess Meilin, she's...kind," he said in a chic manner. "You sound so chic but what you said was really lame." "You guys are mean." "Okay,okay whatever, Yujin now tell us!"
"Ah fine," Yujin sat down once again, taking a deep breath in. "It's...Nari, she-I don't know, she just...she's kind and pretty but she's also admirable, I don't know," he sighed. "Today she was not there, and when I tried to look around to find her smiling, I couldn't because she's basically been a ghost since her performance, I hope she's alright."
"Are you talking about Nari? I saw her in the common room," Gunwook came in out of nowhere, overhearing their conversation, but before he could settle in, he was basically shoved aside as Yujin pushed him out of his way to run out of the room. "Wow," "Amazing," "That was very interesting," "Where did you come from?"
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"You failed? Again? I swear to god if it wasn't for that you would be fired by now!" Kang Yeonji shrieked in anger, throwing a glass vase on the wall. "Madam, please, just, how about you just let her debut, maybe after that, you could make sure her life as an idol is terrible? Think about it, she wouldn't ever stop trying, we stopped her debuting in Hive or whatever but she still joined this show now..." the woman tried convincing the angry lady.
"Ms.Park, that's not a bad idea, not bad at all actually, but keep making sure something or the other goes wrong for that girl, I can't see her happy, not one bit."
"Mrs.Kang, please calm down, you can't be doing this,"
"For god's sake, find out about all the trainees, and make sure you do this..." The words that left Kang Yeonji's mouth were horrible, utterly disgusting. Ms.Park, her secretary couldn't help but feel her heart breaking as she was made to do all this. If it only weren't for her situation, she could save the poor girl from this misery.
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A/N : pretty much a filler chapter but oh well, remember to drink some water, eat well and fix that posture !!
