mixnine. woo jinyoung

XI. Eliminations

The day after, we were all gathered for an announcement. It was going to be about eliminations.

"We will be revealing the top 9 overall, with boys and girls combined. Also, the eliminations will be announced." Hongchul explained.

I had a feeling that I was going to be safe, since I was rank 47th. If my rank didn't go up, I'd be near to last since the eliminations were through ranks 100-170.

The first team, It's Ok, was called for eliminations. Their group was full of popular people, especially Hyojin. Only two people from that team got eliminated. The eliminations continued, with some of them extremely devastating that the whole waiting room shed tears. I hoped that our fate wouldn't end up like theirs, regardless of our messy performance.

"9ood 9irl--"

The monitor showed or team name and we all stood up to head to the place where the eliminations were being held.

"Let's hope the best." I said. "Thank you all for working hard."

"No, let's thank our leader for working hard the most even when you didn't know how to rap at first." Jihye said.

All of us did a group cheer and entered.

YG was sitting on his podium as we went up, standing in a line.

After saying a few words about our team, he named off the passes.

"Hwang Jihyun, you pass." He said.

"Park Haeyoung, pass."

"Lee Jieun, congratulations."

"Kim Hyunjung, pass."

One more at least.

YG stopped speaking. "The rest are eliminated."

I dropped my head low, I couldn't look at the three that were eliminated. My heart was filled with guilt.

Chohyun said a few words, which made me and the girls tear up, before I knew it, I was crying like crazy. We ended it with a bow on the floor, and I gave a hug to each of the members, and a group hug.

"I'm--going--t-to miss you." I said, giving one last hug to Jihye. The hardest part was letting your friends go and knowing you might not ever see them again.

"Leader-nim is crying so crazy." Jieun said, wiping her tears. She lightly hit my shoulder. "Stop, you're making me cry!"

I bit my lip and my cries calmed down. The four of us that passed watched as the three exited the stage, sitting down in the seats afterwards.

Part of me wished that I paid more attention to make them stand out more, maybe then they would've gotten more online votes and had passed.

Ryujin patted my shoulder once I sat down, my tears drying quickly after.

"Jihyun is such a crybaby--" Ryujin teased, wiping my tears.

I sighed and frowned. "It won't...happen again."

"You can't save everyone, that's how you mess up your whole team." Ryujin said.

"Chilsung, Born Hater!" Hongchul greeted as the group rose up.

I pouted. "3 times more points then us."

I assumed all of them would make it, but if anyone had to be eliminated it would be Jaeoh, since he wasn't very popular.

I looked at the production team, and that's when I realized one of the directors was holding a large board. I squinted my eyes to read the text on it.