IDOL PRODUCER 2 - DISCONTINUED

8.

I woke up to someone shaking me and I groaned before turning around to face the wall.

"Yingyue, we have to continue with rehearsals," I heard Jia Yi say. "Wake up."

"The alarm didn't even ring!" I groaned still not opening my eyes.

"Of course it did! You were just too deep asleep!" He told me and stood up. "Come on, I'll wait for you at my dorm. The boys are finally awake."

When he left, I finally stood up and made my way to the bathroom and took a shower before putting my training clothes on and combing my hair.

As I hadn't eaten any proper food in an entire day (a few snacks from the machines inside the training building being the only things), I was really hungry, so I knocked on Jia Yi's dorm room door and he opened it.

"Done already?" He asked me.

"Yes," I answered. "Do you want to grab some breakfast? I'm starving!"

"Of course! Let me dry my hair first," he told me as he had just gotten out of the shower.

"You don't need you, short hair dries fast," I said ruffling his hair before grabbing his arm. "Let's go!"

He didn't have a chance to say anything as I was already dragging him out of his room and to the canteen. I hadn't been there yet so I didn't even know how it looked inside.

"Are you really that hungry?" He asked me chuckling.

"I only ate granola bars yesterday, what do you think?" I said sarcastically. "I got angry after that boy's comment and spent the rest of the day practising."

"What?! Why do you do that to yourself? Do I need to keep an eye on you or what?" He exclaimed.

"Don't be silly! It's not like that would kill me," I said before we entered the canteen. "Where do we sit now?"

"Yingyue, Jia Yi!" Li Wenhan yelled from one of the tables. "Join us!"

Both of us then picked up our food and joined Wenhan and his labelmates at their table.I hadn't had the pleasure to meet them yet, just as with most of the trainees, but I guessed they were nice people to be with from what I had seen during the evaluation.

"Hello, I'm Jiang Yingyue," I introduced myself. "Please take care of me."

"I'm Hu Wenxuan, nice to meet you," one of the boys said.

"Hu Chunyang." Said the other.

"From which year are you, Yingyue?" Wenhan asked me. "I'm just curious."

"I said it during the rap in the evaluation: 1999. If you want more precision, from the 30th of October," I answered. "If I am not the youngest I must be the second youngest."

"I'm older than someone, yes!" Hu Chunyang exclaimed making me laugh.

"Anyways, how are your rehearsals going?" Wenhan asked me.

"They are going well. I finished learning the song yesterday in the afternoon and now I'm just reviewing and perfecting it," I answered him. "I need to keep my rank!"

"Aren't you lonely?" Wenxuan said. "All by yourself at the dorms and rehearsals, I mean."

"Quite a lot, honestly," I answered truthfully. "Thank god Jia Yi over here and Wang Jiayi came to give me some company."

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Later that afternoon, at around four, I was practising alone at the dance studio when teacher Jolin Tsai and Minghao came in.

"Hello, teachers," I said bowing.

"Hello, Yingyue!" Jolin said with a smile. "This room feels really empty with only you here."

"It really is, yes," I agreed. "I wish some of the boys join me after this evaluation."

"The boys coming?" She asked.

"I refuse to drop rank, that's for sure!" I exclaimed making both of them chuckle.

"Minghao already told me you have been doing really well and you already learnt the dance," she told me. "May we check it now?"

After nodding, the staff played the music for me and I began both singing and dancing. I checked my expressions and angles in the mirror to make sure it was all perfect as the teachers checked any flaw or thing I could improve. Once I was done, they both applauded me and I bowed while catching my breath.

"That was really impressive!" Jolin said with a smile. "I don't think there were any noticeable mistakes and everything seemed to be in perfect condition. I don't know what to say!"

"Thank you, teacher," I said bowing. "I will continue to work hard."

"If you continue like this until you record tomorrow, you won't have any trouble receiving another A," she told me. "Do you have any questions?"

"I wanted to ask you something although it is not entirely related to the dance," I told her. "How can I make my dance blend with the boys?"

"What do you mean by that?" Minghao asked confused.

"As she isn't rehearsing with the boys and her dance style is slightly feminine she is having trouble with it. Am I right?" Jolin asked me and I nodded. "I honestly can just advise you to rehearse with the boys and try to mimic the way they move. You still can add your feminine style, but you can try to see how they do it to get a general idea."

 "Thank you, teacher. I will," I said bowing.   

"Are you close to the boys?" Minghao asked me. "I heard that you are all by yourself in the dorms too, so I was wondering if you had any bonding time with them."

"I have really only spoken to Wang Jiayi, Jia Yi and the Yehua boys, and only for a few minutes in the case of the latter ones. I haven't had the chance to speak to them and I am really shy," I explained. "They haven't tried to talk to me either, so I don't know what to do."

"Maybe you can join one of their classes later," Minghao told me with a smile. "As I see you at least have spoken with some of the boys from B rank, I suggest you join them in their rehearsals and use it as an excuse to bond together."

"I will follow your advice. Thank you, teacher," I said bowing.

"We will leave you to rehearse now," Jolin said. "Keep working hard!"