"Oh my gosh! The bleeding seems to be getting worse!" Yura said in a panicked voice and ran towards her bag and brought out a packet of tampons and without warning shoved it into the girl's nose. "This will help stop the bleeding."
"That's so unhygienic!" Complained one of the other girls "How could you stick that in her nose!"
"It's what I use whenever I had nosebleeds in the past" Yura countered
"You did that on purpose didn't you?" Yura hadn't heard the other girl speak since they entered. "Do what?" Yura shrugged innocently "I didn't know she was behind me!" The girl with the nosebleed could not even speak as she was still caught up in the trauma.After a few minutes,Yura forcefully pulled out the tampon causing more pain to the girl."I think it has stopped" she said, referring to the bleeding. "Is my nose broken?" The girl finally spoke.
Yura inched closer to inspect.It was slightly crooked out of position.Yura held it and snapped it back.The girl gave out a loud shriek. "Sorry,I was trying to put it back into position.I'll buy you an apology gift okay.It is my fault that your nose got hurt." The three girls were at a loss for words.Mi Yeon was a scaredy cat especially in their presence.But now,she seems to have a whole new persona.
Yura went back to arranging her stuff.Humming a gentle tune as she did so.She could feel the three girls gazes on her back almost burning through.She turned to look at them. "It is great to see you guys by the way" She smiled.Her smile sent a torrent of uneasiness through the girls body.
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The trainnees were given the entire day to rest and prepare themselves for the tough competition that would begin the next day.Yura stayed in her bed unbothered watching dance videos with earbuds.The other girls slouched around watching her as she pretended not to notice.
If people change,so do the air around them.Kim Mi Yeon who was as invisible as a wall flower was now too visible to be ignored.The girls found themselves unable to mess with her like they always did before.Ji ah,one of the girls cleared her throat and talked to Yura "Are you going to compete for the lineup?" She didn't break it down as everyone in the room knew what she was talking about.Yura slowly took off one of her earbuds and looked at Ji ah, "Sorry I didn't hear that" the girls threw secret glances at each other in disbelief.The Mi Yeon they knew before didn't have the guts to speak like that. "Will you take part in the competition or not?" Ji ah repeated.
"Of course I will." Yura replied "You know we mostly do not stand a chance against those talents in team A and B"
"You're right.We are at the very bottom of the trainee talent list compared to them" Hee Jin the girl who almost got her nose broken by Yura said.
"It doesn't matter.We just have to do our best.No one knows what might happen." Those words had a hidden meaning that non of the three girls could grab.
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The alarm rang loudly disrupting the sleep of the trainees in team C dorms.Yura rubbed her sleepy eyes and glanced at her phone screen.The time was 5 o clock in the morning. "I can't believe they're ringing the alarm so early." Hee Won groaned.While the others were still glued to their pillows, Yura was already in Mi Yeon's practice clothes and dance shoes.Their door burst open revealing a tall woman. "Get up,you dummies! What are you still doing in bed!" The woman Mrs Jin who was their dorm manager and dance instructor bellowed. "Good morning Mrs Jin" Yura bowed in greeting.The woman looked at Mi Yeon surprised that she was ready unlike the others. "Are you doing okay now?" Yura nodded at the woman's question. "Good." Mrs Jin said "Today,we would be having rigorous training and practices if you aren't up to it.I think it's best you don't step foot in the training room." That was aimed directly at Mi Yeon as everyone knew how terrible she is at dancing and singing.
The other girls reluctantly got ready and headed to the dance studio.Yura stayed back for a while to work on her mantra before heading out to the dance studio.If she didn't have Mi Yeon's memory,she would have had no trouble in locating the dance studio as lots of girls were headed there.The dance studio was as wide as two large halls combined which is no surprise given the number of trainees there was in each team.They were then broken into smaller groups of six each and each group was made to perform a particular choreography of an existing group and we're screened by judges some girls were screened away seconds after they begin dancing.Even if they could obviously dance,they were still screened away.Yura's heart raced as her group was getting closer to performing.Two other girls were added to her roommates making them six.
Soon it was time for her group to perform.They played 'Hey girl' by 1club.The song had hip-hop vibe and a catchy beat.Her stomach knotted.She didn't think it would be like this.She had tried doing the choreo but it was a little difficult as it had power moves.She danced along with the others.Doing the moves she remembered and could.She lagged behind compared to the others.But to the judges and spectators,it was a huge improvement! The judges knew very well that she was the main focus and that the competition was a farce.It was ludicrous as even the walls in the training rooms could bear witness as to how much a failure she is at performing in general.But now... No! It's still too early to give her credit.The music stopped.The girls stood surprised.None of them were screened away.They didn't know if that was a good thing yet.The judge pointed his fingers at Yura. "No 3.....do a freestyle"
"M-Me?" Yura said in pretense astonishment.All eyes were now focused on her making her even more nervous than she initially was.Megan thee stallion's 'Her' was played and she danced to it.Another song was put on.Then another followed by another.Yura danced to twelve songs in a roll.They weren't just testing out her surprise talent,they were testing her endurance and flexibility.It wasn't the best,but it was great. Her singing too.
"Thank you M...No 7." The judge almost called out her name but quickly caught himself.It would seem fishy to the other trainees because they weren't known by name in the training room but with the number glued to their shirts.Though she was quite the celebrity already.
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It took hours before the competition came to a close.Everyone would be notified if they made it into the second round or not.Most of the trainees hung out in the training hall while others went to their dorms. Yura was amongst the trainees who was heading back to the dorms when she was blocked by someone.The same blue haired girl she saw when moving into her dorm. "What was that?" Asked the blue haired girl with her hands folded. "What?" Yura replied, keeping eye contact with the girl. "You were very bad at dancing and now you are being recognized by the judges out of the blue....." She trailed off. "Did you bribe off the dance instructors with money or with your body?" Yura smiled at the girl's snide remarks. "Why? Are you scared that you and I are now on the same talent level? That I will maybe do better than you?"
The blue haired girl scoffed. "Did you lose half of your brain when you threw yourself down a club building? You a useless trashpiece who can't do anything right everyone knows that.So do not go thinking you are all that!"
Yura was puzzled "Club building....?"
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"Prepare the jet"
"Yes sir" the man bowed respectively and left.The other man,dressed in immaculately in an all black suit that was tailormade to his body highlighting his porcelain pale skin.His fingers scrolling through a background check details on a tabloid.Everything about the woman piqued his interest.Not in a good way though especially after seeing that her father is the person that he holds the greatest grudge against. "How oddly interesting" There was a sharp glint in the man's eyes as he said that.