My hands are shaking when I reach the doorknob into the SM entertainment building.
I'm extremely nervous, and I try to keep my body from shaking too much.
When I get in, two security guards stand tall and wide, blocking further entrance to the building.
"ID." One of them commands, sticking a hand out towards me.
"Ah yes! Of course." I say.
When looking in my purse for my ID, the awkward silence becomes intense, and it doesn't help that it takes me like a whole minute to find it in my purse.
"Here."
They check it, and leads me towards the reception.
A lady sits behind the desk, speaking with someone on the phone.
I just stand there before her with two enormous guards beside me, waiting for her to finish her call.
"Yes?" She asks bored, not looking at me, just wanting to get this over with.
"Uhm, m-my name is Zhong L-Liang, a-and I was told to-" I stutter out, before she cuts me off.
"Here." She gives me a little sign with my name and the word guest on it.
"Put this on your shirt and walk down that hallway, then you'll see an office on your right hand where you'll be awaited." She says in a monotone voice.
"O-okay, thank you." I say, bowing slightly in respect.
I walk down the hallway, noticing the guards aren't by my side anymore, which is actually quite nice, I found them kinda intimidating.
The hallway is nice, very simple. The walls are white, and the floor made of some kind of dark wood.
It's quiet, the only sound is my shoes hitting the floor with every step I take.
I eventually reach the door that I think is the correct one, with a sign saying head office.
I knock carefully.
"Yes, come in!" A woman's voice says.
I open the door and I'm immediately met with a really beautiful and intelligent looking woman, and I immediately feel intimidated.
"Hi, you must be Zhong Liang, I'm Kim Ara, nice to finally meet you, we talked on the phone last time we talked." She says, reaching her hand out to shake mine.
I do recognize her voice from the phone call the other day.
I grab her hand, and she gives me a firm handshake with a wide smile, showing professionalism.
"Well take a seat, and we'll have a little talk." She gestured to a chair in front of her desk.
I sit down in the chair in front of the grey desk, and she sits in the one behind it.
"I saw the footage of you with my colleague the other day, and I must say, we were extremely impressed! You definitely have talent." She says in an almost too excited way.
"Ah thank you..." I say looking down, because my cheeks instantly heated up, cause of the compliment. I always struggle with getting compliments, my body just don't know how to handle them without getting flustered.
"Hmm, actually I don't think there's much to talk about right now, I would actually prefer to have you here a couple of days to see what you've got, before we talk about the contract and so."
I guess that makes sense, no need to talk about such things, before anything is sure, that would just be a waste of time.
"So I think this talk will mostly be if you have any questions." She says, looking at me with an awaiting look.
"Umm, let me see." I say, thinking about something to ask her about.
I'm always bad at coming up with questions on the spot, but I really make sure to think about some now, cause I know as soon as we move on, I'll think about a million questions, but then it'll be too late.
Then I think of one that I'm quite curious about.
"I don't really have many question, but I'm curious to know how many other girls are in the group and when I'll get to meet them." I say, satisfied with coming up with something, but also sincerely curious about it
She looks confused, and she's silent for what feels like minutes, but probably just a couple seconds.
Then she starts laughing, and confusion strikes me immediately.
I frown, not knowing what's so fun.
"Oh god, didn't I tell you?" She asks when finished laughing.
"Tell me what?" I ask, a little worried, but more confused.
"Honey, you won't debut in a girl group." She says.
At first I'm surprised, considering I always thought this would be an all girl group.
But then again, there's groups like KARD, where they're half and half. And that doesn't seem too bad I guess.
"Oh... okay, well how many boys and girls are there then in this group?" I ask, wanting to know if it's half and half or what they've planned.
"Well considering you're gonna be the only girl in this group, if you get to debut that is, then it'll be seven boys and one girl." She answers with a smile.
My heart skips a beat and my eyes widen. I'll be the only girl...
"That's okay, right?" She asks, and her smile falters a tiny bit.
I'm just about to say that I'll need to think about it, cause it's a little much to take in, but then I think to myself that this might be my only chance.
"N-no, it won't be a problem I guess, just a little much to take in." I explain, while laughing nervously.
"I understand honey, but don't worry, the boys are literally the sweetest and very respectful." She says, sounding genuine.
Meanwhile:
Ten's POV
"Yah! This is stupid, you're pure evil!" Hendery exclaims annoyed, pointing at me.
I just sit back on the couch with a smirk plastered on my face.
"No no, I always clean the dorm, and you guys are so dirty." I say, wrinkling my nose in a sarcastic manner, knowing how annoying I'm being.
"No, it's just you who's obsessed with everything being clean." He says, rolling his eyes.
"Well today, everyone has to clean up, except me and baby YangYang." I say, leaning back on the couch, loving having this power.
"How's that fair?! Why doesn't YangYang have to clean up." Lucas asks.
"Cause he's just a baby, he probably can't do it well enough." I say joking.
"Hey! I'm not a baby." YangYang responds annoyed with me.
"You are if you don't want to clean." I say while smirking, knowing that'll convince him.
"I'm gonna be the leader of this group! How are you just deciding these things." Kun says.
"Well you guys just need to stop being so dirty then." I say rolling my eyes sarcastically, going back to my drawing on my iPad, knowing I pissed the others off.
25 minutes later they're done cleaning, while I've just laid on the couch, drawing in the meanwhile.
The others comes over to join me.
"You guys heard that they might have found the last member?" Xiaojun says suddenly.
We all look at him with surprised faces, excepts Winwin, who apparently already knew.
"Yeah, I also heard that it's Chenle's sibling." Winwin says.
"Ah really? I didn't know he had a brother." I ask.
"Neither did I." Kun says, just as surprised.
"Yeah, I actually think he arrived today, so it'll probably be a couple days, where they'll need to evaluate him, before we can meet." Xiaojun says.
"Do we know how old he is?" YangYang suddenly asks.
"Ah, are you afraid someone will take the baby-position from you." I ask teasingly, ruffling his hair.
"Hey! I'm not a baby, I'm like almost an adult you know." He answers, sounding serious, but I just laugh at him.
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A/N
Another chapter done!
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