8 days left until the evaluations. My body is aching pretty badly right now, but I can't help it.

I didn't see Yongguk since he walked me home that night, and I avoided Sumi as well. At least that area is quiet, and I can fully focus on the things I need to do.

"Here" Hyuk gave me a bottle of water in the middle of practice.

"Thanks" I smiled at him. We are getting along pretty well. Our dance is a bit intimate as well, it probably helped us get closer.

"How is your back?"

"Just as bad as the rest of my body.." I said and laid down on the floor, putting the water bottle aside.

"I'm sorry.." Hyuk said quietly.

"It's not your fault, it's the dance and the fact that I overworked my body lately.. Besides, I didn't do this kind of stuff for a long time now, obviously my body will hurt.."

"Are you sure?" He still looked worried.

"Yes." I smiled and sat up. "I should also apologize to you because you are probably hurt because of me as well.. I'm kind of heavy."

"Your'e not heavy, and I'm fine. I'm strong enough to carry you." He smiled and showed me his muscles to emphasize his point.

"My knight in shining armor.." I jokingly said.

"Anytime, princess.." He did an exaggerated bow. I like the fact that I can joke around and fool around with him and he will go along with it. We have a similar way of thinking.

"Help me get up and let's go back to practice, I want to work on the jump again.." I said and stretched my hands. He took my hand and helped me stand up.

"Get up, will you?" I said when Hyuk continued to sit on me after practicing some more. In the end of our dance he is supposed to sit on me while I'm trapped between his legs, but it's supposed to be for a second and he is not supposed to actually put his bodyweight on my body, and right now he is doing the exact opposite.

"What should I do? I'm actually comfortable like this." He smiled brightly, still not moving.

"Your'e heavy." I whined.

"Bear with it." He stuck out his tounge at me.

"Go away!" I continued whining and started to hit his arms lightly.

"Hmm" A manly voice came from the enterance of the practice room. Of course it will be Sumi and her dance partner Junsu.

"If you want to flirt do it in other places and don't take the practice room from people who actually need it." Sumi said.

"We are not flirting, we were practicing." Hyuk said and stood up, finally releasing me. "Since your'e here, do you want to see our dance?" He smiled.

"Yah! I can barely breath properly right now, and you want me to do it again?" I exclaimed.

"Crybaby. I'll give you a massage afterwards." Hyuk said, trying to convince me.

"Let's see it." Sumi said smiling, and Junsu nodded in agreement.

"Get up, princess, you heard them.." Hyuk said and offered me his hand so I could get up.

"I hate you." I mumbled and glared at Hyuk. He is going to pay for it.

"Pretty medicore.." Sumi said after we finished our dance.

"Medicore?" I repeated after her, hoping I heard her wrong. There is no way this is medicore.

"Yes." Sumi said dryly.

"Can you do it better?" I asked.

"Any day." She sounded confident.

"I want to see it."

"Hyeri, what are you doing?" Hyuk asked, grabbing my hand.

"She said she can do it better, I want to see her."

"Stop it.." Hyuk said.

"No." I smiled. "What are you waiting for?" I asked Sumi.

"I didn't do warm up yet.."

"Excuses."

"Girls, stop it." Junsu interfered as well before the situation escalated. "Your dance was great, Sumi doesn't know what she is talking about." He smiled warmly at me.

"Fine.." I sighed. "Sumi, next time you want to have a show off, if you can play fair, call me."

"I always play fair." She stated.

"Really? that's new.."

"It's not my fault you blame others for your mistakes.."

"Your'e really impossible." I sighed.

"Hyeri, let's go and let them practice.. They need to reharse as well.." Hyuk said and started dragging me away. I was finally convinced and started collecting my stuff.

"What is wrong with this girl?" I sighed when Hyuk and I was sitting in the cafeteria afterwards.

"Don't take her too seriously, she didn't mean it."

"Yes she did. She doesn't like me."

"Well, stop giving her reasons to hate you even more."

"I'm not doing anything!" My voice came out a little higher than I expected.

"Alright, chill! I'm only trying to help, I'm not her.. don't take it out on me.." Hyuk trailed off.

"I'm sorry." I did got mad at him and he doesn't deserve it.

"Let's go to the gym, you can imagine that the punching bag is her if your'e that upset.." He smiled.

~

"Oppas!" Sumi beamed when she saw B.A.P at the cafeteria.

"What's up?" Himchan asked, offering her a seat next to them.

"Not good.." Sumi made a sad face.

"What's wrong?" Jongup asked.

"The new girl is mean to me.." Sumi whined.

"Hyeri? She can't hurt a fly, what are you talking about?" Zelo said.

"She always try to start fights with me.. You can ask hyuk and Junsu, they saw it today."

"You probably just misunderstood her.." Youngjae said.

"Why are all of you so sure she is an angel? She always wrap guys around her finger.."

"Because she is a good girl, and no one is wrapped around her finger." Daehyun stated.

"You still aren't beacause you don't hang out with her that much, but there are other guys in the company as well and you haven't seen her with them."

"Like who?" Yongguk asked.

"Hyuk. She always flirt with him and making him do stuff for her.."

"Which one of them is Hyuk?" Jongup asked. His 4D personality came out again.

"The muscle boy." Daehyun answered.

"Wait, he like girls? I always thought he is into guys more.." Himchan said.

"Well, we never really saw him date someone and he doesn't talk about it that much, so I guess we don't know." Youngjae said.

"Oppas!" Sumi whined again. "You are not listening to me.."

"We did, you don't like her. Let her do whatever she want and just ignore her. If Hyuk or whoever is helping her let them be, it's their buissnes, not yours." Yongguk started to get annoyed, making everyone else look at him curiously because of his reaction. He doesn't lose his patience often.

~

"Hey guys!" I said happily when I went to the cafeteria after the gym. B.A.P was there with Sumi.

"Hey" Zelo smiled.

"What's up?" I asked.

"Good, how is practice going?"

"Tiring but good."

"Here" Hyuk joined us and gave me an energy snack.

"Thanks." I smiled. "You still owe me though.."

"Yeah yeah.. always demenading stuff from me.."

"Excuse me? you volunteered to do it, I didn't force you." I tried to look offended.

"Why don't you just date?" Sumi said, cutting off our conversation. I looked at B.A.P and all of them looked at us curious.

"Wer'e not dating." Me and Hyuk said simultaneously, making Sumi roll her eyes in disbelief.

"Whatever you say.." Sumi said.

"Hey, don't you have practice?" Hyuk asked me and I realized what time is it. I totally forgot I had to practice with Minho.

", Minho will kill me. I got to go.. Bye guys!" I waved to the group and rushed back to the third floor to meet Minho.

"Your'e late." Minho stated when I entered the practice room.

"I'm sorry, I got carried away a little and I didn't notice the time.. I promise it won't happen again."

"Let's practice." He just said dryly and we started practicing.

Ah! This day is so tiring. I think that I danced for 8 hours today, I sang for another three, and worked out for two hours. Crazy. It's not like I'm debuting soon, so why make everything so stressful?

The next couple of days was the same - practicing, workout, keep practicing, short break and practicing again. The only good thing is that I managed to lose 3kg from all the effort.

"Hey, give me your song for the evaluation.." Sumi asked when I flopped down on my bed at the dorm. I didn't even noticed she came into the room.

"Which song?" I asked confused.

"Jinu asked me to collect all the music from all the trainees before the evaluations, so I need yours as well, idiot."

"I would have given it to you even without that lovely nickname."

"I'm glad you liked it, I think it suit you well." She smiled.

"I'll give it to you tomorrow." I had to stop myself from starting a fight with her. She is really pushing it.

"I need it by tomorrow morning." Sumi said dryly.

"You will get it tomorrow, relax."

"Good." She smiled brightly and stormed out of the room. I sighed. Please don't let me be in the same group with her when I debut, I don't think I will be able to handle it, and dealing with her right now is more than enough for me..

~

The day of the evaluations finally came. By now I was practically a zombie from lacking hours of sleep. In the first few days I still managed to get five or six hours of sleep, but afterwards it got cut down to three or four due to practice, and doing this for two weeks with a lot of physical effort is definitely not enough, and it started to affect me.

My alarm clock didn't rang and I was almost late for the evaluations, I got coffee spilled all over my clothes and I had to change, making me waste even more time I didn't have to begin with, and I was a bundle of nerves in general. What a great start for the day..

In addition, B.A.P was here today as well, they just finished promoting, so they had time to come and watch us as well.

The first part was singing\rapping. Sey did her own version of Tablo's Tomorrow and I helped her with the vocal part. I tried not to mess up so I won't ruin her performance. Hyerim and the other vocal teachers smiled when we finished. Sumi came up next and she chose the same song as me. From all the songs she could have chosen she had to choose my song. What else is going to happen today?

Sumi finished her song and everyone applaued. She did well, she is a good singer. My turn came next. I got up, took a deep breath and took my place. I reminded myself to stay calm.

"I'm singing Eyes, Nose, Lips as well." I said. They looked at me surprised.

"Why did you choose the same song as her?" Jinu asked dryly. I didn't choose the same song as her! Why are they accusing me of copying her just because she sang before me? I looked at Sumi, who was smiling brightly.

"It was a coincidence, I didn't know she was working on the same song."

"But it's written here you were going to sing something else.." Jinu said and looked at the page in front of him. What? I definitely told them I'm singing this song because that was the only song I was working on.

"What does it say?"

"It says Don't Look At Me Like That by Song Jieun." I was dumbfounded.

"That's weird.." I said quietly. "I never practiced this song before.. It's probably a mistake."

"Sing your Eyes, Nose, Lips this time, but next time you have to do what's written in the papers, even if you never heard the song before. Understand?"

"Y.. yes.." I stuttered.

"Great, you can start." Jinu smiled and I started to sing, forcing myself to relax. I can't make mistakes, and Sumi sang it really well. When the song ended I went back to my sit. I looked at their faces, and they were blank. There is no way to tell what they were thinking. When I sat down Sey squeezed my hand, trying to encourage me, but it didn't help, I was still nervous.

The vocal part finally ended and the next test was the couple dance. Of course I will be first.. I think Minho and I did well, and it was a fun dance, to MKTO's classic, so it made me smile a little, for the first time today. Next was Sumi and Junsu with their Trouble Maker version, ier than the original. Thank god I didn't had to do a y dance because I'm bad at it and I hate doing this stuff as well. Me and Hyuk were last.

"Don't drop me down!" I warned Hyuk before we started dancing. We practiced a lot and I trust him, but I'm still a little scared because it can be dangerous.

"Only if you didn't gain weight.." he winked.

"Idiot." I mumbled, and took my place before the music started. We chose Pink's Try. Our choreography was more subtle than the original one, but it was pretty intense as well.

When the dance ended without mistakes I was finally relieved. It was the hardest part and the thing I was the most afraid of. I smiled and Hyuk helped me get up. Gun and the rest applaued us and Gun gave us a thumbs up when we passed by him. Great. Sumi made an annoyed face and glared at me furiously, but I didn't care.

When we sat down Hyuk sat behind me and I settled between his legs. He started massaging my shoulders and my back slowly. I closed my eyes, letting myself relax, forgetting for a moment that we are not alone. Without noticing, I moaned when he got to the hurt spot on my back. I opened my eyes to see everyone glaring at me, dissparoving looks in their eyes. I blushed furiously. My eyes immediatly wandered to Yongguk.. His eyes were blank and didn't reveal any emotion. What does that mean?

"I'm sorry.." I mumbled.

"She got hurt because of me, I was just trying to help her." Hyuk hurried to explain.

"You two, come see me after we finish here." Jinu said dryly.

"Yes, sir.."

When the individual dance part came I glanced nervously at B.A.P. I chose Punch as the background music, and I didn't know how they will react.

The music started and I tried not to look at them. If they don't like it I will probably be discouraged and start to mess up.

I focused on my dance and I could hear Daehyun singing along to his high notes, and it made me smile. This boy really likes to sing..

"My choreography.." Jongup mumbled.

"She can't really copy it like it is, it's against the rules, and we are six, she is one, obviously it will be different.. Don't be so butthurt over it." Youngjae said.

"And she does it quite well.." Zelo added.

The music suddenly changed while  was dancing. That wasn't supposed to happen. I froze, confused from the sudden change. I listened to the new song that was played - Wannabe by the Spice Girls. This really isn't funny. I didn't even have this song on my Ipod, so there is no way I submitted the wrong track my mistake. I took a deep breath and regained my compusre. I can't stop in the middle, so I just need to improvise something. It shouldn't be this complicated with this song, but will it end here?

Maybe I should just stop and tell them something went wrong with my song? But Jinu looked pissed and it's not smart to make him angrier. The other staff didn't look that happy as well.. This is not good. That doesn't leave me any other options but to go on like nothing happened.

I continued dancing and hoped the rest didn't notice something is wrong. The music changed a couple of times afterwards to an even weirder songs. I forced myself to smile and to go on. Someone took the random play dance game literally and just stuck a bunch of unconnected songs together. When the music changed to a ballet song I confirmed my suspicion about the culprit - Sumi. I glared at her and she smiled brightly, happy to see me struggle.

The dance finally ended. It was bad. Really bad. She even put there some y songs, my Achilles heel. The staff stayed quiet. I didn't had the courage to look up, so I just went quietly to my sit, staring at a random spot on the floor.

"Good, now we are going to do a vote for the best couple dance." Jinu said. I sighed. I really need that day off to get some sleep. If I go on like this I will collapse.

Jinu asked everyone what was their favourite dance. I voted for Sey, because I genuinly liked her dance.

To my surprise, me and Hyuk won, meaning we got the day off the next day. Hyuk squeezed my hand and smiled brightly. I was relived. Our hard work paid off.

The only thing that is left now is to talk to Jinu, probably to get scolded, and to confront Sumi about my weird dance routine. I sighed. Can this day just be over?

Author's Note:

This is my longest chapter so far.. I guess I got motivated because of Sumi and Hyuk, but it was fun to write, so I hope it will be fun to read as well.

Next episode Hyeri actually talks to Sumi about it.. Will it turn into a cat fight?

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