Chapter 60

Masks

"Let's vote." I said while we gathered in the living room in our dorm.

"I hate the song, so I think we should stick to the two title songs." Sey said.

"I actually like the song, so I vote for 'Oppa is mine'." Eun Hee said.

"The cheerleading sounds nice and it's original, so I'm voting for 'Oppa is mine' as well." Sumi said.

"I hate the song, so I'm with Sey." I said. Now it was Yujin's turn, and she is the one deciding as well. All of us looked at her curiously, waiting for her to speak.

"I.. Like the song better and I agree that the cheerleading is intresting. It should be fun, the concept and the music video." She said, and me and Sey sighed.

"That means it's decided." Sumi stated. "We tell Jinu tomorrow we are going with 'Oppa is mine'."

"It's going to be realy bad.." I mumbled quietly.

"At least you can handle the dance well, what are the rest of us supposed to do?" Sey asked.

"I wonder how it will sound like now.." Eun Hee said.

"Oppa, oppa, oppa.. Stay away from oppa!" Sumi started singing. The other girls joined her. Eventually me and Sey gave up and we sang as well, an improvised acapella version of the song.

"We better get used to it.." Sey sighed, putting her arm on my shoulder. The girls turned to look at me, waiting for me to sing my lines.

"Oppa is mine!" I sang my line with the high note.

"Ridiculous." Sey laughed.

"We really don't have anything good.. From our name through our greeting and to our debut song and concept."

"Give me P, give me E, give me P.." She started doing an exaggerated cheer, spelling our group name. I started laughing.

"How can you still joke about it? I feel embarrassed debuting like this." I said.

"Will it help if I cry? We should just follow along and hope it will get better." she smiled.

"Princess, you missed your line!" Yujin scolded.

"Sorry.." I apologized and hurried to sing my part.

The girls had their fun singing while I joined when it was my turn. At least we remember all the lyrics for tomorrow..

 

~

 

"Oppa!" Sumi beamed when she saw Jinu.

"What is it?" he smiled.

"We have a decision!" she said in a squeaky voice. That voice of her can drive an elephant crazy. Luckily she sounds normal when singing..

"What is it?" Jinu asked.

"We decided to do the 'Oppa is mine' song!" she beamed.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes." Sumi nodded enthusiastically.

"Alright, the I'll make all the necessary arrangements."

"Thanks, oppa." Sumi smiled brightly.

 

We finished recording the song relatively fast and afterwards we started learning the dances of the other songs since Gun haven't finished working on our title song yet. I have to admit that the 'improved' version of our title is a little better than the original, but it's still bad. I hope I'll learn to like it someday..

 

~

 

"Guys!" Himchan stormed into the B.A.P's dorm.

"What is it?" Youngjae asked, his eyes glued to the tv screen in front of him.

"I have information on the girl's debut." he said proudly.

"How is that news? You are dating one of them, and we already know about their debut.." Zelo got out from his room.

"No, no, it's something new. The girls don't know yet about a part of it."  the older male insisted.

"What is it?" Daehyun asked, food in his mouth. By now, all the boys gathered around Himchan.

"Forget about two title songs, it's only one and it really bad."

"That's not good.." Zelo mumbled.

"But they planned on doing two titles, what has changed?" Jongup asked curiously.

"The girls liked this song, so the company decided to work with it.."

"Okay.. That's not news, you idiot. The girls can tell you that themselves." Yongguk said.

"They are doing a cheerleading concept. And they are bringing someone from the US to help them with the choreography."

"At least they are trying to help them.." Youngjae tried to find something positive.

"How do you even know this things?" Jongup asked.

"I'm good at milking information from females. The girls from the PR team and the secretaries adore me."

"How about you take care of your own girlfriend instead of flirting with other girls?" Yongguk threw a pillow at him. Himchan dodged it easily.

"I am taking care of my girlfriend, and I'm not flirting. It was for gathering information that will help them." Himchan smiled brightly.

"Idiot.." Yongguk mumbled.

"Oh, I just remembered something." Himchan said.

"What?" Youngjae asked.

"They are starting to reveal the girls tomorrow. Hyeri is first, according to age. They will probably ask us to promote them as well.. We are not supposed to reveal the name of the group until they finish introducing all the girls, so don't mess up."

"Why didn't they tell us?" Daehyun pondered.

"Probably waited for tomorrow? Maybe they didn't had the chance to tell us yet since they were busy with the girls." Youngjae suggested.

"Yah, from 1 to 10, how bad is their title song?" Yongguk asked Himchan.

"200. But it's catchy and maybe the dance willl help them as well.."

 

~

 

I woke up with a smile. We are starting to work on our debut song today. Although I don't like the song yet. I hope it will change in the future. I got up from my bed and went to the bathroom to wash myself and get ready for the day.

"Girls, look!" Yujin was standng in the kitchen, her phone in her hand. We looked at her curiously.

"Hyeri's first picture is out!" She beamed and showed us her phone. "They have articles as well!"

"You look pretty.." Eun Hee commented after examining the picture.

"Thanks." I thanked her shyly. The picture does look pretty. I took out my phone to check one of the articles:

 

Looks like TS Entertainment is kicking off their new girl group!

The company mentioned earlier this year their intention of debuting a five member girl group in the summer, and the time has finally come.

Today the company uploaded to their official site and their official SNS a picture of one of the girls with a mysterious caption - 'Spicy'.

BABYs will probably recognize the girl in the picture as Hyeri, who featured in Yongguk's solo just a couple of months ago.

We will wait patiently for more updates about the girls.

Are you excited?

#TSNewGirlGroup #Spicy #Hyeri #Fighting!

 

"This is great!" Sey stated after reading the article as well.

"Let's hope it will have a good response." Yujin said.

"Of course it will! Hyeri is awsome, and she gained some attention already." Sey smiled, patting my back.

"Let's get ready, we will be late for practice." Sumi said.

 

On the way to the company I recieved a text from Yongguk - "The picture came out well. Check our SNS :)".

I smiled and checked the boys twitter. I was surprised to found out that they had already promoted it. All of them RTed the company's update and added some captions of their own. It made me smile since they took this chance to tease and to send some encouraging messages as well:

 

Yongguk - #TSNewGirlGroup #Spicy #Hyeri #Fighting! #MyLovelyDuetPartner #DoWell! #ImSupportingYou

Himchan - #TSNewGirlGroup #Spicy #Hyeri #Fighting! #PrettyGirl #DontMessUp #Kiddoh #ImWatchingYou #DebutWell

Daehyun - #TSNewGirlGroup #Spicy #Hyeri #Fighting! #Chingu #StopComplainingAlready #YouWillDoGreat #CryBaby

Youngjae - #TSNewGirlGroup #Spicy #Hyeri #Fighting! #HardWorkingGirl #StopTalkingBackToPeople #FollowYourHeart

Jongup - #TSNewGirlGroup #Spicy #Hyeri #Fighting! #WhatIsThisConcept #NoonaIsPrettyHere #YouAreFinallyDebuting #YouWorryTooMuch

Zelo - #TSNewGirlGroup #Spicy #Hyeri #Fighting! #Noona #ThisPictureIsKindaWeird #ButILikeIt #Daebak! #ImSupportingNoonasDebut

 

Those idiots.. I am thankful to them.

We reached the practice studio, where Jinu was waiting with Gun and another guy, who didn't look korean. He was handsome and muscular.

"Good morning.." Jinu greeted, smiling.

"Good morning, oppa." we greeted.

"This is Matt. He is american and he is working in Korea right now. He is going to help you with the dance and stunts, so be nice to him."

"Yes, oppa."

"Don't worry too much, I'm always here to help you." Gun said, smiling.

"Introduce yourselves." Jinu ordered.

"I'm Hyeri, nice to meet you." I started, since I was standing in the end of the line.

"How much do you weight?" Matt asked after scanning me.

"I.. Don't.. Know.." I stuttered. Why is he asking that? It has nothing to do with my dance abilities.

"Her weight is 46kg right now. She is supposed to lose weight, we are working on it." Jinu hurried to answer.

"Right, Hyeri?" Jinu glared at me.

"Right." I said, not wanting to cause trouble.

"Make sure she lose it, fast." Matt said dryly.

"Of course." Jinu said, and the males turned their gaze to the next girl - Sey.

"I'm Sey." she introduced herself.

"You are pretty." Matt smiled.

"Thank you." she blushed a little.

"I'm Eun Hee."

"I'm Sumi."

"This one has an annoying voice." Matt commented. "Is she a singer?"

"Yes. She is our lead vocal, and Hyeri is our main vocal." Jinu said, and Sumi frowned.

"Too bad." Matt mumbled.

"I'm Yujin."

"Show me what you got." Matt said, and we did a dance routine we worked on.

"Not bad, it has some potential." Matt said after we finished. "How about acrobatics?"

"The best is Hyeri and afterwards Sumi." Gun said.

"All of you can do splits, right?" Matt asked us. We nodded. "Start with splits and we'll gradually progress from there. I want to check your level so I'll know what to focus on in our next meetings."

 

Several hours later, Matt finally finished evaluating our abilities. We dropped to the floor, exahused.

"Girls, you have vocal and rap practice. Start moving." Jinu showed up, goading us.

"Yes, oppa." we got up.

"Hyeri, stay here for a moment, I want to talk to you."

"What is it?" I asked Jinu after the other girls left.

"Lose weight. I'm watching you. I don't care what you have to do to lose it, but get rid of it. Even Matt said your'e too fat."

"Yes, oppa. I'll try my best."

"Now go." I bowed and joined the other girls. I guess I won't be eating dinner today..

 

~

 

The activiries for the day has finally ended. Like the session with Matt wasn't enough, we did the treadmill vocal practice again to improve our stamina. I was utterly exhausted when my head met the pillow.

I was going to go to sleep when my phone beeped, signaling a new message from Yongguk. I read it - "Have a good night sleep. I'm thinking about you."

I took a selfie and sent it to him, with a message - "Good night. Dream about me."

 

~

 

"What are you doing?" Himchan asked Sey, who was looking at her phone.

"Just something.." she answered, not moving her eyes from the screen.

"Stop drooling."

"I'm not."

"Did you look at yourself in the mirror?" he teased.

"Yes."

"Honey.." he wrapped his arms around her, leaning his head on her shoulder.

"I'm busy." Sey stated. She was still glued to the phone screen, not paying him any attention.

"Give me this." Himchan took her phone out of her hands. His face darkened when he looked at the screen. "What is this?"

"He is helping us with the chorography. He is really awsome." she beamed.

"Is that why you are looking at pictures of him shirtless?" he frowned. Her face heated. She was indeed looking at pictures of Matt since she wanted to know who he was, but she really didn't mean to search pictures of him shirtless, it just appeared.

"I was just checking out who he was. That picture just popped up."

"Sure.." Himchan scoffed.

"Are you jealous?" Sey asked, looking at him.

"Forget it. Have fun cheating on me." Himchan got up and left the room, leaving Sey dumbfounded.

 

~

 

I couldn't fall asleep, so I started reading comments on the article published in the morning:

 

1. [+105, -99] So ugly. Idols these days are getting uglier.

 2. [+100, -38] So plastic and photoshopped. There is no way she was born like that.

3. [+99, -45] She needs to lose weight.

4. [+89, -43] Did you see the comments BAP made? hilarious!

- Looks like they are in a good relationship with each other.

5. [+75, -59] She is so pretty!

6. [+68, -54] Fighting, unnie! BABYs support you! <3

7. [+56, -87] She looks nice and easygoing. Looks like she has a good personality.

8. [+47, 76] I don't like her. There is something off about her.

9. [+37, -22] Another nugu. Just don't debut, we have enough idols already.

10. [+25, -30] She has a nice voice. I liked her song with Yongguk. Do well!

- You should watch their 'Running Man' chapter, it's really funny and she is likeable.

 

"Why are you crying? Sey asked when she entered our room

"Nothing." I wiped my tears. I didn't even notice I was crying.

"Did that do something?" she asked.

"No, no! He is amazing."

"Then what is it?" I didn't respond, so Sey took my phone from my hands.

"Why are you taking this things seriously? They are bored people that don't have anything better to do than write hateful comments."

"There are still people thinking those things."

"They are not worth your tears."

"Maybe." I sighed and then I finally looked up at her. I noticed she looked like she cried.

"Did you cry?" I asked.

"No."

"Stop lying."

"I fought with Himchan." she admitted.

"Talk to him tomorrow, I'm sure you can figure it out."

"I guess.." she sighed. "I'm going to take a shower."

 


 

Author's Note:

 

I have a reason for choosing that terrible song as the title.

There will be a little more B.A.P (Not only Hyeri-Yongguk) in the next chapters and maybe a little more action as well.

 

Thanks for reading and commenting :)

 

M. 

 

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Anfia976 #1
Hello,
How are you? We miss you
Anfia976 #2
Hello,
How are you? We miss you
jmayo81 #3
Chapter 156: Wow, I was blaming both of them at 1st, as things could’ve been handled so much better on both sides. I loved how Himchan & Sey reasoned with both of them, but Hyeri crossed a line once Yongguk apologized. I didn’t feel she necessarily deserved it, but I knew they both needed it.... sure the way he apologized, did seem like a back handed apology, as her kissing technique could’ve been discussed privately. But Hyeri towards Himchan, she needs to make this better, and of course, he hit below the belt, but she had consistently hit below the belt prior & then to hit him!!! I’m not sure how this is going to turn out, thank you for updating!!
infinitecuties #4
Chapter 156: I still one hundred percent believe that this entire situation is one in which Hyeri is very much at fault. I don’t think Yongguk is in a position where Hyeri requires an apology and I don’t think Hyeri even DESERVES an apology. She completely blew a small and minor incident out of proportion.

I do believe that Himchan went slightly too far with the comment he made however Hyeri shouldn’t have been as horrible to him as she was.
jmayo81 #5
Chapter 155: Welcome back!!!!!!!!!!! I was BEYOND happy to see the update, wow so much happened, where to begin? I see Hyeri & Himchan are still at each other’s throats, I do wish they could get along, and that Hyeri would see the validity in what Himchan said, but no matter what, I think time stopped when Yongguk said Sumi was a better kisser. I felt bad, that super slam, even if honest, that was the time to lie. Especially knowing Hyeri... I was shocked she would kiss him after that was said, and kept thinking why does kissing Yongguk keep coming up, even after he said she wasn’t as good of a kisser. .... sighs, once again, he’s storming out and even with his stupid honestly, I can’t say I blame him. Thank you so much for coming back & for updating,
infinitecuties #6
Chapter 155: WOOP WOOP!! MY FAVE FANFIC IS BACK!!! And OMG this is spicy as hell. I just wish Hyeri would stop being a drama queen and finally realise that she needs to get some help and that Yongguk loves her.
Anfia976 #7
Hello how are you? Happy new year ?? Authornim we miss you and the story ? Hope you are fine bye
infinitecuties #8
Chapter 153: Chapter 152: I miss this :,) it was legit the only reason I kept on checking this website
jmayo81 #9
Chapter 153: Thank you for updating despite your busy schedule. I truly hope that Hyeri is ok! She let a lot of things off her chest the night before, and while I do wish she would've thought of the impact her leaving like that would have, I hope they catch her in time before she does something that would change all of their lives. Regarding the comment I just read, there's a difference between constructive criticism & just plain being rude. While it's true, being factual or doing some research on weightier subjects is a good rule of thumb, most of us are adults that don't use fanfics as our barometer of social issues. Assuming what someone's language is, was completely unnecessary to state. You don't have to read the story, if you're a writer, you should understand what it takes to create, upload & continue a story remembering details from previous chapters...etc. If you're not a writer, perhaps you should put yourself in the author's shoes before you begin.
BAPlover716
#10
Chapter 153: I look forward to the next update!