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IT WAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE BY QUIESCENCE.

The 4 members bowed down, as their fans- they still didn't have a name for now, the girls and the fans were waiting for Areum to say something about it- before they exited the stage and immediately, were met by Iza.

Iza didn't even look up from her phone before she turned and walked away- the members of Quiescence filing after her quietly.

The silence was far from awkward. It was comfortable. 

Inwardly though- they were all incredibly amused by the reaction of the other groups when they noticed exactly who was walking past them.

There were several groups who bowed down to Iza formally, but she dismissed them with a wave of her hand- or a cold nod. 

It almost made Quiescence snicker.

No really.

They were mostly dazed- and didn't really notice Quiescence, which suited the girls just fine. Interacting with competition was the last on their list of things to do. 

It was the 5th of December, and exactly the week before- on M!Countdown, the girls had lost to 2NE1. Today, they were going against 2NE1 again- and Quiescence does not lose twice to the same artist. 

With blank faces, the 4 girls entered there waiting room and sat around- leaving Iza standing. 

"Good job today." She says blankly before looking directly at Quiescence's Leader. "Saera, your boyfriend is very pushy."

Saera sighed looking away. "We are not associated like that."

The other members of Quiescence gave Saera a stiff look, and she rolled her eyes in turn. 

"Aren't only the 4 main vocalists present today-?" Raven asks, twirling a strand of dark hair between fingers.

"If you had a solo debut, wouldn't you want your members to support you?" Was Iza's soft question- with a tilt of her head, Raven hummed and nodded her head.

"I see."

And just like that, the comfortable silence came back.

The fans were screaming loudly.

Side by side, Quiescence stood. Shoulders brushing. Their way of communicating. 

Across them to the side- 2NE1.

They shared glances- both groups, gave each other stiff nods- before looking up- awaiting the results, their eyes glinting.

To the side- at the end of stage, drawing many eyes to her- stood a stoic Iza. Unkwown to everyone but herself, the hidden hand in her pocket had fingers crossed.

"... Congratulations to Quiescence!"

Quiescence members all bowed- while the other artists proceeded to clap for them. They shared stiff hugs with 2NE1 before coming forward, shoulders closer than ever.

Iza's lips twitched- before she turned and walked away.

Sera took the mike, her lips curled slightly in the ghost of a smile before she spoke quickly and quietly.

"I'd like to thank the MAD Kingdom for the support they have given us, especially Areum-unnie, I'd like to thank Soumi- who couldn't be with us today, Iza-unnie for the training- and for taking care of us well, I'd like to especially thank the unnies of Euterpe for producing a beautiful album for us, I thank the people who made us who we are," 4 pairs of eyes glinted. "Without them, we wouldn't be strong for the world. We especially thank our fans- we promise to bully Areum-unnie for the fandom name-" This was met with an approving shout of the members names. "We will definitely work harder for our comeback stages. Please always look forward to us." The other members nodded in agreement, the maknae- O.K. held the trophy, and when the camera turned to her- she gave it a small quick smile that made the fans scream even more for their desirable expressions. The camera turned to Raven and Yumi- Yumi had been whispering something to Raven who's lips twitched at the ends. When they noticed the camera- Raven, who had the small boquet of flowers, brought it up to her face- before sort of- cheekily peeking up at the camera- her eyes crinkling just a bit to tease them of a smile they couldn't see. Yumi's lips were simply curled into a slight smirk.

Sera stepped back before the girls chorused-

"This was the living dolls, Quiescence."

There is a particular well known tv show- The Kingdom of MAD on Mnet. It was, a reality tv show shared by the entire roster of artist under MAD, where you could see behind the scenes, them on their day offs, their hobbies, dorms- it was all theirs.

And for today- Quiescence had the camera.

"Ohayou." Yumi waves at the camera she was carrying as she made quick turns through the halls of MAD Entertainment. Not looking at the camera which was lifted up with one hand and tilted slightly downwards to show her. "Watashi wa, Shimizu Kumiko aka Yumi desu." She blinked up at the camera with doll like eyes.

"Introduce yourself in Korean, unnie." A soft voice spoke from somewhere in front of her.

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