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"Vic, be in charge with batch for the 1st screening." Kyuhyun said motioning her to the group of selected talents looking all excited for being chosen. Vic nodded and went near the talents.

"Hi everyone! I'm Victoria!" she called getting their attention

"Congratulations for making it to the 1st screening. We've seen your potentials and for this part of the audition, we'll try to see how much more you can show. Your names will be called randomly. On stage you will be performing with the in house artists, the instructions will be thrown to you as you come up on stage." everyone nodded "Be prepared.. Please take your seats behind the panel" Vic said with a warm smile

"Wow... we're going to perform with the artist on stage?" said one of the female talents

"How cool is that?! I'll die if I get to perform with Jonghyun!!" another female said

"I know right! aiyeeee!! I wish I get to be with Jiwon though"

"Everyone! we're starting... relax and give us your best on stage" Minho suddenly announced as he took his seat as one of the panelists

The talents were called on stage one by one. As expected, they didn't fail to amaze the panel, there were times that Siwon or Kyuhyun give their critic and let the talent repeat a part then in the end would still earn praises from the other panelists. 

They agreed to place the 4 'special talents' last so they can evaluate their strong points as well as their weaknesses.

"We now call on Luhan... please take the stage" Eunhyuk called, as the panelists glanced at each other having a silent conversation.

Luhan went up the stage as Yoona was waiting for him at the center. He smiled and bow politely as he approached Yoona and made a bow as well to the panel.

"Luhan, Eunhyuk will do the choreo with Yoona twice, then you follow. It's just a short part so study it carefully" Siwon said.

They danced to the tune of Only One by BoA where they executed the dance duet. As they danced, Luhan was carefully studying the moves of Eunhyuk. Jjong nudged Minho beside him who was also observing how Luhan was deep in focus.

"He just like Taemin when he concentrates like that" Minho whispered to Jjong

"Well that's just dancing... we'll have to see with vocals and acting" Jjong smirked

Eunhyuk and Yoona was done with the short part. Eunhyuk stepped towards Luhan and motioned him to take the center stage with Yoona.

"Are you ready?" Siwon asked

"Uhmm... could you play the song first before I dance with Ms. Yoona?" Luhan inquired

"Sure" 

As the song began to play, he closed his eyes, visualizing the moves, yet he just stood there until the part ended. He nodded and gave a sign that he was ready to dance.

The panel leaned towards the table as he started walking towards Yoona. What made most of them smirk was the way he chose his emotion to put in the dance. He showed a different character as opposed to Eunhyuk, and he easily carried Yoona's emotions with his moves. The part ended and he earned an applause from his fellow talents.

As panelists, they couldn't be too obvious that they were delighted by the performance so as not to discourage the other talents behind them.

"Thank you Luhan. Now Luna would act and sing with you, I'm sure you're familiar with High School Musical. The song is Can I have This Dance" Siwon said and gave a signal to start.

He sang it flawlessly and gave effort in showing his acting while singing with Luna. Onew, on the other hand couldn't help but smile at his girlfriend on stage.

"Focus on the talent... not Luna" Key whispered to Onew as he caught him smiling widely and never parting gaze at Luna. Seems like Onew did not hear so Key had to playfully cover his view with a paper. Jjong and Minho hid their laughs at Onew's reaction as he suddenly turned serious and forcefully grabbed the paper in front of him. He bashfully smiled at Jiwon on his other side that he got caught. Jiwon just smiled and shook her head.

"Again, thank you Luhan." Kyu said and began exchanging glances with the panel with a nod.

"Next is... Stefanie. Please come up the stage" Siwon called.

Stefanie (or Fanie) approached the mic stand at the center stage and greeted everyone.

In the middle of the auditions, Minho received a call and excused himself from the panel.

"Hello?" Minho softly answered the call so as not to disturb the ongoing screening

"Hi Love! It's me! It's our break, are you busy?" Sulli cheerfully said on the other line

"Hi Love!" he smiled "we're in the middle of the screening"

"Oh oh! I'm sorry, I'll call later then?" 

"No no it's ok. I also wanted to talk to you." Minho said and went further to the back of the hall so he can't be heard.

"Oh? what about?"

"It's been a year when i confessed to you, so next week.. I was thinking if we can spend some time in Japan" 

Sulli smiled widely at her fiance's request

"Uhmm ok... but that's 2 days after the showcase, and we're supposed to be back after the show... so ... I'll just wait for you here? and you can watch our showcase! what do you think?" asked Sulli

"I can't come on the day of your showcase, I have a scheduled meeting with dad and clients. Sorry, Love"

"It's ok... so I'll just wait for you here ok? I'll rebook my ticket and arrange the hotel reservations" Sulli said, excitement was all over her voice.

"Don't worry Love, I'll take care of that for you. Just wait for me" Minho smiled

"Alright, if you say so..." Sulli sighed "Go back to the screening, we're also starting in 3 minutes" Sulli said as she checked her watch

"Ok, take care Love"

"Yup! you too Love"

Minho went back to his seat and noticed that they have already called the last talent and was already performing on stage. 

Japan

Day of showcase

backstage

"Have you heard? Four of the artists that were given the scholarship came to see the showcase..." Mara, one of the participants of the showcase said

"Well, obviously one would be Tiffany since her sister Naeun is one of the participants." Russel said, another participant

"Tiffany? ... I can't remember..." Mara said, trying to recall

"Ok... uhmm... have you heard of Choi Minho?" Russel asked

Upon the mention of her fiance's name, Sulli turned and tried to listen to the conversation

"Of course I know him..."

"There was a rumor that him and Tiffany dated back then, and since they're both from the same country, they might have still been dating when they got back" Russel explained

"oooooh... that rumor... tss... that's just a rumor... i heard he's already engaged with his co-member"

"hmm... must be Yuri, they've been close eversince..."

"oh! oh! or maybe Jiwon!! they really got chemistry on stage!"

Sulli just shook her head and smiled as she went to Taemin and Naeun who were talking at one corner

"Why are you smiling?" Taemin asked as if there's something fishy going on

"I didn't realize that participants here knows Minho and are serious fangirls" Sulli said smirking

"Oh yeah! I think that's because their batch of scholars in that performing arts school, only a few finished the program. I think I got to meet him once or twice with my sister" Naeun said

"Uhmm... Tiffany, right?" Sulli asked

"Ah yes! Do you know her?" Naeun asked

"No... but I would surely like to meet her" Sulli smiled

"Oh ok! I'll go get her.. we're not starting yet anyway" Naeun smiled and went out of the backstage

"There's something you're not telling me... spill it!" Taemin looked at Sulli sternly as if not buying the whole acting smiling thing

"I heard they were rumored to be dating then... I just wanna know if it's true coz Minho never mentioned her to me" Sulli shrugged

"That's the think Sulli... it's a rumor, he didn't mention it because it never happened. He might have been close with her since we all came from the same country, but that doesn't mean that actually dated" Taemin strongly emphasized his answer

"Alright! chill! you're acting like you're the jealous defensive girlfriend" Sulli chuckled

Taemin laughed slightly and hugged Sulli.

"I think I'm not the one who's bothered... are you ok?" Sulli said while they were still hugging

"*sigh* Ssul... I'm confused"