After the last elimination Cheshire had considered asking sajangnim if she could stop judging. She didn't want to watch the boys suffer anymore. As soon as these thoughts hit her she remembered the new trainee they were introducing though and that kicked her back to just pulling herself through it. She had agreed when K. Will had asked her to help introduce the new trainee but she hadn't told her the full plan. Only her and sajangnim knew what she was up to and she planned to keep it that way until the last possible second.

Chess stood outside of her dorm holding her larger purse in one hand and her almost finished cigarette in the other waiting for the van to pull up. When it finally did Chess disposed of the cigarette and sprayed herself with a little bit of perfume before getting into the backseat of the van where the new trainee was already sitting. She greeted K. Will and his manager in the front seats before turning to actually look at the trainee. There was about a two second pause before her brain made her stop looking like a deer in the headlights and she hoped he didn't notice it.

He was hot. Like hot as . She hadn't seen someone that attractive that close since she met the boys in BTS. She couldn't really figure out how to work words at the moment so she slightly bowed her head in greeting which he swiftly returned. He seemed like he might be staring just as hard at her as she was at him. This was difficult.

"Chess this is I.M. He's been one of our trainees for two years now," K. Will did the introduction having seen that neither were going to be able to talk anytime soon.

"Two years? No !" Good job. English was probably not the correct choice of language but her brain just wasn't functioning on a korean kind of level right now. She heard I.M laugh beside her though and that made her curious. "You speak english?"

"Yeah. I spent three years in Boston, Mass." That was it Chess was definitely going through with her plan now. She wasn't taking any chances wtih this.

"I'm from the states. Can't exactly tell you which, it's in my contract..." She had never wanted to be able to tell someone about her life in the states so bad. It must have just been the fact that she hadn't had a truely fluent conversation in years. She couldn't help but laugh though as she turned to see K. Will just staring at the two like they had three heads. "Oppa, it's english not an alien language."

Chess laughed as K. Will lightly flicked her forehead. She was honestly more so happy that her korean brain was working again. K. Will then told them the plan. They were heading to a BBQ restaurant to meet the other boys and that he would then come back to get I.M after softening them up with free food. Cheshire turned to I.M's direction to see that he was nervously picking at his nails and focusing really hard on K. Will. Before she could stop herself and remember that skinship was strange when you first met someone in Korea, Chess reached over to put her hand on top of I.M's fidgeting ones thus making him freeze. She almost pulled her hand back in shock at her own actions before basically thinking It and just leaving it where it was.

"You'll be fine. I'm literally here to help you out and to keep the others chill. Don't worry so much," Cheshire eye smiled at him when he finally lifted his head to look at her rather than his hands. Chess felt her heart beating just a little too fast for comfort when he nervously grinned back.

She took her hand back only when they had reached the restaurant and was moving to get out of the van, given it hadn't taken very long. Chess couldn't help but feel a familiar cold set in where her hand had touched him. Unnerving was a good way of describing what she felt. Soon enough though her and K. Will had walked into the room where the boys were sitting and waiting for them. They took the two seats at the center of the table before K. Will started on a conversation. Chess wasn't very hungry but she had made sure that she stuffed her face like there was nothing wrong. Eventually the conversation at the table split into two groups. One talking to K. Will about god only knows what and the second trying to make Cheshire laugh like they had seen in the greenroom the day of the Starship X concert.

"You know that you're very strange right Cheshire?" Hyungwon said across from her making her almost spit out the rice she had just put into at the suddenness of the statement. Chess made herself swallow quickly and looked to Hyungwon with a smirk.

"Yah! I'm older than you have some respect! It's 'You know that you're very strange right, Noona'!" Everyone on her side of the table started laughing including Chess who couldn't help but look at the boys surrounding her with the most caring smile she could. They all felt like family now. When she caught eyes with Jooheon though he winked at her making her start laughing again in a more nervous way. What was this boy doing to her? "Jooheon-ah what in the world are you even?"

This was the wrong question to ask. She knew it as soon as he started smirking. There was no way she could take it back either. Well, if you're going to be stupid, you better be tough. Chess braced herself for his response before she looked back to his face from her lap.

"I'll be whatever you want me to be, Noona~," Jooheon drew out the end of the word in a playful manner before adding a quick wink and immediately putting his hands up in the V sign. "You want aegyo? I'll be your Kkuu-kkuu Ga-ga forever!"

She was definitely not expecting that high of a baby voice to come out of the rapper. Chess laughed so hard she was almost crying. Scratch that definitely crying. He just kept adding on randomly everytime she would almost get back under control and she couldn't take it. It was so funny! By the time he finally stopped her sides were aching and the boys around her were wiping their eyes from laughing so hard at her. Chess made a mental note to figure out how to make him laugh and use it against him one day. Today would not be that day though as K. Will had already called for everyone's attention. Chess was not exactly happy about this. She really wished they could have just kept laughing and never had to worry about the anger and confusion that was coming but of course that was unavoidable.

Cheshire forcing herself to eat was suddenly backfiring on her as she felt sick to her stomach when K. Will finally got to the point and told them about the new trainee. She watched as every single one of their faces fell into a grimace or a scowl and almost regretted staying seated when K. Will left to go get I.M.

"He's kidding with us, right Noona?" #Gun had the most disbelieving look on his face. She couldn't reply with words so she just shook her head. The other trainees started talking about how it was ridiculous considering how Minkyun had just been eliminated and Chess suddenly felt like she was going to cry again. The happy atmosphere had shattered in less than 2.5 seconds after they had heard why they were gathered here. It was ridiculously uncomfortable.

A few comments later K. Will came back with I.M following close behind. Cheshire sent the boy an apologetic smile as soon as he was standing in front of the other trainees. The tension was palpable as K. Will told him to go sit in his vacant seat beside Chess. Shortly after I.M was seated K. Will said he was leaving and thus began the comments. It took two snide remarks before Cheshire couldn't stand it anymore. She looked over to find the PD and once she had his attention she spoke.

"Please take all the cameras out for a few minutes. I don't particularly want this bit filmed," Chess gave him her best attempt at a pleading smile but she knew it came across as a cold smirk at best. None the less he removed the cameras and turned off the sound equipment having gotten the idea of what was coming. Chess sighed in exasperation before finally leaning forward and resting her elbows on the table in front of her all traces of smiles or smirks gone from her face. The trainees seemed to realize that something was very wrong as they quickly shut up and stopped moving all together.

"You will be stuck with me for the next 24 hours. Shut up and don't you dare interrupt me right now," Cheshire glared in the direction on Jooheon who had opened his mouth to speak and quickly snapped it shut at the tone of her voice. "I swear to god if I hear one, mark my words, ONE snide remark from any of you towards him you will have hell to pay. You are trainees. Your lives are not your own and you have no ing say in what happens to you. This is unfortunately how it is but I will not let you take it out on him as it was as much his choice as it was yours. In case you don't ing know coming into something like this in this manner ing . Period. Yes I'm standing up for him and yes I'm going to do my damndest to make sure that he's alright for now. You want to know why? Because I auditioned for this company three years ago. When I did for whatever ing reason sajangnim saw something in me that he hadn't seen in the other trainees and immediately put me with a group that was four months away from debut. Four months. That's exactly how long I was a trainee and that was the worst four months of my life. Not because I was working day in and day out to make sure I was ready but becase of all the other ing trainees that always had something to ing say. I went through hell to get to where I am but the absolute worst was knowing that the other trainees were not only talking behind my back but trying to make sure that they proved I wasn't worthy of debut. Literally the first month that I was there I had no one apart from MAYBE Mad Clown and honestly there wasn't anything he could have done. Luckily my members eventually came around and decided that they liked me. If that hadn't happened I wouldn't have debuted at all. I will not EVER let someone else go through that kind of hell if I can stop it so you better put your ing big boy on and man the up because I will not sit by and let any of you pull some immature . Got it? I am not ing with you I will be your worst ing nightmare if I hear any of you going out of your way to be rude or mean to him. You don't have to like the situation. Hell you don't HAVE to like him but you will not be a douche canoe. Do you understand? If you can't be nice when you open your mouth then keep it ing shut. You have to ing deal with this just like he does and honestly I'm already through with your ing comments. I will not hesitate to up your life if I hear anything rude directed towards him. Despite what you ing think he proved himself to get here just like you all ing did. Sure it wasn't in front of judges or cameras but he wouldn't ing be here if he didn't deserve it and I will not let you ing judge him before you give him a chance. So your options are either shut the up or be ing nice. If you want to be a douche canoe I swear you might not even live long enough to be told that you're kicked out. I'm not going to deal with it so it the up. Now anyone want to say something? Any questions? Good. Lets go back to the dorms."

Cheshire stood up, grabbed her bag, and patted I.M on the back with a tight smile while watching the others slowly get up and exit the restaurant until they were the only two left.

"You really didn't have to do that or stay. I'll be fine. I knew it was going to . I don't take it personally," I.M grinned at Chess sweetly.

"Yeah I knew you probably didn't but unfortunately I do take it personally and I won't let it happen so I do have to stay. Don't worry though I'll be just as hard on you as I am them," Chess laughed lightly at her own stupid joke as she walked passed I.M who started to follow her. She couldn't help but feel a little protective of the boy, he was just too adorable when he was nervous.

The walk back to the dorm was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Chess was certain she was in for one hell of a long and sleepless night.

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A/N Yay! I.M! Finally! So honestly I just about screamed at my tv when I saw them being indirectly mean to him. It wasn't his fault! So I'm glad that I got to finally write this it makes me feel like I finally got it out of my system lol... As always Thanks for Reading! Kamsamnida!