1Million: That choreography is so easy! We can easily copy that.

I watched as the members of the 1Million team stood and tried to humiliate us by calling our choreography easy to copy. I felt someone wrapping their arms around my shoulders and saw that it was Haechi unnie. She leaned in to whisper to me.

Haechi: Don’t listen to them. We all love your choreography.

Bora: I know and don’t worry. It is just fun seeing them trying to ridicule us like this but I know they won’t be able to copy our choreography in the same feeling or as a matter of fact something even near it.

Haechi unnie and I chuckled. I wasn’t worried that 1million was going to be able to copy our choreography that easily but I was a bit worried about going to copy theirs since they did go all out on the y aspect in their choreography and as anyone knows hip-hop and y doesn’t go hand in hand. We watched the rest of the teams exchange choreography before we went to the hallway right above the stage, which was our designated practice spot, and began practicing the choreography that 1Million had prepared for us.

Yeni: I never thought that the nightmare would return.

Yeni unnie grabbed her hair as we looked over the video. I chuckled at her but I was also a bit worried since among all of us, she was the one that had the most trouble with y dances. We began practicing and everything went well for a while even though we had a few bumps here and there but nothing major. It was only when we came to the split that everything began to go downhill.

Yeni: I can’t do this! How are you guys doing that?! It is physically impossible!

Baby Sleek: Try and do it like Chocol.

Chocol: Right! Do the split like this and raise your leg, this way it will be much easier for you and look similar to the original.

We all looked at Yeni unnie as she tried but failed again, making us all laugh. We all practiced it for a while until she finally got it. I walked over to her and gave her an encouraging hug.

Bora: You did it unnie! You did the split! Now you can turn to doing y dances as well with hip-hop.

Yeni: I don’t think I will ever do y dances again after this time. I can’t believe how people can do it easily. I barely managed to do it but will have to practice more to not look like a fool on stage.

Bora: Well, if it eases your mind even 1Million have a hard time doing our choreography.

I turned my head to look at the members of 1Million who were practicing right beside us. I couldn’t help but chuckle at them. How did the tables turn? I watched as their confidence from earlier slowly began to deteriorate as they couldn’t do our moves correctly and those moves that they managed to do didn’t have any hip-hop feeling in them. They were all looking like a mess right now.

Baby Sleek: They really have a hard time over there. They can barely manage to do our moves.

Halo: There are no feelings at all. Funny how confident they were earlier and look at them now.

We all watched them for a few seconds and laughed at their suffering. To think they thought we were the only ones who were going to suffer. It made us all work harder since we were all on the same page. We continued to practice hard for the rest of the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It has been about 3 days since we have swapped choreography. We all managed to remember all of the steps and get most of the feelings down 100% except for the swapped choreography which was mostly at 70-80% but we didn’t have any more time to practice as we needed to film ourselves. Our crew name was called and we got up on the stage. I took a deep breath as I could feel the nerves coming back to me again.

Chocol: Don’t worry, I know that you will do great.

I heard Chocol unnie whispering from behind me and gave my shoulders an encouraging squeeze before she took her position. I smiled at her and nodded. I had to believe in myself. We have worked so hard for this. We can do this.

 

 

 

 

 

Bora: D-day has arrived!!! And I’m not ready…

Halo: Don’t worry Baby Tiger, you will be doing great on stage. After all, you were the only one who managed to remember the choreography within 10 minutes and with all of the necessary feelings. Trust me, you will crush the stage and show them how great of a dancer you are.

Mini: Yeah, just try to relax. Here! Have something to eat!

Mini unnie gave me a lunch box and an iced coffee which I took graciously but I couldn’t help but chuckle a bit. There hasn’t really been a time when unnie hasn't been eating. I sat down and enjoyed the food with her and enjoyed the other crew's performances. You could really tell that they all have been working hard which is understandable since no one wanted to be the first one to go home. After all, it meant that they were indirectly going to be the worst crew of all crews. It took some time before it was our time to get on stage and we were the first one to go since 1Million got the privilege to choose the order and went for second. I got up on the stage and was overwhelmed by all of our fans cheering on us. The only things that I could hear were them and my heart beating in my ears. Before I knew it, t