We were all seated in one of the larger practice rooms and we were waiting for Yang-goon and his speech. We sat quietly and patiently for the most part, while waiting upon his arrival. 

"What do you think he's going to tell us?" Sae asked me. I said I didn't know. Like I promised, I couldn't say a thing. 

"He's here," someone whispered. Everyone stood up immediately and bowed toward him. He told everyone to sit and he stood with a couple of staff members in the middle of the room. The Big Bang and 2NE1 members stood on the sides of the room.

"Good morning everyone. Today, I will be releasing a list of trainees that have been showing huge progress and that have captured my interest further more. As for the trainees not listed, please do not be too disappointed for I have noticed that you all have matured. If you guys have any questions or concerns, please feel free to pay me a visit any time. In other words, the list of trainees I will release are most likely going to be staying with us for a long time. I wish everyone good luck on future endeavors," he stated.

Everyone shifted uncomfortably in their seats because they knew that YG was trying to say that whoever wasn't going to be included on the list would be cut and forced to audition for some other company. I, on the other hand was scared if YG had decided not to include me on the list in case he had changed his mind. 

Sae flashed me a worried look but I told her it would be okay. I honestly had faith in her. She really improved so much and her vocals were way up to par. Even our trainers complimented her a lot. 

As everyone was in the same room, I couldn't help but look at Youngbae. Although I knew that he wasn't the one that sent the text message, I felt kind of awkward, for no reason at all. He didn't even have an idea that s sent the text message. Thanks to Seungri and Daesung, I now felt awkward whenever they were present. As I looked at him, Seungri nudged Youngbae and he looked at me. I looked away immediately and cleared my throat. 

"It's now time to officially reveal the list of potential trainees," YG said. His assisstant handed him a clipboard and he read off of it.

"Let's start off with models, actors/actresses, composers, producers, dancers, and lastly, singers/rappers," he delivered. 

I paid little attention as I was waiting for the singers/rappers section. Although there were about 70-80 of us, most of them were aspirings idols. As he read, there was dead silence. I noticed that he read out about less than 5 models and about  5 actors/actresses. He ended with about 10 composers and producers. For dancers, he had about 20. When it came to singers and rappers, he named the guys first. He had included 10. I noticed some people who were clearly very upset. Then when he got to the girls, I noticed people gripping on the edge of their seats. 

"There will be a total of 15 girls. Yoon Hana," he started. I noticed her flip her hair. What a diva. 

"Kim Eunmi. Yang Sora. Im Cho Hee. Lee Gahyun. Kim Yujin. Jang Meena. Jang Heena. Lee Gayun. Park Subin. And here are the first ten," he revealed.

"And the next five young ladies should be very proud of themselves for making it to my top five list," he stated. I noticed from the corner of my eyes that Hana was indeed disinterested looking. She seemed very unsatisfied with what YG just said.

"There are two remaining vocalists and three remaining rappers. I would like them to come forward when they are called upon. First young lady is Lee Saegyeong," he smiled. I had to control myself in case I jumped up in joy. I beamed at her and she was so caught off-guard. 

"Second person is Kwon Hyorin. Third person is Lee Jisu. Fourth person is Yong Sarang. And the final person is Choi Heeyoung. Please give them a round of applause. I felt all eyes on me when I stood awkwardly beside YG himself. He smiled and nodded at me and I had no idea what that meant. Everyone was clapping unhappily. Sae squeezed my hand and we smiled at each other.

"One more announcement," he started. Everyone listened closely. YG put his arm around me. 

"This young lady here, Choi Heeyoung unfortunately will not be able to train with you all in the future. She will be returning to the States for personal reasons and will continue her training process there. She may not be returning in a long while so I cannot be so sure myself. She will be leaving in less than two weeks so I hope you all be friendly with her although I'm sure you guys already are. Please show your support by giving her strength and don't forget to wish her luck on her future endeavors. That is all," he concluded. Now, I was for sure that everyone was looking at me. Hana was smirking at me, I just knew it. 

YG's assisstant told everyone that they were excused but I was told to stay behind.

"Jiyong stay as well," YG spoke. He nodded and stood beside me. When everyone was out of the room, the group I would be working with came into the room and we all stood in a circle. 

"Jiyong-sshi. I haven't told you what a great job you hvae done helping Heeyoung. Unfortunately, you will only help her to this point. I have a special project for her and she will be working with the crew here," he started. Jiyong looked serious and something else that I could not point out. 

"What is that project?" he asked YG.

"Heeyoung, please explain to him," YG said while looking at me.

Now Jiyong was looking at me, with question in his eyes. He seemed eager to know.

"I will be recording a total of three videos. I will display my vocals, rap, and a live performance," I told him. 

"Isn't that a bit rushed?" he asked.

"I'm sure she can handle it," he said, very confidently.

"I will leave you two to talk, the rest of you, please come with me," he directed. We all nodded in understanding and bowed toward him as he exited the room. As the door shut behind everyone, there was a faint echo. 

Jiyong and I looked at each other for a while and I looked away, shyly. 

"Congratulations," he said to me. He looked serious but his eyes lit up.

"Neh, kamsahamnida," I thanked him, quietly.

"Yah, why are you so quiet? Are you that scared of me?" he asked playfully. I nodded slightly. 

"Aish," he muttered as he ruffled my hair. I think my cheeks heated up.

"Are you blushing?" he smirked. I felt my cheeks, they were burning. 

"Am I?"

"Mhm, but why?"

"Well, you are an idol and you ruffled my hair. Which fangirl wouldn't blush?" I muttered. This set him into a fit of laughter.

"I didn't know I had this power," he said between laughs. I nodded, amused by him.

"Yah, stop being so scared of me. I'm not that bad, really," he said.

"I know,"

"Then why do you look so scared?"

"Well, I'm shy,"

"I'm going to miss working with you, my hoobae," he sighed, as he stuffed his hands in his pockets.

"I'll miss working with you too," I smiled.

"Why are you smiling while saying that?" he teased. I was confused. 

"Come on, let's go get something to eat. Peh go pa," he said before pushing me out the door with him. He noticed a lot of people watching but he didn't mind. I, on the other hand, was getting haters because of this guy. 

We went to the cafeteria where a lot of people were eating. Jiyong and I were eating alone until some of his other members showed up, all but Youngbae. I felt relieved yet kind of disappointed. 

"Do you have to go back?" TOP asked, as he was eating his ice cream. I nodded. 

"My mom," I explained. He nodded with an 'ah'. 

"Heeyoung-sshi, you didn't sing trot for me yet. Since today is a free day for all trainees, come with me to the studio!" he smiled. I nodded at him and he beamed. 

"What are you doing to my rapper?" Jiyong nudged him. Daesung winked at me. 

"Hey," Youngbae said as he sat in the empty seat next to me. 

"Annyeonghasaeyo," I greeted.

"Too formal," all of the members said in unison. We all ate while talking and some 2ne1 members joined us. Dara sat beside Jiyong across from Youngbae. For some odd reason, I felt irritated.

"Oh, annyeong Heeyoung!" she waved.

"Annyeonghasaeyo sunbae," I greeted.

"You guys are right. She's so polite!" she gleamed. 

"Call me unni arasso?" she asked.

"Neh," I replied. 

"Did you know she's leaving soon? She's gonna train in L.A.," TOP asked.

"Jinjja? Wae?" she asked.

"Personal reasons," Jiyong answered her as he was cutting into a piece of meat.

"Aaah, I see. Don't forget to visit," she told me. I nodded. Just as I was finishing my food, two pairs of chopsticks were on my plate. I looked up in confusion and checked who the chopsticks belonged to. 

Jiyong and Youngbae were looking directly at each other. They didn't remove their chopsticks on my plate until TOP asked what the matter was. I was left with more food on my plate but I was still so full. They went back to normal and Jiyong spoke up first.

"You're too skinny," he said, smiling at me, and urging me to eat the food he put on my plate.

"Kamsahamnida," I thanked him.

This time, Youngbae put more on my plate and told me a growing girl needed to eat correctly. As I looked up, I noticed Daesung, Seungri, Minzy, and CL observing closely. I felt very uncomfortable. Then I couldn't help but notice Dara. She was very silent and still. She got up and left the table, excusing herself, Minzy followed quickly after her. Jiyong sighed and took a sip of water. 

"Heeyoung!" Sae and Meena called. I looked to them and excused myself.

"Thank you for making my lunch enjoyable," I thanked them before standing up and taking my empty plate. I hate a little trouble though. Youngbae had a grip over my hand. I looked to him.

"It's okay. I'll take it for you," he said before taking the plate from me. 

"I...uhm...," I stuttered.

"Heeyoung-sshi," Daesung said to me. I looked at him.

"Trot later?" he nodded. I nodded back to him before really leaving the table. I hurried to my friends and sat down, with my back faced to the Big Band/2NE1 table.

"We saw everything," they whispered. I flashed them a look and they hushed up. Dara and Minzy entered the cafeteria again and went back to where they were sitting. I tried not to look at them.

"Since it's free time today, do you want to go to the recreation room with us?" my friends asked me. 

"Daesung sunbae wants me to try trot with him," I told them.

"Can we tag along?" they asked, smiling with interest.

"Of course," I smiled. 

"Yes!" they high-fived. I think Meena had a crush on him, since she was training with him. 

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"Hey! Hello Meena and Heeyoung's friend," Daesung greeted as we entered the studio that Daesung was in. I noticed TOP in there too. Sae tensed up. She liked him? I had a feeling about this. 

Not to mention, on the way here, I was scolded by my friends because I was leaving but at the end, they told me they would miss me a lot. 

"Saegyeong and Meena, annyeong~" TOP greeted, looking up from his ipad. Was he making weird faces at it? I heard Sae giggling softly and I nudged her and she stopped, while flashing me a grateful look. I bet she didn't know she was giggling like a pabo. 

"You guys can sit here. Heeyoung come with me," Daesung instructed. I followed him to a desk and he showed me the lyrics to Look at me Gwisoon.

"Oh, I know this song! My dad sings it a lot," I smiled as I recognized the song. 

"Let's sing this together in the recording studio! TOP, hyung, please record us," he asked.

"Sure," was TOP's reply. 

"First, let's hear you sing it for us once," 

"Uhm, I've never tried,"

"It's okay. Let's try it together shall we?" 

"Neh,"

As we sang, we started laughing uncontrollably because I messed up a lot and I made him mess up. At the end, I got the flow of it and we decided to record. 

"Hana, dul, set, music," Daesung called out. TOP gave him a thumbs up and he started singing. It was a lot of fun and Daesung was trying to make me laugh by shaking his shoulders forward and bobbing his head up and down. Suddenly, Jiyong came in and sat on a stool beside me and started singing with us. Now, the both of them were trying to make me laugh. It only made me more serious to not make a mistake. 

Successfully, I got to the end of the song.

"Waah, daebak!" Seungri cheered from outside the glass. Youngbae was chuckling and TOP was clearly amused. 

"Let's have a rap battle," Jiyong said as all of us were sitting on the couch in the studio. Sae and Meena seemed to be having more fun than me. 

"Saegyeong you first," TOP encouraged. Sae smiled and nodded. 

She did an impressive rap from her memory.

"Waah," we all clapped for her.

"Now TOP," we called. He did a rap from an American song. It sounded really cool.

"Meena!"

She attempted but afterall she was a vocalist. She tried but ended up burrying her head into Sae's back. 

"Daesung!"

He started rapping something from Knock Out and it sounded hilarious because he was incorporating his own lyrics.

"Heeyoung!"

I started rapping some random things and it left everyone in a fit of laughter. I was rapping about annoying zits and itchy skin. 

"GD!" 

He rapped something about everyone of us. It was really fun and cool at the same time.

As everyone in the room had a turn rapping, YG came into the room when we least noticed it. We had no idea he was in here as we were fooling around. When we finally noticed him, and we noticed him with his arms crossed with a pokerface.

"So this was what I heard in the hall?" he asked, while chuckling. We scratched our necks and greeted him.

"You kids have fun. I'll be leaving," he said.

We sent him out and we joined a lot of other people in the dance studio. Everyone was jamming to music and freestyling. It was a good day. For the trainees who weren't selected, they were probably busy talking to YG and other reps. 

I felt a lot closer to my sunbaes and I felt so grateful to be staying at YG.