The peace was once again disrupted when Jaxon, the loudest popular trainee among all contestants, entered the room with a smug smile.
June sighed as he watched the handso kid fist-bump with everyone in the room. Even though they hadn't been in the sa group before, he could already gauge Jaxon's personality—like an extroverted frat boy.
June already had a hunch that their team would have the highest-ranked trainees once more.
The lowest-ranked among them was Xin, who's currently at rank 39, and the second lowest was him.
Daeho, another trainee that June hadn't been acquainted with, entered the room. If Jaxon was the frat boy of the group, this kid seed to be the model student—soone who went to classes early, aced all his subjects and even had ti to go to church.
Then, the unthinkable happened. Jaeyong, ranked 4th, ca into the room, which sent the others into a state of excitent.
"Jaeyong's here too?" Lin Zhi loudly exclaid. "This will be a damn good stage."
"Oh damn," the others started exclaiming in shock when Casper, too, entered the room. June observed the way he seamlessly joined the conversation. It was a reminder of the connections he had ford with the other trainees.
Casper looked up for a second, eting June's eyes, and then he softly smiled.
June awkwardly smiled back. He guesses Casper wouldn't be too hard to work with.
As soon as Casper ca in and their team was still yet to be full, June knew who would be coming next.
Zeth walked in, his presence instantly brightening the atmosphere with his confidence and enthusiasm. However, as he walked past Casper, there was a slight tension between them.
Nonetheless, they seed to be pretty civil, so June didn't have to worry about another fight breaking out at least.
"Little bro," Zeth excitedly ran to where June was, wrapping an arm around his shoulder.
"Seems like we're on the sa team again. Let's make another legendary stage."
"Mmmh," June rely humd.
June glanced at the circle they'd ford, observing the ten trainees he was going to perform with.
"I have a good feeling about this team," Bin said, breaking the silence. "Let's get along well from now on."
Chis of agreent were heard in the room, and June wondered if he was dreaming. There wasn't any tension within the team...no weird feeling. It was the very first ti he had felt like this during the team selections.
The production crew gestured to the sticker-covered stand next to them. The trainees knew the mont had arrived—they were now going to reveal their song.
The air beca thick with anticipation as the trainees awaited to reveal their assigned song.
Amidst the tense atmosphere, Jaxon's enthusiastic presence decided to take the lead.
With a Cheshire grin, Jaxon stepped forward. "Alright, alright," he said, rubbing his hands together as he leaned against the stand. "Let's get this party started!"
He livened up the atmosphere like a real party host. If he does debut, he'd earn a reputation and beco popular in fanfics as soone who hosts a huge party for other idols.
"Now that we're here to reveal our song, I've got to know – what's on everyone's minds? What song do you all want to perform?"
The trainees exchanged glances, and from the looks of it, they seed to agree on the song selection. "Definitely 'Skateboard Ride.' The song is just so catchy, and I can already imagine the choreography being amazing," Steel said.
Lin Zhi passionately agreed.? "Oh, absolutely. 'Skateboard Ride' would be such a hit. I might just kill soone if I don't get that song," he jokingly said, but June internally rolled his eyes.
He would do that, wouldn't he?
"Well, let's hope it is 'Skateboard Ride.' I also want that song," Jaxon said.
Casper's calm voice added to the unanimous consensus. "I think we're all on the sa page here."
June had a good feeling about the song reveal. He was teammates with both the first-ranked and second-ranked trainees. As far as he knows, they had always perford the song they wanted to perform.
June guesses they were just born with it.
June, on the other hand, never ended up with the song he had desired. However, with their presence, there might actually be a change.
"Ah, I can't wait any longer," Jaxon agitatedly said. "I'll reveal it now."
With deliberate slowness, he peeled back the sticker…
He was taking too damn long!
"I thought you couldn't wait any longer," June muttered under his breath. However, Zeth seed to have heard him as he chuckled and ruffled June's hair.
Fortunately, Jaxon sped up and removed the sticker, revealing the words "Skateboard Ride."
Cheers imdiately erupted in the room. Bin and Steel even jumped up in happiness as they realized they were going to perform a song by PCatt.
"Yes!" Xin said, raising his fist in the air. He was elated that he was going to perform a good song, but other than that, he felt like he could suck-up to the fa of his fellow trainees and finally rise in the ranks.
As the others celebrated their assigned song, June read the other contents of the board.
"Skateboard Ride by PCatt."
And beneath that was a number—8.
***
After the song reveal, the team decided to watch the performance video before delegating the parts.
June felt a dreadful feeling in the pit of his stomach. Things have been going pretty well so far, but the part distribution always seed to tear the teams apart.
Lin Zhi, who had taken the role of the leader after much deliberation, sat at the very center, leaning against the mirror.
Originally, Casper and Zeth both volunteered to be the leaders. However, the group was torn on who to vote for. It was exactly 50/50. So, in the end, Zeth and Casper both agreed that they'd step down and have another person beco the leader since they'd already experienced being one in their past groups.
Nobody but Lin Zhi volunteered to be the leader, so he automatically took the title.
"It says here that we should duplicate two roles for the mont. I don't think we should duplicate the mains, so why don't we use the Sub-Vocal 1 and the Sub-Rapper 1?" he suggested.
"I don't have any problems with that," Steel said.
" too," the others agreed.
Surprisingly, Lin Zhi was doing a pretty good job at leading the part distribution. Well, he's always been good at distribution, even back then.
Drug distribution, that is.
"Umm, and then let's start with the Main Vocal," Lin Zhi continued.
Zeth raised his hand, causing the others to pay attention to him. "After listening to the song, I can't help but let his voice co into mind," he started off.
Then, he looked around until his gaze t with June's.
"I think June should be the Main Vocalist this ti around."
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