The eight mbers of EVE stared into oblivion, already feeling stressed about the amount of work they had to do in such a short amount of ti.
"Gosh, what did we sign up for?" Casper asked. "We can't overwork cats," he said, pointing to June.
June glared at him before sighing in defeat, knowing that Casper was right. A coback in less than a month already sounded impossible. However, knowing Azure, they'd try to make it possible…even if it ant overworking their artists.
"Hey," Sehun cheered them up. "At least, we're idols now, right? And we'll be having our very first live! Isn't that exciting?"
"I guess it is," Akira said. "I can't wait to et our fans."
Just then, the door opened, and Mr. Ong (who was still in his chair) ca in with a new person—a man appearing to be in his early 30s entered the room with a curt smile.
"Right, he just arrived, so I wasn't able to introduce him to you earlier," Mr. Ong said. "This is Lee Chul, your manager starting from today."
June observed the seemingly innocent-looking man and bowed his head in respect.
Chul made eye contact with everyone, greeting them with bright smiles. However, when he locked gazes with June, he rely gave him a nod of acknowledgnt.
June's eyebrows furrowed, but he let it go since it could have been a re coincidence.
"I still have a lot of work to do," Mr. Ong said. "So Chul will be going over everything you need to know before your live."
As soon as Mr. Ong left the room, Chul slumped on the couch. "I'm a huge fan of the show," he started off. "Can I get your autograph, Zeth and Casper? I've always been a big fan! It's a sha Jaxon and Jinsol aren't here," he muttered under his breath.
Zeth and Casper looked a bit weirded out, but they gave their autographs nonetheless.
"Thank you for this," their new manager excitedly said, pocketing their autographs.
"Let's first start off with your personal accounts," Chul said, going back to professional mode. "We will not ask you to delete your accounts or forbid you from posting on it. However, you need to ask permission whenever you want to post sothing."
They nodded in understanding.
"As far as I know, all of you have personal accounts except for June, right?" Chul asked.
"I have a personal account," June said.
"Oh, you do? What's your na?" Jisung excitedly asked.
"I can't say it," June said. "I need to write it."
"Let's talk about that so other ti since we have a live scheduled in half an hour. I'm assuming it's only for your personal endeavors?" Chul inquired. "If that's the case, then I suggest you don't use it anymore."
June frowned, feeling like Chul beca more hostile when he talked to him. Did this guy not like him or sothing?
"Now, we're going with your stage nas. So of you have similar nas to existing idols, so we need to change it a bit."
"First, Jisung," Chul said. "We'll go with Ji. It's short, straight to the point, and it's also your nickna."
Jisung smiled and gave Chul a thumbs-up.
Ji sounded pretty cute.
"Next, Sehun," Chul continued. "Hmm, I don't think we need to change your na, actually. It's alright. You can keep your na."
Sehun sighed in relief.
"The other mbers can also keep their nas," Chul said. "I quite like your nas."
"Ah, but wait," he quickly added. "We need to change your na, June. There are a lot of active idols with similar nas—Jun, to be precise."
June frowned. He always thought his na was fitting for his image. Besides, most idols weren't plain 'Jun.' They had prefixes before it—Renjun, Junhui, Junmyeon, Joon...
"So, June…Choi Joon-ho…your stage na is going to be…"
"Hoho."
Yup, this dude definitely had sothing against June.
***
Hoho.
June thought the challenges would dial down a bit once he secured a debut spot in Rising Stars.
However, that seed to be a misconception.
His mbers couldn't stop laughing after their manager left the room.
Jisung wiped his eyes after a great round of laughter, almost falling out of his seat.
"Are you done now?" June asked, not finding the situation enjoyable.
"Oh gosh," Akira exclaid amidst his laughter. "Hoho? Are they serious about that?"
"The center of a new idol team is actually going to be nad Hoho? I don't know about you, but that sounds quite iconic," Zeth chid. "Ah, I'm glad I'm not in the center now."
June glared at Zeth, causing the latter to laugh even harder.
"I thought they were great at making nas. Nico, whose na was originally Paul Ni…Ni Paul benefited from getting a good stage na," Sehun said.
"Where'd you even learn that? And is he mixed?" Ren asked.
"From C-Jay. That kid knows everything…and yes, I believe. I think he's half Nepalese," Sehun responded.
"Well, that explains it," Jaeyong said. "Seriously, though, do you think they're serious about June's na? I don't think I can take him seriously if that happens."
"They're not serious," Casper said. "They definitely can't be serious."
June hoped so.
However, once the door opened and Chul ca in with a tripod, June knew that they were being serious.
"Hoho, set this up," he said, giving the tripod to June.
"Gosh," Jisung whispered. "I think they're serious."
June pursed his lips in frustration. Were centers usually treated like this?
He set up the tripod (after much difficulty) and propped the phone on the stand. However, Jisung quickly ca to his aid since June didn't know how to set up a live stream.
"We're rolling!" Jisung exclaid, pulling June back to the couch.
The mbers of the new idol group perked up, looking at the cara like lost erkats waiting for their next prey.
"How does this work again?" June whispered to Jisung.
"We're waiting for people to co in," Jisung whispered back. "Oh, I think they're here. We have 10,000 viewers now! Let's greet them."
Zeth looked around and cleared his throat.
"Hi, guys!" he exclaid. "We are the mbers of EVE. Thanks for tuning in to our first live!"
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