One Shot to Success (B.A.P)
Chapter 2
~Audition day~
***JiHae's P.O.V***
I didn't know how to dress today, so I ended up picking a plain white t-shirt, ripped jeans, converse, and a leather jacket, which I all stuffed into my sports bag for later on. I wanted to wear proper clothes for the audition, so I wore a short-sleeved shirt and a grey hoodie, sweat pants that were not too baggy and not too tight in order to dance properly, and a pair of the many dancing sneakers I have aligned against the wall of my closet and left with no accessory, except for the sports bag that was thrown across my shoulder. I jogged into the garage, picked up my helmet and drove off on my black motorcycle.
I arrived at the audition place around half an hour later than I expected to because I was apparently holding the map upside-down, but even so, I was planning on being here at least one hour early just in case. In the end, I ended up by only having 30 minutes to prepare myself psychologically. There was a gathering inside a room in the building in order to explain everything we were to do. We were each told to give our application forms which will be exchanged with our number. I had number 0100, which meant I was going to be the last person to perform, since they were taking ten people inside at a time and that 100 people were auditioning today. Great, more waiting.
It's been two hours and I've never felt this bored in my life. There were very few activities happening in the waiting room and even those people who were doing them were slowly disappearing. And they were only at numbers 0041 to 0050! On my right was sitting a snoring number 0099, mumbling something about flying doughnuts trying to eat her... What? What's worse is that she sometimes made a few groans while swaying from side to side, mostly hitting me with her arms because number 0098 moved to the far side of her chair, away from the dangerous tentacle-like arm attack. Something tells me I will get out of here full of bruises and drool stains on me...
Another two hours passed and they finally got to my group. First up was a blonde girl who, I have to admit, looked really pretty. I actually couldn't wait to see her performance. Until she started talking... I don't know what pushed her into auditioning with that voice of hers, but man! I think the appropriated term would be... Uh... A constipated dying skunk while being cooked alive? Yeah, something like that I guess.
There were a few people who were actually so good, that I started losing my confidence. My name was called up and I stood up straight with my head high, giving a manly aura, well, I hope it was manly in any case. I had to pretend to be one after all. But I think I pretty much always act like a guy, so I guess I'll just be myself.
I walked up and they asked me what I'd show them. I gave them a disk that had a song that I made with my brother before he left for college back in Canada and told them that I was going to sing a song of my own.
The first beats pounded from the speakers and as soon as the second set of beats came, I started moving my body to the rythm. I hit the first notes beautifully and rapped at my brother's parts, since this was OUR piece and he wasn't here. When it ended, I lowered my tall structure into a bow and thanked them before leaving the room.
I let out a breath I didn't even realize I was holding in and leaned in on the wall behind me. I was so preoccupied with my thoughts on how I did the performance that I didn't even see a shadow bend over me.
"Are you okay, sir?" said a tall boy. I stood up and he immediately bowed, apologizing seeing that I was probably younger than he originally thought. He had a childish face and was pretty cute, but the one thing that stood out from all that was that he was tall as hell. I was way over the average Korean girl size, around 1.77 meters, but him! Even with my height I had to crane my neck upwards! I'd say he was around 8 centimeters taller than me!
"Um, how old are you?" the boy asked. I guess it was to see if he had to use formalities or not.
"I'm seventeen," I answered. Before I knew it, there was a smile growing on his face at full speed, showing a dimple on his left cheek.
"Yay! I'm finally older than someone! By the way, what's your name?" That boy is starting to give me the creeps. How old is he?! Five?! Can't he behave like a normal person? Ugh. I told him my name and he paused for a bit, thinking about something. Uh oh. He doesn't think I'm a girl, does he? I mean, my name is used by boys too, no?
"Oh! Then you must be the cool person that just sung right? I really like your singing and rapping. I was just passing by until I heard you, I hope you don't mind. Well, good luck!" said the mysterious man-child before jumping aboard a skateboard. Wait, where did that come from? Meh.
Now being changed into my street clothing, I left the building, hoping I get good news about the event today soon, hopped on my motorcycle and sped off towards the park. I was to meet an old friend I used to take judo classes with.
I still take judo lessons, by the way. It's just that he had to quit in order to concentrate on his studies and get better grades. He had told me to meet him there around 6:00 pm, so I guess I still have around half an hour free. Seeing this, I changed directions and drove to a cafe or ice cream shop, whichever was closer.I parked just in front of the door of a cafe, earning me a few looks from chicks thinking that I'm a dude. I am used to it, but it still is annoying having females look at you like that. I sorta feel bad for them whenever a miserable soul happens to like me and confess, just to end up learning that I'm a she.
Anyway, I got off my vehicle and walked in with my hands in my jacket's pockets. While looking at the menu over the counter, I started humming to my song. I always have a habit to start singing randomly when I have nothing else to do. Apparently, a man who was sitting at a nearby table came over to me.
"Did you ever think about auditioning for a music entertainment company?" he said with his deep voice. I turned around and saw a handsome man, not much smaller than the childish boy at TS Ent.
"Yeah, I just came back from an audition." I replied friendly because it is not in my nature to be cold to anyone who I think didn't deserve it, especially if that person was a man overflowing with sex-appeal who just complimented me.
"Oh, then good luck, man," he nodded and left. Well, he seemed a bit... You know what, I think there is no word to describe that conversation just now. Awkward, I suppose? Crap! I have only 10 minutes before "ma bro" comes! Okay, I think I'll just pick up two drinks and leave as soon as I pay in order to get back in time.
I pick out a large strawberry bubble tea and a large chocolate bubble tea that I guess we will have to decide who gets which later, but that doesn't really matter. The price was about 3,50 dollars each, which I think is a pretty good deal. Near where I live, a small bubble tea costs 5 freaking dollars! Why? I don't know, but I can tell you that many people buy their bubble tea, regardless of the price, and that is really a shame because they could save a lot of money.
Back to the point. I hopped onto the motorcycle with both bubble teas and drove off towards our meeting place. The park was not far away from the cafe in fact. The beautiful greenery soon made it’s apparition in the horizon. I slowed down, trying to find the landmark that my friend told me he’d be near. It wasn't really hard to find the so-called “nice-big-tree-with-a-knot-in-the-middle”. Note the sarcasm. How could he possibly give such a vague description?! There are thousands of trees with knots in their middle in this damn park, especially when you are looking for a specific one, one that your so-called “friend” told you to meet him at. He is so going to get it when we meet. Ugh.
“JIJI!” screamed a random voice. Apparently coming from the park, next to a small tree, that of course, had no knot in the middle. Wow. He just had to describe the absolute opposite of his position. In fact, forget me giving him a nice friendly punch. He’s gonna get a real beating. Watch out, dude, here I come! Mwahahahaha!
“Han Bin oppa!” I pretty much screamed the 'oppa' so that I could give him the hint that he’s about to die. Kekeke.
“Oppa? Since when do you sa-”
“DIE ALREADY YOU STUPID PIECE OF SCRAP,” I yelled at him, jumping at him and pinning him down with a judo strangulation.
“Can’t. Breathe. Too. Tight.” he managed to say.
“Now, where did you tell me to meet you again? I think it was next to a… BIG TREE THAT HAD AN EFFING KNOT IN IT! Isn't that right?” I spat at him. Han Bin quickly nodded in any way he could, struggling to get out of my grasp. Didn't he remember that I won first place in every competition? Didn't he see me while he was still taking lessons? Doesn't he have the slightest brain to remember all the pain I could make him go through? Well, obviously not since he chose to give me false directions. His face was getting a little red and he was now tapping the ground with his free hand because I was still holding the other in an arm lock. I see he remembers that you have to tap twice on the ground in order to show your opponent that you surrender.
I let go of the poor guy and if you actually saw his face when air at last went into his lungs, you’d have laughed on your back as much as me. He was face towards the sky on his knees, wearing the stupidest smile I've ever seen. His arms were extended upwards and his messy dark plum hair was pointing in all directions. I sneakily took a picture and saved it for later. Who knows when this will be useful.
“JiHae, if you ever dare to do that again, I swear I’ll call your brother to come back from Canada just to beat your little girly butt,” Han Bin weakly threatened me. Han Bin was my brother’s 'brother-from-another-mother' type of friend who eventually became mine as well, so he was totally able to execute his threat, even though I knew they were only empty words.
“Not gonna happen Han Bin hyung.”
“What happened to the ‘oppa’?” he pouted. I have to admit, he had good looks and was really cute there. But that is not going to stop me. I have dealt with this too many times and have built an unbreakable wall to repel his amazing and cute aegyo... that was adorable as hell...
“It was a warning to tell you that you were going to die. You’re lucky that I even spared your pitiful self. Where do you want to go? I brought you a large bubble tea, just the way you liked it, but I didn't know what flavor you like now, so choose in between these two I got.”
I could clearly see his eyes full of desire and his watering mouth. Five minutes have passed and hyung is still staring at both beverages like they were his prey.
“You have three seconds to decide, because or else, I will drink them both myself,” I declared, expressing my annoyance. He swiftly grabbed the strawberry one and held onto it as if his life depended on it. Suddenly remembering something, he straightened himself and sat against the knot-less tree.
“There was a reason I asked you to meet me, now that I remember. Remember Jae Soo? Me and MinSeok’s friend from high school that left to Canada with him? Well, he just called me telling me that he was told by your brother that you auditioned for a random music company. Why didn't you tell me?!” he said while whining with a touch of aegyo in his voice.
“...” I’m speechless. He called me all the way here just for THAT?! I was going to spare him, but I think I just changed my mind. I cracked my knuckles on both hands slowly, moving forward making sure I had a death glare in my eyes.
“JiJi? You don’t look too happy, you know. Why don’t you just sit down and-”
“DIE ALREADY!” I pounced on him like a lion would his prey. This is going to be a long afternoon. Poor hyung… He’s gonna have many bruises when he wakes up tomorrow! Hehehe!
***JiHae's P.O.V***
I didn't know how to dress today, so I ended up picking a plain white t-shirt, ripped jeans, converse, and a leather jacket, which I all stuffed into my sports bag for later on. I wanted to wear proper clothes for the audition, so I wore a short-sleeved shirt and a grey hoodie, sweat pants that were not too baggy and not too tight in order to dance properly, and a pair of the many dancing sneakers I have aligned against the wall of my closet and left with no accessory, except for the sports bag that was thrown across my shoulder. I jogged into the garage, picked up my helmet and drove off on my black motorcycle.
I arrived at the audition place around half an hour later than I expected to because I was apparently holding the map upside-down, but even so, I was planning on being here at least one hour early just in case. In the end, I ended up by only having 30 minutes to prepare myself psychologically. There was a gathering inside a room in the building in order to explain everything we were to do. We were each told to give our application forms which will be exchanged with our number. I had number 0100, which meant I was going to be the last person to perform, since they were taking ten people inside at a time and that 100 people were auditioning today. Great, more waiting.
It's been two hours and I've never felt this bored in my life. There were very few activities happening in the waiting room and even those people who were doing them were slowly disappearing. And they were only at numbers 0041 to 0050! On my right was sitting a snoring number 0099, mumbling something about flying doughnuts trying to eat her... What? What's worse is that she sometimes made a few groans while swaying from side to side, mostly hitting me with her arms because number 0098 moved to the far side of her chair, away from the dangerous tentacle-like arm attack. Something tells me I will get out of here full of bruises and drool stains on me...
Another two hours passed and they finally got to my group. First up was a blonde girl who, I have to admit, looked really pretty. I actually couldn't wait to see her performance. Until she started talking... I don't know what pushed her into auditioning with that voice of hers, but man! I think the appropriated term would be... Uh... A constipated dying skunk while being cooked alive? Yeah, something like that I guess.
There were a few people who were actually so good, that I started losing my confidence. My name was called up and I stood up straight with my head high, giving a manly aura, well, I hope it was manly in any case. I had to pretend to be one after all. But I think I pretty much always act like a guy, so I guess I'll just be myself.
I walked up and they asked me what I'd show them. I gave them a disk that had a song that I made with my brother before he left for college back in Canada and told them that I was going to sing a song of my own.
The first beats pounded from the speakers and as soon as the second set of beats came, I started moving my body to the rythm. I hit the first notes beautifully and rapped at my brother's parts, since this was OUR piece and he wasn't here. When it ended, I lowered my tall structure into a bow and thanked them before leaving the room.
I let out a breath I didn't even realize I was holding in and leaned in on the wall behind me. I was so preoccupied with my thoughts on how I did the performance that I didn't even see a shadow bend over me.
"Are you okay, sir?" said a tall boy. I stood up and he immediately bowed, apologizing seeing that I was probably younger than he originally thought. He had a childish face and was pretty cute, but the one thing that stood out from all that was that he was tall as hell. I was way over the average Korean girl size, around 1.77 meters, but him! Even with my height I had to crane my neck upwards! I'd say he was around 8 centimeters taller than me!
"Um, how old are you?" the boy asked. I guess it was to see if he had to use formalities or not.
"I'm seventeen," I answered. Before I knew it, there was a smile growing on his face at full speed, showing a dimple on his left cheek.
"Yay! I'm finally older than someone! By the way, what's your name?" That boy is starting to give me the creeps. How old is he?! Five?! Can't he behave like a normal person? Ugh. I told him my name and he paused for a bit, thinking about something. Uh oh. He doesn't think I'm a girl, does he? I mean, my name is used by boys too, no?
"Oh! Then you must be the cool person that just sung right? I really like your singing and rapping. I was just passing by until I heard you, I hope you don't mind. Well, good luck!" said the mysterious man-child before jumping aboard a skateboard. Wait, where did that come from? Meh.
Now being changed into my street clothing, I left the building, hoping I get good news about the event today soon, hopped on my motorcycle and sped off towards the park. I was to meet an old friend I used to take judo classes with.
I still take judo lessons, by the way. It's just that he had to quit in order to concentrate on his studies and get better grades. He had told me to meet him there around 6:00 pm, so I guess I still have around half an hour free. Seeing this, I changed directions and drove to a cafe or ice cream shop, whichever was closer.I parked just in front of the door of a cafe, earning me a few looks from chicks thinking that I'm a dude. I am used to it, but it still is annoying having females look at you like that. I sorta feel bad for them whenever a miserable soul happens to like me and confess, just to end up learning that I'm a she.
Anyway, I got off my vehicle and walked in with my hands in my jacket's pockets. While looking at the menu over the counter, I started humming to my song. I always have a habit to start singing randomly when I have nothing else to do. Apparently, a man who was sitting at a nearby table came over to me.
"Did you ever think about auditioning for a music entertainment company?" he said with his deep voice. I turned around and saw a handsome man, not much smaller than the childish boy at TS Ent.
"Yeah, I just came back from an audition." I replied friendly because it is not in my nature to be cold to anyone who I think didn't deserve it, especially if that person was a man overflowing with sex-appeal who just complimented me.
"Oh, then good luck, man," he nodded and left. Well, he seemed a bit... You know what, I think there is no word to describe that conversation just now. Awkward, I suppose? Crap! I have only 10 minutes before "ma bro" comes! Okay, I think I'll just pick up two drinks and leave as soon as I pay in order to get back in time.
I pick out a large strawberry bubble tea and a large chocolate bubble tea that I guess we will have to decide who gets which later, but that doesn't really matter. The price was about 3,50 dollars each, which I think is a pretty good deal. Near where I live, a small bubble tea costs 5 freaking dollars! Why? I don't know, but I can tell you that many people buy their bubble tea, regardless of the price, and that is really a shame because they could save a lot of money.
Back to the point. I hopped onto the motorcycle with both bubble teas and drove off towards our meeting place. The park was not far away from the cafe in fact. The beautiful greenery soon made it’s apparition in the horizon. I slowed down, trying to find the landmark that my friend told me he’d be near. It wasn't really hard to find the so-called “nice-big-tree-with-a-knot-in-the-middle”. Note the sarcasm. How could he possibly give such a vague description?! There are thousands of trees with knots in their middle in this damn park, especially when you are looking for a specific one, one that your so-called “friend” told you to meet him at. He is so going to get it when we meet. Ugh.
“JIJI!” screamed a random voice. Apparently coming from the park, next to a small tree, that of course, had no knot in the middle. Wow. He just had to describe the absolute opposite of his position. In fact, forget me giving him a nice friendly punch. He’s gonna get a real beating. Watch out, dude, here I come! Mwahahahaha!
“Han Bin oppa!” I pretty much screamed the 'oppa' so that I could give him the hint that he’s about to die. Kekeke.
“Oppa? Since when do you sa-”
“DIE ALREADY YOU STUPID PIECE OF SCRAP,” I yelled at him, jumping at him and pinning him down with a judo strangulation.
“Can’t. Breathe. Too. Tight.” he managed to say.
“Now, where did you tell me to meet you again? I think it was next to a… BIG TREE THAT HAD AN EFFING KNOT IN IT! Isn't that right?” I spat at him. Han Bin quickly nodded in any way he could, struggling to get out of my grasp. Didn't he remember that I won first place in every competition? Didn't he see me while he was still taking lessons? Doesn't he have the slightest brain to remember all the pain I could make him go through? Well, obviously not since he chose to give me false directions. His face was getting a little red and he was now tapping the ground with his free hand because I was still holding the other in an arm lock. I see he remembers that you have to tap twice on the ground in order to show your opponent that you surrender.
I let go of the poor guy and if you actually saw his face when air at last went into his lungs, you’d have laughed on your back as much as me. He was face towards the sky on his knees, wearing the stupidest smile I've ever seen. His arms were extended upwards and his messy dark plum hair was pointing in all directions. I sneakily took a picture and saved it for later. Who knows when this will be useful.
“JiHae, if you ever dare to do that again, I swear I’ll call your brother to come back from Canada just to beat your little girly butt,” Han Bin weakly threatened me. Han Bin was my brother’s 'brother-from-another-mother' type of friend who eventually became mine as well, so he was totally able to execute his threat, even though I knew they were only empty words.
“Not gonna happen Han Bin hyung.”
“What happened to the ‘oppa’?” he pouted. I have to admit, he had good looks and was really cute there. But that is not going to stop me. I have dealt with this too many times and have built an unbreakable wall to repel his amazing and cute aegyo... that was adorable as hell...
“It was a warning to tell you that you were going to die. You’re lucky that I even spared your pitiful self. Where do you want to go? I brought you a large bubble tea, just the way you liked it, but I didn't know what flavor you like now, so choose in between these two I got.”
I could clearly see his eyes full of desire and his watering mouth. Five minutes have passed and hyung is still staring at both beverages like they were his prey.
“You have three seconds to decide, because or else, I will drink them both myself,” I declared, expressing my annoyance. He swiftly grabbed the strawberry one and held onto it as if his life depended on it. Suddenly remembering something, he straightened himself and sat against the knot-less tree.
“There was a reason I asked you to meet me, now that I remember. Remember Jae Soo? Me and MinSeok’s friend from high school that left to Canada with him? Well, he just called me telling me that he was told by your brother that you auditioned for a random music company. Why didn't you tell me?!” he said while whining with a touch of aegyo in his voice.
“...” I’m speechless. He called me all the way here just for THAT?! I was going to spare him, but I think I just changed my mind. I cracked my knuckles on both hands slowly, moving forward making sure I had a death glare in my eyes.
“JiJi? You don’t look too happy, you know. Why don’t you just sit down and-”
“DIE ALREADY!” I pounced on him like a lion would his prey. This is going to be a long afternoon. Poor hyung… He’s gonna have many bruises when he wakes up tomorrow! Hehehe!
Notes
I hope my chapter isn't THAT bad... The upcoming chapters will surely be better with the help of your opinions and coments! Please tell me what you think about the story in the comment section. Support me by voting if you'd like too. <3 <3 <3-Author-nim
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I usually keep plugging on this method of chapter installments, then when it's all done, I then go back and rewrite it and post it to another site. And vice versa. Like a rough draft & final draft. But do what your heart tells you to.
8/20/15