Taekwoon POV
'Where will I be this time?' I think as the world morphs from black to beautiful. This time, I am sitting in what seems to be the Jellyfish Entertainment practice room. It seems as though I came back to my final audition.
I will myself to stand up and walk around. Looking at the surroundings, I can see a computer hooked up to the audio setup for the room. A piano is set up against the wall next to the computer. The wall behind the piano and the wall next to it are covered in mirrors. At the back of the room, there is a couch with an air con unit next to it. There are two orange doors on the other side of the piano, leading to small, soundproof practice rooms.
There are many teenagers sitting in the room as well. They are all either singing, rapping, or stretching. There are a few people I recognize right away. Hakyeon hyung is in a corner stretching, Jaehwan is playing the piano while warming up his vocal cords, and Wonsik is practicing by doing some simple tongue twisters.
I turn around and walk back to the teenage version of me. I should be about 19 years old. I am wearing a black shirt with a jean jacket over top and a simple pair of jeans.

Suddenly, beautiful piano melodies start flooding the room. Jaehwan is playing a piano rendition of Jo Sungmo's To Heaven. The song then hits the chorus and he starts beautifully belting out the words. People in the room stop what they are doing and turn towards him. Many seem intimidated by his voice, but the young me isn't fazed. He continues to listen to his music, warming up his vocal cords.
'I am glad Jaehwan made it into VIXX. His voice was amazing even before all the training we went through.' I think as I watch the room slowly get mesmerized by Jaehwan's voice.
I am soon stolen of my thoughts when a beautiful harmony fills the air. It is no longer just Jaehwan's voice, but mine as well. Jaehwan had finished playing Jo Sungmo's To Heaven and started playing Kim Jungmin's Staying In His Love. When he started singing the intro, the young me joined in.
'This is why we are the main vocals. We have such powerful vocal abilities and harmonized so well together even though we had never seen each other before that day.' I think as I listen to our voices melting together.

In the corner of the room, standing in the doorway, I see our CEO, Hwang Sejun sunbae. He is listening to Jaehwan and I. He seems to be very impressed with us. There is a huge smile plastered over his face and he is nodding in approval. Though it’s weird, I’m glad I never noticed him back then.
When the song ends, Hwang Sejun sunbae turns around and starts to talk to someone who is just out of my sight. I walk over to the door and walk through Hwang Sejun sunbae. In front of me now stands Sung Sikyung sunbae. He seems to have listened to our harmony as well.
"What do you think of those two?" Hwang Sejun sunbae asks.
"They seem to have a natural ability to harmonize together, but I want to see their individual abilities as well." Sikyung sunbae answers.
"I agree. Though, Jaehwan seems to be a bit weak individually at the moment. Don't you agree?" Hwang Sejun sunbae ponders.
"Yeah, he is still lacking a bit. I would love to see Taekwoon's individual ability though. We have only heard him harmonize with Jaehwan." Sikyung sunbae retorts.
"Yeah. But it does see as though he has lots of talent. When I was listening to their harmony, it seems as though Taekwoon carried the harmony and Jaehwan followed." Hwang Sejun sunbae points out.
"I noticed that as well. Jaehwan seemed to support Taekwoon as he sang, instead of carrying the harmony alongside him." Sikyung sunbae claims.
“I agree, though that can be fixed with training.” Hwang Sejun sunbae acknowledges. With that, both Sikyung sunbae and Hwang Sejun sunbae turn and head up the stairs.
Hwang Sejun sunbae comes back a few minutes later. He enters the room this time instead of hiding in the doorway. “Listen up kids. We are going to start the auditions now. I hope you are all warmed up and ready to go.” He calls. “Jung Taekwoon, you’re up first.” Then he turns around and walks back through the door.
The young me turns away from Jaehwan, who gives me a silent ‘hwaiting’, and walks after Hwang Sejun sunbae. I remember the walk as if I did it yesterday. It is like walking down death row, right to my impending death. I know it is coming, and I have known for a while. I have had time to prepare for this, but yet now that I are there, I are no longer ready. The entire walk is silent, the only things that break that silence are my breathing and footsteps. It seems as though the walls enclose around me and they get closer with every step taken. By the time I reach the audition room, it feels as though the hallway is only big enough to fit the door frame.
Watching the young me walk down the hallway makes me nervous all over again. He soon arrives and opens the door. Inside the audition room, there is a long table with a camera set up to record the auditions. Many people are sitting at the table, each with a clipboard displaying my information on it. Among those people are Hwang Sejun sunbae, Sung Sikyung sunbae, and our choreographer Yang Wook sunbae.
“Jung Taekwoon-ssi, please introduce yourself.” Hwang Sejun sunbae instructs.
“Hello, my name is Jung Taekwoon. I am 19 years old. Today I am going to showcase my vocal and dance abilities.”
“We are excited to see what you have to offer. You may start when you are ready.” Hwang Sejun sunbae responds.
The young me nods to the girl operating the sound system. She turns on the system and the melody of Keith Martin’s Because of You fills the room. My voice fills the air, swirling around the room and invading my sunbae’s ears. The young me is putting all of his emotions into the song. He is giving it all he has.
When the song ends, he puts the mic down and gets ready for the next song. Chris Brown’s Wet the Bed starts playing next and his body immediately jumps into action. To best describe the way he is moving, I would have to say he ‘flies like a butterfly but stings like a bee’. He moves so gracefully just like a butterfly, yet each move has so much power behind it, just like a stinging bee.
The music fades away and the room in enveloped in silence. No words are spoken, the only thing that can be heard is the breathing of everyone in the room.
Hwang Sejun subae is the first to break the silence. “That was very good Taekwoon-ssi. I think I can speak on behalf of the other judges when I say that you will be a great addition to our team. Congratulations.” Hwang Sejun sunbae rises and starts clapping. Sung Sikyung sunbae and Yang Wook sunbae rise and join him.
“We will contact you at a later date once we have the trainee line up done and have acquired a dorm for you. I hope that in the meantime, you keep training and improving.” Hwang Sejun sunbae says, before moving to escort me out of the room.
As I watch the scene unfold, all the happiness and relief I felt at that moment came flooding back into me. I am happy feeling them all over again, at least I was until the world started to fade. The world turns black right as a tear escapes my eye and crawls down my cheek.

Notes

Sorry for the long wait. My editor is on vacation and she couldn't look at it until today.