𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 57
The Dare Devilz

"I wish I could punch you." I replied with a glare. "But to maintain my image I won't, I don't forgive you nor will I forgive you anytime soon."

"Slap me again then." Felix said. "I haven't even told you the truth—"

"It's none of my business, you and I don't owe each other anything." I spoke with reason. "We aren't anything but friends right? We were nothing to begin with."

I used his logic which really struck him and caused him to shut his mouth.

He had no comeback and I realized how no matter how upset I was with him.

I still felt those butterflies he made when we first met.

And I think that was my downfall.

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"Okay, everyone!" Psy called all the groups on stage. "Results are in."

I led my group on the stage and held their hands.

"Guys, good luck." I smiled. "We got this, okay?"

"Fighting!" They all replied with a giggle.

"Team A did a good job." Psy said. "I like their teamwork but the thing that really has me stuck is how you guys have been a group for 2 years and still haven't improved to what I expected now."

"I'm sorry." The person beside me apologized.

"Are you the leader?" Psy questioned in hangul.

"Yes." The guy replied in Korean. "I'm sorry that we haven't improved a lot, we are still trying to improve everyday."

I nodded at the conversation, everyday I thank Yuna for helping me with Korean.

It felt nice to understand some words.

It went on for about 25 minutes before he got to my group.

Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit.

I just know I would suck as an idol, I can't stop myself from cursing!

"Who is the leader of this group?" Psy asked as he turned to my group to which the members turned to me.

"I am." I stepped a hit forward with a smile.

"So my thoughts were right." Psy nodded as he wrote something down.

Thoughts? What thoughts?

"Okay, tell me your process." He smiled and leaned in to hear us.

"Well, thanks to Alaska we were able to execute the dance and performance to the best of our abilities." Rima said. "Thanks to her, we didn't just stop at what we thought was enough. She always made us keep practicing and make us do even better than before."

Psy nodded to signal Rima to keep going.

"I'm not that close to Alaska as Yuna and Nina are so—" Rima passed the microphone to Nina. "You should say something."

Nina chuckled nervously before taking the microphone and starting, "Yeah, I am closer to Alaska and to be honest she's one of the most hard working people I've ever worked with. I do know she's caused us to become tired more but I know it's for a good reason. My legs have never felt this fit before, most people train with no plan meaning that most trainees won't work out or do leg and strength training but Alaska has taught us to do that in order to help our performance."

Now it was my turn to talk, god damn it I'm not good with words.

"Ha," I chuckled as I looked at the members. "I think they're getting way ahead of themselves, these girls are the reason why we can be better. I think that if they weren't hardworking then this would have never worked. I know many were tired and for that I apologize because I didn't mean to stress them all out, I care about the team and that is why I was able to get them to practice longer hours with me. If they didn't have energy or motivation to keep going then we wouldn't have been able to practice and improve, so really all the hard work is done by all of them."

"Ah." Psy smiled wider. "So, I saw that there were actually no mistakes in your performance and I actually really enjoyed your cover of Lovesick Girls."

That comment put a smile on my face, thank god he liked our cover.

Psy shuffled his papers before speaking again. "Out of all the teams who has practiced and trained your group had no mistakes, and I saw that your instrument unit did have a little of flaws regarding the drums and guitar but it's understandable to Rima who haven't been taught in that for long."

I smiled along with the girls ad he complimented us, it felt nice and I'm glad he recognized the other girls.

"Aaliyah, how long did you practice drums and when did you start?" Psy asked.

"Oh." Aaliyah chuckled as we passed her the microphone. "I actually started playing the drums like around 6 weeks ago, I was the pianist but since Rima had to perform with the others I volunteered to learn the drums for her. I practiced like for 12 hours for 5 days every week."

"Wow." Psy gasped. "And you sounded really good, of course I could tell that drums aren't your speciality but you did execute it really well."

The judges all nodded and smiled at Aaliyah which warmed my heart, I'm glad she got some compliments.

I mean I can dance and rap but drums? I couldn't learn that in 6 weeks!

"Uh, so." Psy began as he looked at the judges and then back at us. "I am the most impressed with your group, I also think the concept of the band and also performers is something we don't really see in the music industry. I'm really intrigued."

I smiled so big I thought my cheeks were gonna fall off, does that mean he's gonna? He's gonna choose us?

"I have the perfect name for your group." Psy stood up and walked on the stage towards us.

My heart rate increased as he came with necklaces.

"Dare Devilz." He placed the necklaces over us with the group name. "Congratulations, you girls will debut."

The confetti bursted up into the air as the judges clapped and the other groups on stage clapped.

I turned to my members after Psy placed the final necklace on me and stepped back.

"Guys." I jumped up and down. "We did it!"

The girls started to cry oh no, I didn't expect it them to cry.

"Girls, don't cry." I chuckled as I brought them closer to me and gave them a hug.

"Psy has decided on his new group to be a girl group named the Dare Devilz!" An MC walks on stage as a cameraman follows him and then pans the camera towards us.

"Psy, sir." I bowed genuinely. "Thank you so much, seriously thank you so much for this opportunity I have so much respect for you and your team."

Now the reason why I didn't feel embarrassed by bowing is because I've learned to live with Korean culture and how others communicate. Of course I'm not saying bowing is all of Korean culture but merely a bit of it. I wanted to show Psy how grateful I was for him even if there was a culture barrier I wanted him to really understand how I felt on the inside.

And to say the least, he was shocked at my action because after I bowed my whole group bowed.

Wow... My group, I can finally say my group? Will I seriously be the leader?

"These 10 girls came to Korea with a dream to debut and they successful made the line up. It's not easy to get to this position but they all deserve this opportunity. This will be Psy's first international group!" The MC smiled. "Psy, any last words?"

Psy turned to us with a smile and nodded.

I was so excited to hear what he had to say but I was afraid that I was going to cry. I didn't want to be embarrassed!

My new group is the Dare Devilz.

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Author's note:
Hey everyone how are y'all doing??

Alaska finally made it to the debut line up for the second time, let's just hope she doesn't make the same mistake like last time...

Keeping your image up as an idol is important and you need to be responsible for your mistakes...

With that being said, do y'all have any questions regarding this chapter or past chapters?

Would y'all like me to make a pattern dedicated to answering halls questions about the book or characters?

If y'all have any questions leave them here!! I'll answer :)

-Liv