Chapter 4

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Byul's eyes are wide open while laying down on her bed.

"SM Rookies?" Byul whispered while looking embarassed.

"Is he really in SM Rookies?" He asked herself.

"But I don't know him!" She started her monologue, "I only know Taeyong. The one who rapped on Red Velvet's Be Natural! Aye, I'm not spazzing on them anyway!"

She stared at the ceiling for a couple of seconds and then rolled on her bed.

And she suddenly remembered a scene...

"Oh right! Right! The guy with a beautiful smile! My first day in SM- the guy there with Taeyong!"

She groaned in disbelief.

"Andwae! That's so embarassing! I blocked him on his way. And he might caught me staring at him when greeting Sunjong seonsaengnim! Omonaaaa!" She brushed her hair violently and kicked in the air.

She sat rapidly while her hands are on her tangled hair. "And I have to go to the company tomorrow for the training! Oh no! Waaaah! Eommaaaa!" She again kicked and punched the air like she's in a fight. Then suddenly, she stopped.

"Why am I embarassed anyway? Did I do something wrong against him? Just because I don't know him? Or because he's actually a trainee too? What now? Why am I acting this way?" She asked herself. Her head is bursting with numerous thoughts and emotions.

"Omo! What is a stranger doing to me?" She gripped her hair again and laid.

"What am I doing? Ugh! Byul! Just sleep first! You have to wake up early to attend classes in the morning... before going to the training."

She closed her eyes but later on...

"Aigoo! Eotteohke? Huh? Ah jinjja, eotteokhae?" She muttered several times before finally falling asleep.

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"Hey, Byul!" Seomin reached out for Byul's shoulder, "What's with the dark circles? Did you spazz last night?" Then she looked at Chahyun teasingly.

"Yah! Why are you looking at me?" Chahyun said.

"Haha! Now, Byul, answer me."

Wearing her tired face, she spoke while they're walking along the street to the company, "I can't sleep."

"Huh? What's bothering you?" Chahyun asked.

"*sigh* I don't know either."

The foreheads of the two girls knotted and they just shrugged.

As they enter the company, Hime immediately approached them.

"Annyeonghaseyo, eonnie-deul!" She greeted then bowed.

"Yah, Hime! I missed you!" Then Seomin hugged their maknae.

"Me too!" The youngest said.

"Let's go." Chahyun said then headed to the practice room.

As they enter the practice room, all of the trainees were there.

"Nice one, girls. You're eleven minutes and twenty-seven seconds late!" Trainer Sejoon said, a little frustrated.

"Joesonghamnida, trainer-nim!" They all said then bowed.

"We just came from school." Chahyun said.

"Obviously." The trainer said, pertaining to the girls' school uniform that they're wearing. Even to Hime who came from different school.

"We're sorry." Byul said while looking down.

"Ugh. Nevermind. The younger trainees, proceed to the practice room upstairs. The elders will start their training here." The trainer said.

And with that, the younger trainees stood and went to their room. While the elders were left with Sejoon.

"Ok." Sejoon started. "I will be your dance trainer. And the voice part will be Woorim. You already met her, right?"

"Ne!" The eight elder trainees said in unison.

"So now, we'll have the first dance testing. I already saw how you dance. Jikyung, you move gracefully. Do you do jazz?" He asked from one of the boys.

"Ne. I'm currently in a dance school and we're being taught of jazz." Said Jikyung, 16, the youngest in the boys.

"Junho and Vash do hiphop, right?" The trainer asked.

"Ne." Junho, 16 and Vash, 17 said in unison.

"And you, Shinhwa, are you the founder of the group Shinhwa?" He joked.

Shinhwa, 18, laughed and spoke, "No, trainer-nim."

"Haha. Anyway, I would like you to think of a stage name. Whenever I see you, you have this cool aura and when you rap, you burn the stage off and shine!"

The compliments of the trainer made Shinhwa's face red.

"Kamsahamnida, Trainer-nim! But there are lots of things I should learn more." She diligently said.

"Well said." The trainer looked at the girls' direction which is at his left, "Hime, you have the highest voice in this group. But you're dancing skills needs improvent." He said with no hesitations. Didn't even think whether the girl would be hurt with his last comment.

"Seomin, you have a good voice and good dancing skills, base on the video of your audition." Then he looked at Chahyun, "Park Chahyun, a female rapper, huh. Your body is a little stiff. We have to work it out. I have to break your bones."

Chahyun just nodded. She knew she's bad in terms of flexibility. But she can catch up steps well.

"And Han Cheonsa. Do you like to be called 'Angel'? Or '1004' just to be different?" The second part was meant to be the trainer's joke.

Byul smiled, "Sir, I prefer 'Star', which came from my nickname 'Byul'."

"Oh, that's pretty good. Anyway, I haven't seen you dance yet. You were scouted by Jaerim, right?"

"Ne."

"Okay. Can you show us your dancing skills?"

The trainer went to the music player and played a dance music. Byul stood in the middle and listened to the beat of the music. And then she started moving. She can do popping, locking, split, tumbling and she dances really well. She did complicated dance details but when you watch her, the complicated details of the dance were very clear and visible.

While she's dancing, an SM staff entered the room, leaving the door open. She talked to Sejoon.

From the outside, the SR15B were strolling. They just finished filming an episode of Rookie Station. As they pass by the training room of Sejoon, Ten stopped when he accidentally saw a familiar girl dancing inside.

He walked near the door and peeked at it. He watched the girl carefully and an image of a girl popped in his mind.

"Ah! That girl at the school!" He thought.

"Whoa." He whispered. He's definitely amazed on how Byul dance.

After talking with Sejoon, the staff walked towards the door and opened it. She was shocked seeing Ten in there.

"Omo! You surprised me!" The lady said.

"Oh, sorry."

"What are you doing here?"

"I am just watching the new trainees. Anyway, I'll be going."

Before Ten could go, he glanced at the girl for the last time. That time, Byul is also looking at him with a shocked face and red cheeks.

"Aw. Kyeopta." Ten whispered and walked away with a smile.

The shocked Byul remained standing in the middle. She didn't even notice that the trainer is already in his front.

"Cheonsa-yah!"

She was brought back to her senses when the trainer shouted.

"O-oh, I'm sorry!" She immediately went back to her place and sat on the floor.

"Base on your performance, I think you're the best dancer in this group. And when more trained, you can be Hyoyeon's dancing princess of SM Entertainment."

"J-jinjja?" Byul shyly asked.

The trainer smiled, "Ne. No wonder why you were scouted. And from now on, I'll call you 'Star'. And that would be your stage name. Okay?"

Byul bowed her head, "Ne, trainer-nim!"

They ended the dance lesson well. Byul... or shall we say Star, is walking on the hallways of SM, still haven't moved on about the trainer's compliments. She smiled widely.

"Congratulations, Byul! Rather... Star! Kyah! I did well!"

While celebrating with her thoughts, she accidentally bumped into a person who's actually waiting for Star to bump to him.

Star lifted her gaze and her eyes opened widely when she saw Ten, together with Yuta, Jaehyun and Doyoung, members of SM's Rookie Group, SR15B.

"Annyeonghaseyo, classmate!" Ten greeted with an eyesmile.

"This cute girl is your classmate?" Yuta asked.

"Ne. She's also one of the trainees here." Ten said.

Star is still in a state of shock, still giving gazes on the four.

"What's your name?" Jaehyun asked.

"M-Me?" Star pointed at herself and her knees are trembling with mixed emotions.

"Ah, yeah?" Jaehyun said while giggling. It's because there are no other people around to ask that question.

"U-uhm, I'm Han Cheonsa. But I'm now called Star." Then she bowed 90 degrees.

"Why 'Star'?" Doyoung asked.

"Because my nickname is 'Byul'." She's trying hard to calm herself.

"Oh. Anyway, nice meeting you, Star! I'm Yuta!" Yuta said and shook hands with her.

They all introduced theirselves except Ten who's just smiling while looking at her.

Then finally, it's his turn to speak.

"You know me. I'm Ten, your classmate. It's nice to see you again! And uhm, I saw you dance earlier..." Star suddenly blushed, "You dance well, huh! Good job!"

"Yah! Excuse me!" Someone from the boys' back said, and it was actually Johnny. "Jaewon hyung is looking for us already! Let's go!"

The three followed Johnny while Ten remained standing in front of Star.

"Aren't you going with them yet?"

"I am. See you around!" Then he followed his co-members.

Star was left there. She was stunned by the boys. She didn't know them, but the presence of Ten is somewhat new and strange to her. Maybe because of what happened in the school yesterday and they're training in the same company.

She stared at their backs until they were out of her sight.

Then she tought,"I must admit. Ten is the most attractive among them, for me."

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