Realistic or Modern ~Stryka~

[Peculiar3]

Daiki felt his heart stop at the managers words and he released Jinwoo's hand as fast as possible, eyes wide and face quickly heating up. Namil too nearly choked, covering his face. he was too scared to look at the other's reactions. That had been the worst night of his life... he got rejected hard.

Meanwhile the manager just nodded along to the next question and smiled, "Well, it's been my plan all along. Choosing the right trainees was difficult for some of you, but here we are. It's been a long time in the idea box, and you've all been shaped to fit this group. As have others who aren't debuting, keep that in mind if you get cocky about keeping your positions." He gave Daiki a fiery look and the younger male lowered his gaze, fiddling with his fingers and gulping.

 

[SpotBandit]

Upon hearing the revelation that there were supposedly cameras everywhere, Minjun immediately felt more nervous than he did before and shuffled uncomfortably in the spot, shortly stopping afterward. The boy shot a quick glance at his other members, noticing Namil covering his face and Daiki heating up, evident by how red he was turning. He shifted his focus back to the manager. Though Min already expected tight security, he didn't realise it'd be to the point where the manager would know about almost every little thing you've done in the day. Having eyes everywhere to the point that someone could know what you did when you were a teenager was extremely unnerving. It sounded like something cliché from some kind of movie.

Though, he was relieved that he wasn't outed, considering what he'd done as a teenager when he was testing out his sexual orientation. He couldn't imagine how Daiki, Jinwoo and Namil felt. Humiliated, obviously, but they must've wanted to die at the moment seeming as they just had their sexualities blurted out to the entire group.

 

[auburnt]

Rhydian could feel the weird energies around him, some of his fellow members seemed to be as uneasy as he was. He wanted to tell them they were going to be fine, tthat they were not alone, but unfortunately they didn't all know each other that well yet, and also... He also wondered if... If they thought he was saying too much, if they would blame him for asking about these things and bringing those answers to their infinite list of worries. Their manager spoke of them without even knowing if they were comfortable sharing such personal details with everyone, and... He was the one to blame, since he asked. His hands shook a little at that, and his mouth went dry, but all he could do was be polite and try to calm down.

"I- I see. Thank you very much, manager-nim", and then Rhydian got quiet, once again lowering his head and not looking around at all. He felt the urge to hide the long black nails, the heels and the jewelry, because who knows what people might think of that, right? They were pretty much being spied on all the time, stalked even. He just wanted to go to his room and hide there for a week, honestly.

 

[Taek-My-Heart]

Jinwoo's head fell in slight embarrassment as the manager outed his and Daiki's interlaced fingers. He was pretty surprised to find out that he had noticed, but then again, being close with Daiki meant that he and Haneul had previous interactions. Plus, Jinwoo wasn't exactly the hardest book to read. Subconsciously he nodded along, his hand in his friends lap, fingers released instantly. If it weren't for the other eyes on them, Jinwoo would've been hurt that Daiki practically threw his had away. Looking around the room, Jinwoo realized that everyone was more than likely bisexual, like he was. That alone, was pretty amazing. Even if it was like an unspoken rule in Korea that most shouldn't publicize their orientation.

 

[Christi]

Feeling her shoulders brush again Nana's, she turned to look at him and smiled softly. But it was only a brief look as she looked back at the manager as he continued talking, still feeling excited and happy about her role, which she hadn't expected to receive. But she listened eagerly as the manager mentioned that they would have two sub-units, which seemed interesting. Ooh, a dark concept sub-unit and a cute one? That sounded interesting. Considering her appearance and personality, she expected to be put in the cute sub-unit. But she was surprised to hear that she had been put into the one with the darker concept, and happy about it too. Then again, she wasn't extremely surprised, considering she did have a different vibe or behavior, or whatever you want to call it, when she was rapping, at least she had been told that.

But Kyung-rae was distracted from her thoughts when Hanuel was about to announce the group's concept. She listened carefully, feeling the tense as he let it build during the silence. When he finally announced it, her mouth gaped and her brows raised. No way. Pride for the LGBT community? That was a rather controversial concept. But Rae loved it. While she did lean towards men, she was still bisexual and, either way, she had always pushed for equality since she was young and always supported people who were different, specifically those that were apart of that community. Her personality and morals and view on life just made that a given, that she hated discrimination and loved the idea of loving everyone no matter what. So she was extremely happy to hear that that was the group's concept.

Her eyes flickered over to Rhydian as he asked a question that she too had been wondering, and she immediately looked back at their manager to hear his answer. Ah, so it was partially because of their orientation. When he said the majority, she assumed she was apart of that minority. Because, while she was technically bisexual, she was mostly attracted to men and didn't really show that much that she was also attracted to women, unless she was really attracted to them. In all honesty, she wasn't super sure on what orientation she was. She hadn't been able to experience that much in that area, after all. Then when he started listing a few of the members that had shown signs of their sexuality, she looked at them briefly. She was surprised at the thing about Jinwoo and Daiki, since she hadn't noticed it. Wait, how did the manager? And the third was Namil. But, not wanting to stare or make them feel embarrassed or uncomfortable. But she felt herself feeling a bit uncomfortable, or more nervous rather, hearing that there were cameras everywhere. What if she did something embarrassing and the camera caught it? Aish, that made her worry. But she would have to try and not worry about it.

 

[Peculiar3]

The manager was blissfully oblivious to everyone's discomfort, still smiling happily. Meanwhile Daiki glared at the table, ashamed that he had let him get under his skin so easily. He definitely felt guilty for just dropping Jinwoo's hand like it was burning hot or something... And Nana was so embarrassed he thought he would pass out. God, this was not fun. Haneul's watch beeped at him and he stood suddenly, "I should be going, my wife is expecting me. I want you all to get into your sub-units and discuss idea names. Get to know each other, and get comfortable. Skinship will be a big part of this group." He winked, and then bowed once before walking out.

 

[hwayi]

He was out of his breath, whining like a little kid as he ran towards the door. "Aiya," Hua Yi muttered under his already shortening breath. He was late, what a way to make an impression. Then again, he had to move a long way and his ride was late, so maybe they'd understand. He couldn't help but think how everyone was already forming the same type of cliques that the trainees did, how everyone already had their roles and roommates assigned to them. Great, now he'd definitely be left out for sure. He could almost see how in the future the members would always joke about Hua Yi arriving late. Speeding up, the boy finally reached the door.


He took a few slow inhales and exhales, closing his eyes. Nervously he ran his fingers through his hair and fixed whatever was wrong with his appearance. He was ready. He would nail this. Well, that was what he thought. Hua Yi had made the grave mistake to knock on the door just as the manager was leaving. Surprised by this sudden accounter, his face had a shocked expression for maybe a split second before going neutral again.
"Manager-nim! I-I'm sorry to inconvenience you. My ride was late." He bowed respectfully, keeping his voice stable and reliable. He couldn't show any signs of weakness anymore. He was ready to get beaten to a pulp by the rather scary manager.

 

[auburnt]

Rhydian was still really, really nervous about everything that had just happening, and he was still blaming himself a little because of it. He tried to take deep breaths and calm down, after all it wasn't his doing. They wouldn't blame him for something that was entirely the company's problem, especially with the manager's next words. Skinship? What? Was this person seriously expecting their group to be successful for their sexualities? Rhydian really didn't like that, he didn't like the feeling of being used. And for a split second he thought that this was actually going to be part of this beautiful, progressive movement to accept everyone equally and fight against prejudice with art. If his assumptions were right, then he felt kind of disgusted. This was bad; he could barely move, let alone get out of there. The manager left, but Rhydian was kind of angry and couldn't bring himself to say anything.

He was so concentrated in his own troubling thoughts that the sound of someone else knocking on the door almost gave him a heart attack. "Holy-!", he exclaimed in English while taking a hand to his heart, stopping the swear word at the last second, then he apologized with a very low 'sorry' in Korean. He was angry at their company, but he was still a very curious person - watching all the little groups being formed within their group was incredibly interesting to him, he liked seeing people talk and move and interact. He automatically got up and went to the door once again to see who it was, except this time it was already open. He heard a male voice calling their manager 'manager-nim' and saying he was late. Another member? How large was this group really? Rhydian was confused, but waited to greet their newest addition anyway.

 

[SpotBandit]

Minjun felt the still air grow heavier with everyone's discomfort, the eerie silence in the room becoming more and more isolating and awkward. Gee, what a way to introduce yourself to an entire group. The boy was 99% sure that most other K-Pop groups didn't have to go through what the entire group went through, specifically the people that were just outed to their group. That seemed very cruel, but the manager seemed blissfully unaware seeming as he was smiling quite warmly at the entire group, unknowing of their growing anxiousness. Maybe Min would come out himself to his group to make the other people that were outed themselves to make them feel better? He'd probably do that. When the manager leaves.

Of course, the manager began to leave shortly after the room fell quiet, and Min looked up at his group with the clear expression that he wanted to say something, ready to comment on the outings and comment on his own sexuality. A knock at the door didn't quite catch Min's attention, but the voice of what sounded like another person late to the pity party the group were having in the room. The boy turned his head to the door, stopping himself from saying anything and fell silent. People being late was mainstream now, hmm?

 

[Taek-My-Heart]

"I thought it was a girl," Jinwoo whispered to Daiki before standing from the table as he took the initiative after the manager. "Well, we can't sit here all night. Let's go make dinner and make sure room arrangements are clear." Jinwoo wasn't a leader, nor was he looking to be. But, he had dongsaengs now that needed someone to help guide them. He and Daiki had both nearly debuted before. They had a past in this. They knew the schedule and how rigorous it could be. After Manager Haneul had left the building his eyes fell to the new member. A attractive male standing a few centimeters taller than him. "I'm Jinwoo, the dorm is over here. We're going in to eat and get situated now. " He smiled softly at the other male.

After taking the lead, Jinwoo started to busy himself with finding his main notebook, where almost any page was filled with lyrics, music sheets and just lines that came to him that were just good or funny. He felt a little upset with Daiki and was currently ignoring his friend as his got things moving along for his group. Flipping through the pages, Jinwoo finally landed on a blank page. "Does anyone know how many rooms are in the dorm?" He asked looking at the faces that had followed him in. "We need to finalize rooms and get ready for the road to debut. Haneul liked to start on newly formed groups quickly, so training will more than likely start in the morning." The seasoned rapper stated pulling his button up shirt off his body, leaving him in a plain black tank top. "You-" He pointed to the new member, "I should've asked you to introduce yourself earlier, but now's your time." He grinned at the other male.

 

[Christi]

Looking around, as subtly as she could, the young girl noticed that Daiki, Jinwoo, and Namil looked uncomfortable and embarrassed. Especially Nana. She didn't even notice it before, since she herself hadn't thought much about the rather personal information, but it probably felt terrible to have your sexuality announced to a group a strangers out of nowhere. The air had grown incredibly and uncomfortably tense and awkward over the past moments. Even Rain herself felt awkward and nervous, as she was confused about her sexuality, whether or not she was bisexual or straight and whether or not she would be accepted or maybe dislike a little bit by the group's future fans if she ever came out as straight. But Manager Hanuel seemed unaware of his effect on the group.

Kyung-rae was brought out of her thoughts as the manager started talking again, proving her previous thought that he didn't know how uncomfortable he had made everyone feel as he spoke with a happy and normal tone. She nodded briefly, wondering what names they would come up with. Aish, she would feel so awkward or out of place with the rest of her sub-unit. She liked that she was put into it, she maybe preferred it, but what if the others didn't think she belonged in it? She decided to ignore her insecurities, but her brows raised and her face heated up slightly at the manager's last words. Skinship? While she expected that to come naturally to a group, as most members in k-pop groups were comfortable around each other and often affectionate and such, it made her feel a little uncomfortable. But she brought herself to respectfully, yet quietly due to her slight shock and awkward feeling, say goodbye to their manager before returning to her thoughts

She continued thinking until, yet again, she was brought out of her thoughts, though it was more like yanked as the sound of the knocking entered her ears and a strange voice entered the room. Who was that? Another member? Confused, she turned to look at the door and she saw a young man, who looked very tall and rather attractive. She was surprised, as she concluded that he was a new member. Rain looked over and at Jinwoo as he spoke and she nodded, rising to her feet and following the others back to the dorm. She shook her head at Jinwoo's question, but nodded at the information that he gave them. They were starting training already, probably tomorrow. Although she felt a bit nervous, she wasn't stressed about the schedule that she knew would be tough, yet at least. Then her eyes landed on the new member, as Jinwoo told him to introduce himself.

 

[hwayi]

Hua Yi wasted no more time, stepping inside the dorms. He noticed all of the curious pairs of eyes staring at him like he was some kind of a shiny new thing, and they were crows. He felt very...small right now. He let go of his suitcase, staring back at them with equal intensity. Yes, he'd even make looking at others a competition of some sorts. The boy still struggled to catch his breath and wiped his forehead just in case there was some sweat. He didn't sweat very easily. All of the youngsters looked quite troubled. As if the manager had just said 'And now you'll be locked in here for the rest of your life' or something. After the odd silence was broken with someone introducing himself. Jinwoo, he said he was Jinwoo. A guy standing there with a black tank top and ordering people around. Hua Yi wondered if he was the leader. If so, he'd gladly listen. He knew his place as a dongsaeng. He wasn't that disrespectful.


Hua Yi was told something about the rooms, and he quietly nodded. The boy asked him to introduce himself, and it was sort of a 'eureka' moment to him. Of course, he'd have to introduce himself first! The male let his hands slide on his knees as he bowed. It was important to bow deeply if you meet someone for the first time. Especially, if you're late.

"Hello, my name is Chan Hua Yi. I'm 20 years old, from Tangshan China. I hope we can work well together," he said in a clear, articulate voice before standing straight again. On later thought, he sounded maybe a bit too formal. He sounded kind of cold. Well, what could you do, the moment had already passed. He looked around himself, waiting for someone to tell him what he should help with.

 

[Peculiar3]

Daiki, in essence, was a child. A scary looking child, who did not take the silent treatment well. He stuck to Jinwoo's side, able to sense his friends anger with him and hating every moment of it. As everyone went back to the dorm, Namil made sure to keep his head down, humiliation written in his expression and his should slumped. Being called out specifically had damaged his newfound confidence, and he found himself hanging far behind the others to escape any judgmental or pity looks.

Dai waited for Woo to sit down and instantly sat right in his lap, demanding he pay attention to him. He even took the notebook away and spoke clearly. "Everyone just figure out your rooms. Go in one, if there's two people, go in another." He would normally want to be more organized than that, but he was desperate to get Jinwoo alone so he could figure out why he was being ignored. When his advances didn't seem to work he got frustrated and took it out on the new arrival. "Well, Hua Yi, do not be late again. It's utterly disrespectful." He stuck his nose in the air and stalked into his room.

 

[t s u k i]

Katelyn was nothing short of pissed off, she sat through the whole meeting, but she said nothing to the manager. She was a grown woman who would have torn the smirk off of their manager if he even thought of looking at one of her members sideways. She felt horrible for Jinwoo and Daiki. She watched everything from afar, before she let herself walk towards Daiki and she followed him. She followed him straight to his room.

She seemed to lean right in the hallway that lead into his room, she didnt feel the need to actually walk in. "Do you box?" She asked suddenly. The question was a simple one. One he woukd hopefully answer yes. Her adoptive dad was a freelance wrestler, and she was trained enough in the field to take out some anger. This was her help.

"You need to learn one thing, I wont have you being an ass all the time, but I can take it. Go to me when you feel like your ready to explode. Im a leader, its my responsibility." She spoke in a stern, but soft tone, "Your gonna workout with me. Just give me the word"

And with that, she pushed off the hallway wall and walked back to her own room, flopping into her bed.

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[auburnt]

After the emotional rollercoaster that had been their first meeting, Rhydian was so stressed out and confused by the interactions between the members and the manager, and also those within the group, that he decided the best he could do was stay away from trouble. His initial plan of befriending the others right in the beginning was almost being completely cancelled. He didn't really know anyone in there, or what their relationships with each other were, and he did not want to get involved in anything remotely negative before his career even started. Maybe he was wrong, but he absolutely didn't have the courage to say anything about it. That, combined with the still upsetting fact that the company knew about something so personal, just made him weak.

Rhydian was exhausted and needed to go to his bedroom to rest. He was sitting on the bed, his back facing the door, texting a friend to calm down and push those thoughts aside, when someone entered the room. It was probably their leader, and Rhydian tensed up. The headspace he was in didn't leave room for thoughts of other people, which the dancer knew was pretty selfish, but he couldn't help it. If anyone needed him, he'd be right there to offer help, but he needed some time first.

 

[Taek-My-Heart]

Jinwoo watched as some members helped in the kitchen, though he felt himself let out a huff of annoyance when Daiki was trying everything to get his attention, even taking his notebook away from him. Jungwoo was about to give in until Dai opened his mouth again but directed it to the new member. He didn't even have time to scold the other rapper before he stomped off with Kate following him. Jungwoo sighed, grabbing his notebook from the couch where Daiki had put it. He placed it on the table near the chair that he was sitting in a second ago before looking right at Hua Yi.

"It's nice to meet you." He said with a bow back to the taller male. "The one that was... sharp is Daiki. He's a bit much at first but if you give him time, he'll open up. Just don't mind him. I'll keep him in line." Jinwoo smiled brightly. "Speaking of which.." he trailed off a moment looking towards his room. "Go ahead and get settled and eat up. I'll be off first." Jinwoo dismissed himself before passing Kate as she left their room. He flashed her a smile before facing the dragon that was Daiki when upset.

Entering the small room, Jinwoo found the other sitting on his bed facing away from the door. Closing the door, the tattooed male crawled onto the bed behind the taller male. Wrapping his arms around Daiki's waist and leaning his head between Daiki's shoulder blades, they sat there in silence for a few moments. Just being close with each other. Neither of them were great at sorrys' nor did they like hearing someone say sorry to them. "You are amazing, so.." Jinwoo started, "Don't be so scared when we're all the same, Dai." Jinwoo hummed softly against the others back, a soft sigh falling from his lips. "We're making it this time. I promise you."

 

[Christi]

Kyung-rae stood near the others as Jinwoo told the new male to introduce himself, and her eyes went to him as she waited. Then he did so, introducing himself with a bow to accompany it. His name was Chan Hua Yi. As she looked at him and listened to his introduction, she wondered what he was. In terms of roles, of course. He looked like a rapper, but he also kinda looked like he could be a singer. Ah, she had no idea so she decided to wait until she found out for sure.

As Jinwoo spoke to him before dismissing himself and leaving, the small girl decided to introduce herself to Hua Yi, although she could feel herself becoming a bit nervous at the thought. "Hello, I'm Chae Kyung-rae. It's nice to meet you." she said in and polite and shy voice, with a respectful bow. He had said he was twenty, besides she knew that she and Nana were the youngest, so she knew to be respectful to him. She wanted to ask him what he did, and tell him what she did, but she didn't know if she should, so she decided to wait. Raising a hand and running it through her hair, she looked around, wondering what they were going to eat, unsure whether they all were supposed to cook it for themselves or someone would cook for everyone.

 

[hwayi]

Hua Yi felt like the atmosphere in here was very wrong. He could sense something like that happened in here. What'd the manager even do? What was going on? Was it one of the members? Was everyone just naturally gloomy? If so, he was ready to leave and pave himself a solo career, whatever.

It didn't help that someone felt the need to be disrespectful from the start. Sure he was late but it wasn't even his fault! "Very nice to meet you too," Hua Yi eyed the young man who waddled away. Hua Yi wasn't a person to start a fight, but if you wanted one, you'd surely have it.

His malicious thoughts were interrupted by multiple introductions who disappeared in their rooms. He once again bowed to a person who introduced herself as Kyung-rae. She seemed much more nicer than anyone in here.
"Pleasure to meet you Kyung-rae," he didn't smile but you could see that he had a more pleasant impression about her. He hadn't picked a room just yet (seeing that no one really knew what was going on), so he looked around.

"I uh, probably should find a room first. If you want, you could help me cook since no one else seems to want to do it," he joked with a small smile.

 

[SpotBandit]

Minjun listened to Hua Yi introduce himself to the group, considering introducing himself to the new member. He seemed to be a little anxious at the moment, but if you were late to a meeting and you waltzed into a room with an entire band staring at you as if you were something alien, wouldn't you feel unnerved?

After a short while, Min decided not to introduce himself. Not out of disrespect for the late Hua Yi, but just his own social anxiety playing up and making him feel as if it wasn't in his right- no, that he was being too social with these people. That may seem odd, but in Minjun's brain it only made human sense. Besides, people were leaving the room and going off into their dorms, so Min decided he'd do the same and just get ready to sleep. The boy rose from his seats and brushed off his pants, despite not having any dirt on them, and walked off in silence, hands tucked into his pockets.

A thought came to mind as Min strutted down the halls. What were they going to eat? And how? He doubted anyone would be able to walk into a kitchen and snack on what they want, so he assumed that there'd be some kind of employee that'd give them food. He didn't really know, nor did he care. Min wasn't really one to eat very often, which was one of the reasons why he was skinny.

Min shook off the thought and made it to his dorm room, and approached the bed with his suitcase besides it. He turned to the door and fell back on the bed, letting out a small sigh to himself. Tomorrow was beginning to concern him. What were they going to do? How were they going to start off?

 

[Skita]

Mayumi found herself running in to the building because of course of all days this would be the day she'd overslept. Last night she apparently decided the best way to celebrate her no longer being a trainee was to stay up all night and boy did it backfire. This afternoon she had darted out of bed and practically ran here when she realized her mistake. Hopefully her new members wont be too upset with her.

"I'm here!" Mayumi called out as she made it into the dorms, slightly out of breath. "I'm here! I'm so sorry Im late!"
She took a moment to catch her breath and take a look around. "Am I in the right place? I'm supposed to be a member Stryka."

 

[Peculiar3]

Daiki tensed as the leader entered his room, feeling rather threatened by her presence. Her words through him off somewhat and he shook his head. He new Japanese martial arts but had never been very interested in boxing. To her next few statements he just frowned. It wasn't his anger that made him threatening, he was always like this. No one, in his opinion, deserved to see his good side. Well- except for one certain male.

Once she left he just stared at his hands, soon hearing the door open and shut again. The bed bent slightly as someone climbed on behind him, and soon he felt arms around him. He could tell by the tattoos it was his dearest friend, and he instantly leaned into him. He guilty for pulling away from earlier, he really did, and he was thankful he was no longer being ignored. He listened to his friend, slow leaning back more and more until he was basically in Woo's lap. "We have to." he muttered, looking up at his friend and sighing softly. "We have to."

 

[t s u k i]

Lauren
A Japanese female was scurrying down the hall, passing number after dissapointing number of dorms in which she didn't belong to. Finally, it seemed like after so many centuries, she came across the dorm number she was looking for. The one that matched the number that was written in permanent marker on her wrist. Carefully opening the door, the quiet female glanced around as if to look for someone she knew. That would be her cousin Daiki, who she affectionately called Baby Strawberry. Now where was he? She barely knew any Korean.
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Katelyn
Rolling around in bed, the raven haired rapper sighed quite loudly, "Rhydian? Do you like to paint nails? I need something to take my mind off of what the manager said... and your the only person that I relatively know... I'm hoping you like long talks." She spoke with a chuckle, sitting up and crossing her legs while looking over at the mentioned boy, "You also seem really cool~ I'm curious about you." Her voice seemed to soften as she said that. She was speaking the truth. She doesn't get attached all that much to people these days.

 

[Taek-My-Heart]

Smiling softly, Jinwoo nodded to his best friend. "We will," He said affirmatively. Quickly smooching Daiki's temple, Jinwoo squeezed the taller male. "Let's get out there and try our hardest to be nice. I'm sure they need help making food and I'm feeling some good beef udon." Jinwoo said making a move to stand up and pull the other with him. As he opened the door, he looked back at Daiki, "You're sleeping with me tonight, yeah?" It was almost a question Jinwoo didn't need to ask but he still did just in case. He saw a couple of his members in the kitchen when he turned around and with grabbing the taller's hand, Jinwoo pulled him into the kitchen with him. "Do you guys like udon?" The tattooed male was warmer and more sociable than Daiki, but he was determined to make sure that his baby of a friend feel more comfortable around the other members. If Jinwoo wouldn't have been so focused on his stomach and the kitchen, he would've noticed the new faces in the room.