#;trc

@rkxjongsuk

this months evaluation was one that feel right in line with what doyum was use to in life. having spent a good two years before even becoming a trainee by busking, hearing that they were going to be busking this month filled him with so much confidence. he half wished he could post something about it so his fans would know that he is going to be busking especially since it’s been so long since they have seen him, though he supposes he could always make a post on the official orion post about something vague. 

a starter for @rkhyunjoon

 Sicheng very often spends the second half of his lunch hour on the phone with Xuxi, picking as private a corner as he can find to blabber to him in whichever mix of English or Mandarin felt most natural that particular day, generally giving him the benefit of not being easily understood by most of the people in TRC either way. 

 Today, Sicheng and him first discuss Xuxi’s puppy and her growing tendency towards incontinence, and then Sicheng nags him a bit to clean out his fridge; Xuxi’s apartment is the worst sort of bachelor pad, little furniture, and not much in the way of decor, but it’s the agéd condiments in the rear of the fridge that bother Sicheng the most. 

 He’s only vaguely aware of the glances that the other boy in the diner keeps sending his way, brushing them off until a couple of minutes after he’s hung up on Xuxi, when the mysterious boy approaches, asking rather timidly if Sicheng spoke Mandarin. 

 It takes Sicheng a second to place the kid, always forgetting that as an entertainment company, TRC did tend to take on new trainees every once in a while, but he offers him a meek smile once he does.

@rkjxy

dinner at the trc building is always favourable to anything else for ten, that is if he has time for it. sometimes he uses the extra time to get more practise in, usually on the days when he can’t perfect some dance moves and it’s bothering him. though today he finds himself feeling secure in the practise he’s already got in during the day, and allows himself the time to sit down and consume something, since he’d skipped lunch, and only drunk a large americano for breakfast. 

holding onto his tray laden with his dinner his eyes sweep over the tables dotted around the canteen. he can either sit alone, or try and sit with one of the other people in the canteen. finally deciding on a table at which a tall, slender girl with bright red hair sits. making his way over he stops beside the table, hoping to catch her attention. 

@rkpcy

it’s early in the morning, as it always is at the beginning of a long day of training, and doyum was still struggling to get his eyes opened this morning. the teen looking a bit more worse for wear today in a black hoodie and sweats, he hadn’t even taken time to do his hair which was odd for mister fashion conscious doyum. but considering what had happened this time last year, and the fact he was having some trouble sleeping these days, doyum decided it would be fine to let his look slip. it’s not as if he’s popular or famous, so he wouldn’t show up in a paper with an embarrassing photo. 

thus he was making his way into the trc building with is hood pulled up, hands half hidden in the sleeves of the over sized hoodie, and a yawn spilling past his lips every few minutes no matter how he tried to stop it. thanks to this, he almost missed the figure of one of his hyungs walking ahead of him. the teen squinting behind his glasses ( the lazy day had also meant no contacts ) to see who it was and making a soft oh face when he registered the tall figure. sleep, and kind of clingy, doyum picked up his pace to match with chanyeol before slipping one hand around the olders. “morning hyung.” he mutters quietly, his voice scratchy. and his head tilts as he turn his gaze upwards onto the older.

now, he knows their height difference isn’t really that of him standing beside namsan tower, but sometimes doyum really does feel like standing beside chanyeol is how it feels to be beside the tower. seoul tower, namsan tower, maybe even the space needle in the usa too. the older is just so tall. and doyum is... not. 

if ten had any eggs he’s sure he’d be able to fry some on the side of the road with how hot it was. it reminds him of home, back where almost every single day was scorching and the city was always lit by the bright sunlight. the problem isn’t exactly the heat, he doesn’t mind warm weather, but it’s the humidity that really annoys him. it’s like trying to dance in a sauna. the baseball cap he’d been smart enough to bring with him turned out to be incredibly useful, shielding his eyes from the harsh light that bathed the entire stage and all the small tents in a bright yellow-orange glow.

@rkxjongsuk

ten wasn’t exactly prepared for how attractive all the other trainees would be, though he thinks he probably should have been as usually trainees are generally on the more attractive side (ten wonders if people see him as attractive too). but, it seems, none surpass lee jongsuk. he’s tall, has plump lips and strong eyebrows that don’t overpower his soft features, and ten wonders how this man isn’t a super model by now.

another month, another evaluation. 

seongmin didn’t understand when his classmates who were already trainee’s would complain about training being the same thing all the time. he didn’t get it even after his first few months. but now? at his one year of being a trc trainee? he’s kind of getting it. 

the teen could kind of see what they were getting at because even though each evaluation has been a different task it’s still the same concept. and maybe that’s just a set up to a punch line that seongmin can’t quite understand yet. maybe it’s just proof that the idol life style isn’t as great as people want to believe. the same thing day in and day out while having to please people who will never really think you’re worth anything.

but then again seongmin supposes he also already knew this from his cousin. 

not that it matters all that much, the teen knows this is the path he wants to take. and as he sets up with his team for their performance. he knows he wants to debut one day and to really stand on stage. to perform music made for him, or even by him. 

he doesn’t feel like it’s the same exhausting thing every month because he enjoys it. which is also why he won’t be bothered if they win or lose, because he knows he has so much more to learn still and the sheer fact he has the chance to prove himself like this. to work and learn and achieve the path he’s always dreamed of. 

well. this really is just another step towards his future. 

rapping comes easily to him. the song has been run through his head since the beginning of the month and even if he wasn’t already comfortable with rapping he knew he would be fine. honestly, seongmin wonders if these evaluations should be two week bases or something just because a month is so easy to prepare a single song. not that he’s really complaining. 

and he will admit to himself that he has enjoyed working with this group. so different from when he normally teams up with dongmin or seungjoon. but chanyeol is someone he has worked with before and it was nice getting to know the others.