#rkjunixr

You’re called into Hyun Bin’s office first thing Saturday morning and, after waiting behind locked doors for about twenty minutes, the CEO walks in followed by a few men in suits. He sits behind his desk and motions for you to take the seat directly in front of it. While you get settled, he browses through some files until he finds the folder he’s been looking for.

“Here it is. Now… Kihyun-ssi. My staff members tell me you’ve been missing practice lately, and that when you do show up, your commitment to classes is lacking at best.” He leans forward, gaze piercing through as he continues. “That behaviour is unacceptable, and you may already suspect by now why I called you in here today. You’ve disappointed me, Kihyun-ssi.” He pauses, takes a deep breath, lets the effect of his words kick in fully. “And I am not particularly thrilled about the idea of spending my time and my resources on someone who keeps on disappointing.”

“So, I’m here to offer you a choice, so we can both stop wasting time. If you cannot commit yourself to this company and abide by our rules, I will work on an agreement with our legal department so we can terminate your contract effective immediately, and you will be free to do whatever it is you think is worth doing instead of showing up to practice on time. However, if you’d like to give yourself and your training another chance, I will let you stay, under the condition that you present only your best self from now on. One more slip, and you will be out without question.”

He slides over the folder he had been holding onto, and points to where his signature has already been drawn out. “It’s up to you. I will leave you to your thoughts. You have ten minutes.” With that, he gets up and leaves the room, followed by all but one of the lawyers that were present as well.

from the moment he’s called to hyun bin’s office, he knows what it’s about. there isn’t a single doubt in his mind that this has everything to do with his performance — or lack thereof, — as a trainee. whether he’s putting little to no effort into improvement or skipping practice altogether, time and time again kihyun has found himself shirking responsibility, placing his focus anywhere he views as more convenient. it was only a matter of time before something like this happened — confrontation was inevitable.

it’s no secret that he’s been unhappy with the company from the moment he signed his contract — or at least, it’s no secret to him and jinyoung. the slightly older male was easily kihyun’s favorite thing about nova, and, quite honestly, he’s the only reason kihyun managed to show up to practice at all. they were always honest with each other, open with the way they both felt about nova; only now, kihyun was being offered a way out.

his own evaluation was had been one of the first few so when bambam finished he sat down and started to watch the others. there was one person who caught his eye. bambam hadn't recognized him and he wondered if he missed out on a new trainee. so he made it a point to speak to him after it was all over. he got up quickly, shaking his body out and stretching a little.

sunmi wasn’t a fan of the gym. never has been and probably never will be. so when it comes to workouts in the gym facility in nova, she avoided every circuit possible. weight lifting? hell no. cardio? nah. stair climbing? fuck that. but, be it as it may, coaches did not let that slide. and while she could opt out for yoga (it was familiar and far better than anything else in the gym) they wanted her to be more versatile in the gym.

thus, the 24 year old was stuck lifting weights.

they were small, about thirty pounds in each hand. it was nothing compared to what she knew she could lift but it was something to get her by. it looked comical: frail sunmi lifting her brightly coloured baby weights.

“this is the easiest thing i can do and not put effort into it,” she explained, tossing a look to jinyoung. “don’t make fun of me.” though honestly, she wouldn’t blame him if he did.

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as soon as jinyoung told her about the idol dance classes, she couldn’t say yes fast enough. even if she was low on cash at the moment due to being unable to find a roommate still, she scrounged up and saved as much as she could in order to be able to take the class. there was no way she would miss the opportunity to take a dance class from jun.q himself! she would certainly regret that more than having to survive on ramen for a week just to be able to pay for it. the fact that she’ll be able to take it with jinyoung, who she hasn’t seen as much as she’d like to due to his training, was just the icing on the top.

not to mention, it serves as a more than welcome distraction.

the day seems to approach at a snail’s pace because of how excited she is, and by the time she arrives at the dance studio, she’s practically shaking with excitement. she gives the group a quick scan, eyes searching for only one person in particular. a grin immediately blooms on her face as she locks eyes with him and makes her way over, punching him playfully simply because she has so much energy to expend at the moment.

sunbae.

hugo still had a hard time believing he was a trainee at nova, let alone that he was now a sunbae to four whole people. hugo felt incredibly at home in nova though, and he was happy to see the family expanding. there had been rumors, yes, that nova was uptight and cold and unfeeling, but au contraire. since hugo was here, there was a lot of love and happiness going around, and if he did say so himself, the boys seemed closer than ever. in fact, they seemed to all be falling for each other, or was that just hugo they were falling for? with such a big heart, who wouldn’t love hugo?

now it was the new guy’s turn to come and feel the hugo love. hugo would die trying to make nova the most loving, open, no-homo-yet-sort-of-gay-anyways company that korea had ever seen. and so, when hugo spotted one of the new additions, he walked right up to him and slung an arm around his shoulders. “hey! i’m hugo, the resident goofball here at nova and rapper extraordinaire! welcome to nova entertainment buddy, you’re gonna love it here.” he gave the guy a small squeeze before continuing. “you’re now part of the family, which means we’re gonna take care of you here. anything you need, i’m your guy! i promise~” and he held a pinky up for the other guy to link his own with, sealing the promise. 

“oh, one other thing, we’ve got this new hazing thing we gotta do. it’s to, you know. spread the love and all. you’re not really a nova boy until you’ve experienced this.” and without further ado he planted a giant, wet smooch on the guy’s cheek. poor thing, he was probably about to go burn his contract and run. 

PARK JINYOUNG AND PARK JISUNG // BEST BROTHERS

“what are you doing?”

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“yah, do we have to watch with the lights off?” minhyuk whined--- the movie had barely started, and this was nowhere near going to be the end of the boy’s complaining. he was huddled next to jinyoung too, and he was probably much closer than he initially wanted him to be in the first place. how long had the two of them been friends? long enough, so jinyoung could deal.

the thing is, minhyuk had been excited to watch the horror movie at first... was he the one who suggested it? it might have been, but he couldn’t really think of why they were watching something so scary (he assumed, since the movie really had only been playing for a good 5 minutes), late at night, and with the lights off when minhyuk was too busy thinking of all the ways he was going to get himself to peacefully fall asleep later.