“it totally shows through,” rin assured him, leaning forward a little with a huge grin. “oh, just four or five of us! no one will say as much, but it’s probably those of us who are set to debut after the new boy group does. you know, so we can see this stuff up close and absorb it and everything.”
“i......good,” he sputtered out, tongue getting tied through his words, staring at rin. he’d been a trainee for a while, and though higher’s trainees weren’t segregated by gender quite as much as other companies, higher’s female trainees were a lot older than him, and most of the people he spent his time with were the other trainees set to debut with him in s.o.s. this was the first time he’d been so close to such a pretty girl, his age, who seemed even a little interested. it was hard for him to wrap his head around. “i.... why didn’t you come on the show, then? if you’re a trainee and everything. and if you’re getting ready to debut.....”