#may:23

[beyuji]

    a starter for @bechaerin !!           ( running out of time )

yuji does a lot of thinking these past few months, as things settle back into normal routine after the ‘friendly competition’ with the other companies. she takes what she’s learned from that experience and began to apply it-- and she won’t admit it out loud, but it does help. training’s a little easier to handle with her able to incorporate her feelings into an creative outlet-- whether it be music or expression.

lately, she’s been thinking more and more about training-- only a few more months and yuji will have been training for a year. a year not singing at the ruby, a year of ups and downs and a lot of lessons learned. she knows it doesn’t mean she’s any step closer to debut, but it doesn’t stop her from constantly thinking about it. 

looping an arm around chaerin’s, she hums-- eyeing a food vendor curiously as they walk down the sidewalk. “has lime been treating you okay?” she asks. she wonders if lime’s been doing anything more than they have-- or if it’s the same all across the board. wonders if they’re any closer to debuting a group than sr media. “next gen’s ending, right? new faces are bound to be popping up soon.”

[beyuji]

a starter for @benayoung !!  ( you’re crashing but you’re no wave )

it takes yuji until dinner to get the courage to approach nayoung-- not that she’s scared or displeased to. she’s more concerned with the fact a., the last time they met was a bit of an awkward mess that yuji feels lightly embarrassed about, and b., the image that was edited of her in next gen, or at least the few clips she saw. sure, mnet does have a habit of editing just for the sake of drama, but yuji has a feeling it’s not super exaggerated. 

or maybe she’s projecting her worries. saea and nayoung’s being chosen by sr media feels like a pointed choice, but nothing’s really changed-- catastrophizing and speculating is all she can do when suddenly there’s more girls around and the tensions rise with rumors of a potential debut. 

even if they’re all, in a sense, fighting for spots on a debut team-- they’ll still have to get along if they land it. so yuji takes a deep breath and steers her way to where nayoung’s sitting in the cafeteria during dinner. she pauses by it, hovering, clearing her throat as she shoots the girl an awkward smile. 

“hi,” she greets, shifting her balance to her other foot restlessly. “congrats on landing a contract.” yuji says, the fingers on her right hand drum on the side of her tray, eyes flickering over to the open seating, then back to nayoung. “do you mind if i sit here?”

[beyuji]

a starter for @beseojun​ !!   ( just a cherub riding comets through the night sky )

when yuji had initially tuned into next gen-- it was a couple episodes in. she still had been surprised at the amount of familiar faces, even more caught off guards by the skills shown off. with the finale comes offered contracts, and of course yuji tuned into this as well; mostly to see who was going to be joining her at sr media, but that means she also got to see where almost everyone else in the final ranking would be popping up in. 

seojun had been one of the more surprising ones-- especially with how high he had placed. granted, yuji doesn’t know him that well, but it was still definitely stunning to see. which reminds her--

with a hum, yuji leans away from the photos of gom she demanded (playfully, of course) seojun to show her, eyes flickering up to his face as she shoots him a curious look. “so...” she trails off, raising a brow. “lime entertainment, huh?” her lips twitch at the corner in a small smile. “the training is hard, right?” it probably hasn’t changed that much since she switched companies, but it felt like a lot; maybe that was just because she was new. “they tire you out.”

[beyuji]

a starter for @besaea !!    ( all this effort to make it look effortless )

with the finale of next gen up, it becomes a waiting game. each morning is spent scanning over the familiar faces of her training group to see any new ones. she’s unnecessarily tense about it-- but change is happening and yuji has to be ready for it. even though she knows all of them, some way or another-- the appearance of them instills a sort of prickly feel in her that won’t go away until the wait is over.

and she doesn’t wait long at all. the new additions faces are some of the first she sees in the morning-- but she waits until long into the day to garner up the courage to approach. when her mind is more awake, her thoughts more in order; when there’s a bit of a moment to breathe between lessons. approaching sarang is easy enough, comfortable and familiar. 

the girls are a little more difficult for her-- just in the nature of the training atmosphere and yuji’s overthinking mind of a potential debut on the rise. but in the end, yuji decides to go with saea first. comes up to her slowly in the lull of things and holds an extra water bottle out to her, reminiscent of the first time they met. “isn’t this a small world,” she muses, offering a small smile when their eyes meet. “hi. congrats on your contract.”