synopsis: nyla makes a new step in her career, for better or worse. but nothing else matters when she has her friends on her side.
year: 2015
warnings: n/a
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A sharp breath left her lungs as she stepped of the office.
It was done.
She had done it.
She was done.
As of five minutes ago, she was no longer a trainee. No longer in the BLACKPINK lineup. Would no longer have the chance to debut alongside her friends.
She supposed she should feel heartbroken or devastated – but she didn’t. She felt relief – from the demeaning comments about her look or told that she danced too masculine.
This was a new start for her.
“Ny!”
She turned around at the sound of a familiar voice and several pounding footsteps.
Lalisa, Jennie, Rosé, Jisoo and Miyeon ran up to her, feet skidding to a halt. It was Lalisa who had called her name out, the younger girl the closest to her.
“You’re leaving?”
Nyla smiled sadly, “Yeah.”
“Why?” Jennie asked, though it seemed her eyes already knew.
“I just… can’t do it anymore. Its too much. And idol life will be too much for me if I can’t handle it now.” Nyla admitted.
“But… you’ve spent the last four years training for this!” Jisoo pleaded. “The six of us!”
“I know, but I can’t.” Nyla admitted, the tears she had hidden spilling out. “Believe me I don’t regret training with all of you but the idol life just isn’t for me I guess.”
“What are you going to do next?” Rosé asked, hands fidgeting.
“Are you going to go to a smaller company instead?” Miyeon asked, her voice a lot softer and more hesitant.
“No, I–”
“Are you going to go back to Australia?” Jennie asked.
“No– I, I actually have a job lined up.” Nyla said, finally looking her friends in the eyes. “It’s an offer I’ve been sitting on for about a month now I guess. Something that feels more right than being an idol.”
“A job?” Rosé asked, “But you didn’t go to university.”
“It’s not that kind of job!” Nyla said, shaking her hands in front of her. “It’s with SM!”
“SM?”
“As in SM Entertainment?”
“Like SHINee? EXO? Girls Generation?”
“...Yeah.”
Her friends looked back at her, shocked at her revelation of her new place of employment. A sheepish smile spread on her face and her eyes dropped down to her feet again.
“Taemin sunbaenim saw one of the leaked predebut videos of us, particularly that one video of me. Apparently he talked to people about that, and SM’s choreography department reached out to me. I’m signing a two-year contract as a back-up dancer, choreographer, and position dancer for SM.”
“Woah.”
“That’s amazing!” Lalisa said, “You’re dancing for SM?”
“I’m dancing with SM.”
Nyla looked up for a moment, only to be immediately tackled into a hug by the girls. She relished in the hug, squeezing back anyone she could reach. It would be a long time before they could hug like this or even see eachother again.
“I know it's sudden and it changes the debut plans, but I know this is what I want to do. I want to dance, to experiment. And YG doesn’t– didn’t let me dance the way I do best.” Nyla said, speaking into Lalisa’s hair as the girl clung to her. “Besides, I’ll still be in the industry. Maybe, maybe I’ll even get to dance with you guys again. Maybe I can choreograph for you guys in the future.”
“We’ll succeed.” Jennie said, as the girls finally pulled apart, looking at all of them. There was no leader assigned yet, but Jennie was the closest thing to a leader. “Even if we don’t do it side-by-side, we’ll still succeed. Together.”
