Haneul was surprised to hear Jisoo's name.
On the other hand there was a lot going on in Jisoo's mind ,she was not even prepared, the announcer already called her twice. Hajoon whispered in the announcer's ear ,"call the next one, she can't perform today".
As the announcer was about to call the other name, Jisoo stood up accepting it ,as she was destined to come in the auditorium and being called on the stage, she took it as a sign from God and went up on the stage.
As the song was played, she started dancing freestyle.
Unlike Hyeri, her dance was totally opposite of her personality, the sweet and elegant Jisoo suddenly became intense and powerful on stage, increased heart beat and fiery eyes with powerful moves of Jisoo were not unfamiliar for Hajoon and Haneul but they could notice a lot of improvement in her techniques after those three years.
Hiding from everyone, making a little bit of time out from her studies,she always practiced dancing in her room. She wanted to go to the best university, so that she could make her parents proud, but she never killed her love for dance.
Although she didn't practiced but it never felt like she was lacking somewhere.
Nobody expected to see the new rich and beautiful transferred student ,dance like a professional on the stage Hyeri was also cheering for her.
"So she is still the same," Haneul said to himself while enjoying her moves.
All the performances were finished, the teacher shortlisted ten new students including Hyeri and Jisoo and the members had to pick only five of them .
Haneul was first to choose.
Haneul was hesitating, since it was for the sake of the team .
He picked up the member who could actually match their vibe and level, he thought wisely without being partial and took Jisoo's name.
He was sure if not him, anyone else would easily take hyeri's name.
Everyone was so sure of her name being called.
On the other hand, Hyeri was expecting her name atleast from Haneul.
Her hopeful eyes were left with the disappointment.
She still cheered for Jisoo and congratulated her.
Hajoon and others also picked members.
Now six short list participants were there and one spot was left to complete the group.
Hyeri was still not chosen, she was sweating out of nervousness.
And finally the last member picked Hyeri as their new member.
She went on stage and hugged Jisoo out of excitement, both of them were happy for each other.
After the auditions, Haneul went to Hajoon and asked,"you were the one who invented Jisoo right?"
"Hmm, why? You are thankful right ? She is amazing." Haneul replied.
"Thankful? Should I thank you for making my life more miserable? Jisoo in the neighborhood, Jisoo in the classroom and now, Jisoo in the group?" Haneul said with the tension in his voice.
Hajoon asked while teasing him," then why did you choose her, I thought you were going to choose Hyeri, I was amazed back then "
" For me "The sync" is more important than my personal issues,you know that well ."He replied.
Later Jisoo saw Haneul alone in the auditorium, she went to him saying "finally I got a chance to talk to you"
" Haneul can we talk ," she asked.
Haneul while hesitating," ok."
" Thank you for choosing me earlier "
" No need to thank, anyone would have choosen you, you deserve it."
With a pause Jisoo said -
"Haneul, I know the reason why you didn't pick my calls.
Look, I am sorry for what happened in the past, I was stupid to turn you down back then and I realised my mistake pretty late.
Can't you just forget that moment and move forward together with the good memories we made together?"
" Saying that is easy but it's not, you know ?whenever I see you, I remember that day ,it was not easy for me to digest, I really pushed myself to confess to you and you just turned me down so easily," Haneul replied.
" Sorry to hear that, but it was not easy for me as well, you were my friend.
Can't we just go back to when we were friends, please "Jisoo asked.
"I am tired of avoiding you every where and I don't have any better options so let's give it a try ," Haneul answered.
At the time, Jisoo decided not to express her feelings, she doesn't want to make things more safocated between them when there was awkwardness between them already.
On the other hand , Hyeri's mind was still stuck on the fact that Haneul didn't choose her.
She could notice that ,Haneul's behaviour was a little bit different after Jisoo came.
After school,Jisoo phone called Taeha and told him about how Haneul choose her and she made everything clear between them.
" So you told about your feelings too?" Taeha asked.
"Not yet, but I will, sometime later." She replied.
"Good ,don't rush things and don't forget to not get hurt."
" Are you my my father or something? I am not you kid," she said jokingly.
"Fine I get you, I will be there soon so take care of you until then, now go sleep, it's already late "
The next morning All the ten members and the dance teacher were gathered in the practice room.
" Good morning to you all,my name is Cha jun seok and I am your dance teacher, welcome to " The sync" our new members.
Your training begins starting from today.
Since there are new members, I want you all to coordinate with each other.
Here's your first assignment-
pair up with the members who choose you yesterday and I will evaluate you on the basis of your chemistry and coordination.
If I feel something missing ,I can even eliminate some of you , so show the best of you, you guys have exactly three days.
Decide your song and concept today and start practicing from Tommorow." Mr. Cha ordered.
Both Haneul and Jisoo were looking at each other being unsure about the assignment and Hyeri's eyes were noticing everything.
- Chapter ends -
Will Haneul and jisoo be able to overcome the awkwardness between them?
Or,
Things will get tangled up even more between the three of them?