He walked up to the dance floor, filled with confidence. He knew he was better than everyone who had danced so far, by a huge margin.
He will make the recruiter unable to shift his gaze away from him.
He looked at his instructor.
He gave him a thumbs up, and said something without using his voice,
"Fighting!"
He smiled a bit and then took a suitable starting position.
The instructor turned on the music.
Jaemin stroked up the sleeves of his light blue blousse, went through his fine black hair with his hands and did the first few moves of the routine.
He recalled every move he was supposed to do in his head and executed them perfectly. You could see that he put his entire soul, his entire being into this dance.
That state that he had entered earlier, he had entered it again. But it was different this time, but he couldn't explain what exactly was different. It felt very strange, like when something unfamiliar in his body that had hidden itself, was finally showing itself.
He looked at the students, they couldn't help but stare in utter amazement. The instructor was looking at him in a similar way, but he was also smiling.
He was happy for Jaemin.
But most importantly...
The scout was....
He was watching attentively.
He hadn't noticed the scout looking at him so intensely, but he also hadn't noticed something else during that time. A few notifications from the system had actually appeared.
[ Ding! ]
[ Training requirements met! ]
[ Skill: Dancing +1 ]
[ Ding! ]
[ Ding! ]
[ Ding! ]
[ Ding! ]
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He had the feeling he was dancing better, and better the longer he continued. He also had an idea of doing something cool to end the dance....
A backflip. That should truly catch some attention. He could already hear everyone screaming: "OHHHHHHHH"
The last part of the song started, he kept on dancing.
Everyone was enjoying his performance, a few students' mouths were hanging open. The instructor was still smiling and the scout's eyes had apparently gotten wider.
The music stopped.
Jaemin stopped dancing, and jumped backwards, ultimately performing a perfectly executed backflip, which created a successful ending of his dance.
The instructor instantly started clapping, the students eventually followed along.
The scout clapped as well, while unable to hide his smile.
Screams and whistles emerged from the crowd.
Jaemin was moved.
This was why people wanted to become famous. At least, he knew he wanted to become famous because of this.
Even though the 'crowd' was small, he still felt emotional.
He also couldn't help but look at that black clothed man.
Their eyes met, and the scout smiled.
He also correspondingly smiled.
He quicky went to his seat located beside the instructor.
"You did great, you're basically already on the level of the majority k-pop idols. You could probably become the main dancer of any group after a few months of training as a trainee. I'm sure the scout noticed this as well."
"And what was that flip at the end? Trying to look cool? Such a show-off!"
"Hahaha, thanks hyung."
"I'll talk with the scout a bit, hehehe."
Jaemin was excited, he really wanted to know if he got scouted or not.
The instructor was happingly chatting with the also widely smiling scout. He couldn't hear what they were saying, but he could still see from the movement of his lips that his name had come out of the scout's mouth.
"Oh my god, please tell me it's true, please tell me he is interested in me."
And right at that moment...
"Min-jae, come here for a second!"
The instructor was grinning, the corners of his mouth basically reached his ears at this point.
"Hey there, you're Kim Min-jae right?"
"That's correct, may I ask what you have called me for?"
He also did a 90 degree bow to show his respect.
"Haha, what a polite young man. I'm An Gong-young, a recruiter from JYP Entertainment."
While he said this, he gave him his business card that had the exact same information on it as he said. Along with a phone number and an email.
"I think you're quite the amazing dancer. And your looks are one of the best- no, they are the best i've seen so far, you have all the necesarry qualities and the potential to become a successful idol in my opnion."
"Are you maybe interested in coming to the audition?"
YES! YES PLEASE!
HE DID IT! HE FINALLY DID IT!
1 ~ HE GOT SCOUTED! HE GOT *SEE FAR* SCOUTED!!
He still had to pass the second audition, but that was a piece of cake. He only had to sing something, and maybe even dance a bit. The hardest thing though, was to get noticed. His visuals were actually even better than those who got scouted randomly in the streets, but that had never happened to him.
Truly unlucky.
But he got scouted in the end anyway, that's what matters.
He already knew what he was going to answer, of course, he said:
"Yes!"
"Then let's go!"
The scout seemed extremely satisfied by his response, so he quickly discussed some things about being a k-pop idol. He talked about being a trainee, how his daily life would look like, how he would debut etc. He basically let him view JYP in a different light, a good light.
You couldn't hear any negative things about being a trainee at JYP at all.
A bit unrealistic, but he didn't care.
The instructor waved at him.
And he and the scout got out of the building, and got in his car. It was a gray hyundai that looked quite expensive. They went right to his parents' home to ask to audition.
It didn't take that long, his dance academy was only six miles away from is home. Jaemin rushed out of the car and knocked on the door. The scout followed him, though a bit slower.
His mother opened up the door.
"Jaemin, there you are a- who is this man?"
"Hello there Miss, I'm a scout from JYP Entertainment, I believe your son is extremely fit to become an idol, he can even audition today, he just needs your permission."
His mother looked shocked, she eventually asked the scout and himself to come in. They sat down in the living room where his dad also sat. His dad looked confused at first, but his mom explained what was going on. They were discussing quite loudly about it.
They both eventually quieted down, and listened to the words the scout had to say.
Jaemin also said that this is what he truly wanted to do, he also promised to not drop out of school, so that he still had a back up plan if he failed.
After a long talk, they eventually agreed.
Jaemin couldn't hide his excitement.
The scout said he could audition whenever, even today if he wanted.
And what did Jaemin want?
To audition as fast as possible!
Today it is!
They quickly said their goodbyes and got into the car once again.
They drove for quite a long time, in that time the scout basically explained everything you had to know about the audition.
If summarised, most of the time people had to sing for one minute, and it coud be a song of their choice. Dance for thirty seconds on a random chosen dance and then you will know in about two weeks if you passed the audition.
"We're here."
Jaemin looked out of the window, and saw a large building.
On it were the letters: JYP
He had arrived.
Time to audition!
Title: Scouted!
(Current Status)
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[ Kim Min-jae ]
[ Male ]
- Attributes -
Body Fitness: 20 (10)
WIllpower: 20 (10)
Flexibility: 21 (10)
Intelligence: 21 (10)
Health: 20 (10)
Appearance: MAX (10)
Available attribute points: 0
- Skills -
Dancing: 40 (10)
Acting: 12 (10)
Singing: 35 (10)
Available skill points: 0
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1 ~ See far sounds like the korean word for f%#$