"1, 2, 3, Start!" The man behind the camera crew announced when they would start filming, as a sign to let the MC's prepare.
And right after that sign, Kang Ho-Dong and Lee Seung-gi started doing the typical opening of Strong Heart, "Strong! Heart!, Yeah, yeah, today we have a very, very special episode for you all today."
Jaemin was sitting on the front row in one of those very uncomfortable chairs, right in the middle.
He didn't even pay any attention to the people who were around him at the moment, he was way too nervous. He really didn't dare look beside him.
Taeyeon was sitting right there, and Yoona was sitting next to her.
A few other members of SNSD, Sunny, Tiffany, Yuri and Hyoyeon were sitting right behind them. There were also a few members of Super Junior, Leeteuk and Shindong.
No members of 2PM, weirdly.
The rest of the guests however, weren't that impressive. There were a few old and young ladies, who were absolute veterans and newbies in the acting industry. And two middle-aged men, who he didn't even recognize at first.
Backstage, he had even greeted them all.
It was the first time for him to greet girl idols from another company. It felt so weird, meeting the girls you had always went crazy about in their concerts.
He was standing on the same stage as them, they even told him that they were big fans of him. As a result, he got happy yet nervous at the same time.
He had to fulfill their expectations now.
While Jaemin was sitting there pondering on how he should stun everybody in the audience, Ho-dong was talking as loud as he always did, "Let's welcome our guests now, yeaaahhh!!!!!"
The red curtains went up, and they all started clapping. It was routine, yet he almost forgot about it due to his nervousness.
He couldn't help but laugh at himself because of it. It seemed that his Willpower stat had no relation with handeling his nervousity at all.
He stared right at the audience, and some of them in the front went absolutely crazy.
He wanted to think it was because of him, but he wasn't sure, since SNSD was here as well.
[ Kang Ho-dong: "So, Jaemin-ah, isn't this your first time on a variety show?" ]
[ Jaemin: "Ahh, that's right. I'm quite nervous right now haha." ]
[ Kang Ho-dong: "That's alright, completely normal. I heard you just finished shooting your first movie with Jun Ji-hyun is that right?" ]
[ Jaemin: "Yes, filming finished a week ago." ]
The audience clapped in response and the guests all had honey dripping from their eyes.
He was just too handsome, he was the ideal type of every girl.
Lee Seung-gi also noticed this and laughed, "Are you okay Park Jungah-ssi?"
[ Park Jung-ah: "Ahhhh yeah, I'm just a huge fan." ]
[ Lee Seung-gi: "What do you feel when you see Jaemin-ssi in person?" ]
[ Park Jung-ah: "Oh... uhm.. of course it's good, even just looking at him is nice. If he would say: "Jung-ah noona, hey there", in a lovely manner, then that would be even better." ]
Both of the MC's were just staring at him, waiting for him to say it.
Variety shows were like this, they needed to get good responses from the celebrities so that they could edit it until it would be worth airing on tv.
A fight for viewer ratings, and news flashes.
Jung-ah took a turn to look at Jaemin and he said with the most cool and lovely voice he could muster, "Jung-ah noona, hey."
The hearts of all the viewers, and the guests, wavered at that moment.
They would think, "I want to be in her place!"
[ Kang Ho-dong: "Waaaahhhhh, so amazing. A handsome guy indeed. So Jaemin-ssi, are YOU interested in someone?" ]
Oh shit.
He had to be careful now, if he said anything out of line...
Dispatch would wreck him.
He himself didn't care, but he didn't want to be scolded by JYP for making such a fuss.
Should he just ignore JYP?
He laughed to himself and thought, "Let's do that."
[ Jaemin: "Hmmm, what do you mean by interested? Like in love, just a fan, or something like, "I want to get to know her" type of interested? ]
Kang Ho-dong laughed as well and said: "You can choose yourself."
He looked around, staring at the guests for a bit, "Well, I am quite a fan of someone in here."
[ Lee Seung-gi: "Let me guess, is she in a girl group?" ]
He smiled, covered his face with his hand to act a bit startled and shy and responded, "Yes"
All the girls from SNSD were now staring intensely at him, he could literally feel their gazes.
Now comes the real problem, who should he choose?
Should he be funny and choose someone from another girl group? Or should he really choose someone from Girl's Generation?
And if he would choose someone from SNSD, who should it be?
He liked Taeyon the most, but if he would just tell her that he is purely a fan, wouldn't he then basically cut off all possibilities for something more?
That didn't mean he wanted something more, it's just that he wasn't the type of guy who would give false hope.
He knew a lot of girls liked him and he didn't want to ruin that.
Who knows, maybe someone from SNSD likes him.
Lee Seung-gi instantly responded, "Who from SNSD is it then?"
He thought, "Ah whatever, I will just say what I want to."
[ Jaemin: "Before I say that, is it ok if I tell my story first?" ]
[ Kang Ho-dong: "You can avoid these type of questions quite well can't you? Sure go ahead." ]
The things he was about to tell were definitely going to top the news charts. He was going to stun everyone who was watching this.
[ Jaemin: Well, as most of you should know, I am an actor under JYP Entertainment. However, I am not only an actor, I'm also an idol trainee. ]
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A brief moment of silence before he continued on with his story.
[ Jaemin: I initially got scouted at my previous dance academy because I could dance so well. I only began acting after I starred in Dream High, becoming quite good at it. In the mean time, I still continued on with practicing and the like while I was also shooting for a few drama's. ]
Ho-dong, who was quite suprised, answered, "Really? Are you going to show us a bit of your talents?"
Jaemin smiled, "I planned on doing so, yes."
[ Lee Seung-gi: "Then are you going to dance for 'that' someone right here?" ]
"Uhmm, I will dance it for everyone here." Jaemin stood up and got in position on the stage.
He thought to himself in the mean time, "Nice dodge bro"
Lee Seung-gi was out for blood, he was throwing multiple fast balls at him, literally waiting for an accidental statement from him.
[ Kang Ho-dong: "What kind of dance?" ]
[ Jaemin: "Since I am in JYP, a bit like 2PM style? Powerful and sexy" ]
Now the guests were hyped up.
He had no idea why, but the past had already changed. It was also the reason why he decided to go on Strong Heart instead, because he knew it would get a good response.
Normally, Junho would have been doing this kind off dance on Strong Heart, gaining quite a bit of fans from just that alone.
But it had never happened.
So what should he do then?
Copy it of course.
He wasn't only going to copy it, he was going to show an even better, improved version of it.
He stood there, in the corner of the stage.
I Can Transform Ya by Chris Brown started playing.
And he started.
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[ Author note: I suggest that the readers would watch the original performance, it gives you a general outline about how his dance turned out.]
Link to original performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_bie8M7Css
It's basically an improved version of that, details of it will be stated in the next chapter