7 p.m., 25th November 2017, Room 406, Genesis Training facility;
"Woah, wo, yeah"
As Yuju and Jun finished the song, the onlookers who were also sharing the training room clapped in unison.
Jun and Yuju returned to the corner of the room, letting other contestants take the center for their rehearsals.
Due to high points of strength, he possessed high stamina and was completely fine. On the other hand, Yuju seemed a little bit tired from practicing nonstop all day.
At the same time, she appeared to be frowning for some reason.
After spending three days, both of them became familiar enough to speak casually with each other or one could say that they were somewhere between acquaintances and friends.
So, his speech was a bit more casual than formal when talking to her. "Any problem?"
Yuju shook her head, "nothing. It's just our performance doesn't feel satisfying enough."
"Hmm…" Jun fell into deep thoughts. After thinking for a while, he blurted out his thoughts, "maybe, it's liveliness?"
"Eh?" Suddenly, her eyes lit up as she got an idea. "Now, I understood. We are pretty much done with the song, right? How about we focus on choreography?"
"Choreography?" Jun was taken aback at first. After all, they were only supposed to sing. Moreover, his dancing skills aren't high enough to choreograph something.
Maybe, Yuju realized his thoughts. She hurriedly waved her hands. "No, it's not what you think. We can add little gestures here and there for the concept. And also, we can wear matching outfits that can give the audience an impression of a cute young couple."
Jun immediately replied, "I like the idea but shopping together is… you know…"
Yuju understood what Jun was talking about. She nodded and said, "how about leave this to me. Tell me your size and I will buy them for both of us while returning from mass."
Jun agreed to it after giving it a thought.
The next day after lunch, after returning, she gave him his outfit. It was an orange hooded t-shirt, white waistcoat, white pants, and white shoes. As for her, she also bought an orange hood t-shirt, white short skirts, and white sneakers.
Upon her urging, Jun changed his clothes and returned in his perfectly fit clothes.
"Wah! So handsome. Keee…" Jiyoon was in her secret fan girl mode as she was admiring from the corner.
After a while, Yuju also returned in her matching clothes.
Looking at her, he sighed inwardly, "It's a pity." Even though he likes girls with a ponytail, still, he doesn't like bangs after all. So, unlike others who indeed find her cute, for Jun, the combination didn't appeal much.
As Yuju stood beside him, he just looked at the wall mirror and gave a nod, "Okay, the outfits are good. Let's try performing and see whether they suit or not."
Im Soeun volunteered to record their performance.
Once they were done with this, as three of the other four people in the room looked at them a bit enviously, both of them stepped aside and watched the recording together.
"Now, if we do this here and this here, then, end with something like heart…" Jun carefully listened to Yuju's ideas and got convinced in the end to follow her plan.
For the next couple of days, Jun practiced various motions, expressions, and gestures as such with Yuju in the morning and then, practiced his rapping skills in the evening until midnight.
Thankfully, for him, after his rap skills crossed 5 points, he started receiving a daily mission, which helped him gain a fraction of points before the evaluation date.
05:24 A.M., 29th November 2017, KBS Studio, Gyeonggi province;
"Give love" –Jun, Yuju
"give me some love" - Yuju
"Give love" –Jun, Yuju
"there's not enough love" -Yuju
"I give the love that grows every day to her
But she doesn't accept" – Jun, Yuju
"Give love
Give love~
Give love o, oh
woah wo
Dis dap bil bi dap da
Give love
Give love~
Give love o, oh
Woah wo, yeah" –Jun, Yuju
Jun and Yuju finished the song by putting their hands together to form a heart and their other free two hands also joined below the heart and formed the shape of a platter, expressing like they were giving love to someone.
The main judges were all smiles as they clapped while IU commented with a laugh, "gwiyeowo (cute)"
YG was the first to comment as to their team mentor. He couldn't hide his smile as he gave the judgment, "Both of you did exceed my expectations, especially SungJun-ssi. Both of you have high scores from the beginning. So, I was confident about your performance when I assigned you for a mixed duo.
But, after finding out that SungJun-ssi is a complete beginner at rapping without any sense of rhythm, I got worried whether I made a blunder assigning the both of you in one team. Now, after watching your performance, I can tell that my decision was right."
"Eh?" The judges turn their heads to look at YG first and then at Jun. The cameramen zoomed onto their expression finding it funny how they appeared very shocked.
They were all professionals with significant experience in the industry. While they couldn't exactly gauge his level just by a few lines of rap but anyone could at least tell that
Looking at JYP, YG continued, "He stopped by the office and I gave little tips on how to start and all."
Then turning his head back towards Jun, YG said, "Seriously, I never expected you to become this better. I think you have potential. There were no mistakes in the lyrics. Pitch was perfect. You followed your own rhythm rather than just copying the original. Good job."
"Thank you." Jun bowed, feeling satisfied with his performance.
YG continued, "As for Yuju-ssi, you didn't fell short of my expectations. All I can say is that it's perfect. Good job."
"Thank you."
JYP was the next to comment. Unlike YG who was a little biased towards the ones he like, his judgment was a mixed one as always whether it is his team and for other teams.
So, Jun and Yuju were a little bit nervous even though this judge had a smile on his face. The only difference between the two of them is that Yuju was hoping for a minimum criticism while Jun was looking forward to it.
In his view, only by listening to the faults could he make improvements. The last time he received harsh criticism because he was too good, Jun indeed learned a new lesson.
"First, let me start with good news. You are the last one to perform this song. There's no doubt that you did better than the other two teams.
Both of you gave various expressions and do little movements, separating at one moment and getting closer at another moment, and the most highlight part is the choice of your outfits. It was pleasing to watch the performance.
Just like YG-Hyung mentioned, it looked like both of you owned the song."
"Thank you." Both of them bowed. While Yuju was extremely happy to receive positive judgment, Jun was eagerly waiting for the bad news to see if he can learn something from it.
"However…"