Day 7

Kin pokes his head into the dorms, though he doesn't live here, he wanted to get to know them so he was trying to find if he can skirt around everyone. He tries to find Haon who seems to be the one more approachable.

He is however met with Haon and Hajime instead. Who are both talking to each other. He sighs... though he didn't know Hajime could talk a lot.

Kin had no choice but to exit the room. He is able to move in anytime but he isn't too ready to leave his parents yet. They allowed him to enter the company after all but he had told them it is not a primary path he'll take.

"Kin-kun?" Ms Yume asks. Luckily she just arrived if not it'll be too awkward for him.

"Ah, Ms Yume," he greets with a bow.

"Don't you want to go in?" she asks. As much as the dorm looks spacious, he is too shy to face the other two currently in the dorm. He shakes his head, Haruka frowns, puzzled.

Before she could ask him more, he skirts around her and briskly walks down the stairs which is a mistake but he isn't going to wait for the elevator. He huffs even after just climbing down three flights of stairs.

Walking ahead, he notice another boy outside, he seems like someone his age as well. He looks more approachable, seems to be enjoying the fresh air.

"Hello, are you a trainee here as well?" he asks. The boy turns around, only then did he see that he is a little different, he smiles at him a look that looks good on him.

"Yes, I'm Min-Jun," he replies," you must be Nakamura-san," he adds.

"Call me Kin," Kin smiles friendily.

"Kin-san," Min-jun nods," have you eaten?" he asks. Kin shakes his head," I'm about to go out to eat, will you like to join us?" he asks.

"Us?" he asks again.

"Yeah it's trainees from other companies," he smiled but his words don't really settle well with Kin, call him paranoid.

"I'm eating with someone else," Kin's immediate go-to excuse.

"Oh? With Sou I assume," he chuckles," well your loss," he adds before leaving, waving at Kin who returns the wave despite thinking: 'Well not really... more like I just escaped calamity...' it's not the first time he was met with a situation where he was invited to hang out with already acquainted guys and get heckled right and left.

He sighs, he didn't even know where Sou is, with a heavy heart, he drags his feet towards home. Haruka was watching them from afar, she shakes her head and was about to come out when a small boy interrupts her.

"Please! Take me in!" the boy exclaims.

It's none other than Hideki, who didn't manage to make it. Haruka seems to recognise him as well, she sighs, it's normal to get persistent people like him.

"I'm sorry, but the results are final, you can try again next time," she replies.

"But- I don't know how long it'll take, please, I need to do this before I graduate," he replies.

"Why?" she asks.

Hideki looks at her with puppy eyes and exclaims," if I don't pass, Hideki's parents will ban him from dancing!"

Haruka was rather immune to his attempts, she shakes her head.

"I'll tell you what's wrong with your audition, you were too soft, you didn't show us your dance instead," she goes on critisizing his lack of confidence, fidgeting and aura. Each word is making Hideki's expression fall little by little. He didn't know, he thought for once he was loud enough... though... that could be because the judges were further away than his own ears.

"Still! Let me prove it to you right now!" he exclaims, he was about to burst a move when Haruka stops him with a sigh.

"Tomorrow, come to the office tomorrow and you can show Mr Tanaka your dance," she relents because she is sure he wouldn't leave him alone and she didn't feel right pushing a kid away. If his talent was enough to woo Bokkai then she'll consider it.

Hideki, given another chance, his expression immediately lights up again. He thank her profusely and finally let her get to her car. She guess had to give him props for being so stubborn and respectful at the same time.

"So?" Parisu asks, startling Kin who almost falls over from his bench. They were in a park, outside of school, they seem less formal, more casual like friends rather than... yeah she calls him a co-worker.

"So?" he repeats in confusion. He was lost in thought so he didn't see her sneaking up on him. He is easily scared so when it's said he almost fell off, he really almost did.

"How's trainee life?" she asks with a grin.

Kin sighs and sulks," don't want to talk about it".

"Did someone bully you? I'll go beat them up!" she exclaims. Kin hurriedly pulls her down onto the bench before she can actually go and do that.

"It's not that, it's just," he sighs again," it's not all that different from our school".

"Well that is bad news," she teases and pats his back, Kin almost falls off again with her strength. He should really work out if a pat from Parisu is enough to throw him off, scared she might accidentally hurt him one day.

"Well... they seem to mind their own business anyway," Kin replies in thought.

"Must be smart asses then," Parisu nods," you shouldn't be too stress out, just keep stumbling and maybe record some practice sessions," she grins." If you're given permission, we'll have the front cover news, make sure to give them the slip," she winks.

Kin leans his head against his palms, propped on his knees, looking like a rather troubled guy. Parisu leans against the bench and showed him a few new stories she manage to gather meanwhile.

Kin skims over the stories nothing really catching attention save for the fact that someone spotted a unidentified flying object which frankly looked like someone photoshoped their plushie into the sky.