~ a few weeks later ~

the evaluation day arrived. in three weeks, not a lot happened; the boys finally finished writing their song, hoseok and y/n became friends again, and kihyun still had feelings for y/n.

y/n, on the other hand, was still confused about whether she liked kihyun or not, and she hoped that she didn't. her liking kihyun can go wrong in so many ways, such as giving him trouble and getting him kicked out of the company.

the two groups waited on the stage in the warehouse, ready for hyungwon to talk. them too, were not on good terms ever since the incident with kwangji and y/n happened. group b refused to say anything to group a.

hyungwon started to summarize what he assigned the boys the last time they met. while listening to him speak, kihyun was trying his best to look for y/n. he saw her on her phone in the last row, and it looked like she was somewhat upset. that bothered him a bit, and he told himself that he was going to ask her about it later.

"so, let's switch up the order today; group b, i would like to see you go first." hyungwon said. group b walked over to the microphone stands, and group a walked off stage.

the song started playing, and she sat up, watching the five of them rap and sing. she, in particular, watched kihyun because he was her favorite vocalist of the group.

while he sang his part, he looked at her all of a sudden. the unexpected action made her blushed, but she still enjoyed it. after he finished singing his verse, he softly smiled at her and looked back at the camera that was filming them.

did he do that to mess with me? she asked herself. she blushed at the thought and continued to watch them.

after they finished, they walked backstage. group a walked out, and she continued to go on her phone. the music started, and kwangji was the first one to start.

as she proceeded to hear, she could tell that the song was about heartbreaks. she continued to listen to them, and she realized that kwangji was rapping about the great memories they shared. she looked at him, and he looked at her, nodding his head as if he wanted to let her know that he was talking about her.

when the song ended and group b walked on stage, she had the sudden urge to use the bathroom, so she quickly stood up and walked away.

kihyun, on the other hand, tried to look for her while hyungwon critiqued them, but he couldn't find her. he was somewhat sad, but he was also a little happy that he got to make eye contact with her while he was performing.

"since the post-evaluation is coming soon, i'll be giving out the assignments today." hyungwon said, gathering his note cards.

"you'll be meeting with some producers tomorrow, and they'll be giving you an audio. you'll be working with that, and you will be writing your own lyrics again. on top of that, you'll have to come up with your own choreography and record your song in the studio."

"in the post-evaluation, you will also be performing your song in front of a crowd. i will not say how many people will attend, but be prepared, i believe in all of you."

the two groups bowed and walked out of the warehouse, entering their vans. the camera crews still filmed them, which made the trainees talk. they were just small talking about the new piece of information they got while also being nervous and overwhelmed at the same time.

once they arrived at the building, the camera crew stopped filming them, and the trainees jumped out of the van. they also saw group a, who came at the same time as them.

"can we just talk with you guys for a bit?" gunhee asked group b as the rest of his group walked up to them.

"why?" jooheon asked, fixing his cap.

"it's just this whole training thing. we wanna be on good terms before one of us debuts." minkyun replied. "hyung also has a few words to say too."

minkyun looked at kwangji, who walked in front of his group. "i apologize for causing trouble to you all and y/n. i promise that i won't ever bother her again, and i only want to be on good terms with all of you."

"we also expect you to apologize to y/n as well." shownu told him.

kwangji nodded. "i promise i will when i see her."

"i guess he's right. we should squash this whole thing and just be friends." changkyun said. "after all, the next time we see each other is the day one of us will debut."

"should we all go out for lunch then?" seokwan suggested. all of the others nodded.

"how about we don't drink today since we have to go out tomorrow." jooheon recommended. the other group nodded in agreement, and they all walked together down the street to a restaurant.

"so, i don't record them today, right?" yoonho asked seokwan, whispering in his ear.

seokwan shook his head. "we hardly got any information the last time we got them drunk, i don't think we have a chance today."