We continue to practice seriously into the night as the next time we meet it will be the last and final group practice before the final stage. The tension in the room is still there fizzling, but we naturally put everything aside like professionals as we practice into the deep hours of the night. My manager comes back in the early hours of the morning to come pick me up and drop me off at the company dorms. I silently leave the room waving a lazy goodbye to Minho both of us exhausted to the point where we can't think about anything else. I go to our dorms and enter quietly like a mouse careful not to wake Hawon or Seungwon who are surely sleeping at this time of day. Instead I'm completely oblivious to the fact that Hawon had been waiting for me to come home and as soon as he heard me come in, had hidden behind the sofa.

For the next week before the final dance practice, I focus all my attention on our band performance and take the dance off my mind. Our performance needs to prove to people who are there that we deserve the awards we will get, if we get any. There will only be a few bands that will be given a chance to perform on the stage at the Award Ceremony so we have to be sure that we are memorable. After a short meeting we decide to perform the song I made recently with both Hawon and Seungwon as it has all of our ideas and because the melody cannot be forgotten easily.

The week passes by in a flurry as we practice into the late hours of the days to show our best selves at the award shows determined to earn the respect of other artists as well as a positive public opinion.

Finally, the day of the last practice arrives and I grab my stuff and begin to head out. As I exit my room I hear someone say "Good Luck"

I mumble "thanks" and turn around to see if it was Hawon or Seunwon as it was quiet but I just see Hawon back in the kitchen frying Seungwon and egg for breakfast

I feel that he's been distance for the past few weeks but I know he's had those moments since we we were young so I don't worry much about it and head out to final practice.

Arriving at the building once more I take a deep breath before opening the door bracing for the pain I'll have to control for the next few hours. I stretch my leg for a second and then enter and we get into practicing right away.

Overall everything goes well as everyone is completely immersed in only rehearsing over and over again as it's the last time we meet before the show. None of us want to tarnish the name of our companies or our groups so we're all very serious. As we practice only our solos today Minho and I meet eyes and give small smiles but because we're both pressured to do well, we both focus on our individual practice for today.