LuckyLHio
Chapter 17: Game Time!

Ava's friends could only freeze and look at Ava with annoyance. They quietly patted Ava in annoyance. It was like talking to a genius but being too lazy to do something. So they just secretly felt envious but could not do much more than ask Ava to teach them.

While Ava herself could only sigh as it added trouble to herself. He somehow felt helpless because one of his identities was exposed due to a trivial matter. Just because his friend knew someone else who was more famous.

In the end, Ava became the Dance Queen among other trainees because she mastered various types of dance and no one protested against it.

But maybe Ava doesn't know, there are some trainees who become irritated because they feel they should be able to become a Dance Queen. But because of Ava, they couldn't get this title. One of them is Vivian who is good at dancing ballet and has been dancing since childhood. Previously she also fascinated people with her dance but this time she failed because Ava danced so well. Vivian can only grit her teeth and is determined to defeat Ava in the next round of combat.

Because of Ava's appearance, she eventually became very famous. The table where he ate was now crowded by other trainees. Ava is basically a pretty quiet person, so she doesn't respond to others and focus on eating them.

“I want to know where you learned dance like that ?”

“True, your technique looks pretty awesome. Please teach me.”

“I too, please teach me later too.”

Ava felt tired just hearing people ask her endlessly like now. Likewise with Ava's roommates they become irritated because they can't eat a peaceful quiet meal now.

“Can you stop ? It's very uncomfortable for you to keep asking when people are eating.” Clarence said trying to disperse trainees who keep asking.

These trainees fell silent and looked at each other and saw Ava herself, whose head was buried in a tray, busy eating. Being reprimanded like that by others made them only able to look down embarrassed and leave in silence.

“Hah... Finally stopped also them.” said Ellie sighing in relief as it finally calmed down.

“Now I realize why you don't want people to know you're good at dancing. It is troublesome to respond to people who keep asking in ajari.” said Hailey, he initially also wanted Ava to give him some advice but now he feels bad because he looks like the trainees who continue to insist on asking to be taught.

Ava finally lifted her head and saw her previously enthusiastic roommates become looking at her with pity. “Sorry makes you uncomfortable.” Ava said apologizing. He doesn't want this to happen either, but what can be done.

“No problem. We also love to have friends who are very good at dancing. Those who do not know shame and even make people uncomfortable.” Scarlett didn't want Ava to stay away from them because she didn't want them to be distracted.

Ava observed her friends one by one and lowered her head. “Thank you then and again sorry.”

“Cause! We will help you get rid of the people who keep coming to you.” said Leah and greeted with enthusiastic nods from others.

Ava could only smile. From then on, they became closer to each other unknowingly.

Once dinner was over, Ava returned early to her dorm and went to bed early. Ava's roommates guard the room and stop another trainee who wants to meet and question Ava about the dance.

Sophie also came to Ava's room with a worried look. But when he saw Ava was already asleep, he secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

“Ava is okay?” sophie asked worried about Ava's room garden.

They shake their heads together. Hailey observes Sophie who looks very caring and close to Ava. At first glance, Sophie seems to be Ava's best friend.

“Do you know Ava well?” ask Hailey.

Sophie could only nod. “We've been friends for a long time.”

“That means, did you know Ava has a very good ability in dance ?” ellie asked in a small voice, but her eyes were still very excited.

Sophie kept quiet for a while and finally nodded resignedly. “I just feel his talent is made free if he doesn't show it to the world. So I made him come to this show. But actually he did not want to come, or enter the circle of entertainment. ”

“If I were you, I would do the same. Ava is too talented to be an idol.” Leah said with a little jealousy but she was grateful to be able to meet Ava who patiently taught her.

Sophie felt touched when there were people who thought the same as her. “I always thought my decision might be wrong. But I was also happy when I saw him shine on stage.”

Clarence patted Sophie on the shoulder trying to comfort her. “Your decision may not be wrong. If you do not ask him to come to this event, maybe we will miss the opportunity to develop for the better.”

Hailey nodded in agreement. “I agree, although Ava's method is a little painful. But I feel like my ability to dance has improved by a few points. In addition, Ava taught us the initial foundation and tips on memorizing choreography.”

“Yeah, but it does hurt a lot.” Scarlett could still remember the tiredness she experienced while training with Ava.

Sophie laughed softly, then showed her arrogant face. “You've only been a week, Ava's been torturing me since SMA. I used to be fat and Ava forced me to run to lose weight. Worse than you guys.”

They're just laughing in Sophie's agony. But eventually the worry disappeared and they became good friends. Sophie got along very well and her personality was very lively. Back when Ava was in her old dorm room, she knew Ava's roommate well. Now he gets to know roommate and teammate Ava quickly.

Ava doesn't know what happens at night. The next day he woke up and did his own morning run as usual but when he came back he heard the sound of their theme song blazing through the room to the hallway.

Ava's own roommate groaned in annoyance but quietly still danced at her as if possessed. Maybe because they have danced many times so subconsciously they will dance the theme song song when the song is played. Ava did not dance and instead drank water waiting for what really happened. After a minute, finally a female voice sounded.

“To all Trainees, gather at Training Center in 10 minutes! Once again, To all Trainees, gather at Training Cneter in 10 minutes!”

Ava immediately stood up and woke up her roommate who was still struggling between sleeping and waking up. After making sure everything was up, Ava went to the Training center first.

There were already some trainees standing in front of the building with sleepy faces and they covered their faces. Some cameramen holding cameras around the place are also ready to capture the drowsy face and the purest condition of any trainee. Meanwhile, Ava herself became conspicuous when she came, with her white t-shirt and training pants, her face did not look sleepy and instead looked energetic with her hair tied back by a horse. Ava's been exercising so she's been more than awake.

After ten minutes, another trainee finally gathered at the venue. They waited patiently until a woman they knew came in tight-fitting sportswear and looked very fit. This woman came and observed all the trainees first before greeting everyone with a smile.

“Halo everyone” with a smile. “Good morning.”

“Good morning.” reply the other trainees in a loud voice.

“Include, my name is Leona, your fitness trainer. You must know, that every female idol always hopes to have a beautiful body, especially when performing on stage. So today we will do the coach will start preparing a fitness program for you guys.”

Secretly all the trainees became tense. Weight problems are a very serious problem for a woman especially those who are in the entertainment circle. Some companies even ask their trainees to reduce or control their weight.

“So before, please who has not used decent clothes, return to the room and change, wear shoes, and comfortable clothes to sweat. You guys have 10 minutes. For those who are ready please enter.” The coach led all the trainees who were ready to enter the large hall where there were two other assistant coaches waiting on the right side and the wall of the room was observing. The other trainees ran back to the dormitory to change their clothes.

The trainees present were asked to line up and distance themselves in each row. Not long after, all the trainees present in the room and stood looking at their coach Leona nervously.

“Let's warm up and stretch first.” Coach Leona showed it first and the trainees present followed gradually. Up to the level of stretching they get to the stage requires flexibility. Soon many trainees who attacked the pain because it was not flexible.

Ava herself is not that flexible but her body is still good enough to do stretching. Fitness coaches and assistants spin around and help trainees who feel they are still lacking in stretching. But have not started the sport has many trainees who feel exhausted.

When the coach finishes with stretching, he goes back to the front and leads the trainees to do the workouts. Here began all moans to withstand fatigue and pain because of having to exercise in a high enough intensity and fast.

Starting from squats, jumping jacks, leg lifts, push ups, to planks. All types of workouts that burn calories in half an hour. At the end, the Coach asks all trainees to hold for as long as possible the position of the plank.

Not all trainees are strong to plank, so in just a few seconds many people fall because they are not strong anymore to hold the position. The longer the time went by, the more people fell down and lastly there were two people left, one of whom seemed to tremble with restraint in order to last longer, he said, on the other hand that one was extremely stable and unaffected surrounding it as the other trainees cried out in encouragement.

Finally the trembling trainee just now was not strong and gave up. The last trainee held the plank position very stably and did not say anything until the time passed by more than five minutes and the coach asked him to stop.

Ava who was calmly doing the plank was surprised because she finally had to stop due to the coach's request. He looked around him and found all the trainees staring at him in surprise and praise. He immediately turned his gaze over and noticed the coach who was smiling full of praise at him.

After a hard workout, that morning the coach stared at the trainees one by one and finally separated those who looked fit and those who looked in need of adjustment.

The fit trainees did not understand the intention of the coach and only realized when they met again to the cafeteria to eat breakfast. Some boxes contain salads and fruit neatly lined up near the food retrieval area.

“It looks like they will go on a strict diet after this.” Clarence said as soon as he saw the box containing a salad that looks unpleasant.

“I'm grateful I didn't eat much when I came home yesterday.” Ellie looks very happy because she can be be bebeas from the set of boring food menu.

“Set that diet menu is not fun at all. I felt turned into a goat when I ate it, emotionless and without taste at all.” Leah said refusing to see the set.

While the fit trainees can eat freely but their menu this time is healthier and lighter. For the trainees who have to undergo some adjustments must finally eat a salad with chicken breast without flavor and without mayonnaise.

Sophie happens to look chubby and childish can't escape this part of the adjustment. Although Sophie is not that fat, but her chubby cheeks make her have to eat vegetable salad. When he saw the fresh green vegetables he felt sad and brought the box closer to Ava.

Ava who was busy eating raised her head and looked at Sophie who was looking down on her sadly. “You can vegetable salad also ?”

Sophie nodded and began to act spoiled towards Ava. “I miss your diet food.. I can't eat this green thing. No taste at all.”

Ava glanced at the contents of the salad box and just laughed amusedly. “Eat it first, there is no way to cook anything else. Don't be spoiled, and just eat.”

Sophie still looked at Ava sadly. “But..”.

“Eat Only, consider it meat.” says Ava easily.

Sophie frowned and ended up sitting next to Ava obediently eating her salad. Ava from time to time watched and looked at Sophie and sometimes gave her spiced meat for reward. Sophie knew Ava would not have the heart and would give her some spiced meat of hers secretly.

So Sophie ate quietly and made no other trouble. It feels like a big difference, where other trainees will find it difficult to eat salad, while Sophie like getting a boost from Ava who will give her meat when she eats diligently.

Finally after breakfast, they were allowed to return to the dormitory to bathe and cleanse before re-assembling in the hall again. This time the staff had prepared a game for the trainees to play until the afternoon.

Various types of games are played, ranging from guessing songs, to using lipstick on opponents with their eyes closed, to delivering a sentence just by reading his mouth. The point is that almost all trainees had a lot of fun in the game that day.

Ava herself did not participate in the game and just watched from the side calmly feel the happiness of all the trainees.

In the evening, the day they finished dinner, they were gathered in a conference hall-like hall and watched the first episode that finally premiered that day.

Trainees were excited to watch the first episode they could finally see. They laughed and were sad when they saw themselves a month ago. Some look more prominent now and thrive a lot than they did when they first came.

“God is a shame..” said Hailey sadly saw herself a month ago performing a song in a cool style but dancing in a very messy way.

“I also feel sorry to do such a thing. It feels embarrassing once.” Ellie did some personal talent while still on placement and now she regrets it.

“Wah.. look, Ava hasn't changed at all,” Leah said as kamaera panned Ava who was sitting on the side. The location where Ava was sitting should have been rarely seen by the camera, but thanks to her attractive appearance, she gained the spotlight more than she expected.

“I feel Ava like sleepy.” Clarence said when he saw Ava watching with a flat look and did not give any expression.

The Ava they commented on could only smile a little. “I was indeed a bit sleepy back then.”

Scarlett who was sitting next to Ava looked at Ava in surprise. “You..”.

Ava nodded. “True, I stayed up the day before, not getting enough sleep.”

“Do you not taku if the audience sees you sleepy ?” clarence asked worriedly.

Ava thought for a while then shook her head “No, I've restrained enough to not sleep.”

“For that time, you were sitting on the sidelines.” Scarlett said to Ava. “If not, it will be clearly visible once.”

“But I have to admit, you look really cool even while still in the scoring.” Clarence said admitting that Ava looks very stable in her initial evaluation appearance.

“But compared to now, I feel that appearance impressed you like a bit uncomfortable.” Scarlett said, she looked again from the beginning and realized that it was a bit strange to see him at the beginning. “Do-not.”

Scarlett looked at Ava in surprise. Somehow feel that Ava may. Ava also looked at Scarlett and blinked one of her eyes and smiled.

Scarlett was still shocked until her mouth was slightly gaping. He had no idea what he imagined was really what Ava was really thinking. The more he got to know Ava, the more he felt irritated and envious of her talent.

The first episode finally ended in a play and was greeted by applause from the trainees who watched it. They were very satisfied with what they saw today. Especially when their pictures are taken in a nice way, although there are some people who do not get a lot of highlights, but overall quite good.

The entrance of the room suddenly opened and Keegan's figure came in casual clothes carrying the paper she used to carry when announcing something. Of course his presence brought a standing ovation from all the trainees in the room. Keegan smiled lightly and observed the trainee as usual and dropped her gaze on Ava longer than the other trainees. Then he returned to his usual attitude and intended to make an announcement to them.

“How about your episode ?” keegan asked the trainees' opinions about the first episode for stale bases.

“Good!”

“Very fun!”

Most trainees answer with a complimenting sentence and do not show a bad sentence about what they do not like.

“Good then. This time I came to announce about the first elimination process.” As soon as Keegan said the words elimination, everyone became very worried and they changed their happy faces to become nervous. “Elimination will be held in a few days time. And for you will be given the opportunity to record a private video to ask for support from the audience.”

Keegan is very smart in raising and lowering the emotions of young trainees. Earlier everyone became sad and worried about having to undergo elimination, but then became excited about being able to record a private video to ask for support from the audience.

“Good news. Tomorrow you will all be asked to record a video that shows your charm, the time for the video is one minute. The staff has prepared some costumes and properties for you to use. So make good use of your time to think tonight. And in three days later, there will be our first elimination.”

“This is really cruel, giving hope after that we will be eliminated.” Clarence said uneasily.

“But at least we still have a chance. Hopefully this can help.” said Hailey tried positively.

“The trainees will definitely not be able to sleep tonight, they have to think about their promotional video.” said Scarlett started to see the trainees around her who were getting restless.

“Not necessarily, there is one person who does not seem to be fidgeting.” Leah said as she pointed at Ava who is very calm waiting for the announcement to be completed.

Scarlett could only sigh while admiring Ava's mental strength that was not afraid of pressure. But Scarlett doesn't know that Ava is thinking about what she has to show tomorrow.

He obviously didn't want to dance or sing. He also has no special talent. The key is that he does not want to be chosen by the audience, but still has to undergo this filming to promote himself.

“Let's see the situation tomorrow.” Inner Ava when she has no thing she can use as an idea.

After Keegan's announcement, Trainee was asked to return to the dormitory by staff. Ava, who had been sitting down, finally went to the toilet first and let her friends come back.

Ava who was just about to come out of the bathroom found Keegan leaning against the wall as if waiting for someone. Ava didn't feel close or familiar with him, so she intended to just leave. But it seemed like she was wrong, because when she was about to leave, Keegan held her back.

“Wait. I have something I want to talk about.” Keegan said.

Ava immediately stopped and turned around waiting for Keegan to say what she wanted to say.

“I was curious, why do you seem to cover your abilities.” Keegan said in surprise. “While with your face and talent, it is very easy to be famous.”

Ava looked at Keegan who was staring at her. Ava has no intention to say the reason but seeing Keegan doesn't seem to intend to take it off so she has no choice, “I don't want to be an idol.” Ava said lightly.

Ava's answer surprised Keegan. “Then what did you come for?” asked Keegan with a bit of surprise.

“In company of my friend.” replied Ava briefly.

Keegan was silent and observed Ava's face which seemed to be serious with her words. “Then what will you do if you finally make your debut ?” Keegan could see Ava's potential clearly, it was certain Ava would be in the top 10 with just her face and appearance.

Ava looked to the side and replied. “I will resign from the program before the last appearance.”

Keegan suddenly felt angry, she saw Ava seemed like a good child, but did not expect that she would take such an action. “Do you think this show is for playfulness ? You can't just leave the fans who already support you!”

Ava was silent for a moment, she knew about this but still did not want to enter the circle of entertainment. So she looked back at Keegan with eyes that had a bit of sadness in them. “As far as I know, a person who wants to succeed in this industry must have a background or a sugar daddy to protect themselves. Those who are just from the ordinary, will eventually be used, sold by their agency, pleading and accompanying sponsors to drink in order to be successful. If make a mistake and make the power holder unhappy in the end have to quit the industry by force.”

Keegan was stunned to hear that, it was true what Ava said. She herself was a person with a background, so she had never experienced what Ava had said just now.

“You are a senior in the industry so you should know this. So do you think my life is just for messing around?”

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