Authors Note:

Hi luvs! So in this chapter I just quickly skimmed through most of it, not going into detail too much.

I can't include every single group/soloist since it would take way too long, and also since actual shows don't include all kpop idols. Please don't be angry if I didn't include your fav idols.

But anyway, enjoy!

And there goes my alarm clock, I look at my alarm clock and turn it off. It's 5 am and I'm still sleepy.

Today I have a lot that I need to do, first I gotta do a workout, then I gotta get to the dance studio to start getting ready for today's practice for the GMAS, then we gotta have the practice. I'm pretty excited but I'm also really nervous.

I stretched my arms as I sat up in bed. It was still really dark outside with the moonlight shining through my windows. I put on my slippers and I turn on the light in my room.

I'm gonna quickly change into my workout outfit, I'm wearing a matching sports bra and leggings set. I tied my hair up into a tight high ponytail and I put on a hairband. I also grabbed my running shoes and a face towel to wipe my sweat.

I grab my phone and I walk downstairs. I see Caro in the kitchen, I'm gonna scare her cuz why not. I quietly tiptoe into the kitchen and kneel behind the kitchen island.  As I am planning my scheme, I hear her start singing a random song. She sounds like a dying duck, I try my best not to laugh.

I waited a few more seconds before jumping up and screaming. "GOOD MORNING!"

"AHHHHHH!" She whips around from filling her water bottle, almost dropping it in the process. She has a startled look on her face. She always does this thing where she throws her hands up as if she's throwing something behind her, and she jumps at the same time. "What the f*uck Zoey!? The hells wrong with you! I nearly had a heart attack!"

I fall onto the floor laughing, I clutch my stomach and I slap the ground laughing like a dolphin. "Im-sorry-I-thought-it-would-be-funny." I manage to say in between laughs.

She looks at me glaring, I could almost see smoke coming out of her nose. "And was it funny?!" She says all sassy and pissed. I nod my head as I continue to laugh at her. "Ugh, whatever! Keep it down Henry is still sleeping!" She walks away from me stomping her feet, she glares at me as she walks to the basement stairs.

I'm still on the floor laughing, small tears fall from my eyes from laughing too hard. I get up as soon as I've stopped laughing, I go and fill up my water bottle as well.

I'm surprised Henry didn't wake up, usually, he'd be running down with his baseball bat in hand, just like last time.

I finish filling up my water bottle and I grab my phone and shoes from the floor. I make my way down into the basement where our home gym is.

I see Caro already in there doing some splits. As soon as she sees me she starts glaring at me again. I laugh at her. "Okay, I'm sorry for scaring you. It was just a good opportunity to scare you... And it worked." I laugh at the last part and she continues to glare at me.

I shake my head laughing. I walk over to the treadmill and set my water bottle and phone down in the holder. I walk over to where Caro is and I start stretching as well. She scootched away from me while she glares. She's still angry but in the next 10 minutes, she'll forget about it like she always does.

As soon as I finish stretching I start by following a 30 min 'Chloe Ting' workout, then I do 20 mins on the treadmill, lastly some additional abs and leg workouts. When I was done I drank a bunch of water.

"Are you done already?" Caro said as she did some squats. I nodded my head and continued to drink my water. "Okay, then go shower now so we can get going when I'm done."

"Okay, don't take too long," I say as I walk out.

I go to my room to take a quick shower. Since we will be practicing for the whole day, I'm gonna wear something comfortable.

I took a quick warm shower and I changed into some black leggings and a loose crop top. I tie up my hair into a tight high ponytail, and I put on some lip gloss.

*****

We are now at the dance studio. Not many of the members were here yet, most we still getting ready.

I was setting up the sound system while Caro was sweeping the floor. Ella was cleaning the mirrors while Chloe was mopping the places that Caro already swept.

I looked through my phone to find a good energetic song to play as we cleaned. I clicked on 'Dynamite' by BTS and everyone immediately started singing along.

I was dancing as I was wiping the dust on the table. After wiping down the table, I set some water bottles and some snacks on top making it look nice. Since today was going to be a full day of practice, I made sure to buy a lot of snacks to eat.

We waited for everyone to get here before we started. "Okay everyone, are y'all ready?!"

"Yeah!" Everyone was cheering and clapping their hands.

"Okay! So first here's the official list of everyone who's performing on the show." I showed them the list of performers.

Girl Groups/Soloists:
•Blackpink
•Twice
•Gfriend
•Mamamoo
•Revelvet
•IZ*ONE
•ITZY
•IU
•Jessi
•Aespa

Boy Group/Soloists:
•BTS
•Seventeen
•Got7
•Exo
•TXT
•Enhypen
•Ikon
•Stray Kids
•Ateez
•NCT

"So basically, first we have to do an opening number and a closing number. Then we have to perform in between every single performer, introducing them by dancing a remix/mashup of their old songs." Caro says, I nod my head as she explains to the members.

"Do you guys understand?" I say, looking around at everyone.

They all nodded their heads. "Yes, we do!"

"Okay, so let's start with the first one." I clasped my hands together and everyone spread out along the studio.

While Caro and I were still in Korea, the members already got to work with the audio. They mashed together the songs of the said performers and created a 4-minute dance each. They did an amazing job with it.

We got to work with memorizing the song and putting the dance together. I was given pictures of the stage and it was huge. (Refer to MAMA 2018 Japan stage.) I already planned out how we were going to utilize the whole stage and make it look good.

We spent the whole day practicing, we ended up going home at 1 am.

Janette called me around 3 pm earlier saying that she posted the video already. The members and I watching it and they were shook, I didn't tell them about the whole collab so it was a surprise for them. They seemed to really like it and I was pretty happy with it too.

I checked back on the views when I got home and 'Almost Is Never Enough' cover was at 7 MILLION VIEWS, while 'Best Part' was at 5 MILLION VIEWS. This was amazing! I wasn't expecting this much people to listen to it. My 'Heart Attack' cover is gonna be posted next week.

*****

*3 and a half weeks later*

"Caro! Let's go, we'll be late!" I yelled at Caro from downstairs.

"Yeah, I'm coming! Do you have your passport?!" She yelled back.

"Yeah, I do! Hurry!" I ran back to the garage and started loading my luggage into the car.

You're probably wondering what's happening, well we're headed back to Korea today. We have to fly there a week before the performance to get our outfits fitted, and so we can practice on the actual stage.

Caro and I are currently running late, we were supposed to be at the airport an hour ago. Caro had forgotten that we were going to leave today so she was hurrying to pack her luggage. Luckily I was already prepared.

Caro ran down the stairs with her luggage and a backpack, she looked like she got hit by a car. Her hair was a mess and she didn't have any makeup on, she was wearing sweatpants and a baggy t-shirt.

Our flight is at 11 am and it's 9:45 already. It takes us 30 mins to get to the airport, and with the remaining time, we need to get through security.

I loaded up Caro's stuff into the car.

"Let me change real quick." She was about to run back into the house.

"No! We don't have time, just change when we get on the plane."

"Ugh, but I look like shit!"

I stop putting stuff into the car and I glare at her. "And who's fault is that? Huh?"

She sighs and gets into the car, I tell Henry that we were leaving now before I got into the car. We raced our way to the airport.

*****

We made it to our gate just in time, they were already boarding the plane when we got there. The members we relieved once they saw us running towards them.

We're currently seated in the plane, Caro was in the bathroom changing while the other members were doing their own thing. I'm still tired from the chaos this morning, I might as well take a nap. After all, we will be on this plane for 11 hours.

I am really grateful that the company that is hosting the show, is paying for all of our expenses. They paid for our first-class flight, PENTHOUSE, yes they got us a penthouse, outfits, hair and makeup, and they will be paying for our flight back. That is already pretty much all of our expenses paid for except for food.

I'm pretty excited about the performance. It's going to be like a concert, and for me, it's my first time watching a concert live. It's not that I don't have the money, it's just that I don't have a lot of time on my hands. And also since I don't like crowded spaces.

I laid back in my chair as I listened to some music with my AirPods. I listened to the music until I fell asleep.

*****

I woke up from my 3-hour nap with someone poking my arm. I squint my eyes looking around, I saw Caro sitting in her seat poking my arm. She's opened the divider between our seats.

"Hi." She stopped poking my arm and smiled at me.

"What do you want?" I laid back and I closed my eyes.

"I'm bored."

"Okay, and? What do you want me to do about it?"

"Let's do something fun."

"I'm trying to sleep here, go find someone else."

"They're all sleeping."

I open my eyes and glare at her. "Yeah, and I was too."

"Come on let's draw or something." She clapped her hands as if she was a 5-year-old.

"No thanks, I'd rather sleep than draw something." I closed my eyes again.

She didn't answer, all I heard was silence, followed by footsteps beside me, a zip of a bag and rustling. "Here." I felt something get put in my lap.

I look at my lap to find my iPad there. "What do you want me to do with this?" I look at Caro who was now standing beside me with my backpack in hand.

"We're gonna draw." She puts my backpack back to where she got it and walked back to her seat. I watch her as she took out her iPad. "You can help me draw out some designs."

"Designs for?" I questioned motioning my hand in a circle for her to continue.

"I'll tell you later."

We got situated and then we started drawing. Caro showed me a cute picture of a bear that she drew. She instructed me to draw a cute design using the bear, like a bear in a mug or something. I didn't question her any further since I wasn't really curious anyway.

"I'm thinking about opening a sticker shop." She says, keeping her eyes on the iPad.

"A sticker shop? You mean your gonna make sticker sheets and sell them?"

"Yeah, I'll make a website and I can sell them on there."

A sticker shop? I mean, she's pretty good at drawing and her designs are pretty cute. But why?

"Why do you wanna start a sticker shop?"

"Well, you know how I like journaling?" I nodded my head and she kept going. "Well, I wanted to make my own stickers to use, and also since I really like stickers in general."

"Well... It is a good idea, but do you think you can keep up with having to teach dance classes and running an online shop?" Not gonna lie, I feel like it's gonna be quite hard to manage the two of them.

"Yeah, but I'll never know if I never try. Plus it's a good way to gain more income."

I just nod my head. Maybe it is a good idea, plus she doesn't really do any other hobby other than dancing and singing. Maybe this is a good opportunity. "If you do start a shop, I'll support you. And I'll help out whenever I can."

She gives me a warm smile. "I'd love that."

We continue making sticker designs throughout the rest of the plane ride. I managed to create a whole sticker sheet using food items and the bear. I'm gonna get Janette to help us make a cute website for the shop.

*****

Once the long plane ride was over, we finally arrived in Seoul, South Korea. It's 2:30 pm here in Korea which means we still have a lot of time before this day ends.

We rode separate taxis to get to our penthouse since not all of us can fit into one. The building itself was HUGE, the place was modern-looking. There was a huge fountain in front of the hotel and there were security guards at the entrance. It was a hotel with penthouses from the 25th floor to the 40th floor. Ours was located on the 35th floor.

We made our way to the front desk and I was the one to check us in. "Hi, we have a reservation for ND Dance Crew."

"Yes, your pent is on the 35th floor. Here are your key cards, there are only 5 of them. We will have some of our staff bring your luggage up for you, and if you need anything there is a phone in there for you to call. Enjoy your stay!"

"Thank you!" I grabbed our key cards and we went to the elevator.

We split the team into 2 so we can take the elevators separately, not all 23 of them will fit into the small elevator. We had to use the key card on the elevator's scanner to go to our floor, it was pretty high-tech.

Once the door opened we were welcomed to the penthouse, and it was HUGE! Even bigger than my whole house put together. The living room was huge with beautiful white furniture and high ceilings. The kitchen was huge as well with a large marble island and giant fridge, the kitchen was connected to the living room. In between the living room and kitchen you are lead to the staircase to go up to the second floor. There were a total of 10 bedrooms on the top floor with 2 full bathrooms to share. As well as 5 bedrooms on the main floor with 1 bathroom. Not only that but this place has its own gym in the penthouse and AN OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL AND A HOT TUB! I don't think we'll use the pool since it's winter and it's really cold, but ill definitely be using the hot tub. The balcony was huge, the swimming pool was a decent size and there was also a minibar. This place had everything you could imagine in a penthouse. And yet I thought the air BnB we stayed at before was impressive.

We all separated ways to go look for a room. Caro and I agreed to share a room. We choose the one at the end of the hall on the top floor, it was the largest room with huge glass windows showing the amazing view. There were two queen size beds, a couch, a tv, and a small walk-in closet.

I made sure to vlog the whole trip starting from the chaos this morning. I'm able to film this trip unlike my last trip here, I couldn't film the last one since the producers wouldn't let me since they didn't want our episode to be revealed just yet. I was ok with it since it's not really a big deal.

I brought my luggage into my room and I unpacked all of my stuff and put them into the closet. After unpacking I laid down in the bed and looked out the window, taking in the amazing view. I'm still pretty exhausted but I'm not in the mood for another nap.

Caro walked out of the closet, changed into a different outfit. "Let's go take pictures outside."

"Outside? Like on the balcony?" She nodded her head. "But it's cold outside."

"It's fine, plus it won't take too long anyway."

"Okay, I guess. Let me change into a better outfit first."

"Okay, I'll wait for you downstairs."

"Okay." I walked to the closet to choose a cute wintery outfit to wear. I want to make it look good so I can post it on my Instagram.

We spent the rest of this afternoon relaxing before we had another big day scheduled with a lot of things.

*****

It was the next day and we were at the company building of the show. We have to do a fitting for our outfits. Every single performance we have different outfits, so we have to get fitted for them.

They showed us photos of the outfits and they looked amazing! They made sure that it went well with the performance so that it gives the right vibes.

This whole process was quick since multiple people were getting our measurements.

Once that was all done, they brought us down to a different floor. They had a dance studio that we could use, once we reached the dance studio we took a quick look inside. It was the same size as the one in HYBE, just a different design.

After showing us the studio they took is to their company vans and we were headed to the venue of the show, they were going to let us have a practice on the stage for at least 3 hours before the other performers had to practice there. Every 2 days we get 3 hours to practice there, then on the last 2 days, we will have a dry run with everyone.

We were split into 3 vans and we are headed to the venue. I've seen the venue from the MAMA performances, it looks big on cam but I bet it's even bigger in person. Once we neared the place it looked pretty plain from the outside, looked like a typical stadium/ outside of a concert venue.

We walked into the venue and I was mind blown! It was dark but you could see a BUNCH of seats along every side of the venue. Multiple platforms are all connected to be one stage area. There was an assigned place for all the idols to sit. We were informed that we wouldn't be able to sit there since there weren't enough seats, we have to stay in our waiting room and watch the show on tv. I'm pretty bummed out that we won't get to watch it from the real perspective from the concert area but it's whatever. As long as we get to watch it, I'm fine with it.

We were given a tour of the area, they showed us every entrance and exit, the secret areas under the stage and where all the lifts are, the backstage area, and the waiting rooms/ makeup rooms. It's pretty confusing since there are so many areas that we need to know about. It's going to be harder to get around when there are more people here.

After the tour, we were given name tags. We have to practice today, but for this practice, we mostly need to work on formations and getting around on the stages quickly.

It's quite hard to get around since the stages are so far apart meaning we have to walk a lot. But I'm not one to complain.

We went from song to song getting the formation down, and also get an idea of which cameras we have to face.

There are certain parts of the stage that we can't go to after a certain performance. Since some of the idol groups will be using props on certain stages, we cant perform on those ones since the staff need to clean it up after their performances.

Basically here's how it will go down, first, the hosts will say "Here's ND Dance Crew introducing our next performer," then that's when we go on stage and start performing. Then after our performance, that's when the host introduces the group, and then that group performs. And it's just a cycle.

We pretty much practice formations and stuff for the remaining 2 hours that we had. Then we had to leave, we were gonna go back to the companies dance studio so we could practice the dances more. Although we pretty much had all the dances down and perfect, a little more practice won't hurt.

*****

We ended up practicing for another 6 hours taking a lunch break in between. We wanted our performances to be perfect.

We are now currently back at the penthouse ordering some pizza for dinner. "Ohh make sure to ask for some ranch," I whispered to Caro as she talked on the phone.

We are ordering some pizzas at this local pizza place near us. We're getting 3 bulgogi pizzas, 2 sweet potato pizzas, 1 pineapple pizza, and 3 meat lovers pizzas. 2, 12 piece hot wings and 2, 12 piece original chicken wings. I know, it's a lot. But we've got to feed 23 hungry people. Ohh and we also got 5, 2-litre coke bottles. And Caro obviously also got 2 bottles of soju, something she never forgets to buy.

As we waited for our food we decided to play some 'Among Us', a game that all of us like to play. It's a great way for us to spend time together. Since among us only allows 10 plays to play per server, we have to spilt into two and play in 2 different servers. Every now and then, we change up the teams.

We were in the middle of playing our 5th game when we get a call from the front desk. "Hello?" I answered.

"Hi we got some pizzas that were delivered here, would you like me to send someone up to give them to you?"

"Uhh, yes please."

"Alrighty, they'll be there shortly."

"Okay, thank you!" I put the phone down and I go and wait in the elevator.

Caro was paying for the pizzas, she was waiting with me, cash in hand.

Once the elevator opened, 3 staff we standing there holding our pizzas and drinks. Some of the members helped carry the food inside while Caro talked to the staff.

I opened up the boxes and laid them out on the table, same for the drinks. Ella brought over some cups and plates for us to use.

Caro was about to take a pizza slice but I stopped her. "Wait! We gotta take a picture first."

She groaned. "Ugh fine, everyone come gather around real quick!" Everyone scurried over and got in their places. I quickly took some pictures and I let them dig in.

The pizza was delicious! I wish it was easier to find sweet potato pizza back at home. I really want to eat this every day!

*****

After dinner, we played some more games, and we talked as we drank some soju. Then everyone went to bed, we were all pretty exhausted from earlier.

I was laying in bed waiting for Caro to finish up in the bathroom. I grabbed my phone and I texted Jungkook, he should be done practicing for the day.

Zoey:
"Are you done practicing?"

Jungkook:
"Yeah, I just got done,
I'm at home right now."

Zoey:
"That's good."

Jungkook:
"Sorry I couldn't call you
yesterday, I ended up falling
asleep once we got home."

Zoey:
"It's fine, nothing really
special went on yesterday
anyway."

Jungkook:
"How was your flight? Did

you forget your passport
again?"

Zoey:
"Haha no I didn't. And
the flight was ok, I was
mostly drawing the whole
time."

Jungkook:
"That's good to hear, did you
guys go to the venue today?"

Zoey:
"Yeah we did, it was HUGE.
I'm kinda scared to perform
there tbh."

Jungkook:
"Why?"

Zoey:
"You already know why."

Jungkook:
"Don't worry, your amazing
and people will agree with
me too. There's nothing to
worry about."

Zoey:
"I hope so."

Caro walked into the room and I went out with my toiletries. I set my stuff down on the bathroom counter.

Zoey:

"Do you wanna video call,
I gotta wash my face so I
can't really type."

Jungkook:
"Sure."

My phone starts ringing and I answered the call and I see Jungkook, I only see his face.

"Hi." He says smiling.

"Hi," I say as I take out all my skincare products. "I gotta wash my face hold on."

"Okay."

I start washing my face with some soap, making sure to clean it thoroughly.

I dry my face and I look at my phone to find Jungkook standing there only in a towel, his back facing me. I snap my eyes back up to the mirror and I look at myself. My face starts turning red so I turn my phone away so he can't see me. I slap my face, mentally cursing myself for blushing.

I crane my head to look at my phone without letting him see my face. He's still standing there looking through his closet, still with only a towel on. He turns around and I get a full view of his abs. He has a six-pack, his arms are really toned with big muscles, his wet hair falling on his face. He looks... hot. Wait what.

I stare at him in shock, wait why am checking him out? I slap my face trying to snap out of it. And did I seriously call him hot? I look again and he's holding a shirt looking at the front of it. I catch myself staring, I slap myself again and I start doing my skincare.

I see him walk over to his phone and kneel. "Zoey? You still there?"

"Yeah, I am." I try not to sound flustered.

"Why can't I see you?"

I panic, Zoey, act cool! "Ohh sorry, I must've pushed my phone." I turn my phone to face me again. I try not to check him out. I continue to put on my moisturizer.

"What are you putting on your face?"

"It's moisturizer." I show him the container.

"Ohh I use that stuff too." He gives me a small smile. He gets up and he walks out of frame.

He's probably changing into some clothes. I keep my eyes on the mirror and keep putting on my skincare stuff.

Once I finish putting on my moisturizer, he comes back into the frame fully clothes. For some reason, I'm disappointed that I won't get to see abs anymore, but I shouldn't be thinking like that.

I take my hair out of the ponytail that it was in and I brush my hair. Jungkook takes his phone and he lies on his bed, stomach facing down.

"Are you gonna sleep soon?" He asks me.

"Yeah I might, Caro's probably sleeping already."

"You're sharing a room with her?" I nod my head and he sighs. "I can't talk to you then."

"I guess we can't, I don't want to disturb her since she's pretty exhausted. But I could go sit outside on the balcony?"

"No, you'll catch a cold, let's just talk tomorrow. I'll call you."

"Okay."

"Good night, sweet dreams." He says softly.

"Good night." I give him a small smile before ending the call.

I quickly finish up in the bathroom before heading back to my room. I lay in bed and I try to fall asleep. All I could think about was Jungkook and his abs. I slap my cheeks and I have my face into my pillow. I'm gonna have a hard time sleeping tonight...

~~~~~

Authors Note:

So... thoughts? What do y'all think about this chapter?

I know it was random, and idk why I thought of it. But there ya go, I hope you liked it.

I'll see you in the next chapter, bye for now!