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mnet global audition season 5 ( the callback ) 

contestant ;  kim yugyeom ( dancer )  performance ; solita - prettymuch ( original choreo ) [ 0:00 - 1:19 ] 

waiting for any news as to what was going on for the mgas had been a little stress inducing. he wanted to make it, wanted this chance to really get his name out there again. he’s done things already, there was that thing for the kt game back a few months ago. and then he recently had an audition with sphere ( which ended with nothing happening sadly ) so he knows that he’s at least on some radar. 

but what radar is it? 

who’s attention has he caught? or is he still not quiet high enough on the scale to really be noticed. the rader he fell on still being a small one that doesn’t do much for him. he’s not quiet like some of his friends who have been in things where they’re bound to be noticed sooner. he’s not some handsome model, or ex trainee like hyunggu, or even someone who’s been to a lot of auditions and shows.

that means he’s going to have to work harder. 

and he’s fine with that. fine with the idea of needing to work harder if he ever wants to achieve his goals. accepting of the fact that the road ahead, the road he has chosen to be on, is going to be tough. and that it might take a while for him to really get his foot into the door way but that doesn’t mean he was going to give up, not in a long shot. 

yet still, it was hard waiting for any news especially since he was also waiting on the news for hyunggu and news for suwoong. and his other friends. he wanted them to make it in it so them to be on the show together. especially hyunggu. 

just thinking about being on this with his best friend was all kinds of exciting.

he’s always thought about it before. ever since him and hyunggu has become friends, ever since the two of them formed dynamite, and ever since he begun getting to perform with hyunggu near every weekend when they busk. hes thought about it. 

i really want to perform on stage with this guy.

there’s no one he likes performing with more than his best friend. 

an then he received the news. the callback for the first episode, he’d gotten the call back and so had his friends. so had hyunggu. but apparently this didn’t guarantee that he would be on the show. one more audition to try and get onto the show, to make it before the eyes of the judges. now he’s gotten the chance and he wasn’t going to let it go to waist. 

all his free time between getting the callback and the actual day of recording was spent practicing. this time around he wasn’t asking hyunggu for help in making the dance. see, normally he turns to the younger for assistance mainly due to the fact that while yugyeom is a good dancer--hyunggu is a better choreographer. that said, yugyeom is able to choreograph when he wants or needs to and thats exactly what he does. his song of choice was actually one he had been wanting to do a dance to for a while. 

getting going on making a new dance was often hard for him, but after a few hours of mainly fucking around, he ended up with a solid foundation. by the time it was the day of the callback audition he felt confident and comfortable in what he was going to show off on stage. 

the day of he arrives early as he does for most things. yugyeom tending to be rather good at being on time despite how he may seem. he’s planning to meet up with his best friend and the two of them were going to sit together. having heard they could pick seats. so they were going to the right side to meet up and thats what yugyeom did. 

he went to the right side.

wait. 

he’s standing on the side he thinks is right, and happens to spot across the stage a familiar of his best friend. his head spins around and he’s gazing at every one around him a little confused. before--with no hesitation--he turns and books it across to the other side. recognizing that he had gone to the left and not the right. 

“dont say a word.” he mutters as he drops into the chair next to hyunggu. already sensing the judgement and amusement from his friend. and while others are still getting seated he takes the time to look around to see whos near by and if he knows anyone. he spots su--of course, since the other had also run across stage with him--sitting beside him and slaps the others thigh as he spins around to look behind. there’s a lot of faces he doesn’t know, but there’s also a lot he does know. 

he spots joohyun, his old coworker. spots some faces he knows from having watched the last season of mga including the guy behind him. fuck he remembers this guy. 

“ah... kang daniel, long time no see.” he greets almost tensely, as if trying to make it seem as if their one and only meeting hadn’t been an utter disaster. not wanting to cause a scene or issue, he faces front again and his hand finding it’s way to hyunggus knee as he leans in to talk quiet to the other about thoughts on the audition--dance related questions that he always turns to the younger for. as said before, he knows he’s a good dancer--confident in his skills--but hyunggu has more experience. has more technical knowledge. 

soon enough everyone is seated and the show begins. 

it’s interesting actually getting to see all these different performances and seeing the skill sets and talents that the other contestants have. yugyeom watches intently, especially with the dancers, to pick out weakness in anyone. his gaze sharp, and rarely actually looks away from the stage even when leaning in to say something to one of his friends around him. making comments on performances, or the people performing. 

he’s especially critical of the dancers, though most of his comments on been on the constructive criticism side of things. not wanting to seem mean. and also not wanting to be discouraging because it takes guts to step up onto that stage and perform before so many people. 

some of his comments on merely on appearance though... 

“oh... he’s hot--a dancer? damn.” 

“wooow look how pretty her hair is, so shiny. it looks really healthy.”

“that guys legs could kill me and i’d thank him.” 

those comments were mostly saved for his best friend though, leaning over for the younger to hear him and typically grinning after.

then hyunggu gets called, and yugyeoms attention is even more focused on the stage. he leans forward, elbows braced on his knees and fingers laced together as he watches in an almost nervous way as hyunggu makes his way to the stage. his knee bouncing a bit. 

of course he had no reason to be worried. hyunggu performs like he’s meant to be on the stage, dancing and moving around as if he really belongs there and yugyeom finds himself relaxing with each move. his expression turning to one of pure pride and admiration for the younger. and as hyunggu comes over to their side, he’s jumping up with everyone to cheer along. showing his unwavering support for his best friend. 

hyunggu comes back up and then it’s only a few more names before yugyeoms gets called by katie lee. the katie lee. he’s always been interested in kt, having admired lc9 for a long time. and the ceo of said company just said his name. his face morphing into a look of shocked awe, before he realizes he needs to get up and perform. 

“hello i’m kim yugyeom.” he introduces, bowing once he’s on stage and then getting ready to get going on his dance. his fingers tapping at his thigh as the nerves come back, wanting to do good but second guessing himself on the dance.  wondering if he should have chose something else, practiced something else. maybe just have done a cover instead of working on a whole new choreography days before this audition. he thinks, he could have done anything else. 

he swallows. 

focus, yugyeom. 

the music starts.

his nerves wash away. 

he thinks of this as if he were busking--back when he had first started busking and it was important to be good at dancing to draw people. back when he was so desperate for the money given to him from tips that he worked his ass off to really kill the dances he would do. when he was trying to do fan service while also perfecting whatever dance he was covering. 

he thinks of it as how he dances with dynamite. how comfortable and at ease he feels when with the two members of his group, how much fun he has dancing with them. he thinks about how much fun it could be to end up in a company with hyunggu. to be able to keep dancing with his best friend and maybe make it on stage together one day. 

he thinks ah yes, thats the dream. that’s the vision. to be on stage with his best friend. to perform with kang hyunggu. and he feels himself relax. 

the music flows through him as he begins the dance. hours and hours of sweat and frustration to get to this point where he moves through the motions of the dance as if he were born for it. his body so at ease now as he does each move and each step, mouthing along with the words as he goes. he’s in his zone. this is what he wants to be doing. he wants to perform. and doing well here and now is a good first step to getting to perform more. to getting himself onto those big stages.

a plus side of being a busker means his facial expressions are something he’s worked on. he knows some dancers--mainly ones who has only ever dances in studios--forgot to think about their expressions. forget that dancing also needs to expression emotions and if his expression doesn’t match that emotion he could ruin the whole thing. 

he recalls watching hyunggu during practices. when he younger would be showing off a new dance or something but yugyeom was focused on his face and from there he found himself working on his own expressions. working to match the same energy and feeling output that hyunggu has when he dances. wanting to be able to captivate someone with not only his movements but also his feeling. 

he knows that comes from the feeling he tries to portray when he dances. and that expression is important for that. 

he’s very glad his song of choice was an upbeat one. it’s easy enough to keep himself looking hyped. especially when every time he looks to the right of the stage all his stupid friends sitting there get loud as fuck. it makes him grin, and he throws a heart that way at one point, then even gets bold and while looking at hyunggu he throws a kiss. it’s fun. 

this is so much fun, is all he can think as he goes through the dance. feeling the music, feeling the movements. this is so much fun. 

and when the song ends, he’s not ready to be done. 

he breathes in a few times deeply to calm himself--not quiet winded despite the fact he really did put his all in the dance but luckily he’s got stamina going for him--and all he can think he that he’s not ready to be done. 

even as he bows and thanks the judges. 

even as he walks back to his seat, getting high fives and comments from his friends. even as he settles next to hyunggu again and turns with an expectant look to his best friend. 

even then there’s a burn inside. a fire--like a hunger that’s burning inside of him with desire. 

the desire to be on the stage.