~ the next day ~

"what? we have to work with the other team?" all the others yelled at jooheon. he was explaining to them about what they were going to do at the practice room today.

"that's what y/n said," he replied.

"we have to act really nice to them." changkyun sarcastically said, gagging.

"this will be pretty tough, i don't know how much longer i can look at them without slapping their faces." minhyuk added on.

"i mean, what can go wrong, right?" kihyun asked. "the worst thing that can happen is them doing something to us for no reason at all."

the others just looked at him, then shook their head and chuckled.

"yeah, whatever hyung." jooheon answered, scratching his head.

~ time skips ~

both groups arrived at the company, and the camera crew wasn't filming them. group a suddenly walked up to group b.

"hey losers." kwangji called, standing in front of his members. "i heard we have to work together today."

"that's right." minhyuk said. "such a shame, am i right?"

"stop it." shownu told him, bumping his shoulder. then, he gently pushed him onto the side and stood in front of his group. "no matter what happens, we need to act nothing but nice to each other while we're up there."

"how long are we gonna stay there, though?" seokwan asked, rolling his eyes. "i can only stay nice for a certain amount of time before punching you guys in the face."

"don't worry, we feel the same way." changkyun replied. shownu looked behind and glared at him.

"everyone just shut up." shownu said. "let's act friendly while we're here. maybe this will help one of us debut."

"i guess so." gunhee agreed. "i think i can handle being nice for a while. just as long your maknae and your dog over there learns how to shut up."

everyone looked at minhyuk and changkyun, who he mentioned.

"yeah, shut up." kihyun scolded the two. minhyuk and changkyun looked at each other, almost wanting to laugh.

"let's go in together and act like we're the best of friends i guess." yoonho said, as the two groups walked into the building.

once they reached the practice room, all of them looked at each other.

"here we go." jooheon said, opening the doors of the room. they were all greeted by hyungwon and a camera crew, who was already filming.

"good morning, trainees!" hyungwon announced. they bowed and stood in a single line.

"plans for this morning changed. today, you were supposed to have a compact mission." hyungwon started to explain. "instead, you all will be practicing. sorry if you were looking forward to today."

"the two practice rooms will be available, so please use them well! group b, please follow me as i will be taking you to your practice room. group a shall practice here."

the two groups sighed in relief and bowed. group b followed hyungwon out of the room into another practice room not so far down the hall.

shownu opened the doors, and the trainees walked into the new room. the camera crew already set their equipment and started to film them practicing.

"thank you!" the trainees called out to hyungwon and the camera crew, walking down the stairs of the company. after they exited the building, the two groups then gagged.

"thank god we didn't have to work together today." minkyun said.

"i know, i should've worn my mask so i wouldn't breathe the same air as you guys." minhyuk responded, pinching his nose.

"well, i was about to ask if you all wanted lunch; lunch is on me." shownu asked the other group of trainees.

"really?" gunhee asked.

shownu nodded. "whatever you guys want, i'll pay."

group a discussed among themselves, while changkyun spanked shownu's arm.

"why did you ask?" he asked, annoyed.

"we need to make peace somehow." shownu replied. changkyun and some of the others rolled their eyes.

"okay, i guess we can." kwangji answered. "for the sake of this show and ourselves combined."

shownu nodded and slightly smiled. group b then started to follow group a, who walked to one of their favorite restaurants.

this is definitely going to be interesting. minhyuk thought as he could sense something weird coming up.