I AM DONE WITH THESE EXTRA CHAPTERS! Finally, omg I'm sooooo sorry I took so long to finish these two chapters but i was really busy competing overseas. please enjoy and stream double knot and astronaut! also, guys, i'm still really upset about woojin but we have to remember that stray kids is always nine or none and we should all support woojin and the rest of skz in this time.

No sooner had they returned to their practice room then one of the staff showed up with a report that Park Jinyoung wanted to see them.

This launched the members into a furious debate.

"This is all your fault!" Hyunjin said angrily to Changbin.

"We were all mad at him!" Changbin defended. "I was the only one that was unlucky enough for him to catch me-"

"You made it so obvious that you hated him, Changbin!"

Everyone flinched at the informal use of language.

"You're so selfish!" Hyunjin continued. "You didn't think about Felix and Jisung at all!"

Changbin squared up to Hyunjin. Even though he was more than head shorter, the look he gave Hyunjin was so fierce that Hyunjin stepped back.

"Okay, enough!" Chan stepped in between them. "Look, Hyunjin, Changbin is your hyung, all right? I know you're angry, but show him some respect. Changbin, we're going to be idols. We need to learn to control our facial expressions and not show our emotions so freely."

"We're going to see Park Jinyoung now, so both of you keep your tempers under control. Jeongin, try to stop crying. Felix, get a grip, you did great, okay? Minho, don't be so discouraged; I'm sure we can figure something out. Everyone did their best, so let's try not to let our regrets slow us down." Chan did his best to give a good pep talk and was heartened when Jeongin gave a big sniff and did his best to control his tears.

Changbin walked away from Hyunjin with his head held high and Hyunjin, to his credit, looked slightly ashamed.

Park Jinyoung looked at each of them one by one, making eye contact with each of them. "I thought," he said slowly, as if testing each word for its sharpness, "I told you that if you did anything to put your team at risk such as antagonising the producers or if I receive any bad feedback, I would cut you from the showcase, right?"

"Sir, with all respect-"

"Why?" Park Jinyoung interrupted, as if he hadn't heard Chan. "Why do we make sure that the company assigns all the groups? Hm? To make sure something like this doesn't happen! Producer Gook was very upset. He complained that when he tried to help you, you ignored his advice and insisted on doing things your own way. Even more upsetting was that he said Changbin stuck his tongue out at him and made a rude face at him when he was doing his best to give you advice"

He fixed Changbin with a steely glare. "Do you have anything to say?"

"Yes, sir." Changbin said promptly and would have continued if Chan had not elbowed him in the ribs.

"Sir," Chan began carefully. "Producer Gook seems to have… misunderstood us," There was a derisive snort from someone behind him and he stepped backwards, pressing down on the person's toes. "Although we are aren't questioning his abilities, the advice he gave us was somewhat-"

"More generic and didn't really suit our song. We did our best to follow his advice but we tried to balance what we felt was in the best interests of our own song and what could showcase our talents best." Minho interrupted shamelessly.

Park Jinyoung looked at Minho for a moment and opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by Changbin. "Sir, please believe me, I didn't stick my tongue out at him and I lost control of my emotions because he scolded Jeongin so badly he cried and the criticism was unfair and Minho-hyung-" Chan nudged him but he barrelled on, "-didn't get time to record because we were only given an hour-"

"An hour?" Park Jinyoung frowned. "I remember giving you two hours."

"Yes sir, but Producer Kyu informed us that we had only an hour." Chan attempted to snatch the trailing reign of the conversation.

"Hmm." The CEO tapped his chin with his pen, "Well, that was unplanned,"

"Please sir, we really meant no disrespect at all, well maybe except Changbin-hyung, and that was only a little bit because he was angry, but you will let us participate in the showcase, won't you?" Jeongin begged earnestly, his hands clasped before him, looking the picture of innocence as his eyes widened pleadingly.

Even the CEO didn't seem to be immune to Jeongin's charms. His stern face twitched and for a second, he nearly smiled. "All of you wait outside except Chan and Changbin."

The rest filed out obediently, sending the two of them anxious glances.

Park Jinyoung sighed. "Chan, I'd given you my trust to create this team. I thought you said there'd be no problems."

Chan stifled a sigh. "Sir, it was an accident, I promise it won't happen again, really."

It took a long time and repeated reassurances from Chan before the CEO was satisfied. "Very well, Chan, I'm trusting you once more, but be warned. One last slip up and your team will definitely not be participating in the showcase. Now, go wait outside while I talk to Changbin, will you?"

"He gave me a good scolding." Changbin mumbled, hands in his pockets. "Giving me bullshit about controlling my temper and respecting my elders."

Chan stared at him severely. "You were really rude, you know."

Changbin shrugged.

"Well, well, well, who just got kicked out of the showcase, hm?" A familiar sneering voice called out.

"Get out." Hyunjin stood up, fists balled.

"Woah, easy, Hyunjin," Dongmin raised his hands in mock surrender, Jaejin half a step behind him. "Don't take out your anger on us."

Woojin held Hyunjin back while Chan took a step towards the unwanted duo. "Can we help you?"

Jaejin raised his eyebrows in pretend sympathy. "Well, gee we only came here to offer our condolences. You see, we heard you was getting kicked out of the showcase."

"I wonder where you heard that," Chan said calmly.

Dongmin's face flickered. "Come now, we know you've been kicked out, it's no use pretending."

"Oh yeah?" Seungmin laughed. "How bout you get back to PD-nim on that?"

Dongmin frowned. "You're bluffing. You got kicked out."

"Sorry to disappoint," Hyunjin smirked.

Now both Dongmin and Jaejin were frowning and shooting uncertain glances at each other. "But-"

"Sorry, I'm going to have to ask you to leave; we're quite busy at the moment, practicing for the showcase," Woojin said smoothly.

Dongmin stepped forward. "I don't know what game you're playing, but-"

"No games, no tea, just facts!" Hyunjin said brightly. "Now get out."

With glowering looks at them, the bullies finally departed.

"I wonder where they heard we got kicked out." Chan said with a frown.

"Eavesdropped, probably," Jisung shrugged. "Doesn't matter, does it?"

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