[Continued from here; Ji-sung is getting a species change!]
Now that his performance was over, Ji-sung was allowing himself to relax and pay better attention to the people going after him. He hung back with Hyun-jin, offering the tall boy a slight smile. "Thanks a lot for the pointers you gave me," he whispered beneath Nathan's rapping, not wanting to disrupt but wanting to say so to the older boy before the thought left his mind. "I really think they helped, even if unconsciously," he added with a sheepish kind of chuckle.
Min-hyuk seemed as pallid as Ji-sung had looked, as he listened to Jae sing, doubt fluttering in his chest but not quite making it to his drawn, focused features. He flicked his eyes over to Ji-sung and Hyun-jin, silently eavesdropping for a few moments before refocusing on going over his performance in his head. He was glad he wasn't the only person who had wanted to pick a slow song--that in itself was a relief, and he knew that his performance had been flawless. He was fine.
Young-soo grinned as Chan-ho went up, a kind of pride on his face as he folded his arms over his chest. Chan-ho had cool music taste as always. Unlike Min-hyuk, who was wringing his hands together hard until they were white, Young-soo was fairly content with his performance, minus a couple of slip-ups. That suck-up shorty was pretty good, and the others weren't half bad either. Young-soo would have to work to carve out his place soon--limelight looked good on him.
"Yeesh, seems like we have a couple of frayed nerves in the group," Nathan commented softly to Young-soo, nodding at Min-hyuk as Chan-ho finished up. "Still, they're both impressive. It's not a bad group at all, even after that little issue yesterday night." Young-soo glanced at Nathan and frowned at the boy's pointed, but casual smile. "Just saying," he added with a small smirk, and Young-soo shoved his hands into his pockets with a derisive, begrudging hum of agreement.