Chapter 21 - Prince Peter

==4 hours later==

Shun was struggling with getting the dancing right. They only had the television that would replay the choreography and song. They could not rewind it to where they wanted to relearn. It was difficult and he struggled to keep up. Shun was able to catch some of the steps, but then he rewatched it only to find he was not positioning his foot correctly.

Ping was currently mumbling the song as his body and arms tried to move the way the dancer in the video was doing. He sighed and looked over at Shun to see his friend was catching the dance faster than him, but Ping also could tell Shun had not taken a break. The sweat was covering his shirt and Ping frowned worriedly.

Quickly grabbing a few bottle of water from the fridge, he brought it over to Kiki and Shun.

"Thank you, Ah Ping," Shun smiled at him wiping his sweat from his face.

"Don't push too hard, Ah Shun. I don't want you to faint again."

"I will do my best then," his big brother smiled at him, "Are you catching it quickly?"

"Not fast enough," Ping sighed, "Back at the studio we have plenty of time to practice a song and dance. Here, they want it in 2 days! That is impossible."

"Ping," Shun cupped his shoulder, "You can do it. You were made to be an idol with your cute face and charisma. You sing and dance easily like your cousin. I am sure he is rooting for you, so don't let him down. Also," brown eyes crinkled, "Let us win for Wen Dong, Tee, and all our friends too!"

Ping grinned and nodded with determination.

His gege was the best!

Taking a break, Shun went to the fridge to see what he could make to eat. He hummed to himself and decided to make noodles for Kiki, Ping, and himself to warm their throats. As he was cooking, he saw Kaiden enter and grabbed a salad.

"Kaiden," Shun spoke up, "How are you doing with the challenge?"

"It's difficult when we can't pause and replay on our own, but I think I am getting the hang of the dance. Singing would be a bit easier to learn for me."

"You picked it up that easily?" Shun dropped his shoulders with a sigh, "Well, that is why you are the one who would definitely make it into a group."

"Thanks," Kaiden smiled as he poured himself some dressing, "But we don't really know. The producers might be looking for something else."

"Pssh, like what? A wet noodle? Then I am the perfect choice. Everyone can go home," Shun joked and laughed turning back to turn off the stove.

"Maybe they are. Guess we will know whenever they show up, huh?" Kaiden bumped his shoulder and placed the green vegetables back into the fridge.

More trainees entered and they were crowded with hungry children.

"Wow that smells so good!" "Kaiden, how did you make that?" "Shun, can't I have some?"

Shun and Kaiden quickly realized these kids… have no experiences in making food. Because they were the oldest, the big brothers, they took it upon themselves to feed the hungry mouths. Truth was, Shun didn't want to, but Kaiden with his righteous self said they would cook for them.

'Why am I surrounded by princes who are far more princely than I ever was?'

He sighed to himself and smiled, nodding to the happy trainees.

'Witch, are you trying to make me a better prince?'

*…*

'Witch?'

*…*

'Are you broken?'

*…*

Shun shook his head. This witch really was playing with him. Ignoring the lack of response, he joined everyone at the table and ate before going back to the training room. They were going to perform in 2 days. He had to be ready then.

Dragging himself to bed, he fell asleep quickly. When he woke up, he just laid in bed for a moment. His entire body was hurting, but he forced himself to get up. Rolling out of the bottom bunkbed, he went to the restroom, but the door was locked.

'What kind of place is this with only 1 restroom for 30 people?' Shun groaned and knocked on the door.

After washing his face and taking a drink of his water, he headed to the training room to find Kaiden, Mikey, and a few others. He greeted them and stared at the television and watched the dance he had to do. Shaking and stretching, he took a deep breath and practiced.

As he was starting to catch up with the dance, his brown eyes widened when he saw the witch was on the screen. It had been silent for so long, he almost forgotten about it. He looked around at his fellow trainees to see them still dancing and singing with their eyes on the screen.

'So they can't see it…'

*Update required.*

'Is that why you've been silent? Geez, why do you always need updates…' he shook his head and continued to dance as if the witch wasn't on screen, 'Go on then.'

*Updating. Please wait.*

*…*

*…*

"Update completed."

Shun faltered in his steps with his eyes big.

'Was… did… it talks now and… it sounded just like… Prince Peter?'

"New name assigned. Witch-> Prince Peter."

"Fans accumulated 1034/1,000,000. Confidence 45%-> 47%. Singing level 2/4. Dancing level 2/4. Singing ability 32%. Dancing ability 25%-> 29%. Health 65%. Stress 50%. Wish to see overall status?"

'Why do you sound like him?! This is… This is so weird…'

"Wish to see overall status?"

'… Yeah, okay…'

"Idol Popstar status: 14%. Wish to see tasks?"

'Sure.'

*Available tasks: 1. Added 24/100 pictures to Instame. 2. Dance battle. 3. Win competition. 4. Learn rap.*

'Ah, so there is a new task. Alright, now go away so I can focus.'

The television was back to the choreography and Shun could not help but feel unnerved.

'That witch… She… How did she… Why Prince Peter's voice?!'

He was losing his concentration and went to chug down the rest of his water bottle. Taking a deep breath, he practiced his singing in the mirror.. He had to ignore the fact that Prince Peter was somehow speaking to him again, even if it was through the witch's game.