Putting on their outfits, the other members were setting up the speaker and area where they would dance. Most of them were already in full makeup and in costume.

Jieun wore a cropped suit like top with strings that wrapped around her torso. The pink top matched the pink heeled boots laced with black strings. To finish it off, she wore a white skirt.

Yin looked amazing with her large pink cargo pants with chains hanging from a white belt. Her top was a white cropped hoodie with the lettering of pink that dripped down.

"You're looking stylish," Jieun complimented. Yin smiled and nodded her head. She was still feeling upset over Byungho not being here.

The sun was starting to set as the city lights glowed in the darkness around them. Streetlights filled the sidewalk, allowing people to see their feet in front of them.

"Jieun!" Hearing her name, she turned to find Wooyeon standing there. He held out a flower to give to her. "I got you something for having an amazing performance."

"I haven't even performed yet."

Shrugging his shoulders, he shook the flower, signally for her to take it. Jieun grabbed the purple flower and smelled it. The scent wasn't too strong, but she still smiled and thanked him.

"Jieun, we are performing now," Beom urged her.

"I have to leave now. I'll talk more afterward," Jieun signed as Beom took her hand and pulled her to the center of the clearing.

She stood in her spot ready to perform the new cover they'd been working on. Hitting the play button, the familiar music of "Kick It" by NCT 127 blew out of the speakers. Yin stood in the center replicating Taeyong's part in the intro.

As the first chorus played, Yin performed right in the front and then switched over to Sumi. She didn't quite execute with enough power, but Sumi wasn't focused on becoming a brilliant dancer.

Heading into the first verse, Jieun and Beom performed the duet part. Body waving up, she mouthed some of the lyrics as the others filed in on the side to switch the perspective and allowed Jieun and Beom to move out of the way to get ready for the next formation.

Chaewon took the center next and did a decent job of giving off emotions to the audience.

The audience was cheering and singing along with the song as some even waved their hands back and forth. Similes were littered all across their faces as they watched COS:MIC perform.

Returning back to the chorus, Yeojin took center as they walked forward. Hands in the air with her hand clamped into a fist. Taking three steps, they would stop and rock their hips before repeating it again.

As they changed formations Hyerin moved to the center. She had a softness in her eyes, but her body moved sharply.

The song continued and when they got to the dance break, Yin was in the center of the circle. She kicked, punched, and leaped around before kicking herself off of Sumi's leg. Jieun took center as they started to finish out the song.

Out of the corner of her eye, Jieun noticed the male with the hoodie on. She smiled to herself immediately knowing who it was. This time he wasn't alone. A few other figures stood next to him. Jieun just figured that he brought some of his members along.

When the song ended, Jieun gasped for breath. Her lungs were screaming and she hurried to drink her water.

Beom dug into her bag and pulled out Jieun's inhaler. Giving her a quick nod of gratitude, she breathed into the device which calmed her body down.

Hyerin spoke with the audience as Jieun took a quick break. She saw Changbin waving at her. She did the same gesture back to him as the other COS:MIC Member announced into the microphone.

"We'll now be having a solo performance by one of our members. Jieun will be performing "24hr" by Sumni."

Jieun gave him a quick smile before heading out into the center. She took her beginning pose and fixed her gaze.

The seducing look locked the crowd onto her face. The music began as she performed the dance by adding as much fluid movement to match the theme of the song.

She kept glancing over to look at the Stray Kids members. Their heads were huddled close together as they spoke to one another. She could barely see the smiles that were almost hidden behind their disguise.

Moving with grace, Jieun got lost in the performance. Dancing was easily an escape. She was able to forget about the world around her and build a whole creation with just her body movements. She was able to just be free. Allowing her to forget about everything around her and being able to just move her body.

In the middle of her performance, Yin became a little tease. She would come up and mess with Jieun a little or on certain moves, yelled out really loud, making the audience scream as well.

Yeojin eventually joined in with her and would point over to where Changbin stood. It would make Jieun's face turn a little red, but no one noticed since she was dancing anyway.

As the song was ending, Jieun became a little more confident and walked around the crowd and gave them a little flirtatious look as she moved onto the bridge of the song.

Squatting down to the floor as her legs were spread apart with her hands resting on her knees, she rolled her chest into a circle. Moving her left leg underneath her right, she form a yoga pose where her bottom was in the air forming a triangle angle with the rest of her body. Spinning her head around and coming back down onto the floor, she walked forward on her hands and knees as she rolled her body again and afterward, bouncing her chest and rolling her flat onto the ground.

The next part made the crowd scream as she slammed her bottom into the ground below her. She got back up on her feet and it wasn't too long before the would end and the audience was cheering and clapping.

"Now that was an extremely sexy dance," Yin clung to her shoulder as she spoke into the microphone. "I'm sure you grabbed everyone's attention." Wiggling her eyebrows showed what she was actually meaning.

Jieun punched her shoulder and went to the back to drink some water. Drinking the liquid down, her body appreciated the hydration.

After doing a few more dances, the busking event was over. Jieun left Beom's sight and met up with Changbin on the side. The two other figures stood next to him and underneath their disguises, she could tell that they were equally handsome.

"This is Felix and this is Hyunjin, two of my members," Changbin introduced. "And this is Jieun. She is the one who did my tattoo."

"He hasn't stopped talking about you," Hyunjin smirked.

"We were practically dragged out here by him," Felix joined in.

"Come on, they did an amazing job," Changbin frowned. "I know you wanted to meet her too."

As they were talking, Wooyeon appeared behind her. His eyebrows furrowed as he stared at the strangers.

"Are they bothering you?" He signed to Jieun, so they couldn't pick up what he was saying.

"No, this is Changbin. He was one of my clients at the tattoo parlor and he wanted to come to watch me. These are two of his friends, Felix and Hyunjin."

"Who is this, Jieun?" Changbin asked, curiously.

"I'm Wooyeon. We're childhood friends." The four of them bowed to one another.

Noticing the space between her and Changbin, Wooyeon pulled on Jieun's shoulder and slung his arm around her. Jieun quickly saw his protective behavior and elbowed him in his side. He let out a groan of pain but did remove his arm.

"How is the tattoo turning out?"Jieun signed to break some of the silence.

Wooyeon had to translate her message as the male replied back, "It is looking cool. I can hardly stop looking at it."

With their quietness settling back in, it was Hyunjin who started speaking first. "That was an amazing performance, Jieun. I was impressed by watching you. It was inspirational to me." Bowing her head as a way of showing her gratitude to the male. "You really killed that sexy performance."

"Woah, Hyunjin is trying to steal her away from you," Felix teased as he clung to the shorter male.

"We're not together. This is only our third time meeting each other," Changbin pouted.

"Give it some time," Hyunjin whispered under his breath.

Wooyeon eventually needed to leave. His presence left a hole in their communication, but Jieun just typed out her words onto her phone and allowed the boys to read them from there.

"Hey," Changbin said, pulling her away from the two members. "Is it possible that I could get your number?"

Jieun became flushed over the question. She couldn't meet his eyes but held up her phone to allow him to type it in. He sent a quick message to have the number appear on his phone before heading it back over to Jieun.

"Thank you," he mumbled.

Looking down at her phone, Jieun sent a text his way. No problem. She added a thumbs up emoji at the end. Both of them couldn't help but smile at their phone screens.

"Jieun, are you ready to go home?" Beom called out to her.

Waving to Changbin, Jieun turned around and followed after her friends. She held her phone close to her chest and would keep glancing down at the new contact saved on her phone.

"What are you doing?" Yin asked, questioning her odd behavior.

Jieun smiled and signed, "Nothing."

Yin then snatched her phone and began to snoop through her phone. Her eyes lit up seeing the cause of Jieun's behavior.

"You got Changbin's number?"

"You really weren't going to tell us that?" Beom seemed shocked over the news.

Getting her phone back, Jieun couldn't help but pout. She didn't say anything else the whole way back. Meanwhile, Yin and Beom couldn't stop giggling to themselves most likely talking about Jieun and Changbin's future relationship.

Arriving back at the apartment, Jieun's notification popped up on her screen. Checking her phone, her heart began slamming into her ribcage at the sight of the new message that was sent.

Do you want to go out to dinner together?