"Alright, you can now leave Mr. YN. Rest assured that I will send you an update after I fully review these including our interview today.", the owner of the establishment said to you while compiling all of your papers he seperated each just to take a look at each of its contents.
"Understood, sir. Thank you so much.", you bowed in respect to respond on his statement. He gave you a timid smile before you left your gaze at him and stepped outside his office and the building.
You came here to pass some copies of your personal documents that were included on their requirements in search for their new worker to take on their vacant position.
And as the guy who is currently desperate to look for an available, still continuing and keeping your hopes high despite being rejected by multiple companies now including taking a time to find another one whether around inside or outside of your area in Seoul, South Korea.
Stumbling to this one, you unhesitantly attempted to try this one; not minding what type of job it is. The only thing that matters to you anyways is so that you could use this job to help yourself survive into this word and maintain your personal life average, whilst figuring out also how to improve and reach the best limit you could ever get that can enable you to help others too who are inspiring to do the same thing as you.
Here you are who just finished the interview that was set up by the boss to atleast get a glimpse of your personality and hear to you loud and clear on how can you possibly assured that you'll help and contribute to the changes of the business to make you perfectly fitted for the role, you are now standing outside the building; sighing deeply in relief both in relief and nervousness.
Relieved because your meeting is done, nervous is because you don't know if the higher one will accept or reject your application.
While you were waiting, you decided to just push aside your overthinking to the back of you head and chose to calm yourself a bit knowing that so far you don't have any huge errands to rush for a couple of days.
Before you were even about to hop onto your motorcycle, your phone beeped; stealing your attention.
You picked it up, seeing the contact profile of your friend named Somin flashed on the screen.
You answered the call by swiping to the green call button.
"Hey, what's for the call?", you spoke as your placed the phone near to your ear.
"Yo, YN. Where you at right now?"
"Outside the building I applied for a job, why?"
"Oh, the interview was today? How is it?"
"It's fine. The stuttering were atleast controlled and somehow the boss looked convinced on some of my answers to his questions. But that doesn't mean I have to complacent you know? Still, these thoughts of failing to get employed is making my nerves tensed."
"Well that sounded good still and also you were right. Just look at the positive side, man. Enough or not enough, you showed to him that you can be very useful anyways."
"Same point we're sharing then. That's what i'm doing right now, taking some cool off."
"By the way, uhh what time are we going tomorrow?"
You remembered your plan because of what he said, causing you to frown immediately.
"9 in the morning is fine, man."
"Alright. Time flies, doesn't it? I don't intend to ruin your mood but... I know you have the similar expression of mine that it still disbeliefs me. Hasn't it been 2 years already?"
He was right, and the truth got your heart even sank deeper at the heavy weight of the sorrow you feel.
It's been 2 years since you lost the only remaining special one in your life.
The only woman who fought till the end just to stay by your side... even if it costs her life due to her unselfishness.
And you both love and hate her so much for that.
But even if you argue with her over and over again about that, you know she'll win always.
She loves you so much and that love is your weakness.
Which was her strength but... fate went upside down as it was instead the one who pushed her to the risk of disappearing forever.
It was never easy for you every single day when you'd think about it.
"Y-yeah. It feels like yesterday when we attended her funeral.", you answered with your voice getting rough a bit due to your force of not wanting to sob already and instead save your tears for another day.
But having the observative friend you have, he didn't failed to let it pass as he got aware that the reality still stabs you straight in the feels.
"Sorry if I just said it man. I know it stinged you a lot but hey, feel free to let it all out tomorrow. You know I'll be there always to console you, man."
"Thanks, Somin."
"No biggie."
"I gotta go now dude, I still have to buy some flowers and candles to bring for her resting place before I go home."
"Sure, have a safe way home okay?"
"Got it.", you replied before the call ended.
You placed back your phone in your pocket before riding your motorcycle and revved its engine to have you transported onto your next planned destination.
Minutes later, you bought some pieces of lilies and carnation flowers to a floral shop along with some pleasant smelled candles to bring with you to the cemetery where you'll be placing it in front of her tombstone to gift on it atleast on the anniversary of her passing.
You then crossed the street and entered a fast food chain next to buy some take-over food as your dinner for tonight. Just a combo of coke, two layered burger, two pieced chicken with a rice and lastly a fries were effective immediately to make your starve and crave for it to be eaten.
So you went back to your vehicle and drove instantly in the middle of the road ahead to your sweet home.
One of the streets made you stop driving as you got to follow the red light to allow the bypassers to cross the road through the pedestrian lane.
In the midst of waiting patiently, your music 's volume shrinked on your earbuds when a notification appeared on your phone.
Opening it, you learned that it came from the K-Pop girl group you stan the most, which is TWICE.
They just released their concept photos for their upcoming 2nd English Single titled "Moonlight Sunrise" which was labeled also as their pre-released English Track.
It made you ooh-ed in fascination and awe as you got to see the individual photos of the unnie line who are slated as the Batch 1 of their scheduled releasing of concept photos for today.
You figured that tomorrow would be the middle line's turn next and the day after would be lastly the maknae line's.
After you gave a heart react and shared the post of Nayeon's concept photo, it took you a bit long to head quickly to Momo because there was something that had you abruptly halt on your hand movement.
You ended up in a stare with the concept photo of your bias and your huge celebrity crush, Yoo Jeongyeon who looks absolutely damn gorgeous and deadly attractive with her short bob-cut black hair which is definitely your favorite and top-tier haircut look of all time from her.
It reminisce you of Feel Special where she had that look first before, and successfully caught your attention that led you today on being a die-hard ONCE and her as your bias without further picking.
You smiled widely and shrieked in victory that she returned this look again which made you extremely assured that you'll be loyal even more to her because of this era.
"Oh myt God, I really have to prepare my heart and soul for their comeback. She's going to snatch it again and make it hers as usual.", you muttered to yourself.
After you finished heart reacting Momo's next, the green light was lit to give you and the other drivers an access to continue driving.
The next day, you woke up from the irritating sound of your alarm to inform you that you have to start such a big day today.
You groaned at the stretching of your body before you stood up from the bed and fix your bedsheet. The morning routine began as you stepped into the kitchen, making your breakfast for this morning.
Afterwards, the preparation for yourself is near to be accomplished as you wore both pair of your shoes one last time before checking yourself in the mirror about how you look. Satisfied enough that you atleast look like a civilized and modernized human being, you left your house then locked it and rode your motorcycle to drive away to the location you're suppose to visit.
You stepped inside the JYP Entertainment building after parking your ride at their provided lot, greeting the receptionist courteously.
"Uhh hello and good morning miss. I'm here for Mr. Jinyoung Park or I guess I could say JYP himself."
"Hello and good morning to you too, sir. Are you perhaps the one that Mr. JYP informed me that he had to meet with an intern today?"
"I guess you can say it like that."
"Just a sec, sir. I'll just have to call Mr. JYP to alert him of your appearance."
She then went on to talk on the telephone where she dialed the number of his boss to call him. It didn't lasted longer as she dropped it right away once the short talk ended.
"Sir, you may now proceed to meet him."
"Ok thanks. Uhm, wait... where is exactly his office miss?"
"Go to the elevator to reach the 3rd floor than walk over the hallway. His office is just after the Prince Recording Room, the one with the gray colored door."
"Thank you very much, miss."
"You're welcome. Welcome once again to JYP Entertainment!"
You followed what the lady receptionist said and now, you were standing in front of what it seemed to be the place you are about to enter and meet him personally.
Providing some couple of inhale and exhale to compose yourself, you directed to create 3 knocks on the door before speaking up to signal your presence.
"Uhm Mr. JYP, it's me. The intern."
"Come in!", you heard the muffled sound of his command from the inside of the room.
You obliged, opening the door which revealed the owner of this agency, the legendary and the one and only "Asiansoul" of K-Pop himself, Jinyoung Park aka JYP who is signing some papers in his desk.
Along with him was a woman wearing all black attire, sporting a short hair with a nicely trimmed bangs, sitting in one of the guest chairs as she makes herself comfortable.
All of their pair of eyes connected at you which made you shy and nervous at the same time when you stepped inside the room.
"Mr. LN, great to finally see you.", JYP stood up from his seat and offered you his hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet you too, sir.", you accepted the handshake and returned back the greeting.
"Before we start, I would like to introduce you to another one who's with us right now in my office. Sadness?", JYP glanced at the woman in front of him.
"So you're YN? Annyeong, i'm Kim Nayeon or call me Sadness-noona instead as my nickname. I figured that you'll have to use the honorific noona because based from your application, well it does seem that you're younger than me. Nice to meet you, by the way."
"Oh... okay, nice to meet you too noona."
"Okay now that we're done on the introductions, YN you may now take a seat.", you followed JYP's command, sitting at the spare chair in front of Sadness.
"This won't be along but the reason I want to gather us together here for some short meeting is to first.... congratulate you for taking the spot as part of Division 3's managemant team. And I assume that you don't know who's group you'll be assigned for, aren't you?"
"Yes, JYP-nim."
"You will be under TWICE's staff team. As their head manager who's tasked to keep an eye and manage the whole group while being the leader of the team, that means you'll be sent to duty as a manager for ONE of the members in the group.", Sadness took the cue to speak next.
You were shocked to know that you'll get to have working very closely with none other than the group you're hugely stanning since day one. This just feel so surreal of you.
You tried to maintain your fanboying as you have to priroitize being professional and dedicated for your job at the moment.
"And may I ask who is it, noona?", you asked in curiosity.
"Don't worry, YN. You'll meet her later.", JYP assured you. "Now that we're done to the second reason, let's get it on to the last one which is for me.... as the owner of the company who only wants nothing more but for the safety and the best not only of my artists' experience in and out of my company but also for my employees around here working diligently, I want you to promise me one thing that you will be true to your words of what you told me back in the interview to impress me more. Be a dedicated and a trustworthy worker to his job, please."
"And also, give us your word that you swear to assist, guide and guard the girls at all costs, especially to that one particular member JYP-nim and I has placed you with. They are the gem of JYPE who's career has never failed to make the company and also the fans who love them so much be proud of them for what they accomplished in the industry", Sadness continued JYP's words.
"You have my word, JYP-nim and Sadness-noona. I swear that I will do my best to work hard for them mostly for that specific one like my life depends on it. I have to be honest, I am one of their fans and a part of the ONCE fandom so yeah, I'm just the same as what my fellow ONCEs and you guys also want the most for the girls... and being very lucky to grab the opportunity to work here in JYPE under their team, I'm here to give action to all of it."
JYP and Sadness looked at each other, giving each other a nod and a smile as they were very impressed at your motivated spirit. "Well, that's more like it. I consider it already that you'll be very serious and committed then.", JYP chuckled which made you sheepishly smile.
"Let's not waste the precious time, you two can go now so that Mr. LN here can finally start his first work today. Congratulations and welcome to JYP Entertainment again, YN.", he offered again his free hand which you quickly caught it for another handshake.
"Thank you so much again for this opportunity, I'll do everything not to let you down, sir and you too noona.", you said to them. Sadness understood and agreed also at your words as she also made handshake with you.
You and Sadness sent goodbye to JYP and left his office. You followed and walked with her until both made their way out to the building and went to the parking lot where the van you and her would be riding to is now waiting for them to carry on.
After opening the slide door, you and Sadness sat alongside together inside the van as the driver operated the wheels and passed the surroundings of Seoul.
The ride ended when the driver slowed down the speed and stopped in front of a large expensive looking dormitory building located in Cheongnam-dong.
The guards allowed the van to enter the area before finally parking in one of the vacant slots.
You and Sadness exit as both made its way up to the 12th floor where the exact location of the room is.
"How are your doing so far? You ready for your first day?", Sadness asked you as she looked at you.
"Still nervous and processing that this is actually happening but yeah, I'm ready.", you gave a smile.
Sadness went on to elicit a press on the doorbell then opened the intercom to let the device scan her face and even you who are both standing in front of the door.
In just a moment, the door swung open by one of the occupants of the dorm. Jsut as when you had a sight of the stupendous figure of a woman in front of you, your senses went temporarily stopped and had your eyes wide open in surprise.
Her eyes connected at first on Sadness before it switched next on yours who observed the entire features observingly at the unfamiliar individual standing next on her nice noona.
"Hi, Sadness noona..., oh who's this? Is he..."
"Yup.", Sadness answered already as she cut the idol's obvious question. She gestured at you next as if she's presenting you who is still in immense disbelief with the reveal you witnessed.
"YN, here it is. The answer to your question earlier. You're assigned as the new manager for her, meet Yoo Jeongyeon of TWICE."