Manager Maknae (ChaeTzu / ChaeYu)

Chapter 1. The New Manager

Chou Tzuyu has always wanted to be a part of the entertainment industry and even took dance classes but somewhere along the line she decided that she wanted to help idols. So here she is, at the age of twenty-one, entering the building of one of the biggest entertainment companies in South Korea: TWICE Entertainment. As she walks into the lobby area, she walks over to the receptionist and guard to show her identification: she has a meeting with the CEO herself, Park Jihyo. After showing her identification, they give her directions on how to get to the young CEO's office before she goes into the elevator to follow them. While in the elevator she travels up with a shorter girl with short platinum-blonde-dyed hair, circular glasses, and a birth mark underneath her lip on the left side of her face. She did an awkward bow, excused herself, and pressed the button for the top floor; the girl was going to 6th floor. When they reached the shorter girl's stop, they shared a small smile of farewell and the elevator doors closed again. As Tzuyu stood there, she couldn't stop thinking about the girl.

Is she an idol? A trainee? A manager like her? Tzuyu wondered as she cycled through all the professions someone could have under TWICE Entertainment. She's pretty.

The ride up went fast as she was stuck in her thoughts that she didn't notice that she arrived on her floor and the doors opened. She was brought back to reality when the doors were about to close again. She immediately stumbled out of the elevator and when she turned to her left, there was a woman almost as tall as her standing outside of the CEO's frosted-glass doors. 

"Ah! You must be my protégé!" The slightly older woman said, holding out her hand, "My name is Yoo Jeongyeon! I'm going to be your fellow manager but I still have seniority over you."

"Uh, I'm Chou Tzuyu," Tzuyu took the hand and shook it. 

The two young women opened one of the doors and entered the decently sized but neat office. To their right was a giant L-shaped desk close to the floor-to-ceiling tinted windows and on the opposite wall from the windows there were shelves with cubbies for papers. On top of the shelf there were trophies and various accolades. To their left, there was a giant flat screen TV and two leather tuxedo couches with a simple glass coffee table. At the desk, sat a woman with slightly tanned skin, big yet beautiful eyes, and brown hair in a blue blouse, black dress pants, and black wedged shoes. When she looked up at the two taller women, her serious expression broke into a smile that calmed most of Tzuyu's nerves.

"Hello! I'm Park Jihyo, you must be Chou Tzuyu?" The CEO stood up, shook hands with Tzuyu and gestured for them to all sit on the couches with her. 

"Nayeon will be here soon," Jeongyeon sighed, "She had to use the bathroom."

As if on que, the rising rookie KPOP soloist, Im Nayeon, entered the office. Her black hair flowed like waves over shoulders, she had circular glasses on top of her head, and was wearing nothing but a hoodie and jeans. She gave off this intimidating vibe but when she smiled her bunny smile, the rest of her nerves melted away. 

Why am I surrounded by beautiful people? Tzuyu thought, First the girl in the elevator, even Jeongyeon, the CEO, and of course the idol I'm going to work for.

"Oh my! I have such a pretty new manager!" Nayeon gasped as she sat next to Jihyo across from her and Jeongyeon.

"Eh? Am I not pretty?" Jeongyeon asked, one of her eyebrows raised inquisitively.

"Nope," Nayeon teased and she stuck her tongue out.

"You're right," Jeongyeon said before breaking into a smile, "I'm gorgeous."

"Okay that's enough" Jihyo cringed and threw a pillow at the taller woman, "Let's get down to business. Tzuyu...this is Im Nayeon, she debuted a few months ago and her other manager had to leave due to personal issues. As her manager, you need to be trust worthy, reliable and loyal. I'm not saying or assuming you'd leak anything confidential or do something you shouldn't within our trust but I want you to know there will be dire consequences that could result in termination if something not very ideal would happen."