Clone: Heartbeat

05 : new people

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"yunho... why didn't you tell me your friend is a scientist?! oh my god, i look like the rat from ratatouille." hongjoong said.

"he said to keep it a secret so that's why i didn't tell you. look at mingi, he's just- himself." the taller pointed at mingi, who was picking his nose.

"mingi, stop it. please keep a clean image." yunho begged. as expected, mingi immediately went to clean mode.

"i hate couples." hongjoong mumbled.

"who told you to be single? obviously, not me." yunho said sassily.

not long after, the elevator finally opened showing a large room full with robot skeletons. hongjoong and mingi were too stunned to speak. yunho? he was used to it, nothing to be surprised about.

"yo, this is so cool!" mingi exclaimed.

"excuse me, are you jeong yunho?" a woman approached yunho all of a sudden.

"yes, that would be me." he replied.

"alright, you and your friends can follow me to the office." the woman bowed 90° to them before started to lead them to the office. luckily, they didn't start a bowing competition there.

as they were walking, they got to see the robots that were there. from how were planned, to how they were built, programmed and how they ran the pre-tests.

"you've arrived at the office. just knock the door, someone will open it for you. before that, please use these watches. it helps us to track you if you're lost in this building. push the button on the left if you need anything. that's all for now." the woman bowed again after explaning the whole thing about the watch.

three of them bowed together, "thank you... irene?" hongjoong thanked irene, the name he saw at her nametag.

"you're most welcome." irene walked away, to do her works of course.

"mingi, knock it." yunho ordered mingi to knock on the door. it felt like they're going to principle's office.

mingi didn't hesitate to knock it. it seemed like someone opened the door, "you may come in." a robot said. i repeat, a robot, not a human.

they slowly walked into the office, but got stopped by another robot. hongjoong and mingi was shocked, but yunho stayed cool. how many robots does they have here? no need to answer that, this ain't math class.

"please show me your watch. we need to scan it before you continue walking to the actual office." the identity scanner bot said. all of them showed the watches to the robot.

everything about the place was advance and modern. they got high securities, robots and maybe more unexpected things that we haven't seen. if i were there, i would be too stunned to speak. who doesn't, right?

"oh! welcome back, yunho! hello hongjoong and mingi!" as soon as they walked into the actual office, soonyoung welcomed them with hugs.

"hello, yunho. nice to meet you again." jihoon appeared from yunho's back. they turned around just to see the 164cm man who made them startled.

"oh, jihoon. nice to meet you again too!" they shook their hands, not forgetting the others too.

"so there's finally someone who's shorter than me..." hongjoong thought.

"yes, i am shorter than you, kim hongjoong. if you're making fun of it, i will not hesitate to break your neck. you too giraffe looking boy." jihoon's warning got them shivering.

"jihoon, you're scaring them. be more friendly, please." that was the point of his warning, to scare them so they couldn't make fun of his height.

"now let's get straight to the poin-"

"you can't go straight if you're gay." hongjoong cut off yunho's sentence.

"shut up, joong. anyways, why are you calling us here?" yunho asked.

"so i wanted to ask for your help." soonyoung smiled awkwardly as yunho sighed.

"soonyoung, i've told you that i don't want to be involved in any of these projects anymore. can't you find another person?" yunho's words made the two of his friends standing in confusion.

"we really need your help, yunho. you're the only one who we trust the most." jihoon said.

"jihoon, soonyoung. you know what happened last time, right? i don't want it happen again. this is for our safety too." both jihoon and soonyoung went silent.

yunho sighed again, "so what's the point you're asking me to bring my friends too?"

"if you won't do it, can your friends do it? i promise it'll be safe!" soonyoung gave him puppy eyes.

"oh my, please don't give me those eyes again. fine, but depends on what projects you're working on." yunho finally agreed.

soonyoung's face immediately from sad to cheerful as always. hongjoong and mingi were still standing in confusion.

"follow me!" he leads them to the place where seonghwa was borned. jihoon stayed quiet, he was always quiet when meeting people.

"seonghwa! say hi to our guests!"

"hi! i'm HVVA9, or you can call me seonghwa!" seonghwa became more friendly when jihoon finally removed the destroy mode from his system.

the robot was not like the other robots in the building. the one got skin that looks like real, pretty face, beautiful lips, soft hair, tall, but of course he was hard like a metal. he was a robot, what did you expect?

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❝ you are artwork, i could admire you forever. ❞
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