Notice Me - Choi Beomgyu

Twelve

"What's with the amount of work these days?" Yuri sighed, looking up from her laptop. She had just completed the Japanese translation of one of TXT's behind-the-scenes videos, but there was still more to go.

Jian took a sip from her cup of coffee and answered, "You're only doing the Japanese, though. I'm doing the English, Chinese and Spanish subtitles, so why are you the one complaining?" Yuri hummed. "At least they're sending the group to variety shows and promotional campaigns outside of HYBE during their comeback. We don't have much videos to work on. Plus, they may gain more publicity among the general public with their usual humour during variety shows."

"Speaking of variety shows," Jian's eyes sparkled, "I can't wait to see TXT's comeback show! I'd asked Jisoo-nim to give me some hints about what they're doing, but he only replied in a blank tone saying he 'was not the type to spoil exclusive content', and 'if I want to know what their comeback show is going to be like then I should tune in to their premiere'. As if our supervisor would suddenly let us slack off and watch an hour-long comeback show. I might as well bunk off on the day they're coming back just to watch the show, showcase and music video, plus listening to all the songs in Thursday's Child."

Yuri agreed. "That makes sense, but if we finish our work early, I think there might be a chance we can persuade him to let the whole subtitle and editing team watch it. After all, we're part of Tubatu's staff team, and we should give them our full attention and support, especially during comeback season. I think their title song is going to be a banger by the way."

Jian disliked how the managers and production team were acting so secretive over TXT's choreography and discography. Even when it came to making subtitles for their behind-the-scenes videos, she was handed only the lines she needed to translate in Word documents instead of the full work on YouTube Studio just how they always would with TO-DO episodes and behind-the-scenes content. The social media manager claimed there was a 'bug' with the website and they could not upload their video, though Jian found it suspicious when she logged onto her personal YouTube Studio account and found nothing was wrong when she tried doing the same. And after she and Yuri had a chat with Noah Lim from the editing team, they were both glad to hear they weren't the only ones with the problem.

"I haven't heard their full songs either, just a few snippets. The head of our team has already cropped out some of our clips prior to sending it over to have us edit and add efffects," Noah complained. "As if I'll leak their songs online in return for payment. I'm not even a MOA to begin with!"

"Well, it's not like they don't trust you and your colleagues, they're just making sure nothing bad happens." Yuri reasoned, the most experienced of the three. "Usually, only the managers along with Bang PD-nim would've seen and heard the whole album and its choreography. I don't think even the members can spoil their songs to their family members, though there are rumours SEVENTEEN successfully spreads the word every time to their family and close friends in the industry without being caught because the managers do not have evidence."

Jian slumped back into her chair after a brief chitchat with Yuri and a visit to the bathroom, her fingers automatically finding themselves on her keyboard, used to typing throughout the time she was at work. She continued working on translating until two hours later, when she and Yuri finally had their lunch break after what seemed like an eternity in their office.

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Music blasted though the speakers as TOMORROW X TOGETHER practiced the choreography for their upcoming b-side 'Opening Sequence' for the last time before lunch. The overall contemporary-style choreography was drastic from the hip-hop the group was familiar with, and the five members made sure to practice even harder just to polish it to perfection.