Run Away

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- NAYEON -

We are currently placing the food on the tables by the pool when Dahyun opened up a question that I was also wondering about.

"Jihyo unnie, the last time we did this was because we were going to talk about a new dorm mate. Is there another tenant moving in with us again?"

"Bingo!" Jihyo replied while clapping her hands together then pointing at Dahyun, "Jina unnie actually called me last night to accommodate a new occupant for the empty room on the first floor. Since she's not here, she wants us to orient and tour her around just like what we did with Sana."

"I see. Do we have her profile already?" I asked. I wonder how old she would be.

"Oh right, I actually forgot to print it in my room. I'll be back in a few minutes." Jihyo hurriedly went downstairs to get the said papers.

We are currently preparing the ramyeon when Sana broke the silence.

"What do you think that newbie would be like?"

"Could be a student since classes are starting next week. Or maybe someone who have a similar work to any of us since the industries we work on are pretty in demand in this area," Jeongyeon answered.

"If she's a student, our baby Chaeyoung here is going to lose her maknae title," Sana teased while poking Chaeyoung's side.

"Ahh unnie stop, I'm ticklish."

"Anyway, however she turns out to be, I hope we all get along well with her like Sana," Mina said. This penguin finally said her first sentence of the day.

"Why? What was your first impression about me back then?" Sana said.

"I expected you to be a little clumsy but turns out you are WAY clumsier than me," I said.

"Since you were in the publishing industry, I thought you were gonna be quiet like my Dahyun," Momo stated without looking away from her bowl of ramyeon.

This girl is going to finish all of the food and we haven't even started discussing about the newcomer yet. Seriously, how much food can fit in her stomach-

Wait, did I just hear MY Dahyun?

"YOUR Dahyun?" Sana blurted.

"Yeah, we started dating like a week ago," the eating machine answered nonchalantly while Dahyun is visibly blushing like a tomato right now thanks to her extremely pale skin.

"Okay back to Sana unnie, I thought you were going to be like Chaeyoung since you were also an illustrator but you are too girly," Dahyun mentioned.

Dodging the topic, eh?

Chaeyoung and Jeongyeon followed her.

"I think I don't really have a first impression on you unnie, I just sensed you are fun to be with."

"Same with me, I don't really do first impressions because they could change my perception on the person I'm meeting. Setting expectations on someone is not my thing." That went deep, that's my Jeongie.

"I thought you were going to be bright and fun to be with, fast forward to now, I got myself a loud and extremely energetic partner in crime," Jihyo interrupted while fixing some files on a clipboard. She sat on the head of the table on my left while Jeongyeon was on my right and next to her is Sana. The three of us are facing the pool. The ones in front of us from Jihyo's side are Momo, Dahyun, Chayeoung and Mina.

"Yeah, both of you are the only extroverts in this house. Y'all are tiring to deal with," Momo said which took us some time to understand because her teeth was busy ripping a humongous piece of jokbal apart while talking.

"Which brings us back to you Momo, what's up with you and Dahyun huh? I heard you from the stairs because I left the door open," Jihyo instigated.

"We're dating since last week, end of discussion," Dahyun retorted.

"Finally! You two has been consulting me and Nayeon unnie interchangeably for the longest time. I could barely control my urge not to lock you in a room until one of you confess, you cowards," Jihyo exclaimed gleefully.

"Congratulations to the new couples I guess," Sana raised a can of soda upfront in which we all followed with a cheer.

"Dahmo sailing!" I shouted.

"Okay everyone let me go back on track, I'll sum up this newcomer's profile for everyone," Jihyo then cleared her throat and began.

"Chou Tzuyu, 24 years old - oh a record breaker, she's almost three months younger than our little maknae - Taiwanese, a copyreader and editor in Twice Publishing, and WOAH SHE'S FREAKING 172 CM TALL!" Jihyo gasped out loud. The tallest in our group is Jeongyeon and she's only 167 cm. While our baby cub is still 'growing' at 159 cm.

"She must be new at our workplace then, haven't heard of her," Sana exclaimed making us shocked. Oh right, she works at Twice Publishing too.

Jihyo scanned through the documents, visible confusion can be seen written on her face. "Hmm aside from the information I mentioned, there's no other details mentioned here. The rest of these are just the copy of the contract and other papers that she signed that I was instructed to give her when she arrived. You're going to be surprised of how she looked like though."

"Not even her parents' name? Or the school she graduated from?" Chaeyoung asked. She looks like she's trying to remember something and I saw Dahyun also looking at Chaeyoung's direction with the same expression. Weird.

"None at all."

She showed us the photo attached on the file. Holy moly, she's gorgeous. I know I'm beautiful as well but I cannot deny she is such a beauty.

"Are you sure she's in the publishing industry? She could easily pass as a celebrity or a model," Jeongyeon looking starstruck.

"Hey look here woman, you're taken, stop drooling," I made the ostrich face me in which she just smirked.

"Why? Jelly?"

"Why would I be? I'm pretty too."

"Okay grandma."

"You-" I was about to smack her head when she grabbed my hand and pulled me into a hug before kissing my forehead.

"My one and only grandma."

"Okay enough with that, you're making everyone puke," Jihyo stared at us with a disgusted look. I turned to everyone and realized they were all staring at us with blank faces which turned into a burst of laughter. Well, except for the two maknaes. They seemed to be discussing about something important which I couldn't quite catch up on.

"Hey youngsters, what are you talking about?" I directed to the two busybodies.

"Yeah, what's the tea?" Jeongyeon followed suit.

"Nothing important grandmas- I mean unnies, when is this newbie arriving?" Dahyun said with a sheepish smile earning her a glare from the two of us.

"11:30 AM toda- oh my gosh I forgot! She should be here in a minute-," she stopped midway when the doorbell rang from below. We all rushed to the side of the rooftop and saw a tall woman with a luggage and a cap by the gate.

Jihyo lead us downstairs in a hurry to open the gate and let that Tzuyu in. We waited by the living room getting ready to welcome her until Jihyo came in with the woman.

"She's really tall," Chaeyoung mumbled.

"Nope, you're just fun-sized," I heard Jeongyeon whispered back. I could see Chaeyoung pout her lips while looking at Jeongyeon. Cute.

Jihyo instructed Tzuyu to leave her luggage beside the door for a while and made her head in our direction while Jihyo followed behind her.

"Please introduce yourself," Jihyo said while seating on the sofa. We were actually seated on the large sofa but since there's too many of us and it's kind of weird to sit with Tzuyu for the meantime on the sofa in front of us, some sat on the carpeted floor.

"Hello, my name is Tzuyu. Chou Tzuyu. Please take care of me," she said in a low voice and bowed her head.