Idiot Soulmates

Chapter 2

Author Note: First off, I want to apologize for this chapter. It's a filler chapter to get us from point A to point B. It kinda helps set up the character, but my brain was having an extremely hard time processing some things and this chapter became that stress dump of words. So.... try not to judge it too harshly please.

-Book

Yeonjun gives him another hard look before nodding his head slightly. They look back across the room to see Althea talking to one of the members of staff, which has Soobin walking stiffly over, he catches the end of their hushed conversation, "...I'll go grab him, if you can have the NDA's ready before we get back, that would be fantastic. If I don't grab him now, he'll keep trying to break into the Twice fan meet, and I just... I'm not sure how I'd explain it to my employer that our summer intern got arrested on a site visit."

She moves towards the door and Soobin unconsciously reaches his arm out to grab onto her, "Where are you going?"

Althea glances down at where his hand has wrapped around her arm. She smiles up at him, "Don't worry. I'll be right back. Just grabbing my intern from your security detail." She moves towards Soobin, giving him a quick hug, " I promise. I'm not leaving yet. Not without a goodbye or see you later."

Soobin doesn't have to wait long for her to get back. In fact it's barely 5 minutes before she's stepping into the room again with a laugh as she drags a younger man behind her. Her smiles drops, and her brows furrow as she passes from the hallway into the room a couple times, standing on either side and staring at the ceiling. She hums to herself a bit, pulling out the clipboard of drawings and staring again, completely ignoring her intern who's staring at the room with his mouth hanging open. She nods her head, "Ah... I see." turning to her intern she smacks his shoulder lightly, "Mouth closed, Tim. At least act like you aren't a fanboy for five minutes, please."

That seems to shake him out of it as he gives a deep bow to the room," Hello. Thank you for having us."

Althea nods, "Good at least you've still retained some of my client training. Now come here, something's wrong with the room's mechanical systems and I want to see if you can catch it or not." He moves towards her, trying to mimic her earlier movements, but it's obvious his attention isn't fully on the task as he keeps glancing back at the 5 kpop members who are also attentively watching them. "Tim..." Althea says, a warning in her tone.

"Sorry. Sorry. Right." He mumbles, jumping at the reprimand. He stares at the ceiling now and focuses on actually trying to figure out what she'd been hinting at. "Um..." He whispers pursing his lips, "The airflow feels... weird?" he offers, staring at her as his tone raises at the end.

"Weird how? Remember, no wrong answers here. I need to understand your thought process. Engineering is all about..." She trails off, motioning for him to continue.

"Thinking logically." Tim responds, more confident in this answer. "But we have to be moving in the right direction."

"Exactly." Althea mutters, "You're moving on the right track." She moves next to him, arms reaching up on either side, "I'm trying to be a bumper system. I have an answer already, and I know how I got there. I want to see how you might get to the same answer, or the places that you get caught up so I can help fix any misconceptions. You're here to learn, not be tested on knowledge for a subject you've barely just started to understand."

Tim nods, "And you're never going to be mad at me for not knowing an answer or asking a question."

Althea smiles, "Absolutely. Enough cranky engineers in this world without me adding to the numbers." She gestures to the room, "So, I noticed the issue immediately stepping into the room because I have experience with these kinds of buildings and how they should operate. You don't have that knowledge. I'm gonna give you the plans and I want you to look at all the details to try to get to the same conclusion as me." She points at the ceiling, "The diffusers and their placement." She hands him a blank piece of paper, "Their airflow." She points to the thermostat, "And the controls panel." She hands him a clipboard. "Go start looking at things and try to have an answer ready when they're back with the paperwork."