Where Is The Truth

Sixteen Sunflowers

Singer/ Group:John Park
Name of Song:U
Type of Video:Music Video

Who am I: Odile  

The shift to an official company came with its own bundles of changes.

"Very few people know about our secret, so just keep pretending to be a guy, okay?" Boss reminded me as we walked into the building.

"Mmm." I nodded.

"Good mo-"The receptionist looked up and her eyes immediately zeroed in on me, wide-eyed. "Good morning."

"Hi, good morning. We're here to see Mr Ki." Boss said.

"Right..." The receptionist squeaked, immediately looking down to find the number. After a few phone calls, she directed us to the fifth floor.

"Seems like she's a fan." Boss teased.

"Seems so." I grinned awkwardly.

The elevator door opened at the third floor and a bunch of girls in track pants stared at us

"Hello." One of the girl in front greeted as she bowed and that snapped the others out of their daze as they quickly gave a deep bow as well. I bowed back quickly. The girls were determined to squeeze in a group at the opposite corner of the elevator and I heard one of them giggling softly. I kept my eyes firmly glued to the elevator floor indicator.

There was going to really be some serious changes in my life now.

"Elido, my boy!" A rather round man exclaimed with open arms and I was pulled into a bone-crushing embrace. "Good to see you, good to see you!'

"Mr Ki." Boss held out a hand.

"Mr Che." Mr Ki grinned, shaking his hand. "Come in, come in. We've got a lot to do but a tour around first."

The lounge area was big, so was the recording room, and the dance studio. By now I was garnering quite a load of attention from the staff's we passed by. Evidently no one knew of my arrival. Seems like Mr Kim wanted to surprise everyone, including his staffs.

The facilities the company provided was more advanced then what I worked with in Boss' recording room. With the official businesses and the tour around the company done, Mr Kim gave me a staff pass and brought me into one of the meeting room where a few people were already gathered. The moment they saw Mr Kim, they immediately stood up and bowed, even the guy with loads of piercings.

"Sit down, sit down." Mr Kim beamed, as I closed the door. "Elido, this shall be your supporting team. Team 3, meet Elido, your new charge."

"We're in charge of him?!" The lady wearing red glasses couldn't contain her excitement.

"You're in charge of her."

A pin-drop silence. What the shit did this old baldy just say?!

" From now on, all of you are one as a team, if she sinks, so will all of you. I expect your utmost loyalty to the company." Mr Kim said, as though he rehearsed that. "Well, that's that. So.... Introduce yourselves, get to know each other better... Xanavier, a word with you."

And Mr Kim and the piercing guy was out of the room, leaving me to deal with the rest.

We didn't speak. I was too busy trying to mentally find a hole I could crawl into.

"Well... That... That was quite a shocker..." One of the lady stammered. "I can't imagine you as a girl though, you're too..."

She made eye contact with me and immediately looked elsewhere, her face immediately flaming up.

The guy in brown sweatshirt cleared his throat sitting straighter, as if determined to get things done. "First of all would you like to sit, Elido?"

I immediately obeyed. The huge buffalo in the room made the atmosphere thick with tension.

" Let's introduce ourselves shall we?" He said. "I'm Jimin, and I'll be your main manager."

"Hello, I'm Lisa, I'm going to be in charge of your fashion."

" I'm Park Hyo, and I'll be your assistant manager." The lady in red glasses said, trying to maintain calmness.

"I'm Elido, please take care of me." I said, though they already know who I am."

And we sat in silence like that.

Jimin began fiddling through his by, and took out his laptop.

"Has Mr Kim registered you in the system?" He asked.

"Y..Yes. He did." I remember him showing the website to me.

Jimin began typing and clicking away.

"You have a schedule in two hours." He said. "A charity event for an orphanage. After which there's a photo shoot for three hours."

Since when was there activities scheduled today? Boss didn't say a thing!

Xanavier walked in before I could say anything and tossed a key to Jimin. " The key to the car."

"Let's get going then."

"Let me call Shin up first." I fumbled with my bag.

"Who's Shin."

"He's... Err..." What exactly was Shin's role? " He's in charge of my make up and clothes."

The door swung open. "Oh shucks." Shin hissed. Sweat droplets dripped down his forehead and he was very out of breath.

" Hello, I'm Shin, nice to meet you." Shin said, giving a slight bow.

"We're all gathered then. One hour fifty three minutes left. Let's go." Jimin said.

Xanavier automatically took the laundry bags from Shin, leaving him with only the make up box.

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**Weeks later**

"You've worked hard, thank you!" I said to the last staff I meet before getting into the car once more.

"Your dinner." Jimin passed me a sandwich. "Your assignment for Ji Yun is due tomorrow, have you prepared?"

"No, there wasn't any time." I leaned my head against the door as I munched on the sandwich. It's 11:59 PM now, and everyone on my team looks really tired. The radio was playing some really slow music as well.

"Just drop me off at the office, I'll sort it out before meeting her tomorrow." I said.

"I'll bring your clothes." Jimin replied, as if he was already expecting my reply. He immediately tapped his phone, probably to inform his wife.

"I'll be fine by myself. You should go home tonight." I said.

" If you don't mind..." Jimin smiled, his phone rang midway while he was typing."New information. The HR said you're due for an entertainment show tomorrow at 8AM. They're shooting three episodes back to back, so its going to be around five hours."

The meeting with Ji Yun and Jimmy was at 1 AM, which means I won't be able to make it in time.

"I'm informing Ji Yun and Jimmy now." Jimin said, as though he read my mind.

"Thanks, dude." I smiled, punching his shoulder.

"Please don't act so much like a man, it's making me confused." Jimin coughed.

"She really doesn't have an ounce of femininity about her." Park Hyo giggled at the back.

Somehow that comment made everyone laugh and a blush crept up my cheeks.

"You try acting as a guy for this long." I retorted.

"She almost went into the guys washroom with Lee Minho during the first music video."

"Don't forget how those back up dancers tried to flirt with her during break." Xanavier chuckled.

"Don't remind me, please." I almost barfed.