ozone 》TWICE

bite

Jinyoung has always been an early riser, so I'm not completely surprised when he arrives just near eight. It makes me wonder if eight his lucky number; eight girls arrive at eight in the morning on the eighth of the month, and then he comes at eight the next day.

I welcome him with a cup of coffee and a place to sit. He looks around, the corners of his lips curving up after he takes a sip of the coffee, "They're not up yet?"

"They are more than likely tired from the ride. You know how stressful it can be." I reply, relaxing into the seat beside him.

"They're Zodiacs, Jihyo. They don't get as exhausted as a normal person would. You should know, but nevermind that," Jinyoung chuckles. "I know I asked about them yesterday, but they're still doing fine, right? I could call you in a guard if you feel threatened."

"Threatened? Not at all," a small lie. Jeongyeon isn't threatening, but she's intimidating. And Momo could become aggressive any moment again if triggered. "The worst is Jeongyeon running her mouth."

"Ah. The eldest Scorpio?" I nod and he continues. "When I first got reports on Mina, I thought she was a Scorpio, you know. A part of me also thought that Jeongyeon was the Aries we were looking for. They really have changed, haven't they?"

"Not to be rude, but where are you going with this? I should probably prepare food for them as well-"

"We have chefs for a reason. And what I'm trying to say is that you should just let Jeongyeon calm down. She's only angry because she's afraid," Jinyoung finished his coffee and I go to refill the mug, but he shakes his hand and places it in the sink. "Speaking of, good morning, Jeongyeon."

"Great," Jeongyeon deadpans, voice thick with sleep as she rubs at her eyes. "Stay away from Momo. And I'm not afraid of anyone."

"Just as feisty as Jihyo says," I feel heat rise to my cheeks. "You'll understand soon enough that my intentions are anything but ill."

"I'm sure I will. When's the slave work start?"

"Slave work?" Jinyoung laughs. "No. I want to give you and the other girls a tour around the building."

"A fuckin' tour? You're joking." Jeongyeon makes a face as she helps herself to a small fruit. The next to wake up is Nayeon, and she's fairly quick to latch onto me. It makes me feel good; she's warmed up to me the quickest, and she's just the one I wanted to completely protect (I want to do the same to all of them, but Nayeon seems so much more vulnerable).

"Nayeon, hello." Jinyoung smiles kindly, his eyes squinting. Nayeon bites her lip, looking over me carefully before looking back at Jinyoung.

"Hi."

"This is Jinyoung," I squeeze Nayeon gently. "He's the CEO of JYPE."

"And the one responsible for kidnapping us," Jeongyeon makes a face, looking over Jinyoung once. "We're doing a tour or something."

"A tour? That's... It's nice of you. Thank you." Nayeon smiles without her teeth (It's a little disappointing considering I would have loved to see her bunny teeth).

"God, you too?" Jeongyeon sighs, turning on her heels and walking back down the hallway.

"Jeongyeon should warm up soon, if she's like how we predicted. But yes, I planned on showing you all around the building. You are guests," Jinyoung looks down at his watch, nodding once. "But I should be going to get ready. Jihyo, meet me on the eleventh floor at twelve. We'll begin there." I'm surprised it's not the eighth.

As it turns out, most of the girls don't sleep in for too long. And everyone takes the news well, not once complaining. In fact, they seem more excited. Everyone other than Jeongyeon anyway.