Made in Seoul

Chapter 1: Room 201

SM Entertainment reported to have put 4 trainee girls together to form a new girl group. No names have been given, but they had been added to the agency through the auditions. They were welcomed into the company about three year ago, but have been training in the U.S. since the beginning. They were spotted walking into SM's building early yesterday morning. Sounds like Lee Sooman wants them back to see how far they've come. Is the new girl group about to debut?

"Min Sora, Song Minji, Lee Hyosoo, and Kim Seohee, welcome back to Seoul. Glad to have you back. I've been updated on your training and I'm thinking in about 3 months, we'll start your debut process. You guys are lucky, usually I don't consider taking trainees public for around 6 years. You guys however, are very talented." Lee Sooman explained.

"I'll be your manager, just call me Jae." The gentleman next to our CEO bowed. "If you'd ladies follow me, I'll take you to your dorm. Sooman had a building made just to house his companies idols. Now you'll be staying there. Your stuff was already dropped off once you got to the airport, so no need to worry."

Jae seemed really kind and considerate. I hope he will be a good manager for us. We have no idea what we're doing, so hopefully he does.

The four of us girls got into the car Jae was driving and headed towards our new dorm. It's only about a 3 minute drive and 10 minutes walk from the company. That's convenient.

"Sora, you and Minji are bunking," Jae stated and Minji hooked her arm in mine. I smiled at her in return. That means our leader Hyosoo and our makane Seohee are in the other room.

Jae pulled into the parking lot and shut off the car. We got out and looked at the 5 story building. We're on the 2nd floor with Red Velvet, is what I heard from Jae.

We entered through the front door and found two security guards and a receptionist. The lady at the desk greeted us and had our keys waiting for us.

"Hello, you must be the trainees from America! I'm Shinhye, the receptionist here. These are your keys for your room on the 2nd floor. This paper has the passcode for the safe in your dorm and the map of the building. There is a gym and pool in the basement, open 24/7." Shinhye finished explaining and we took the keys. Hyosoo grabbed the map from her and we headed towards the elevator.

"A pool, that's crazy!" Seohee grinned.

We all laughed and piled into the elevator. I hit the number 2 button and waited as the doors closed. Jae was texting or emailing on his phone and he looked stressed. I guess he might be new at this, he only looks to be in his late twenties or early thirties.

The bell dinged and the doors opened onto the 2nd floor. We only saw three doors. One on the left and right and the last one was at the end of the hall.

"You guys are in 201, on the right here." Jae pointed. Hyosoo unlocked the door and we all gathered into the entry way. We took off our shoes and coats and stepped into the living room.

"Welcome back!" Red Velvet cheered.

We all clapped and smiled at the warm greeting. We weren't expecting it at all, but red velvet was the last girl group to debut, so they must know how we feel.

"You guys didn't have to do this, thank you so much," I thanked and bowed.

"It was our pleasure, we can't wait to see your guy's success. All the managers talk about how good you are!" Wendy grinned.