BECOMING HUMAN

CHAPTER 53

When Jungkook entered the recreation room, he saw some of the guys hanging around.

"Hey, it's Jungkook," Jordique announced. "What's up?"

Jungkook took off his jacket and laid it on a chair. "Why are all the guys hanging around here?"

"Didn't you know?" Luther spoke up. "Audition season is almost here. Allen is using the girls as his promotion starters to make lead for the newbies coming in."

"I don't see why he's using the girls, though." Marron grumbled, folding his arms. "There's already enough girls that model in general. We need more men in here!"

"Of course, you'd want more dudes up in here." Jordique snickered.

"How could he not? He already confessed to our boss' son."

"Shut up!" Marron cried. "It wasn't like that!"

"The dare was for you to confess your feeling to someone you're interested in..." Jordique whispered. "But...if you say so!"

Annoyed, Marron began to argue with Jordique.

Luther sighed, taking a swig from his bottle of water. "What are we gonna do with these two..."

Jungkook lowered his head. Taking out his phone, he noticed that he got a missed call from Aisha. She left him a text.

Meet me at the kitchen when you arrive, please.

The AI excused himself from the room and left.

Heading to the kitchen, Jungkook bumped into Avlyn.

Avlyn almost snapped until she looked up seeing that it was just the AI "Oh...hey."

"Sorry, I didn't notice you coming around the corner."

"It's fine..." Avlyn continued on her way.

Jungkook wondered what was up with her, but decided to leave it be.

Once he arrived, Jungkook saw that Aisha was standing by the sink, looking outside of the window. Approaching her, Jungkook took her shoulder. "Aisha, are you alright?"

"Oh, Jungkook!" Aisha gasped, turning to him. Giving him a hug and kiss, the girl nodded. "Yeah...I'm doing okay. I was just thinking."

"About what?"

Aisha paused for a moment. "Ah...the girls aren't really seeing eye to eye, at the moment."

"Why? How come?"

"I don't know...rumors had been going around about Ivory, and everyone is just tense right now...I'm trying to stay as far from the issue as possible, but Ivory thinks that either me or Avlyn started the rumors."

"What?" Jungkook gaped. "Why would she think you did it?"

"To be honest, I have no idea...but I'm starting to think it's because of my ex."

"Your...ex?"

"Yeah, since he used to be in our department and his father is also our boss, everyone used to think that I was dating him to take advantage of the other models, including him. I know I was different back then, but...I never thought of taking advantage of anyone! Besides, he's the boss' son. He would know more about anyone here..."

"The boss' son..." Jungkook repeated under his breath.

Allen mentioned having a son a few times...he even mentioned how I remind him of his son.

A pressing thought crept into the AI's mind, but he was hoping that what he concluded was only a hunch.

Aisha breathed forcefully, slapping the palms of her hands on her thighs. "I honestly feel like I really don't belong here, anymore."