The Facility

Factory

"And here we have the conveyor belt . . ." The supervisor leading the tour said.

Jimin paid close attention as the man in charge explained to them how the various machines worked in Jade's mom's tech factory. Natalia Tech . . . he was only now learning that a lot of people in Korea used her stuff. His dad's laptop was her brand. She must be extremely successful . . . as we've been told. She even had a factory like this in Seoul. I must admit that I'm impressed. He stroked his chin before moving his eyes in Jade's direction. She was standing near Jin and Princeton. They seemed to be talking while the man spoke while she just stood with folded arms and an empty facial expression. She looked neither angry nor enthusiastic. I wonder what Alex told her and Leigh-Anne once he brought them outside. Was Jade going to get in trouble for having drugs on campus? Did she actually have drugs or did Leigh mishear? I would ask her but she's been kind of quiet. He saw her standing between Jesy and Perrie, getting her back rubbed gently by Jesy. Hmm . . . was their crew good for Leigh? She seemed kind of . . . not too good these days. It's probably not their fault. At least Alex was able to speak to her. Jimin hoped that she would feel better.

"Hey man, don't you think it's cool that Jade momma design all this?" Roc asked him as they started moving off to a different part of the factory.

Jimin was pulled out of his thoughts by this question. "Oh . . . yes of course. She wasn't lying when she said she was brilliant. I'm close to calling her an icon."

Roc smiled. "Yeah man she definitely a icon. Wish I could meet 'er. I'm thinking that maybe if I can pick like my part time job now, I can work here you know? Erbody seem nice and this stuff kinda interesting to me." He seemed pretty excited.

"You like tech? Since when? I thought you were more into . . . reading based stuff like History, Literature . . . Psychology? You said that you liked it and even wanted to be a professor."

Roc was blushing as he kept hands in his pockets while they walked. "Yeah well this place is just real cool to me. It's so high-tech."

"Yeah it's a really cool factory." Jimin said before whistling low and looking around. "Everything's all white."

"Yeah it's like we're in the future or something." Roc added.

"Yes, yes or like a spaceship." Jimin said.

"Yeeeah a spaceship." Roc pointed at him. "Yeah man I like this environment."

"We've said 'yeah' so many times I've lost count."

"Yeah." Roc said before they both laughed.

Jimin smiled at him. He then remembered his date with Taehyung last night and how that ended. Mmm . . . He was afraid to ask Roc what they exactly were. They kissed so . . . I shouldn't entertain it. In the end we'd both end up sad. We really can't be together.

"So like uh . . . what you think about Taehyung?" Roc asked, seeming shy about saying this. He was looking to the ground. During the ride here we mainly just talked and laughed but now it's time to get down to business. I'm not gon' be afraid anymore. Face it Roc! Face it! His entire body was on fire and shaky. Face! It!

Jimin couldn't believe that he brought that up. "Oh me and him are friends. I thought you knew tha-"

"I saw how y'all was at the fair that time." Roc was deliberately looking away from Jimin.

Jimin blushed. "How were we?"

Roc shrugged.

Jimin sighed before putting on a gentle smile and touching Roc's shoulder.