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"come in hana, do you want a drink?" mr. sooman said as he stepped out of the doorway to let hana walk in.

"hi mr. sooman. no i'm okay." hana responded as she sat on the leather couch in the middle of mr. sooman's office. he sat back in his desk and cleaned up his desk before looking at the young girl's nervous state: fiddling with her fingers, tapping of her shoes, and unusual quiet state, especially a maknae.

"okay, well hana. no need to be nervous. i've worked with you and the girls and you girls are basically my work daughters. don't stress. how have you been doing?" sooman said openly despite being the big boss of the entire company, he unknowingly had a sweet heart for all his artists, but with the messed up k-pop industry, he comes off as a horrible boss.

"to be honest, the process of making the album is great. i'm glad you're comfortable with the girls and i working more on the album's creation compared to the other artists. has the production team been showing you our progress? you should be proud, you taught us all of our work abilities now." hana proudly spoke trying to remain positive.

"i know, the production team came to me shocked that you girls are so cooperative compared to others. i'm glad, i plan to do it more with the other artists considering how good it's going for you girls. how have you been doing though in terms of after this morning's news was regarding you?" sooman asked straightforward hoping to get an answer from the girl.

"well, you probably are suspecting me too, i don't blame you. i'm holding up. it sucks to see all the criticism and articles regarding how i'm quote-on-quote not good enough for any guy in the industry because i'm still considered a rookie. obviously, i won't make you have the negative comments all deleted, it's impossible. but i won't walk out this office without SM entertainment releasing a statement." hana responded in full honesty. sooman sighed before taking his glasses off and taking a sip of his warm coffee.

"that's good that you stand up for yourself, even though i'm your boss. it'll help you in the future with other work partners. but, yes. we can release a statement. i just finished drafting it right before you came. could you confirm the stance on your relationship with felix?" sooman said before bringing his computer monitor in front of him awaiting an answer from the girl.

"we're childhood friends, his friends were mutual friends with mine so we basically grew up together. then he went to debut first, so we stopped communication, considering i didn't want to tarnish his reputation with a girl like me who was unknown at the time. now that i'm at SM, the only time I talk to him or his members is when we're at shows so sometimes, i catch up with him by talking, or an occasional hug. nothing more, nothing less. just good friends." hana set the record straight as sooman nodded before typing.

"is this response good?" sooman said turning the monitor to her direction, she read throughout the statement and agreed.

"looks good boss, thank you for helping me. you're really like a father figure for the girls and i since we don't go home as often as before." hana said taking a mint from a container on his desk before happily popping it inside her mouth. sooman lightly smiled reminding himself of his nieces and nephews from his siblings family.

"of course, just because i treat you girls different doesn't mean you can slack off. if anything you have to work harder, i want you all to succeed. okay?" sooman reminded her of her place, but in a caring manner.

"yes of course, we never disappoint! anyway, i have to go back to the girls. is that all?" hana said getting up to throw her trash and looking at sooman before leaving.

"yeah, tell mark and taeyong not to overwork. i'll send you guys some meat since you guys have been working hard lately." sooman said before waving the happy girl off.

"ahh jinja! thank you! bye bye" hana excitedly walked out not noticing the held in breath from her boss as she left.

"that girl reminds me too much of my daughter. oh yeah, mr. song! can you order some food and have it delivered to nct's dorm?" he quietly said after sighing.

"yes mr. sooman, anything else?" sooman's assistant responded.

"can you let me know when all nct units are available? check all of their individual schedules and give me the date and time slots they're all available. and look into things that they can do during those slots." sooman asked planning on how he could give the young idols time to take a break.