After the bird 'incident' that occurred yesterday, a team meeting had to be held.
All the team members in the building gathered around in a circle at the very center of the store. In the middle of the circle was Minghao.
As the HR rep, he had to be the one to call this very important meeting. (yay so fun)
Once everyone started to quiet down, Minghao took a deep breath.
"Okay" he sighed. "After an unfortunate incident that occurred yesterday," he paused, "Mingyu will be gone on a mental health leave for this week."
As the only people who knew what actually happened during the 'incident' the twelve pairs of eyes stole glances at each other.
The moment a pair would make eye contact their mouths would spread into a smile.
A few had to cover their mouths and Soonyoung had to fake a cough in order to hold in his chuckles.
Chan was on the brink of bursting out into laughter, but thankfully Seungkwan was their to nudge his side.
The rest of the team members present, outside of the thirteen friends, had no clue what went on yesterday. It was evident in their faces that they were concerned about Mingyu. (Although most of them were too tired to really care)
Hao carried on, "Since Mingyu is the one who runs the truck, we're gonna need to arrange for his absence."
The room filled with groans.
"I know it's very last minute, but the situation was so sudden" Hao explained, "I'll take any volunteers who can run the truck this week! I will leave a sign up sheet on the front desk in the office." he gave a big (fake) smile.
"Thank you for your time!"
"I cannot believe that Mingyu gets a whole week off just because a bird pooped on his shoulder!" Chan exclaimed.
Y/N thought back to the events of yesterday and smiled. "No yeah, if I was Gyu, I would be traumatized."
"So are any of you guys gonna run the truck?" Joshua asked.
Jeonghan was the first to speak up, "Well I would love to, really I would, but no one else can handle Guest Services. What a shame!" he pouted.
Joshua joined in, "Yeah and I'm only trained in the cafe so..."
The rest of the friends ignored the twos' fake sympathy.
Chan walked over to the list.
"Oh! It looks like Shownu already offered to take the truck for tomorrow and Thursday! And Johnny took Wednesday and Saturday."
Jun turned to Jihoon, "Do you want to throw the truck on Tuesday? I can help you too!" he suggested
Jihoon thought for a moment.
"Hmmm. I guess that'd be fine. But I'll probably need support in market afterwards."
Soonyoung's ears seemed to perk up to the mention of needing help in market.
"JI I CAN HELP YOU! PLEASE!" he desperately said.
Wonwoo looked at him puzzled.
"Why do you want to work in market so bad?"
Soonyoung stood up. It seemed like he was about to deliver a speech in front of a huge crowd.
"BECAUSE! I've only had shifts in drive up AND ITS TOO HOT TO BE OUTSIDE GIVING CUSTOMERS THEIR ORDERS! If i'm out in the sun for another day I will die of heatstroke!" he exclaimed.
"I WANT TO EXPERIENCE BEING IN THE COOLERS AND FREEZERS!"
Y/N gently pat his back affectionately.
"It's okay Soonie. I'll buy you ice cream after your shift today okay!"
After Soonyoung eventually calmed down after his little burst, the group continued to plan out the truck schedule.
"I'm in fulfillment this whole week. The batches don't even drop until the store opens so I'm sure me and Vernon can handle it! We can take a day for the truck!" Y/N cheered.
"Vernon what day do you want to take?"
Vernon just shrugged, "I'm cool with whatever"
Minghao took a look at the list so far.
"Well we only have one day left to fill. Any takers?"
Chan quickly pointed to Seungkwan, who was literally minding his own business.
"I heard Seungkwan say he wants to volunteer!"
Seungkwan gave Chan the most bombastic side eye.
"I SAID NO SUCH THING! I HAVE NO TIME FOR THE TRUCK! HAVE YOU SEEN MY DEPARTMENT??!? I SPEND MOST IF MY TIME PICKING UP AFTER THE CUSTOMERS COMPLETELY TRASH THE PLACE!!"
Chan ignored his pleas and just gave Seungkwan a tight lipped smile.
"All I'm hearing are excuses"
And so therefore an argument had erupted.
While Chan and Seungkwan were bickering the others turned to Y/N and Vernon.
Jihoon looked over at the two, "Can you guys really handle the truck on Friday?"
Y/N seemed to take offense to his comment.
She scoffed playfully, "Why? You think I can't because I'm a woman?"
"Nah Y/N I don't think we're concerned about you. It's Vernonie over here." Hao butted in. "I haven't seen him do much heaving lifting at work."
"Yeah to be honest, I don't think I see Vernon work at all. He usually does one batch and I swear he disappears for the rest of his shift!" he exclaimed.
This seemed to catch Cheol's attention. He made a mental note to check the cameras and see where Vernon would go off to.
Y/N shook her head. "Y'all are underestimating Kpoppapī. He's been working out."
Vernon nodded his head in agreement.
"OKAY BUT HOW COME YOU WONT TAKE A TRUCK DAY HUH!" Seungkwan shouted.
Chan was quick to defend himself, "YOU KNOW ITS BACK TO SCHOOL SEASON! IM STRUGGLING IN THE SEASONAL DEPARTMENT! ALL I CAN SMELL ARE CRAYONS! CRAYONS!" he raised his hands like a mad man.
The rest of the group decided to focus back on the two arguing.
"Why doesn't Seokmin just take the last day?" Wonwoo suggested.
A loud gasp was heard from Y/N.
"NO! My little cupcake HATES running the truck" Y/N frowned, "I will not let that happen!"
(The favoritism is really showing)
Jihoon decided to speak up, "Well if I have to have Soonyoung help me in market, the least he should do is take a truck day."
"HOW DARE YOU!" Soonyoung said.
Hao seemed to agree, "Yeah that makes sense."
Soonyoung shook his head, "WHY DOESNT WONWOO TAKE A DAY!"
Soon more and more voices started to join in.
At this point there were 3 different arguments happening all at the same time.
"HOW ABOUT WE RECONSIDER JOSHU-"
While the whole group was busy arguing over who would take the last day, one person quietly made their way to a seat with the truck schedule in their hands.
Everyone else was too busy arguing to pay attention.
With a smile on his face, Jeonghan quickly wrote down a name on the very last spot.
Once he finished his task, he sat back and continued to watch his friends argue over the, now solved, issue.
He quietly snickered while rubbing his hands together like an evil villain waiting for his plan to be carried out.
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