PROD. KITKAT - CHAPTER 2 : "no comment"
today was the day to meet stray kids. you weren't that nervous, just kind of annoyed. for some reason, you didn't want to work them. but it was understandable, as you now wouldn't be able to work with your friends.
the clock reads 3:30 pm. you put on some casual business attire, grab your laptop, and head out the door. while driving to the jyp building all you could think about is how awkward it was going to be. these are men that you see almost all the time but have never talked to, will they think you're rude?
after 15 minutes of driving, you arrive at the jyp building. you scan your id at the entrance and head on over to where you think itzy would be, the dance practice room. you peek your head through the window and sure enough, they're inside. you slowly knock on the door.
you open the door slowly and smile, "hi guys."
"y/n!!" yuna shouts as she comes up to hug you.
"we heard you're going to a meeting with stray kids today to discuss producing for them, you excited?" ryujin asks.
"no, not at all." you sigh exasperatedly.
"why?" chaeryoung asks as she sits down.
"they're a bunch of loud short guys, whats there to be excited about?" they all laugh.
"y/n in 3:56! you should head to the meeting room!" lia tells you.
"oh shoot you're right," you say as you gather your things. "i'll see you guys later, love you, bye!" you say as you walk out the door.
finally, you make your way over to the meeting room your manager told you to go to. you see your manager outside the door and wave.
"you ready y/n?" your manager asks you. you just shrug back at her, not too enthusiastic.
you look inside and see stray kids and their manager are already sitting down. your watch reads 3:59. you look towards your manager as she tilts her towards the door.
she slowly opens the door while bowing and saying hello, you following suit. all the boys including their manager get up while greeting and bowing.
one man, sitting to the right of the head of the table, comes over to you and shakes your hand. you presume this is the leader, bang chan.
"hi there, my name is bang chan, nice to meet you." he shakes your hand.
"hello, my name is y/n, it's nice to meet you to." you give a tight lipped smile.
he looks around for a second then says, "ah, these are my members lee minho, seo changbin, hwang hyunjin, han jisung, lee felix, kim seungmin, and yang jeongin." he pointed to each.
"nice to meet you all, i hope we can work well together." you say with a small smile as you bow.
you and your manager head over to sit down on the other side of the table. stray kids' manager was quick to start conversation.
"so ms. y/n, i've heard you have worked with quite a few groups here at jyp. if you dont mind me asking how long have you been working here?"
"and how long have you been producing music?"
"oh gosh, for a really long time actually. when i was a teenager i used to just play around with beats and make samples but when i was around 17 i started helping people out." you said and smiled.
"ah if you dont mind, could you show us some songs or samples you've produced?" bang chan asked.
"oh yea sure," you open your laptop and go onto your saved folder of songs. "here are some of my best works." you give him your laptop so he can scroll through.
as he plays a few songs and beats, the rest of the members nod their head in approval towards each other.
"these are really good!" one of the members, felix, says with a smile on his face.
"thank you" you nod and smile politely at him.
after that, stray kids' manager talked some more about expectations and what you were going to be working on, along with bang chan pitching in a few times. the other members didn't look too interested.
when you could tell their manager was about to come to a finish, you whispered to your manager, "i don't get a pay raise?" you looked at her confusingly at her.
she chucked a little, then mouthed out "we'll talk about it later" while she nodded. you just rolled your eyes jokingly.
when their manager (finally) stopped talking, you nodded in agreement with him and signed the contract, then thanked him for meeting with you.
him and your manager both quickly made their way out of the room as they both had more work to tend to. then it was you and stray kids in the room. it was awkward, and the tension was high.
"so ms. y/n, when did he say you would start working with us?" bang chan asked, trying to lighten the atmosphere.
"good question, ummm.... i think tomorrow?" you shrugged. you weren't really paying attention. then you suddenly remembered when yeji told you bang chan has an australian accent, you never got to hear it because you guys were speaking korean the whole time. you wanted to ask him if he speaks english to hear his accent.
you then asked him in english, "do you speak english?"
his eyes went kind of wide and he gasped a little bite and smiled.
"woah, your english is so good! were you born here?" he realized he didn't answer your original question then said "oh yea, i do speak english, i was born in australia."
felix chimed in, "i was born in australia too" he said in english with a little smile.
"oh nice, but yea i wasn't born here, i grew up in america, in new york."
"woahh new york?" hyunjin said in english with a little accent.
"yup." you chuckled a bit.
you looked at the time, it was 5:30. you kind of wanted to leave, not wanting to make anymore conversation with them. they reminded you of jake.
"ah anyway, i have to get going, it was nice meeting ya'll though, have a good day. i'll see you tomorrow." you said as you made eye contact with bang chan.
while opening the door you turned back, bowed, and said goodbye in korean. finally, you stepped out of the room and sighed in relief. you then made your way out the building and to your car to drive home.
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