ever since she had begun at nova, her life had been a fast track train going 100 miles per minute. even the small ‘break’ ( if she could really call it that ) nova had given them before pushing them right into new prep for a comeback hardly allowed her time to properly get to know her new company and the people who were employed by them. outside of her group, juhee knew barely a handful of people ( and juhee wasn’t sure if that counted if most of that handful were people she had already known ( or at least, in some of those persons cases knew of ) prior to her employment here ) ; so it was safe to say, she felt awkward when she had ventured outside of the scope of her familiar bubble.
it was a place juhee didn’t like seeing herself in often.
especially now, having gotten used to picking up something from the nearest convenience store on the way to the company building ; she was nearly lost when she was left to her own devices as for a meal since they hadn’t had time to stop by the mart on the way over this morning. equipped with her tray of food ( far more than she was used to gulping down ) , she looks about the cafeteria. it was a much different atmosphere than it was at kt – at least at kt she had someone she could sit with ( namely being jaehyun and hyunjin, at times even haseul unni ) but now … she was at a lost.
finding an empty table without chairs, she looks to the table beside it that held a lone individual. would it be weird if she suddenly sat down next to someone she didn’t know? would it be even weirder if she sat in the next table without asking permission for taking a chair from the other table? what were the rules here at the cafeteria? she didn’t remember seeing any sign on the door when she had come in.
alas, here she was fretting ; fingers tapping against the tray’s edges as she fidgets in place. her mouth clears, trying to let her voice rise about the others’ chatter from the neighboring tables. “um – can i take this chair?”
sungyeol admittedly had always been a loner, preferring his own company over everyone else, even when he was signed. it was definitely a different change from constantly being at home or on call with his editor but he actually really being at nova. it was a chaotic calming environment and a whole new challenge. when he’d first joined nova, almost two years ago now, he was unsure of what he wanted to do in life, but somehow everything began falling into place and while initially he had been convinced that he wanted to be in royal, he was glad that nova took a chance on his skills. but even so, he was still a loner and while he had friends at nova, some were already debuted and some were in other companies, so maybe he could relate to anyone in a similar spot.
he twirled the stylus in his fingers, as he paused to think.
hearing a voice beside him, he looked over with a casual grin. “yeah and if you want, you can just join me, there’s plenty of room at the table for us both,” he said, adjusting his tablet again and reaching for his cup of coffee. how many cups of caffeine had he already had today? ah, probably no matter. he offered her a grin. “i don’t think we’ve ever officially met since you’re one of the idols nowadays. I’m Sungyeol, pleasure to officially meet you,” he said, grinning and twirling the stylus that he held.
he liked meeting new people, despite his loner status since it was rare that he actually genuinely liked people and the girl before him was one of those new people to him
