Alluvion's Water Lily

Chapter 14 - Boss NCT U

Soon after everyone was seated the conversations took off around me, and while I could catch half of them thanks to the second injection, Minsook, who sat beside me, offered to translate for me. "I'm sorry my English it isn't great. I mean it's... harder to... think of the words on my own. If I hear something in Korean, I tend to remember the English word for it... easier."

I considered suggesting he just repeat the Korean words used, since I would understand him. I decided against doing that though because I figured it would be good practice for him to use the English he knew.

He wasn't necessarily quick at remembering the words, but he did his best to fill me in on the half of the conversation I wasn't able to understand. "They are holding this meeting to discuss your presence with us. Also the actions we will need to take and explanations we will have to make to the rest of the company and public."

Kim Kwang-Min switches to English and questions me directly. "Where are you staying at the moment?"

I rattle off the name of the hotel that was within walking distance of the convention center that the 'Meet and Greet' was held at. He turns to his personal assistant and rattles off something rapidly in Korean. I turn to Minsook asking him what is going on without saying a word. He nods and smiles at me. Not his sly smile that gives me, and his fans, heart palpitations, this one is more neutral in nature, but because he is so damn handsome it still makes my heart flutter in my chest. "Kim-nim is arranging to get you a semi-permanent lodging in a hotel close to the location of our dorm."

I pause for a minute to admire the lack of hesitation in Minsooki's words. He really did mean it when he said that he could translate better if he heard the Korean words out loud first that he was translating. One word confuses me though. "Dorm?" I'm used to the word 'dorm' meaning the place a college student would live on campus during their education, and I know that can't be what they mean here.

This time Minsook looks to Gamon for help. "It's still an apartment; not college dorms if that is what came to mind."

I nod my head as I both accept the arrangement and understand Gamon's explanation. The thing is that I can't stay in a hotel forever though, and I definitely wouldn't want to. It's true at some point in the near future they will more than likely be touring, living out of hotels as well, and I am sure I would be joining them when that happens. I will still need something more permanent than a hotel while I am here in Seoul though. Damn this is something I should have been considering myself. Raina even told me that the entire group lived together in a small apartment, but I hadn't really given it a second thought. No, I was too consumed with the worry about getting over here at all just so I could be with them. No, so we all could be together

Gamon, who sorts out for himself that a hotel was only a temporary solution, voices his concern. "I imagine that she will only be staying in the hotel for at most a couple months. What do you have planned after that? Or rather do you have a more permanent plan in place?"

Minsook relays the CEO's reply. "I do. I'm honestly hoping her temporary residence in the hotel won't even have to last for a couple of months. I'm hoping it will end up being more like a couple of weeks, or a month at most. I planned on relocating her to Ru-ssi's former apartment in your building. I just have to get some renovations done since he left the apartment in shambles before he was evicted."

"Who's Ru-ssi?" I ask Minsook.

A fierce scowl forms on Minsook's face before he answers me. "Ru Naehyeon was my manager."

I know I don't have time to address what his obvious anger is about right now. However, I do make a mental note to ask him about it later. It must be something big since he dropped the honorific.