ITS TIME [part 3]

sitting in the taxi on the way to the address she was told to go to, keira was very nervous and curious about this job of hers. she was very thankful for being offered a job, though she is unsure if she has been fully accepted yet, she hoped that it wouldnt be too hard or energy depriving so atleast she could balance it will her school work but thinking about it again, she realised that ms gemi would have considered all the aspects. smiling to herself keira was happy that she was close to being able to complete her to do list, especially this one. rent, food, clothes, other bills, school costs. not a problem anymore.
after a 20 minute ride, the taxi finally stopped infront of the destination. paying and thanking the driver, keira stepped out of the car and stood infront of this eight storeyed building, it wasn’t as tall as the other buildings beside it, but it was as wide as two of those buildings combined. while looking at the building, keira started thinking about what she would say, and how to introduce herself and how to thank the man for giving her this work even though she didn’t even know what it was that she would be doing.
as she walked into the building there was a curved counter facing her with a large CUBE ENT. on the bottom. hiding behind the counter was a woman, or more like a girl in her late twenties. busy making calls which sounded very scripted she looked at keira and lifted a finger signalling her to wait for the call finish. 10 seconds later the women whose name was tracy, finally tore away from her seat and stood up, ’hi~ welcome to Cube entertainment, do you have an appointment or something?’ smiling slightly awkwardly, keira replied, ‘umm, yes. I was called here to meet Mr Hong? its to do with a job~’ the innuendo at the end of her sentence made it sound too much like a question. as keira answered her, a man in a delivery suit walked in and dropped off a plastic bag beside keira infront of the counter. tracy waved and thanked the man as he left.

wondering what was in the bag keira realised that tracy had sat back down in her chair and asked for her name. she knew what her name was, and she knew that she had to do something, which was to reply tracy the assistant. but after keira glancing at the plastic bag beside her feet that the man had just dropped off, keira also noticed something else. a figure. walking out of the unseen elevator to her right, a tall, handsome figure was walking towards her. she had never in her life seen anyone as attractive as him. not in her 18 years. this boy was slim, dark haired wearing a red beanie and a very loose, grey dyed t-shirt and a pair of baggy jeans. the boy looked bad-assed, cool but pretty. with his hands in his pockets he arrived at the counter.

'hey tracy~' he leaned on his right arm, looking at tracy but his body facing keira.

wow. his smile. was deadly. keira had to quickly turn the other direction to gasp for air. she didnt want the girl or the boy to see her, not in this position when she was close to going to her job interview. these people may be who see would have to see for the rest of whenever if she was going to work here. finally calming herself down she turned back around to find him looking at her. it wasnt the kind of look that boys normally gave her. well obviously because this boy was different. the boys who were normally in her life from school, neighbourhood or on the streets were to be honest below average looking. it was disappointing. keira always hoped that one day she would atleast meet someone who would make her go, 'ohmygosh' or something like that. but it has never happened, well until now that is. the boys who were in her life looked at her in three ways: disinterest, invisible and too much interest. however, THIS boy, looked at her with interest, too embarrassed to admit it, keira felt deep inside that he may have been interested in her. the piercing deep look. the one second glance then quickly turns back to looks at her again. the slightly shocked, slightly wide eyed look which later turns into a relief smile.

'sorry miss, but can you please tell me your name so i can check?' bringing keira back from her over analysations, memories and fantasys, she felt a bit lost.

'oh~ my name?' keria turned to look at tracy who seemed like she was laughing inside and then to the boy who was picked up the plastic bag and then back to the girl, 'err, keira....keira wang' smilling though feeling like a stiff idiot she heard tracy tapping and clicking away at the keyboard and mouse.

the boy seemed to be waiting for someone, he was just standing there like he was watching out for what was going to happen. finally, tracy broke the silence, 'ah~ yes, keira~ Mr. Hong is in his office right now, i am unable to take you there but all you need to do is, use the elevator on your right' she lifted her left arm and straightened it pointing to the hallway stretching out to keiras right behind the boy, 'and go to level 8, when you arrive head down the hallway and you should see the labelled door near the end. just knock first before you enter~' finishing with a smile and nod keira thanked her and started heading towards the direction she was pointed to. as she waited for the elevator, she couldnt help but overhear tracy and the boy's conversation. something to do with, Mr. Hong, housekeeper, why, job, and something about beasts?

ding~

the elevator felt like a safe place to speak out, talk to herself, to get these things in her head out. sighing happily keira walked into the elevator and pressed 8 and close door. staring at the gap between the doors disappear, she spotted a hand interfere, looking up to see who it belonged to she could not believe that this was happening. as a response to keiras expression, the boy chuckled and glided beside her and pressed 3.

finally watching the doors seal. he spoke.

'so...i heard your getting a job from Hong Cube' it was not a question

'...yea~'

'im junhyung by the way' turning his head to look down at keira, he was tall. much taller than keira which seemed very suprising since she was 173cm. it looked like he was around 178cm. 'ill be seeing you around then' pulling his one sided smile he walked out into the level 3 hallway. keira could hear music playing in the background. it sounded familiar but she wasnt in the mood to figure where she heard it from because for the first time, she conversed a...hot guy.

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'so you must be keira~ nice to meet you indeed. ive heard many great things about you and also you problem with finding a secure job. i just need to know one thing keira. us entertainment groups require commitment, hard work and understanding.'

'umm~ im sorry sir'

'...call me Mr. Hong'

'er...Mr. Hong....but what is it exactly that i will be doing?'

'ah~ yes~ well, i know you have only been in korea for only a few months so i dont expect that youll know BEAST...' BEAST? 'so let me introduce you to them, follow me~' standing up from his chair, Mr Hong, a shorter man led keira back into the elevator. curious but somehow feeling like a child, she obediently waited for him to continue his speech, as he pressed 3, he did continue.

'techniqually you are only partially working for me, the contract is 60, 40. which means you will be mainly working for this group. i hire you, but you work for them. here you are' holding the elevator doors open for keira, she exited, 'i have recently just moved these boys to a new house, and because of schedules they dont have enough time to clean and maintain their house. so this is where you come in keira. we need you to be their housekeeper...it might sound like a bad job but let me reassure you, you will be paid fully, we need someone like you, especially since you dont know BEAST'

'what is BEAST? why does he keep saying BEAST?' keira thought, opening blurred door, Mr. Hong led keira passed a small tv room with two couches and through a very small kitchen into a studio. the floor was wooden two of the wall were those mirror walls that you see in movies with those dance classes. one wall has windows and the other had a rail running across it like those ballet studios. not noticing the 5 boys in the corner, keira was gawking at the room. she had always wanted to be able to be in these dance studios. keira loved dancing, but because or career issue she never really thought of pursueing it as a career and kept it more like a hobby. automatically following Mr Hong towards the boys she looked into the mirror and and saw a familiar face. quickly turning to look at him, he was that guy, junhyung. around him were 4 other boys. one was sitting on a chair, he was handsome, well to be honest they were all handsome. they just had different kinds of handsome. he seemed very responsible and sure, it was the only way to describe him. the other boy was sitting legs crossed on the floor. he was very cute, the kind of cute that made you want to go and pinch his cheeks. his eyes were round and his smile was dimpled. one of the boys was still practising his moves, using less small movements like he was decoding the timing and steps. he looked very serious but also amazingly pretty even though he was unaware of keira and Mr Hong approaching. the last boy was lying on the floor but holding himself up at his elbows. his face was long as was his nose. he looked like those models from the vogue magazine or somethime.
stopping a metre away from the group, Mr Hong spoke, 'boys, i would like you to meet keira, keira wang.'

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'aigoo~ im sooo hungry!' yoseob moaned.

'yea~ dujun hyung i am too~' dongwoon added

'hmm~ its nearly 3, should we order some food?' junhyung asked the others

wiping away the sweat dripping down him neck, hyunseung replied, 'i think its better that we eat hyung~ we havent eaten since breakfast~ and if we dont order something~ i bet seobie would just be whining the whole time~'

laughing at yoseob poking his tongue at hyunseung, dujun said, 'dont worry guys, i've already ordered a few minutes ago...i think they should have delivered it already. ya! junhyung, you can go and get it, since youve been just sitting there ther past few minutes, you look the best, you can go and get it.'

'hey! i strained my leg! aish~ ok ok~ ill go~' junhyung walked out of the studio limping a bit. when he reached the elevator, he thought, 'did he know i was faking it a little? dujun sure knows us too well' sighing, we walking into the elevator and waited to reached the ground floor, 'i know i should be working as hard as the other members but i.....i just dont know how they do it. where do they get the energy from somethimes? aish~ i feel so bad sometimes...' shaking his head and a bit disappointed with himself he put his hands in his pockets and walked out looking at the floor. as he reached the counter he looked up and greeted tracy but noticed that there was another person there. worried that it was a fan, he tried to pull on a smile. looking at the girl for the first time he felt shocked. but good. 'who is this girl? is she a fan? wow, she's pretty~ her eyes. her face.' junhyung thought to himself. smilling at the girl seemed too easy now, not only because he realised that she didnt know him, but because she was something. she had a presence he could not explain. 'no. what are these thoughts? even if she was attractive or anything, i cant do much. but why is she here?'

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'i have talked about this with joonkuni, and i have decided that you boys are in need of someone like this girl in your house.' Mr Hong continued, 'her role would be to help maintain your house.'

'boss~ you dont need to hire a person to do that. we will take turns and clean up the house~ sir, we can take shifts-'

'dujun...ive been to the house already and i have to say, it is a complete mess. i cannot let you guys live in a place like that. you boys are famous now and you are idols. you need to keep up to your image. i heard from joonkuni that he had to reject a show because of the state that your house is in. people want to see the inside of the new BEAST house, and in order to make your lives easier and idol-purposes, i have hired keira, full stop. i want you guys to get to know each other since she will be visiting you guys very often. i dont want to have to say this but i hope keira~' Mr Hong turned to keira, 'you wont have to take on the role as babysitter as well' laughing he walked out of the studio leaving keira alone with the boys.