Translator | NCT Winwin

Chapter 16

Winwin's POV

"Hi! I'm the new stylist for WayV. Nice to meet you!" the fake voice of Chunli pierces the air, travelling into our ears.

Please no. She clearly hasn't changed at all.

"Nice to meet you too," Ten responds curtly, obviously not actually agreeing with the words coming out of his mouth at all.

"It's nice to meet the rest of you too," Chunli continues, making very direct eye contact with me. I look down, uncomfortable with the stare. I do not want to look at her.

"My goodness, I hope we don't have to all say that it's nice to meet you," Xiaojun mutters loudly enough for her to hear while also stepping between us.

"Oh, well, I just think that those would be good manners," she shrugs, flipping her hair. I wrinkle my nose at the aroma of perfume that's a little bit too strong.

"Oh, well, can we get started?" Kun asks politely, while also discreetly mocking her. I think his strategy is to try and keep this to business only, nothing else. Hopefully it works.

"Fine," Chunli sighs, turning to a pile of plastic bags and tossing all of them except for one. Are we expected to catch these?

I notice that there are only six bags. Please no. She wouldn't.

Unfortunately, she would.

After a quick moment of sorting, I determine that my bag is the only one missing. The names Kun, Ten, Xiaojun, Lucas, Hendery, and Yangyang are written on them. No Winwin.

That must mean that the evil lady has that last bag. Great. I hope she didn't do all of this just so that she could pass a stupid bag to me, because that would be dumb.

"And this last one is for Winwin!" my ex exclaims, confirming my suspicions. She steps forward to give it to me.

"Here, I got it," Lucas volunteers, stepping between us and taking the bag. He then turns around and hands it to me. Thank god for Lucas. And everyone else.

"Well, okay, you all can go if you want. Um, there are three changing rooms, so Kun, Ten, and Lucas can go first, and then Hendery, Xiaojun, and Yangyang, if that works?" she explains.

"Actually, I wanted to go with Winwin hyung because he's giving me some tips for performance today. The order doesn't matter much, does it?" Hendery interjects.

"Well, I..." Chunli trails off, obviously still thinking over her evil plans in her head. Hendery kind of just destroyed those, didn't he? I bet she had some intricate thing planned out.

"Thank you very much for your understanding," Hendery says, his voice laced with a little bit of sarcasm. He takes me by my arm and taps Xiaojun with the others, heading away towards the changing rooms.

"Thank you so much, Hendery," I sigh in relief, feeling my whole body completely relax as we get further and further away from Chunli.

No, I'm not being dramatic. That's seriously how much I hate her.

"You're very welcome. You're too nice for your own good somethings," Hendery grins knowingly, gesturing me towards a door labeled "CHANGING".

I nod and shut the door behind me. Whoa, these look great. I don't think they had Chunli get them on her first day on the job, though. It was probably another stylist.

Actually, I know that this wasn't from Chunli, because the only stylist who rents clothes from this particular brand this one incredibly talented stylist who's been here since we debuted.

After changing and stuffing my normal clothes that I changed out of into the bag, I exit and wait for Hendery and Xiaojun, because I am NOT going back to that room alone.

Soon, Yangyang, Lucas, and Ten come down the hallway just as Hendery and Xiaojun appear, wearing their stage outfits.

"That lady just verbally shoved us out the door. I think her original plan was to isolate you like that, too," Ten complains.

"Kun volunteered to stay back, because we all know he would handle her the best if anything happened," Lucas adds.

"Yep! I hate her," Yangyang announces.

"Don't worry, we all do," I laugh bitterly.

"Alright, Winwin, let's head back now and just avoid her," Xiaojun suggests, beckoning for me and Hendery to follow him.

Let's hope this doesn't go downhill.

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