Artificial Love || Minho

26 || Recruit

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Closing my office door, I sigh shaking my head, my heels dragging me over as I flopped down into my chair.  "That Jisung." I exhale a tiny laugh, putting my arms on the desk as I rest my hand on my chin. "It's quite cute how shy he can be."

"Has he always been like this around Hyunjin?"Lee know tilts his head, sitting at a random office chair a few metres away from me. He seems rather, uhm-"

He stalls a bit, seemingly as to trying to find the right word.

"Whipped?" I giggle, a mischievous grin curling upon my lips. "Yep. Ever since day one."

But instead of taking confirmation to my words, he merely tilts his head to the side.

"Whipped? as in..?"

"Oh-" I laugh, slapping a hand over my face in disbelief. "Yeah, in the logical sense, that doesn't make sense."

"It's, ahhh.." I begin, but was cut off by a sudden sound of the phone ringing. "Oh..? Sorry Lee Know, one second."

I pick up the phone with an apologetic smile, holding the device up to my ear. "Hello?"

"Song Hwamin?" The voice on the other line asks. I instantly recognize it as a front office secretary, though that doesn't ease my curiosity. "This is her, correct?"

"Oh- yes it is," I look over to Lee Know, who has started stacking my supplies, and then towards the door. "Do I need to go to the front foyer?"

"... uh. Yes, we will tell you more details when you get there."

"Of course. Bye." I hang up, standing from my chair. "Lee Know, Do you want to come with me to the front?"

He smiles, surprised, as he also stands up. "Ye!"

I giggle, leading him out into the hallway. "Oh, Minah?" He calls from behind.

I turn around, waiting for him to start walking behind me. "Yeah?"

"The last time we were at the front area, I called you my fiancé," My face warms as he brings up the memory, and I quickly turn away from him.

"But we're not, right?"

"Yeah, of course." I blush, not wanting to recall the scene any further.

He pats my head. "I did it to make your dad go away, I hope you don't mind."

"R-right, Lee Know.. Ah, we're here," as I look up, I notice two figures standing there. One familiar, one that I'd never seen before.

"Hwamin, you made it," the same secretary who called me says, looking grateful. "This is Yonghwa, the newest recruit to our company."

I peer to the boy, his fluffy brown hair, paired with thick framed glasses with puppy eyes. He smiles at me, giving me a slight bow.

"Hi! I'm Yonghwa, nice to meet you."

"Ah, hello~" I lift my hand in a small wave, Lee Know copying my gesture. "You just heard my name, and this is Lee Know."

"I've heard a lot about him," He says, looking Lee Know over. "I'm very grateful to be here."

"Today you will be showing Yonghwa around the building," the secretary says, preparing to walk away. "When you're done, please bring him back here and return to your office."

The secretary leaves, and I nod in Yonghwa's direction. "Well, follow me and Lee Know, I guess."

We begin walking through the building, me pointing each room as we pass pretty quickly.

"So, that's the laboratory." I say, gesturing to the transparent glass walls beside us. "New android models get tested there frequently, but I don't think that's your main department, so you won't go there often."

He giggles, turning to me. "Yeah, I'm more in the programming place. I'm going to be officially starting tomorrow, I can't wait."

I smile at him. "That's nice to hear. You can ask some of my friends or me if you ever need guidance. I work in the android blueprint department- or as you can say, architectural planning."

"Really? Then you design robots then. Speaking of which, what kind of model is Lee know?"

I turn to the android, who has been walking right beside us in silence, and then back to Yonghwa. "Oh, that's a bit hard to-"

'Beep!'

A familiar noise resonates from my pocket.

"Oh-!" I pull my phone out, quickly answering the call.

"Chan? Do you need something?"

"Yeah, can you come to my office quickly? I need to talk to you."

I blink.

What could chan want to talk about at this point of time?

"I'll be right there. Bye-"

Another beep.

"I'm really sorry Yonghwa, Lee Know and I have to go," I tell him, and his expression instantly flashes to a disappointed tone. "Do you remember the way back to the foyer?"

"Yes, I do. But, Lee Know should take me there," he suddenly adds, stepping forwards. "That was an important call, uh, right?"

I tilt my head.

Lee know? Take him there?

"Hm? Yeah, it was," I tell him, taking Lee Know's arm and beginning to walk away. "I'm sorry again, Yonghwa. But you said you remembered your way to the foyer, right?"

"...yeah. I did." He kicks at the ground weakly, before looking up again. "But like-" he glances towards the android, eyes shifting in what seems like curiosity.

"Yes?"

But What he wanted to say, he must have swallowed it down, as he turns out and drops the subject. "You know what, it's nothing. See you around the office.. Goodbye, Lee Know. Hwamin."

We turn around, making our way to Chan's office. "Minah, what was that about?" Lee Know asks, completely monotonous.

"I don't know, but he seemed really interested in you. He's probably just how I was when I first came here," I tell him, smiling as I notice his expression lightening. "Anyways, it's not like it's anything to worry about. Let's get going."

He grins. "You're right, I guess I just thought it was a little odd, is all."

I didn't really matter who he was to me yet.

Because right when that call with chan ended, an uneasy feeling had already began to grow in my chest.

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