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"NCT 2020." Somyi pointed at the virtual board, where a presentation was shown. Rather simple, it bullet-pointed the various bits of information. "There's a month and a half until the CEO wants it to begin shooting."

"There are various other photoshoots in between the planning. Johnny and Jaehyun for W, SuperM comeback and Taemin for Criminal. There is also styling for Red Velvet for BoA's 20th Anniversary." Somyi continued, sanitising her hands before handing out various leaflets.

"Mrs Choi, as all four of the girls will be working on the NCT 2020 project, do you have an idea of who will work on the separate projects? I am, of course, assuming that Dahee showed you the concept photos for the other shoots?" Bongju asked, and Mrs Choi nodded, reaching for a file.

"For Johnny and Jaehyun - Aera.. SuperM is Aera, Hyewon and Arinya, Taemin is Aera and Miya and Red Velvet is Miya, Hyewon and Arinya." Mrs Choi glanced at the four girls, who nodded.

Aera, however, was slightly concerned. She knew that all the schedules would be on different days, perhaps overlapping at some point - but why was she doing so much? She had SuperM, Taemin and the W photoshoot. Of course, she would otherwise just be working in the building like usual, but it just seemed so much.

"Any objections?" Somyi seemed to be looking straight at Aera, who shook her head gently, as did Miya, Hyewon and Arinya. "Good, now.." She paused as she changed the slide.

"Aera, you have a schedule here - and I'll just need you to fill this out so I can get you a staff pass as soon as possible." Somyi passed Aera a small, stapled booklet, as well as a form.

Somyi and Dahee continued to tell the others about their jobs as Aera filled out her form, handing it to Bongju, who disappeared with it. "Thank you, girls. Aera - would you mind staying behind?" Mrs Choi asked, as the meeting came to a close.

"Of course." Aera nodded, remaining seated as Somyi, Dahee and Bongju ( who had reappeared about two seconds previous to leaving ) headed to a second room that had been assigned as the base of the NCT 2020 project, and Miya, Hyewon and Arinya left.

"I hope that you don't mind how much I've assigned you. They gave me the fluidity to pick each stylist rather than them choosing themselves - I saw the mood boards and concept ideas and I thought you would be best for the ones I picked you for." Mrs Choi smiled across the table, before pulling out a couple sheets from her file and handing them over to Aera.

"Oh..." Aera stared down at the sheets of paper, which had images printed on and with the title of each one detailing the people it was for. "I agree, I think I'll do a good job on these."

"Although you might be the youngest, I would like to assign you as temporary leader for the SuperM styling, and for Johnny and Jaehyun. I'll send around an email later, and if any of the girls have a problem with it then I'll see what I can do." The older woman continued.

"I'm sure they won't - but I see a lot of potential in you and I think you could be leading your own team here or somewhere else some day. You're extremely talented Aera and I believe you could go a long way." Aera blushed profusely at the woman's words, and Mrs Choi smiled.

"That being said, if you leading the SuperM styling goes well, you might be considered for leader of the NCT 2020." Mrs Choi said quickly, and Aera stared, suddenly having this pressure and happiness that she was being considered like this by her boss.

"I'll send you a few emails later, and I'm sure Somyi and the other two will call you all to a meeting later. I think the W shoot happens in a few days time, so you'll have to start planning today." Mrs Choi picked up her files and smiled at Aera, leaving her in the room.

And soon enough, the pride she felt turned to stress, as she realised that she had so much to do in so little time. Thank god that she had Miya, and that Somyi, Bongju and Dahee were there to help her.

Because she was suddenly in charge of a idol photoshoot, and it was with an idol who had been sat on her sofa only a few days ago.

𝘪 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶

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