It took a while to get everyone to the karaoke bar, but eventually, they all made it.

  Everyone again surrounded Seulgi, Wendy, and JooHyun, making a perimeter without being too obvious. There were already fairly loud voices within the group, creating a sonic wall as well as a physical one. Initially startled, JooHyun quickly figured out what they were doing and was grateful. She was not used to feeling protected in a group.

  Everyone, including JooHyun, in this group, was unreasonably attractive, so they naturally drew a lot of looks. It was like out of a book when JooHyun looked up and locked eyes with someone on a bicycle then that person ran into a traffic light.

  JooHyun was wearing a white loose and billowy peasant’s top and some bck scks. Simple and still elegant. Seulgi was wearing a light grey top and bck spandex leggings – this alone was the cause of a few near-cardiac arrests. Wendy was wearing a color-coded tracksuit.

  The rest were in various rexed yet still stylish outfits. Jeans and t-shirts were a dominant theme.

  Seulgi gave Nayeon a credit card and sent her ahead to order a room and some drinks and snacks. The rest took their time to enter the establishment. This way they would arrive about the same time as the drinks and noshes.

  They were all discussing what they were wanting to sing. Songs, styles, different artists, and groups were all mentioned. It was a diverse group with an equally eclectic tastes in music choices.

  What made this group different was that everyone was able to say what they were wanting to sing and what they were interested in singing without the worry of judgment. With other groups, they may not have been as inclusive with the choices made. Some rude people would mock what others liked.

  They made sure to ask everyone what they were interested in. They all quieted down so everyone could hear when JooHyun commented about her choices. Then they all pyed it off as no big deal, just like with everyone else – not treating her as anyone different than anyone else present; other than being the quietest. Once she put in her input as to what she liked, the noise went back up again.

  JooHyun felt like she was in a big, comfortable, and welcoming cocoon. This was something that she was not used to. She sometimes resented her too pretty looks as she was often looked at more as a freak than a person. She was not wanting to be put on a pedestal, she wanted to be treated as an average person. Perhaps she might fit in better with these people as they are all fairly simir situations, looks-wise.

  She was feeling comfortably anonymous in this group of people. This was one of the few times in which her height – or ck thereof – was a bonus. She was literally hidden amongst these people. Still, her personality made it impossible to ignore her. She had a magnetic charisma that made it impossible to ignore her completely. Even this group of yahoos could not be completely unaffected by her. But, these people were also used to each other, so they were all fairly well tempered against beauty and its effects of it on them.

  They left the integration of JooHyun into the group to Seulgi as she was the de facto leader, both in and out of the office. Outside the office, there was no actual real hierarchy, but it was an unsaid reality as well that Seulgi was still The Boss. Even Wendy and her coterie unconsciously accepted it. JooHyun was a year or two older, but she still acquiesced to the role of leader to Seulgi. After all, she knew (most of) these people and she didn’t. Granted, she just met them tonight, so she does not really know the social dynamics of the pecking order. She also did not know that there was no pecking order at all, other than Seulgi being boss. She was in for a pleasant surprise once she finds this out.

  Seulgi finally decided that they had waited long enough and started shuffling everyone in by walking towards the door. Everyone else followed like the good little sheep that they were. Nayeon was walking toward the door to get everyone when she saw everyone already heading that way. She held the door open for everyone and told them which room to head to. 3A was their room that was rented.

  The employee at the counter, Jeff, was looking dapper in his bck and red uniform of scks, white colred shirt, and bck vest with red piping. Jeff’s eyes got rger and rger as the group ambled in. He was already impressed with Nayeon’s looks and forceful personality, but the rest just made everything just more and more impressive as they all came in. He made a mental note to warn the people in the kitchen so they don’t embarrass themselves when delivering the drinks and snacks. They all dealt with attractive people all the time, but this group was ridiculous. Jeff started wondering if there was a dram being filmed somewhere nearby. He would have never believed that this was just a group of office workers.

  Nayeon had been here before, so she told all of the people who had not been to this pce yet where the bathroom was and all of the other pertinent information. She also told them where 3A was so they could get out of the lobby. The group was a bit rger than they normally went with, so they clogged the entrance/exit. They needed to get out of the way.

  They could hear that most of the rooms were already occupied. Some of the singing was better than others. There was one room where the male singer was…struggling. You know it’s bad when crows sound better singing than you do. But, they seemed to be enjoying themselves despite the atrocity they were inflicting on everyone else. So, they had that going for them.