<h4>Chapter 366 Alligator Green</h4>


    As the sun rose from the skies, Jay entered the messy dorm with boxes of donuts in his arms. It was a new year, and the air seemed fresher than usual. He had a cheery smile on his face despite his early awakening.


    He was already d in an alligator-colored suit, light brown trousers, and his shades were in the shape of cat eyes. In short, he looked like a tacky yakuza member. However, his confidence impably covered the grotesqueness of his outfit.


    He brought out his phone and connected it to the dorm''s speakers.


    A karaoke version of a nursery rhyme yed loudly in the dorm, and he sang the lyrics passionately to wake up the members of EVE.


    "Rise and shine, little bugs."


    Rise and shine, I have hugs!


    Rise and shine, there''s so much love.


    Rise and shine, or you''ll ascend to the heavens above!"


    June, being the lightest sleeper out of all of them, quickly woke up to the sound of C-Jay''s voice. It seemed like he focused solely on being a manager since his voice has degraded since his participation in Rising Stars.


    June woke up with a gasp, feeling like the devil had entered his room. However, when he opened his eyes, he was even more surprised.


    "What the fuck?" he eximed loudly, causing the other members to wake up rmingly.


    Casper, hearing June''s endangered voice, entered his room like a superhero tumbling into a scene. He assumed a fighting stance, his eyes zeroing in on the foreign body in the room—Jay.


    "Wait, wait!" Jay eximed. "It''s just me," he said, removing his kitty sunsses.


    June massaged his forehead before removing the covers from his body.


    "What are you even doing here?" he snapped.


    "To wake you up, of course! We have a meeting with Mr. Ong and some directors!" Jay cheerily eximed.


    June nced at the clock and saw it was merely 6 AM.


    "This early?" he asked.


    Jay shrugged. "It''s what Mr. Ong requested. I think he''s going golfing afterward, so he scheduled it early."


    Just then, Akira and Jaeyong entered the room, and the two of them simultaneously eximed in surprise.


    "Oh gosh. What is that creature doing here?" Akira asked in disgust.


    "Creature?" Jay eximed, appearing offended.


    "What are you wearing?" Jaeyong frowned. "You look like a tree with that colorbination."


    Jay looked at them with furrowed eyebrows before looking down at his outfit.


    "These are the lucky colors of the year—alligator green and nipple brown!"


    Jisung entered right then and there, but he quickly halted when he heard Jay''sst statement.


    "Alright, I''m going now," he said, leaving the room even though he just arrived.


    Jay ignored the members'' rude stares and exined they had a meeting for their projects for the year.


    "Tell your members to get ready," Jay instructed Jaeyong. "We''re leaving in 45 minutes."


    Jaeyong sighed but nodded nheless.


    ***


    The members of EVE were currently in their van, driving to Azure Entertainment. Most of them were still tired, so they decided to sleep during the short trip.


    Meanwhile, June popped his earphones in and listened to the cover he had filmed before the year-end show started.


    It was ''A Love Twice Lost'' by Ryan Huang—the song he hated for a well-kept reason.


    What Magic Mama said was right. As he kept singing the song, it started to grow on him, and by his tenth time singing it, he found himself filming it and wanting to post it on his ount.


    June quickly posted the short video and smiled when he saw positivements right off the bat.


    - He''s fluent in Chinese?


    - Why the hell is he hiding behind June''s persona when he is a catch himself?


    - If I can''t have June, then I''ll have June''s impostor.


    - It feels like he''s singing this for his first love. Poor guy.


    - Okay, he''s growing on me.


    - This just confirms that the dude behind this ount isn''t June. For all I know, June doesn''t know how to speak Chinese this fluently.


    It seemed like they still didn''t believe he was June, though, which was honestly alright. He currently had around 75,000 followers, so June was sure he was going to aplish his mission soon.


    They finally arrived at the building, which looked a bit empty since it was only 7 AM.


    They went to Mr. Ong''s room and found a couple of important-looking people inside. The members entered while bowing respectfully.


    Mr. Ong, in his signature swivel chair, enthusiastically greeted the boys.


    "There you are! Thank you foring this early," he smiled.


    He was already in his golf attire, so June quietly sighed in disbelief.


    "I watched your performance during the year-end show. I enjoyed it very much! I particrly liked June''s performance in ''Father.'' It brought me back to the times when my father was still around…"


    Mr. Ong''s voice got quieter as the sentence progressed, his gaze bing absent. It seemed like he was remembering a very dark time, simr to the scene of the critique guy in that rat movie when he first tasted the dish the rat had made.


    "Mr. Ong?" Jay asked, causing him to snap out of his thoughts.


    Like a light switch, the CEO smiled once again.


    "Sorry," he said, looking at Jay. "Hey, wait. Is that an alligator green coat?"


    Jay proudly smiled. "It is," he smiled.


    "It''s pretty. I might buy one for myself."


    As expected, weird people had simr tastes.


    "Well," Mr. Ong said, changing the topic. "Sit down, boys. This meeting won''t be long. We''re just going to discuss your major projects for the first half of the year."


    The boys excitedly sat down despite their tiredness.


    This meeting had been dyed for quite some time, so they were looking forward to the projects they were going to be doing this year.


    "First things first," Mr. Ong said. "I''ll just get it out right away."


    The members listened intently.


    "I know you debuted not that long ago, but we''re now thinking of preparing for a new album."


    "You''re going to have aeback during the first quarter of the year!"


    The members looked at each other with wide eyes, not expecting theireback to arrive so fast. However, from a marketing perspective, it was pretty intelligent.


    The group only had three years as a group, so they had to maximize their time together.


    "Don''t worry," Mr. Ong said. "It would be at the end of the first quarter—so around March to April."


    The members sighed in relief, Akira looking the most visibly rxed.


    Preparing for their debut album has been tiring, so he couldn''t imagine preparing for it right away.


    "However, we''re going to start with the preparations earlier this time," Mr. Ong continued. "We''re already looking for producers to coborate with."


    June suddenly raised his hand, causing the others to turn to him.


    "The title track," he started off. "Is it possible for it to be self-produced?"