@taetaehland: The omega could not help but t...

The omega could not help but think that the alpha looks at him like he misses him. Like he was taking in as much as he could when he looked at him, like Taehyung was going to disappear in any second.

Which was, again, odd.

He has a few guesses as to what that is,

-- one of them is the limited remaining days that the alpha had left to prove to Taehyung that he’s really serious in courting him.

Taehyung -- although his inner omega is ready to be courted and won over by the alpha -- is still slightly wary of accepting him again.

As he said, Taehyung knows his boss’s one and two, he knows what the other is about to do just as they thought of it since they practically share a telepathy.

The whole courting thing, at first, made him happy.

The idea of his feelings being requited made him /stupidly/ happy.

But as the euphoria and excitement dwindled down and when Taehyung was finally able to assess the alpha more closely the morning he went to his house, he could not help but feel like there was something wrong.

That he made a mistake.

That /1/ day out of the 1900 days they worked together was the /only/ time their constancy threatened to change.

It was the only time when things didn’t feel right and everything felt foreign, like the air percolated with awkwardness and hesitancy,

and although the realization of his mistake made the inside of the omega’s chest crack, he knew he had to take that step back to save whatever it was they had going.

To keep their safe place safe.

So it surprised him to hear the alpha saying that he was actually serious in courting him. He went nearly deaf at how loud his mind screamed at him to deny him, but it was that soft beat, that damned soft beat of his heart that compelled him to say yes.

Taehyung could tell that Sajangnim tried his best with all those gifts, with the attention, the compliments and everything else but they all felt superficial. The attempted scenting threw him off, definitely.

He’s heard the ‘I told you so’ echo in his head for more than he could count.

But despite it all, he still holds on to that beat. That damn beat.

/Stupid beat/, Taehyung sighed as he moved his mouse to bring his computer to life.

“Secretary Kim,” Sajangnim says, immediately making the omega stand on his two feet to bow at him. The alpha’s voice was slightly laced with coldness and his eyes were unreadable.

“Can you please advise Director Min to get back to me as soon as he returns from his trip from our manufacturing site?”

Director Min was currently in Jeju, personally taking the lead in rushing their next season’s release so it could be ready by release day. Their Jeju site was basically located in a secluded area and it was hard to get reception there.

Taehyung already formed a plan to contact a friend of his who lives a little near the area so the director could receive the CEO’s message as soon as it could.

He instantly nods at him. “Right away, Sajangnim,” he replies. “Anything else?”

“Follow up with Director Park on that new Marketing Director,” Sajangnim adds. “The chairwoman will be holding a meeting with the board with everyone. We need to make sure everyone’s there.”

Taehyung tries to hide a blush at that. He knows he’s partly the reason why they’re in search of a new position to fill. “I got it.” he answers. “Do you want me to contact some headhunters to speed up the process?”

“No need. Director Park already has someone in mind. I’m sure he can handle it.”

Taehyung nods at him. “Okay, sir. Anything else?” Sajangnim shakes his head at him. “Okay, I’ll do it all right now, sir. I’ll take care of it.”

He sees the corner of the alpha’s lips upturn into a small smile and had /that/ look in his eyes again as he watched Taehyung take his seat and begin to do the tasks he was given.

“I know you do, Secretary Kim.” he answers.

“It’s past lunch time already,” the omega adds as he sees that it’s half past one already. “Do you want me to stop by that sandwich place across the building?”

“I already ordered in,” Sanjangnim says, making the omega look up in surprise and gawk at him. “What? I know how to order take out, okay? I only messed up with that one reservation.”

Taehyung smiles at him. “At least you have something to look forward to in a year’s time.” he tells him. “You can even take someone with you to show off your reservation skills.”

Sajangnim snorts at him. “As if that’s something to brag about,” he says with a fond roll of his eyes. “Who’d be impressed with a twenty eight year old managing to book a reservation?”

“I’d be.” Taehyung says easily. Because it’s true, he is. He knows these things weren’t the alpha’s area of expertise and he truly did appreciate his efforts. Even if there was a slight setback.

Sajangnim snorts at that again but there’s a hint of a blush at the tips of his ears. “You think too much of me, Secretary Kim,” he mumbles, clearing his throat. “Anyway, I’ll be in my office if anyone looks for me.”

“Okay, sir,” Taehyung says. “I’ll make sure you’re not disturbed and will bring your food in once it arrives.” Sajangnim only nods at him before disappearing to the inside of his office.

Taehyung instantly begins the work the moment the alpha is out of sight, with omega pulling up his email to send Director Park’s secretary the memo as well as calling his friend who lived in Jeju so he could efficiently find a way to get in contact with the other director.

The omega’s been switching from his phone to his emails for who knows how long that he didn’t even realize that the delivery guy was already there with the CEO’s food.

“Just bring it inside,” Taehyung tells him, putting a hand over his phone’s receiver. “He’s expecting you.”

The delivery person only nods before he disappears inside the CEO’s office to deliver the food, leaving Taehyung with his devices. It was a couple minutes later when he sees them exit the building and sends the omega a wave of thanks before disappearing to the elevators.

“You see the guard, Minjae?” Taehyung says into his phone receiver. “Okay great, just tell them to pass it on to Director Min and please say that it’s urgent. I really appreciate it, Jae. --

-- I swear once things at work slows down, I’ll drop by Jeju so we could eat ramen at the ass crack of dawn like old times.”

“Make sure you bring a mate with you,” Minjae says with a light chuckle, his background noisy since he’s driving. “I’m not letting you third wheel again like last time.”

“I’m -” Taehyung says, tilting his head up to look at the two closed doors in front of him. “I’m working on it.”

“You better!” Minjae teases. “Anyway, I’m here. I’ll text you later once I pass the message, hyung.”

“Thank you again, Jae.” the omega tells him before eventually hanging up the phone so he could reply to the email Director Park sent him.

It’s a couple of minutes of silence with just the sound of his fingers pressing the keys of his keyboard echoing in the empty room --

until he felt someone deposit something on top of his desk, making the omega look up to find the alpha who was behind it.

Taehyung groans.

“Can I help you, Manager Park?” he says in what he hopes is an amicable tone but the distaste in his tone was evident.

“I’m here to make do of my promise, Taehyung-ssi.” the alpha says, sliding the bag of food towards the omega. “See for yourself.”

Taehyung sighs before he takes the bag, realizing that he himself hasn’t eaten yet and takes a peek inside to see what it is out of curiosity.