King's Corp

Chapter 17

A/N: Don't forget to read chapter 16 before this one!!

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As the sunlight shyly peaks up from the horizon, painting gentle golden streaks on the buildings of Paris, the raven haired man sits on his bed, a wilted cigarette dangling from his pink lips. With his glasses resting on his nose and hands firmly gripping a few papers, Taehyung carefully reads over the documents, preparing for the meeting that awaits him further on in the day.

As he reads through the file, a certain data set catches his attention and he furrows his eyebrows at it. That's odd... his thinks to himself, finding the values a bit obscure. He tilts his head and sucks in a long puff from his cigarette before blowing out the wisps of smoke. Before he can further look into it, a small voice interrupts his thoughts.

"Sir?" Jungkook asks groggily, lifting his head up to showcase his fluffy bed-hair and puffy eyes. The younger looks half asleep, clearly not used to the tiring effects of jet lag. The boy then looking ever so confused, reaches out towards Taehyung's hand which holds a pen.

Taehyung furrows his eyebrows and lifts the pen confusedly before slowly giving it to the boy. Jungkook grabs the pen and then drops his head back onto the pillow, now falling back to sleep with the pen gripped in his hand.

Taehyung stares at the boy for a moment and then lets out a breathy chuckle, finding his sleep-driven actions rather adorable and amusing. He looks back down with a small smile on his lips, staring at the paper blankly. With his focus now diverted onto the boy next to him, he flips to the next page and continues reading, completely forgetting what he was looking into before.

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Taehyung taps his foot as he stands outside the hotel room door, waiting for a certain brunette-haired boy to come out. When Taehyung's leather shoe hits the tiled floor for what feels like the nth time, the awaited boy finally stumbles out of the room, hair slightly astray and tie somewhat askew. He looks up at his boss, flustered and clearly apologetic. "I-I'm so sorry, sir," he says hastily.

Taehyung shakes his head. "You slept through 2 alarms," he says, voice monotone. Jungkook gulps and ducks his head, preparing to apologise once again. "I-"

"Jet lag must have hit you pretty bad," the older says, cutting the younger off before he can speak.

Jungkook looks up at him, slightly surprised. He thought he was going to get scolded. "O-Oh yeah, m'not used to travelling."

Taehyung nods and they walk up to the car that waits for their arrival. "I figured. Also, do you still have my pen?" he asks as he gets inside.

Jungkook furrows his brows and looks at Taehyung confusedly. "Pen?"

The older smiles ever so slightly and shakes his head. "Never mind."

Jungkook looks at him for a second, pondering over the random question. As he stares at him, he notices how Taehyung seems a lot quieter today. He stares out the window wordlessly, making Jungkook wonder what he's thinking of. A part of him wonders if Taehyung is nervous for today, but as he continues to stare at him, his boss looks ever so calm and collected. Of course he won't be nervous, Jungkook thinks to himself. He's done this for years.

And with that thought, Jungkook looks away, opting to stare out at the frost-bitten scenery. He finds solace in the way the dainty snowflakes twirl before landing so courteously on the window. But seated across from him, Taehyung finds those same snowflakes unnerving, the way they crowd the glass and block out his view of the outside, making him feel oddly suffocated.