Secrets [NAMJIN]

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Seokjin called all his advisors in the conference room and waited for them to come on the huge chair while the advisors came one by one. As soon as the advisors came in, he stood from his chair and bowed to them and sighed, "I have been hiding a huge part of me from all of you." There was a humming of voices. He cleared his throat and the voice stopped, "I am married." There was pin-drop silence. "To a man."

"What?"

"Oh no!"

"This is bad."

"Why are you telling us now?"

Jaehwan rolled his eyes and stood up, "I support you in this, daepyo-nim. It is your personal life. But why are you telling us this now?"

Seokjin gulped and licked his lips, "Because a video of me and my spouse has gone viral." He played the video on the projector where he was clearly seen kissing someone. He didn't know where it was from. But he was just grateful that Namjoon's face was not seen.

He stopped the video and the members were silent for some time. Then finally one of them spoke, "I think you should come out to the public too. It would be a good publicity stunt and people would trust you more."

Another member shook his head, "But what if the public does not want a gay leader?"

Seokjin closed his eyes, "I am not gay. I just have a male partner. I am pansexual and everyone knows it. He looked at the person who had not spoken till now, "Mr Lee. Samchon, what do you think I should do?"

Mr Lee was Mr Kim's friend and always looked after Seokjin since childhood. Seokjin would go to him if he fuck something up to not get scolded by Mr Kim. He looked at Seokjin and smiled, "What do you want to do, Jin-ah?"

Seokjin smiled. He knew Mr Lee would always help him out whenever he would ask for help.

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Mr Kim sat in his study waiting for some news from the conference held that morning. He sighed when the door opened, "You are late."

"I know." Mr Lee sat on the couch where Mr Kim sat and looked at the tea in front of him. "You shouldn't have done that. It was the lowest you could have stooped."

Mr Kim huffed, "I just want my son back."

Mr Lee smiled, "Do you even have a son?"

Mr Kim looked at him with shock on his face, "What do you mean, Minjae? Of course, he is my son!"

Minjae shook his head, "If you really thought of him as a son, You would have accepted his husband and his daughter. You wouldn't have tried to separate them. Did you try to kill them? Twice? What were you thinking?"

Mr Kim turned his face away, "I just wanted Seokjin to be normal."

Minjae rolled his eyes, "He is normal! He is your son. How could you leak a video that was intimate to him? You know this can end his career!"

Mr Kim huffed, "I know. But I wanted him to have a normal family with a wife from a respected family and a child of his own."

Minjae sighed and put his hand on Mr Kim's shoulder, "He has a normal family, Yooseok-ah. He has a loving husband, a wonderful little daughter."

Yooseok shook his head, "How is that normal?"

Minjae smiled, "It looked pretty normal to me. You should have seen them interact. They were just perfect with each other."

Yooseok looked at him with wide eyes, "When did you see them interact?"

Minjae smiled, "They came to the office as soon as they saw the video. The girl is very talented. She immediately found out that you were behind this."

Yooseok's eyes flashed something that Minjae couldn't quite decipher. Maybe it worries or maybe guilt, "She must have told Seokjin."

Minjae shook his head, "She told Namjoon and Namjoon made her promise not to tell Seokjin. They told him that it was from a random place that she could not track. Something about sending from too many different addresses. I don't know the new technology." He laughed a bit and then saw relief in Mr Kim's eyes. He patted on his thigh, "Yooseok-ah, I know you love Seokjin. But try to look at this through his perspective too. They were apart for twelve years and yet when they met again, they have the same love, same chemistry. And maybe a stronger bond. I know it is hard for you, but at least try to understand him and his family. This can't be just a phase. He is 40 years old. Seok-ah, think about it. The more you try to keep him away from his family, the more you lose your son. And the trick you pulled this time was the worst. I hope you know that."

Yooseok nodded, "I want to know how he handles this. After this, I will never interrupt him and his family."

Minjae smiled and hugged Mr Kim, "That's like my boy."

YooSeok laughed and hugged back, "We are above 60. Stop using that phrase."

Minjae broke the hug, "Aish, you might be old, but I am still young."

Yooseok laughed, "Whatever, Jae!"

Minjae stood up and sighed, "Well, I am tired now. I should leave."

Yooseok nodded, "Sure, young man."

Minjae was about to leave when he stopped and turned back, "Keep an eye on tomorrow's conference. Your son is about to announce something big."

Yooseok nodded and Minjae left the room. Yooseok stood up and took a glass and poured wine in it. He went to the portrait of his wife and sighed, "Maybe I am starting too late to understand your son. But I hope there will be a time before I die when he can be my son too."