⚣〚𝟚𝟘 & 𝔼𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖|𝕁. 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕙𝕪𝕦𝕟 𝕩 𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕖〛⚣

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『𝕦𝕟𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕕』

〚𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕛𝕦𝕟'𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕧 〛

As I was making way back to my desk, my colleagues were quick to ask me of what happened.

"Did he finally fire her? We saw her running out of Mr. Jeong's crying to herself."

"Well, yes he did." I answered, hearing my coworkers cheer.

"Also," I started, making them quiet down. "I'm going to be his pa now." I shrugged, but they were happy for me.

"You deserve it Minjun." Doyoung smiled. "Guys, we should celebrate with some KBBQ tonight!!" His suggestion made others cheer while wishing it was night time already.

"Oh, guys it's lunch time!" One of my colleagues called out, making everyone head out for their break.

"Enjoy your break everyone~!" I yelled out, hearing a few "thanks" and "you too's". Turning to Doyoung, he gave me a quick hug, congratulating me which I was sure to tone him down.

"It's not that big of a deal, Doyoung."

"It is though! We should go eat somewhere for lunch." He pulled out his phone as we walked to the elevator, waiting for the next one to open. "How about we eat at this place?" Doyoung leaned over to show me his phone, revealing a healthy and quick option for lunch.

"Sure." I went with it since we'd be eating Korean Barbecue for dinner, so having something light for now and finish the day with something hefty.

It was only a few minutes to walk there, and the food was pretty good. As we ate together there, Doyoung brought up the question again. "Minjun. What're you doing for your birthday?"

I shrugged, "I'm not sure. Maybe just eat at a fancy restaurant."

"Oh, with whom?" Doyoung raised an eyebrow, curious.

"Myself . .? I don't know."

"Don't do that, that's sad." He nagged like a parent.

"Well, I'm too tired to think of anything right now, Doyoung." I whined as he continued to press the idea of celebrating my birthday. "We're celebrating it tonight anyways, so why does it matter?"

"I guess so. . .but still-" As Doyoung was about to make another excuse, I stopped him.

"If I wanna do something then I will, if not then I won't. Simple as that." I sighed in slight annoyance, then began to finish my food.

"Hmph, so boring." Doyoung mumbled, which irked me. Seeing my reaction, he tried to contain his laughter. "Is someone upset? Hm?"

"Whatever, I'm finished eating." I said, getting up to throw my stuff away and to head back to our building.

"No! Wait for me." Doyoung was quick to follow me, and eventually we made it back to our floor and in our cubicles to get back to our work day.

After completing all my work, I decided to hand in the work that Hana had given me. Getting up to knock on Mr. Jeong's door and getting permission to enter, I did my best to make things as quick as possible. Since it was already dark, his office was dimly lit, the main source of light was the lamp on his desk.

"Yes, Minjun-ssi?"

"I have this week's work completed." I spoke in a small voice. After what happened many hours ago, I couldn't be in front of him.

"Bring it here." He gestured for me to walk over, which I did and handed him the files that were organized in a folder. As he skimmed through the pages, he shut the file and placed it to the side. "Good work, you may go home now."