34. Suspicion

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"One glass of orange juice, please."
"Sure."
Vernon and Hoseok were sitting in a cafe, Vernon was ordering juice for Hoseok with his coffee already in front of him. Hoseok sat with his arms crossed across his chest and staring at the former.
'What does he wanna tell me?'  He contemplated.

[(10 minutes ago at the lobby of Choi Corporation)
Hoseok exited the room after he gave the pen drives to Yoongi and found Vernon waiting for him at the lobby.
"Do you have time now? Can we talk?" He said.
"What's there to say between the two of us?" Hoseok replied as he walked past the younger.
"We could talk about Yoongi."
Hoseok stopped in his track. There were many questions in his mind related to Yoongi like what was the relationship between him and Vernon. So, he agreed, thinking that he could get some information from him. ]

"I've ordered a glass of orange juice for you, is that okay?"
"Just get straight to the point already."
Hoseok stated as he felt a little impatient.
"How did you get to know Yoongi?"
Vernon asked while picking a packet of sugar.
"That has got nothing to do with you. Stop beating around the bush, what do you want to tell me?"
"Since you've followed me here, what do you want to know from me?"
He opened the packet, mixed the sugar in his coffee and continued.
"I've only heard about it myself after I returned to Korea. Yoongi hasn't gone back ever since I left. I don't dare to hope for his forgiveness. I only wish for him to come home occassionally... What's wrong?"
Seeing Hoseok's widened eyes, he asked.
"N-nothing."
'So he was adopted by Vernon's family? That's why he showed that face back then... And he even accepted the treats made by Vernon's mother.'

"He didn't tell you?"
"About what?"
"Did he not tell you, that we grew up together?" He said while smirking and sipping his coffee.
"I only know that you stole what belonged to him."
"..." 'They shouldn't be in "that sort of" relationship.'

Hoseok looked out of the big glass window while thinking about Yoongi.
'Betrayed by his family member whom he trusted the most... How did he get through all these years?'

His attention was diverted to the waiter who came with his order.
"Here's your drink."
She placed it on the table and was about to go when Vernon stopped her.
"Wait a minute~ We ordered orange juice."
"Ah, I'm sorry. I'll change it up for you immediately!"
She took the glass of green apple juice away.
"What's wrong?"
"She served the wrong order. You didn't see that it's green?"
'Green?' "Oh, they almost look the same. I didn't notice that." He said and looked out of the window again.
'What does that mean? How do green and orange look almost the same?'

(Yoongi's studio)

Yoongi was on a call with Hoseok while he was walking to his studio with Namjoon following behind him.

"Huh? You already went back to the studio?" 

"Yeah."

"Why didn't you call me after the conference ended? We could have done back together. Oh yeah, I might be back later. I need to go fix my scooter."

"Whatever."

He said and hung up.
'Is he in a bad mood? The conference didn't go well?' Hoseok thought after getting hung up on his face.

'Who wants to come back with you? The two of them... What's there to say between them?'
He stopped in front of a room and saw Soonyoung with a colleague.

"Soonyoung, you got this part wrong again."
"Sorry."

He remembered what happened earlier about the budget report.
"Tell him to meet me at my office." He said to Namjoon.
"Okay."

(One hour later)

"You're finally back! Yoongi is still angry."
Namjoon told when he saw Hoseok. He was standing outside the door, scared because of Yoongi.
"What happened?"
"I think there are some mistakes in the report needed for the conference."
"Ah, I could tell that something's not right from how he sounded in the call."
He said while scratching his head.
"He was pulling a long face ever since he got back, and he even summoned Soonyoung for a talk just now."
"Huh? What's up with Soonyoung?"
"I have no i-"
He abruptly halted and his eyes widened. Hoseok slowly looked back and found a very scary Yoongi standing behind him. He was startled.
"Hi... I-is there anything you need from me?"
"You." He grabbed the back of his shirt.
"Get in here."

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