BET MY HEART || taejin

15. Is this what it feels like?

"shit shit shit" seokjin steadily traipsed upstairs and sighed after landing on his seat, unaware of the eyes that have been observing him from the past few minutes

jimin looked up from his screen, smiling but with a hint of worry as he saw seokjin

"hyung what happened why didn't you submit the report last night" jimin looked worried

seokjin dropped his bag hastily and continued to type something attempting to restore the files that got lost "i dont know, i thought i sent it but i think i dozed off so err..." he scratched his nape, not even looking up at jimin "it didn't get saved i guess and all the progress is gone to the drain now" he raised his hands in frustration "fuck" he yelled loudly, burying his face in his palms

"jin hyung are you crying" jimin said, sounding genuinely concerned and worried seeing seokjin cry at something probably so trivial

he tries to stop the tears welling in his eyes as jimin pulls him in an embrace "no biggie jinnie, there's nothing to worry oh god why would you cry"

well it was practically his first task as a new employee and this is how he messed up

the door opened revealing the same awfully annoying lady that seokjin was now used to "your presence is required in President V's office, if you may please carry your precious honourable self to his office or i can even carry you on Cinderella's carriage if you would like" the same high pitched tone of the ever annoyed, sarcastic receptionist was back, she was mostly frustrated because of taehyung giving her loads of work causing all her boyfriends to ghost her yet she wasn't complaining because she also had her pockets stuffed with the salary that V co gave her

"okay I'll go" seokjin's voice is quiet, almost non-existent, barely audible

there's no choice, he has to get scolded by his boss for being so irresponsible when its barely been a week since he has started, or there could be something even worse that taehyung's planned for him, like getting fired

he was sweltering as he walked closer to taehyung's office. he force shuts his eyes as the light from the button indicated that he could now enter inside, he braced himself to witness the outraged, fuming taehyung who was going to give him an earful and calmed himself down convincing himself that taehyung probably wouldn't fire him for old times sake

that is well, the worst thing that could happen to him. he will accept it if he would have a loss of pay, it was his mistake he had to take up responsibility and rectify it. he didn't want taehyung to wreck havoc or hold his fellow teammates responsible for his carelessness, that was the last thing he wanted

his legs tremble and without even opening his eyes fully seokjin entered inside, he did his best to put on a polite demeanour but his heart was racing like a mini thunderbolt had attacked his heart, he could feel his heart in his mouth

he rushed inside and quickly read out the script he wrote in his head

"s-sir i-im so so so sorry, i know that you were expecting me to submit the report and other material for the new dish, i didn't recheck after sending the mail as i was really exhausted i fell asleep and my laptop died so we lost all the progress but im the one to be blamed, my teammates did nothing wrong, I'll take full responsibility and submit everything by evening please give me a few hours, I'll try restoring it back or redo everything. i apologise for the inconvenience caused" he was traumatized, terrified and tapped in panick as he explained everything in a single breath without opening his eyes or pausing to give a chance for the other to speak, just like he had rehearsed earlier

he was taken aback when he opened his eyes to face taehyung, he was immensely frightened at the sight in front of him

there was blood