Haunted Hearts - Taekook ✓

Prologue

"Mr. Kim, good morning," Taehyung's boss, Kim Namjoon, greeted with his dimpled smile as he popped his head into Taehyung's cubicle.

"Ah, good morning, Mr. Kim," Taehyung greeted back.

After five years of working for the man, Taehyung still found the humor in greeting his boss by the same name he greeted him.

"I just emailed you those files you sent me yesterday, but I haven't gotten around to putting them in the correct folders. I was hoping to get that finished before lunch, sir," Taehyung informed the man, assuming that's why he'd popped in.

Namjoon smiled easily, nodding, "thank you, Taehyung-ssi, but that's not why I'm here."

Taehyung fully swiveled his chair to face his boss, giving him his full attention.

"I was hoping you'd accompany me and some other colleagues on a business trip to discuss some company partnerships with the spokespeople from those companies," Namjoon informed him.

He had worded it as if he were asking a favor from a friend (which, Taehyung was). But, as Taehyung's boss, Taehyung knew this was a mandatory trip.

"Sure thing, boss. When's the trip?" He asked, grabbing a post-it and pen to write down the information, looking at Namjoon expectantly.

"It's in one week from today. June twelfth to June sixteenth, one week. The hotel rooms will be paid in full by the company, as well as travel, as we'll be traveling together by plane. Most food costs will also be taken care of."

Taehyung nodded, writing down everything his boss was telling him.

"Great," he said, pulling the post-it from the rest and sticking it to the wall of his cubicle, in the little open space that was left between other post-it's that were already collecting dust, "I look forward to it."

Namjoon nodded, smiling, "I'll email you in a few days to give you more information, such as the time we'll be leaving, who all is going, stuff like that."

Taehyung nodded easily, "of course. Hey, you wanna grab lunch with me and Jimin-ssi later?"

"Ah, really?" Namjoon asked, a glint in his eye, "sure, Taehyung. Thank you. Well, I've gotta go talk to a few more people about this. I'll see you at lunch, Mr. Kim."

Taehyung smiled as his boss was leaving with a wave, "seeya, Mr. Kim."

-

"Mr. Jeon."

Jungkook's quick typing came to a pause as he turned his chair to face his boss, standing in the entrance of his cubicle.

"Morning, Mr. Kim," he greeted, "what can I do for you?"

"Are you free to go on a business trip in one week's time?" Namjoon asked, leaning against the frame of the entryway.

Jungkook hummed, and looked over his bare calendar.

"Let's see..." He said, pretending to see if he was free, despite his calendar only having a birthday reminder for one of his colleagues on the twenty-fifth.

He turned to Namjoon, who was smiling comically at him, "yep, I think I can squeeze a trip in."

Namjoon chuckled, "how generous. It's from June twelfth to June sixteenth. The hotel is going to be paid in full by the company, as well as traveling, as we will be on the plane together, and most food costs will be covered."

Jungkook nodded, "who else will be there?"

"Seo, Choi, Min, Park, Jung, Kim Seokjin, and Kim," Namjoon responded.