Lost and Found

16: Can't Stop The Feeling

Luhan was restless, he had been pacing back and forth in the office for quite some time now. His presentation with the legend of wind was scheduled at one in the afternoon in the Sapience Conference Room of the Department of Education.

"Calm down, Luhan-hyung. I'm pretty sure you will do just fine," Jungwoo said.

"I know he sounds and looks intimidating, but His Excellence is kind," Jaehyun added.

"But what if I said something wrong? Or worse, the whole thing is not feasible?" Luhan was venting all his stress onto his hair.

"Hyung, I saw the effort you put into this. Nothing can go wrong," Taeil joined in.

"And besides, His Excellence only gives constructive criticism," Johnny mentioned.

"But what if—"

"Relax, hyung. As the person managing the bureau which is the main beneficiary of your research, I can assure you your paper is nearly perfect," Yuta reassured. "In fact, your research is good enough to be a dissertation for a doctorate."

"See, hyung? You've heard from Yuta himself," Doyoung approached Luhan. "Just take a seat and let me fix your hair."

"Don't worry. Yuta and I will be there with you in the conference room," Taeyong chimed in. "By the way, Jaehyun, darling? Can you please take Luhan-hyung's files to the conference room? And please prepare the conference room while you're at it."

Jaehyun simply complied, "Sure, why not? Anything that can help Luhan-hyung with his presentation."

"By the way, where is Natae-ssi? She's not in today," Jungwoo noticed.

"She had to submit a paper so she asked for a leave of absence for the whole week," Taeyong knew as the assistant chief.

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Luhan, Taeyong, and Yuta were already inside the Sapience Conference Room before the scheduled time. Luhan forced the other two to be early, he wanted to leave a good impression with His Excellence. On his part, Sehun entered the room at exactly one in the afternoon.

"Good afternoon, Your Excellence. Please have a seat," Luhan's voice was a bit shaky.

"Taeyong-ah, Yuta-ya, how are you?" Sehun cheerfully greeted. "Good luck, Luhan-ssi!"

Sehun's unexpected casual attitude almost made Luhan go off-script, "As the meeting might run long, I've prepared for His Excellence large bubble tea."

When Luhan placed the bubble tea in front of Sehun, he was surprised by the gesture so he whispered to Taeyong, "Spill. Who among you revealed my love for bubble tea?"

To which Taeyong also replied in the same restrained manner, "Nobody did, Your Excellence. He found it out on his own."

"In front of you, gentlemen, is a printed manuscript of our agenda for this afternoon," Luhan started but was rattled about something.

"Anything wrong, Luhan-hyung?" Taeyong checked.

"My manuscript is missing. I made sure I printed four copies for this meeting," Luhan was panicking.

"Don't worry about that, hyung. Take my copy. I already read the entirety of your presentation anyway," Yuta offered.

"Thank you, Yuta-ya," Luhan visibly relaxed at that point. "Sorry for the delay. Once again, good afternoon. I am Lu Han, a member of the Department of Education and I will be presenting this afternoon the possible additional courses for the alternative learning system expansion."