Summary
Two of the best interness hoseok and jimin were forced to work togheter on a case.
Jimin was an extroverted prince while hoseok was a socially awkward introvert... thier union was a total disaster.
At least that's what everyone else thought.
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Jimin and Hoseok were forced to work on a case together.
Hoseok was always given the most difficult assignments, because the system hated him for who he'd always been. And Hoseok always took the assignments, because he agreed.
Jimin took the most difficult assignments because he loved the world and always wanted to save, save, save, of course. So now they were thrown together, poring over notes and trying to crack the case.
It was a weeks-long project, requiring countless hours and overtime. It was misery to work together, but the intensity of the work and its long duration left little room to focus on their animosity toward each other.
Their dialogue consisted less and less of jabs and insults, and instead consisted of exchanging information about the case. They even helped each other, pointing out valuable details or offering advice, once or twice even mentioning that the other had done something well. It was still barely bearable, but at least it was that much.
One night, Jimin rubbed his tired eyes beneath his glasses. "I'm starving," he said. "I need food or my brain is going to shut off."
"Push past it," Hoseok said. "We haven't done enough to justify taking off for the night."
"Let's go to a pub or something fast," Jimin negotiated. "We can work at the table, and then once we eat we can come back here and finish. There's no use in keeping at this when our blood sugars are so low, right? We're no good to anyone if we collapse."
Finally, Hoseok relented, because he'd learned after all this time that if it came down to a difference of opinion between park Jimin and jung Hoseok, park Jimin was probably the one in the right.
This night proved no exception. Jimin's plan ended up being so beneficial that they did the same thing the next day, and the next. At one point they even upgraded to eating at finer establishments, and during actual dinnertime. And, as this worked so well, Jimin eventually suggested they work together through lunches, too.
They ended up working so efficiently together that their case ended in a huge success. Relieved and pleased, Jimin and Hoseok went to their usual pub that night, this time in celebration. Jimin and he got drunk, and Jimin's eyes glittered with excitement. "This is brilliant—you and I are brilliant," he declared, fixing his beaming smile right on Hoseok, and Hoseok had to admit that it was brilliant that they'd been able to close the case. "We should keep doing this," Jimin said.
As much as Hoseok knew they both hated each other, he agreed they should probably team up on other projects, and thus achieve similarly successful results. Jimin smiled brightly when Hoseok said so.
Jimin and he worked together again from then on. Even when they weren't assigned on the same case, they sometimes worked in the same office space together, since they had formed the habit and because they'd discovered bouncing ideas off each other often helped. "You shouldn't work at the table," Jimin said one night at their favourite restaurant. "It's rude. Come on."
Hoseok rolled his eyes. He always worked at the table. But, he supposed it was rather rude to the wait staff, and since he was ahead of schedule on this assignment, he could stand to pause on his work for enough time to have dinner.
