The reason Jimin disliked Jungkook couldn’t be simpler—he didn’t quite believe that a university student alpha would purely be in a relationship with a wealthy, divorced omega who had three kids without having ulterior motives.
Jungkook had stated that his family wasn’t well-off, but he had no reservations about using Seokjin’s money; living in a luxurious residence and wearing famous brands, wasn’t he just a kept man?
Jimin had also grown up poor, but he’d only ever pondered how to make enough money so his grandfather could live comfortably, never once considering finding a wealthy man to provide for him and make his life easier.
From Seokjin and Jungkook’s argument at breakfast that morning, it sounded like Seokjin didn’t particularly agree with Jungkook interning at Hyungjin, but after several days passed, Jimin ended up running into Jungkook at the company, and on the latter’s chest hung an intern’s ID card.
It was during lunch, at the cafeteria. Jimin was sitting at his lab co-workers’ table when Jungkook brought his meal tray over and took a seat next to him.
The instant Jungkook sat down, the entire table fell silent. Jimin noted that several people were clearly sneaking glances at Jungkook, yet Jungkook didn’t care in the least, smiling as he greeted Jimin.
Jimin shot a look at his work ID and saw that he was interning at the marketing department, so he casually asked, “Are you adjusting to work all right?”
“Pretty much,” said Jungkook. “It’s completely different from school.”
Jimin nodded, unsure how to proceed with the conversation.
Jungkook chatted with Jimin in a natural manner, even asking why he hadn’t seen Taehyung today, doing nothing to keep his identity under wraps.
In the afternoon, Jimin overheard Ha-rin and another young beta lady gossiping about Jungkook in the lab. Curious, he went over and asked, “Do you guys know who Jungkook is?”
Ha-rin was too embarrassed to respond at first, but at Jimin’s insistence, she said, “Everyone in the company knows about him. Isn’t he a stunner? The moment he turned up, there were rumours that the new handsome little alpha intern was the old boss’s sweetheart.”
Jimin didn’t know what to say to that. He could only nod and say, “Right.” He assumed that by this point, everyone in the company should probably share his dislike for Jungkook.
However, Jimin never expected that half an hour later, Jungkook, who’d been the talk of the company today, would turn up in front of the lab. He peered inside curiously through the glass and waved to Jimin when he spotted him, pointing to himself, then to the lab, indicating that he wanted to go in. Jimin shook his head.
He stepped out of the lab and said, “Why don’t we go to my office so we don’t disturb the others.”
Jungkook grinned and said, “Sure.”
“How are you so idle?” Jimin poured some water into a paper cup and set it down on the desk in front of Jungkook. “Haven’t they assigned you any work?”
Jungkook shook his head and picked up the cup. “I’m just an intern.”
Jimin sat down opposite Jungkook and for a split second, he felt that, compared to Jungkook, there was nothing about himself that seemed like a university student. Subconsciously, he substituted himself into Taehyung’s position and said, “Shouldn’t interns be busy? You have to learn everything from scratch.”
Jungkook shrugged. “They generally treat interns as free labour. Stuff like photocopying documents, ordering takeout, and filling out forms? They dump it onto interns. I’m not here to learn how to do odd jobs, I genuinely want to learn things at Hyungjin.”
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Fanfiction[COMPLETED] Park Jimin, a Beta, awoke after a car accident discovering that he couldn't remember anything from the last six years. He didn't remember being the top perfumer in the world, the death of his grandfather and, most importantly, he didn't...
