On-Way Passage || ᴠᴍɪɴ

Chapter 47

When Jimin exited his office, walked down the corridor to his lab, and peeked inside through the windows, he saw that, in lieu of working, everyone had come together and was having a discussion. He strolled right past them and took the elevator up to Taehyung’s office.

After greeting Jimin, the assistant immediately welcomed him into Taehyung’s office, where he would be waiting for him.

Jimin opened the door and walked in. Taehyung, who was sitting behind his desk, was on the phone. His face was solemn, but he didn’t appear all that tense—he even blinked at Jimin when he noticed him.

Jimin settled down on the sofa and waited for Taehyung there.

Taehyung was apparently talking about Moze’s news.

Jimin’s heart was in a state of indefineable disarray. While he waited, he took out his phone and looked up news on the internet. He discovered that there wasn’t much relevant news at the moment and came upon a piece of gossip instead; someone had photographed him and Hyunjin on their walk at the university the night before and had uploaded the photos on a relevant forum.

Neither he nor Hyunjin were celebrities, but the banner revealed their identities, sparking a small discussion beneath the post.

The photos were shared last night, and the initial discussion was about Hyungjin’s chief perfumer walking with Moze’s boss, with some even questioning if Jimin was having an affair.

The second Moze’s article was released this afternoon, this forum post blew up. People flocked to speculate on whether Jimin would jump ship to Moze, and given Jimin’s relationship with Taehyung, some even speculated on if he would divorce him.

Moments later, Jimin saw that his and Hyunjin’s photos were actually trending on a much larger social networking platform. He was completely perplexed, unable to see why this issue was so worthy of attention.

Unable to resist, he opened the trending topics and found that not many people were talking about this issue; the first related topic was still news about Moze’s pheromone perfumes. Underneath, many were questioning who these two people were, and some were even wondering what was going on. Later on, a marketing account posted a lengthy comment explaining Jimin and Hyunjin’s identities, as well as raising the question of whether or not Moze’s pheromone perfume launch suggested that Jimin would be leaving Hyungjin for Moze.

“Moze is media-playing.” Taehyung’s voice suddenly sounded in Jimin’s ear.

Jimin, who had been concentrating on his phone, was abruptly startled. His lax grip caused his phone to fall before he hurried to catch it. He clutched his chest and, with a dismal expression on his face, he said, “You scared the living hell out of me.”

Taehyung reached out to take his phone and casually turned it over. “What is it that you’re scared of?”

“When did you get here?” Although Jimin felt that getting on the trending topics was somewhat novel, he also wasn’t too fond of being the talk of town. He watched on as Taehyung scrolled through the topic without getting any closer.

Taehyung said, “After I hung up.”

Jimin hurriedly questioned, “What’s going on with Moze?”

“Nothing,” said Taehyung. “Moze’s pheromone perfumes took more than one or two days to develop—the timing they chose is just inconvenient for us.”

Thinking of Jungkook’s identity, Jimin couldn’t help but grab Taehyung’s wrist. “Are you sure that they developed their pheromone perfumes themselves?” he said in a small voice.