No time to waste (on another pretty face) | SUNSUN 𐙚

~Ch:24~

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Jungwon liked to think of himself as an invaluable part of Riki’s business.

Sure, Riki may have had connections all over campus and was single handedly running the local yakuza chapter but…

With his cutesy childish face, people tended to underestimate Jungwon.

And that opened up a series of doors, leading right to people’s deepest darkest secrets.

Their partnership had started a few months ago. Jungwon remembered standing in line behind an alpha complaining to Riki and eavesdropping on their conversation.

The alpha kept sneaking glances over at Choi Yeonjun who was browsing the ice cream fridge, and was grumbling about wanting to ask the omega out. But, he never had the opportunity since the omega had been with his highschool boyfriend forever.

Riki didn’t seem to give a fuck, humming to himself as he scanned and bagged the guy’s cigarettes.

But Jungwon did give a fuck. And he decided to give this poor fuck a chance.

“Um…excuse me?” Jungwon said in his most timid voice, schooling his expression into the most innocent look he could muster. “I hate to interrupt but…”

The alpha turned, confused as to why this little omega was bothering him.

“I overheard Yeonjun-ssi earlier today talking about how he had a fight with his boyfriend and the two of them broke up.” Jungwon said, speaking quietly and looking over his shoulder to make sure Yeonjun couldn’t hear him.

Jungwon recalled a memory from earlier that day. He had been in the gym’s changing rooms and had listened to Yeonjun complain to one of his friends about that very topic.

He hadn’t thought much of it at the moment but the way the alpha’s eyes lit up made Jungwon think he had been sitting on a bad boy piece of information.

“No shit?” The alpha turned to give Jungwon his full attention. Riki watched them carefully over the counter. “How do I know you’re not lying?”

Jungwon just shrugged.

“You don’t.” He said honestly, and the alpha’s face fell a little. “But, look at how much ice cream he’s buying right now. An omega only does that when they’re going through a breakup.”

The alpha went quiet for a moment, staring at Yeonjun and clearly speedrunning every possible outcome in his head.

Finally, he nodded.

“I’m gonna go talk to him.” He announced and made his way across the store.

“You just send that guy to his death?” Riki asked Jungwon, and the omega just giggled.

“Yeonjun-ssi’s gonna say yes.” Jungwon said confidently, resting his arm on the counter so he and Riki could watch the scene play out together. “It was a bad breakup. He beat the shit out of a punching bag at the gym today. With no headphones on! It was psychopathic. His boyfriend must have fucked up badly.”

“So you think he’s gonna rebound with that guy?” Riki asked, understanding dawning in his eyes.

“I know for a fact he will.” Jungwon said, closely watching as the alpha approached Yeonjun and began to speak.

Yeonjun’s bag was see through and Jungwon had noticed one of the little vibrators that the store sold inside of it. The omega was clearly wanting to get off that night, and the alpha talking to him wasn’t ugly. It was a tale as old as time.

The situation escalated very quickly. Yeonjun’s eyes brightened and he immediately pulled the alpha in for a kiss, bags dropping to the floor as they began to make out against the freezer door.

“Oh…” Jungwon blinked in disbelief. “They work fast.”

Between this guy and Jake, Jungwon was starting to wonder what was in the water to have both alphas and omegas acting this insane…

“Fuck, I’m gonna have to wipe that shit down after they’re done.” Riki groaned.

On his way out, with a very excited Yeonjun on his arm, the guy ended up giving Jungwon a fistful of bills.

“Thank you!” He called out, a dopey smile on his face as he headed outside with the beautiful omega.

“...what the fuck just happened?” Jungwon looked down at the money in his hands with disbelief.

“I think you’re a pimp now.” Riki laughed and then hastily backtracked at the look of horror on Jungwon’s face. “I mean- not a pimp!”

“I can’t be a pimp, I’m an omega activist!” Jungwon was panicking, holding the bills away from him like the blood money it felt like.

“Not a pimp!” Riki repeated loudly. “More like…a matchmaker? I mean, if you don’t want that money, I’ll take it. You basically stole a customer away from me anyway.”

“You sell omegas?” Jungwon gasped, taking a step back in horror.

“I don’t fucking sell omegas, keep your voice down!” Riki demanded, looking around the shop before leaning close. “I just help people out. That’s all.”

Jungwon paused and narrowed his eyes.

“What do you mean…?”

“If someone wants something, I do my best to provide it for them.” Riki said casually, but there was a mischievous glint in his eyes. “For a price.”

Jungwon’s fist tightened around the bills in his hand.

“Omegas have been the one nut I’ve never been able to crack.” Riki continued, and leveled Jungwon with an impressed look. “But you look like you can.”

“Sounds violent.” Jungwon said.

“Something tells me that’s right up your alley.” Riki shot back, and his words made Jungwon smile.

After that day, the two of them struck up an unlikely partnership and split the money amongst each other. Alphas came to Riki with questions about omegas and Jungwon supplied them with answers that he overheard in changing rooms, and elevators, and library corners, and during omega activist meetings.

Huh…maybe that last reason was why Jungwon had never been nominated member of the month. A small price to pay.

Of course, Jungwon had lines that he’d never cross. Boundaries he respected. Sensitive information he’d never share.

And, Sunoo and Jay were off-limits entirely. Jungwon loved them dearly, he would never sell his secrets no matter the price!

Also Heeseung. Not because Jungwon loved him, but because he was boring and had no secrets to sell.

But Jake, on the other hand…

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