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chanmin - without law and order.

(bang chan x seungmin)

Nightfall had been cast upon Seoul City, the city that never sleeps. The veracity of the saying didn't matter to the legal representatives that resided in the city— it's not like they found the time to rest, anyways.

Tonight was like every other night for Hwang Law Firm, located in the heart of Seoul's legal district. The air was light and a gentle breeze blew over the faces of the tired lawyers who stepped outside to catch a moment's break from their hectic schedules. The streetlights were slowly starting to light up, but everyone would do fine even without it. The light from the buildings would be enough to illuminate the streets. Despite the large number of law firms in the area, their only common ground besides their field of work was that they overworked their employees— but you can't really blame them. Justice won't prevail on it's own, will it?

The smell of Mr. Cha's famous stir-fried rice cakes greets Seungmin's nose, giving him a warm, homely feeling as opposed to his stressful work situation. He began to have thoughts of giving his parents a quick visit, mentally making a note to call them since he hadn't spoken to them in days. He oh, so badly wanted to have those scrumptious rice cakes that his mother made, but for now he had to make do with Mr. Cha's. Of course, the vendor's rice cakes were amazing, but the ones Seungmin's mother made had a special ingredient to it that made him consider it to be the best in the world: it had her love.

As though being an exceptional lawyer wasn't challenging enough, his colleague and fellow attorney Bang Chan always found a way to make everything a competition when Seungmin was involved. At the beginning stages, he only did it beacuse Chan was senior to him by a year, and also to prove that he never backs down from a challenge. Kim Seungmin and the word "quit" in the same sentence? Impossible.

Eventually, he himself found some thrill in working his fingers to the bone just to defeat Chan. It gave him immense joy whenever he won against him, but when he lost, boy, that was a different story.

His apartment wouldn't get sight of it's owner for multiple days in a row whenever Chan "defeated" him. His worst record so far is a week and a half when Chan won a major case, and from the way things were going now, he was headed the same route. Seungmin had been in a slump since the previous week, but his competitive spirit never died.

"Look who's slacking on the job even though he's losing," Chan's teasing voice greets his ears from behind him, and he just groans in response.

"Can't even eat in peace now," he mumbles to himself as he fishes out some change from his pockets, but he was loud enough for the older to hear. He lets out a breathy chuckle in return, and Seungmin couldn't help but feel something funny in his stomach. It had been happening quite often as of recent times, and Seungmin was really considering getting himself checked with a doctor.

'Or I'm just imagining these problems. I don't sleep enough, anyways,' Seungmin would tell himself.

"Are you gonna watch me eat or do you need me to give you an invitation to leave?" Seungmin deadpans, completely uninterested in whatever Chan was plotting. You do not get to disturb him while he eats, and Chan knew that better than anyone else. Still, it didn't cost anything to annoy him.

"I would prefer the former, if you're asking me my honest opinion," he says with a mischievous grin, and Seungmin could only roll his eyes back at him to draw his attention away from his own thumping heart.

"Whatever, just leave me alone. Don't you have that big road dispute case to work on or something? Get going already, you... loafer," Seungmin waves him away with his free hands, unable to come up with a creative insult.

Once upon a time, he used to be witty and innovative with his comebacks that they always left Chan stupefied, but with all these symptoms he has been experiencing, his power of inventing unique insults magically disappeared.