the penthouse

07 | a tragic incident.

" doyoung, this is probably the third time you call me over to your office today. " sooyoung rolled her eyes, walking into doyoung's office. she was immediately met with her friend, who was scrolling down his phone.

when he saw sooyoung, he put his phone down and smiled towards her. sooyoung watched as he got up and approached her, wrapping his arm around her back. for sure, he wanted something and tried to get sooyoung to join him.

" do you want to go home earlier ? i am not really looking forward to spending more time here. " doyoung told sooyoung, still smiling in a way that made sooyoung realise he was just trying to convince her. " we should go. "

" doyoung, you are supposed to attend your father's meeting in less than an hour. " sooyoung tried to explain to doyoung, who did not seem to be bothered by it. he did not care about a single stupid meeting. " you can not leave. "

" yes, i can leave, and we are going to leave. my father is not going to be bothered by the fact that we want to go home and rest. " doyoung replied to sooyoung's concerns, " i think we should head home, as fast as possible. "

" you and your stupid privellege. i can not believe that you are asking me to do this. what if someone catches me and fires me, for joining you in skipping work ? " she asked, a scared expression appearing on her face.

" are you serious, sooyoung ? i am your employer, and i am not going to fire you. now, take your purse and let's go home. " doyoung pat sooyoung's back. he walked out of his office first, quickly followed by sooyoung.

she took her purse and ran after doyoung. as she was about to reach the elevator, sooyoung fell to the ground. a loud noise was heard, and a few people stopped to look at her. she could hear a few laughs, meaning that it was something embarrassing.

very embarrassing. sooyoung had never experienced such thing, nor did she ever want to. when she looked up from the ground, she saw that doyoung was already approaching her. she felt like crying in that exact moment.

doyoung helped her get up. he then allowed sooyoung to fix her outfit, trying his best not to look around. everyone was surely looking at sooyoung, and finding her situation funny and stupid. how could she fall that bad ?

" everyone is looking at me, am i right ? " sooyoung asked doyoung, who shook his head. " stop trying to be nice. i feel like the most.. i have no words for what i have just done. doyoung, i think we should go home. i want to be home. " she complained.

doyoung nodded at her words. getting through the crowd of people was hard, especially since they saw sooyoung falling down in an extremely unserious way. there was no obstacle in front of her.

" do you want to go home, or go and have lunch ? " doyoung asked sooyoung, pressing the elevator button. sooyoung looked around, choosing to remain silent. she did not want to be next to anyone, because of what she had just done.

when the doors of the elevator opened, sooyoung was the first one to get in. she was followed by doyoung, who closed the elevator doors and looked at her. he was waiting for sooyoung to let him know what she wanted.

" sooyoung, please remember that you are not the first person to fall in the middle of the hallway. it is normal for a person to.. fall. " doyoung tried to cheer up the situation, but it was clear that sooyoung did not want to talk.

she thought that she was going to appear on the internet, all over social media. what if someone recorded her disastrous fall ? sooyoung was extremely scared that jaehyun would see the video and realise who she was.

" do you think i was recorded by anyone ? doyoung, if any video of me pops up and everyone sees me in such ways, i will never leave aurora palace. " sooyoung grabbed doyoung's arm, making him laugh.