24H | SEVENTEEN

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Wonwoo scurried out of the elevator as soon as the doors open. "I'm sorry, sorry." He apologised walking through the crowd. The employees gave him strange look but he cared less as he made a beeline towards the Production department. He was about to walk in directly but stopped himself and peeked from outside. "Where is she?" He muttered to himself. Rumi was nowhere to be seen. When he had woken up in morning the bed beside him was cold and empty.

"Noona? Noona!" Wonwoo walked out of the room calling out for her.

"Wonwoo-ya what happened?" Youngjae asked walking out from the kitchen. "Noona? Where is noona? She wasn't there, where did she go?"

"Calm down, calm down." Youngjae put his hand on Wonwoo's shoulder. "She's fine." He assured. "Rumi received a call from work so she had to leave early. You went to bed late so she didn't wake you up." He explained trying to calm him down.

"But hyung yesterday-" Youngjae nodded his head. "She's fine. Don't worry."

How could he not worry after witnessing her like that? So the first thing he had done was calling her but she didn't answer any of them. Yes, she might be busy with work but that didn't put Wonwoo's mind to rest. He had to see her, hear her to know if she was really fine or not. "Still not picking up the phone? Noona, where are you?" He asked peeking inside. "Should I go in and ask?" He muttered to himself when he felt a tap on his shoulder. Uh huh, I'm caught. He thought fixing his mask and turning around to face the person. Eo?

"May I help yo-Wonwoo-nim?" It was Rumi's intern. Wonwoo let out a sigh in relief thanking the gods it was someone he was familiar with. Wonwoo nodded greeting her in small voice. Aerum flustered glanced around cautiously and gestured Wonwoo towards the emergency stairs. Wonwoo nodded and followed her there. Aerum glanced up at him, "Is everything alright?" She asked noticing that he looked troubled. 

Wonwoo pulled down his mask and nodded his head. "De. Everything's fine. It's just noona- I mean Rumi-ssi have you seen her? I didn't see her in the department earlier."

Aerum furrowed her eyebrows. "Team jangnim? No, I didn't see her since morning." She replied shaking her head in answer. Hearing that the worry on his face escalated. "Ah wait! Let me call and ask Jaewoni he was supposed to assist team jangnim today." She said pulling out her phone and dialling his number real-quick.

"Really? Thank you." Wonwoo said bowing towards her in gratefulness. "Ah aniyo please don't-" Aerum shook her head when Jaewon answered her call.  "Eo Jaewon-ah, eodiya? Are you with team jangnim?" She asked as Wonwoo anticipatedly stared at her. "Eo? You are." She said giving a thumps up to Wonwoo who mouthed 'noona, where is noona?' "Ah-ah okay. Where is team jangnim? Is she near-by?" Wonwoo gestured towards the phone. Aerum nodded, "Her phone, is it not with her?" She asked. "You don't know?" She repeated looking towards Wonwoo who had a dejected look on his face. "Um, is she busy? Ah-ah okay. She is. But she is okay right?" Aerum asked. "She is okay." She gave a okay sign to Wonwoo. "Eo? Aniya-aniya, I was just asking. It's nothing. Ah, you must be busy right? I shouldn't take your time anymore. Bye." With that she quickly hung up before he starts questioning her odd call. "Wah I dodged it." She muttered in relief.

"Gamsahamnida." Wonwoo bowed towards making her step back and shake head no. "And I am really sorry for troubling you like this."

"Aniyo-aniyo. You don't have to really, Wonwoo-nim. In fact I'm rather grateful that I was able to be one of the waves that helped sailed this ship."

"De?" Wonwoo looked at her in question. "De? Ah nothing." Aerum slapped her mouth for slipping out. Wonwoo nodded even though he found her weird. "Haha." Aerum awkwardly laughed. "Then I should get back to work." She said pointing towards the door. "Ah de, de." Wonwoo nodded. "Once again thank you for you help." Aerum smiled quietly left this time not wanting to blurt out anything else.