puzzle piece | jeong jaehyun

4

"But you wanna be bad, so beat it~"

Beat it.

"Beat it~"

Beat it.

"No one wants to be—"

"Yah Lee Haechan!" Yunhui shouted, swivelling around in her office chair to get the attention of the intern who was singing his favourite song—which she was unintentionally singing along to in her head

"Shut. Up." She said with an exasperated sigh, turning back around to her desk. She had already gotten into trouble with her boss for arriving to work 20 minutes late, she didn't want to be late going home because she was distracted as well

"Poor guy" Doyoung chuckled from beside her as he looked at Haechan's slightly red face as she voiced what all the other coworkers were also silently thinking

"Sorry, I just can't stand the new neighbours" she said, stress evident in her voice

"The earthquake people?" Doyoung asked, being a little nosy as usual

"Mhm, a single dad and his annoying little tone deaf daughter" she said and Doyoung laughed

"How old is she?" He asked

"Five!" Yunhui said, mimicking the little girl's voice and Doyoung let out a louder laugh

"Are you seriously beefing with a five year old?" He asked and she rolled her eyes

"Not with the kid, I'm beefing with her father who won't shut her up. It was 2am and she should've been in bed by then if she has school this morning" Yunhui hissed, believing she was completely right

"Is he hot?" He asked quickly

"Yeah—what?! No! He's an asshole!" She said, shaking her head quickly

"I asked if he was hot, not if he was a nice person" Doyoung said with a cheeky grin and she rolled her eyes

"Whatever...and stop smiling like that, you're creeping me out" she said, turning back to her computer

"Okay...I can just see where this is going" he smirked and she scoffed

"And where is that?" She asked, snapping her head to him, not very amused. He stood up with a smile, using his stapler as a flower bouquet, humming 'here comes the bride'

"Oh shut up!" She said, laughing at his playfulness

"Well you seem happy about it" he challenged and she rolled her eyes

"I'm happy that some people can actually sing on key" she replied with wit. Her phone vibrated against the table indicating that she was getting a call

"Can you cover for me?" She pleaded at Doyoung before crawling under her desk to answer the crawl before her boss could see

"Hello?" She whispered into the phone

"Hi there, am I speaking to Lee Minhyuk's mother?" The familiar sound of the school's principal said through the other end

"Yes, is something wrong?" She asked, her mind running through all the worst case scenarios. The principal let out an awkward chuckle, taking her time before replying

"You see, Minhyuk fell asleep in class today and his teacher is worried that he hasn't been getting proper sleep for the last two days. Are you able to come and pick him up early today?" The principal asked

"Seriously? You want me to drive all the way back because he fell asleep? Can't you just wake him up?" She hissed through the phone, knowing her boss wouldn't let this one slide easily