Something Flutters

Fascinated By You

Present Day

Chanyeol grins at the sight of a shabby looking Sehun rushing out of the elevator, tie in one hand and an unzipped briefcase in the other.

"Nice of you to show up," Chanyeol teases as Sehun acknowledges their secretary.

Sehun ignores him and takes the messages the secretary had taken while he was absent. He scans through them and makes a mental note to call his clients in the order the messages were received. He walks past Chanyeol, who's still looking far too amused for a lawyer who is supposed to lead an important staff meeting in less than three minutes.

Sehun puts his briefcase on his desk, and throws his tie on his chair, having no need for it at the moment. He senses Chanyeol entering his office, and he could already hear the questions threatening to spill from Chanyeol's lips. Now these are questions Chanyeol should know the answers to without Sehun's help, but being the type of person Chanyeol is, he goes ahead and asks anyway. Teasing Sehun has always given Chanyeol something entertaining to do at the office.

"So what is it this time?" Chanyeol asks, making himself comfortable on one of the leather armchairs Sehun has in his office.

"Lu wasn't feeling so good this morning," Sehun replies as he takes out various files from his briefcase. "He had a pretty bad fever, and I couldn't leave him until Yixing got to the house, which took forever because he drives slower than my grandma."

Chanyeol nods, knowing from personal experience. "Is that the only reason why you missed half the day?" he asks, eyes studying Sehun intently.

"I may have stayed longer than necessary," Sehun says with a shrug.

"And why is that?" Chanyeol asks, lips already twisting into a smirk.

"Because I wanted to make sure he was fine before I left," Sehun half-mumbles.

Chanyeol coughs. "Whipped."

Sehun rolls his eyes. "Shouldn't you be getting ready for the staff meeting?"

"No, I'm good," Chanyeol replies cheekily. He stands up and stuffs his hands into his pockets. "But you know, Sehun, I think it's amazing that you would miss work just because --"

"Luhan comes first," Sehun says immediately, cutting Chanyeol off.

Chanyeol smiles. "The world knows that, but don't you think you're being a bit too protective?"

"No," Sehun says flatly.

"Baek called me and told me it's just the common cold. A fever, runny nose, and a bit of coughing here and there, but nothing too serious. Luhan will be fine."

"Well, I don't like leaving his side whenever he gets sick, so consider it a miracle that I'm even here."

Chanyeol frowns. "But if you do things like this, what does that make me?"

"What do you mean?"

"I came to work when Baek had the flu. Heck, I was even early!"

"Are you forgetting the fact that you only came to work because he didn't want you to take care of him," Sehun deadpans. "He threw pillows at you and told you to get your flat to the office and make money. He even threatened to vomit all over you."

Chanyeol gasps. "Who told you?"

Sehun raises an eyebrow. "You do know who I'm married to, right?"

Chanyeol sighs. "They tell each other everything, don't they?"

"Everything," Sehun emphasizes.