i will always love you, even if it hurts

1st time we met

jihoon and daniel were already in their 5th year when daniel went to canada for a job opportunity. there he met seongwoo, an acquaintance of his officemate. after being close for almost a month, daniel and seongwoo's relationship led to something more. in short, daniel had an affair w/seongwoo during his 2 year contract in canada. when his contract expired, he went back to korea and to jihoon who is ignorant of daniel's affair. a few months after, seongwoo went to korea and contacted daniel w/o knowing that daniel has a long term boyfriend. seongwoo begged daniel that it doesn't matter if he will be a third party for daniel and jihoon's relationship. daniel knows that he loves jihoon since the day they met in their previous job, but there's something in seongwoo that he can't let go either.

jihoon's 1st job is a treasury assistant in a financial institution in seoul last 2013. there he met daniel, a tall, handsome, fair skinned and with a good built young man. he works in another department in their other branch in busan. he just went to seoul once a month for a general assembly with their president and CEO. at first, jihoon doesn't notice daniel. he just gained interest when his co-worker minhyun introduced daniel to him. he just bow and shook hands with the handsome man. since then every month that daniel visited their office the first person that daniel greets is jihoon and the younger doesn't know why.

"hi jihoon, would you like to take a break and have snacks at the cafeteria" as daniel approached jihoon. jihoon thinks that he needs a break somehow before going back to the worksheet that he can't balance for the last hour. " sure" he said to daniel.

since then, the 2 became close. after a few months, daniel was transferred from their busan branch to their main branch in seoul due to re-alignment of their organization. the 2 can't hide their excitement as they can see each other every day. the 2 become closer as they are always together, during breaks, lunch and after work.

1 friday night, jihoon goes to the rooftop of their office building to have a fresh air. he really needs some break because his eyes are already red and his back aches. as he was sitting in a bench near the wall, he heard footsteps slowly going towards him. it's already past 10 in the evening so he doesn't expect any employees to come to the rooftop at that time and they are only 5 in his dept. that are still in the office. when someone grabs his arms, he almost jumped in his seat in surprise. "daniel you scared the shit out of me, what are you doing here, i thought you already went home". daniel chuckles at jihoon's expression as he found him so adorable and cute everytime he surprised the younger. "yes, i left around 8:00 pm but i forgot that i need to email some file to minhyun that he needs early morning tomorrow that's why i decided to come back. you what are you still doing here, it's already past 10 in the evening" daniel asked jihoon while sitting down. "i just need to finish this worksheet that needed tom. for the monthly treasury meeting and i'll be going home after that". daniel and jihoon stays silent for a couple of minutes when daniel move closer to jihoon. the younger froze as he's not used to being this close with the older. yes they're pretty close as co-workers but not physically close. he noticed daniel staring at him and he jokingly punch the older's left shoulder and mistakenly looks straight at daniel's eyes and said "what are you staring at, are you enjoying the view?"daniel just smiled softly and slowly moving closer to jihoon and looking at his plump pink lips. jihoon didn't flinch and he also surprised himself that he's not pulling away. seconds after, he feels daniel's lips on his. the kiss is soft and gentle and he surprisingly close his eyes during that few seconds. when he opens his eyes, he sees daniel looking at him passionately. embarrased with flushed cheeks, he turns away. daniel cups his both cheeks and kisses his forehead, nose and lastly his lips. "do you know how beautiful you are?" daniel asked jihoon. the younger jokingly answered "yes i know i'm quite beautiful". daniel chuckles as he gently brushes jihoon's hair. daniel slowly pick up jihoon's hand and intertwined with his. both of them didn't say anything until jihoon told daniel that he already needs to go back to finish his work. daniel accompanies jihoon to the office with their fingers intertwined. he told jihoon that he will wait for him until he finish so they can go home together. the younger just nods shyly and happily went back to his desk. he don't know what just happened between them but he surely likes this kind of feeling. jihoon told to himself.