MIDDLE. ᵏʲʷ

08 | welp

monday.

the first day of the week came. then before i was able to know it, i was already late. rushing in, i managed to get myself together before coming back to work today.

it'll be a long ride to the airport after all. gladly i was able to get into the bus before it was raining cats and dogs.

i didn't even brought an umbrella with me so i guess i'll be doing a marathon today on heels, huh?

by that marathon thing, i don't think i'll be able to run precisely all the way to the office to report. my workplace is quite big, after all. Can't i just go teleport?

hopefully my team manager won't scold me as much as he wants. i'm silently praying for my life to be spared by him.

welp, i just have to endure my foot a bit, i guess? it's not like i fractured it and i might as well get the resilience that i wanted.

who knows? the weather isn't that pretty much good today but i won't use that as an excuse.

the shuttle finally arrived and it was about time to get myself ready to overcome those obstacles of people on the way to the office.

my luggage is pretty huge and there's a lot of important things inside there that's why i didn't dare to unpack.

a bunch of people were already there and to be honest, i'm feeling lost at my own workplace.

i decided to rest a bit in the corner to clear up my mind.

there's no such time for me to panic, i'm not bad at directions but how could this just happen now? manager-nim would rant at me all the way again.

until someone came to me and helped me with my things. "eunbi, you're back! how are things going?" a melodic voice that's filled with honey of how sweet it sounds welcomes me back.

i lift my head immediately to see whoever is the owner of that voice.

it was taeil. moon taeil. my colleague! i'm so glad that he came to help me out!

"hi!... actually i'm kinda lost?" i said as i greeted him back. a sheepish smile escaped from my mouth as i was anxiously waiting for him to respond.

"there's no problem at all, i'm heading back there too." he replied and leaded the way.

thank god i encountered an angel today! if it weren't for him i would stay stranded there for hours.

at the moment that we've entered the office, manager-nim started to get fired up, i was about to say a word but then he went first with his nagging that almost turned into a rap.

i wonder what was his sideline, though. geez, eunbi its not the time to make jokes! wake up will you? he's almost spitting fire everywhere and there's really nothing that i could do about it.

maybe i should just go and ask for a firetruck later, not now.

my co-workers didn't dare to interfere, including taeil. everyone seemed like they've become solid as frozen ice.

eh? what's so scary about him? i'm not scared okay? im just about to lose my job.

he then starts to calm down and massages his temples, now his breathing is stable and I think its my turn to talk now as well.

"sir, i'm sorry the traffic was in a big time today," i spoke to him calmly, trying to look at his face but then i noticed that i was looking at my shoes for the whole time.

he looks hot but then his temper is hotter than the sun itself. i hope Mr. Lee fixes this soon.

"alright, you're an hour late today. then you'll have to stay for an hour later during your shift tonight, understood?" he said and went back to work.