Overboard (iKON JunHwan Angst)

Chapter 17: Reunited

Chapter 17: Reunited

Junhoe's brows furrowed as he tapped his fingers against the table. His eyes were full of concentration towards his laptop screen while reading the content of the slides for a presentation he's been working on for a week now since he came back from Jeju.

"I haven't seen you this focused and committed in a project proposal ever since I worked with you." Junhoe heard Chanwoo's voice from his back but the latter was only responded with silence.

Junhoe straightened his back to his chair and click the save button before giving his assistant a questioning look.

"Tell me your honest review on this one." He casually blurted out.

Chanwoo looked at him with eyes uncertain whether to throw a lame joke to lighten up Junhoe's gaze but ended up saying the things he needed to say. Like he said, this was the first time he saw Junhoe worked on a project so keenly and he could see how much Junhoe wanted this proposal to reach his father. For some reasons, he thought it has something to do with his trip from Jeju.

The young assistant cleared his throat first before speaking.

"I'm impressed." He said with conviction as he crossed his arms against his chest.

"It's not to impress you, Chanwoo-ya." The words almost came out a little whiny from Junhoe's mouth.

"I know. But if it can't impress at least me, then your father won't even bother to read it. You know how meticulous the CEO is and I can say, you'll get his interest."

Junhoe slowly nodded in agreement. As expected, his assistant always knows what's good and bad. He stretched his limbs to finally relax after a week of sleepless nights. He was a step closer to his final challenge – to get his father's approval on his first ever project as a new Operations Manager.

He checked his phone when he saw something pop out on his screen. It was Bobby. His best friend was visiting in Seoul and they agreed to meet. He could say that his relationship with Bobby was slowly back to the way they used to be...as best friends.

"Thanks, Chanwoo-ya. I'm meeting Bobby-hyung for dinner. Please pass the presentation to noona. I need her feedback too." He handed his laptop to the younger and headed outside his office after getting an affirmative nod from Chanwoo that he could go.

Junhoe met Bobby in a nearby restaurant for their scheduled dinner. The older was supposed to visit the hotel anyway, but Junhoe requested to eat out which Bobby was not the one to complain either.

"Did you finish your presentation?" Bobby casually asked while enjoying his well-done steak.

"Hmm. I told Chanwoo to let noona see it." Junhoe replied without looking at the guy in front of him.

"I got to look at your final draft you've sent me and in all honesty, you're doing a good job there, Junhoe-ya."

"That's probably because you helped me a lot. You make time to give me a hand for research and you made it easy for me to finish the rest of it. So yeah, basically, half of the project was thanks to you." Junhoe said as he drank from his glass of wine and smirked at his best friend who is now crossing his arms on his chest.

"It was all your idea. I just did what you asked me to do, so give yourself the credit. Really, I'm proud you pull this off."

Junhoe froze on Bobby's words. They might have been closer in the past months, but the familiar praises Bobby gave him almost felt cringey sometimes. Probably because of what happened to them that made every kind word thrown at each other feels so awkward now.