𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 | 𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗲𝘇

t w e l v e

san

san gags as he forces more hand soap into his mouth in his job's bathroom. he uses his hand and massages as much of the soap into his tastebuds as he can, he doesn't even care if he swallows some of it.

he wants the taste out of his mouth. he'd rather have the aftertaste of chemical lemon soap that his bosses seed in his mouth.

san clocked in at his normal time, and immediately rushed to his desk, hoping that maybe me.cheong forgot. but he never does.

san jumped when a hand slammed on his desk, and he looked up see his boss, eyes so full of anger san swears he saw flames. "choi. we need to have a few words."

san tried his best not to cry as he walked to his office, but as soon as he entered the room and cheong locked the door behind them, he let the tears fall.

he got a harsh slap to the cheek, one that snapped his head to the side and made him stumble back.

"so you think that's cute, huh? going on little get togethers with your friends.." he grabbed sans chin, forcing the omega to look straight in his eyes. "going out with other alphas?"

san quickly shook his head, trying not to burst out sobbing, but the way his bottom lip was quivering, he knew he couldn't hold it in much longer.

"oh, so you want to lie to me now? that's alright."

san finally cried out when he was forced on his knees.

•••

after san finishes rinsing out his mouth best he can, he fixes his ruined hair in the mirror, dust off his work shirt, and stares at himself.

"why do i let this happen? why can't i just quit? record a video, audio, anything that could get his status ruined?"

"why can't i stand up for myself?"

but he remembers the fact that this is the only job that would accept him in his entire district of seoul. it was either this, or he travels two hours in traffic to go to another job that didn't even pay close to what he gets for working here. and he remembers wooyoung. his best friend in the whole world, who can't afford his therapy sessions even with seonghwa's help. they're extremely expensive, but san feels like it's his duty to help his friend. wooyoung's been through too much to just be set back because he can no longer afford his doctor.

with his mind heavy in thought, san sighs, collects his things, and leaves the bathroom.

san checks his phone, and sees that it's his lunch break. he doesn't feel like eating the lunch he brought with him, also not wanting to sit at his desk and see the pitiful glances from his coworkers, so he grabs his car keys and hurries to the garage of his building.

the coffee shop isn't a far drive, only two blocks, and the traffic is surprisingly light today, so he makes it there with time to spare before he has to go back.

once he opens the door to the shop, he instantly relaxes, the smell of fresh coffee and baking pastries filling his senses.

san frowns when he doesn't see yunho at the counter, but nonetheless he came here for a bagel. a blueberry bagel.

the owner, a older omega, is taking orders today, and san stands in line to wait for his turn. once he steps up to the counter, she gives him a wide, genuine smile. "welcome, what can i get for you?"

"can i have a blueberry bagel, and a small iced coffee. with extra raspberry syrup."

she nods and rings him up, and once san pays and gets his receipt, he stands where he'll pick up his order and scrolls on his phone.

he doesn't pay attention to his surroundings, waiting to hear his name get called for his order, but when the door to the shop opens and he's blasted with old leather, his head shoots up and he sees yunho, looking so disorganized and tired, san can only assume he must have been late for work.

"aish, i'm sorry mrs.kim..i overslept by a couple of hours and my bus wouldn't come on time and-" yunho freezes when he sees san standing at the pick up counter, and he instantly grins.

"you're fine yunho, we've been slow today so you didn't miss much. just clock yourself in at your usual time." the owner says to yunho as she hands san his order. "have a nice day, young man."

san bows in a thank you, and he doesn't know what possesses him to do so, but he takes a seat near the window in the corner of the shop, and he starts to munch on his bagel and drink his coffee.

he gasp when someone suddenly sits in front of him, but he calms down when he sees its only yunho.

"shouldn't you be working? from what i heard you were late." san jokingly says to the alpha.

yunho only blushes and rubs his neck, "yeah, i overslept really bad..but mrs.kim is always pretty chill with me, so i get away with it most of the time. but i make a effort to not do it often."

san chuckles at the alphas remark, and glances down at his watch with a frown.

"my lunch break is almost over, so i should be getting back to my office.."

"oh! let me walk you to your car, where did you park?"

"y-you don't have to do that, i couldn't find close parking so i had to park about a block away-"

"it's fine, really. let me walk you."

even the worlds strongest man couldn't say no to yunho's puppy eyes, so with a hesitant nod yunho grabs san's hand and leads him out of the shop, and follows behind san like a watchdog all the way to his car.

along the way, an alpha stares at san a little too long for his liking, so he grabs the others waist and pulls him flush to his body.

san can't help but blush as he tried to calm his wolf.

it's like..our bodies fit together like puzzle pieces.

he quickly shakes the thought out of his head.

once san is seated in his car, and he rolls the window down to thank yunho for walking him, he's stunned as the alpha leans in a lays a sweet kiss on his cheek.

even after yunho pulls away, he doesn't know how to react. he's stuck staring into the alphas eyes.

"i'll text you later, yeah?"

"yeah."

the alpha smiles and straightens up.

"bye, san."

san watched the alphas back as he disappears around the corner, and he smacks his head into his steering wheel. he yelps and jumps as he makes his horn go off, and he again, smacks himself in the head.

"damn you, jeong yunho."