My Brightest Star - SooGyu

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The next day, Soobin woke up at 10am, groaning softly at the sound of the alarm on his phone. After a few minutes of rolling around in his covers, he eventually got up from his old convertible sofa and went straight to the bathroom.

He quickly checked himself out in the mirror : his cheeks were still a little bloated from yesterday's ramyun, which he ate while checking social media after his little pleasure session.

He had tried to put what happened aside, but sadly couldn't think about anything else. The way Choi Beomgyu looked while in an intimate situation couldn't leave his mind and made his body feel things.

Proof of that was found when Soobin put his hand down his boxers only to find them to be slightly wet, slick running his long fingers. The other boy apparently couldn't leave his thoughts alone, even when unconscious.

Soobin felt somewhat guilty about the way his body was reacting to the younger. He usually wasn't the type to thirst over a nearly stranger that way ; but for some reason, simply seeing the other's face always made his mood the tiniest bit better.

Maybe this feeling would be double if he didn't have all these embarrassing feelings towards him in the way.

"I should just try and act like a decent person starting now" he concluded shamefully.

He hurriedly hopped into the shower to get himself clean, welcoming the pleasing feeling of hot water flowing down his body.

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The young assistant was now in front of Shin Yerim's office, fiddling with the end of his shirt's sleeves hesitantly. He was almost an hour early, as he got worried he'd get caught in traffic again.

This time, he was determined not to walk into some explicit movie scene because of his tardiness. He knocked on the door twice.

"It's open !"

He shyly got inside the room, facing the red head manager who was sending him cheerful smiles. In front of her and across the large desk was sitting someone.

Only his back could be seen, but Soobin quickly recognized him as Beomgyu from the blond hair and tiny frame. He greated both of them in a polite bow.

"Hi Soobin-ssi, good to see you so early" Yerim said in a playful tone, hinting at what happened the day prior. 

"I present to you Choi Beomgyu, who you'll be assisting from today onwards. You two haven't properly met yet, even though Soobin-ssi has seen a lot of you already, Gyu."

Yerim-ssi sure was the playful type, Soobin thought while trying not to get flustered. He was glad he wouldn't be assisting her.

"Cut the crap, noona. Why'd you take him anyway, when I told you I can manage on my own ? He doesn't even look like he can assist himself" Beomgyu blurted out in a calm tone.

He suddenly shut his eyes tight, as he realized that sentence sounded way meaner then attended once said out loud. He turned his head slowly, opening one eye to face a shook and mildly offended Soobin.

"No offense though" he tried to redeem himself by putting out a light, nervous chuckle, but obviously failing to do so.

"Rude Gyu" Yerim broke the silence. "He looks like a cute puppy and shit, i bet he'll do just fine following you around all day !"

"He's way too tall to be a puppy. He's more like a dog. A lost one"

Soobin was starting to wonder why he was getting jabbed at over and over again by these two people.

First off, his image of Beomgyu was pretty much broken ; which he felt he kind of deserved, actually. To top that off, the pair was plain ignoring him and his feelings right now. He was right there, and he was sensitive goddammit.

"Oh by the way you guys should be heading out soon, I got you both a table at Min's for 1pm. Hope you didn't have lunch yet Soobin-ssi ; I recommend the cream lobster pasta"

"You did what now" Beomgyu glared at his previous assistant, who once again didn't tell him about her plans, for him of all people.

"Lobster" Soobin babbled.

"You two barely know each other. And what better way is there to bond than over food, may I ask ? It's on the company too, don't worry about the bill"

"You never tell me anything noona"

"Well to my defense I'm not your assistant anymore now... But I know for sure you don't have any schedule today so"

Soobin, while continuing to be ignored, thought further as to why Shin Yerim bothered to even give him work hours, when it was now clear he'd just have to be there whenever. She did mention the importance of flexibility though.

"I don't indeed, but guess what ? I came all the way here, on a day off, to meet that clumsy man and retrieve my stupid cosplay attire !" Beomgyu had raised his voice and seemed slightly mad now.

Soobin brought a hand to his now pursed lips ; he wondered how much angrier the blond head would become if he discovered that his very clumsy assistant actually forgot to bring the outfit today.