What's Wrong With Assistant Kang?

25. I Want To Persuade You

"Assistant Kang!" Jumin's voice called through the office. Jaehee heard him and immediately got up to help, but something was different...

"What is it, mr. Han?" she asked with one of the coldest voices Jumin had ever heard in his life (and he was counting his own voice). She didn't even bother to blink while glaring at him, like he was some kind of lowly, despicable being.

Which he was, but that's another point.

Jaehee has never looked at him like that before; not even when she was annoyed at him for making her babysit Elizabeth the 3rd or giving her extra work hours. No, this was a whole new level of hatred.

And it was making his normally unmoved heart ache.

"Ahem, I need you to open the windows-"

"They're already open, sir," the brunette replied in less than a minisecond.

"Well... huh... I need you to finish the Art Project documents-"

"I finished them this morning and left them at your desk, sir."

"Oh... hmm, I need you to bring me some coffee?"

"Your coffee machine and cups are sitting right next to you, sir."

"..."

An awkward silence settled between the two for three minutes straight.

"If there is nothing else you need, sir, I shall take my leave." Jaehee gave him a short bow and walked away without even gifting him a glance.

Jumin silently banged his fist on his desk, clearly frustrated at himself.
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This continued through the whole morning: Jumin looking for Jaehee, Jaehee avoiding him at all costs. Jumin distressed he couldn't get his daily dose of Assistant Kang, Jaehee looking at him with comptempt.

He couldn't stand it anymore. She was punishing him, wasn't she?!

As a last attempt, he stood next to Jaehee's desk as she worked intensely, not moving an inch for a least two hours. She would have to talk to him now! He smiled proudly at his brilliant idea, just waiting for Jaehee to finally approach him in conversation...

It never happened.

"Hey, what's mr. Han doing? He's been standing there since 9 o'clock," Mi-Cha whispered in Jaehee's ear with confusion, ignoring their boss's presence. "Just... smiling to himself."

"Let him be. Just because he's being childish, it doesn't mean we should degrade ourselves as well," Jaehee responded, loud and clear; her unamused eyes plastered to the computer screen as she typed on the keyboard.

"Oh," MC glanced at Jumin with something akin to pity. Even she felt bad for him. "Okay."

Alright, this was too much. He would die at this point.

Jumin sincerely has no idea what to do. How to turn everything back to normal. What are you supposed to do when the person you care about the most in this world is mad at you because you did something foolish?

"You're supposed to apologize to them!" Seven chastised him like it was the most obvious answer in the world, even for him.

"But... let's say... what if the person who did something wrong isn't able to-" he cleared his throat uncomfortably. "Apologize...?"

"Eh? What do you mean you're not able to say sorry?" Luciel tilted his head to the side with bemusement; Jumin had really been depending on him for advice these days... that's how desperate he was.