King's Corp

Chapter 2

The shy streaks of starlight illuminate the dim office room, casting measly shadows upon the figures inside. The room is rather quiet, only the sound of soft breathing, keyboards typing and the dull ticking of the clock as it races past 11 o'clock is heard. 

Jungkook presses enter on his keyboard and grins victoriously, feeling overjoyed after finally accomplishing the task. He's not going to lie, it was hard. He was racing against time and accuracy, two very difficult players, but in the end he managed to accomplish what Mr Kim set him. And it feels great. He feels like he's slowly proving himself worthy to the man. Jungkook stands up and then walks towards his boss who is furiously typing away on his laptop, his dark eyes boring into the screen like a maniac as he drills his focus onto the words he types.

"Mr Kim," Jungkook calls out while standing in front of his desk. The ravenette pauses his typing and looks up, his dark eyes now meeting Jungkook's and sending nervous chills down the boy's back. God, this man is so intimidating.

Jungkook slightly clears his throat to ensure that he doesn't stutter and then places the small stack of papers on the man's desk. "I've finished the task you assigned me, sir."

Taehyung looks up at him, eyes not shredding any emotions. Jungkook slightly gulps down the small lump in his throat and continues to speak. "There were 3025 surveys in total for the 50 products. I have put all the data into a spreadsheet and have taken away any outlier scores from the set. This is the page-long summary of the best products, which was the  King's Smart Duplicate Watch and King Smart Car. I've sent a product description to Mrs Lisa Parker and Mr Clyde Witterman and they sent replies saying they would like to invest in the products."

Jungkook smiles a little, feeling proud of himself for accomplishing such a big task in such a small amount of time. He looks up at the older to see what he has to say but is taken aback by his reaction. Or should he say, the lack thereof.

The ravenette looks down at the stack of papers with a bored expression and then looks back at the brunette while adorning the same look. He then casually looks back at his computer screen and starts typing again, going on with his task as if Jungkook didn't just plop a week's worth of work in front of him.

"Mm, okay. You may go now. Remember, work starts at 6 in the morning. Make sure you are here  on time."

Jungkook stands there, slightly shocked. He didn't quite expect the such a non-chalant reaction from him. Sure, he wasn't expecting a parade with elephants and band players celebrating the completion of this hard task but at least a nod of approval may have been nice. 

But he knows he can't complain, this is his job. He is expected to do this and if he is to keep working here, he should expect more tasks like this without receiving any form of recognition. After all, he should be happy that he has this job in the first place. 

As Jungkook continues to ponder, Taehyung looks back up at him with a raised brow, silently questioning him why he's still here. Jungkook startles away from his thoughts and hastily steps back, almost tripping over his shoes as he does so. "O-okay, sir. I'll get going. Thank you. H-have a nice night."

With that, the smaller spins around and trots off. Taehyung watches the boy's back as he hurriedly walks out of the office, noticing how his brunette locks bounce with every step that he takes. Jungkook slightly trips as he goes and stumbles closer to the door. He spins back around and gives his boss a sheepish smile, waves his hand a little in a final awkward attempt at good bye, apologises to the tiled floor and then finally takes his leave. Taehyung watches with a raised brow as the door finally closes shut and with that, he slowly averts his gaze to the stack of papers and picks it up. He flicks through them with a calculating gaze and then places it back down without a word.