King's Corp

Chapter 3

Jungkook feels like he's going to die.

After 6 hours of non-stop typing, emailing and reading, Jungkook is certain that he is minutes away from exploding. His brain throbs with the workload that lingers at his hands as he tirelessly continues to work without a break. Jungkook was supposed to take a break 2 hours ago but here he is, starving to death as he writes an email to some chick called Brenda about how much he would appreciate her feedback on a product released back in 2008.

Jungkook sends the email and then pulls away from the laptop rapidly, almost as if the keys burned him. Mr Kim looks over at him from his desk, his face slightly scrunching in disapproval before he casually slips back into his work. Jungkook ignores the man's scrutiny and lays his head on his chair while heaving out a small breath, letting the exhaustion from these endless hours of work slowly settle into his gut. Jungkook has been working his ass off to get Mr Kim's task completed but he's barely halfway through. He knows he needs to keep working tirelessly if he wants to finish the job, seeing that the task itself is rather preposterous, but right now he just needs a break. He needs coffee.

"I'll be back in a minute, sir," he declares as he rushes out of the office. Taehyung barely acknowledges the boy as he whizzes past and just continues to type away on his laptop.

Jungkook wanders around the top floor for a second, wondering where the break room is. He was shown it just a day ago when he was given a tour of the building but he's already forgotten, given how big the building is.

He looks around a bit longer before hesitantly walking up to a man standing near a printer. "Um, excuse me," he mumbles, attempting to get the man's attention. The blond-haired man spins around and looks down at him, meeting the younger with his dark gaze. 

"Yes?" He questions, voice dripping with the same authority that Taehyung holds which doesn't fail to send cowardly shivers down Jungkook's back.

"Uh, I'm new a-and I'm looking for the staff room, do you by any chance know where it is?"

The man runs his eyes along the smaller boy's frame, scrutinising him silently with his penetrating gaze before finally letting his eyes rest back on his face. "Which department do you work under?" He asks, avoiding Jungkook's initial question.

Jungkook steps back from the man and fiddles anxiously with his fingers. "Oh- I-I'm Mr Kim's new secretary," Jungkook stutters while shifting his gaze to the floor.

There's a pause to the conversation that leaves the residues of stifling tension, it causes Jungkook to shift his weight from one leg to another.

Finally, the man speaks up. "Ah, I see," he says, his tone a lot softer than earlier. "Well then, come with me. I'll show you to the break room."

Jungkook looks up with wide eyes, slightly surprised by his offer. "O-oh, thank you."

He nods in response and then leads the boy through several hallways, prompting light conversation as he does so.

 "I'm surprised you're still here," he says, side-glancing the smaller who speed walks next to him in attempt to keep up with his long strides.

Jungkook smiles awkwardly, "Oh? How so?"

"My brother doesn't usually hire secretaries, no matter how many times I tell him to."

Jungkook's eyes widen. "Your brother? You mean Mr Kim is your brother?"

The elder turns around to look at the boy, a soft smile that arouses his deep dimples spreading across his face. "That's right. My names Kim Namjoon. I'm the boss's brother."