BEHIND THE SCENES

chapter 43: psycho

<OST: eight - IU PROD. & ft. SUGA>

"Good morning, everybody!"

Hoseok burst into the office at 8.50am the next morning and hurried to his desk at once, the moment he spotted Namjoon standing by Chungha's desk.

"Bujang-nim..." Hoseok waved, trying to take his attention off Chungha. "Good morning!"

"Oh, really?" Namjoon chuckled as he handed Chungha the document in his hands. "Thank you for that. Let's work hard together as usual today, Chungha-ssi."

"Yes, bujang!"

Hoseok spotted the cup of milk tea on Chungha's table and sneered at Namjoon.

"Oh, Hoseok-ssi-" Namjoon finally turned to Hoseok after finishing his conversation with Chungha. "Good morning."

"Good morning, bujang-" Hoseok said once more, after giving Chungha a warning glare. "Did Chungha tell you anything about Jieun-ssi's progress?"

Namjoon frowned. "No, she didn't...?"

"I guess there must be no progress then-" Hoseok smirked. "Meanwhile, I think Hyejin-ssi has been doing rather well, don't you think? She's one of the hardest workers I've seen in my entire four years with the company."

"Right?" Namjoon nodded. "I think so too."

"Oh, bujang!" Chungha got to her feet at once, not willing to lose out to Hoseok. "Jieun-ssi is extremely hardworking as well - she has been working hard to get her hands on a good cover, bujang. She currently even moved in with JK-ssi - I believe you can expect to hear some good news soon."

"Wow, Lee Jieun really is doing all kinds of things, isn't she?" Hoseok scoffed. "Forcing herself into someone's home? Isn't that invasion of privacy?"

"No, because he was the one who invited her in."

"But still-" Hoseok scorned. "She hasn't found any big leads yet, has she? I heard that Hyejin-ssi is halfway through her mission and is about to crack it soon. She might beat Jieun-ssi to it."

"This isn't a competition, Hoseok-ssi-" Namjoon chided. "We're all reporters - out utmost priority is to spread the truth to the entire world. That's all. There's no competition involved."

"Right, but-"

Ring! Ring!

"Yes, Hoseok-ssi-" Chungha grinned as she held up her phone. "It's not a competition, but looks like Jieun-ssi might have found a crucial lead- Bujang-nim, let me take this call. Hello...?"

Chungha was quiet for a while as she listened to Jieun. Hoseok and Namjoon watched on, holding their breaths as Chungha glanced up at them and nodded.

"Okay, I got it, Jieun-ssi. Thank you for the update. Mm. Goodbye."

"What did Jieun-ssi say?" Hoseok asked, his eyes about to pop out of their sockets. "Did she find anything new...?"

Namjoon eyes were wide open, waiting for Chungha's response to Hoseok's question.

"She said JK went out this morning and she was left at home for a while-" Chungha said slowly. "She was looking around the house and found a document in one of the boxes with both Jennie's and JK's signatures on them."

"What?" Hoseok's jaw dropped. "Really? Then what what happened?"

"Mm-" Chungha nodded. "She said she wanted to take a closer peek but at that moment the cleaner lady came into the house, so she had to hurriedly shove it back into the box."