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Sera’s face scrunched up as a sharp pain hit her head. She clasped her head with both hands, grunting in pain.

“Young Miss, I brought you some medicine.” Jang walked inside, carrying a glass of water. Sera gladly downed the pills and drank from the glass. It took her some time to fully open her eyes.

“I think I drank a lot last night at the office.” She muttered. Jang smiled and nodded, fixing the curtains to let some sunshine in. “Your father told me to tell you that he doesn’t want you to go in today.”

“He knows I’m drunk?”

“I told him you’re not feeling well.”

“Thank, Jang. You’re the best.” She mumbled and stretched her arms. She looked around her room, when she suddenly realized something. “H-how did I get home? I drove while I was drunk? Man, Oppa is going to kill me if he finds out.”

Jang smiled knowingly. “Lucky you made it home safe, Young Miss.”

“I sure am.” She chuckled and walked lazily to the bathroom. Jang couldn’t help but chuckle to himself. After opening the door to a drunk Sera being carried by Jungkook last night, he couldn’t help but wonder when the two will finally make up.

Sekyung closed her eyes as she held the papers in between her fingers. Stress was evident on her face.

“Kyung?”

Her eyes opened as Haena walked inside her office. “The secretary let me in.”

“What brings you here?” She tried to smile, but she was just so tired.

Haena shrugged and looked around her office. “I wanted to see if you’re doing fine. You look so stressed nowadays.” She took out a box from her bag and placed it on Sekyung’s table. “Teabags from China. Used to be your favorite. Remember when we were having our finals week during university? You used to drink multiple cups of this to relieve yourself.”

Sekyung chuckled as she reached for the box. “I remember. Those days were fun, Haena. Thanks.”

“Sure.” Haena beamed. She was glad Sekyung was smiling. “So, how’s work?”

“Tiring.” Sekyung sighed. “But I love it, so I’m good.”

“That’s admirable of you. Always the hardworker.” Haena mumbled.

She looked at the piles of papers on Sekyung’s desk and bit her lip. Sekyung noticed that she was acting a little strange, so she dared to ask. “Is something wrong?”

“Huh?” Haena looked up. “Uh, no. Everything is good.”

“Are you sure?” Sekyung asked, doubtful.

Haena gave her a reassuring smile. “Yes, all is well. I… I just want to ask you something.”

“Anything. What is it?”

“Well…” Haena fiddled with the strap of her bag. “I can see that Junghyun is troubled lately because of the Parks’ company issues. I can feel that he is genuinely worried, and he really wants to help. I know you have something for Sera…”

“What?” Sekyung’s brow rose. “What did you say?”

“Uh… well I noticed that you don’t particularly favor her. Come on, Kyung, we’ve been best friends for years. I know when you don’t like a person.”

“It’s not that I don’t like her. I just… I just want what’s best for the family. The Park’s are not in a good position to be partners right now, but maybe in the future…”

“But the Jeons genuinely care for them, you know?”

“I am a Jeon, Haena. In case you are forgetting that.” Sekyung sat up straighter, her tone a little sharp. Haena nodded and managed a small smile. “I know, Sekyung. And I will be too, soon. So I really want to help the best way I could. I want everything to be well.”

“Everything is well.”

“It’s not, and you know it. Abbeoji could not bear the fact that his good friend is in trouble, but he doesn’t know what to do. Even the boys. They need you to be fully willing to help the Parks, Kyungie. Your opinion matters to them.”

Sekyung didn’t respond. Instead, she exhaled sharply and looked at the window.

“I’m not feeling too good, Haena. I’d like to be alone.”

Haena stood up and walked towards the door. She hesitantly stepped out, but turned to look at her friend again. “Kyung?”

Again, Sekyung didn’t respond. She just looked at her questioningly.

“Please don’t hurt Sera.”

With that she left, closing the door behind her.

“I don’t ing care if l look pathetic or something… I clearly heard her say my name!”

Jimin sighed for the nth time. “Tell me once again, why are you still here?”

“But what if I was wrong, hyung? What if… I just misheard it?” Jungkook bit his lip and sat down on the couch beside his hyung.

Jimin munched on another popcorn. “You want her back, right?”

“Yes..”

“So regardless if she did say your name when she was drunk or not, you have to let her know that you love her. Stop being a coward.”

“But… what if she’s with Jongin?”

It was now Yoongi’s turn to sigh loudly. “If that is the case, you still have to let her know. So stop whining like a little baby and get your out there.”

“B-but hyung—“

“Just go, will you?!” Jimin pushed him to stand up.

Kai sprawled on the couch, kicking his legs up in the air.

“You are unbelievable!” He whined. “The one time your father tells you to not go to work, you go to ing work!”

“Jongin… I have to finish a lot of things before the month ends. Why don’t you play with Sehun?”

“Sehun is busy. He’s been with Namjoon all week.” He grumbled, crossing his arms. “If I knew you were gonna get so boring here in Korea, I should’ve stopped you from coming home.”

“Oh shut up. Stop bothering me.” She rolled her eyes.

The door opened and the secretary stepped inside. “Young Miss, are you accepting visitors today?”

Sera groaned. “You should’ve asked that before you let this dimwit inside.” She looked at Kai who was now busy playing with his phone.

The secretary suppressed her laughter. “Someone wants to see you.”

“Who is it?”

“Young Master Jeon.”

“Jungkook?” Sera and Kai asked at the same time. The secretary nodded.

Kai jumped up and pumped his fist in the air. “Finally!”

“What?” Sera looked at him weirdly. “Uhm, let him in.”

The secretary nodded and stepped out. Kai looked at Sera and smiled widely.

“It’s time you make up you fools.”

“Maybe he… just wanted to talk about company matters or something.” She whispered and exhaled. “How do I look?”

“You look pretty as ever, princess. Now I should leave.”

“No, I mean, stay if you want.”

Kai smiled. “Buddy, I don’t want to be here and see you be stupid. So don’t mess it up this time. I’ll go now.”

The door opened and Jungkook stepped inside. He was a little surprised to see Kai, but the latter just tapped his shoulder. “Please tell me you’re not letting her go this time?” He lowly said, and Jungkook was about to reply but Kai stopped him. “Don’t tell me anyting, just go get her.”

With that they were left alone in the room.

“Hi.” Both of them said at the same time.

Sera bit her lip and looked at him. He was just as she remembered him, with his favorite plain shirt and pants combo. He had his hair fixed, at least, with just a few strands falling on his forehead.

“H-how have you been?” He asked first, still standing awkwardly by the door.

She smiled and shrugged. “I’m good. You should sit, you know.”

He nodded and sat at the edge of the couch, memories of the night before playing on his head. He doubted if she remembered anything. She was really drunk, and the thought made him chuckle inwardly.

She sat on the other edge, looking at her hands. “So, how about you?”

“I’m good.” He replied immediately. He looked at her, smiling a little at stain on her shirt. “You just ate pistachio ice cream again, didn’t you?”

She looked a little surprised. “Yeah… how did you…”

“Your shirt.” He chuckled. “Why are you so messy?”

“Hey, you are too!” She protested, and he laughed. They looked at each other for a few seconds before he finally gave in. “Sera, can we talk?”

“We… are taking right now, aren’t we?”

He rolled his eyes at her sarcasm. Some things never change. “Will you come with me somewhere?”

“Now?”

“No, next year.” He shot back. “Of course now, pabo.”

She sighed and stood up. “Fine, let’s… go to wherever you want to go.”

He smiled and took her coat, handing it to her. Now it felt more like how it should be. 

Namjoon bit his lip as Sehun looked at the folder. He closed it after a few minutes and faced the other one who was anxiously tapping his foot.

“I don’t get how they sabotaged her project. This runs deep… Joon.”

“Did you only just realize that now?” Namjoon muttered. “Do you think it was right for me to get help from Haena?”

Sehun exhaled.  He didn’t expect it to turn out this troublesome already. Surely, someone was really targeting the Parks and he just wanted to do everything for it to end. Anything that might be of help was a go for him.

Flashback

“How are you goig to help us, Haena-ssi? Forgive me for asking.” Namjoon said, his eyes boring into the female sitting across him. Haena shifted on her seat. “Well, my company has a subsidiary that specializes in special-case investigations…”

“I appreciate the help, but I do not want to trouble you.”

“Please,” Haena mumbled. “I can see how all this is affecting everyone, especially Sera. You might not… believe it, but I really feel like I should help. She’s already like a sister to me. I was expecting her to be married to Jungkook, so I felt like we were in the same position, you know? We were marrying into the same family, and the Jeons genuinely care for her.”

She stopped for a while to look at the window, before meeting his eyes once again.

“Actually, I’ve experienced all these when my marriage with Junghyun was announced, although not this big of a trouble. Some rumors just began to resurface and people were threatening me. But I made it through.”

“Did… did your company…”

“No, they were mostly personal attacks. It didn’t go far, because I was protected heavily by the specialty of our subsidiaries. I just don’t like this happening to someone else, especially Sera.”

End of Flashback

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