❝have fun.❞ hendery said as he pulled over in front of the school gates and faced his boyfriend who's having a look on his face. chuckling he leaned forward and placed a short kiss on his lips.

being the first one to pull away, yangyang reached for his bag at the back seat before turning to the ceo. ❝it's college, how do we have fun in college?❞

thinking about for a while, hendery pressed his lips into a thin line as he tapped his fingers on to the steering wheel. ❝you have your friends with you.❞

❝all they do is tease me about having a sugar daddy.❞ yangyang then gripped on to the strap of his bag as he remembered jaemin messaging him about how he would start to change that term in a much more innocent way. shrugging, ❝at least i have jeno to side with me all the time.❞ he told hendery.

the man then had a frown on his face upon having someone being mentioned specifically. the student noticed it and can't hold back a chuckle, playfully nudging the ceo who's starting to sulk in his place.

❝ge, that's in the past.❞

huffing, ❝that still doesn't change the fact that you liked him back then.❞ the sulking boyfriend then stated.

❝that was way before i found out he was dating two people, ge.❞ yangyang leaned closer to the man and placed a soft peck on his cheek to make up from it. ❝plus, it's just a small crush.❞

❝a crush is still a crush.❞ hendery still insisted.

finding it annoying already, the student crossed his arms and raised a brow at the older who's pouting. ❝are we really going over this again?❞

❝no.❞ letting out a sigh, hendery faced him with an apologetic look. ❝i love you.❞

❝you know,❞ he was about to go out of the car but yangyang planned on staying for a while since he had questions in mind, hoping that his boyfriend would have an answer for it. ❝i always wonder how jeno handles two boyfriends.❞

brows furrowed, hendery had a puzzled expression. ❝why are you asking me that?❞

❝aren't you curious too?❞ puffing his cheeks, the student looked like he was solving a complicated math problem. ❝like, how do you manage being in a relationship with two people?❞

❝by giving the two the attention they need?❞ hendery tried to go along with his boyfriend's curiosity by making a guess.

placing a finger on his chin, yangyang tilted his head to the side. ❝but what if one gets jealous?❞

❝yang, you should be asking that to them and not to me.❞ the ceo said as he leaned over to the student's side just to open the door for him. ❝because the last time i remember, i only have one boyfriend and not two.❞

smiling, yangyang was quite contented with his answer. placing both his hands on to the man's neck, the younger leaned forward and gave him a last kiss that lasted longer than what the two had planned. tilting his head to the side, the student parted his lips and gave the older a permission to slide in his tongue but instead, hendery smirked after biting the student's bottom lip quite hard and pulling away just to see it swollen.

❝ge!❞ bringing his hand up to rub his fingers on to his lip, yangyang pouted. ❝that hurt.❞

❝something else will hurt if you stay here any longer.❞ teasing him, the ceo had his brows wiggled up and down.

rolling his eyes, yangyang didn't forget to give him a light slap by the arm before stepping out of the car. ❝scold dejun for me, can you?❞

with the mention of that name, hendery was quick to snap his head to the side and raise a brow at the student. ❝what did he do?❞

❝he left me at the park last saturday!❞ yangyang huffed, obviously not taking the scolding part seriously but he still wanted for that secretary to know that it wasn't so nice of him to do that. ❝and he didn't even accept my offer when i asked him out for breakfast.❞

last saturday? he didn't report to work for both weekends, hendery didn't get to see him ever since he had lashed out on him. so that explains why yangyang was so eager to take bella out on a walk instead of letting him do the job. he was out to meet xiaojun and even ask him out for breakfast. he didn't know why didn't bother him that much as what he had expected it to be.

taking a deep breath, hendery nodded his head and exchanged goodbyes with his boyfriend. he first made sure that he gets inside the campus together with his friends that's waiting by the gates as usual before he started to maneuver the vehicle and make his way towards the company.

he had so many thoughts in mind that he didn't get to notice himself arrived faster. not questioning it, he drove his car towards the parking lot and stayed inside for a couple of minutes and just opened the door for air.

not wanting to admit it, he did kind of felt bad for shouting at him. hendery was just mad and frustrated about the situation that he had no one to let it out to except for him. he even got to the point of thinking that he could have done more than just shout at him, which he was aware that it was too much and that he was wrong to even think about it. it was an accident, neither of them knew it would happen nor want it to happen.

❝looks like someone finally showed up.❞

a voice then cut him off from what he was thinking and as he turned to see who it was, a small smile was formed in the ceo's lips. ❝hey, lucas.❞

the said male then approached him as he just also arrived from home, parking his car and was about to go head his way to the building but noticed a familiar person sitting there and doing nothing. ❝where have you been?❞

getting his car keys and closing the door, hendery walked side by side with the head of finance. ❝with yangyang.❞ he answered with a smile.

nodding his head, lucas just felt like the time to tease him. ❝so, with glucose baby number one?❞

hearing that made hendery snort. ❝glucose baby?❞ he didn't even mention anything about how the taller male labeled him as number one. was there a number two? shaking his head to leave his thoughts, the ceo got inside the building with the head of finance beside him. ❝i really apologize for having you to handle the company all alone.❞

being two days away, hendery can already guess how much work lucas was left to handle.

waiting by the elevator, lucas gave the ceo a look. ❝but i didn't handle the company.❞

hendery's attention was then caught and raised his head up to see if this man right here was just playing around. ❝what?❞

❝well, he did ask help for the meetings but other than that, he handled everything alone perfectly.❞ the head of finance said as the two of them got inside the empty lift, pressing his floor number and also the ceo's floor to his office. ❝i did insist to do everything for him but no, he told me that he can do it.❞

and surprisingly, he did manage the company for two days despite of him being new around the place.

hearing all of it just made hendery furrow his brows in confusion, staring out of space as if he was deciphering a code to unlock a secret during the ancient days. ❝wait a minute, he?❞

lucas can only chuckle at how lost the superior is. ❝your secretary.❞ hendery's glucose baby number two, but he didn't want to say that out loud.

can't he feel anymore guiltier? he told him that he should tell lucas to do everything and fill in his place while he's away, that's because he doesn't trust him at all. he even saw him as someone troublesome and does nothing but annoy the hell out of him. and now he's hearing it from lucas that he's out there making everything right? how on earth is he going to face him now without feeling guilty?

❝speaking of him.❞ the elevator then stopped at lucas' floor and the ceo's eyes widened at whom he to meet the moment the doors slid open.

❝lucas, i have placed the documents i was told to get down to your table.❞ the voice said, greeting the head of finance a bright smile.

hendery never knew that smile could make him feel butterflies inside his stomach. not even his pout can faze him and yet here he is, having that smile of his that can brighten up your day.

wait, butterflies inside his stomach? shutting his eyes tight, the ceo shook his head vigorously as soon as he realized that he wasn't supposed to think that way neither to feel butterflies inside his stomach unless it's his boyfriend causing that. no one can make him feel that way, only his boyfriend can.

❝that's great.❞ getting out of the lift, lucas playfully ruffled the secretary's hair. ❝you're quite early.❞

❝yeah, a kid woke me up.❞ the secretary let out a laugh upon remembering how the landlord's child can never fail to wake him up with just a slap on his face. taking a polite bow at the head of finance, xiaojun faced front and was about to get inside the elevator before it closes but froze from his place when he saw the person he had been planning to avoid the whole time. gulping, ❝i'll t-take the s-stairs, then.❞ he said.

❝say it without stuttering if you actually mean it.❞

even hendery didn't know what got to him that he voiced out his thoughts. it's probably because he didn't want for his secretary to bother taking the stairs and tiring himself just to get to his floor which the two of them shared.

❝i'll take the stairs.❞ xiaojun muttered.

lucas stood there, regretting why he couldn't have popcorns and juice boxes appear whenever a drama appears. he still had work to do but the tension between the two was worth his time. flinching from his place, the tall male turned his head to the ceo who had his hand get in between the doors before it closes, it made a loud thud that scared both lucas and the secretary for a slight bit.

❝dejun, take the elevator.❞

looking away, xiaojun had already cursed inside his head as the ceo was giving him a hard time to find a way to avoid him. ❝i'll just take the next one.❞

❝with me.❞ hendery wasn't saying it nicely but neither was he demanding for the secretary to follow his orders. ❝hurry up or i'll—❞

❝i'm coming!❞ xiaojun raised his voice as he was flustered, not wanting to hear what hendery was about to say next, not when lucas is there covering his mouth at what he had just heard.

the tall man still stood there, watching the two silently stand inside the lift, until the doors slid close. lucas processed everything he had just heard and what he had just seen. it took him a good five minutes of standing there. placing his hands inside his pockets, he turned around and started to walk towards his department.

of course not without commenting, ❝damn, i guess hendery loves it rough.❞

while the two stayed inside the lift with an awkward silence. there's even a distance between them, with xiaojun making it as he had his body glued to the end of the elevator. he had no plans to saying a word now starting a conversation, that goes the same for hendery. neither of the two had the urge to open their mouth and ease the tension between them. although, the taller male did want to apologize.

he wanted to, but he didn't know how. he didn't want to make it sound like everything was his fault because it wasn't, part of it— or most of it, was xiaojun's fault. if he hadn't just teased him about his name and played hard to get then that wouldn't have happened. but he did shout and cursed at him, blaming him for everything when it wasn't fully his fault.

arriving to their floor, hendery was the first one to get out with xiaojun following from behind and still creating a great distance between them (he says, stan social distancing). his own office was just nearby and xiaojun had his feet ready to go there, not until his name was called.

❝dejun, come to my office.❞ hendery said, not even giving him a short glance. ❝we have something to talk about.❞

was this another part of a shouting session? usually, he won't be affected neither would he be scared to be shouted at but this man was different. he didn't know what's in him that gets him scared with even just a look. silently following from behind, the two of them finally got inside the ceo's office and xiaojun decided to just stay near the door for escaping purposes.

hendery strode his way towards his swivel chair that held memories of them doing something that had to be unluckily caught by his boyfriend and took a seat, eyes darting at his secretary standing there with head lowered down.

the two waited for a good minute till they gathered up the courage to finally say a word in between the silence.

taking a deep breath, ❝i'm sorry.❞ they then said at the same time.

that made xiaojun raise his head up and look at hendery straight in the eye, pressing his lips in to a thin line as he wanted to quickly explain his side before the ceo cuts him off and blames him for everything again.

not knowing that hendery was also planning the same thing.

❝for pissing you off and being the cause of that incident.❞

❝for blaming you in everything even though it was just an accident.❞

the two widened their eyes at how they stated their reasons at the same time but also understood it. they then stared at each other for quite a while before releasing fits of laughter. their laughs echoed inside the room and it went on for a while the two now stared at each other surprisingly with a smile formed on their lips.

❝i suppose yangyang had already talked to you about it?❞ hendery spoke after their episode of laughing without a reason.

xiaojun nodded his head like an obedient child before also passing a question to the ceo. ❝and you two have fixed it already?❞ he asked, talking about their relationship that he thought he broke.

❝we did.❞ and he was lucky enough to have an understanding boyfriend who doesn't make a fuss about it for so long. a simple talk and explanation will do. ❝let's just forget about it, hm?❞

freezing from his place, xiaojun honestly didn't know what to say about that. he can forget everything, how the ceo gave him a lot of tasks, and how he found a way to get back at him by teasing him with his name, but the kiss? how can he forget about it? ❝y-yeah.❞

he agreed to it nonetheless.

❝also, yangyang was complaining about how you just left him at the park.❞ hendery said, bringing up what his boyfriend told him to do.

widening his eyes, the secretary let out a nervous chuckle as he rubbed his nape. ❝i..❞ he had to find a way out of this real quick. he can't just say he didn't want to meet him because he'd still get flustered over a simple peck on the lips. ❝i had to take care of sian!❞

❝sian?❞ hendery tilted his head to the side, finding the name familiar. it was then he remembered it as that landlord's child. ❝oh, that cute little guy.❞

xiaojun then had his eyes sparkling at the description, nodding his head aggressively as he agreed to that statement. ❝very cute, right?❞

placing his chin on top of the palm of his hand, hendery didn't notice himself having a small smile on his face as he watched the smaller male get excited over a compliment about that little boy. he must have grew fond with that kid, or he probably just loves kids in general. ❝dejun.❞

❝hm?❞ by now, xiaojun had already gotten used of him calling him by that. thus making him pout subconsciously, upset that hendery won't even let him call him by his name.

having that pout of his displayed, the man got distracted by it. there was it again, butterflies inside his stomach. that was enough to bring him back to his senses and shrug the wrong feeling away. ❝lucas told me about how you handled everything while i was gone.❞ he then gave him a genuine smile, not knowing how it caught xiaojun's breath away. ❝you're not so bad after all, i'm sorry if i doubted you.❞

❝i'll w-work—❞

❝say it again.❞

puffing his cheeks, xiaojun was starting to get annoyed by that famous line of his. ❝without stuttering.❞ he took a deep breath before taking a low bow. ❝i'll work hard!❞

hendery was satisfied seeing it, not regretting that he had taken him as his secretary. although, this was just all because of yangyang but still, he'd like to have credits for having someone like xiaojun to work under his business. ❝that's all, you may now go back.❞

chuckling, xiaojun had his back faced at the ceo and opened the door. hendery watched how he got out but was confused when he had his head peeking by the door the next minute with that goofy smile.

raising a brow, ❝what is it?❞ the man asked.

❝thank you, kunhang!❞ xiaojun quickly said before finally disappearing from the furious ceo's sight and rushing to his own habitat before he'd get a whole hour of scolding for calling him by his name.

dropping his hand down to his desk, hendery had his tongue poking inside his cheek after scoffing. that guy had guts even though he clearly warned him the first time. opening his mouth, he was about to shout for his name but decided not to seconds after.

instead, hendery became a grinning mess as he had a picture of that guy's smile inside his head.

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