*Calm And Passion - Pinnochio*

Jungkook goes towards a sad Hong to hug her but she turns her back and starts to rummage through files to hide her tears.

"Uh..Jungkook...are you done with the interrogation?"

Hong never calls him Jungkook if she isn't in a bad mood. So he thinks it's best to leave her alone right now.

"Yes Noona. Now I'll sit with Yoongi Hyung to sort through everything. Aah it's gonna be a looonngg night."

Kook leaves Hong to tend to her work and he goes back into the room.

It's been half an hour now and Tae isn't back yet. Hong becomes a bit worried and wants to go look for him but stops in front of the washroom door. "It's better if someone else checks up on him." She thought.

She looks for Joon but can't find him. She opens the room's door but finds both Yoongi and Jungkook sleeping. She closes the door with a sigh. "I guess there is no other way."

She opens the washroom door to peek inside and watches Tae struggling as the mirror wasn't clear enough.

"Aah shit..Bloody mirror." Tae says

OOOmph so cute. It's been 7 years since she knows Tae but his cuteness still baffles her.

"Should I help you?" Hong asks in the cutest voice.

Tae gets startled but was relieved to see it was Hong. He agrees to take her help after much struggle.

She asks him to sit on the stool nearby and uses disinfectant to clean the wound. She moves a bit closer to him and the distance between them becomes nonexistent.

All Tae could do was stare at her face. Her beautiful face. He did not notice it but it was still the same. The mole under her lips. The mole on her left cheek. Her eyebrows never on fleek. The perfect eyeliner. And the most perfect eyes. This reminds him of something.....

Hong could feel Tae's stare on her face. She wants to look at his eyes but can't. She is too guilty. But this reminds her of something...

FLASHBACK

"Tae please let me at least clean the wound."

Tae flings himself on the sofa and dismisses Hong's worry.

Hong would not accept defeat this soon. She snatched the remote from his hand and stood there like a boss.

Tae whined, "Fine. But if it hurts I won't talk to you. Ever."

Hong chuckles at that. He is such a baby.

"Okay Okay Mr. Baby. If it hurts just look at me. It will go away." Hong winks. Tae clutches his heart as if he got hit by an arrow.

'Aah babe you killing me!" Both chuckle.

Hong takes Tae's hand and puts the disinfectant. "I hope the cut is not deep." Hong says with a worried expression.

But Tae could not focus on what she was saying. All he could focus was her face. Her beautiful face. The mole under her lips. The mole on her left cheek. Her eyebrows never on fleek. The perfect eyeliner. And the most perfect eyes. How did he get so lucky?

Hong looks up to him, with almost nonexistent space between them as she feels he was staring, "What?"

Taehyung moves a bit forward and cups her face to kiss her forehead, "This is mine." Then moves on to kiss her eyes, "These are mine too." Kisses her cute little nose and nuzzles it, and moves on to kiss the mole on her cheek, "This spot is reserved only for this baby." And then finally kisses her lips.

"ONLY MINE."

FLASHBACK ENDS

"Ahem...I think this is fine." Tae says cutting through the awkward silence. He gets up and unlocks the door but finds Jungkook behind it just about to open it. Jungkook looks at him suspiciously.

"Is everything okay, Noona?" he eyes Hong.

Hong can't seem to control her tears so she just hums in response and cleans up the mess.

"Can I be dropped home now?" Tae suddenly asks.

"Uh yes. There is a car waiting for you outside." Kook replies.

Taehyung walks away and Hong breaks down. Jungkook helps her get up and hugs her tightly.

"Noona, Noona what happened? Did he do something to you? Please tell me Noona. I'll break his bones!"

"He...he...touched my cheek...he remembers it...he still remembers it." This is what Hong could say between her sobs before she faints.

Jungkook picks her up and places her in her office's sofa. This wasn't the first time she fainted in the office. This job comes with a lot of stress and Hong is not that good in handling it. But this was the first time she fainted while crying. Hell this was the first time Jungkook saw Hong crying her heart out. There was something that he was missing out. And only one person can clear his doubt. He covers Hong with a blanket and switches off the lights.

As he was exiting the office he saw Namjoon.

"Hyung!" he called out.

"Oh..Kookie." he seems a bit distracted. "Did Taehyung go home already? Where is Hong?"

"Yes he went home and Noona is sleeping in her office." He left out the part where she sobs and faints because he knows Joon will worry.

"But Hyung, who is he?"

"Who? Taehyung? He is just a witness." he says avoiding eye contact.

"Hyung, I know how Noona looks at him and how he despises her. Do they know each other from before?"

Namjoon sighs. "I was preparing myself to answer questions like this the moment I saw Taehyung at the Head Office." As he speaks, he saw Yoongi rubbing his eyes and walking towards them.

"Taehyung and Hong knew each other since they were 15 years old. All of us studied in the same school and also lived in the same apartment complex."

"So you guys are school buddies?" Yoongi raises a question.

'Yes. And later...Tae and Hong...umm got married...but she left him on their wedding night...I mean after the vows." Joon just realized he fucked up big time and Hong won't like it when she gets to know that Joon told them.

"That is all you need to know for now. Anyway, this isn't the only time you will see him. He is gonna be stuck with us for a while now." Joon pats on Jungkook's shoulders before going towards his office.

'Bye boys. Don't stay up late." He says as he closes his office door.

Jungkook and Yoongi looked at each other with this dumbfounded expression. What the hell did they hear now? Hong, marriage? And what does Joon mean by having Taehyung stuck with them for more time?

*Edited By - Krutisha Kayasth 🐒*