"Of course, I never expected us to meet again," so I freeze in bewilderedness.
"Don't touch me." I yanked his hand and took out my phone from my left pocket. Hello, Can I still take on the offer? Oh! Great then I will meet you at 8 pm. Sure thing," I ended the call and headed towards the door. A hand reached out to me from behind.
"Sarang, please just listen to me," his hands were cold and things felt nostalgic. But this time it was the other way round.
"Ouch!" I let out a sound and with that he let me be free.
"Oh sorry," he was no longer holding me now. I tried to subside my surge of anger and calmly bowed since deep inside I knew that it was neither his fault and nor mine.
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2 weeks ago,
"So, glad that you could finally settle down," Mr. Yang expressed his happiness as we both bordered the elevator together for our floor.
"I will not force you to give a homecoming party since you don't live alone but instead, I demand a dinner outside today. Cutey Kiro, Let's have dinner together. I'm sure Ms. Lee will also be delighted too," he made a cute gesture and so I had to say yes. He then hugged me as we both left the elevator to reach our destination.
It's been 2 weeks since I moved to my new place. The building that I am staying in is renowned for aristocrats but since I got to share a room with a beta Hyung and due to the house chores, the rent is manageable.
"But you know what I have not met my roommate yet," I told Mr. Yang as we went through the sketch of the banner of the event.
The event will be held soon and so all the preparations are at their peak. The designing team has already finalized the design for the banner and the pamphlets and we had to do the writing work now. We have also made rough sketches but it still has to be finalized by the CEO. The files I previously sent to him were indirectly disregarded although one of my work managed to grab his attention which was actually a poem. Still, I am glad that he thought of that as lyrics for another song.
"But Kiro, it's been a whole week. Are you not curious?," suddenly Ms. Lee popped from behind and handed me a draft which she wanted to be copied.
"Ah! Ms. Lee, it's you. Well, of course, I want to meet him. I heard that he was also associated with the writing gigs. But not quite sure what type of writing," I picked the draft and then headed towards the printer to make further copies. Also, you remember I told you about my favorite author, I asked them while aligning the pages inside the printer. They both nodded.
"It looks like my roommate is a fan too. There is a whole bookshelf at my new places and there are all types of books available including the ones from Mr. Aloha." I told both of them while they just stared at me and looked happy.
Our cute Kiro sure loves that author's work, Mr. Yang smiled while looking at Ms. Lee. Why are you looking at me with that unambiguous smile of yours and can you stop calling Kiro that, he may not say it but this is a workplace, please be more professional, Ms. Lee scolded Mr. Yang. You sure choose your words wisely Ms. Lee, Mr. Yang spoke but with no enthusiasm and looked like his whole world fell apart.
Ah, no Ms. Lee, it's fine. I am fine with that Nickname, I assured Mr. Lee and also in order to cheer up Mr. yang. Yeah, whatever, Ms. Lee responded rather nonchalantly. Ms. Lee then sat at my spot and started planning the necessary changes with Mr. Yang regarding the event.
As, I was waiting there patiently, I started looking around and my eyes laid on Mr. CEO who was at the other side of the building.
"I'm sure that's Andy but who is that beside him. He looks familiar. What? Wait! That's Taehyung Hyung. Ah! Well, it's obvious since they both are renowned CEO's so they are having business meetings. But why are they both heading this way?" I became impatient as I was waiting for the copies to finish.
Wait! What if he greets me here. No, Being an omega has already given me so much attention and also everyone thinks that I'm trying to seduce the CEO because he calls me every time whenever any project is concerned with the team. He even calls me to hand over the minor documents and not his secretary even if I started just one month earlier. And now if Taehyung Hyung also greeted me here, this rumor is sure gonna blow up real hard this time. And what if someone recognizes me and tells everyone that I was a former member of omega cafe.
"Mr. Kiro, you have a call. Your phone already rang three times," as soon as I heard Ms. Lee call my name I felt a sense of relief. "I think it is from the girl group company that debuted two months ago. Because their company's name popped up so I told you, I think you should take the call, I will take the copies myself," Ms.Lee handed me the phone and soon we exchanged positions and I rushed outside to take the call.
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"Yaay, the dinner was great. It's been a whole hectic week," Mr. Yang stretched while we entered inside Ms. Lee's car.
"Yeah, with the event date coming close we have very little time for preparations. Right Kiro!," Ms.lee asked me while looking at me through the rearview mirror as I was sitting in the back seat.
"Kiro!" Mr. Yang's voice brought me back to reality.
"Ah! Yes. I am listening," I replied with an exhausting voice.
"Is everything alright! You have been a little low after you received that phone call earlier," Ms. Lee pointed out.
"Huh! Is it that obvious?" I replied with astonishment.
"See, I knew it. I told you that something was off," Ms. Lee now stopped the car and parked it on side of the road. Ms. Lee turned towards me while Mr. Yang shifted positions and was now sitting beside me in the back seat.
"Look Kiro if anything is bothering you can tell us. Don't think of us as your superiors because we joined this company before you. We have just one year difference in our ages, so you can be free and tell us your worries." I looked at both of them and felt bad.
"I'm sorry if I worried you guys but trust me I am alright. It's just I will tell you when I make a decision myself but please excuse me till then." They both smiled and told me that they will wait and will always support my decision.
It's been two weeks and I am reaching home around 11 PM and things were already hectic at work. Also, that call from earlier was constantly on my mind. But things did not subside at that because there was still one hour for a new worry less day to arise and one hour was sufficient to make the present more worrisome. As that night I saw my roommate which was the original owner of this name, my "Kiro Hyung."