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Nam Yejun.
The next for the throne, an upcoming heir to his family who owned one of the biggest company in the country. He managed two out of three main sectors for the well-known brands of Noir Company, yet he remained low-key because he always wanted to practice a normal life as an heir. He is also proven to be a great leader and have received a lot of awards with the achievements done to the company. His dad, Chairman Nam really proud and grateful to have a perfect heir, the next on the line like him.
The daily things done by Yejun is where he always keep himself busy with the work. He attended countless events to spread his connections, to expose himself to the business world and gain more knowledge.
His schedule for the day was another target for him to expand the business. Yejun made his way to the hotel where his appointment with one of the investors will be done at the restaurant in there. It was just another usual day for him though, meeting new people and making deals for the sake of the company.
He walked to the elevator and pushed the 'up' button. As he watched the floor numbers decreasing, there was a man approaching and standing next to him, waiting along.
There was a sweet fragrance mixing in the air the moment he came, it is probably his perfume, Yejun thought. Yejun took a glance at the man with the corner of his eyes while keeping his straight face. It was a blonde guy with a very neat white suit and black turtleneck on him. He wore tiny silver earrings and even a chain necklace, knowing a man actually wearing those kind of accessories, it didn't even look weird on him at all. As if those accessories were really made for him.
The elevator finally arrived and as soon as the door opened, the man suddenly spoke to Yejun. “ After you. ” the blonde said while giving a cue to Yejun to enter the elevator first. He even formed a smile to him.
What was that for?
Yejun slightly bowed his head, getting the signal and immediately got inside the elevator, choosing the button to the floor where his meeting located. He then looked at the man who was standing in front of him, walking towards him as he getting inside the elevator after him. Not going to lie Yejun's heart somehow skipped a beat.
No, it's not the time to get mesmerized by someone's charm, Nam Yejun. You got an important thing to do. You need to go to Secretary Na who waited for you already.
The blonde glanced at the elevator buttons, he then looked straight without making a noise. Yejun felt a little confused there as the blonde didn't say anything after getting on. Well.. usually people who get into the elevator will choose a floor to stop by, but this guy didn't even say anything..?
“ Uh.. which floor? ” Yejun broke the silence and finally asked the man since the elevator already moved to the upper levels. He also pointed his forefinger to help pushing the button for the blonde.
“ We are going to the same one. Thank you for asking, you are so kind. ” the man replied, looking at Yejun with a smile on his face. Yejun who received the response also turned his head to look at him. The blonde's cheeks lifted up and his eyes which resembled the crescent shape can be seen along with that bright smile on his face.
Oh wow.. His smile.
Yejun blinked his eyes after seeing that damn smile and slightly bowed his head again with a meaning of understanding it well. He then loosen up the necktie around his neck and looked at somewhere else as he started to feel kind of hot in that small space especially being together with this pretty stranger.
The elevator trip to the certain floor felt so long for Yejun at that moment. His mind flooded with thoughts..
When is this elevator going to stop?
Why if I am stuck with this pretty blonde?
What is going to happen if this elevator malfunctioning?
A sudden ringtone broke the silence. It was the blonde's phone ringing, he then immediately answered the call though it was clearly written as 'private number'.
“ He will arrived early. Leave immediately. ”
“ Aw, such a waste. He is good looking. ”
“ Leave. ”
The call ended right away after that one word received, it almost sound like a command. At the same time, the sound of elevator rang, they finally have reached to the floor where the restaurant located.
Yejun who stayed silent for the whole time quickly stepping out from the elevator, rushing himself but then his walk stopped when he noticed the blonde didn't come along.
“ Not getting off? ” Yejun looked at the blonde with a confused expression on his face while pointing on the floor. He checked the floor number next to the elevator.
Yeah, it is the right floor.
The blonde got startled because he didn't expect Yejun would remember about him wanted to get off on the same floor. He then grinned to the blue haired guy, pushing the close button in the elevator.
“ Next time, handsome. ”
Yejun widen his eyes after hearing that from the blonde, his eyes gone wild, looking at nowhere when he quickly made his way to the promised venue with a racing heart.
What kind of feeling is that?
The documents and workloads that he needed to check and give approvals seemed taking all over the space on his desk already. Yejun felt like he have to call it a day and went home by rewarding himself something nice. After a long day at work, Yejun decided to go to his favourite cafe, to buy something cold to fresh himself up.
Yejun stopped by at the side road as he parked his car there to get a quick grab of drink at the usual cafe he went. He rushed inside and ordered a drink right away and waited for it to be done. While he waiting for his drinks, suddenly there was a person tapping on his shoulder from behind.
“ Hey, we meet again. ” Yejun got startled when hearing that voice. It sound quite familiar to Yejun, but where did he hear it?
He turned around and found himself to face the same person he met earlier at the hotel's elevator. His heart skipped a beat, again.
It was the blonde.
“ Since we already met twice now, why don't we exchange our names? ” the blonde said, putting an interest on Yejun even though they just met today, but yeah, twice. He looked at Yejun, full of anticipation and waiting for the answers patiently.
“ Yejun. Nam Yejun. ” Yejun answered, looking at the blonde's face. More like studying his face this time. He has such pretty eyes, the colour is so unique to match it with his appearance. It was blue, like a deep ocean colour and they look very mesmerising to him. He got a little tiny mole under his left eye as well, that probably makes him look more attractive. Not to mention his golden hair too. They look so beautiful, looking like a real gold crown on him.
The blonde then offered his hand for a handshake with Yejun, introducing his name afterwards. “ Noah is the name. ” he replied, giving the same damn smile to Yejun again, just like at the elevator earlier. It made his heartbeat gone crazy one more time.
Yejun looked at Noah's hand, reaching them and went for the handshake.
“ It's nice meeting you, Noah. ”
After the meetings at the hotel and cafe, Yejun and Noah ended up exchanging numbers too. Though it was all started at the early of autumn, Yejun can feel the taste of happiness and loves as if he still in spring season, season of love. It all started with simple meetings to see each other in a span of few months and they already have gotten closer faster than they expected. Even their own selves didn't realize how much their bond grew.
From meetings and it ended up as dates. They got clicked and matched each others' energy and finally being together as a couple. Yes, Yejun got into a relationship with the pretty stranger he met a few months ago, he believed he was destined to meet Noah at the first place, destined to have someone like him in his life.
Since then, every single day felt like a brand new for Yejun because he always looks forward to meet Noah after done with his work. As for Noah, he always tried his best to be there for Yejun, knowing his boyfriend's packed schedules. He felt like the need to make times for him.
It was a normal day for Yejun at work, he made himself busy by reading the documents that required his approvals for the projects and proposals. He then heard a notification sound from his phone, it was a message from Noah.
“ Let's eat together, Jun-ah. Let's go for a drive thru, I want some fast foooood. Fetch me at the usual place when it's your lunch time! I love you! ”
Yejun chuckled when reading the message then straight away piled up the files on his desk, classifying the documents so that he won't get it mixed when he come back later. The clock already showed the lunch time going to be so soon.
Perfect.
Yejun got up from his seat and grabbed his suit jacket, putting it on and instantly heading out. He felt all excited over the short message from Noah because he was about to have another date with his lover again. He walked in fast pace till he didn't even looked at the employees who greeted him when he was on his way to the entrance. He only thought of Noah was waiting for him at that moment, that he needed to be quick to get there. He went to his car, leaving the parking lot and driving to the place been said.
Yejun recognized a figure seemed familiar to him as he almost reached the place. He saw the blonde standing at the sidewalk, staring up in the endless grey sky. He wore a beige long coat with brown scarf that covered his neck, they matched very well on Noah.
The weather was cloudy and the coldness really kicked in on that day. The view for the day looked so gloomy since the weather made everything looked like it almost night time but seeing Noah in his eyes made his heart warm enough, lifting his mood right away.
Noah noticed the car coming towards the side of the road slowing down. Seeing Yejun, the one who driving and coming to him already made his heart contented. He lightly swayed his head side to side, the excitement shown on his face which looked so obvious as he grinned like a little child too.
The car finally stopped and Noah instantly went inside it, giving a soft smooch on Yejun's cheek right away. “ It's my hello! I didn't expect you to come over this quick, thank you for not making me wait for too long, it is so cold out there! ” he giggled, looking at Yejun with full of eagerness. He was in a good mood indeed since he finally got to have at least a quick meal with his busy boyfriend.
Yejun chuckled when listening to Noah talking. Since he can't help himself seeing the cuteness shown by Noah, he then quickly cupped his cheeks and gave a kiss to him. He tilted his head as he deepening the kiss between them, gently pushing Noah towards him, placing his hand on his nape while Noah placing his hand on his shoulder, grasping on his suit. The soft groans escaped while they were kissing and it was such a sweet and affectionate one, filled with their loves to each other and thoughts of them being together.
As soon as they breaking the kiss, Noah stayed silent for a moment since he got blushes, he then stared at Yejun, squinting his eyes. “ D-don't tell me the lunch is going to be that kiss? Jun-ah, I am hungry now! Quick quick, drive now! ” He whined, pouting his lips with a signal of throwing tantrums while he slightly slapped Yejun's thighs.
“ Alright, alright. Let's go get some foods for this whiny little kid. ”
They reached the drive thru of the fast food restaurant that Noah wished to eat. Yejun then pressed the button to lower the car's windows, greeted to whoever in charge while looking at the menu.
While Noah also being busy to pick foods from the menu, he suddenly got distracted as he heard some chatter through the intercom at the order section. He could even hear the workers talking though it sounded a bit distorted.
“ Woah, the driver is so handsome. His voice sound crazy too. ”
“ Ah, just look at his face card. He would be a perfect boyfriend. ”
Noah raised his eyebrows in disbelief, his jealousy came to greet him as he clenching his fist. He then asked Yejun to immediately place their orders and moved to the next section right away. Deep down he felt more impatient to see who are the people behind the intercom than getting his foods. Those words were like a gasoline that lit up the fire in him.
How dare!
Yejun noticed that something went wrong with his boyfriend as he didn't look quite happy knowing that he just ordered his favourite set. He stopped at the next section, getting ready to get the foods from the employee.
As the car stopped, Noah quickly unbuckled his seatbelt and moved from his seat, making his way to the car's window at the driver side. He stuck out his upper body out from the windows, staring at the workers.
Yejun got so confused with Noah's doing but didn't dare to say anything, he instead gripping to Noah's tight to make sure he didn't fall out of the car. Safety first.. indeed.
“ Where are those girls that staring and talking about the driver earlier? ” he spoke to the cashier, while his eyes scanned inside the restaurant, looking for another workers. After a moment, there were two girls came with the foods ordered.
“ Here is your order. ” one of the workers handing it over to Noah. She also seemed like taking a glance at Yejun who still confused but Noah immediately noticed that.
“ He is handsome, yes. I know he is, but he is not perfect to be your boyfriend because he is my boyfriend already. Keep dreaming, sweetie. ” Yejun got shocked when hearing the words came out from Noah, chuckling afterwards as he just realized that was the real reason his boyfriend's face went that intense earlier.
Yejun gave a tiny squish on Noah's butts as a cue for him to get inside quickly since he felt embarrassed somehow. Noah let out an ack, sticking his tongue out with a blep expression to the workers and carefully moved inside, he felt very satisfied with his own actions.
Yejun immediately closed the window and drove away as he felt the heat rushing to his face. He went blushing after the little act done by Noah earlier because he didn't expect for him to go that far over a little thing.
” I said what I said~ Uhm, yum! ” Noah sat comfortably on his seat while putting the foods on his lap, starting to eat the French fries and humming happily. Yejun just grinned, learning about Noah's silly behaviour made him feeling the joy to have someone being jealous and protective over him.
As long as he is happy enough, then I am too.
It was a calm morning, there were rays of light sneaking into the room through the curtain. The room felt much brighter as the sun also greeted the peaceful morning.
Yejun moved his body as he turning around, letting out a soft groan. He felt very sleepy but he was thinking that he needed to get up since he have to go to work. He then checked the alarm clock on the desk next to the bed.
Ugh, still early. I will get up in five minutes more.
Yejun rubbed his eyes and snuggled close to the person next to him. “ Good morning. ” He softly mumbled then wrapped his arm around to whoever sleeping next to him, giving gentle rubs using his thumb and some soft pats as if he sending a little baby to the dreamland.
“ Noah-yaaang~ ”
Yejun mumbled more then sticked his cheek together with Noah's and pulled up the blanket as he tightening his arm around Noah's waist, snuggling towards the blonde even more. The clinginess in him really shown at its finest.
While Yejun did this and that, Noah was still in his deep sleep and not even moving an inch, but it doesn't matter to Yejun, as long as he able to stay close to him.
After a moment, finally there was some movements from Noah. He slowly moved and turned his body, facing Yejun who was still laying down next to him, dozing off already. His plan to get up in five minutes vanished in the air indeed.
Noah then slowly opened eyes to find the blue haired guy was laying down very close to him. Like too close. He looked at Yejun's face, studying them.
Handsome, handsome.
Noah touched every features on Yejun's face, his finger moved here and there carefully, learning them to the fullest since he wanted to remember them well. He huddled closer to Yejun, delicately grabbed his chin and slightly tilted his head. His heart got racing but he decided to continue it anyway. Who else is he going to do it if it is not at Yejun, right?
He partially closed his eyes as he planting a light smooch on Yejun's lips. “ Morning kith for the handsome. ” Noah mumbled while his hand slowly stroking Yejun's head. Yejun really look like a small child sleeping soundly next to him. He smiled as he found that his partner actually looked so cute at that moment.
Who would guess this intimidating and awkward guy with a straight face on their first met turned out to be his boyfriend?
A vibration sound came in. Noah slightly moved, getting off from the bed as soon as he reached out for his phone because he remembered putting them on silent yesterday. He then quickly grabbed whatever on the floor to wear since he had such a wild night with Yejun too, last night. He took few steps away from the bed to check his phone.
It was a message received.
“ Message :
Get into the database of the company. Gather the confidential information on the entries made specifically for the financial. Use the access that he has either in his office (his own company's computer) or in his house (his own PC) to avoid any suspicious login attempts.
TASK DELIVERED
SELF-DELETED MESSAGE IN 30 SECONDS AFTER READ ”
Not even few minutes he done reading the message, it was automatically deleted after he opened it. Noah immediately looked at Yejun, still sleeping, then leaving the room silently to carry out whatever he asked to do.
He roamed around, looking for the study room. As soon as he found it, he did his task swiftly. He went through the access been said in the message along with the details provide and carried out the task smoothly like he always did. He smirked with a satisfaction on his face while he clicked here and there, locking his eyes on the screen.
Task accomplished.
Noah sent out the data he has in his hands to the person who hired him. It was just another simple task for him to get it done. Not even a single nerve triggered when he got the mission done as he got the skills that he have been practiced for years.
He then headed out from the room, walking to the kitchen, feeling like the need to fresh himself up. It was the first time he visited Yejun's house after knowing him for quite long.
Noah got a glass of water at his hand, walking around Yejun's house. He looked at the family portrait on the wall, taking a closer look while sipping some water. It was Yejun's family photo.
The father and Yejun?
There were only two of them. He finally learnt that Nam's family only consisting of two family members, left with the dad and himself.
Interesting, Noah thought.
The next few days was quite gloomy for Yejun. He got up from the bed as he rubbed his eyes. He felt a bit empty not having Noah around him for almost a week now. He didn't spend the night with Noah these past days since Noah said he got important things to be settled.
The fact that it has been awhile since the last time he saw Noah too. Both of them just got busy out of sudden so they were not able to catch up with each other. The only thing they did were sending some dry texts.
Yejun walked to the living room and reached out for the remote control to get himself updated with the morning news. He walked to the kitchen to get a glass of water to quench his thirst. While listening, a news break aired on the TV leaving Yejun at awe.
He put his glass down after having a gulp and headed towards the living room as soon as he heard the news, standing in front of the TV and watching the aired news. The headline wrote his company has been doing illegal embezzlement which is under his name.
A news break.
One of the most successful companies in the country, N Company where one of the highest authorities is revealed to embezzle a large sum of money from the company for personal use.
From the source sent by the anonymous, most likely as the whistleblower who addressed themselves as N, the documents showed the number of figures written on the financial statements submitted for the half year end did not tally with the actual figures. There are also documents where the taxation of the company for the previous year hasn't been fulfilled as well. The tax and audit authorities will immediately take an action to investigate the current situation at the company.
Next news...
He flopped down to the couch after the news ended, his legs gone weak. The bullshits that he just heard left him speechless. His heart was beating like crazy as if he had palpitations from drinking strong caffeine.
What did he even do?
Did he make mistakes when approving the agreements done with investors?
As far as he remembered, he already made sure to not spend any of the company's money for personal use, but where is this coming from?
What is this heavy feeling that flooded his heart?
What would his dad react if he knows the news?
How is he going to handle this?
People always said to keep your head up whenever you are facing difficulties, do fight back for your own rights but it seemed like Yejun wasn't able to do such things since he felt weak as if his soul being sucked out from his body. He couldn't think of anything at the moment, he was so out of his mind.
Yejun then mindlessly made his way to his room, looking for his phone. He could only think of one person at the moment.
Noah.
He quickly pressed on the speed dial, calling Noah as he felt the need to have him at the moment. At least to hear his voice over the call, that was all he wanted.
No answers from him.
Damn it, where the fuck are you when I needed you.
Yejun went to the back entrance of the company. He noticed there were quite numbers of reporters in front of the building when he reached the area, so the back entrance was his only choice. He parked his car, heading off to his office right away. The dizziness kicked in his head, thinking about the mess which he didn't even know where it came from.
A knock can be heard from the outside and a person went inside right away after a few knocks. It was his secretary, Secretary Na, the one that he trusted the most and always work with. He is someone reliable and trustworthy for Yejun, so Yejun sometimes do let him deal with a few important schedules on his behalf, only when Yejun's schedule is that packed. He also treated him like his own brother.
Secretary Na stepped in and made his way inside, probably wanted to discuss the shocking news revealed earlier since it was related to the company.
“ CEO Nam, I heard about the sudden news. The human resources management informed me about the huge amount of articles has been released which relating to the news. I personally think this matter is really getting out of our hands. ” he followed Yejun who didn't stay still, feeling restless in his own office.
Yejun also put on a serious face, unbothered by the questions asked by his secretary. His mind was mess enough and now this guy came in to make it messier by informing him that?
“ Give me some times to think, God damn it. I need to find a way to solve this somehow. You, make sure the news won't reach to Chairman Nam. ” Yejun pointed his finger at his secretary, gave a little warning in an intimidating tone as a reminder. He just wanted to make sure everything will be fine.
“ I don't want to disturb him or let him down. I wanted to prove to him that I can manage this well. The dismissal of the board and the new selection of board is near now. I cannot afford to make any mistakes. ” Yejun added, walking towards his desk as he checked the papers and documents on it.
“ Right, I hope you able to come up with anything to solve this. Please do let me know if you need anything too. I will discuss this matter with the related management to find the solutions as well. ” Secretary Na said, trying to reassure Yejun that he will be there if he needed any help.
“ CEO Nam, do recall anything that makes sense, about anything related to this. A tiny thing that you have missed could be a huge mistake, and you might realize it after connecting the dots. I am leaving now. Do reach me out through the line if there's anything you need. ” the man excused himself, giving a little bow and left Yejun's office right away.
Yejun took a glance at the man, letting out a soft sigh after hearing the words came from him. Probably he shouldn't treat his secretary like that, it was kind of harsh but whatever, his mind was a mess. He got no time to take care of anyone's heart right now, there was a huge matter that he should settle now.
Yejun then accessed his computer, getting inside the database using his user ID. His hand clicked here and there quickly to check the documents stored in there especially the financial-related documents. His mind suddenly thought of checking the recent logins.
Recent Logins.
User : 남예준 (Nam Yejun)
User ID : 0109120312
Login details.
- 20xx , December 18th — 15:15
- 20xx , December 15th — 09:10
- 20xx , December 13th — 10:45
- 20xx , December 12th — 06:23
- 20xx , December 10th — 09:01
Notification(s):
- 20xx , December 12th — 06:23 (logged in by registered external device, PC)
I made a login at home? And the timestamp too.. it was early in the morning. When did I even login into the database that early in the morning before the working hours?
His pupil went shaking, his body frozen still as he trying hard to recall the memories of the past few days. He didn't remember logging into the database or bringing home any works from the office. He also didn't bring anyone new to his house or invite any of his officemates either. It was only Noah, the only one recently came by.
He reached for his phone, dialing on Noah's number again. His feelings now got mixed after recalling the morning news earlier.
No way. I couldn't reach him at all.
His anxiousness kicked in, there were a ton of questions and possibilities in his mind. It lingered around and his current feelings just like he got pulled down to the bottom of the sea where he can't even save himself from the drowning.
He kept on dialing Noah's numbers but still, there was no answer from him. As his fingers kept busy typing a message after getting no answers, his computer suddenly shut down and even restarted by itself.
What is happening here now?
The screen went pitch black and there were huge words appeared in a red colour on it after a few minutes.
“ 죽어, 남예준 (Die, Nam Yejun) ”
Yejun got shocked seeing the message, quickly getting off his seat and looked around his surroundings. He immediately felt like someone was watching him from far at the moment. His breathing went inconstant and his feet kept on walking forth and back, he felt so restless.
He sat down on the couch in his office, staring up to the ceiling with the death threats still remained on his screen even though he already tried to close it earlier. He didn't know what to do anymore with these unexpected situations, he clearly not prepared for it at all.
He felt like his brain about to explode with the overflowing negative thoughts. It seemed like the person who did this to him really got him, holding tight to his weaknesses and used it to the fullest to pull him down.
He closed his eyes, dozing off as he felt tired enough dealing with his own thoughts and just like that Yejun drifted into his sleep. He had a very.. long sleep.
Yejun woke up next day finding himself in his own bed. He quickly got up from his bed, sitting on the bed while scanning the room. He rubbed his eyes to make sure where he actually at.
What the hell? How did I end up in my own room?
He immediately looked at his body, fully clothed as he wore a shirt and pajama pants, nothing's weird. He also didn't feel anything peculiar about his body but how is that happened?
He moved from his bed, getting off as he lightly taking steps, heading out from his room. He popped out his head as soon as he opened the door.
Nothing, no one's there.
He walked out, checking his own house. He expected some intruders but what in the world an intruder would bring him home, has the passcode of his own house and even change his clothes to the comfortable one?
Yejun headed back into his room, looking for his phone. He knew that he shouldn't be checking it after knowing all the shits happened. He still proceeded to check his phone, tapping on the work-related group chats, he also read the reminders posted by his employees on the main feeds.
W-what? It looked like usual conversation and posts..?
He quickly opened the search site, typing any keywords related to the yesterday's news or articles. Surprisingly, he didn't found anything like that laying around. Not even a single article is there.
What happened?
Yejun then gave a call to his secretary. He was thinking about the threats he saw yesterday that appeared on his computer. It triggered him in some ways but he still wanted to make sure.
” Ah, yes. Secretary Na. I am sorry for informing you very late, but I am taking a leave today. Please change my schedules for today and push it to any dates available. Also, can you.. please check my computer, in my office? Now? Like, right now. ” the anxious feelings flooded inside him again. He waited for Secretary Na to respond to him, wanting to know whether the threat still there or not.
“ I have turned on the computer. It is working just fine, CEO Nam. Should I turn it off or leave it like that here? ”
Working fine? He turned on the computer? As he remembered, he left it just like that yesterday before dozing off.
What in the world just happened?
A brand new day finally came, Yejun put on his best suit for the big day. He was getting himself ready quite early than usual, he also went for a different hairstyle for the day where he slicked his hair back, showing off his bare forehead. He wanted to look the best and neat so that he could give a great impression to everyone.
His dad already informed him about his arrival for the conference, everything went perfect so far. A thought of someone came into his mind but he quickly brushed it off because he didn't want to get his mood ruined.
He then dropped by at his favourite cafe to grab a morning coffee. It was a few hours gap till the main event started. He walked and made his way to the cafe, looking his surroundings to inhale the morning breeze and some fresh morning air.
There was a familiar figure walked away across the street, the person looked so mystery as he wore all black from head to toe and even a cap with face mask. His heart was beating fast because he seemed recognizing the person he just saw. He stood still for a minute and immediately took steps, chasing the person right away. Surprisingly, that person also ran away from him, why is that?
The chase ended up with both of them being at the abandoned basement. “ Enough with the run. Tell me, who the fuck sent you. Are you the one who sent the death threat to me previously? ” Yejun pinned him down using his knee on the man's back as he was on the ground and tightly locking both of his hands together using his other hand. He also noticed a gun from his back pocket and instantly took it out, pointing at the man that he caught.
His stern voice filled up the empty basement till he even heard his own voice echoing. After a long damn chase, he was finally able to catch him but deep inside he somehow didn't feel satisfied with his doings. He quickly removed the cap and the face mask on the man and stared at his face in disbelief. The man's face that very familiar to him..
No, it is the face that he knows, he is someone that he actually knew.
“ Wow, language? You sound funny. Why are you curious much about who sent me? But no, handsome. I got no answers for that, I am told not to tell a soul. ” the man replied with a chuckle afterwards, as if he mocked Yejun right on his face. In other meaning, he knew that he already screwed up at the moment he got caught by Yejun.
It was his very first time getting caught like that because he was usually able to vanish smoothly from whoever he against with whenever he tried to escape. Probably he actually gave in when he recognised the person who was chasing him and he thought the run won't make him go anywhere, so it was kind of the end for him.
“ Stop with the puzzles, Noah. You came to me and now you confused me like hell. Your disappearance made much more sense now. Even though you are at the lower hand now, you still wanted to play guessing with me? After all these times.. does your feelings towards me.. even real? ”
Yes, it was Noah who got caught by Yejun. Noah actually didn't resist though Yejun's grip on his hands hurting him much. He didn't even bother to struggle to set himself free too.
Yejun's eyes went shaky as he kept staring at Noah, he felt so betrayed at the moment knowing the fact that all the shits happened around him actually made sense to Noah's disappearance. Like what the hell? How did he even missed it?
“ Since you already had the gun now, today might be my last day, right? Let me just die in your hand instead of others. Ain't it better, Jun-ah? ” Noah glared at Yejun, giving a grin to him with an expression that only God knows how annoying he looked like for Yejun at the moment.
“ You didn't answer my question. ” Yejun replied, aiming the gun right at Noah's temple. His grip was a bit shaky, his breathing became more unstable because his mixed feelings seemed like taking over him already. He only had one thought at the time.
Am I really going to kill him?
“ I don't need to answer that, Jun-ah. You know my feelings, we already did a lot of things together. We went for dates, we slept together and even fucked, remember? Why are you doubting me? ”
“ Aha, is it because of the hates already took over you after knowing things happened around? That was quick. I wonder who actually put the spell on you. I didn't expect you to accuse me like this though. ” Noah answered with a playful tone, he almost looked like a person who doesn't care even if he dies there as long as he still kept his mouth running during his final moment.
Noah knew that someone already messed with Yejun's mind, seemed like the person successfully got into his mind after all the warnings he gave.
“ Don't you see Secretary Na earlier? He followed our chase. Since when he got interested on us, Jun-ah? I thought he is merely your secretary who only capable to do some office works. It seemed like he is more than that. ”
Flashback (a few days ago)
“ I know what you did and stay out of my business. Don't get your hopes high for wanting to protect what you wanted to. ” Noah said, his gaze got sharpen to a person who standing in front of him. He slid in his hands into his pockets, waiting for some responses but there was only a silence.
“ Don't you agree so.. Secretary Na? I will get my works done without anyone interrupting. The press conference and the meetings of the dismissal of boards is approaching in a few days too. Isn't it about time you stay still and behave? You annoyed me so much. ” he added while staring at Secretary Na, saying all those with threatening tone. He wanted to intimidate Secretary Na so bad and even glared at him with his coldest face expression.
Secretary Na went speechless and felt like he already too stunned to speak, he clenched on his fist, thinking about what should he reply to this damn annoying blonde. He felt like Noah's words really stabbing his mind till there were not a single word come out from his mouth to counterattack.
“ Can't even speak? Alright, just remember what I said, Secretary Na. Get out of my way. ” Noah left after he saw the guy seemed losing the battle. He was feeling proud, thinking of the words he threw to him too.
“ Don't listen to him, CEO Nam. He is messing with your mind. Let's get you to the press conference now. It is about time already. ” Secretary Na appeared at the basement, coming out of nowhere and interfering the conversation between the two.
Yejun looked at his secretary standing still in a distance while holding a gun which aimed to Noah who was still laying on the ground.
What is happening here? Why is he even here now.. with a gun too?
“ Haha, here he come! The one who didn't want to back out. I should have spit on you. You really got some nerves inside you, don't you? ” Noah replied, noticing a sight of the guy that he went to threaten a few days ago. Seemed like he didn't get shaken by the warnings from him.
“ CEO Nam, just leave this to me and you shall come with— ” , right before Secretary Na able to finish his sentence, Noah instantly moved his body with all strengths as he noticed how distracted Yejun became, tried to adapting the whole situation. Along with his rapid movements, he snatched the gun from Yejun's hand and gave a chokehold to him with his arm.
“ Back off. He is coming with me now. I can't let him go with you. ” Noah pointed the gun to Secretary Na as he now activated his serious mode, slowly taking few steps back, knowing how dangerous the situation have changed with the presence of that damn secretary.
He then walked backwards with his eyes locking on that guy, quickly turned around as he tried to scan the basement, looking for other exit. At the same time, he didn't even realize that he put his guard down and gave a huge chance for the guy with the gun to do whatever he wanted.
Without any sound or warning, Secretary Na indeed took the chance and fired his gun right away, resulting to shoot Noah with a single bullet. Noah instantly knelt down, panting hard and letting out loud groans from the pain rushed in him, he automatically released his arm around Yejun as well. The dizziness kicked in and even his breathing wasn't going normal already.
Noah collapsed to the ground as he gone weak, feeling defeated as he can even feel the sudden warmth from his own blood that gushing out from his body. There were tears escaped his eyes as he felt unbearable amount of pain took over his whole body.
His body went trembling as he grunting and desperately gasping for air to catch up with his breathing. His eyes got fluttered as he trying hard not to pass out yet, not before he made sure Yejun really leaving. He then looked up at Yejun, grabbing tight to his ankle with all the strength that he had left. Even talking became the hardest thing for him to do so at that moment.
“ Jun-ah.. leave now. Leave by yourself. ”
Yejun took a step back from Noah, he felt confused much with the situation and could only watch Noah struggling with the shot, bleeding out. He wasn't on his right mind, there were too much things happened for him to process and he was in a shocked state. He even stared at Noah without a single emotion, not even a touch given to him or a little help. Yejun then left to escape the basement, leaving Noah behind.. just like that.
“ Congratulations on becoming the chairman, Nam Yejun. The new board of directors now got a lot of potential people, thanks to you for always handling things right. I felt at ease too for able to make it on the time during the dismissal. ” Yejun's dad said while giving pats on his shoulder. He looked at his only own son who sitting next to him, his expression somehow looked unhappy after getting appointed as the new chairman, after all those things happened.
Yejun just stayed silent after hearing the words. It has been a week since the new board of directors formed, his own secretary was nowhere to be found. As far as he knows, his dad only told him that his secretary got arrested and he was getting a new one since he already became a chairman now. Even Noah.. he didn't even know what happened to him after the incident. He left his lover just like that after realising things happened around him.
His dad got off from his seat as he walked to the nearest desk, getting a document from the drawer and handed it to Yejun right away.
“ Agent Han really did a great job even till the end. ”
Yejun's mind gone clueless and went puzzled once again as soon as he heard that from his dad, reaching for the papers given to him.
What? Agent Han?
CONFIDENTIAL
NAME : 한노아 (NOAH HAN)
DOB : 20XX . 02 . 10
CODE NAME : N
RANK : S
TEAM : A (LEADER)
MAIN ROLE : RISK TAKER (HIGH)
STATUS : IN ACTION
SUBJECT : NAM YEJUN (CURRENT)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
⌕ : Agreement date.
- 20xx.08.25.
⌕ : Effective date for the mission.
- 20xx.09.01
⌕ : Mutual agreements done with : -
- Chairman Nam of Noir Company
⌕ : Assigned team for any backup situations.
- Selected team : A (Consisting of 6 S-ranked members.)
⌕ : Further explanation and details on mission : -
⛓ Main objective : Protect the subject (Nam Yejun) from the effective date till the arrival of Chairman Nam on the day the dismissal of board of directors of Noir Company.
⛓ Appearance : Blue hair.
: Purplish blue eyes.
⛓ Other objective : Eliminate the infiltrators, find the moles in the company, solve any threats and public or external issues arise relating to the subject.
⌕ : Conditions stated for agreement as per requested.
- The agent MUST NOT reveal his true self/identity or expose any information of the authorities in front of the subject until the main objective is confirm to be achieved.
- The agent is OBLIGATED TO obey all the instructions given by the high authority (starting from the effective date) either it's ethical or unethical.
- The agent SHALL RECEIVE death penalty if he fail to fulfil his duty or to achieve the main objective.
CONFIDENTIAL
Yejun widen his eyes as he reading the profile carefully. His mouth slightly opened, he tightened his grip on the piece of paper as his hand gone trembling. His mind questioned what kind of nonsense going on here now.
“ What's the meaning of this? Noah, Han Noah is someone that you sent to me? Someone you sent to protect me? ” he lifted up his head, staring at his dad who suddenly spoke about his nowhere-to-be-found boyfriend.
“ Yes, I sent him to protect you while I was away, Jun-ah. He has been relying messages and kept me updated about everything happened here. It turned out Secretary Na is indeed the mole in the company, he got a desire to take over your position. ” his dad added, heading back to the couch as he taking a seat in front of Yejun.
“ Agent Han have been working under me perfectly. I also have foreseen about the embezzlement case and asked him to access the database way before the news breaking to clear your name at instant. He handled it pretty well with the help from his headquarters too. ”
What? No wonder there were no issues rose during the day of the new formation of board of directors.. As far as I know, I got informed by the human resources manager that the case is dropped and that's all.
“ Even the death threats that you received before also settled by him. I am really amazed with his skills. He settled it all in a flash. ” his dad added, looking at Yejun who still looked restless.
“ Even the death threat..? All of those are solved by him..? ” Yejun threw more questions as he once again got confused about how the things went. He didn't believe that Noah actually protecting and looking over him meanwhile he doubted him all these times.
“ Yes, Yejun-ah. I couldn't get into the database as the system didn't allow any connections from outside to access it, so I asked for Noah's help for the financial information to clean your name. As for the death threat, he, himself made his way into your office to find the IP address of the one who sent it. That was the only way he said. I put all of my trust on him to get it done smoothly, I even gave him your home passcode. ”
Yejun went speechless after hearing those from his dad. His heart suddenly ached so bad, thinking about how much he behaved and accused Noah for doing all those dirty things. He then looked at Noah's photo in the profile, regretting the mistakes he did during their last met.
So it was him who brought me home safely.
Yejun took a stroll by himself, walking along the seaside with the cool wind blew against his skin. Even the breeze from the sea greeted him. His dad asked him to take a short break since the hectic week has already passed. His dad told him that he really looked like he needed a short vacation because he noticed how exhausted he became, handling all the matters in the company.
Though Yejun already replaced his dad's position where he have the whole board of organization as his permanent team, he still felt so empty at the moment. He already secured the place on the top, achieving one of his dreams but at what cost?
He lost the love of his life, he made him wronged since he was the one who accused him for doing all the bad things. He spoke to him in a rude way and even left him to save himself. He even had a thought, was he really saving himself on that day or actually losing himself?
Yejun's gaze lost in the blue sea while his mind flooded with thoughts of his lover that he missed so much. He walked at the seaside with a slow pace, his feet sunk into the sand on every steps he took when his eyes locked to the endless sea.
It has been a month since the last time he saw Noah. It was his birthday too, February 10th. He supposed to be celebrating it with his boyfriend now but he have no idea what happened to him. The thoughts of Noah lingered in his mind, he missed the blonde so much even though they didn't 'end well'. He wondered how much Noah got hurt on the day he decided to escape by himself. He wondered.. did Noah even survive at that moment?
Is he even alive?
The pool of tears in his eyes broke, the tears streamed down on his cheeks. The regrets in him felt as big as the sea he looked at and he even felt like he was about to get swallowed by it. He stopped taking more steps as he breaking down, his legs got weakened till he kneeled down on the pale sand.
The feeling of missing someone this deep really tore him apart as he kept thinking about Noah where the thoughts of the good days that they spent together came into his mind. He missed that pretty face, the smile, the whine, the laughter and all the kisses and touches. He lowered his head, staring blankly while more tears kept flowing.
“ Hi, handsome. ”
A voice of someone rang into his ears. A familiar voice to him. Was it his imagination? He missed someone so much till he even imagined and heard things now?
“ Nam Yejun. ”
The person called his name. Yejun then lifted his head, looking to his side and found Noah was standing quite a distance away from him.
He quickly stood up, wiping his tears as he started breathing heavily. His heartbeat went crazy as his eyes kept looking at Noah who was still standing there, he even gave a smile to him. That same damn smile, that prettiest smile.
Yejun stared at Noah from head to toe, he wore a long white coat, with the black turtleneck, looking just like the first time they met. He then slowly took steps towards him as he didn't believe his own eyes, like.. is this a dream?
His pace gone quicker as he confirmed the person who was standing really Noah. It was his boyfriend, the one that he longing for such a long time.
“ Han Noah! ”
Yejun instantly hugged Noah, giving a tight one to him. Once again, he cried and more like bawling this time.
Noah let out a little chuckle seeing Yejun crying. He indeed missed his boyfriend too since it also been awhile for him. He finally got back on his feet after getting discharged recently because of the injury that he got.
Just like Yejun, the feeling of missing someone really ate him inside since he got so worried about Yejun. Knowing that all the chaos happened right before the huge event, he always thinking of Yejun needed someone to be at his side. He had thoughts where Yejun might feel anxious again, processing about the things happened.
He then recalled his faint memories on the date of Yejun's big day. After Yejun fled away, he surely saw Secretary Na got arrested by his teammates. He felt grateful enough because his other teammates also done their job smoothly for escorting Yejun silently to the venue.
He really made a right choice on that day since he asked his team to be prepared to receive any commands from him since it was an important day for his mission. He also got informed beforehand by Chairman Nam that he safely landed in the country to attend the conference.
He remembered waking up in the hospital a week after. Not at how his teammates thought he would go coma or never waking up since he didn't even show any signs for the whole week. Well, he indeed survived from the shot and also survived by not failing in his mission, for sure.
The first thing he did after waking up was checking the news about Yejun being appointed as the new chairman. He instantly felt the joy inside him because he knew how much Yejun wanted to make such an achievement. He thought of how much he asked Yejun back then, about his dreams and future plans. It seemed like his boyfriend really made it and he was so proud of him.
Noah planned not to contact Yejun for a few weeks because he thought that Yejun might be busy since he already became the chairman. He also wanted to focus more on himself, to recover well so that he can meet Yejun in a perfect condition. Though he already missed him like a lot, he didn't want his boyfriend to see him weak.
“ I have missed you, Jun-ah. ” Noah whispered to Yejun who still bawling. He ran his hands along his back, giving soft pats and back rubs. “ I missed you so much. ”
“ I missed you too, Noah.. I got so worried about you after knowing the truth. I can't even sleep well thinking about what happened to you. I felt so horrible for acting that way towards you on that day. I am so sorry for leaving you, I got so shoc—”
“ No, don't be sorry about that. I really wanted you to leave at that time, so that your shitty secretary won't follow you or kidnap you. Ah, how dare he shows an interest and keeps being clingy to my boyfriend! Hmph! ” Noah pouted, pretending to get all sulky in front of his boyfriend while crossing his arms.
Yejun snickered after hearing that from Noah. He then wiped his tears, looking at his boyfriend and formed a smile with a small chuckle. He can't believe Noah still able to joke around like that after all those things happened to them. Maybe that's why he destined to meet him, to have someone that could cheer himself up when he was too immersed in his sadness.
“ Right? How dare he. I belong to you! ” Yejun answered with a whiny tone, gently pulling Noah into his embrace again. He heard Noah's chuckles as the blonde wrapping his arms around him.
“ Yes, you are mine and you always be. ” Noah replied and this time, it was Noah shedding tears. He never believed in the word 'forever' in his life as he thought the things that exists and someone who used to be there would eventually disappear someday. He didn't put much hope on the word after learnt it but when he met Yejun, it made him want to believe what's the real meaning of 'forever' again. To stay by his side, to always be there for him.
“ I love you, Nam Yejun. ” he released his arms around Yejun and planted a kiss on his lips as he softly cupping his cheeks. His warm palm held tight on his jawline and his little thumb gently caressed Yejun's cold cheeks. He gave a passionate kiss to Yejun right there, pouring his heart and feelings towards him.
Yejun then wrapped his arms around his waist, pulling the blonde closer as he really missed everything about him. He closed his eyes and kept on tasting the sweet lips of Noah with small sound of humming. The touches that he longing for, the sweet lips that he always landed a ton of kisses and craved, the perfect tiny waist that always filled up his arms.
“ I love you so much, Noah. ” Yejun mumbled in between and opened his eyes as they slowly breaking the kiss. They giggled after having that long kiss, perhaps both of them really missed it since it has been awhile. They then leaned their foreheads together, looking into each others eyes for a moment and giving soft pecks on the lips. It was such a beautiful memory for them. The sound of the waves and the sea even became the witness of their reunion.
“ Let's go home and celebrate your day now, Noah. ” Yejun said to him while reaching for his hand, intertwining their fingers as he holding it tight.
“ Ah, right.. but, carry me! I am feeling tired to walk now. ” he immediately spreaded his arms while doing the grabbing gesture to Yejun. “ Quick quick, a piggyback please~ It is my birthday. I need to be treated like a princess, right? ”
“ Are you really an agent for asking me to do this? I thought you are the higgest ranked one? ” Yejun grinned as he playing along with Noah's wittiness. He knew that Noah probably felt tired because he was still recovering, but once in a while he wanted to play along too.
“ What? Are you serious? An agent like me can feel tired too! Did you know how hard I try to protect you?! I almost died too! Fine, urgh. I will walk by myself! Hmph!! ” Noah pouted and turned away, waddling like a toddler while getting all sulky.
“ Nyenyenye!! Just say that you actually don't want to give me a piggyback!! ” Noah whined along by himself then saw Yejun instantly kneeling down in front of him where his back facing him.
“ Hop on, pretty princess. ”
Noah formed a smile on his face, slowly getting on his back as he wrapping his arms around his neck, holding tight onto his boyfriend. Seemed like he successfully made Yejun to fulfil his request, he really felt satisfied with it.
“ Let me protect and take care of you this time. I can't lose you again, even if you being sulky like this or mad at me, you still have no choice but to stuck with me for a very long time too because I promise you that I won't leave you anymore. ”
Yejun spoke out his mind as he carefully stood up and held tight to Noah, strolling back. He can feel Noah's body and head leaning towards him, his back receiving the warmth of his lover sticking close to him. He realized how lucky he was to have someone to share their warmness with him.
Noah grinned all by himself after hearing those from Yejun. He knew that deep inside his lover always have mutual feelings towards him. As much as he wanted to protect Yejun, he realized Yejun also wanted to do the same to him.
He then playfully pinched Yejun's cheeks since he thought about Yejun making fun of him earlier, he even continued babbling.
“ What what, why are you coming back, carrying me and talking cheesy like that. Hmph, hmph! ”
“ Ack, ack! I came to get you, of course! You need a prince to piggyback you though, right princess? ”
“ Prince? Right, you are my prince. Hehet, I love you, handsome. ”
” I love you too, so much. ”
epilogue.
It was another bright day where Yejun went to work just like usual. He made his way to the hall where he requested the meeting with the boards. The shareholders, investors and the directors took their seats, waiting for their chairman to take the podium.
Yejun walked in, getting on the stage while he lightly took his steps with a bright smile on his face. Again, he came in with his best appearance where he slicked back his hair, wearing the navy blue suit. As he reached the podium, leaning close to the microphone, he started to speak his speech.
“ Greetings to everyone. I, the chairman of Noir Company, Nam Yejun holds this event, this meeting to announce a very important news to everyone on the boards. Before proceeding to the main subject, I wanted to say thank you to everyone for making times to attend this meeting. Hereby, I wanted to announce our vice chairman of Noir Company who recently appointed. ”
A person walked in as he received a cue from Yejun. He took his steps and slowly climbed the stairs, carefully making his way to the podium. Yejun looked at the man with a smile on his face, feeling proud somehow.
The man wore a black suit and also went for the same hairstyle as Yejun where his hair slicked back neatly. His pretty face lit up the whole hall as his bright appearance left great impressions to every single people there.
“ Greetings, everyone. I am Han Noah, the newly appointed vice chairman, the one who will be working under our Chairman Nam Yejun. I also will be helping him for anything needed and basically his partner for everything. I did a favour of our previous chairman where he assigned me to stay close to our current chairman, so I hope you will acknowledge my existence and efforts. I am looking forward to work with all of you. Thank you. ” Noah moved to the side and slightly bowed his head as he ended his speech. He then received an applause from the audience which a great response from the boards, with a meaning that he very welcomed to the company.
“ I also wanted to take this opportunity to announce another news to everyone. ” Yejun stepped closer as he talking to the microphone. He then gently grabbed Noah's hand and lifted it up, showing his finger as well where they wore their silver couple rings.
“ Vice Chairman Han and I already engaged to each other last month. We are in a serious relationship and will be soon announced our marriage. ” he added while looking at Noah who already put on a shocking expression on his face. He indeed didn't expect that from Yejun because he thought the meeting today was only going to be the announcement of his position but it happened to announce another shocking news too.
“ W-what— ”
“ I hope all of you will bless our relationship. ” as soon as Yejun finished his sentence, another applause filled up the hall again, Noah noticed the people there were putting smiles on their face too after receiving the news.
It is a good thing, right?
Noah looked at Yejun and his gaze got softened when he realized his fiance really made a bold move to announce such thing at the formal event. He held tight to Yejun's hand as he bowed down his head together along with Yejun.
Both of them wrapped up the meeting with light hearted. They continued their days together, staying side by side with a promise of never letting go each other again.
Noah who used to doubt the word 'forever' finally learning the real meaning of it with Yejun who always there by his side, meanwhile Yejun, he live his life to the fullest now as he confirmed that he finally found Noah, his other half as his destiny.