Boss With Love (Kim Taehyung)
TIGA

Taehyung sits on a single sofa in his study. His right leg is crossed over his left leg while raising his hand to the face. He noticed the wound on his hand wrapped in a bandage cloth while several rough breaths.

"Bright... . My hands are like lemper cakes." Taehyung chirps while flipping his palms in front of his face.

"Hm?" Kim Namjoon who was sitting on the sofa next to Taehyung so difficulty sipping his tea. He put his tea cup back on the table and turned to Min Yoongi who was sitting next to him. The flat-faced man sniffed his shoulders indifferently, answering Namjoon's gaze. I don't know.

Yep. Kim Namjoon and Min Yoongi are in Taehyung's office. They came at a sudden invitation from Jimin this morning. Jimin wants the man who tried to kill Taehyung to be caught, before his best friend is in danger.

Therefore, he deliberately asked Namjoon who is currently a detective, and Yoongi who works at the police station to help him.

He was very confident that the two people who had been friends with him and Taehyung since he was in school could help solve this case.

"What is that, limper?" Namjoon asked, who was immediately greeted by laughter from Jimin who was sitting on the opposite sofa, directly opposite Namjoon and Yoon-gi.

"Campers, Hyeong. Typical food from Indonesia. Taehyung tried it once while on a business trip there last month." Jimin explained because Namjoon's face looked so curious.

"Wow! Indonesia's? Bali?"

"No, Jakarta. The company decided to plant a stake in a fairly large online store there."

"Ahh-" Namjoon nodded in understanding. But after that his gaze returned to Taehyung.

"Is it that way?" Namjoon asked then while pointing towards Taehyung's battered hand.

The thought of Namjoon just now who thought that there was food wrapped in a bandage cloth made Jimin laugh out wide while holding his stomach. Sometimes geniuses can also think silly!

Yes, Kim Namjoon is famous for being a genius since he was in school. He is Taehyung and Jimin's upperclassman who has proven his genius by becoming a well-respected detective. But yes, the tallest man among the four of them can sometimes also think silly and strange. Food wrapped in bandages? Just incredible!

Yoongi who from earlier was just silent, until straightened his back. He flicked his hand once in front of Namjoon's face. Eliminates the question of anything that still holds up in the brain of the genius of the detective.

"So, you really don't have any leads to help us?" Yoongi asked Taehyung. Not at all concerned about Jimin who was still laughing while occasionally pointing at Namjoon's confused face.

Taehyung, who had chuckled at Namjoon's silly question, immediately turned his full attention to Yoon-gi. He seemed to think for a moment then shook his head slowly.

"I can almost open the head cover. But this is what I got." Taehyung replied as he raised his injured right hand.

"Jimin?" Yoon-gi turns to Jimin who has started to stop laughing. The man is now turning moody.

"I was too focused on ascertaining Taehyung's condition when the accident almost happened. I forgot to remember the license plate of that car. Then when the food incident was poisoned, I didn't know anything either because I went out with Taehyung to meet with investors from Singapore." Obviously Jimin who then turned his head towards Taehyung with a guilty face. "Sorry."

Taehyung had to move his body forward to pat Jimin on the shoulder while smiling sincerely. "No. It's not your fault, man."

"Is there anyone you suspect? Competitors, maybe?" Tanya Namjoon who immediately makes Taehyung and Jimin face to face.

"Rather than competitors, it may be more appropriate to call business partners. Or maybe family?" Jimin replied, who was immediately presented with a look of protest from Taehyung.

"Sorry Tae, after all I remain suspicious of your uncle. He's the only one who's got a weird problem with you, isn't he?"

"No."

"no? You sure?" Jimin began to get emotional. He looked at Namjoon and Yoongi who were suddenly silent.

"Even you two know too right, Hyeong?!"

"Jimin-ah. stop." Said Taehyung who knew where Jimin was talking to.

"It's not just me, the four of us also know that Uncle Yong Joon is the only uncle you have, but also the only uncle who doesn't want you!" Jimin's tone began to rise. In fact, he tried to restrain himself.

"Jimin-ah, please." Taehyung stared right into Jimin's eyes. Trying to make Jimin calm down and stop talking about something that could open up his old wounds.

For God's sake, not now.

Taehyung then threw his back against the back of the sofa. Taking a deep breath and closing his tired eyes, right after Jimin lowered his head and took a deep frown at his temple.

Namjoon and Yoongi who had just watched the debate between his two best friends could only be silent. Not that they knew very well what Jimin and Taehyung were arguing about. It's just that they don't want to talk and instead muddy the atmosphere.

"Let's see," Yoon-gi began to speak again as things calmed down. "Let me and Namjoon discuss first to determine the next step."

"We'll call you later." Timpal Namjoon, nudging Yoon-gi's arm, stood up and put his jacket on the arm of the sofa.

Taehyung stood up, making a smile while thanking Namjoon and Yoongi.

Followed by Jimin who had stepped his legs forward toward the door,

"I'll take you."

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Taehyung's workspace door opened slowly and featured a figure of Jimin who seemed hesitant to step in. He just drove Namjoon and Yoongi to the parking basement.

At first Jimin intended to take the two friends to their workplace, enough for the reason of avoiding Taehyung after having a fight with him earlier. But Namjoon and Yoon-gi both refuse, arguing that they are carrying their own car.

Finally inevitably, Jimin was forced to return to Taehyung's room. Actually, he might not have come back. He can find excuses by pretending to be busy at his own desk, rather than having to go back to his best friend and get caught in a strange awkward atmosphere.

But Jimin didn't. He chose to walk his feet through his own desk to go to Taehyung's room.

After all, he still felt he had to say something.Sorry maybe?

because indirectly, his words when the emotion earlier might have had time to reopen the unpleasant memories in Taehyung's heart.

And here's Jimin now. Standing in between the door that opened a little. I doubt if I should go in or go back. But it certainly looks ridiculous if he returns when Netra Taehyung had had time to capture his presence there.

Jimin's strange behavior makes Taehyung who is now sitting behind the desk while checking some documents, his own pity made.

Taehyung took off his glasses and placed them on the table. Staring at the faithful Jimin stood in the doorway like a fool.

"Do you want to ask for a donation? If yes, go! I don't have a dime."

Jimin gave a small smile in response to Taehyung's teasing that would probably sound rude to some. But that certainly doesn't apply to Jimin. The man stepped in with a feeling of relief.

For Jimin, Taehyung's attitude just now means that the man has forgotten the tension they both had made before.

"I didn't drive the Hyeong duo home. They turned out to be carrying their own car, so I just drove them to the parking lot."

Taehyung nodded in understanding. His eyeballs started rolling back to the pile of maps in front of him. I want to refocus on checking everything. But shut down when Jimin's voice interrupted again.

"Tae, uh,"

Taehyung looked up at Jimin who seemed hesitant to talk.

"The question that was" continued Jimin again with a face that is difficult to interpret.

Taehyung's eyebrows fused together. Actually, he knew what Jimin wanted to say. But he chose silence. Deliberately let Jimin continue his sentence.

"Perhaps, I accidentally reopened a memory you should've forgotten."

Jimin's head is down. Absolutely not returning Taehyung's gaze to him. He preferred to drop his gaze onto the glass table under his eyes. Playing his fingers up there as if he were writing something.

"Trust me I didn't mean it that way. I just-" Jimin paused his sentence again, along with his fingers that also stopped activity. "Maybe I'm just getting carried away by emotions." Further.

Taehyung was silent. His eyes glanced at Jimin's fingers moving back on his desk. He smiled as he caught the word 'sorry' that Jimin wrote over and over with his index finger. Pressurise. But sweet.

"There are no bitter memories to forget, Jimin-ah. Unless we're amnesiac or dead." Taehyung answered trying to be realistic. But it sounded annoying in Jimin's ear.

"Then don't talk nonsense in front of me! Once again you bring up death, then I'll kill you myself!"

Taehyung gave a crisp laugh then stood up to Jimin, leaning against the table.

"Wow, relax Brother. So what's my schedule after this, Mr secretary?"

The one asked only snorted then looked at the watch on his wrist.

"Meet with interns from the planning division. But later, after lunch."

Taehyung. I realized it was time for lunch.

"So what's lunch, Daepyeonim?"

"Hm... . Yukgaejang?¹, Bulgogi?², Seolleongtang?³ I don't know, I just want to eat meat."

"Yukkaejang? Nope, no. I don't want to be bothered if you suddenly get a stomachache. You can never eat spicy, Tae. I know a good seolleongtang restaurant, we'll just go there."

"All right, no problem."

"Wait a minute!" Just walking a step, Jimin held Taehyung's shoulder and stood in front of the man to make sure of something. Slightly lowered his head in front of Taehyung then instantly shut his mouth with both hands.

"Why?"

Instead of answering, Jimin laughed out loud while covering his face. Sure enough, Taehyung's pants zipper open, again.

"Seriously Tae, what's wrong with your pants? I think everything attached to your body is expensive stuff. But look at that" Jimin prefers to laugh rather than continue his sentence.

While Taehyung who knew very well what Jimin meant, immediately turned his gaze down. He swore a little and turned back to Jimin. Trying to raise his pants zipper down for the second time in half a day.

"Hopefully your pet bird will not go out, Mr. Daepyeonim."

A sentence that suddenly crossed Taehyung's brain and made him groan.

"The bar girl! Just watch if I see you again, I'll make him sorry!" so about Taehyung's heart.

So screwed. What sin did he meet such a perverted girl?! Or, actually he is the one who actually looks perverted in front of the girl?

Goddamnit!

"Armghh!!!"

"What's? Why, Tae? Stuck in?" Jimin asked grimacingly looking at Taehyung who was suddenly motionless.

"Groom, Jim."

"Why?"

"I ruined it."

"Well?!"

"It seems I pulled it too hard."

"Let's see!" Jimin pulled Taehyung's shoulder to turn to face him.

"Well! What do you want?"

Taehyung glared as Jimin suddenly crouched down in front of him. He immediately pushed Jimin's forehead with his left hand.

"Build you, you idiot! What else?"

"Don't fuck around!"

"O-hoo?! Would you like to have lunch like this?"

Taehyung's forehead wrinkled. Also true. But is there no other way?

"I'll order a new suit."

"Don't waste Tae's time, I'm hungry."

Taehyung grunts. Inevitably, he had to accept Jimin's offer.

"But don't touch!"

"How do I fix it without touching it, you idiot!"

"I mean don't touch that-"

"Or, you just take your pants off to make it easier, hm?" Jimin raised his eyebrows teasingly. And automatically gets a killing gaze from Taehyung.

"Let's die?!"

Jimin laughed until he sat down and banged on the floor, looking at Taehyung's surprised facial expression. It's so exciting to tease this guy.

"Alright, alright. I'm gonna be serious now. Relax, man." Said Jimin who positioned himself in front of Taehyung. Both knees become the body pedestal in order to be more upright, not too low too high.

"If it's about zippers, just leave it to me. I'm used to it."

Taehyung. "Your sentence is ambiguous, man."

Jimin did not answer. He is more focused on fixing Taehyung zipper. Although it was obvious he was desperately holding back a laugh.

Whatever filthy thoughts that were struggling in Taehyung's head were clearly not true. Jimin doesn't have a girlfriend. And of course he's still sane not to date random women then sleep - Ah! Basic Taehyung!

Jimin's hand was still there. Making Taehyung close his eyes tightly while occasionally holding his breath. It's nothing, he's just afraid that jimin's hand suddenly sprains and releases and clamps something down there.

“Be careful Jimin-ah. I'll kill you if I hurt my future.”

Jimin chuckled then before long he breathed a sigh of relief. “Completed.”

Taehyung looked down at his perfectly closed zipper.

“What did I say? For urgent matters like this, I am the expert.”

Just when Taehyung opened his mouth to thank Jimin, a rowdy sound like a broken object sounded deafening. Making Taehyung and Jimin jumped in shock then threw his attention to the source of the sound.

At the other end, right in the doorway of Taehyung's room, a man in a white shirt, black pants, and a matching tie, stood among the scattered fragments of an antique urn. Of course with the same surprised face.

ID card with red strap?

That ID card, that,

Internship employee?

To be continued...

¹ Yukgaejang : Korean cuisine is spicy beef soup cooked in broth and soy sauce stew.

² Bulgogi: Processed meat from korea. Generally use the meat sirloin or beef part of the choice. It is usually cooked with a mixture of soy sauce and sugar, plus other spices depending on the recipe and the region in Korea.

³ Seolleongtang : A type of Korean cuisine made from beef bone broth soup boiled for a long time.