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scandalous ; joshua hong

ʕっ• ᴥ • ʔっ summary; the last thing you need is management knowing about your supply closet meet-ups.
ʕっ• ᴥ • ʔっ genre & tags; fluff / office!au / work/colleague relationship / sneaky relationship not-so-sneaky / lord i love him / gyu has his head in the gutter at one point / happy ending
ʕっ• ᴥ • ʔっ pairing; joshua x afab!reader
ʕっ• ᴥ • ʔっ word count; 2.8k words

ʕっ• ᴥ • ʔっ author's note; requested by anon! this fed my obsession with sneaky relationships mmm / thank you for 300 followers!!! i love you all <33
⋘ 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎... ⋙

Files, files and more files. Groaning, you contemplated why you even still kept this awful nine-to-five office job in the middle of Seoul. There was only one reason you could think of other than your pure insatiable need for money at the moment and that was one of your own colleagues - Joshua Hong. A lot of people, including your family brushed off your reasoning for staying at the job because of him to a tight colleague friendship, not wanting to leave him behind. You could almost scoff at their naivety and even now you rolled your eyes while sat at your messy desk.

The man bothered you oh-so-much for the sake of an adrenaline rush in the supply closet and the two of you had been at it for months now. You were upcoming the one year anniversary of secret meetings and you weren't entirely sure how it'd lasted so long without being busted by any other colleagues - or even worse, management. You couldn't deny that even in your work environment, you were head over heels just passing him in the corridor where you'd share a little smile as if smiling was suddenly illegal between colleagues. The two of you were just wary, even if Joshua sometimes had a knack of almost blowing your cover. You'd complain to him in your secret supply closet meet-ups that you were certain he was trying to do it on purpose. He would simply shrug, giving you a light-hearted smile as he stated he doesn't care if they find out anymore.

As your legs wandered down the corridor with a mind of their own, you couldn't help but debate his words. Was it worth soon announcing your relationship? You chewed your lower lip at the thought, beginning to draw blood from the flesh. Joshua and yourself had made a habit of this one particular supply closet on your floor. It was practically empty by this point, the shelves bare because it would only be stocked at the end of the month and it was only used by janitors during the night. That meant you had a secure hiding spot from security cameras. Your hand reached to push the door's handle down however it moved before you even grasped it, the door opening as a hand reached out to grab yours and pull you in quickly.

You stared up at the man, bewildered with how quick he'd acted and the fact he even knew you were outside the closet. He smiled, his bunny teeth poking out before his eyes fell to your lip. His smile faltered, his hand reaching up to cup your cheek as his thumb gently brushed over your lower lip. You choked on your breath, looking away with flustered cheeks at his actions.

"You've been chewing your lips again," Joshua mumbled, letting out a little sigh as you looked at your feet, "is it your work load? I'll take some if it helps."

"No, no," you smiled reassuringly up at the male, despite the fact your lip was stinging painfully, "I just started a bad habit while walking here is all."

Joshua didn't look convinced and to be honest, you didn't look convincing. With a busted lower lip, furrowed brows and shaky hands, Joshua wasn't falling for anything. Yet he didn't press your nervous state, instead wrapping his arms around you and pulling you into his chest. Your shoulders relaxed almost instantly, leaning into him as you let your arms hug around his waist. His chin rested on the top of your head and you almost smiled at the action as you listened to his heart beat.