nossa lua: taeil x nct 127

9

"you guys are still up?!"

the two teenagers on the couch face the older as he walks in while nodding.

"because we have to interrogate you," chenle drags taeil to the couch and hands him a cup of warm tea. "so..."

"so what?" taeil sips from the cup, trying to tease the youngers and it worked.

"hyung, you know," jisung pokes his cousin's arm. "your first day at the job."

"it was...interesting," and the answer makes the younger males groan again at the vague answer.

"that's not an acceptable answer!" chenle exclaims. "how was the building? how are your bosses? are they nicer or cold like the rumors say?"

"well, they're interesting characters..."

at this point, the youngers are getting tired of the older's answers that they can hardly contain their annoyance.

"just tell us already!" the boyfriends both yell out and taeil sighs.

"look, i had an interesting day. first of all, the impression i gave johnny is pretty bad but i think we figured it out. only taeyong and jungwoo actually smile to me, the rest kind of just stare at me but also scare me a little. i made a friend though, kun, the receptionist for the entrance and he told me everything i need so i think i should be fine."

"ok, that's all we needed to know," chenle nods his head and gets up, making taeil confused.

"where are you going?"

"to sleep, it's past midnight and i have morning classes tomorrow so i have to rest. good night everyone!" the chinese waves his hand and skips to his bedroom. jisung and his cousin just stare at each other, wondering at what just happened.

"that's your boyfriend," taeil gets up from the couch and into his own room to sleep, patting the younger's shoulder in the process.

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the past few days, taeil's been feeling like he's walking on eggshells. ever since yuta and sicheng went back to their respective home countries, his bosses had become even more sensitive, especially jaehyun.

"i just don't get it!" taeil stabs his rice with his chopstick, making kun flinch as the peaceful atmosphere was ruined. "it's been 3 days since yuta and sicheng left to go back to their own places but after that, it seems like the whole office became a volcano, waiting for an eruption!"

"what are they doing?" kun asks patiently. "cause the ceos already act really sensitive so what's taking it to the next level?"

"they haven't really done anything specifically, just that the whole air seems colder. like donghyuck isn't smiling as much, taeyong locks himself up in his office and won't let me step foot, everyone else is doing similar things."

"hmmm, maybe they have a large project under the wraps. after all, sicheng and yuta did leave so i would think that it's to manage some things in their branches," kun gives a reassuring smile while taking a bite from his noodles.

taeil is about to answer but his phone goes off, a familiar name and number shows up.

"do you really not have any respect that you saved ceo jung's name by just his first name?" kun points out as the other picks up the vibrating device.

"they didn't give a shit on what i called them, at least that's what taeyong said," taeil sticks his tongue out before picking up the call. "yes, did you need something?"

"the others are already out eating but i can't go because i have a deadline. get something for me to eat, preferably something not greasy and small portion."

before the secretary can reply, the line is just disconnected and he stares at the device in disbelief.

"i swear to the holy god up in heaven, that ceo better be fucking thankful he's my boss," kun raises an eyebrow as taeil gets up from his chair. "kun, i'm sorry but you're gonna have to finish the lunch shift yourself."

"just go, ceo jung is not a patient person," the chinese smiles as his friend waves back while running to the elevator.

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taeil gets into the elevator and starts to mess his hair up from his stress, that came from two reasons. one, he couldn't eat his lunch because jaehyun wanted to have his own lunch. two, there was no time to get new food for him so taeil would have to give his own... now that he thinks about, that's only one reason.

"why today and now?" the secretary looks into the mirror to fix his hair and straighten up his jacket.

"are you sure this is a good idea?" donghyuck asks taeyong, who just looks at the screen connected to the camera in the elevator. call it creepy but he's the one who's providing the secretary's salary anyway.

"we got johnny to get better, so it's jaehyun's turn now," the older male replies. "and seeing that taeil is willing to give his lunch up for him, this can go really well."

"why are you so committed to making us like him? like yeah, he's different from the other secretaries but it's not like he's gonna last any longer than them," donghyuck points out while watching as taeil skips from one foot to another in nervousness. as much as he didn't want to admit, he found the older adorable because he would act in adorable ways that just made him want to squeeze his cheeks... no, he can't be thinking that.

"because i want him to last longer than them. look, you know how picky i am with people and the fact taeil caught my eyes is already a step ahead. and besides, it seems that you like him seeing that you're smiling like an idiot."

the younger snaps out of his daydream and goes back to putting on a straight face.

"no i'm not. anyways, mark and i are going to go get the food we were supposed to be eating 30 minutes ago so bye hyung."

taeyong waves to the maknae as he leaves and goes back to staring at the camera screens, smiling once the elevator stops and the doors open.

"lets see if you can melt another icy heart, moon taeil."

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each walk was like another step towards doom and dread, two feelings that soon came to their maximum once he stopped in front of the large black marble door.

"ok, tough it up taeil," the man tells himself and then reaches out to knock on the door.

"come in."

the deep voice on the other side sends shivers down taeil's spine as he opens the door and is met with a gust of cold air.

"i have your lunch as you requested," he holds up the packaged containers in his hand and thinks to himself at how good it would've tasted if he was the one eating it.

"open it up."

"what?" the secretary blinks his eyes at the vague order and the question lingers in the air longer than he wants it to.

"open up the bag," jaehyun stands up from his chair, walks around the table, approaching taeil with the same cold eyes.

"i'm your secretary, not servant, you can do that yourself sir," taeil can hardly believe at how rude the other was being, ordering him around as if he was the boss of him...wait, he was.

"you're my secretary, meaning you're also my personal assistant," the ceo passes by the shorter and sits on the black leather couch in the middle of the space. "so, what are you waiting for?"