BEHIND THE SCENES

chapter 95: enough is enough

<OST: eight - IU PROD. & ft. SUGA>

"Bujang."

Namjoon looked up and saw Hoseok and Chungha standing by the door of his office. "Ah, you're here? Take a seat."

Hoseok and Chungha exchanged nervous glances as they took their seats opposite Namjoon, wondering why they were called to his office all of a sudden. Was this about their private lives yet again, or work-related...?

"Bujang..." Hoseok began. "We-"

"Why do you think I've asked both of you to come in here today?"

"Hm?" Hoseok raised his eyebrows, surprised by the sudden question. "Oh, well, I wouldn't know..."

"What about you, Chungha-ssi?"

"I don't really know either, bujang..."

Namjoon turned towards Hoseok. "Make an educated guess."

"Um..." Hoseok flashed Chungha a furtive glance. "If this is about the two of us again, I would like to say that we'll try our best not to-"

"What...?" Namjoon let out a bewildered laugh, shaking his head in disbelief. "About you two? No, this has nothing to do with that."

"Oh, thank goodness-" Hoseok heaved a sigh of relief, and so did Chungha. "Well, you did ask me to make an educated guess, so-"

"It's working hours now, so of course it'd have to be work-related," Namjoon said with a small smile. "But just to side-track a little, I believe we're over that little private matter of ours, aren't we...?"

"Right."

Namjoon glanced at Chungha briefly. "Aren't we?"

Chungha pursed her lips and nodded slowly. "Yes, we are, bujang."

"So-" Namjoon pursed his lips, finally getting down to business as he clasped his hands in front of him on the table. "Let's stop beating around the bush and wasting any more time. It's time to come clean and lay everything out on the table."

Hoseok and Chungha looked thoroughly confused. "Sorry, what was this regarding again?"

Namjoon inhaled sharply. "Lee Jieun."

"Oh."

"I wanted to know what both of you think..." Namjoon said quietly as he folded his arms across his chest. "The two of you are her closest colleagues in this company after all."

A collective little sigh spread across the office, as if all three of them shared the same sentiments regarding Jieun. All three of them were well-aware of what had happened at this point, and were all clearly bothered by what had happened. Jieun was their colleague - and for Namjoon's case, employee - after all.

"Hoseok-ssi, you first-" Namjoon turned his attention to Hoseok. "What are your thoughts? And what do you think we should do from now?"

"Mm..." Hoseok frowned a little. "I think I need a little more time to think it out. Chungha has plenty of things to say about this, though."

"Oh, is that so?" Namjoon raised his eyebrows in surprise. "In that case, Chungha-ssi, you go."

Chungha took a deep breath before starting. "I think... things just blew out of proportion without any of us intending for it to turn out this way. Initially, Jieun-ssi became his makeup in hopes of hear more gossip about him from her fellow colleagues. By right, there was nothing wrong with that... as we all agreed on. But things soon escalated when she was given the opportunity to live under the same roof as him... and I guess, that offer was crazy difficult to turn down.