Moon Chin Hae wished the fools in front of him have the happy life they deserved. Either together or on their own. It was totally up to them. With a smile, he saw the scene folding before him. Min Jun was making sure Young Jae was comfortable in the bed and enquiring if he needs anything. Then Min Jun looked satisfied with the way he had made the older guy comfortable as much as possible.
Min Jun turned towards Chin Hae with the face devoid of emotions. "We have an issue to settle. We need to discuss the traitorous project head you trusted now."
"Yeah! Let's get to work." Chin Hae complied and took Min Jun to the adjacent door leading to a small room. The room had brick walls on the three sides, whereas the fourth one had the glass wall proudly showing the view of the beautiful garden. It looked like a tiny serene-cosy little room with comfortable couches.
Chin Hae never used this place as his Big Boss, as BB liked this place. He knew Min Jun would be allowed in any place he wants in the establishment BB owns without a consequence. After all, Min Jun was their Big Boss's shadow. Not like Chin Hae was not allowed but he rarely uses it out of respect. They sat next to each other facing the garden.
"I changed the contract quotation altogether. We wouldn't know if the traitor revealed the amount to anyone. We don't have solid proof, and he was claiming that he didn't do it till the end. So either we can wait for BB to decide or let the ethics team from the headquarters to take over the issue. What do you wanna do?"
"Whatever BB wants me to do, Min Min! I am very blessed to have a capable secretary. If she didn't make sure that tender passes through her in my absence, everything would have been ruined. Is BB angry with me?"
"He is upset. He asked you to focus on your cousin and not work. He would have assigned someone. But you didn't listen..."
With the distress written on his face, Chin Hae started. "No matter how long I do this, I am getting more useless with these things. I can't even supervise..." A smack on the head made him stop his rant.
"Taking care of you and your mess was never an issue for me or BB or any one of us. You really think we will put up with you if we don't see you as a family. Stop your overthinking!" With that, Min Jun smacked his head again.
"Chin Hae Hyung! We are all humans at the end of the day. Mistakes happen! But you don't need to blame yourself for your subordinates crime. His action's consequences are on him! Not on you..." Min Jun said his words with a sympathetic smile on the face. He kicked his shoes off only to make himself more comfortably on the couch.
Silence fell on them, and both lost in their own thought! Moon Chin Hae could never forget how much people around him helped him all the while. The warmth he felt from them all these years never changed. The trust they had on him was so precious to him.
When his family falsely accuse him, the entire world didn't believe him but sided with his family. The school was ready to kick him out. He had no one to seek help from. He had no money. He was desperate. BB entered the principle office and retained him in the school with a few sentences.
"I know my hoobae. He didn't attempt to molest the girl. If you give a hand in ruining his life, I will ruin your life!'
BB had been his shelter from then. Providing for him and helping him in all his difficulty. Moon Chin Hae never interacted with BB before apart from for few times when they ran into each other in the basketball court. He has spoken to Wang Min Jun more comparatively way much more. Maybe because Min Jun had a crush on his straight best friend. Later only he found that Min Jun vouched for him and his character to BB. Baby-doll backed up his vouch. That was the reason BB, a high school student who was just 2 years older than him, backed him up.
That was the first time BB used his power as the first son of the school chairwoman. Everyone Knew about BB being the school chairwoman's son, and he never put an air out about it. He was punished like any other students when he did a mischievous deed. But being the elder brother of three siblings forced BB to mature up.
BB was the short form of Big Brother given by his siblings, but later a few other picked it at up in the meaning of Big Boss... sometimes people whisper behind saying it was Barbarian Boss. A fond smile appeared on his face whenever as he thought of BB as his Big Brother rather than the big boss.
A hand on his shoulder dragged him back to reality.
"What are you dreaming about looking like a fool smiling at nothing?"
"Just an old memory."
"Whatever… You were always overthinking and overprotective… like a 50 years old nagging mother... But what the hell was that? How could your skill to nag turn itself off when it was needed, and you overthink when it was unnecessary?" Min Jun's said with irritation clear in his voice and he eyes squinting as if he was mad. He sounded angry.
Moon Chin Hae was puzzled. They were fine a minute ago. But what went wrong? What was Min Jun even mad about?
The confused Moon Chin Hae looked at Min Jun like a sleepy kitten startled to awake, completely lost. After a minute of not getting a response, Chin Hae started to rack his mind about happened in the last few minutes. Was Min Jun upset about the mishap at work? But he said he was not. Min Jun always spoke his mind. Was it about walking in on Min Jun and Young Jae on the bed? But that didn't sound right as Min Jun called him in and asked to help with the 'accidental fall.' Then was it because…
Even before he finished thinking, his head was flicked hard. He let out a painful yelp.
"Stop running your head wild. I am not angry. Just upset..."
"Stop running your head wild. I am not angry. Just upset about how you behaved with your cousin!" Min Jun elaborated.
Chin Hae was even more confused. 'I didn't mistreat him or bully him. I didn't even come two feet near him. It was you who catered to all his need. Is Min Jun upset as I didn't help in making Young Jae comfortable? But Young Jae didn't need any help, did he? Was it because I left Young Jae alone? Did he think I don't care about my cousin? I know I don't know him much, but I do care about him. We never got a chance to get along before, but in the last few days, I realised I like his company. Obviously, I care for my cousin. Did Min Jun think I don't? Then I had to clear this misunderstanding. What if Min Jun ends up hating me? What if he told BB and Baby-doll? What if they also thought I don't care for people around me? What if…'
"Ahhh!" Chin Hae yelled at the sudden smack he received in the head.
"Stop your overthinking before it reaches till the plot of being disowned by BB or worse change your name and move to mars!" Min Jun whisper yelled at him.
"Mars is habitable to some extent. That's not a bad idea, you know?" Chin Jae answered honestly only to get his head to be smacked again.
"At this rate, I might smack your brain out of the head..." Min Jun said in a defeated tone. 'Why overthinking is not a disorder?' He couldn't help but wonder…
"At this point, I question the existence of my brain… You know?" Chin Jae said what was in his head.
"You do have a brain, but I am not sure about your ability to use it properly anymore… I am done with you. I will go somewhere else and be upset with you for some time..." With that, Min Jun stood up, ready to leave.
A whine of protest came out, and then a hand clutched his wrist.
Min Jun turned only to notice his senior, looking like an abandoned puppy.
"Don't be upset with me. I don't know what I did wrong, but I will not do it again..."
The sadness in his eyes was real. The abandonment he experienced from his family ruined his confidence and threw Chin Hae in an awful path. With years of pestering, he agreed to voice out his fears and pain to his friends. But everyone knew he holds a lot more than what he says. No one pushed him to say more than what he wants once he started to share. They realised he needs more time to accept that they would not vanish from his life.
Min Jun ruffled the older man's hair affectionately.
"You will promise to me that you will not repeat it only after I tell you what you did. Think properly before you promise. Okay?" Min Jun spoke slowly as if he was calming the wounded animal.
Chin Hae nod his head eagerly.
Min Jun chucked and settled himself in the couch back. "This is the first time I am meeting your cousin. When you saw us in a compromising position, you should have punched me in the face or at least try to intervene… But why did you walk out saying 'please continue' idiot?"
"Well… it is you. And you both are adult enough to make a decision..." Chin Hae answered back.
"Yes, Hyung. But I am a stranger to him. How could you just leave us like that?" Min Jun questioned again.
"Because it is you. I know I can trust anything and anyone with you."
"Thank you. I appreciate the trust. But I am still a stranger to him. Will you be doing the same if it was someone else?" Min Jun asked as he was driven to the wits' end with the redundant response.
"If it were someone, I would have killed him..." determination was grave on Chin Hae's voice.
"Then why didn't you do something about me?" Min Jun asked for one last time.
"Because you are Min Jun. You will never force yourself on anyone or hurt anyone I care about..."
"Did you forget the fact the I bent three straight people for no reason?" Min Jun couldn't believe the blind trust his Hyung have on him…
"Well… you flirted with them, and you enchanted them. It is not like you forced yourself on them… Also, my cousin was not even straight, to begin with..." exasperation was laced in Chin Hae's voice. He was getting annoyed with the pointless conversation.
Min Jun was torn between feeling delighted with the fact that his gaydar was still working fine or at the stupidity of his Hyung who was defending him for things he did in the past. He was not even proud of the things he did in his teenage, and his senior was rationalising his deed here…
Min Jun realised there was no point in reasoning with this fool who believes him unconditionally.
"You trust me, Hyung. But that doesn't mean your cousin have to. He looked like he went through too much. And I am a stranger to him. Don't you think you literally betrayed him by leaving him in the hands of someone he never knew… especially when he was not in a state to defend him… That's what you did wrong, idiot Hyung!!!" Min Jun started explaining with the last string of patience hanging within him…
"But it was Young Jae who was taking advantage of you. He was above you and his mouth on your neck… So I thought you were okay with him..."
"Position doesn't define who was taking advantage of who. And he bit me as the fall was sudden. Nothing else..." Min Jun almost yelled out in frustration.
"Oh..." was the only answer he got back from the older guy.
Silence fell on them for a while.
"So don't give him away in a platter everyone… be careful. He needs support and comfort from you as you are the only family he has..." Min Jun tried to mellow the things down with a final word.
"Hey! There are his mother, my sister, and Kang Chin Mae too..." Chin Hae stated the matter of fact with a smug look. He looked like he was up to no good.
"I might whack you way too hard if you keep this charade up���" Having used all of his patience Min Jun couldn't hold back anymore.
"If I can't give him away on a platter to everyone, then how about giving him on a plater on to you!" the playful smile on the lip and amusement on Chin Hae's eyes made Min Jun realise that tables were changing… in a different direction altogether.
"What the hell do you mean by that?" Chin Hae tried to intimidate his senior with a face void of emotions with the thought that 'Nothing helps like a good old way of playing dumb.'
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