Everything We Didn't Expect

[iMeisaki]

Ji-Min had frowned when she took her phone. She looked back up at him. "Don't talk about my mother that way. She simply is worried. Apologize for what you said about her." She looked up, a bit upset and offended. Ji-Min had sighed, looking down at her phone again. She then put it back in her pocket and looked back up at him, folding her arms. She waited for him to apologize and would keep asking him to until she got the apology.

 

[StupidCupid]

"And my clients are simply worried too!" He barked, already finishing a third of the texts. Hyun wouldn't apologize, it wasn't becoming of him. He simply frowned, turned around, and walked away, running a hand through his messy hair. He didn't even seem to bother anymore. Looking towards the side, he spots one of the workers. Hyun didn't memorize all their names. Heck! That would be horrible if he actually memorized them all. "You!" He called out.


A brunette looked his way, already quivering in place. "Yes sir,"


"Escort this lady to the other trainees." He pointed a finger at Ji-Min before walking away, eventually dissolving with the other bodies, rushing about in the hallway.

 

[iMeisaki]

Ji-Min had folded her arms and tapped her foot on the floors. Once Director Doh had turned around she repeated herself. "Apologize! I never said anything bad about your parents!" She replied. Then Ji-Min started following him to where she was supposed to be but kept repeating herself. She wasn't going to lose this battle.

 

[StupidCupid]

"I don't care if you insult my parents!" He snapped. "They have a spine, they can defend themselves!" He continued onto making his messy hair messier, scratching harder and harder. "All I care about is my clients!" Hyun sped up his walking speed, hoping to blend amongst other people. However, that was a hard fear. After all, he was the only one in a white suit. He was the only one yelling. And he was the only one getting weird stares from everyone else.


"Just follow the lady, Ji-Min! She'll bring you to wherever! Don't follow me around!" With that, he made his way to the elevator, pressing the button impatiently and walking into it once it opened. He pressed the needed buttons, hoping that he can finally shake her off his tracks.

 

[iMeisaki]

Ji-Min had heard Director Doh but didn't listen to him. The man had told him before to escort her. He was going to the same place anyway. She followed him inside the elevator and pressed the close button. The elevator started going up to the floor that they had to go to. She pointed up to him and stayed mad. "Apologize, it's easy. Mean your words to. It matters to me." She said, staring up at him. Ji-Min stayed in her position but remained calm. She hated it whenever someone said something mean about her parents. Especially after her father died a couple years back.

 

[StupidCupid]

He poked her forehead using his index finger, biting the bottom half of his lip. "Aish! You're an annoying one aren't cha!" He barked. "Fine! I'm sorry!" By the time he finished his fake apology, the elevator doors opened. Swiftly, he made his way out of it with no noise, walking towards his office, foot steps echoing through the hall.

 

[iMeisaki]

Ji-Min followed him out and grabbed onto his arm, turning him around. She started whispering in a growl. "Liar! Say it like you mean it. Look at me in the eyes and say: I'm sorry for insulting your mother, I didn't mean it." She said. Ji-Mi kept holding his arm and watched him, looking deep into his eyes.

 

[StupidCupid]

His frown hardened. Hyun shook his arm, trying to let her loose her grip of him. "I'm sorry for insulting her," he said, almost whispering. From the corner of his eye, he could see his office, the door just slightly opened.


His assistant never left it that way. No one did.


His faze hardened. "Darling, I'd love to stay and chat and bicker with you," he started. "But I think something peculiar just happened."

 

[iMeisaki]

Ji-Min felt that he meant his apology now. She nodded and let go of his arm. "Where's the training room that I need to go to..? I know it's up here..but I don't know where it really is." She said. Ji-Min had sighed and looked up at him again. He was really handsome... However, Ji-Min shook the thought and waited for him to help her out.

 

[StupidCupid]

Hyun wasn't sure where the place was either. He sighed, looking at her, pouting. "I don't know either darling," he muttered. He grabbed he arm, dragging her into his office, slamming the door shut. "Just stay with me for a while, I'll just check something out, then we'll figure this out together." He looked around his office, wondering why on earth the door was ajar.


It was just a slight detail, but he could see one of his drawers, opened just slightly. His lamp facing a few degrees too far away, and a few papers clumped together. Someone was surely in his office.


"Fudge," he whisper-hissed.

 

[iMeisaki]

Ji-Min had stayed by the door and looked at him. She saw the dissatisfaction appear on his face. "Ah..Manager Doh..What happened?" She asked, staying where she was but looking over at his desk and how messy it looked. Ji-Min had waited for him. She wondered what troubled him but didn't push him to get an answer out. After seeing his behavior, it annoyed her a little. 'Who could date a guy with that kind of attitude..?' She thought to herself.

 

[StupidCupid]

"Someone went in here." He said plainly, looking through the drawers and stacks of papers to see if nanny thing was stolen. Nothing seemed to be stolen. Just disorganized. It left a very unsettling feeling, a distasteful bitter feeling really. He liked his privacy, and the fact that someone went in here wasn't anywhere near pleasing.


Hyun breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Ji-Min. "I apologize for dragging you here," this time he actually apologized, wanting to get things passed himself. "Let me escort you to the toner trainees." He finally got his composition back.

 

[iMeisaki]

Ji-Min sighed at him getting robbed but nothing stolen. "Sorry to hear. Maybe you should lock it." She said. She nodded her head at his apology, not minding that she had been there. "Okay..lead the way." She said, looking up at him. Ji-Min was intrigued by the way he acted. One moment he could be so flustered and frustrated while the next, he could be so calm and disappointed.

 

[StupidCupid]

He smoothened the wrinkles around his shirt and blazer, tightening his tie. Hyun breathed in and out, knowing that he mustn't look flustered or pressured. His father would be watching. No! Everyone would be! He made his way back for the elevator, holding it open for her. At the same time, he opened his newly returned phone, calling the art director.


"I've got Ji-Min with me right now," he started. "Where do I take her?"

 

[iMeisaki]

Ji-Min had followed him into the elevator and watched him call someone. Maybe it might have been another manager or director. She then closed the doors for the elevator and looked up at him talk to the person on the phone. This has been one crazy morning.. Ji-Min had then leaned against the railing inside the elevator and waited for it to open the doors again.

 

[StupidCupid]

Hyun punched the right button, waiting alongside her, hands behind his back. "When you get there, line up with the other newbies. The manager and art director will be there. They're the step other people judging with me. Don't speak unless told to. Don't do anything stupid." He said. Hyun wasn't one to be kind and give advice, so he said these words in the most blunt way he could possibly do. "You're assigned to the graphic section, so most probably you'll deal with advertising and designs." Hyun's company didn't have one specific brand. It held several different ones, from dish washing liquids to diapers. You name it, they probably owned it.


Once the elevator doors flew open, he patted her at the back. "Good luck," he whispered, leaving the elevator first.

 

[iMeisaki]

Ji-Min nodded her head until he said the word stupid. Did he really think that she was stupid? Or was it only because of that one clumsy mistake she made that made him think she was stupid? Ji-Min sighed and kept nodding her head. Once the doors opened, she followed him out and then went to where she was supposed to go. She had been doing the tasks she was supposed to do perfectly fine. She was having fun with it to, she loved working.

 

[StupidCupid]

He a watched her go, a smile creeping up to his lips. He couldn't put his finger onto it, but the girl sure as a entertaining. Surely something that he didn't see everyday. Once she went to the right area, he left, going back to his duties, leaving Ji-Min into the hands of his colleagues.

 

[iMeisaki]

Ji-Min had started making friends with her rivals. She didn't see them as rivals anymore and just became friendly. The managers were nice but they only meant business. However, Ji-Min stayed kind and kept doing the training exercises.

 

[StupidCupid]

(I'm skipping this towards the end of the day already, k? It'll be pretty useless if we rp the whole day for them)


Hyun shot a glance at the clock, hanging on the wall of his office. It was almost time to get back home. With a satisfied smile on his face, he started to pack up his stuff, dropping the papers and other necessities into his bag, closing it shut.


"Thank God! The day is finally over!" He breathed out, eyes twinkling with anticipation on finally going back home. He passed by the department where he last spotted Ji-Min. He wondered just for a split second if she was feeling better or if she was comfortable. He sighed, pushing the thought to the back of his head.


Nevermind about the newbie! Hyun was pretty sure she'd fit in, unless she ended up doing something stupid. With he doubted. As might've been one of the most annoying people he'd ever met, but he didn't think that she was a complete blockhead. He continued to go towards the exit of the building, one hand tightly holding the handle of his bag, the other inside his pants pocket.

 

[iMeisaki]

(Yea that's fine!)


Ji-Min had finally been done with the training. She had looked down at her phone and decided to call her. "Mom...I'm sorry I haven't gotten the chance to call you..It was pretty crazy where my phone got switched with one of the managers.." She said, starting to walk out of the building. She looked up to see where she had to go to get back to her tiny apartment. "Mom...I'm one of the finalists...They put me in employee training." She added, smiling. However, her mother was yelling at her for not being careful in losing her phone and what-not. She kept yelling about Director Doh and her conversation with him. Ji-Min had blushed in embarrassment.


"Mom...I'll be at my apartment so come over if you can...We can catch up." She said. "Alright Ji-Min...I'll try.. But stop being such a klutz with your items! Don't be like me!" She yelled, hanging up the phone. Ji-Min cringed when her mother yelled and put her phone back in her pocket, seeing Director Doh in the distance. She hoped that he would be alright after finding out that his office was robbed.

 

[StupidCupid]

His gaze locked with hers just for a moment before he shook it off to walk away.


When he finally reached his home, he threw himself onto his bed, landing on it with a big thump. He threw off his leather shoes, using his feet to kick them off. His face was buried on the bed sheets, sighing. Like any other work day, that was exhausting. Hyun spread his arms wide apart so with his legs, just staying like that. Like a starfish, face first on the bed. He was far too lazy to even finish going through all the missed calls and texts.


"Why must you be so cruel life," he whispered to himself.


A familiar song started playing. Taylor Swift's All Too Well. He growled, pushing himself up to pick up his phone, answering the call to make Taylor Swift shut up.


"Hello?" He muttered.


"Hyun!" A voice exclaimed. "I've got good news!" The manager seemed a little bit too happy in his opinion.


Oh goodie! Good news, he needed that in life.


"I noticed that you hung around with that Ji-Min girl," he could already tell that this was nowhere near good news. "So we assigned her to your department!" In that instant, he hung up the call, throwing his phone on the bed, scratching his head.


"Shit," was the only thing he said before lying down on the bedm falling asleep in his work clothes.

 

[iMeisaki]

Ji-Min had then entered the bus and headed home, ready to see her mother hopefully and then go to sleep. Maybe she could get news about the job already. Ji-Min had stood up on the bus because she knew that she'd pass out if she sat down. About thirty minutes later, Ji-Min finally got off the bus, yawning. However, her eyes widened when she saw her mother walking up to the buzzer. She smiled as she ran towards her and hugged her. "Mom! I missed you..!" She said smiling. Her mother had responded and smiled with her. "Alright.. Let's go inside, I have spicy kimchi for you. Let's eat." She said, grinning.


As time had passed, her and her mother had caught up on the week they had lost through communication. Ji-Min was happy that she was eating a home-made meal from her mother and was happy talking to her. Even though her mother complained here and there, she still had fun. Until her phone started ringing. She picked it up, it was from the business she had been training at. This was big...This could determine whether she would be hired or not.


"Hello..?" She asked while her mother stared at her.


"Ah yes.. Ji-Min right..?" The director asked.


"Yes..Can I help you Director..?" She responded.


"Oh yes! We wanted to inform you that you have the job and you will be assigned to Director Doh Hyun-Ki's Department! Congratulations!" He told her happily.


"Wow! Thank you very much! Thank you!" She said, smiling so widely.


She hung up and told her mother, they both started cheering and getting happy. However, she felt uneasy about being in Director Doh's department. It seemed that he wasn't too fond of Ji-Min. But she stayed happy until her mother left. She cleaned up the dirty dishes and then went to sleep.

 

[StupidCupid]

The next day, Hyun woke up in a cold sweat. His clothes sticking to his skin because of all the sweat running down his arms and face. He rubbed his eyes, standing up and walking towards his full body mirror. Hyun was greeted by a very odd person.


As if an evil fairy godmother screwed with him in the middle of the night, he'd completely changed. His usually smooth and flawless clothes were wrinkled, his white shirt stuck to his sweaty skin. His hair dishiveled and messy, strands of hair hanging out in random places. His eyes dark and lifeless, the dark circles under them seemed bigger than usual too. His tie was undone, hanging around his neck like a piece of rope. His feet still bound with black socks.


Yep. He was a mess.


At least it was a Sunday, so he didn't need to go to work. Hyun guessed, that that would be the only stroke of luck he'd have that day.


Urging himself to go shower, change and eat. He dressed himself in a loose shirt with "Star Wars" decals on it, threw in a grey hoodie and slipped into some sweat jeans. He felt almost refreshed, a smile spreading onto his lips. Hyun made himself some tea and French toast, finishing up his food before checking his calls.


The night before seemed like a dream. The call was just . . . odd. Yes, that's the right word. He didn't know that he'd end up with that Ji-Min! Well, there wasn't really anything that bad with her. She was just so . . . overly enthusiastic? Persistent one might say.


He snapped out of his thoughts, dragging himself out of his apartment to go outside and jog.

 

[iMeisaki]

The morning had came and Ji-Min had woke up with a bright smile across her face. She had been so happy from the night before that her happiness traveled to today. She quickly got out of bed, showered, brushed her teeth and hair, and got changed. Ji-Min had opened her fridge and got a microwaveable waffle while she was brewing coffee. Ji-Min only drank coffee to wake her up. Even though she didn't need it this morning, she still had it just to wake her up even more. For once, she wouldn't need make up to cover her imperfections or dark circles, it was like they all had gone away over night because she was happy. Once she finished eating, she looked in her fridge and saw that it was almost empty. She had a little money to treat herself after getting groceries. But she'd save it up.


Ji-Min had went out and headed towards the local grocery store. The easiest way would be to cut through the park instead of going all the way around on the street. So this would be a short run for Ji-Min and a way to get groceries. She couldn't stop smiling to herself for getting the job. This would help her more now instead of her last job.