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"Jeonghan, bring me those papers in ten!"
Jeonghan looked up from his laptop and noticed a very familiar figure standing at the door. There he was, Joshua Hong. A billionaire known not only in Asia, but in the whole world. In private, the biggest crackhead humanity had ever seen.
He was probably in hurry because he didn't even step in to the office, just peeked enough to show his face. There was a meeting in five minutes, Jeonghan reminded himself, but he didn't remember picking the grey suit for Joshua that he wearing at that moment in the morning, or telling hm to change. Did he stained the navy blue with coffee again?
"Of course sir!" he called back after a second and sent the other a small smile "Oh, Mr Hong? Did you spill the coffee on your suit?"
Joshua's eyes went wide open and blushed, making everyone in the office laugh quietly and Jeonghan smirk proudly as he enjoyed teasing the older a lot. As a boss, Joshua wasn't the strict one, the fact that he became friends with Jeonghan, his secretary and assistant who had been working with him for almost ten years, was the best example.
Working for Joshua Hong was like making the biggest dream come true. Of course, it required a big sacrifice from people who were working for him, but he always made sure that no matter what, they had time for themselves and their private lives. He wasn't called a 'gentleman boss' without a reason. And the salary was great too.
Jeonghan's job, on the other hand, required even more. He was around Joshua most of the time, sometimes even whole day or week, he had to know his schedule at least half of the year ahead and keep up with everything Joshua had in his daily plan. But if he weren't good at his job, he wouldn't get so far and watch the new business icon rise.
"If I teased Soonyoung like that, he would cut half of my salary. Especially if I did it in front of people he works with." Seokmin looked up from his pile of papers he had to look through and grinned wide, no doubts why he was called 'Sunshine' of the group - his smile took more than half of his face "But again, not everyone has such an amazing boss like you"
Jeonghan got to meet Soonyoung once, during a small conference. He didn't seem bad at all, in Seokmin's stories he was portrayed as huge monster that eats children for dinner and drink blood of his enemies as a hobby. In reality he looked like a small, chubby hamster that someone put in suit and told to run a business. After all, Jeonghan got to spend few hours with him, not four years.
"Well, I just got super lucky" he smiled back at Seokmin, it was true he indeed got lucky when Joshua told him that he really wanted Jeonghan to stay and work with him, not for him, as his assistant "I'm also an amazing secretary so it would be Joshua's loss if he fired me"
Before Seokmin could throw a snarky remark about him being a brat, Jeonghan's phone started buzzing, which was kind of weird because he was more than sure he didn't have anything to do at that moment. He would ignore the call like he usually does when he knows who is calling, but it was Mr Hong. And no one is not answering his calls, especially when you are his assistant.
"Yes, Mr Hong?" Seokmin chuckled in the background because literally everyone in the office knew that behind the professional walls the officials didn't exist at all and they were Shua and Hannie
"Yoon Jeonghan, may I ask where you are? We literally have a meeting in three."
"Oh shit! I'm on my way!"
Jeonghan grabbed his jacket and as fast as he could ran to the elevator. He totally forgot about the meeting they had with Jeon Wonwoo to talk about the new ways of working together and expanding the business. Jeonghan couldn't allow himself to be late, not only because it was important and would make Joshua angry, even though Joshua is never angry when it comes to Jeonghan, but also because he would never hear the end of Minghao's teasing of how he made a fool in front of Kim Mingyu, the God among every living assistant.
"You are finally here. Come, the meeting just started" with a gentle touch on Jeonghan's waist, that was never too intimate, never to invade his personal space or to make him feel uncomfortable, Joshua guided him to the room where everyone was already waiting "I've made them focus on something to get some more time"
"I'm really sorry for that, I just got lost in the papers." quickly they walked to the small, glassy room that was made only for private meetings "So, it's only Jeon Wonwoo and his assistant Kim Mingyu. Mr Jeon is here to talk about the next few years, three for his liking... And his father's"
"Noted" Joshua nodded and opened the door, letting Jeonghan go in first and walked toward Wonwoo to greet him "Forgive me for the delay Wonwoo,something stopped me on my way here. I understand you are ready?"
"It's fine Mr Hong, we got some spare time to get trough my father's papers to discuss better what he expects"
"Let's begin then. Jeonghan, I want you to fill the papers I gave you and have them on my desk before 10am" Joshua sent Jeonghan a soft look that was saying something like I'm sorry, but you know I have to do this, before getting back to his professional and emotionless self
"Of course sir"
Joshua during meetings and in the office are two totally different people. He is serious and radiating with confidence when the situation and surrounding requires it, he never smiles when he is seeing other important people. There was once a rumour that Joshua didn't have any emotions at all sice the public had never seen him smile even once. Yet when he is with his co-workers he changes immediately. He jokes with them, laughs until he can't breathe and even sits on his desk, which is unacceptable when he is during his working hours. And after working with him and being friends, Jeonghan understood that this kind of separating career life and normal one helps a lot with staying sane. At work he is well spoken and ready to do things, but alone he would eat leftover pizza and watch cats on the internet.
"You did great today" Jeonghan smiled at Joshua who loosened his tie and poured some whisky into glasses "I'm actually pretty surprised that you managed to persuade Mr Jeon to extend the contract to full five years" he threw himself on the couch and groaned loudly while Joshua was watching him with amused smile, sipping on the alcohol
"It's called professionalism, my dear Hannie. Beside, it was also really impressive how you out-talked that weird guy in the morning" Joshua handed his friend a glass of whiskey and clinked them with proud smiles on their faces, another busy and productive day was behind and they were about to delight with the part of the day they loved the most "You have anything else to do?"
"Not exactly, I'm probably going to head home and fill the reports from you, then go to sleep. You?"
"No sleep for me. I have dozen of files to go through for tomorrow or I'll have my head chopped off" Joshua threw himself onto the leather chair and groaned, being a billionaire in his thirties was a nice feeling, but the responsibilities it drew along were as big as his bank account "I won't hold you any longer then. See you tomorrow. Or not... If I die"
"Good luck Shua, you will need this" Jeonghan corrected the pile of papers that were messily laying on the desk and took his own acts "Quick reminder before I go"
"Oh God, I hate when you do this"
"I'll let it slip and pretend you didn't say anything only because it was a long day. At 8am you have an official breakfast with Mr Kwon. I'll have the suit ready with me. Then, two meetings with Pledis Company at 10am until 4pm. I'll make sure they will send someone to pick us. Press conference until 7pm and meeting with Mr Wen and his father at 7:30pm, thankfully they agreed to meet here. As a nice end of the day, your dad wants to talk with you and probably give you even more work that has nothing to do with you. You are free from 11:30pm."
"I love tight schedules. Thank you Jeonghan, you can go now" Joshua stood up and, again, guided Jeonghan to the door with small smile on his face "Text me when you get home"
"Of course. Goodnight, sir" Jeonghan smirked and closed the door, leaving giggling Joshua to himself what I have with you, Jeonghan
When he left the building and headed to the underground parking lot, Seokmin was already there and waiting for him to drive him home. Jeonghan refused to have his own, personal driver saying that he had Seokmin for it. It was way more comfortable when he was driving with his friend and funnier than it would be with a total stranger. Beside, he wasn't as important as Joshua.
"Man, you look exhausted. Long day with Mr Hong?" Seokmin smirked and laughed as his tired friend threw his tired body on the backseats and groaned, it was indeed a long and exhausting day for both of them and he already felt bad for Joshua who wasn't going to get any sleep at all
"Yeah, we had so many meetings. I still have to fill some reports at home. Thank God I didn't have to stay at the office for it" whenever Jeonghan would mention that he had to stay past his working hours to get through not-so-important files, Joshua would always take them away from him and send Jeonghan home just to fill them on his own while having way more important stuff to look through; but sometimes he had to fill them alone without the help from Joshua and it was the worst "Now I only want to get this shit done and go to sleep"
"Thirty minutes and we will be there"
Going to bed never felt so right and so good for Jeonghan. The papers were like pain in the ass to fill because the Jeon family never felt the need to order their files. That always meant more work for him since he had to organise them first and then fill in the prefect order. Thankfully, he was done quickly and ready to sleep, yet before his head hit the pillow he found some strength to message Joshua. As he promised.
To: Hong Joshua ;) 12:02am
I'm about to go to sleep. Goodnight to me :P
From: Hong Joshua ;) 12:03am
Goodnight to you indeed. Get some rest for me as well, please... See you tomorrow and please, bring a lot of black coffee with you because I know I will be on my reserve
To: Hong Joshua 12:05am
Got it!
Tomorrow was going to be tough for both of them, no doubts.