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Eun Haje honestly wanted to scoff, because why in the world would Director Ho reassign her of all people to infiltrate the Bureau, when he already had more agents tucked in there than she could count, and really, what exactly was she supposed to do that they weren’t.
And then she found out. And she wished she hadn’t, because it wasn’t corruption or conspiracy waiting for her at all, but something so much worse, something she couldn’t even say with a straight face—romance, or whatever cursed thing you call it, winding it's way between Kim Soleum (her former junior), Agent Choi, and Agent Bronze.
She watched it play out day after day, and it was like falling into a dark pit where no one else seemed to realize they were standing on the edge, everyone acting normal while Kim Soleum was practically magnetic with the force of his smiles around the agents.
So she wrote reports, and they read like some tragic serial drama, and when she sent them back to Director Ho she half-expected him to laugh in her face, because really—how else do you explain being trapped in the middle of something so obvious, so ruinous, and so terrifyingly oblivious.
"So,
director, what is it that you're trying to find out from these reports?" Eun Haje asked. She knows she's not supposed to, but she can't stand working her life away from some... something like this.
The direction simply looked at her with a smile, one that sends shivers down her spine.
"Have you heard of... yaoi?"
something about that word sounds so familiar, but Eun Haje can't put her finger on what it is, so she simply shook her head.
He didn't seem too upset at that fact, instead he
Grinned mischievously, this man was up to no good.. whatever this yaoi..? yoai? ..faoi? was clearly some kind code word. Or even a darkness. Eun Haje knew she couldn't trust the words of vixen of a director.
Director Ho led her to a seat and in front of her was a board. A giant white board that had the word "YAOI" in the very middle of the board. With words branching off, sticky notes and photos of her co-works, the co-works in the bureau and the Tv Talk Show Host..? All of them were men (would a darkness be considered a man?). And it had all connected to Kim Soleum?!?
"This is my actual work, all my time and all your time has been spent into creating my masterpiece, the YAOI board." Director Ho began to speak at her. "I'm sure you've noticed but everything that's been happening ever since that monster rookie joined Daydream has also been charged with romance. And another factor that you may have noticed is that everything is related to men. That's right. Men. Do you know what yaoi stands for? Ykim Asoleum Oromancing Imen. I have a sneaking suspicion that 'Roe Deer' is actually a yaoi darkness. And I need your cooperation to confirm this hypothesis of mine."
.....? What was this Director talking about? All this junk about her teams rookie? Although..if she thought about it for a bit more..it did seem to make sense..wait. No. She can't fall into the Directors trap. Despite his amicable looks, the Director was someone she had to be on high guard to be with. All his words held another meaning. But what could this mean..?
"I apologize sir, but I'll need a bit more information on what kind of cooperation you want from me." She decided to probe for a bit more information.
"Well its quite simple, really! You just have to help report the actions of Kim Soleum and assist me in determining his yaoi traits and whatnot. It'll be a breeze, you've been doing it all this time anyway."
What?
"Excuse me, director, fuck's a yaoi trait??" Eun Haje was so confused. She shouldn't have expected this director to say anything other than random confusing shit.
Every day, she regrets working underneath the director. Unfortunately, she could no longer quit. God she hated her life.
Director Ho flashes her a sleazy grin that makes her want to vomit.
"Top. Bottom." He taps different parts of the 'Yaoi Board'. "Dominant and Submissive..."
What the fuck is he on about??
"Or you could describe the tropes. A sweet, naive person and a silent knight- he taps the picture of Agent Bronze- or a coy spy and a golden retriever- he taps the picture of Choi- and smiles at Eun Haje.
"Well?" He prompts. "Do you understand?"
"Yes." Eun Haje lies, because Director Ho was not someone who deserved the truth. "I get it. Uh-huh."
Eun Haje has no clue what the heck she's supposed to do, but she'll simply keep doing what she's been doing. Writing reports about Kim Soleum's love life, apparently.
"Then, we have time for a quiz?"
"Excuse me?"
Director Ho smiled at her condescendingly. Eun Haje wanted to throttle the fox.
"Now, explain A/B/O to me."
That... wasn't even on the whiteboard? What was an A/B/O? He hadn't even explained it to her or said that word aloud before? Why was it read as A-B-O? Shouldn't it be A-B-C?
Wait...
Eun Haje squinted her eyes. Wasn't... wasn't that a slur?
So Director Ho was racist. What was new? He's already a piece of shit, no wonder no one likes him.
Eun Haje desperately wracked her brain for an acceptable answer.
"...The trio?" Eun Haje said, trying not to sound too much like she wasn't sure herself.
"Elaborate." Director Ho said, clearly pleased. Eun Haje raised a middle finger to the man behind her back.
"It fits them, doesn't it? Agent Choi, Agent Bronze and Kim Soleum fit this A/B/O."
Director Ho clapped his hands, delighted.
"Indeed! I chose well! You understand me!"
What. What the fuck was he on. Could foxes be on drugs? Could Eun Haje take a bat to this man's head and spill some blood? Wait, the company doesn't allow murder of the Directors. This was so unfair.
"Yes! They fit the A/B/O dynamic!" The Director then proceeded to violently ramble about the topic and point to the whiteboard without even looking at her. Scowling, Eun Haje pretended to listen, because honestly speaking even as she listened to him talk she had no fucking clue whatever the hell it was he was saying.
She turns around and walks to a chair and sits down, and for good measure, because Director Ho deserved no respect, she puts her feet on the table and waits for the Director to stop rambling.
With the rate this was going, Eun Haje thinks she's going to be stuck listening to the fox talk about "Yaoi" for at least the next hour or two.
Fuck her life. She missed Squad D...