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“Yes sir?” You gulped, panicking because you weren’t paying attention.

“Do you have the statements from this month?” You silently hoped it was the first time he had asked you. You hadn’t been paying enough attention to notice the shift in conversation.

“Yes, I emailed you a copy, and I made physical copies.” You tried to mask the nervousness in your voice.

“Did you get Seo yun to look over them?”

You glanced in confusion over at your male coworker who was at the same level as you. You were already in a bad mood, but his question angered you even more.

“Why would I do that? I checked them twice like im supposed to. Why would he have to verify them, do you not think of me as capable as him?” Because I’m a woman? You implied silently.

You slowly start to regret your anger induced burst of confidence as you watch a his face shift to a deadly calm expression contrasted by the daggers his eyes were sending you. You retreated into yourself like a scolded puppy as he remprimeded you with his stare alone.

“I need the results to be examined another time, preferably by a second person, to catch anything missed. If I didn’t think you were competent enough, trust me you would not be working here. But, if you think you can do it better, why don’t you volunteer to stay overtime and review them once more, hmmmm?” He titled his head, daring you disagree.

His condescing tone made you clench your teeth, your eyes shifted down in embarrassment. You valued your job enough to swallow your anger and let out a strained, “Yes sir.”

“Good. Now, if no one else has a problem, we may proceed.”

You glared at the paper in front of you and gripped onto the pen until you could no longer feel the heat in your face.

You hated him. Never in your life had you felt hatred in your heart for someone you met, but you hated him. You cursed his name in your head as you watched the rest of your coworkers disperse, heading home for the night. You just had to open your mouth on a Friday.

The reports would take hours to go over, you’d be lucky to be home by midnight. You pull out you phone to text and reschedule plans with the guy you were currently seeing.

You met Jimin at your favorite coffee shop. Both being regulars you soon started to recognize each other. It was nothing but a quick smile to acknowledge each other until one morning he arrived before you and you learned he had payed for you drink in advance.

You looked around to thank him, but he was already walking out of the store with his order.

The next day he asked for your number and every morning after that he was already waiting at a table with both of your coffees. You would talk for as long as you could before having to dismiss yourself to work.

Jimin was cute and kind of dorky. You had gone out for the past couple of weeks and you were looking forward to tonight. Missing the date was the cherry on top of your bad day.

Jimin responded quick, and with an unusual amount of emojis. You were quick to dismiss it though, if it was the worst thing about him you would take it.

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