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There's something to be said about the couple that work at Seokmin's workplace.
They're pretty normal actually; an alpha and omega, both adorning beautiful silver bands on their ring fingers, a mark on their necks to show everyone that they're mated.
So yeah. There's nothing really out of the ordinary with them at first glance. Unless of course, you're as curious as Seokmin is and you make it your life's job to find out just who the heck makes those cute lunch boxes with notes attached to them.
On Monday, it was a hello kitty pack with a note attached to it for Jeonghan. It said,
" Have a great day at work and enjoy your meal baby. I miss you a lot. Come home soon,
Asparagus ^3^."
It's pretty normal for them to come to work with packed lunches, almost everyone does that. But what's not normal about it is that only Jeonghan comes with it and sometimes he hides away in Joshua's office — Joshua's the head of this division — to eat it.
Maybe he'd packed it for himself, one would think only, why would he write a letter for himself? And why call himself asparagus? It just didn't make sense.
Who was this? And why were they sending Jeonghan lunch boxes with kissy face emojis on them? And why wasn't Joshua saying anything about it? In fact, why was he loving the meal from the lunch box, the one that Jeonghan is feeding him from?
Whatever it was, Seokmin and Seungkwan— another one of his co-workers who was just as intrigued as he was to find out who was the person making Jeonghan lunch boxes and why that person felt the need to pack him cute looking food with cutesy cutlery and even cuter notes.
This morning, Jeonghan had been warming his food in the break lounge they had, even though he could easily do that in his mate's office, and Seokmin had walked in on him smiling down at a piece of paper in his hand.
"Whatchu got there, hyung?" He asks, walking into the room and already peeking over the man's shoulder to see what he's got in his box today but Seokmin is gaping at the sight in front of him.
It's empty.
Jeonghan pushes Seokmin off his shoulder to close the empty box, moving it to the side.
"Why is it empty?" Seokmin asks, despite himself. Despite saying he was trying not to be too nosy.
"I don't know," Jeonghan says even when Seokmin sees the definite blush high on his cheeks. "Shouldn't you be eating?"
"I did eat," Seokmin says, following Jeonghan out of the lounge and out to where the empty cubicles and a sparse amount of workers are.
"Good for you, then," they stop once they get to the front of Joshua's office. Jeonghan turns to Seokmin who's still trying to see why he has that paper clutched in his hands. "I'm gonna go in."
"Sure," Seokmin says with a nod of his head.
Jeonghan tries to push down a smile as he opens the door and walks in, his cheery voice saying something to Joshua on the other side.
Seokmin decides not to pry further. One of these days, he'll find out who this mysterious person is. But for now, he's sticking to telling his own mate and husband, Mingyu, all about it when he gets home.
"I swear he has a secret wife," he tells him.
Mingyu groans and gives Seokmin a once over.
"I really mean it. Why else would he be bringing cute bento boxes to work with such cute notes? Why?"
"I don't know, babe," Mingyu says with a sigh. "But I'd really like to cuddle my husband without hearing him talk on and on about his boss's relationship."
"Oh, I'm so sorry," he says, sitting down next to Mingyu on the bed, slipping under the comforter to pull the giant alpha close to him, spooning him with his large body, sharing their warmth.
He leans down to kiss his cheek and then rests his own cheek on Mingyu's, loving the gentle rise and fall of their bodies in tandem.
"Really though, do you think he's cheating on Joshua?" Mingyu sighs out so loud, you'd think he was weightlifting. "Joshua's such a nice guy, it would be—"
"Oh for God's sake, Seokmin,"
—
The next time he does get to spy on Jeonghan is the following week. Joshua had just stepped out of the office to meet with someone from the higher-ups to discuss something in the lobby.
They'd all been seated, talking and mumbling amongst themselves instead of working, they're always like that when Joshua isn't around.
Jeonghan is in the man's office and they're using that as an opportunity to talk about him and his mystery wife or lover.
"I don't think Joshua would like the sound of this news if he finds out," Seungkwan says with a shake of his head. "And Jeonghan doesn't look like someone that would do that so this is all so very frustrating."
"I know rig—" Seokmin doesn't get to finish what he's saying because someone's coming out of the elevator.
He's so large, is the first thing Seokmin notices. He's all muscles and a dark look on his face as he walks in.
He bows at the guard in front of the elevator and talks to him for a while before nodding, thanking the man and walking with a stoic and determined look on his face.
Seokmin and Seungkwan stop their chatter as they watch him pass them, his dark blue navy jacket hugging his biceps tightly. He's holding a bag in his hand and heading for Joshua's office.
"What the hell is a bouncer doing here?" Wonwoo asks as he passes by them. They both shrug.
They watch him knock on the door and then hear Jeonghan's small voice telling him to come in.
A few minutes pass without a sound coming from the room and Seokmin starts to get fidgety the more the silence drags on.
"Shouldn't we..?" Seungkwan starts. "What if he hurt him? God.. we have to go check it out, right?"
"Yeah.. yeah.. we should," Seokmin nods, standing up and pulling Seungkwan with him.
They move as quietly as they can, moving towards the door and pressing their ears against the wooden frame.
What they hear makes their hearts beat, their breaths shaking, eyes looking at each other, trying to communicate through their eyes.
"You can't.." it's Jeonghan's voice, soft and pleading, strained, like he's under pressure.
"Just a little bit, babe," the voice of someone who sounds like that man that walked in. It sounds scary like that.
"Joshua doesn't like it when you leave marks.." Jeonghan says. Oh God. "So stop this.."
"Come on, he won't know," the man says, voice raspy.
Seokmin can't do this again. He opens the door without thinking and walks in with Seungkwan in tow.
The sight that greets them is.. provocative. Jeonghan is pressed up against the desk with the other man between his legs, his hands holding down on Jeonghan's waist, his mouth on his bare neck, his buttons undone down to show his chest.
"Hyung!" Seokmin finds himself saying, moving towards the omega to pull him away from the big man, pushing him away and standing between them. "Are you okay?"
"I.. I'm.." Jeonghan starts from where he's standing behind Seungkwan.
"Excuse me, Ahjussi, what do you think you're doing?" Seungkwan, the other omega, says, eyeing the man in front of them with disgust on his face.
"I'm sor—?" The man starts. He's all red in the face, his hands sheepishly rubbing his neck. He looks flustered. And cute. But that doesn't give him the right to harass Jeonghan like that.
"Guys, he wasn't.." Jeonghan tries to speak but the others cut him off, Seungkwan putting back his buttons, smoothing his hair over and over again.
"Don't blame yourself, hyung. He's a pervert," Seungkwan says with a soft voice and then turns to the alpha that was touching Jeonghan at the last part.
"A per.. a pervert?" The man blinks, scoffing after.
"He's a married man, mated too. Can you not see the ring and mark on his finger and neck?" Seokmin speaks up, arms folded over his chest as he tries to size up the alpha.
"You should be ashamed of yourself, preying on him just because he's an omega?" Seungkwan adds. There's no stopping him once he starts. "You're probably those alphas that think they can get anyone under them."
"We're gonna call the guards," Seokmin says, bringing out his phone.
"No guys, that's really not necessary," Jeonghan says, his hands reaching out to stop them from dragging them into more trouble.
"It's okay, hyung," Seungkwan assures him, pulling him into a hug.
"Hey guys," the door suddenly opens to reveal a smiling Joshua. He stops in his tracks though when he sees the sight in front of him. "Oh, sorry, did I come in at the wrong time?"
"No, baby," the other alpha that's the cause of all this says, moving towards Joshua who opens his arms and hugs him by his waist, letting the stranger kiss him on his lips, lingering for a moment too long.
"What the—?" Seokmin blinks. What the actual hell is happening?
"I've been trying to tell you guys," Jeonghan says, pulling out of Seungkwan's hug and his honey scent that he's pumping out to help calm him down. "That this is our other mate, Seungcheol."
"You guys have another mate?" Seungkwan gapes.
Jeonghan chuckles as he lets Seungcheol kiss him on his cheek and then pull him close to him with his hand on his small waist.
"Yeah, the one that makes the hello kitty bentos," Jeonghan explains.
What?
" He's asparagus?" Seokmin asks, mouth wide open, unable to comprehend what's going on.
"Is that such a shock?" Seungcheol asks, eyes narrow.
"Not real—" Seokmin starts, trying to be nice.
"Yes, it is. I thought you guys had a cook who cooked for you," Seungkwan says with clear sarcasm.
"Yeah, he's the one," Jeonghan nods with a blush on his cheek.
"I thought you had a wife," Seokmin says.
"He's also the one," Joshua smiles, his arm clenching around Seungcheol's waist.
They both make an ahh sound.
"We're um.. just gonna leave here," Seokmin says, beginning to push Seungkwan out of the room. "Sorry for calling you a pervert, Seungcheol-ssi."
"And for calling you an ahjussi, you're pretty young actually," Seungkwan adds.
"You're good," Seungcheol says, smiling at them as they leave the room.
"How's Minho?" Joshua asks when they're all alone. He's pressing close against Seungcheol's front while Jeonghan is just leaning on his bicep.
"He's asleep in the car," he says, referring to their pup. "I realized you forgot your lunch so I bought it for you."
"Why were they calling you a pervert then?" Joshua asks, brows furrowed in confusion.
"Because.. er.. I was kinda scenting Han," he explains, cheeks red.
"How's that perverse?" Joshua asks again.
"He was kissing me on my.. chest," Jeonghan says, wrapping both arms around Seungcheol's arm.
"Cheol," Joshua starts, his voice already sounding disappointed.
"I'm sorry but he just smelled so good and you guys leave for work earlier and earlier these days. I miss my morning cuddles," Seungcheol says with a pout. He's so cute like this.
"I cockwarm you to sleep," Jeonghan says with a pout too. They're both whining back and forth, Joshua likes it a little too much.
"Not in the same category," Seungcheol argues back, flushing deeply.
"Just say you're horny and leave," Jeonghan says and lets go of Seungcheol's arm to walk off to the couch where his food is on. "Once you're done making out, come join me for lunch."
Seungcheol only feels a bit hot at the implication of what he and Joshua are about to do with the way the other alpha is approaching him, both hands on his waist, lips stretching into a smile, head tilting to capture his lips.