Bye-Bye

5 days.

I counted the date by looking at the calendar. 

Choi Sung-hoon and I met this week. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and today, Friday.

Every time Choi Seong-hoon came home from work, he came to pick me up, ate at a nice place, and drove a short drive home. He was someone who live in Nonhyeon who drove from Sindang to Mapo and back to Nonhyeon every evening.

Thanks to this, my clothes became thicker and my heart grew richer. No, there was much more. Just up to two days.

Right now, it’s making me feel a… little pressured.

When I left the house this morning, Choi Sung-hoon’s car was parked in front of me. He took me to the company with a more strong and cooler demeanor than usual. The traffic jam on the way to work could not block Choi Sung-hoon’s car.

“Then I’ll pick you up in the evening.”

“Yes, thank you for taking me all the way here. See you later.”

I smiled bashfully and saw Choi Sung-hoon off. During rush hour, the car drove easily on the road as if it were not rush hour. I waited until he was out of sight before going inside.

I kept thinking about it as I went up the stairs to the fourth floor.

Why the hell was he doing this to me?

I get that we’re flirting, and it seems that my status has progressed from one-night stand to sex partner, but I’m not sure why he’s treating me this way.

I experienced insomnia because I was both scared and happy. My tongue had sprained due to stress, and my mouth was a shambles.

I couldn’t help but wonder why Choi Sung Hoon is so devoted to someone he doesn’t even date. It should be prohibited by law.

Looking back on my memories, it seems like it was around Christmas time. I was doing exceptionally well at the moment.

…Shall I just ask him out?

I’ve tried dating before and know roughly when, how, and in what kind of atmosphere to ask him out.

But he was an extremely dominant Alpha.

There was one Alpha among my ex-lovers who said that when Beta confessed to him, it hurt his pride. Daring to look at Alpha like him and think of dating him was uncomfortable in itself.

Moreover, he was an extremely dominant Alpha, whereas I am a recessive Omega. How nice would it be if Choi Sung-hoon was a Beta?

I’d like to ask him out, but he might think I’m cocky if I confess.

“Hello.”

“Hello, Seo-yu ssi.”

I turned on the computer mechanically when I arrived at the office and thought that I still want to date Choi Sung-hoon.

I was under a lot of stress because I didn’t know what his intentions were, but I guess I was also under a lot of stress because I wanted to date rather than just flirt with him. This was all the cause of my sore tongue.

I want to date him.

I want to be a couple with him.

Even if he has a crush on me, the fact that there was still no talk of dating indicates that there was no romantic feeling. I lost my heart to him on my own.

However, having a crush was great since it causes your heart to flutter.

It’s a lot better than being bored because you don’t have anything you like.

I opened a chat app to talk with Choi Sung-hoon before unpacking my bag.

“…”

But I sighed again after seeing the multiple red lights.

After altering the messenger profile photo to a bouquet, messages were exploding.

It generated a stronger reaction than expected.

[…The basket is just as pretty as Seo-yu… Did you get a job at a flower shop? ^^]

It was not a basket, but a bouquet.

[I don’t think the profile photo is appropriate. I hope you’ll think about your ex’s position.] 

You and I broke up five years ago, yet now you want me to think about your position, which has no position.

[I got you a bouquet of flowers first… Do you remember when I gave it to you? I liked you…]

I’ll have to give you some replies here.

[It’s the first time I’ve received a bouquet since my middle school graduation. Hahaha]

[Oh, and how to write triple ㅅ, press ㅅ three times quickly] 

[Because I’ve been worried about it for a long time hahahahaha]

I sent a message of ridicule to the fullest, yet I received a response very immediately.

Kim Kyung-chul ssi [Of course, even now I will give you a flower bouquet… I want to see your face…~]

I should’ve ignored it.

I don’t always ignore and block messages from my ex-lover. The majority of them ended up in a nasty breakup, but every now and then I respond to a message from a lover who ended up in a clean breakup. When we’re both single, we frequently spend the night together.

Kim Kyung-cheol was about forty now. This person should be blocked.

A few days after changing my profile picture, a new chat room continued to appear. Everyone seems to have been stimulated by a bouquet that they have never given.

It’s common in dramas and movies, but giving bouquets on a day that isn’t even an anniversary is uncommon in real life. Personally, I’ve never considered sending flowers to my ex-lover.

Choi Sung-hoon’s bouquet will remain in my memory even years later. Perhaps as a sparkling memory that brings a smile to your face every time you recall it for the rest of your life.

“Seo-yu ssi, what are you thinking about with a smiling face? Tell me too.”

Ah, who eats curry and smells like shit in the morning. 

The section chief sat down at my desk with a cheesy grin. I turned off my phone screen.

“You must be annoyed at the thought of working now. You must have gained a lot of affection in recent days, so you should work with a smile on your face. You mentioned you got a flower bouquet on Monday and he drove you to work this morning?”

The uncle, who had enough belly and hadn’t shaved properly, put his hand on my neck with a sullen expression.

“Didn’t you wear this yesterday too? You must have spent the night together.”

“You want to be sued for sexual harassment, really?”

“It’s Alpha, right? Rumor has it that he has a very good body. Am I a little too straightforward, huh?”

The section chief jerk swept my back neck.

This bastard, he got horny first thing in the morning.

The newcomer who was sitting across from me got up with an embarrassed expression and sneaked out of the office. So did the other staff.

He slowly stroked the back of my neck and trailed the sticky hand down my back. 

“As the section chief said, my lover has a great body, so stop throwing those flirty eyes at me like this.”

“What? Flirty?”

“You’re a married man, I’m not sure why you’re acting like this. Are you perhaps in heat…”  

The section chief gave a long, pervy smirk and raised one eyebrow.

“You’re pretty, I guess there’s nothing I can’t see when I say you’re pretty. You should be grateful enough if I touch your recessive Omega hips.”

The manager gave me a slap on the side of the head..

“You’re going to work the night shift from next week.”

I raised my head.

“I beg your pardon? why! It’s still my morning shift.”

“Do whatever I tell you to do.”

“I joined the company for office work with the morning shift. I’m going to die of hardship every two weeks!”

“Why are you talking back to your boss? Do I look like a pushover? I’m your boss.”

The section chief grabbed a strand of my hair from my side. I bit my lips in a sense of humiliation and stared at the pervert.

“Oh, never mind. Do it from today. Seo-yu ssi is so energetic that he meets his Alpha’s lover with a good body every day and assists him every night. You can take today off and work later at night.”

Ah, you fucking bastard. You crazy perverted bastard.

“You’re not answering, huh? Go home now.”

He’s not even as tall as I am, yet he is so mean.

“Why? You don’t want to do it? Then ask for it.”

“…”

“Don’t be expensive only to me while you keep changing men like there’s no tomorrow.” 

The section chief’s hand brushed against my neck once more. While stroking my neck, he dug into my collar and rubbed my collarbone.

I immediately jumped from my seat.

“Yes, I’m leaving work right now and I’ll go to work later. You’re creeping me out.”

I forcefully bend the dirty hand from my neck. The section chief withdrew his hand as he screamed, “Argh!”

I smirked at his expression of humiliation as if he hadn’t expected it at all. I strode forward with my untied cross bag on.

“Seo-yu ssi?”

I was strolling down the corridor when I came across two employees and Kang Dae-ri. Their eyes widened as they stared at my bag and likely messed-up face.

“Where are you going?”

“Fuck the section chief bastard from today-.”

I quickly opened my mouth, but then lowered my gaze and gave a desperate expression.

“He told me to work at night… I’m actually a recessive… Working at night is dangerous… It’s not good for my body either and I originally applied for office work…”

My voice trembled a little. In fact, I trembled even when I tried not to. I’m angry.

“Oh my, I thought you were doing it because you wanted to. Because the salary is high.”

“I’m doing it because the section chief told me to do a night shift. He doesn’t seem to like the fact that I have a lover… He’s even married…”

“Oh my God, the section chief is too much. He’s completely insane.”

“I’m sorry, Seo-yu ssi. I didn’t know. Something needs to be done about that section chief bastard.

As I heard the swear words from the staff to the section chief, I sighed pitifully and vulnerably.

“I need to go… I have to go to work tonight. I don’t know when we’ll see each other again. Work hard… Remember to empty the printer paper after working in the office.”

As soon as I parted ways with the employees and entered the emergency exit stairs, I shouted “Argh” and my heart pounded.

I’m so angry.

I should’ve dialed the boss’s number right away. Oh, how I wish I had kicked that perverted bastard in the balls.

Haa, haa.

I exhaled deeply and walked out of the building. In a moment of anger, I chose a cab that was immediately in front of me over a bus stop.

“Where shall we go?”

I kept my arms crossed and my eyes closed as I gave the taxi driver my address. 

I was so angry with myself.

The reason the section chief bastard openly sexually harassed me in the office was because I acted so cheaply.

The first company dinner I attended after joining the company was two days after I broke up with my ex, and the section chief was my age preference.

The section chief must have been surprised to see Omega taking off his clothes and taking him to the motel easily.

He continues to do so since the impression of the time has left a lasting impression on him.

I gave room for it.

That’s why I’m so angry.

Fuck… I was supposed to meet Choi Sung-hoon tonight!

I miss him so much, I want to meet him, I want to hear his voice, ah, damn it. Life…

“Young man, we’re here.”

I arrived home while feeling angry. Taxi charges have been covered since the beginning. On the way home, the footsteps felt heavy.

To whom… I want to lament… Anyone is fine.

I didn’t know what to do now, so I went to my room and took some pills from the medicine box.

Even then, I was still angry and pounded my chest.

Why did I do that then? Knowing I was in a relationship with a company employee was fucking stupid, I should have cut it and refused.

I don’t know how to tell Choi Sung-hoon to cancel today’s appointment.

First and foremost, the longer I wait to speak, the more I regret it, therefore I’ll tell him now. If I talk like a snitch for too long, I’ll lose my temper and I shouldn’t swear.

I’m not one for casually discussing other people’s lovers or crushes. Gossip exhausts the listener as well. It’s also childish to tell others about it now that you’re older. Even if it does, it should be light, as though it is passing through.

The moment I picked up my phone, it vibrated for a long time.

[Sung-hoon ssi] 

His name appeared on the screen. It was a phone call. Isn’t this timing almost like a past-life couple?

I answered the phone excitedly by myself.

“Yes, Choi Sung-hoon ssi.”

– Seo-yu ssi.

My heart was healed by the low sexy voice.

– I was wondering what you were doing, so I called. I didn’t interfere with your work, did I?

“No, I am home now.”

– Why did you go home?

“I’m sorry, but I have to cancel our appointment today. Something really absurd happened today. There’s an old-fashioned section chief at work, and he suddenly started a quarrel in the morning and told me to work the night shift.”

– Does the section chief know that you’re an Omega?

“He knows. He knows that I’m recessive Omega, and the section chief is Beta, but he’s a damn pervert. He’s also quite old. When I originally applied, I applied for a day shift, right? But the section chief told me to work night shifts every two weeks at his will. Isn’t it ridiculous? Honestly, everyone hates it. Isn’t he supposed to know whether I did a good job? Every day I play computer poker and pay lupine money. I protested when I was told that I should work at night starting next week, but then he said I should start now. So I said okay and ran away.”

– I see.

I heard a snap sound over the phone. It sounded like a human footstep, and it felt like there were several people.

– Why did you have to work the night shift?

“Because the section chief and I don’t get along, he was doing that in revenge. We’re no longer teenagers. Isn’t it ridiculously funny? Why is he simply abusing his power on me, without considering what he has done in the past? What a petty thinker he is.”

– Revenge.

He murmured lowly. The coolness has been transmitted to me as well.

– Revenge means returning the harm done to others. What is his revenge for?

I shut my mouth at the sharp question.

Oh, I see. I should have given a different answer instead of revenge.

Should I say it?

That he sexually harassed me. I made it obvious that I didn’t like it.

It’s not that I haven’t talked about it to people I’ve dated in the past. But the reason why I’m hesitating was…

‘Looks like you looked pretty cheap.’

‘How do you want me to act?’

‘It’s all because Seo-yu is pretty.’

I can’t help but think of my ex-lover response.  In addition, my one and only friend’s reaction was…

‘You may be sensitive, but do you suffer from delusions?’

I asked him to be angry with me, but his response was different than I expected, so I didn’t tell anyone at one point. To be honest, they were right about me being cheap.

– …

I don’t know what to say to my crush who is waiting for an answer.

I don’t want to break this relationship.

Choi Sung-hoon was the first to speak while I still contemplating.

He had a soft voice. 

– Seo-yu ssi, did you harm him? Have you done anything that deserves revenge?

“No, no. If I had beaten him, I would have accepted his beating.”

– I see.

“I’m sorry. I canceled our appointment on the same day…”

– It’s fine, I understand you’re upset, but please take a rest. In the evening, I’ll pick you up in front of your house.

“Yes? You don’t have to.”

I just said one thing because I was afraid you wouldn’t come if I actively declined the offer. I really want to see your face.

We agreed to meet at 7 p.m. and agreed to go to work together after dinner. I then hung up the phone.

We have to eat together and work hard.

The aching in my heart and the headache had gone away.

As expected, one short call with your crush is much more effective than nerve stabilization.

I really want to go out with him.

Even now, we’re doing so well. Will it be over if I ask him out?

Even though I have no idea who his future Omega is, I’m extremely jealous.