"Ha...I can't go...?"
Sunyoung tried to go out drinking herself around 7 o'clock, as work was not finishing as quickly as she thought... but it was past 9 o'clock at night, and she still hadn't gotten off work.
The drinking party may have already ended, but I somehow managed to quickly wrap things up and leave the company.
And I called ○○, hoping it wouldn't end.
"hello?"
"Sorry.. I'm late. Where are you now?"
"me..."
Just then, Soonyoung felt someone tap her shoulder from behind, and turned around. She was happy to see ○○'s face, but also confused as to why he was here at this late hour.
When asked why Sunyoung was here when she should clearly be chatting with her friends at a bar, ○○ smiled and answered.
"Seulgi suddenly said she's having a family dinner today... Jisoo is working the night shift today... Jihoon has a performance scheduled today... You're late too..."
"So you've been waiting until this hour?"
"I think you'll be the least busy haha"
"Huh? I'm the head of this company?"
"Yes, I'll work hard starting tomorrow... so please pay me a lot."
Sunyoung, who laughed at my lame joke, came to me and when I asked her what she was going to do, she showed me the bag of beer that ○○ had bought.
"Let's have a drink together! Haha"
"where?"
"Um... Chicken and beer at the Han River?"
"let's go."
The two went to the Han River in Soonyoung's car and had a drink with their friends that they couldn't have.
Sunyoung asked ○○, who couldn't hide his disappointment that his friends couldn't all come, if he was very disappointed.
○○, who had been thinking about it, finally shook his head and smiled again.
"No way~ I just wanted to see you. It's been a while since I've been here, so everyone's been busy."
"I'm a busy person too~"
"Yes, our chief!"
○○ opened a can of beer and handed it to Sunyoung.
"braided?"
"braided."
After that, they opened one can, then two cans, and before they knew it, there were many beer cans next to the two of them.
○○ was worried about Sunyoung running more than usual, wondering if it was okay to drink alcohol after a long time or if it was okay to drink because she liked the person next to her.
"Hey...stop drinking..."
"I'm not drunk yet~"
"Should I tell you after seeing your face first?"
Perhaps it had gone too far, but my eyes began to slowly open and my face began to turn red. And then...
"...."
"Hey...sleep?"
"Ugh....."
○○ sighed and tried to shake Sunyoung, but knowing she wouldn't wake up, he decided to put her in the passenger seat and drive himself. Even with a driver's license, he'd always preferred walking, so he'd never bought a car. But then...
"Ha....then drink in moderation..."
In the end, ○○ drove Sunyoung safely to her house.
I recalled my old memories and entered the house password that Soonyoung had told me before.
I went into Sunyoung's house. For someone living alone, the house was quite spacious.
He sighed and laid Sunyoung down on the bed.
As ○○ was about to leave with those words, Sunyoung grabbed ○○'s wrist.
"You want to go...?"
"Huh? I have to go. Tomorrow is my first day at work. And at your company, at that."
"...right.."
"Then I should go home so I won't be hated?"
"yes..."
"So, let's meet tomorrow. Okay?"
"huh..."
"You'll be a little sore tomorrow morning..."
○○, who was used to comforting Sunyoung and worrying about her friend's hangover, was almost like a kindergarten teacher.
○○ really thought that the people at Sunyoung's company were lucky to see Sunyoung like that.
"Hello! I'm the new writer ○○○! Haha"
"Wow... Are you the author of "Love in My Life"?"
"Oh... did you read my book? That's embarrassing haha"
"I'm a total fan!"
"I'm starting to feel a strong sense of pride in our company..."
"Let's do our best haha"
"Ahem"
Before coming to the company, Soonyoung, a new writer, stopped by each department to say hello. True to her reputation as a popular writer, at least one person from each team recognized her. As she was greeting the last team, amidst the cheerful atmosphere, Soonyoung coughed.
When her eyes met with ○○, Sunyoung looked away as if she was embarrassed.
"..."
"...Then I'll go, Manager. Haha"
"Ah... yes... please take care of me."
The employees who saw the company's head office manager in such a state for the first time were amazed and murmured in amazement.
It seemed like he knew that the two were friends, whether he had heard rumors or read articles.
Regardless, ○○ headed to his private office, his shoes clacking. Everyone who saw him, regardless of age or gender, glanced at him.
dripping
"Come in."
Sunyoung came in holding two cups of coffee, telling us to come in.
"Here's some coffee..."
"Thank you, Chief."
"..."
"Then I'll leave! ^^ I have to write the design text by next week haha"
"...I'm sorry"
"Go do some work. Judging from the fact that you're here, I guess you really have nothing to do."
Because he seemed to dislike Soonyoung for drinking so much for no reason yesterday, he drew a wall between them by using the word “chief” even when they were just friends.
In that tone of voice, Sunyoung was already apologizing, saying that she was very sorry for her actions.
Still, ○○ scolded him for drinking like that when he couldn't even control his drinking, even though he was the head of the headquarters. Still, he asked if his friend was okay with his hangover, perhaps worried.
"What's inside?"
"I feel like it's going to flip over."
"You're doing a great job, really..."
"I drank with you?"
"I told you not to, Chief?"
"..."
"Go quickly and get to work~"
"..."
"Let's go get some hangover relief at lunchtime."
"There's a ramen place up ahead."
"call"
Realizing that it was a fight they couldn't win, Soonyoung backed down first. When ○○ seemed to be accepting an apology by suggesting that they should have lunch to sober up, Soonyoung quickly told him about a good restaurant and suggested they go.
However, since she was aware of the surrounding employees, Sunyoung finally left, saying she understood at ○○'s words to hurry up and get to work.
"If I keep going like this... won't I get cut off by the old man?"
In the meantime, ○○ was worried about his friend's job.