41 | New Duties

Jimin's POV

It took some time for me to accept the fact that my father isn't alive anymore, and the things that he revealed in his letter wasn't easy for me to take in, I knew that Y/N saw me crying inside my car, I couldn't show that in front of anyone else, not even mom, during that day, I drove to the police station and had a talk with my dear brother

He didn't show any sign of sadness when I told him about our father's death, he even questioned me because 'I'm supposed to despise him'. I haven't fully forgiven dad yet, because he could've talked to mom, he's a grown man who's supposed to know the difference between right and wrong, but then, I keep on reminding myself that he's a human who's prone to mistakes

I was beyond happy and grateful when he mentioned in the letter that he's giving me his spot in the family industry, but at the same time, I'm nervous, it's something big, something I've wanted for some time, yes, it's a want, but I've never imagined myself getting that

Mom told me that she's willing to guide me with my responsibilities as the new CEO of Park Industries in Busan, once she's done having meetings here in Seoul, I'll come with her on the trip back to our hometown. Y/N was upset with the news though, I told her that she should be happy because she wouldn't have to see my 'horrible face' anymore

Guess what? She laughed, see, I know how to change my sister's mood in an instant, a few minutes later, she forgot why she was upset and decided to annoy me all day. I deserve an award, however, I do admit that I'll miss that little devil the most

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We're already in Busan, by the time I reached my childhood home, mom said that she'll head to the hospital where dad's in, she mentioned that she'll be in charge of his funeral so I can just rest for the whole day and tomorrow, I'll start doing the hard stuff

There was only a few things to do, I read a few pages of a book, then took a look at our old rooms, every single furniture we owned was surprisingly there, untouched, our family pictures were still kept, I'd clean the house but everything was in its' best shape

I visited our backyard, mom grew tons of flowers, Y/N would've loved the sight of them, I liked how a tree has grown here, but I guess that and the flowers were the only addition, I wanted to follow what mom said, rest for a day, but that's too boring, I need to move! Should I just go to a gym? I think that's the only good idea that I have so far

I wore a hoodie and some jogging pants, then headed to the gym, I needed to lose some weight anyway, on my way, I caught a lot of people staring at me, uh, do I look weird with clothes like these on? Or is there something in my face? No wait, they might recognize me as the son of Park Jiwoon, ugh, I need to wear a mask

Luckily, everything was back to normal by the time I reached the gym, I made sure that I would workout in a corner, I don't know, the people here in Busan are getting weird for some reason, I stayed inside the gym for about five hours, the surprising things is that I'm not tired yet, well, I'm not, but my leg is, that still makes sense right?

After I finished running on the treadmill, I drank some water and decided to head back home, I need a shower and some food, I also feel like going to the mall, then again, I'm too lazy to change my clothes, so I'm forced to cook, ugh. When I went inside the house, I immediately smelled the aroma of a well-cooked dish, I would normally think that it was Jin's doing, but I'm pretty sure that he and the others didn't follow me all the way here, next, I didn't notice nor remember our family having a maid or personal cook so we should cross off that option, it could be mom, but I'm pretty sure that she doesn't cook, we mostly eat food from restaurants, especially since Dad's the one who picks the place

I walked inside the kitchen and saw mom, placing the plates on top of the dining table, and someone else was cooking the food, I couldn't figure out who that person was, because all I could see was his/her back. Mom looked at me and smiled "Jimin! I'm glad that you're already here! Why don't you help me in setting up the table?"

"Uh, I hope you don't mind if I ask who's the new chef?" I asked with a confused look, mom just paused for a moment and started laughing "What's funny?"

"My bad, I'm sorry that I never introduced you, Juhyeon, and Y/N to my side of the family, that's my younger sister, Jia, I invited her over, she mentioned that she's looking for a job in a restaurant" Mom explained, I just nodded in response to that, I'm guessing that my mom and her sister will have some catching up to do, or they might have done it already, I just don't like it when it's my turn to be questioned, who knows what relatives will ask?

After I helped mom with the dishes, I sat down, waiting for the food to be served, my aunt wrapped things up quickly and served the food once mom sat beside me. Apparently, she cooked a lot of food, I have no idea on how we're going to finish all of these

My aunt removed her apron and sat across Mom and I, even though mom said that she's younger, it looks like they have the same age, not that Aunt Jia looks old. "What are you two waiting for? Let's eat!" She said excitedly and started to put a lot of food in her plate "Jaeeun, Thank you again for the invitation, oh, Jimin, I hope you love the dishes, most of these are new to me" She mentioned

I started getting some food as well, I ate a spoonful of one of the dishes, I haven't tasted something like this yet, heck, I don't even know what you call it, but it tastes amazing! "You're an excellent cook, Aunt Jia, you're like a female version of my older friend" I mentioned and ate some more

"Oh really?"

Mom chimed in "Yes! Jimin has six friends, they've been there for each other since their childhood days, I'm thankful that they came into his and Y/N's life, I also treat them like my own sons, the one that Jimin is talking about is Jin, both of you share the same love for cooking"

"That's great to know" Aunt Jia smiled "Honestly, that's the only thing I can do well, cooking I mean" She chuckled nervously

"What are you talking about? You're very smart, you've graduated with a ton of achievements, you could be considered as a professional in almost any job! That's why I was surprised when you chose to go with cooking"

"Oh dear sister, grades are just numbers, I don't even know how I'm supposed to make use of it, let's say I'm a math genius but I don't know how to apply algebra in my everyday life, or I'm the only one who passes my History class but I have no plans in becoming a Historian, I also don't go for jobs that'll kill me slowly, I'd rather enjoy my life, but of course I'll find a way to survive since money is turning into a necessity nowadays" Aunt Jia explained and smiled "Anyways, where's Y/N? Jiwoon would say that I have some similarities with her, and Juhyeon? Well, I don't know that much about him, that's why I should see my nephew!" Mom and I just looked at each other

"You see Jia, a lot of things has happened" Mom started

"Oh... Then tell me, I should be updated you know, especially since I'll be around, go ahead, my ears are waiting" While we were having our mini family dinner, mom started to tell everything that happened between our family, I also helped her, and I revealed a few things a bit too late, mom was furious when I told them about the Ms Seoul incident, and Y/N being bullied, but I also told them about Chaerin's apology, Aunt Jia didn't share any thoughts whilst we were explaining everything, she only ranted by the time we finished, mom was still mad at me though, but it disappeared when we all got ready for bed

......

I yawned as I was looking at the desk that said 'CEO' in front of me, mom already explained what I should do, her thirty minute lecture wasn't even the full thing! She even prepared a book and powerpoint presentation for me to fully understand this and that, ugh, I think my head will explode. Mom left my office since she has her own thing to do in this company, I asked why she couldn't just get my current position but she just said that it wasn't fit for her

Since I had nothing to do but accept my position, I got the one hundred page book mom made and read it, okay, one hundred pages is a little, I think I can read this in two hours or so-

what the heck?!

Why is the font too small?! Ugh This will take me a billion years to read, I looked at my laptop, praying that the powerpoint was shorter than the book, unfortunately, it had eighty-five slides. Just start it Jimin! It's pointless if you'll complain in your mind all day

To make things a bit easy, everytime I finish reading a page of the book, I'll glance at the powerpoint and try to understand the pictures and descriptions that were placed there, others might think that I won't understand a thing, but I find my method rather helpful. I continued my weird method for an hour, actually, I'm not sure, I lost track of time but it feels like an hour so let's stick with that

I heard someone knock a few times "Come in!" I said loudly while I was still focusing on reading and glancing, my original plan was to wait for the person to talk or catch my attention first, but since he/she didn't do that, I started getting nervous, but of course I didn't make it obvious, I heard that person cough and when I looked up, it was my mother, and she brought someone with her, I quickly closed the book and laptop that was in front of me and I stood up properly

"Hello" I bowed to greet the two older women, one of them looks familiar to me, but I can't seem to tell when or where I've seen her "Mom, I hope you don't mind if I ask, but what's up with you and bringing random people over lately? Is this another relative from your side?" I curiously asked

"Jimin, don't talk like that in front of guests" Mom scolded, I just gave her thumbs up "First of all, I don't bring random people over and introduce them to you, second, this is Y/N's biological mother, I was beyond glad when I saw her, and she wishes to talk to you" I looked at the woman beside mom and she smiled, well, that explains why I thought I've seen her before, most of her facial features are similar to Y/N's

"Y/N? What a beautiful name!" Her face was full of joy

"Thank you, Jiwoon and I heard that somewhere and thought that it was the perfect name for her, she's lovely, I kept on telling him that you should choose her name but he said that he couldn't reach you"

Y/N's mother frowned "When I told him that I was pregnant with Y/N, he would always visit me and buy everything we need for her, by the time she was born, I was just surprised when the nurse told me that Jiwoon left with our daughter without informing me, after that, I couldn't find a way to reach him, my parents were furious with me so I was forced to live in another country for a while, I guess that's what he meant, still, he should've let me see my own daughter once or twice" Mom was saddened by what Y/N's mom said, and she comforted the woman by caressing her hair

"You could go to Seoul and visit Y/N anytime, I'm sure that she'd love to meet you, I can also suggest some places for the both of you to visit" I mentioned, I'd help her myself but I don't even know what my schedule has in store for me

She shook her head "As much as I'd love to see my daughter right now, I have several matters here in Busan that I can't just leave" She frowned but smiled immediately as if she wasn't feeling down a few seconds ago "Well, I'm glad to meet you two, I also wished that I met Jiwon sooner, to have some closure" She bowed to Mom and I, then left

I went back to what I was originally doing, and mom decided to fix my office while scolding me because 'how will you turn into a successful person if your own office looks like a mess?'.

A week had passed by and I was managing Park Industries rather nicely, and I'm proud to say that I had zero help from my mother, okay, maybe the book and powerpoint can be considered as help, but it's different from actually working outside and stuff! At first, I refused to get myself a secretary, but when I got invited to board meetings, numerous events, and several dinner parties, I was forced to eventually find one because I'm too lazy to organize my own schedule

The one I hired was great in fixing this and that! She's a few years older than me and she's very smart too, the only problem is that she's scary, I sound like a kid right? But I'm not joking! She'd give me a nasty look when I try to be a minute late, or even sleeping when I'm not supposed to. I feel like she was trained by mom or something

Recently, mom gave me an assignment that I'd be more than willing to do, expand the family business and open up a branch in Seoul! I'm guessing that I won't really do much there, so once I'm finished with everything that needs to be done, I could give the guys, and Y/N, a visit, the mere thought of that gives me the energy to wait and ignore things that I'd usually be annoyed of

I've waited numerous days and nights, and when the day came for me to go to Seoul, I immediately got inside the private plane and reached my destination in just a few hours, of course I wasn't free from my strict secretary, but I shouldn't think about her now, she can't scold me for anything since I'm just here for a small chat and some arrangements! I just don't like the fact that I have to leave tomorrow

"Mr Park?" My secretary called

"Mhm?" I was looking at my phone, reading all the messages and reminders that mom sent

"We need to find a taxi in order to get to the branch quickly, you'll need to inspect the branch inside and out, rooms shouldn't be too small, you should also inform the workers about the materials they're going to need, your mother sent you 226,835,884.00 won for all the expenses, she also says that you need to go around and observe some things here in Seoul that could help this branch grow fast and contact some businessmen here for future partnerships and deals" Ms. Han reminded me out-of-nowhere. I just nodded and noticed that she wasn't looking at any copy while she said all those to me, how is she so consistent with her job? And she's young, what am I doing with my life? 'you're a CEO who clearly doesn't know how to do things well'

[A/N: I don't freaking know if that's what happens in the business world, or if CEOs even do those stuff grr]

I sighed and started doing everything that Ms Han mentioned, I didn't even think of taking a break since I wanted to finish everything quickly so that I could visit my friends and sister in no time, but I needed to gather enough data and stuff so that I could actually rest and call it a day

Yoongi's POV

I was walking around Seoul with Seokjin hyung, the two of us lost a bet against the others so we were forced to buy the groceries, while hyung is enjoying the errand, I'm not! Ugh, I could be sleeping or playing a video game right now, I wouldn't mind if I went grocery-shopping with Namjoon or Hoseok though, at least they're not picky, knowing them, they'll just get the item that looks good, unlike the person behind me who inspects the food for at least five minutes

I yawned, this is not how I plan to spend my afternoon I'm also forced to cook! Ugh! I looked around so I could divert my attention to something else, inside a restaurant, I saw a tall girl, her hair's tied up in a ponytail and she's wearing glasses, beside her was someone who looked familiar

I slowly woke myself up, I squinted my eyes to get a clear view of the short guy beside her, once I could fully see who that guy was, I quickly nudged Seokjin hyung and pointed the two people I saw "I'm not hallucinating right?" Hyung looked closer and his eyes widened "Should we talk to him now or-?"

"How about we go home first and inform the others? Besides, we might ruin the moment" The two of us smirked, looks like he also got my point, so we headed home, once we did so, we told the guys about it, and even they couldn't believe what they heard, Yeonjun, Kai, Beomgyu, Woobin, and Taehyun didn't understand why we took it as a big deal, when we told it to them, they laughed and promised to not tell Y/N unless she notices something odd

We all decided to kidnap Jimin from his girlfriend and take him to a random bar so that we could celebrate, he's a devil though, he should be at Busan right now, working, but now he's having a date? I wonder what made him act like that all of a sudden, if one of the two girls in the Park family knew about that, he'd be dead in a heartbeat

We asked the five boys to cover up for us, since they aren't allowed to drink yet, then the six of us went to the restaurant where me and Seokjin hyung saw Jimin, unfortunately, the two aren't there anymore, Seoul isn't a big place so we wandered around for a bit, and spotted Jimin inside the bank, with his girlfriend behind him, she was looking at her phone while Jimin was having a conversation with someone

We walked inside the bank, but he already went inside another room, oh well, his girlfriend is still outside, we decided to go in, the girlfriend didn't see us nor acknowledged our presence once we entered "Where did that small hyung go?" Jungkook asked, we just shrugged "Should we ask her?"

"You do it" Hoseok insisted

"Why me?" Jungkook frowned "How about you, Taehyung?"

"Nah, Hoseok, you do it"

"You wish" he rolled his eyes

"Ugh, stop acting like kids, I'll do it" Namjoon massaged his temple and walked to the girl "Hello miss, do you know where Jimin went to? We'll just have a small chat with him if you don't mind"

The girl stopped looking at her phone and her eyebrows furrowed when she saw us, is this normal for girls? Shouldn't they be happy when six handsome men show up in front of her? "Do you have an appointment with Mr Park?" What the heck? What kind of girlfriend talks like that? What's with the stern look and impatient aura?

Namjoon gulped "No but-"

"Then you can't talk to him today, especially since I am not aware of who you six are, Mr Park's a busy man, I hope you know that, and he has multiple tasks to finish within this day, so if I were you, I'd schedule an appointment with him a few months before the desired date" She went back to looking at her cellphone

Ah! I know! She's his girlfriend AND secretary, she's doing her job quite well, I bet that she's very scary to those who don't know her that much, I wonder how Jimin managed to find someone like her, I glanced at the others to see if they figured it out, but it looks like they're convinced that she's just a scary girlfriend "Er, it's just for a-"

"No" She said without even looking at Namjoon. We continued to beg her to let us see our friend, but it's like she's very determined to not let us see Jimin, ugh, you can't just abuse your position, Jimin will be very disappointed in you "You six are fools if you think that I'll let you see Mr Park just because of your puppy-faces" She scoffed

After a few seconds, Jimin came out of a room and was beyond shocked when he saw us, he walked closer and tapped the shoulder of his girlfriend "Uh, Ms Han? Why are these men kneeling in front of you?" His face was filled with confusion

Uh-oh, he's jealous

Hoseok, Jungkook, and Namjoon realized their mistake and stood up as if they weren't doing anything weird earlier "They wanted to see you, but since they don't have an appointment, I declined but they continued begging for the past few minutes" She replied "You still have a lot to do for today sir, I hope you didn't forget that" Jimin just nodded

"I'll just have some lunch with them, meet me in the main branch, we won't take too long" The six of us smiled like kids and stuck our tongue out at his girlfriend, I mean- Ms Han, who just rolled her eyes, when she left, we all pulled Jimin towards a random bar before he could say anything else, it's been a long time since we've all drank some alcohol, and our tolerance is pretty high so Jimin will still be sober once we get out of here

"You six seem to be excited, miss me already?" He laughed

"Tsk, what do you think?" I rolled my eyes

"What? Hyung you're gay for me?!"

"What the fvck? In your dreams! We were all having fun when you weren't around, right?" Hoseok and Seokjin nodded "Wow, looks like I'm only talking to two people" I scoffed

"Hyung, when did you plan to tell us about your girlfriend?" Jungkook asked which caused Jimin to choke on his drink "Oops, sorry"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't play dumb, you know exactly what we mean" Hoseok wiggled his eyebrows, but Jimin didn't bother to answer "Tsk.... In denial" he pouted

"Just tell me what you two weirdos mean" Jimin rolled his eyes and ordered some snacks

"That girl a while ago, she's your girlfriend right?" Taehyung asked, which made Jimin look at him in disbelief "It's not wrong to tell us, and, if Y/N knows that you're hiding something, well, good luck" Taehyung laughed

Jimin shook his head "Are you guys seriously shipping me and my secretary?" Everyone's jaw dropped, except mine of course, I'm not slow like them "It's not a professional thing to date your co-workers, and you all know that I don't have any plans of dating someone, I thought that was very obvious" Well, I take back what I said, my jaw dropped too, seconds later, Jimin's order finally came and he started eating, he looked at us and raised his eyebrows "What are you waiting for? Let's eat"