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suddenly he scratched the back of his head and laughed nervously. "aigoo... seol-ssi... suites are more luxurious, don't think wrong of this-

"minhyuk-ssi... don't lie to me." her voice was steady but still sweet. minhyuk sighed in defeat.

"arasseo... i don't know anything else more than i was told to put you in this room." he admitted, nervously as he tried to clean his sweaty palms with his pants.

"in this specific room? or in a room across the ceo?" seol was determined to get answers from him, but the boy only looked away. he remained silent and she almost immediately knew the answer.

she narrowed her eyes as she stared at the brown haired. "who?" she had to ask, even if she knew already this was work of no other than the ceo himself. 

the boy swallowed hard again. "seol-ssi... you're making difficult my job here, seriously-

"waeyo?"

"i was asked to be discrete." he said, with a frown on his forehead. first time for seol watching a lee minhyuk with another expression that wasn't pure bliss, but it was now more than obvious. first time hyungwon said the same thing, he said he had been "sent" to ask how she was. and now with minhyuk it was the second time it happened. it had to be work of the ceo, he was the one behind all this. 

she felt bad for him for a second and let it go. she didn't want to get him into trouble for her questions so she just walked away and grabbed her phone. "arasseo..." she simply said carelessly as she sat on her bed. 

minhyuk moved uncomfortably around, as a deathening silence filled the room.  "seol-ssi... we're leaving in an few, i just came to let you know. you have to be downstairs in an hour, please?" 

she just nodded as she glanced at him. it looked like minhyuk was worried about what just happened and she didn't want the boy to feel bad about it. "gwenchana minhyuk-ssi. i'll be there in time." she said with a warm smile, the boy smiled again and bowed slightly. 

"i'll meet you downstairs. call me if you need any help." he said making his way towards the door, going outside not before waving his hand cutely at her first.

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on her way downstairs, she noticed wonho scolding the designers and she rolled her eyes internally. changkyun was close but not really paying attention since he had his earbuds plugged and it was obvious he was listening to music. 

she arrived his side and pulled the sleeve of his jacket. he jumped in surprise but finally smiled when he noticed it was ha seol. "seol-ah... good morning." he said with a sweet smile that reached his eyes.

"sunbae, good morning... what's going on?" she asked but changkyun only shrugged. "i think he has his period or something- 

seol couldn't help but laugh, quickly covering her mouth with her hands but not silent enought to get unnoticed by wonho himself. "is it funny seol-ssi? do you think that being drunk and pissing on the pool is acceptable?"

"but sunbae you started it- one of the designers mumbled to which wonho widened his eyes and hush him with a severe sound.

"aigoo these kids- he started as he was ready to discipline him but soon minhyuk arrived. "yeorobun the bus is here, kaja!" he passed next to them, moving his hands, indicating that they should keep going now. 

wonho stood there, ears red with anger as he noticed his little minions following minhyuk. 

once they arrived the train station, they were finally organized in the same wagons on their way to busan. she noticed the designers had the same number, 12, and by now she knew the 13th belonged to the vip people aka the ceo. 

everything around her was suddenly itching, the thoughts of her being in the wagon just next to the ceo's, the room just across his and just everything. the way she had been treated since she arrived the company, the important taks she had been given and the trust in her work, it was mysterious, no intern would have a treatment like that, especially not since the first day.

she didn't want to make it all about her, but everything seemed mysterious because things happened only with her.

especially after she saw changkyun's room and how different it looked from her. one would say since he was a senior, he should be the one in the suite across the ceo, not her.

after staying ah hour in her seat, she felt dizzy for the train's movements and she decided to go to the bathroom. since changkyun was her only friend and he wasn't around because wonho needed him for something, she just went straight to the bathroom and got inside.

she felt a vit overwhelmed over the weekend's trip, especially after everything that happened to her regardless the ceo and the kiss they shared, still she tried to push those thoughts away even if the proximity her wagon shared with the ceo's was overwhelming.

once she was done, she washed her hands but suddenly someone opened the bathroom's door and got inside, without paying too much attention, the person closed the door and when he turned around, his eyes met her widened brown orbs.

"d-dopunim?" her voice cracking, facial expression horrified of the ceo's sudden action. 

but what happened next, she didn't expect it. his dark grey eyes widened in horror when he noticed there was someone inside the bathroom. "ahh!" he exclaimed in surprise, taking a few steps back, his back colliding with the bathroom's door.

she took her hands to her mouth to cover the surprise and cursed herself mentally after she remembered how she forgot to lock the bathroom's door.

"seol-ssi..." he mumbled as he looked around the bathroom, quickly turning around, feeling ashamed of getting inside the bathrom and cursing himself mentally for not knocking before.

"what are you doing here?"

"the door was unlocked, i thought there was no one here!"

"why are you still here dopunim?" she exclaimed and he quickly tried to open the door but a weird sound coming from the lock. the door wouldn't move, not even if he applied force to it.

"what's wrong?" he heard her voice coming from behind. "aish... the door is stucked." 

"mwo? let me see." she said as she waited for him to give her some space, instead he just turned to look at her with a poker face. "it won't open."

"let me check?" her eyes were big, shame covering her face, especially her cheeks. she couldn't believe she was stuck again with the ceo in such a small space.

kihyun took a step back as he gave her some space. she tried and tried but the ceo was right, the door was stuck. "aigoo... what are we going to do now?" 

he sighed in exasperation as he looked for his phone on his pocket, thinking that maybe if he called minhyuk or hyungwon, they would be able to help them but a weird beep sound made them both realize, the phone was out of signal.

"aish!" he complained as he mumbled something. she bit her lip as she looked around. "miss ha... your phone?" he asked, looking at her hands. 

judging by the look on her face, it was more than obvious that something was wrong. and seol couldn't help but relive the moments they shared in the elevator, when they got stuck last week. it seemed like a nightmare, a living nightmare and she couldn't believe her situation and how unlucky she was. "it's in my purse." she said looking down. 

kihyun only nodded as he moved around, looking for a purse but the bathroom was emtpy, only the two of them. he clenched his jaw as he looked at her. "where's the purse miss ha?" 

she swallowed hard before answering. "back in my seat." her words came out as if she was having a sore throat. he only sighed in frustration as he ran a hand through his silver hair. 

she hadn't seen him since yesterday night, when he came to her room and waited outside of the door, he looked at her intensely and laughed. she wondered why he laughed, what was so funny and why, overall, why he was waiting for her, why his room was across hers and why her wagon was just next to his? 

but the questions seemed to be stuck at the back of her throat. kihyun pushed her softly aside and started banging at the door. "ya! i am stuck in here, is somebody there? minhyuk-ssi?" 

but it was useless. that part of the train was at the very end. they were stuck in the only bathroom that was between wagons 12 and 13 and nobody was there but kihyun and the designers.

"do you think they'll hear you dopunim?" she asked, almost biting her nails. he glanced at her and finally sighed. "I have no idea."

"was hyungwon-ssi with you?" she asked, hoping he'd say yes and that hyungwon after a few minutes of realizing the ceo was missing, he'd come out of the wagon to look for him but the answer really disappointed her.

"he went back to seol this morning with my body guards, i am afraid he's not going to come." 

her eyes widened in horror. the terror was real. they were alone and stuck again. 

"aigoo..." she started to hiperventilate, kihyun turned around and look at her, concern in his dark grey eyes. "miss ha... gwenchana?" 

she nodded but eventually her expression gave her away. "ah jinjja..." he looked around desperately and couldn't find anything to help her. it seemed like she was having a panic attack after all. 

he grabbed her by her shoulders and lowered himself to her height. "miss ha... seol-ssi." he called her name, trying to get her attention. slowly she looked up and her brown eyes met his dark grey orbs. 

"you need to breathe." he said and counted each second to help her regulate her breathing. she followed his instructions and after a few seconds, she was back to normal.

he grabbed a tissue and gave it to her. "clean yourself, you're sweaty." he said handing her a small package of tissues he found in one of the drawers. she nodded and cleaned herself. 

"i can't believe it..." he mumbled as he looked for his phone on his pocket, trying to get some signal as he moved around the small bathroom with his hand extended, trying to get at least one bar. 

but it was useless. the signal was red and they were stuck. 

"we're going to sofocate to death here." she kept mumbling, a hand to her chest as she leaned over the sink. he sigh, running a hand through his hair as he glanced at her.

after a time passed, she noticed she started sweating, she also noticed the ceo had removed his jacket and was now hanging behind the door. he would constantly check his phone to look for signal.

"dopunim..." she mumbled. in that moment she didn't intend to call him, she just voiced it out loud but now that she had his full attention, she couldn't help but swallow hard and feel nervous about the situation she got herself into. 

"uh... i... about-

"miss ha, there's no need for you to talk, it's fine." he said, a serious expression in his face. his hair was slightly tousled, a few hairs damped in sweat in each side of his temples and an annoyed but tired expression. 

it was more than obvious the ceo didn't want to be there trapped and she thought her presence only made it worse, but she wanted to ask, she was dying to.

"why i was put in a room across yours?" she asked out of nowhere, forgetting about honorifics and without anesthesia. 

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