jalousied | at the bar again

detective!au
taekey + jonghyun; pg-13
523 words
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"I think Taemin is cheating on me."

Jonghyun paused midway from stuffing his mouth with tteokbokki. “Huh? What do you mean?”

Kibum slumped on the bar, insisting that he was just a little bit buzzed although from the redness tinting his cheeks and from the way his words stumbled over each other, he might be just a bit more drunk. He twirled a finger over the mouth of his bottle and sighed. “He’s…been texting other people a lot and hanging out with the girls from the reception.”

"Kibum. You know Taemin is very much attracted to you, right?" Jonghyun took a sip of his soju. He shouldn’t be stating the obvious, but it seemed Kibum hadn’t noticed Taemin fawning over him, mentioning him in every conversation imaginable (even if it’s a crime-related meeting or something), or depending anything he did based on what Kibum wanted or liked.

The obvious statement seemed to cheer Kibum up a bit, but he still looked skeptical. “I wouldn’t blame him if he does cheat on me, though. I mean, Taemin is adorable, intelligent, talented, and a bit slutty.”

Jonghyun sputtered on his drink and quickly grabbed a napkin to dab at his dribbling chin. “Kim Kibum!”

"It’s true, though," Kibum replied, nonchalantly swirling the remaining liquid in his bottle. "He’s very cute but can be…well, I thought it was hot when he was a bit of a slut."

Jonghyun rubbed his temples. He shouldn’t be learning things like this about his colleagues really. But Kibum wouldn’t shut up about it, and he was thankful the bar was a bit rowdy today or everyone would be privy to Taemin’s bedroom antics. “What if…” Kibum said, voice hushed and teary, “You know how Taemin really likes cute things, right? And and…I’m too old to be cute…and what…what if he dumps me over some cute college dropout whore?”

"Our receptionists aren’t college dropouts," Jonghyun firmly said. "I just don’t know about the whore part."

"Of course you wouldn’t," Kibum said with a slight smirk. "Because your dick hasn’t been thinking of anything else but of Lee Jinki…"

"Drop it, Kibum."

"…who’s already being screwed by someone else but you’re so invested on him you can’t let him go but you also can’t confess because you’re so scared of making poor Lee Jinki conflicted so y—"

"I got over him!"

"Fantasizing about being over him, you mean. God I shouldn’t have entertained your impure thoughts on the poor guy and just discouraged you. Why do I have to suffer listening to your whines about how Jinki couldn’t be yours. I mean do you even listen to me when I talk about my legit problems with Taemin, seriously…"

Jonghyun groaned and ignored Kibum’s babbling, opting to fish out his phone and call Taemin to pick up his whining boyfriend. This drinking party to babysitting cycle had been happening too frequently for his taste and seriously, he wouldn’t invite anyone to drink again, ever.

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