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triumvirate
9:58 am
shua: mfs
han: goodmorning to you too<3
shua: guess what:D
cheol: ?
10:12 am
han: shua?
hoonie hyung - seokminie
10:18 am
hoonie hyung: did you talk to your boss?
seokminie: im sooo sorry
seokminie: i swear i tried everything but it seems i cant go home for your birthday:(((((
hoonie hyung: oh
hoonie hyung: okay
seokminie: hyung ′⌒`
hoonie hyung: no seriously it’s okay, i wasn’t expecting you to come anyway
seokminie: what? why?
hoonie hyung: seokmin, you have missed birthdays and holidays ever since you started working at an & yoo. why would i have thought this time it’ll be different?
seokminie: im genuinely so sorry, youve no idea:( i really wanted to be there but hong just fired someone and i have to sort out all of his unfinished deals by monday morning. even if i pull three all nighters i might not be able to look through everything, theres no way i can take off friday and saturday, im sorry:(
hoonie hyung: let’s just hope we can at least spend christmas together
seokminie: im sorry
triumvirate
10:50 am
han: joshua seriously
cheol: hong jisoo????
cheol: you better be dead tf arent u replying for
shua: sorry i was busy
han: …
cheol: so what happened?
shua: im getting married :P
cheol: YOU WHAT
han: FUCKER YOU HAD A BF AND DIDNT EVEN TELL US
han: YOU WITHHOLD INFORMATION LIKE THIS FROM US AND YET YOU HAD THE AUDACITY TO BE BITCHY WHEN CHEOL DIDNT TELL U ABOUT GETTING A DOG
cheol: exactly what he said -_-
cheol: not very best friend of you hong jisoo
shua: are you two finished?
han: NO?????
han: WE DEMAND AN EXPLANATION RN!!!
shua: if you would just stfu maybe i could explain =]
han: …fine
shua: all this is because of you bitches
cheol: ? wdym
shua: my visa expired
shua: id have to leave the country for a year before i can apply for visa again
shua: i cant work for my company without having visa/being in the country
shua: i dont wanna lose my job so i need citizenship urgently
shua: guess whos a citizen
shua: my secretary!
shua: or assistant idrc
shua: anyways, we spend and awful lot of time together so everyone believed that we were secretly dating this whole time
shua: point of the story: marriage = citizenship = me not losing my job
shua: everyones happy
cheol: i know youre not being serious rn
shua: why would i lie about smth like this
han: because youre about to commit a crime you fucking idiot????
shua: its only a crime if the govt finds out about it:3
cheol: right bc thats how it works… and seokmin or whats his name just agreed to this
shua: he needed a little push but what can i say
shua: my charms persuaded him:)
han: oh my fucking god joshua
han: you threatened him didnt you
han: with losing his job or smth
shua: ◡‿◡
cheol: abusing your power on top of committing a federal offense GREAT
shua: come on now dont act like it isnt your fault
han: how exactly is YOU going batshit crazy our fault???
shua: i asked you about a hundred times to fucking remind me to renew my visa
shua: newsflash bitches none of you did
cheol: youre a grown ass adult forgive us for expecting you to take care of your own stuff
han: besides were busy too??
shua: tf u mean??? you make your own schedule??? both of you have been home for the past 5 days???
shua: i however am working literally 24/7 i dont even remember when was the last time i went on vacation
han: NOT THE POINT
han: the point is that youre fucking crazy
han: istg if this comes back to bite you in the ass and something happens to you im going to kill you with my own two hands
shua: awww you love me
littlest one - min hyung
11:07 am
min hyung: did hyung tell you what i told him?
littlest one: yeah
min hyung: are you mad at me too? >~<
littlest one: hyung, you promised
min hyung: i know
min hyung: thats what i wanted to talk to you about
littlest one: ?
min hyung: looks like i can go home after all
littlest one: SERIOUSLY???
littlest one: HYUNG THATS AMAZING!!!!!
littlest one: DID YOU TELL JIHOON HYUNG???
littlest one: OR DO YOU WANT IT TO BE A SURPRISE???
min hyung: no i didnt tell him yet but,,,
min hyung: i definitely will because there is going to be a surprise
min hyung: not necessarily the good kind:’)
littlest one: oh god what did you do?
min hyung: its complicated, kind of
min hyung: but whatever it is, do you think i should tell jihoon hyung first and then everyone else or should i just text the gc and rip the bandaid off in one go? ;_;
littlest one: hyung…
min hyung: just answer me
littlest one: gc then
min hyung: because you want to see hyungs reaction dont you?
littlest one: well sue me:P
woozi give us money
11:25 am
seok: heeey you guys<3333
soon: look who is here, if it isnt the prodigal son
seok: hyung:(
wonie: soonyoung don’t be rude
boo!: it was kind of deserved tho
mango: seriously you guys hes working, he cant just tell his boss to go fuck himself and leave for the weekend
minghao: i would do it for him
wonie: we know minghao
minghao: i cant stand that bitch
wonie: we know minghao
nonie: we know minghao
mango: we know babe
baby (literally): everyone stfu hyung has something to say
seok: yknow what? its not even that important:’D
baby (literally): it is
baby (literally): and now jihoon hyung, ik youre lurking in the gc, stop fucking sulking and listen what he has to say
junjun: he cant exactly listen
baby (literally): you know what i meant…
god of music: fine. what is it?
seok: soooo
seok: as it turns out
seok: i can go home???
seok: kinda
seok: so yeah
seok: thats it:D
soon: wait seriously
mango: omg did you finally stand up for yourself!? im so proud of you<3
junjun: our seokmin has finally grown up<333
god of music: oh, i mean that’s great!
minghao: why do i feel like there’s a catch?
baby (literally): because there is, everybody shut up
seok: noo there isnt, thats all 0:)
baby (literally): hyung
seok: fine
nonie: uh-oh
god of music: uh-oh indeed.
seok: no, no uh-oh!
seok: its nothing bad, i promise
boo!: we have heard that before
wonie: and it was bad
soon: really bad
seok: no, its just,,, i wont be going alone
mango: OHMYGOD
baby (literally): YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND????
soon: AND YOU DIDNT EVEN TELL US??
junjun: YOU HAVE A BF!?!!???!?!?!!
boo!: HYUNG WHAT
minghao: WDYM YOU WONT BE GOING ALONE
nonie: woah out of all the things you cldve said i didnt see that one coming
soon: WAIT IS THAT WHY YOU BLEW US OFF ALL THE TIME??? YOU WERENT EVEN WORKING??? YOU WERE ROMANCING SOMEWHERE???
boo!: he wouldnt do that. i think??? would you lee seokmin???
mango: wait didnt you know about it chan?
baby (literally): nah i just knew that theres a surprise but the fuck thought this will be it O.o
seok: jihoon hyung…?
god of music: look, as long as you’re coming, i wouldn’t care even if you bought the devil himself with you
minghao: read as: joshua hong
seok: HAHAHAHAHAHA
seok: YOURE SO FUNNY XDDD
mango: that was really fucking ominous
baby (literally): please im begging you, tell me that doesnt mean what i think it means
soon: r u fr going to bring your insufferable pain in the ass boss to hoonies birthday?
boo!: answer lee seokmin
nonie: ^
wonie: ^
junjun: no but are you really?
minghao: seokmin.
baby (literally): hyung just answer already jfc
baby (literally): where did jihoon hyung go also??? get back here ffs
god of music: i’m here.
seok: alright, fine. i am.
minghao: youve gone completely mental
baby (literally): youre fs not bringing him
nonie: did he invite himself?
wonie: did he tell you that you could only go if he went with you and you two worked during the weekend?
seok: yeah, about that…
boo!: is he not even letting you stay overnight????
junjun: why is he going if youre only there for one afternoon!!??!!?
seok: its not that–
baby (literally): what is it then?
seok: were not staying for the weekend
seok: well be home for the whole week:’)
minghao: i mustve eaten something bad and now im hallucinating
baby (literally): fym whole week:D
mango: youre not being serious, are you?
soon: are you fucking with jihoon? because stop omfg its not funny
god of music: look i know i said i want you to be there but if that’s the price we all have to pay i take it back, you come home whenever you can, it doesn’t have to be this friday
seok: if thats what you really want then fine, we wont go but,,, since everyone will be there, i was thinking i could introduce him properly. we even talked about arriving on thursday so that we wouldnt be interfering with your party and everything
junjun: why would you introduce him?
soon: why would everyone need to know him personally?
minghao: oh god
nonie: oh my god
mango: lee seokmin, its not what i think it is, right?
wonie: ooooh this is bad
boo!: really bad
baby (literally): hyung have you lost your mind???
seok: im sorry?
god of music: since when?
minghao: HOW
minghao: WHY
wonie: when did it start?
mango: why would you do something so stupid??
soon: WHAT? WHAT IS IT?
junjun: oh–
nonie: @soon hes introducing introducing him
baby (literally): nothing bad???? NOTHING BAD???????
baby (literally): PLEASE TELL ME WHATS YOUR DEFINITION OF NOTHING BAD IM DYING TO KNOW
soon: OH
soon: WHAT THE FUCK
mr. hong - secretary lee
11:56 am
secretary lee: i told them but they asked about how and when we got together. what should i tell them?
mr. hong: tell them whatever
secretary lee: our stories has to match and since i wasn’t even aware that we’re dating, i’m sure you have a better understanding of our relationship
mr. hong : fine
mr. hong: we started dating approximately nine months ago, that seems a reasonable amount of time to get engaged after. we spent a lot of time together because of work and somehow became attracted to each other. it was me who asked you out. or tell them it was you, i really don’t care
mr. hong: i trust you can come up with the details yourself, were they to want to know. pray it isn’t too much to ask
secretary lee: no, i can take care of that and tell you later
mr. hong: wonderful
woozi give us money
12:01 pm
baby (literally): where tf did you go? @seok
seok: im here sorry
minghao: we’re listening
seok: alright, so. it all started on my birthday. you know how i wanted to go home that day but couldnt bc i had to go to work
seok: we were working overtime and it was well into the evening and all day i didnt even have time to reply to your messages
[seok: and mr hong mustve noticed somethings up bc]
seok: and joshua hyung mustve noticed somethings up bc
seok: he asked if everything was alright and i was soo tired at that point that i told him it was my bday and ive been working without stopping all day
seok: tbh i regretted it the moment i said it but he just started packing his stuff and told me to do the same and he took me to a restaurant to celebrate
seok: that was the first time weve talked about anything besided work and idk ig we just realised we have some sort of connection
seok: it wasnt until a bit later when he officially asked me out but everything started on the 18th of february so we count that our relationship started then
baby (literally): go girl give us nothing lmao
seok: ???
minghao: you cant just drop the bomb that youre dating your boss that you had a death wish towards even a few hours ago and now this is all you have to say??? that he took you out for your birthday?? boo hoo big deal
boo!: if you really want us to believe that you and spawn of satan are really dating youre gonna have to give sm more than that
seok: look, hes a private person? we agreed not to share many details or stuff? and i dont wanna talk behind his back or anything so idk
seok: maybe when were together? yk at home, then we can talk about more stuff
god of music: fine.
mr. hong - secretary lee
12:17 pm
secretary lee: sent a picture.
secretary lee: hope it’s good enough
seen
triumvirate
12:18 pm
shua: forwarded a picture.
shua: is he writing a fucking romance novel??
han: awwww he called you joshua hyung
cheol: you two are so adorable
shua: both of you are fucking useless
cheol: do you even know when his birthday is? like is any of that true?
shua: you have two guesses
han: i got scared for a sec there that you were kind to someone you work with
han: phew what a relief
shua: choke
the bad, the good and the leftover<3
12:19 pm
good: are you guys mad at me?
leftover: what do you think!?
bad: chan.
leftover: hyung! why are you still defending him??
bad: because he didn’t do anything that would warrant for you to be this angry at him
leftover: he lied to us
leftover: and quite frankly he is a fucking hypocrite. you know just how much he hated that man and how badly he talked about him
leftover: even yesterday!!!!
leftover: and now suddenly hes the love of his life. you cant expect me to just accept this as it is and act as if none of the things he told us happened
leftover: he made hyung miserable, i know you remember all the instances when he called us crying saying that he cant do this anymore
bad: people change, chan. we don’t know what exactly happened between them, hell maybe even they don’t know, but the least we can do is be supportive. when was the last time seokmin dated? or better yet, when was the last time he introduced someone to us?
leftover: fine, bring him idgaf. i wont openly curse him out but dont expect me to be all pleasant
l eftover set your nickname to hypocrite.
leftover changed the name of the group to the bad, the hypocrite and the leftover<3.
hypocrite: im sorry, this isnt how i wanted this to go:(
hypocrite: and im sorry for ruining your birthday
hypocrite: maybe itd be the best if we didnt go? we can go home next weekend, you should enjoy your birthday hyung
bad: nonsense. i haven’t seen you in months, i meant it when i said i don’t care who you’re coming with as long as you’re there
bad: and don’t worry about anyone else, i’ll take care of it
hypocrite: thank you sm hyung:(<3
bad: what time does your plane land? i’ll go pick you two up
hypocrite: uh i dont know yet, ill have to check. ill call you later? i can tell you then
bad: alright
97z
12:21 pm
disgust: i hope you know what youre doing
joy: truly. what were you even thinking
riley: would it really be that hard to say that youre happy for me?? fine lecture me idc but could you at least show the least amount of support?? this is exactly why i didnt tell yall, i knew this would happen
joy: min, were sorry
joy: were just worried
disgust: we dont want to see you get hurt
disgust: or be in a relationship with someone just because you feel like you have to be
riley: wdym?
joy: well, since hes your boss and everything
riley: im not that stupid, i know exactly what im doing
mr. hong - secretary lee
01:08 pm
secretary lee: so that’s it? we’re not going to talk about it?
mr. hong: what is there to talk about?
secretary lee: everything? you can’t just basically force me into committing a crime and act as if nothing happened
mr. hong: marriage between same sex couples has been legalised a decade ago
secretary lee: you know that’s not what i meant
mr. hong: we’ve been spending 340 days out of 365 every year since you started working under me. believe me, no one is going to question whether our relationship is legit or not
secretary lee: i’m sorry for being so unreasonable that i would expect at least one normal conversation about this after you basically announced to the chairman out of nowhere that we’re getting married. i understand why you did it and as much as i want to blame you, i can’t. you’re in a bad situation right now and you need a quick solution, fine. marriage is important to me but i’ve come to peace with the fact that i’m going to waste it on you. i want to help you and i am willing to put in the effort as long as i see the same effort from you
mr. hong: why?
secretary lee: why what?
mr. hong: you said you’re wasting a marriage on me but you’re still going to help me, why? i suppose there’s more to it other than the fact that you’d be fired the moment i leave the company because kim jaehwan hates my guts and wouldn’t want anything to do with my assistant
secretary lee: believe me, that’s the only reason. if i knew for sure i can keep my job after you left, i’d go to the immigration office myself and tell the truth
mr. hong: alright. we can talk after my meeting ended
02:03 pm
mr. hong: i’m here
secretary lee: great. first we should go through the basics, don’t you think?
mr. hong: fine, but be quick
secretary lee: alright. i’m sure you’re aware what i have on stake here and to be completely honest marrying you doesn’t benefit me enough to just go through with it, thus i have a request to make
mr. hong: and what would that be?
secretary lee: i want that promotion, effective immediately
mr. hong: yeah, absolutely not
secretary lee: unfortunately in that case i cannot take on the risks of deceiving the government
mr. hong: well then, once we got back to seoul i’ll take care of it
secretary lee: no
mr. hong: no?
secretary lee: no, by tomorrow morning. i want to get on that plane tomorrow as an editor, not as your assistant. i’m risking my whole life here. if we get caught you’ll be banned from the country but that’s it. you can go back to the states and find a job, i can’t. i’ll be sent to prison for five years and i highly doubt there’s any company out there who would want an employee with a five year prison stay on their record. so no, you’re not going to wait and come up with some bullshit excuses as to why you can’t promote me. you’ll do it now or our deal is off
seen
triumvirate
02:15 pm
shua: what are you two doing this weekend?
cheol: why? you want us to go with you to your fiances family?:3
shua: haha no
shua: i just thought we should meet before im getting deported:D
cheol: ????
han: you fucking what!!??!?
cheol: did he change his mind?? is he not marrying you??
han: not that i can blame him for that but what the fuck
han: how can he do that??? fire his ass
shua: it’s not that he doesn’t want to but hes an audacious, demanding bitch and i for sure will not give in:)
cheol: right
cheol: and what is this thing he is demanding?
shua: promotion
han: are you a fucking idiot?
cheol: are seriously willing to be deported instead of promoting him??
cheol: what does it even matter to you??
shua: he didnt earn it
han: i swear to everything thats saint if you dont promote that mf and get married to him im gonna kick your ass
han: do you think this is a joke??
shua: no, thats exactly why he wont be promoted. hes nowhere near good enough
han: mf i can forge your signature and cheol can knock you out so that you wont be able to tell anyone it wasnt you who signed his promotion but you bitch are going to get married even if thats the last thing you do
shua: you wouldnt lmao
cheol: oh he totally would and you know that too
wonu hyung - min
02:23 pm
min: hyung
min: im going to tell you something
min: can you promise not to tell anyone else?
wonu hyung: sure what’s up?
min: seriously hyung, whatever im going to tell you, you have to promise youll take it to the grave
wonu hyung: geez alright, i promise not to tell anyone
wonu hyung: is everything alright?
min: no, not exactly
wonu hyung: okay now i’m worried
min: i think im gonna get fired, for real this time
wonu hyung: what are you talking about? does the company not approve of your relationship?
min: hyung please just
min: there is no relationship
wonu hyung: did you break up??
min: no god there was never one
min: we were never dating i still hate him but his visa expired and he needs to acquire citizenship immediately so that he can stay in the country and keep his job and the only way to do so is by marriage
wonu hyung: mkay, i’m not sure i’m following
wonu hyung: if you hate him why wouldn’t you just let him leave?
min: because ive been his assistant for three years now, whoever got his job would immediately fire me because no one at the company likes him and by extension they dont like me
wonu hyung: oh well, that’s a lot to take in at once
wonu hyung: so you’re taking him home? why? to be completely honest with you i don’t understand what you’re saying
min: yes i am taking him home because we were supposed to get married?? and i cant just stand in front of my family after it happened saying that im married?? i wanted to tell them sometime next week that were engaged, come back to seoul and get married, just the two of us
wonu hyung: okay, let’s put aside the fact that you’re a fucking idiot for agreeing to something like this and the fact that you two are about to commit a crime. it does sound like you have everything planned out, so what’s the problem?
min: sent a picture.
min: i may have gotten a bit carried away and he left me on seen for way too long now
wonu hyung: oh seokmin. you got yourself into a really big mess this time
min: i know:( do you think im gonna lose my job?
min: oh god job aside if he fires me what am i gonna tell jihoon hyung and chan???
min: oh no this is bad
wonu hyung: i know this isn’t what you wanted to hear but maybe it’d be for the best if he fired you
wonu hyung: you don’t want to get caught up in a scheme like this, it could cost you everything
wonu hyung: and you’re going to tell them the truth, they’re your brothers, they’ll understand
triumvirate
02:28 pm
shua: alright, but if he completely ruins the company im going to blame you two
cheol: how could one person ruin a whole company??
shua: oh believe me he can
mr. hong - secretary lee
02:31 pm
mr. hong: fine.
wonu hyung - min
02:31 pm
min: HE SAID FINE HYUNG WHAT DO I DO
wonu hyung: this isn’t going to end well i hope you know that
min: sure sure ik but what do i do?? what do i say to him??
wonu hyung: that he should be fucking grateful you’re willing to do this for him and this is the least he can do for you
min: you’re no help
mr. hong - secretary lee
02:33 pm
secretary lee: thank you, sir
secretary lee: and in front of my family, can i call you hyung? i understand it might not be comfortable for you but i think it’s necessary for them to believe us
mr. hong: sure
03:28 pm
mr. hong: go home, i’ll see you at the airport tomorrow
lee jihoon, kwon soonyoung, lee chan + 6 others
04:36 pm
lee jihoon: alright, listen up fuckers
wen junhui: woah whats this for
lee jihoon: seokmin is going to come home with that guy, whether we like it or not. i don’t know what happened between them, honestly i don’t even care
lee jihoon: what i do care about, however, is that my brother, your best friend is coming home for the first time in almost a year and if any of you ruin it
lee jihoon: i swear to god that will be the last day walked on this earth
lee jihoon: in private say whatever you want i can’t stop you and honestly i don’t even care but when we’re all together you’re going to act all pleasant and treat him as if he blew the fucking trade winds
lee jihoon: is that clear?
jeon wonwoo: sure
kwon soonyoung: aye aye captain
wen junhui: ofc!!
xu minghao: yeah
kim mingyu: yes
hansol v. chwe: ye
boo seungkwan: yes
lee jihoon: chan?
lee chan: sure wtv
lee jihoon: great!
xu minghao: now that we got this out of the way, how do you really feel about this?
lee jihoon: i don’t feel anything
kwon soonyoung: jihoon
wen junhui: seriously we all know youre acting like youre fine with it for seokmins sake
kim mingyu: you cant stand that guy, do you think we forgot when you wanted to go up to seoul to “talk” to him after seokmin called you up hyperventilating?
boo seungkwan: and like, do you 100% believe theyre really each others great love and seokmin hyung didnt just get caught up in some schemes of that mf?
lee jihoon: alright, fine
lee jihoon: i’m nowhere near okay with it nor can i say for sure they aren’t up to something but neither of us have proof of that
lee jihoon: and it doesn’t matter how much i hate him, i will not be an asshole to someone seokmin loves, even if he would deserve it
lee jihoon: you know how sensitive he is, i do not wish to drive a wedge between us and see him even less than i already do
woozi give us money
05:47 pm
soon: @seok did you pack your stuff already?
seok: yeah
junjun: when? werent you working till 5?
seok: i went home earlier
baby (literally): advantages of fucking your boss:)
wonie: chan, don’t be an ass
minghao: yeah, this mightve come as a surprise for all of us but have some fucking decency ffs
mango: dyou want me to pick you up tomorrow? @seok
seok: thank you but you dont have to!! hyung said he would come:)
nonie: seungkwan said to tell you to have a safe flight, hes too lazy to get his phone
seok: ♡♡♡