The Boss's Night Out
I woke up to the alarm ringing and the vibration in my quiet hotel room, which I never thought I would experience in Tokyo even a month ago.
Even though I had gone to bed late and woken up early this morning, my neck was still stiff as if I had just gotten up.
"Ugh...!"
I lightly pulled my neck and did the stretching I had become accustomed to in the hotel, then followed my usual morning routine.
The warm warmth and the cool touch of the early morning air left the pleasant bed, and I entered the bathroom in the corner of my room for a refreshing morning shower.
Before entering, I took the bread set for breakfast in the microwave and put it in my mouth, then sat at the table used for makeup and did a simple basic makeup.
After drinking a glass of cold water for hydration and finishing the bread I had been holding, I thoroughly dried my hair, brushed my teeth, and changed into the clothes received from the hotel's cleaning service that had arrived while I was sleeping.
Before leaving the room, I checked the mirror to see if my makeup was applied correctly, and then my preparation for work was complete.
If it had been Seoul, I would have taken the subway to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building or the fence house, but the place I was now was Tokyo, Japan.
I took the elevator to room 2823 and arrived in front of the door at 8:30 a.m.
My bad boss had reduced the commuting time from Seoul, pulling the start time by 30 minutes.
Damn it.
He was really a bad guy yesterday too.
How much hard work I had to do for him who went out to play all day yesterday, and then suddenly came over drunk and said let's go eat ramen.
If there's time to eat late-night snacks, why don't you help with the work you've piled up a bit...
...But what the hell.
Even the alcohol needs permission to drink, and this person.
Anyway, it was overtime again yesterday.
That included a drinking party with the boss.
Damn it.
"Is that all?"
"Yes. Today's schedule is everything I mentioned."
"Okay... Thanks. See you."
When I opened the door and entered, my bad boss was already receiving reports from other women besides me.
The woman who came to work earlier than me and reported to the boss.
Urayama Rin.
The woman our ambassador to Japan, Urayama Yuriko, assigned to us along with her younger sister to help with work in Japan.
Everything from her face to her figure and work processing was something that could receive positive evaluations, so she was likable to everyone, but sometimes I felt uncomfortable with the way she looked at me or her actions.
"Good morning. Park Seonghun."
That look.
Only from an angle where my bad boss couldn't see, she showed me those eyes that seemed to lose focus somewhere.
While smiling, there was a sense of unease from that appearance.
"Yes. Good morning, Urayama."
Even though she greeted me with a smile, I greeted her back with a smile.
Why did the bad guy receive such a sister?
Well, it did reduce my workload a bit, but still, it didn't sit well with me.
I made way for the unpleasant woman to leave and entered the room where the bad guy was.
"I heard a bit last night, but I should hear it properly."
There was no kind morning greeting today either.
"What happened when I wasn't here yesterday?"
It was just stiff business reports.
"Yes. I will report."
While being so kind to that woman...
...Something was annoying.
So I reported on the work I handled while he was out playing.
About the contact from Taiwan wanting to meet again, and various things.
"And it says that Song Hanna has been diagnosed with no abnormalities and will return to the hotel this evening..."
"What is this?"
I asked about the last contact that came to him last night.
They were supposed to go out together, so why did a contact about her getting hurt come?
"Um... Isn't there a British side that we were supposed to meet?"
Response?
That side was going well, and we were supposed to meet tomorrow?
Why is this story coming up?
"Yes."
"On the way back to the hotel yesterday, they crashed into our car."
What kind of talk is this?
"Yes?"
So... they were in a car accident?
That's why she went to the hospital?
"Did you receive treatment?"
"No."
...What is this?
Didn't receive treatment?
How can a person do that?
If injured, must go to hospital!
...Wait a minute?
"But yesterday you said let's go to the ramen shop?"
"Yeah."
Oh my god...
This man secretly knew he was rolling his body, but what if he got into a car accident?
"Please get a checkup first. I'll contact the Japanese government and call a doctor to the hotel."
"I'm fine. They hit it so artistically from that side that I really didn't get injured."
I can't live.
"It can't be helped. The boss's health is important anyway, but especially in this situation."
What is this thinking...
"Postpone the morning work and get a checkup."
She can call a doctor to the hotel if I contact that unpleasant woman.
"My mom didn't worry about my health like that either?"
"The world has changed."
In this world, a man's health is more important than anything.
"I will cover the work that occurs while receiving treatment. Please get it."
Standing beside me, she kept ignoring me, so I went to the opposite side, looked into her eyes, and said.
"Okay okay... Since the work is mostly done, I'll get it. It's better to get it."
"Please get it. Definitely."
"Yes. Noona."
Really...
What the hell are you doing!
Please understand that if something happens to you, it will happen to me too, you bad boss.
Who brought me to Japan.
Without you, I'd be a duck in the Nakdong River!
"Ah. And since I met the British side yesterday, I'll need time tomorrow. Please arrange for me to meet the Taiwanese side then."
Wow...
Did you meet the British side and do work even though injured?
"...Yes. Understood. I'll call the doctor, so please wait quietly in the other room."
"Yes."
Really, I can't live.
With so much work, why are you doing this...
After finishing the morning meeting and coming out, I contacted the unpleasant woman and called the bad guy to send a doctor because he hid the injury.
On their side, they said they knew and would keep sending doctors, but our bad boss refused to receive it.
I'm going crazy.
Injured but not getting a checkup, and why drink alcohol?
So I kept saying sorry and thank you, and now said I'll get the checkup, so please send the doctor.
With trembling legs, I took the elevator down and arrived at my room, then immediately lay down on the bed.
I knew this was wrong, but I couldn't not lie down because I was so tired from what had just happened.
Recently, there really was a lot of work.
Even after a job change that wasn't really a job change, work increased, but after coming to Japan, the amount of work increased to a whole different level.
No matter what anyone said, it was the official route of our only boss in the world.
Thanks to that, lately I've been receiving calls from countries around the world.
Please let me meet just once.
Thanks to our boss who is fighting with the Korean government, I have to do all the practical work for negotiations with the government.
Until recently, I was only doing document work like a general administrative official with the title of diplomat, but now I'm doing all the dreamy diplomat's work without fail, which is good, but this is too much work...
Too much, you bad boss!
To relieve this stress, I rolled on the bed hugging the fluffy pillow that relieves my fatigue every day.
I buried my face in the pillow and hit the bed with my fists.
Really...
They just throw work at me, and they touch all kinds of women without distinction, and even yesterday went out playing with the woman brought to Japan.
It's the end.
Bad guy.
A bad boss who doesn't keep work-life balance in this world!
Black company!
I'll sue you.
I'll sue you!
...Didn't keep the promise either.
Bad guy.
-Ding.
The notification that an email had arrived on the work laptop made me immediately get up and sit in front of the laptop.
If it was an email from another country, I could answer it a bit late without guilt, but since I'm a civil servant and Korean, if I see or answer an email from the Korean government late, it creates a sense of guilt, so I set a separate alarm.
Let's see, let's see.
What email came today.
I opened the pre-logged in window and quickly read the long email that looked like a brick.
So... because contact is not going well, people like relatives in Korea are particularly anxious, and to relieve this anxiety, they want regular contact like the boss and the president do every evening?
This is completely the government asking to create a channel for relatives to tell the men to return to Korea instead.
Too obvious.
Would the boss or the men like it if I told them?
...Probably not.
To confirm if I understood correctly, I read it slowly again, and at the bottom corner, the target was specifically written.
'In addition to relatives, women confirmed to be pregnant are psychologically anxious and strongly demanding contact with men.'
Ah...
Something didn't sit well with me.
Annoying.
I saw the email from the Korean government for the first time since coming to Japan and immediately closed the laptop.