The Claimed Omega

'My computer's frozen.' Wonho taps on the escape button a few times before pushing his laptop away, frustrated. He restarted his computer a few times. It works well, right until he opens the CAD software and the whole device freezes. Over and over again. Not knowing what to do in this situation, he looks around, trying to find the closest people for help. Miran, one of the support team who sits in the group in front of him came to his aide.

'Call IT support. Number '9'.' She shows him the list of internal phone numbers. Doing as told, Wonho stutters a bit, asking the lady on the other side of the line to come and check on his laptop. Despite knowing it is her job, he cannot help but feel sorry for making her walk all the way here.

Now done and waiting for the staff, Wonho found himself at loss yet again. He cannot do his job right now. So, looking straight at the messy desk of his mentor, Wonho gathers his courage to ask, 'can I do anything else to help?'

'Owh. I can't think of any right now… let me see.' Junghoon looks around his own desk, his hand grabbing some files. Then he stops, taking out the green file filled with papers. 'Minutes of meetings. And the current layout. Can you check if there's anything missing?'

Wonho's eyes widen at all the papers placed on his desk. Honestly, why does Junghoon insists on printing everything when all of these can be stored in the computer, as digital data? As if knowing what he is thinking, the man answers, 'so I can still work when the computer's frozen.'

'Ah.' Wonho feels his face warm up, embarrassed. He is not wrong though; he can easily just find the related keyword had he received the files in its native file. Instead, now he must read through everything. Accepting his fate as he was the one who offered, Wonho starts on his new task.

'Yah, what're you doing here?' A ruckus can be heard but Wonho ignores it. Few people are excitedly chatting, but it is none of his concern. 'Someone needed an assistance.'

'You're not in support anymore!' The word got the omega's attention, and he lifts his head to welcome the support lady. To his surprise, it is not a lady. It is someone he just met, a few days ago during lunch.

'Seo Wonho.' The man, Heiran's IT guy is here. Frowning, weirded by the situation, since he is sure the man is a developer instead of support, Wonho bows to the man and the latter pulls a chair to sit beside him. 'What's wrong?'

'The computer freezes when I open the software.' He tells the man straightforwardly. Honestly, Heiran's group makes him feel uncomfortable. Even now. He can feel the man staring at him while waiting for the computer scan to be done.

'Are you sure we haven't met before?' Wonho frowns, looking at him. His stare is cold, and the omega unconsciously starts to shiver, nervous. He swallows and turns his attention towards the screen, praying that it will be done soon. 'Yeah, lunch last time, right? With Heiran.'

'Before that.'

'Yah!' A light thud can be heard and Wonho realizes Junghoon just hit the man's head with his papers, based on the current view in front of him. 'Stop trying to distract my intern. He's busy.'

'I'm just tryna have a conversation. Geez.' The guy whines and continues working, while Wonho takes the chance to focus on his current work, internally thankful for the interruption. After almost half an hour of peaceful silence, with the man constantly staring at Wonho whenever he could, he finally came up with a solution. 'Try reinstalling the software. If there's still problem, call the support again. Maybe you need a new computer.'

'Okay. Thanks.'

'Yah, Han Sangmo. Why are you here anyway?' Junghoon suddenly asks, saving him from the need for longer thanks. Or the need to send the alpha, Sangmo, away. The latter only smiles, looking at Wonho, 'I heard a cute omega needed help so I came.'

'He's married, you horny alpha. You should also get married-' Sangmo already made his way towards the exit, clearly not wanting to hear Junghoon's nag. They seem close though, based on the interaction. '-and stop getting into troubles!' Junghoon continues to scream, getting his point across.

'Whatever old man!' they hear Sangmo's answer, now almost inaudible. To that, his mentor only chuckles to himself, murmuring how they are the same age.

Wonho sighs a long sigh of relief, before doing what was told and uninstalls the software.

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'Yah, Wono!!' Wonho turns around, excited to see Junjie after two months. During the summer break, his friend decided to spend his last break as a student at his home country with his grandparents. Because he got a job in Korea, which means he will no longer be able to visit them for long periods of time like he would when he is still a student. This also meant, Wonho had to spend his first summer break without his best friend. Although, he really didn't notice the difference, being busy as an intern.

Now sitting at the ramen shop with Mengyao, who also went back to his family during the break, Wonho gladly accepts all the snacks his two friends brought from China. Some of them he is familiar with, some he isn't.

'Nai nai says hi. Showed her your picture. She said you're getting more handsome than me.'

'She loves me.' Wonho grins, just happy to be with his old friends after a while. Though he loves his working environment, and his new friends, nothing can beat being with Junjie. And sassy Mengyao. He hangs out with Sangcheol and Haneul occasionally too, but since the alpha is now working, their topic of conversation changes a lot. It will take a while for him to get used to the new Sangcheol. For now, he just wants to enjoy being with his friends, just like old times.

'Anything interesting at work?' Junjie asks, slurping his noodles. Although they are apart, Wonho always calls Junjie whenever he has time, and vice versa, to update on his life. Despite a certain noble alpha's complaints.

Wonho shakes his head, not recalling anything right away. But then, he remembered what happened a few days earlier. 'Guys, have we ever met some guy called Sangmo?'

'Sangmo? A celebrity?' Mengyao enquires, drinking his cola. Now that he thinks about it, there is a celebrity called Sangmo. But that is not who he is referring to. 'He's a staff at the firm. Keeps asking me if I remember him.'

'Your old course mate?' Junjie suggest, making the omega chuckles a bit. Sangmo most definitely not a student. He is old enough to be an assistant professor. Sighing, now confident that he never seen the guy before since none of his friends recall the guy, Wonho shrug it off.

Maybe Sangmo is the one mistaken. After all, Wonho must admit, his face can be considered a typical Korean face after all. At least, according to Minwoo.