[M] FIVE (1/1)
Warning: More graphic violence in this chapter! Please read with caution✟ 暗杀 ✟ Appearances are definitely not everything, and they can absolutely be misleading. In Zitao's case, he could be fluffy and cute when he wanted something, and being the youngest in Kris' company he was always mistaken for being innocent eyecandy. People who had been employed for long enough knew better.Zitao's job was sinister and he made sure to play the part of sinister as well. What he prided himself on was not his ability to masterfully kill people without leaving traces; but his ability to switch from innocent and sweet to murderous and stern. Most people knew well enough not to fuck with him, and thought better of ruffling his hair when he was training (and also no one made comments about the bags under his eyes which he'd had since birth, considering the last guy who did came into work the next day with a swollen black eye and a limp).
People knew better, and subsequently his close friends knew what mood he was in simply from the look he gave when he walked through the office doors. "But Lu-ge" Zitao whines in high pitched Mandarin, lips pouting angrily at his elder co-worker. He was trying to convince Lu Han to get Zitao's next target as one of his clients on a particular evening, so when he walked out it was easier for Zitao to nab the man, kill him and dispose of him rather than going to the other side of the city to his large penthouse.
"No means no" Lu Han stomps his foot childishly in front of Zitao, crossing his arms in defiance and straightening his back in a vain attempt to become taller and more superior (it didn't work considering Zitao had a good four or five inches on him and was much more muscular than him).
"But I don't want to have to go 20 miles to the other side of the city just on the off chance that this guy might be in his penthouse at the right time, Lu" Zitao challenges. He fiddling with the two files he has in his arms, while Lu Han stands in front of him; clearly put out that he got called out from their club down the street 10 minutes before my next appointment, Tao, holy shit just to have Zitao whine at him because he didn't want to catch public transport and Kris was out entertaining their new man Chanyeol in the last company car there was in the garage."Tough shit, Tao, just tough it out and take a bus or at least a taxi. Now I'm leaving, I have a guy paying double for me on my next appointment and I need to be there now" Lu Han sighs before pushing past Zitao and heading out of the building.Zitao sighed angrily before giving a cold look towards the people that turned from their desks to watch him plead like a 10 year old to Lu Han, to which they hastily turned back to their work. He huffed and stalked out of the building and across the street to get some training in before his job later that evening. Kris had come into his office at 7am (he liked to turn up early to fit in training and a shower beforehand, and Kris was always in the office at some ungodly hour anyway) and informed him that he had a new job that needed to be done by midnight, because the guy was dangerous and was most likely going to the press the next day for reasons that Kris didn't disclose, and Zitao didn't ask for.
He knew his job, he knew his place and he wasn't exactly in the position to be asking unnecessary questions. He got the person, briefly looked up where they would be and who it would affect, and got the job done within two days. Kris admired him for his efficiency, not to mention his cleanliness. Zitao admired Kris for his professionalism and his willingness to let him practice in the training room whenever he didn't have a job or didn't have to assist people with files. Zitao made sure to smile a little more around his boss, and clung onto him a little more since Kris had kind of a soft spot for him.