'Assistant' - Henry Wu x Reader - Book 1

SC ~ I ~ Happy Birthday! 🎉🎂

The alarm clock went off for the fifth time as Y/n was already in the middle of getting dressed, leaving a still asleep Henry to eventually wake up and turn it off. Y/n slid into his jeans and then put socks on, almost tripping as he made his way to the door while still attempting to put socks on.

In the middle of tying his boots, the alarm clock went off again, this time waking Henry up. He groaned slightly before rolling over and attempted to whack the alarm clock. Once he finally managed to get it to shut up, he sighed and went back to his original position, this time feeling the spot next to him in search of someone who was across the room.

When he didn't feel Y/n in the spot he usually was, he moved over more and still attempted to find him on the bed. Still, he didn't find him. But at this point, Y/n had already swung his bag over his shoulder and unlocked the door, giving Henry a clear idea on where Y/n had been now.

"Love?" Henry mumbled, rolling over to face the door where Y/n had frozen in the middle of opening the door.

"Hm?" Y/n responded, holding himself back from just walking over to Henry and kissing him- a small birthday present you could say.

"Where are you going?" He asked, not really moving from his spot.

"It's already 12 pm, we're not only late but I have some stuff I gotta do today so I'm more busier today than usual." Y/n kept the act up, still struggling a bit to do so.

"Oh shit, why didn't you wake me up?" Henry groaned, quickly getting out of bed and rushing to get dressed.

"I dunno." Y/n shrugged, finally walking out and locking the door behind him.

He felt bad, honestly. Forcing himself to just kinda ignore Henry, Especially on his birthday just so he doesn't let slip the suprise. Y/n sighed and made his way to the lab, sitting in his usual spot on Henry's desk.

Henry didn't show up until about a half-hour later, not even really looking at Y/n. He sat down at his desk and immediately got to work, not even saying anything.

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After a few hours, Y/n checked the time and got up to leave, getting Henry's attention.

"Where are you going?" Henry asked, putting his work down and turning to fave Y/n.

"Owen said he needed my help around this time with training and stuff." Y/n lied, continuing to leave the lab.

Henry's gaze lingered at the doorway for a minute before he sighed and returned to his work.

"Alright, I'm here." Y/n panted, trying to catch his breath after running to get back to his living quarters.

"Okay, so can we start now?" Claire asked, setting a bag of decorations down on the table.

"Yeah, we got until about... 20:30, that's when Henry usually gets done with work."

"That gives us about 3 hours, think we'll be done by then?" Owen asked, already looking through the bag and taking stuff out.

"I think so, if not I can keep him occupied until we finish." Y/n shrugged, helping Owen get stuff onto the table.

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"Okay, I think that's everything.." Claire sighed, looking around the room at the smaller bit of decorations they all put up.

"Henry should be heading back soon, I'll check." Y/n patted his pockets in search of his phone, pulling it out and texting Henry.

Y/n L/n: 'Hey, you heading back anytime soon?'

'Right now actually, why?' :Henry Wu

Y/n L/n: 'No reason, just curious.'

"Yeah, he's on his way." Y/n put his phone back into the pocket it was originally in, hopping down from the table.

"Alright, get into your places guys-" Claire nudged Owen over to the table.

The three got into their spots, just waiting for Henry to walk through the door. After a few more minutes of waiting, key jingling could be heard outside the door, eventually revealing Henry as he opened the door.

He looked around in confusion at the dark room before blindly searching for the lightswitch on the wall. The second he flipped them on, the three came out of their spots and almost scared Henry to death.

"Happy Birthday!" The three yelled, almost in sync.

"God damn it..you guys can't do this shit.." Henry sighed, receiving a childish giggle from Y/n.

"But it's worth your reaction." Y/n shrugged, walking over and kissing Henry on the cheek.

"You did this didn't you?" Henry whispered to Y/n who only shrugged.

"They helped." Y/n chuckled, looking over at Claire and Owen who were slightly bickering.

"Yeah, well I really appreciate it. Thank you." Henry smiled, hugging Y/n tightly.

"You're welco- BRO CALM DOWN, I CANT BREATHE-" Y/n went to wave his hand but Henry hugged him tighter, practically squeezing him as hard as he could.

"Aw, look at these two. See, if you weren't such an ASS, maybe you'd have some sort of love life." Claire rolled her eyes, jabbing Owen in the ribs.

"Maybe if you didn't keep up your red-headed energy, you'd have a love life too." Owen mocked her, receiving another jab in the ribs but a lot harsher.

"Will you two quit? Either make up or leave." Y/n chuckled and watched them both groan at the last part.

"I'm not saying it first." Owen shook his head, getting a scoff from Claire.

"Fine, since you don't want to be a man about things, I'm sorry you're such an ass." Claire shook her head, receiving a dramatic gasp from Owen and a sigh from Y/n.

"I'm sorry that you're more of a Karen, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT HAIRCUT, than your sister is." Owen rolled his eyes, getting yet another jab to the ribs from Claire.

"Alright, I'm done with you two." Y/n sighed.

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SORRY THAT WASNT THE BEST, I TRIED. WRITERS BLOCK GOT THE BEST OF ME WITH THIS ONE. I DONT LIKE HOW THIS REALLY TURNED OUT BUT I WANTED TO GET THIS OUT BEFORE 2023 😭😭

ANYWAYS, HAPPY NEW YEARS, SEE YOU ALL IN 2023 💜