#neo's next top model

[hiroshotreplica]

splatoon promo kids name list cause its always a pain to try to look for them for me personally and i realized. i could change that!

NOTE: weapons are ALWAYS inconsistent with the promo kids. their names may be assigned to different models as well. their first appearance is what they are usually seen as, and whatever weapon they "main" are based on renders/what they use in trailers.

SPLATOON 1

The skin tones are very inconsistent with everyone pictured.

TOP ROW: Kaori, John, Mizuho, Rul

BOTTOM ROW: Pit, Laura, Yuriko, Yuya

Kaori and John are the "Agent 3"s. Yuriko and Yuya do not have official renders.

SPLATOON 2

The skin tones are inconsistent, mainly with those with darker skin tones (unfortunately).

TOP ROW: Surume, Cuttlefrsh (Cuttlefresh in the earliest known trailer), Kou, Kensaki

BOTTOM ROW: KelpShot, Splashley, Tof-U, Yari

Surume and Cuttlefrsh are the "Agent 4"s, though Cuttlefrsh/Male Agent 4 is only ever depicted once (discounting coroika). Yari does have a transparent render, I just prefer the one with the roller (though, I wish I could find the transparent version of it).

OCTO EXPANSION (bonus)

BONUS: even though the renders used to represent Agent 8 are wildly inconsistent, there's two regular octoling renders that people believe are linked to them. Their names come from Octolings that look very similar to them in the offline version of the lobby. (Patricia and Steven). Sometimes Patricia is referred to as Naomi due to misinfo. They're like, promo kid adjacent to me.

SPLATOON 3 (the most popular and consistent)

VeronIKA and TakoTruck's skintones are inconsistent :(

Eyecolors for VeronIKA, Hirooooo, and AnemoneNo1 are inconsistent

TOP ROW: VeronIKA, Hirooooo (five o's), AnemoneNo1, TakoTruck

BOTTOM ROW: Stephanie, kAyOss (the k is not meant to be capitalized im dumb, image is inaccurate), C4L4M4R, YARRwhal

VeronIKA and Hirooooo are the "Neo Agent 3"s (though, Hirooooo is only used once for the artbook)

There is also an instance where Hirooooo's name is misspelled (only four o's) but i didnt want to find the image

BONUS

Tof-U is technically present in one of the gameplay showcases(?) I believe it's an error

kAyOss used to look different and was most likely combined with the unrelated promotional character shown next to them (who was used for Wireglasses/Glassless in Coroika)

okay thats all! I'll reblog and add on any additions if necessary

#rambling #splatoon promo kids #alex's promo kid hell #GOD. this took forever #there's also more splatoon 3 offline lobby characters but!! i didnt feel like finding them at this very moment #anyway... promo kids am i right *explodes* #splatoon #splatoon 2 #splatoon 3

[choochooboss]

Submas sketchdump! Vol. 1

April-June 2022

Literally dumping all the presentable works as promised, whether I'm proud of them or not! This is where I started, even before the first thing I posted online (That subway station one). Many of these are not on Twitter yet so there's lots to see!

The top piece above the header is my very first digital Submas artwork!! I never finished it bc I didn't know how to pull my vision of as I wanted & started modeling the train and didn't finish that either, whoops! I really want to remake this later and make it super cool!

^^^ My reaction to breaking 500 likes & 100 followers in a single day with my first tweet (the battle subway one) all the way back in May!! I was completely floored by all the attention, oh how it skyrocketed my excitement and anxiety! Crazy times, I was so super nervous to be there with so many amazing artists and doubted if I could ever survive there ahahah!! Many had joined the community much much earlier than me, so I had arrived with a late train to PLA/neo Submas hype!

Next up is a bunch of stuff I haven't posted before:

One of my fav sketches! Been saving this for so long bc I really really want to finish this one day!

One of the first submas sketches with an actual story behind it! The subway bosses are running late for their flight because they didn't pass the safety check! The irony!! This would never happen as bosses are always on schedule. But Emmet hadn't noticed a wild Joltik hiding under his coat, so he set up the alarm and they got examined and interrogated of smuggling! How embarrassing for them! The bosses resolved the situation by catching the Joltik, but will they be able to catch their flight anymore?? Maybe if Elesa can distract the stuerts performing the safety protocol for a minute!

More sketchbook stuff...

In case you can't make any sense of it, Emmet's dreaming of different combinations of pokémon. Meanwhile Ingo snores louder than the train! HONK SHOO!

Top 7 every submas fan draws at some point!

Submas trademark posing

submas sleeping in a train

sad Emmet

Emmet with Joltik

Ingo with a cool solo pose

Emmet being chaotic & Ingo reacting to it

a bunch of mirrored submas poses

I sure have a full bingo card lmao, most of them you can see here XD

Next up is a sad man...

Stay strong our friends!

My typical sketchbook pages, crammed and messy as usual. x)

Post-PLA exploration:

A few examples of how my pencil sketches evolve.

I've done so much art experimenting with submas. I really like this black & white painting but I don't think I'll finish it anytime soon.

Where did you go?

The way I draw the twins' faces has changed a lot. They started with softer features and somewhat neutral emotions, because I wasn't as familiar with them or comfortable drawing them yet. Now there's hundreds of submas sketches, and they still keep evolving! My style is also kinda hard to pull off well, so their features differ from picture to picture.

This one was inspired by some submas music videos, can't recall their names anymore. The glowing eerie eyes and yellow&orange + black&white color schemes were neat!

I keep telling myself I need to draw more butlers, these twinks look so lean and neat and have more color and are posh with their monocles and have fun tailcoats!

(...why eyeglasses are not called binocles??)

I was there for the vinegar chaos. Good times!

That's all for now, I hope you got something fun out of this! Still got loads more art to share but I'll save them for another time. Next round I'll bring in my first submas comic!

#submas #sbms #submas ingo #submas emmet #pokemon ingo #pokemon emmet #subway boss ingo #subway boss emmet #ingo and emmet #sketch dump #chandelure #archeops #sinistea #submas butlers #butler ingo #butler emmet #too many ideas #butlermas

[verxsyon]

·:*¨༺ ❝ 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐖 (𝐈𝐈) ❞

with your auto workshop at risk of closing down, your best friend offers to introduce you to people who are definitely in need of your high quality services: underground street racers of blue lock, whose obsessions are winning the races. however, your arrival at the track makes them think otherwise.

✧ 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. yukimiya kenyu, otoya eita, karasu tabito, shidou ryusei, itoshi rin, itoshi sae, oliver aiku, alexis ness, & michael kaiser x gn!reader

✧ 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭. headcanon (written) ; 1.1k

✧ 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞. e2l au, f2l au, street racer au ; fluff

✧ 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. allusions to violence (shidou & rin)

✧ 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚. here’s the second part containing characters who are more egoistic than the last batch… nah, that’s debatable lol. did i actually spend the entire day working on this? yes, i was a roll; love it here. anyways, my other fave, yukki, is here! i didn’t mention it last time: this au was originally written for another fandom years ago, moved to genshin but that didn’t happen, and then here! egoistic soccer boys as street racers? yes, please.

[ 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐖 (𝐈) ]

𝐲𝐮𝐤𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐮. the model. he’s a member of the neo egoists and is ranked fifth of the top six racers in blue lock. his charm is the focal point of his character, driving the audience nuts. curious by nature, he wonders what important qualities you possess other than being “kira ryosuke’s date”. he also wonders how you managed to get the likes of barou, who treats everyone like trash, and nagi, who thinks of only going home, wrapped around your finger. seeing you teach nagi about car anatomy gives him the chance to introduce himself. he thinks there’s something special about you, which he intends to find out, but a teammate of his believes so otherwise.

𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐲𝐚 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐚. the ninja. he’s a member of the neo egoists and is ranked fourth of the top six racers in blue lock. he claims to be not like his fellow racers and teammates and prefers to operate in the shadows. unlike them, he doesn’t see you as an angel who was sent by god in the form of a mechanic to fix their cars. he fails to see why they’re smitten by you, therefore not interested in interacting with you at all. that turns out to be a lie when yukki gives you a tour of the turf of the neo egoists. it’ll be rude not to make you feel welcome, so he wants to give you a chance. a crow-themed racer laughs at him for fooling himself that he doesn’t find you attractive one bit.

𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐨. the assassin. he’s a member of the neo egoists and is ranked third of the top six racers in blue lock. all about good vibes and having a good time, he doesn’t want his team to act “mediocre” around you. most newcomers are notorious for never setting foot in this place again. he’s so relieved to hear that you came at your own volition thanks to ryosuke’s persuasion, and everyone you’ve met is nice to you… sans certain others, so he doesn’t need to worry about making an impromptu spiel of why blue lock, aka his team dare you add, is great. if you think he’s too friendly for your taste, let’s see if the next guy who’s stalking you right now takes the top of your list.

𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐲𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐢. the joker. he’s ranked second of the top six racers in blue lock. unrestrained both in words and action, he goes about his day and does everything as he pleases. judging by how karasu and the rest of the neo egoists are quick to stand either by or in front of you, he’s bad news. the altercation got team z’s attention, especially kunigami who he has massive beef with. you being “ryosuke’s date” doesn’t phase him, nor your best friend going for his head for being near you. ever since the older itoshi brother joined forces with u20 and chose him to be at this side, he’s been “behaving”. the younger itoshi brother isn’t amused, as if he didn’t break his nose last race .

𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐫𝐢𝐧. the puppeteer. he’s the unofficial leader of the neo egoists and is ranked first of the top six racers in blue lock. the youngest of the itoshi brothers, has a score to settle with his older brother, sae, who’s participating in the upcoming race as a member of u20 along with his personal choice shidou. it’s already bad enough for racers to use physical violence to settle arguments, but it’s even worse for him to be involved in another fight with shidou, especially before a race that determines his fate and prove to sae that he’s the best of the best. he doesn’t spare a glance at you or ask if you’re alright, as sae walks into the neo egoists’ garage to check out the commotion.

𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐞. the prodigy. he’s one of the new generation world 11, the best eleven racers in the streets and a member of royale. as he’ll be the only one representing his team in the upcoming race, he joined forces with u20 since they’re short by two members and personally chose shidou to fill in the other spot. even if it’s not obvious at face value, everyone can tell there’s bad blood between the brothers by the intense atmosphere created from their staring contest. sighing, he breaks contact first to search where you are, then looks at rin to scoff at his lack of concern for you when shidou approaches you. in the distance, claps are heard from a man with “u20” on his jacket.

𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐮. the player. he’s the captain of u20, the name of the team you’ve heard from literally everyone who won’t shut up about them for the past several hours. he’s highly respected among his team for his patience; dealing with sae and shidou, the most difficult people to work with on earth, is like a drive around the neighborhood. he intrudes with a reminder that the streets don’t approve of violence and that they’re going to race soon. in addition, a blue lock racer by the name of kira ryosuke has a special guest and they should be on their best behavior. yet he’s a hypocrite, flirting with you in front of his current date and promising you an autograph when he wins.

𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. the magician. he’s the mechanic of bastard münchen. he understands your position as the center of attention, claiming to be just like you — having a partner for an adrenaline junkie and being the “fixer” to clean up your mess. he invites you to see his partner’s car at the special garage as he’s on his way their to fix its engine, to which you happily accept as there’s finally someone with the same job who you can geek about car anatomy and share techniques. the way he repairs the engine is like clockwork, fluid and in tempo. he really is on a different level. you hear a chuckle behind you, asking if you’re fascinated by his work.

𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫. the thorn. he’s one of the new generation world 11, the best eleven racers in the streets and one of the major forces of bastard münchen. he puts in so much faith and trust in his partner, ness, the “fixer” of his messes. also known as “blue rose” in his turf, he’s shrouded in mystery and seems like the type who can turn the impossible to infinite possibilities. but in reality, he’s a pain in the ass. within minutes of your encounter, he keeps bragging about his abilities and declaring that his victory will lead to the disbandment of blue lock, so they won’t get in his way of his career. the race’s up, and you’re hoping that a blue lock racer wins to shut his mouth.

✧ 𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐬. if your url is in bold, that means i can’t tag you!

@2018-01-20 ; @astranne ; @kamiiyaka ; @keqism ; @lilikags​ ; @thetruepair​ ; @wanderersbell ; @venexus​

#✦ .fics #blue lock #blue lock x reader #yukimiya x reader #otoya x reader #karasu x reader #shidou x reader #rin x reader #sae x reader #aiku x reader #ness x reader #kaiser x reader #yukimiya kenyu #otoya eita #karasu tabito #shidou ryusei #itoshi rin #itoshi sae #oliver aiku #alexis ness #michael kaiser #blue lock headcanons #blue lock fluff

[lattaeyongs]

sugar pt. 2 (jjh)

original gif

↳ pairing: jung jaehyun x reader

↳ word count: 14k

↳ genre: ceo/single dad!jaehyun, secretary!reader, friends to lovers!au, fluff, slight angst, smut

↳ summary: They say it’s lonely at the top, especially for Jung Jaehyun, owner and founder of Jung Industries. As a single dad who just wants to be the best father to his daughter, he realizes that you make his life a little sweeter when you’re by his side.

↳ warnings: explicit sexual content (oral, penetration, thigh riding, dirty talk, rough dom!jaehyun, sub!reader, daddy & sir kink, spanking, reader has big boobs, implied use of birth control, etc.)

↳ a/n (1): read part 1 here. not necessarily required to understand the second part since most events in part 1 are explained here, but i highly suggest you do so.

There was a line between personal and professional life. 

In a matter of seconds, you crossed that line after Jung Jaehyun, CEO of Jung Industries who is also your boss, asked you out on a date. Well, that line was sort of crossed after you attended his daughter's seventh birthday party and even after you became good friends with him while working so closely with him as his secretary at Neo City Tech and at his startup, Jung Industries.

It has been one week since his daughter Yeona's birthday party, the Saturday that Jaehyun arranged for you to go on a date together. Tonight, you would be dining at The Sunset, a hot new restaurant that opened downtown a few months ago. Apparently, there was a waiting list, and patrons that made reservations three months ago are only now able to dine due to the popularity this place has gotten for its delicious cuisine. But apparently, Jaehyun made a few calls and was able to squeeze you both in on such short notice. 

You and Jaehyun weren’t the go-grab-a-beer-together type of friends, but more of a working-together-in-a-friendly-way arrangement. You gave him advice about managing his professional life because you knew his schedule and his personal life intimately as a part of your job, and that was how you got to talking. Never had you once seen him outside of work, except for that day that you babysat Yeona after her babysitter had to cancel last minute and then Yeona's birthday party. There was a part of you that always noted how handsome he was, how beautifully sculpted his face is, how his hair kisses his forehead in a way that makes him look like the boy next door, not the CEO of a huge, successful company. 

But sometimes to you, he seemed like the boy next door, with the prettiest smile and the sweetest, honey-like voice. 

So you have a tiny crush on your boss, and your boss may have a tiny crush on you, thus asking you out on a date. Many people have been in your position.

It took every fiber of your being for you to not squeal with giddiness when you see Jung Jaehyun at your doorstep, looking as gentlemanly as if he's going to pick you up for prom. Jaehyun wears a gray suit, designer, a white, pleated dress shirt at the neck, and a red rose is in his pocket, fresh. His hair looks clean and washed, and he wears a pleasant smile on his face. He holds out a hand after admiring how you look; you're wearing a red dress that hugs your figure, one that has thin, red straps and a sweetheart neckline. 

"We're matching," Jaehyun notices in a sheepish voice; this was completely not planned. But you can’t help but notice Jaehyun’s voice; that wasn’t the type of voice that CEO Jung has, but tonight he's not CEO Jung, but just Jung Jaehyun, a boy who likes a girl. 

You and Jaehyun walk arm-in-arm out of your apartment, careful not to make eye contact with people nearby, who are speculating that the guy you're with looks suspiciously like Jung Jaehyun. 

In a visitor parking spot is a white Kia, an older model that wouldn't be immediately tied with a rich CEO. Jaehyun opens the door for you. "My lady," he says dramatically, with a jubilant smile. You smile as well, rolling your eyes at Jaehyun's joking chivalry, and Jaehyun gets into the driver's seat. The two of you make the thirty-minute drive downtown, and Jaehyun takes another ten minutes to find parking. 

In the crowded streets, people are busy with their own business to notice the two of you together, and you successfully make it to The Sunset. 

This is where the fun begins. 

There's always paparazzi around here due to all the high-profile clientele, and you told Jaehyun that he didn't have to do this, that you would be perfectly happy doing something more lowkey like grabbing a beer, but Jaehyun insisted that you deserve something nice after serving him for so long and for so well.

Ignoring the stray flashes you can see reflecting through the window as you wait in line for the hostess to match your name with the reservation, you observe the scenery. The room is filled with warm tones, browns, oranges, burgundies, and clean whites and off-white. Not a single thing is out of place; not a single table cloth has a stray fiber and not a single inch of the hardwood floors is not freshly waxed. Such opulence is something you never thought you would see for yourself, only through a window or in a movie. 

"Jung for two," Jaehyun gestures to the hostess. She smiles as she drags her finger across the old-fashioned reservation book, meant to give the place an old-timey, classy vibe, and when she sees the matching name, her eyes light up.

"Yes sir. This gentleman will take care of you," she briefly looks at an older man wearing formal pants, a dress shirt, and a vest, who takes you up a flight of stairs

The table that the waiter leads you to gives you a view of the other dining customers and you are next to a large window, which shows the city at night, beautifully lit. You stare in awe. 

"Been living in this city for ten years, and the view never fails to strike me speechless," the waiter interjects when he notices you staring. You meet his gaze bashfully. 

"Yeah," you agree, a lippy smile on your face. "Everything just feels so small after seeing such a view," you comment astutely. 

When you and Jaehyun sit down on the soft, velvety chairs, the waiter changes the subject. 

"Back to the food," he hands out laminated menus. 

He waits as you two scan the menu for something to eat. Even after looking at The Sunset's website, you're still not sure what you want to order. Half of the meats offered, you never tasted in your life. 

"What do you suggest?" You ask wistfully, trying to sound cool as if you're not at a loss about what to order. 

"I absolutely love the creamy spinach stuffed salmon in garlic butter," he says, the light in his eyes dancing as he gives this suggestion, happy that someone wants his opinion. 

"I'll have that," you smile. 

Jaehyun looks up from the menu, looking sure of himself. "I'll have the roast beef tenderloin," he says courteously. 

"Rare or medium rare?" 

"Medium rare," Jaehyun replies as if his order is practiced. Of course it is, given how many fancy dinners he must have attended as CEO, dinners that you arranged.

The waiter acknowledges, writes it down on a small pad, and walks away. A few feet away from you and Jaehyun are another couple, taking turns exchanging kisses over the dining table. Another couple on the first floor, which you have a view of from your high position, laugh politely, with smiles on their faces, yet affection brimming underneath. You and Jaehyun remain stiff in your places. Usually, you both are able to exchange playful banter no matter the situation, but there is only awkwardness in the air. 

The question that is bugging your mind: where do you both stand in your relationship? 

Despite how high you are, you still manage to see flashes from the ground outside, from cameramen zooming in. Although Jaehyun has dealt with being a celebrity for a long time and has thus gotten used to being watched, you haven't, and your nervousness can be felt on the other side of the table. 

"Y/N, I just want to thank you again for your services. You have managed to keep me afloat all these years, and I would never trade you for the world." Jaehyun's eyes look serious as he says these beautiful words, but he doesn't reach for your hand, only offering you a consoling smile. 

"I should thank you for being a really great boss," you chuckle. "How many employers take their secretaries out to dinner at the hottest restaurant in town?" You say, your heart breaking a little as you avoid calling this excursion a date.

Jaehyun smiles, and by this time, and not long after, dinner is served. The waiter comes back with full trays in both hands, carrying them on his forearms as waiters do in the movies. 

You're a bit disappointed with how small the serving is. Although the tray is large, it was mostly meant for the presentation of the dish. There were only a few pieces of stuffed, flavorful salmon in the center, on top of rich, green leaves. 

You don't let your disappointment show. 

"Bon appetit!" The waiter says with a playful glint in his eyes. "Let me know what you think." He shuffles away, leaving you and Jaehyun alone again. 

Jaehyun's portion is also pretty small, and he takes his fork and knife and starts digging in after he puts a thick, white napkin on his lap. You imitate him. 

The cheese and spinach give a fresh and umami flavor to the dish, but you're not sure how you feel about the slimy salmon. Only occasionally did you eat seafood, preferring something simple like chicken or lamb or potatoes, and the feeling is unfamiliar in your mouth. Sure, the meat is well-cooked, but the salmon taste wasn't for you despite how the waiter raved about it.

At how slowly you're eating your food, while Jaehyun is more than halfway done with his pork tenderloin, he gives you a cheeky smile. 

"Don't like the food?" 

You're shocked by Jaehyun's sudden words. You didn't think you were so transparent, but noticing how only one of the four salmon pieces is gone, you realize you weren't doing a good job hiding your distaste. 

You feel a little bad that Jaehyun will be picking up the bill on a meal that you're not finishing, so you force another piece into your mouth, a tight smile on your face. 

"I like it," you say in your most convincing voice. 

Jaehyun titters. "Y/N, you wouldn't even fool a two-year-old," 

You laugh, deciding to come clean. "Okay fine. It's not that I don't like the food but that I'm not used to it. When I was younger, chicken tenders were a delicacy," you say fondly, remembering your childhood years. Your parents were middle-class, hard-working people, and growing up without lots of money to spare meant you weren't eating medium-rare tenderloin or stuffed salmon. 

Then Jaehyun understands. He puts down his fork and says, "How about a run to the convenience store? I'm really craving instant ramen." Before you can argue, Jaehyun calls for the check. 

"What did you think, miss?" The same waiter asks. You manage to pop two more pieces in your mouth, revolted by the slimy taste. 

With a forced smile, you report, "It was good." You even give a thumbs up, which makes Jaehyun almost laugh on the spot. 

The waiter is oblivious to these signals. "I'm glad you enjoyed it." He eyes one last salmon piece, and you quickly pipe in before he can ask you about that. 

"The flavors were so rich, like a storm! I think I need a break," you try to save. 

You're thankful the waiter doesn't ask too many questions, and he leaves you both after taking your dishes, fetching you the check. 

After Jaehyun pays, you both stand up, and Jaehyun's hand is at the small of your back, leading you through the crowded streets. Some people start asking him for a comment about Jung Industries’ high stock prices, and he successfully avoids them, but you know the real questions they have are about you, the mystery woman who it seems that Jung Jaehyun went on a date with. Jung Jaehyun, who has been so busy with work that he barely dates, is seen with a strange, unknown woman, not even a socialite or an heiress. 

You both are able to lose them by the time you are in the parking garage, and Jaehyun quietly pays before getting out of there and landing head-first into city traffic. 

"I know a good place on the outskirts of the city," you say. Jaehyun nods, and you give him the directions. 

The convenience store parking lot is practically empty by the time you and Jaehyun arrive, except for the employees' cars. When you walk into the store, it's as empty as you thought, and the bell on the door dings, signaling your presence. The girl at the front desk meets your eyes for a millisecond before going back to reading her magazine. You're glad she didn't look too hard; she's probably seen weirder at this hour.

So here you are with your boss, the CEO of Jung Industries, completely overdressed and about to buy instant ramen. Not exactly how you thought the night would go.

Jaehyun starts pushing a cart and you both read the signs hanging from the ceiling, labeling where everything is, and you both are scanning the aisles until you find the "microwavable food" section, where you turn. You drop five packets of instant ramen, and go to the nearby "sandwich meats" section, grabbing some pork wrapped tightly in plastic. Then, Jaehyun suggests that you get chicken tenders, for old times’ sake. You oblige, heading to the "frozen foods" section and grabbing two boxes before getting to the checkout. To avoid recognition, Jaehyun hangs in the aisles, giving you his credit card to check out the food at the counter. You do as he says and check out without any problems, and Jaehyun meets you outside the store

"Let's go to your place," you suggest. "Surely all this food is too much for ourselves to eat," you say. 

"Yeah," Jaehyun agrees. "Yeona likes chicken tenders."

You and Jaehyun hop into his car after loading the food into the trunk, and you start driving back to his penthouse. After parking in the attached garage underground, you and Jaehyun lift a bag and carry it into the lobby, taking the elevator into his penthouse. 

When the door dings and the elevator opens, you're instantly met with Yeona, playing chess with Mrs. Kim. No wonder Jaehyun thought she was the best babysitter for Yeona. 

"Daddy! Y/N!" Yeona shouts, completely forgetting about the chess game and running to you both. Jaehyun drops the bag and kneels down to hug his daughter. You do the same when Yeona gives you a tight hug as if she hasn't seen you in ages. 

"Hi Yeona, how are you?" You ask. 

"Great now that you and Daddy are here. Mrs. Kim and I were playing chess, and she says I'm a natural!" Yeona says excitedly, looking back at her babysitter. Mrs. Kim has a soft look on her face as she looks at Yeona before standing up and talking with Jaehyun for a few moments in a hushed tone. You don't hear any of what they say, deciding to keep your attention on Yeona. 

"Your daddy and I brought some goodies," you say, holding up your bag. Yeona looks inside curiously and gasps at the chicken tenders. "Yay!" She squeals. "Can we have them now?" 

"Of course." You lead Yeona into the kitchen and arrange the frozen food on the toaster oven tray, watching as Yeona gazes with wide, excited eyes. Jaehyun joins you guys after Mrs. Kim leaves. 

"Having fun without me?" He asks with mock hurt.

"Yes." You giggle. "Have you heard of a Jung Jaehyun?" You ask Yeona. 

Playing along, Yeona shakes her head. "Nope, never." 

"Well, I guess if there's no Jung Jaehyun, then I guess there's no ramen," Jaehyun has a playful disappointed face as he holds up his plastic bag with the ramen and meat. 

"Of course I know a Jung Jaehyun," Yeona says now that the ramen is in danger, and you and Jaehyun laugh. 

The laughs dissipate after Jaehyun finds a large pot and fills it with water. As he waits for it to boil, the chicken tenders are done in the oven, but not well-cooked enough, so you set the toaster again, much to Yeona's disappointment. After the second time you cook the chicken tenders, they are well-cooked and crunchy, after you had a taste test, of course. 

In a few minutes, the ramen is done after Jaehyun poured all five packets inside and stirred, watching the fused ramen noodles separate in the boiling water. 

Since your job is practically over, you decide to open the pork and start searing it on a pan. Jaehyun makes sure that Yeona doesn't eat the chicken tenders too early. 

You take a knife and a cutting board and cut the meat into strips before putting them on the oiled skillet and hear the meat sizzle. You flip it over after adorning the pieces with spices, and wait until there is a nice char. Then you put the pieces on another plate. 

"Now we can feast!" Jaehyun says, and Yeona squeals happily. Jaehyun takes out three plates, and you distribute the ramen on the plates, sprinkle the pork, and then add three chicken tenders for each person. 

All three of you have the same thought and make a beeline for the couch. Jaehyun tries to find the remote, but Yeona finds it first, turning it to Peppa Pig

"Aw shucks!" Jaehyun says, careful not to use a curse word around his daughter. 

You both sit around, watching for a few moments as Yeona explains the story (she has seen this episode before). You and Jaehyun listen intently until Jaehyun interrupts. 

"Sweetie, I'm going to use the restroom, but why don't you talk to Y/N? I'm sure she's very interested." Jaehyun gives you sort of an evil look, and before you can narrow your gaze, Yeona looks at you with joy in her eyes. 

She continues explaining and talking about her favorite characters, and after a while you both fall into silence, eating your ramen and chicken tenders. 

"Y/N, can I ask you a question?" Her voice sounds oddly serious to your surprise. She looks from the TV, where she sees Peppa, Mommy, and Daddy Pig with George. 

"Sure, what is it?" 

"Are you going to be my mommy?" 

You almost drop your spoon in shock. In the scene on screen, Mommy Pig and Peppa are hugging, and of course, you know why this question is cropping up. 

"Why would you say that?" You ask, in your most gentle voice. 

"Because you and Daddy went on a date. Doesn't that mean that you're gonna get married, and you're going to be my mommy?" 

You chuckle at how innocent yet logical Yeona's remarks are. "Your daddy and I like each other a lot, so we went on a date just to get to know each other a little more." You reason. "I'm not going to be your new mommy just yet, but we don't know what the future holds." 

At the end of your monologue, Yeona looks crestfallen. 

"Everyone else at school has a mommy. They make the best food and come to all the school events." She pauses for a moment. "Why don't I have a mommy?" 

You take a deep breath. You're not sure how to handle this. The topic of Yeona's mother has always been a touchy subject for Jaehyun. Recently after Jaehyun took in Yeona when he was at Neo Culture Tech, you asked about Yeona's mother and what happened to her, and you were received with the coldest look. 'She's dead' you recall him saying. 'At least, dead to me.' The words send an icy shiver down your spine. You're not really sure if she's dead or alive or if Jaehyun has any contact with her. After that, you decided to never touch the subject again for the next eight years. From what you know from organizing his schedules, Jaehyun hasn't been officially meeting with her. 

Before you were stuck with answering that question, Jaehyun reappears from the bathroom, and you silently thank him. 

"Hey look, daddy's back!" You swiftly change the subject. Yeona receives him with the same excited manner that she has, but there is a darkness in her eyes that you think you're the only one that notices. 

One thing's for sure: Yeona hasn't forgotten this conversation. 

-

Just like Yeona, you haven't forgotten the conversation either. On Sunday, you were pondering the events of your date. After eating and helping Jaehyun clear the plates since the maid went home early, you decide to take a cab home rather than let Jaehyun or his driver take you home. On Sunday morning, you got a text from him asking if you got home safe. 

All of a sudden, you feel like everything is moving too fast between you and Jaehyun. His daughter asked if you were going to marry him. Sure, kids say the weirdest things, but there's something you cannot shake from your interaction with Yeona. 

She's becoming too attached to you only after you have been with her a couple of times. You never really thought about what dating Jaehyun would be like, only crushing on him from the distance. Imagine if it doesn't work out. Can Yeona take it if she becomes more and more attached to you? Are you ready to be a step-mom? These questions might seem like they are really in the future, but it doesn't hurt to think about them now.

On top of all that, you just saw an article from the Daily Star, a trashy celebrity spotting magazine, and the headline reads "Jung Jaehyun on a date?" It shows a picture of you and Jaehyun at The Sunset and at the convenience store. You guessed the cashier was more attentive than you thought. Of course, you knew that the paparazzi and celebrity sightings would be a part of your life if you dated Jaehyun, but now that it has really happened, you suddenly feel anxious, watched. Not to mention if this becomes office gossip, where your reputation will suffer more than Jaehyun’s.

All of this stuff sounds romantic in the books and the movies, but they were definitely not what you expected it now that you really thought about it. 

You decide that the best course of action is to maintain a strictly professional relationship with Jung Jaehyun, as much as your heart hates it. 

On Monday morning, you quietly slip into work, taking your place at the desk outside of Jaehyun's corner office. You resume taking calls and adding events to Jaehyun's calendar as if nothing at all happened this weekend, and thankfully, no one has approached you about the article in the Daily Star. You're ready to put this all behind you. 

As you sip the coffee you have in the flask that you brought, a figure enters your field of vision. You look up to see a woman in a white blazer and matching pencil skirt, wearing a silky blouse under her blazer. She wears a heavy opal necklace and matching earrings, and her hair is in a tight ponytail. You stare at her for a few moments longer than you should without saying anything, swearing that this face is oddly familiar. 

"How can I help you?" You ask the woman. She looks about Jaehyun's age, and she clutches the purse hanging from her shoulder, expecting that you were just supposed to let her in just because she was standing there. 

"I need to see Jung Jaehyun," she says. 

"Name please?" you ask politely, opening up Jaehyun's calendar on your computer. She looks like she could be a client. 

"I don't have an appointment," she says tersely. You stare at her, puzzled. 

"I'm sorry, but Mr. Jung won't see anyone he doesn't have a previous appointment with." As you finish your sentence, you can see Jaehyun approach you from across the hall from the bathroom, where he took a five-minute break before he was arranged to be in a meeting.

"Y/N," Jaehyun says. His face pales at the sight of the woman in front of you. 

"I was just saying that you don't see anyone without an appointment-" 

"It's okay," Jaehyun says quickly, his gaze not leaving the woman. He gestures for her to open his office door, and she does; Jaehyun follows in suit. 

You find the whole interaction weird, and the way that she looked so familiar also struck you, but you don't let yourself get too lost in your thoughts. As you continue with your work, you can hear muffled, angry voices inside Jaehyun's office. 

Slowly, you turn around and face Jaehyun and that woman. Jaehyun is tense as he claws at his desk angrily, and he grits his teeth as he responds to the woman. She looks as though she is pleading, but Jaehyun is having none of that. In a few minutes, the argument ceases, and before Jaehyun and the woman can accuse you of eavesdropping, you turn around as if your attention for the past few minutes has only been to your work.

The woman bursts out of the office and huffs, walking away with anger and disappointment. 

You've never seen Jaehyun this angry before. Right now, it seems as though he is having a personal moment, so you take the time to leave your desk, go to the break room, and grab a cup of black coffee, his favorite. You knock on his office door, with a weak smile on your face as you hold up a black coffee for him. Jaehyun curls his finger to gesture to you to come in. 

When you walk in, you start to feel uncomfortable. "I brought you a coffee." You say. You step forward to place it on his desk. "You need to be in a good mood before you meet with Huang Shipping, Co." You say, laughing, but it was a harsh sound from your throat. 

"Thanks," he says. Clearly, there is a lot on his mind. 

"Do you want to talk about it?" You ask without thinking.

Jaehyun doesn't respond for a long time, so you think it's your cue to go. 

As you turn around, you hear Jaehyun speak. 

"That was Yeona's mom." You stop in place. Yeona's mother, the subject that Jaehyun never wants to talk about? You turn back to face him, shock laced in your expression. You wait for him to keep talking. Indirectly, you're doing your job – you're giving him an outlet to express his feelings before his meeting. But it better be quick because the representatives from Huang Shipping are notoriously on time, and that meeting is in five minutes. 

"Yes, Yeona's mother. Kwon Yeonjoo," he says with relief, finally letting go of the secret he has been keeping for so long.

"Kwon Yeonjoo," you murmur to yourself. It was a name that sounded eerily familiar. 

Sensing your thoughts, Jaehyun continues. "She was a corporate lawyer at Neo Culture Tech, second in command to Go Hyungwon. Brilliant legal mind," Jaehyun says, his expression impossible to decipher, full of regret, longing, and admiration. 

"We instantly hit it off when I was chief analyst," he says, smiling as he remembers the fond memories. "We constantly were hooking up outside of work, so HR wouldn't get on us. Fraternizing was a fireable offense. Then she told me that she was pregnant." 

"I was only five years out of college, and my career only just started. I couldn't get married so soon or have a child. And neither of us wanted an abortion either. So Yeonjoo had Yeona. I was under the impression that she would give Yeona up for adoption because she wanted to further her career, to become head lawyer at Neo Culture Tech, or start her own firm. And if she was a mother, she knew she couldn't do that. But," Jaehyun chuckles ruefully, "apparently she already decided that I was to be Yeona's adoptive parent. She didn't want to give up her child to a stranger." 

"And you took her in." You finish the story. Jaehyun nods. So much you didn't know behind the scenes in Jaehyun's life, the person you have been working with for eight years. You used to see Kwon Yeonjoo occasionally around Neo Culture Tech when you were in the break room or heading to the bathroom; your paths never really crossed since she was in a completely different department than you, but also probably because Jaehyun was keeping their relationship under a tight lid. 

"Yeonjoo asked if she could become more involved in Yeona's life. I," Jaehyun pauses, "lost control. I just," Jaehyun's lips flatten into a thin line. "She hasn't been involved in Yeona's life for seven years, and suddenly she wants to act like those seven years didn't happen. Where was she when Yeona needed her?" Jaehyun's voice is raw with emotion. "You know what Mrs. Kim was telling me on our date?" Jaehyun asks, more rhetorically. "Yeona apparently asked her who her mom is." 

You gulp. You decided that you would keep your encounter with Yeona a secret. 

"I think you should let her get involved in Yeona's life." You say suddenly. Jaehyun cocks his head. 

"It isn't fair to Yeona to never know her mother just because you don't want her to meet her. It feels petty," you say boldly. 

Rather than getting mad at you for rejecting his anger, Jaehyun smiles. 

"This is what I always liked about you Y/N. You're not scared to give your opinion." At the compliments, you smile. Jaehyun doesn't say anything for a while, looking pensive. 

"You're right. Every child has the right to know their parents." Jaehyun nods, all traces of anger gone from his face. Behind you, you notice two Chinese men, standing by Jaehyun's office. You quickly rush out and welcome them in. 

Getting involved in your boss's personal problems? So much for a professional relationship. 

-

From what you were able to gather, Yeona has been regularly meeting her mother on Sundays, supervised by Jaehyun. Things have been peaceful for the past two months, and thankfully, Jaehyun has not been asking about another date. He has been pretty busy with meetings from various suppliers, so he has not been able to address the way that you are distancing yourself from him. 

But one day, you are unable to keep your mouth shut and work only as his secretary. It was a Sunday, a day that Yeona would be meeting with her mother, and when you answered the door, you were surprised who you saw. 

"Jaehyun?" You ask. You feel a little embarrassed at what you are wearing; just some sweatpants and an old T-Shirt. You were planning a night in before you started the week again tomorrow, and you were expecting to be alone until tomorrow morning. 

“What are you doing here?” You blurt out. Jaehyun isn’t wearing a designer suit, but a gray hoodie and some light-wash jeans. He swings his car keys around his finger, biting his lip as he tries to find a good explanation for why he is at his secretary’s doorstep on a Sunday night. 

“I let Yeona’s mom take Yeona to her city unsupervised for the night and is dropping her at school tomorrow morning. I don’t really have much work to do, so I thought we could…” Jaehyun trails off, shrugging his shoulders. His eyes are crinkled as he flashes you a friendly, dimply smile.

A second date. You don’t even realize you’re holding your breath when you suddenly feel the urge to take a deep breath. 

“Oh,” you say, a bit more despondently than you thought. Jaehyun came all the way here to be with you, and although you don’t owe him anything for showing up at your house unexpectedly, you could use the company. 

“Come in,” you say, a bit nervously. You step aside, and Jaehyun walks inside. You’re a little embarrassed about how messy your apartment looks, with an old pizza box still lying in the kitchen and a bunch of clothes and blankets hanging on the couch. Quickly, you scoop your clothes into your arms and smile. 

“I’ll be right back,” you say, going to your room. You drop them on your bed and look into the mirror hanging on your wall. You take your hair out of the loose-ish ponytail it is in and run your fingers in your hair to quickly comb any unruly strands. You straighten your shirt and realize that there’s a sauce stain. You curse to yourself and go into your closet, grabbing another T-Shirt. After a few moments of analyzing your appearance, you come out of your room and see Jaehyun in your living room, eyeing the pictures of your family hanging on the wall. 

“Do you want anything?” You ask, afraid that you were interrupting him. 

“Just some water, thank you,” Jaehyun says. You go into the kitchen, get a cup, and fill some water into it. You hand it to Jaehyun, who is still observing your family photos. 

“Sorry it isn’t mineral water and just plain old tap water,” you chuckle. After years of knowing Jaehyun, you know that he only drinks mineral water. 

“That’s okay,” Jaehyun responds, a small smile on his face. A moment of silence ensues between the two of you. 

“You know a lot about me and my life, but I don’t really know anything about you or your family,” Jaehyun says. 

You knit your fingers over your stomach, the same pose you have when you’re reporting to Jaehyun at the office. 

“Because it’s my job to know about your life, and I’m just your secretary,” you say formally, despite how informal the current occasion is, given your setting and your outfit. 

“You know you’re not just my secretary,” Jaehyun says impulsively, turning his gaze to you; he is searching your expression, wondering what happened to the girl he went on a date with a short two months ago.

You feel uncomfortable under his powerful gaze, so you clear your throat in an attempt to regain control of the situation. 

“Want to watch a movie or something?” You ask, changing the subject. Jaehyun nods, and he follows you to the couch. 

“Should I make popcorn?” You ask. 

“Sure,” Jaehyun replies. You go back into the kitchen and open a cupboard where you keep the microwavable popcorn, and you pop it into the microwave for two and a half minutes. You open the microwave to a steaming bag, and after a few moments, you pull open the bag, pouring the contents into a bowl. You appear back in the living room and place the popcorn between you and Jaehyun. 

Jaehyun looks disappointed, only for a moment. 

You grab a blanket off the couch and spread it across your lap. Jaehyun takes another blanket and does the same. Taking the remote from the coffee table, you turn on the TV. 

“What do you want to watch?” You ask politely. 

“What’s there?” He asks.

“Let’s see,” you say a little awkwardly. You open your Netflix account, anxious that your boss, the man who is giving you employment, is looking at what is suggested for you or what you have watched recently, but you take a deep sigh and open your “watch later” list, which after filibustering for ten minutes, made you realize that you would be more productive browsing the shows Netflix recommended you. Finally, you both agreed on a documentary about otters, and you start the show. 

Periodically, you get some popcorn and check your phone, but your attention remains primarily on the documentary as you try to forget that your boss is sitting beside you in a sweatshirt and jeans, watching an otter documentary – not exactly where you thought your Sunday night would go! It seems as if the film is the last thing on Jaehyun’s mind as he stares into the side of your face longingly, but he masks his looks as he takes a few pieces of popcorn at a time, using it as a chance to look at your face. 

When the forty-minute documentary is over, the popcorn is long gone. Jaehyun takes this as a chance to put the popcorn bowl on the coffee table, and he scoots closer to you. 

Your heart is racing with newfound fervor as you can feel the heat from Jaehyun’s body radiate. It’s as if you can feel the disappointment in the air as Jaehyun wishes for you to be less distant, but he just doesn’t know the extent of it all. You’re not doing this because you don’t have an insane crush on him, but because there are repercussions to your actions, especially if your crush is the CEO of Jung Industries who has a young daughter already. 

Jaehyun turns to face your cheek, one leg hanging from the couch and the other folded. You try to ignore him, fiddling with the remote. 

“I think there’s a lion documentary by this same documentary maker–” Your dialogue evaporates from your tongue as Jaehyun grabs your wrist. Now, you’re forced to look at him.

“Why are you ignoring me?” Jaehyun asks directly. You weren’t ready for such direct confrontation, searching your brain for a professional response.

“I’m not ignoring you. I do whatever you ask at work–”

Jaehyun’s hands are suddenly at your waist as he presses you against the couch. Your breath catches in your throat. 

“We’re not at work.” He murmurs. The space between you both is alarmingly low. No more words need to be said to convey the way Jaehyun feels about you right now. You can feel your pussy lurch with arousal; Jaehyun has never been this close to you.

“You should know better,” you say softly. “We need to think about the consequences. About our futures.” 

“I’ve been thinking about the future for so long,” His breath hits your skin. For the past four years, all he was thinking about were ways to make Jung Industries more successful than it was. Jaehyun took a loan from his well-off parents to start his own company, one of his oldest dreams, and if he wasted their hard-earned money, then he would never forgive himself. He hadn’t the time to think of love or relationships, especially since he wanted Yeona to have a steady life. But he can’t just ignore his manly urges, manly urges that have been festering slowly for eight years. “I want to think in the present.” 

With that, he seals your lips with a kiss. You don’t want to keep kissing him, you want to pull away and tell him that if your relationship flourishes, you’re not ready to be a step-mom, or that CEOs shouldn’t be making out with their secretaries, but you don’t care either. All these years of pent-up sexual tension between you both is released as Jaehyun brings you onto his lap, and you can’t help but feel warm and blissful at this moment. Your bodies are pressed up against each other as Jaehyun readjusts his position and lies down on his back on the couch, and not for a second does he let you go, forcing you on top of him. He brings his hands down to your clothed butt and gives it a squeeze, and you moan in Jaehyun’s mouth at the feeling of his firm, confident hands. You can feel his length grow against your upper thigh as your bodies readjust. Jaehyun’s hands slip under your shirt, caressing his body. You straddle his thigh, your pussy throbbing at how it’s brushing his jeans, how close you are to his length. 

“That’s hot,” he mutters before kissing you again, nibbling on your lower lip. He takes his time with you; it’s been driving him crazy to see you come to work for the past eight years, to see you in a tight blouse and pencil skirt that highlighted your womanly curves and not touch you at all. He wants to feel all of you, and he wants to feel you now. 

Jaehyun slides you out of your T-Shirt, leaving you with a tight bra and your sweatpants. He plays with the clasps of your bra, but you move away, getting off of his body after you feel a sinking feeling in your gut. This feels wrong. This wasn’t just making out anymore, you realize as Jaehyun’s hands grip your naked waist, looking up at you hungrily.

“Jaehyun, we should really think about this. How am I supposed to come to work every day now?” You ask breathlessly. Your breasts bob as you pant, and Jaehyun’s gaze doesn’t leave your chest as he eyes it shamelessly. 

“The same way you’ve been coming to work for the past eight years.” Jaehyun has you trapped in his arms as he leans over slowly and pins you down. He brings his lips to the shell of your ear. “Only this time, you’ll know what my cock feels like.” 

Jaehyun doesn’t let you second guess him when he slides off his jeans, throwing them down, leaving you to see his white underwear, an erected, aroused member poking through. 

“You see,” Jaehyun murmurs, “You’ve been doing this to me. I think you should pay.” You watch Jaehyun’s eyes as he drinks in your body lustfully. 

You can’t keep your eyes off of his massive erection as your body is in between his legs. You realize that you want him, no matter the consequences; you can feel your being become ensnared with lust, all sirens of reason becoming quieter. 

“Turn around,” Jaehyun commands in that CEO voice you’ve been hearing for years that suddenly makes your pussy feel tight with arousal. You bend your leg a little, and your knee meets his dick gently. 

“Make me,” you say defiantly, a confident smirk on your face. 

Jaehyun gets off the couch and without hesitation grabs your arms. Forcefully, he turns you around as if you weigh nothing, and your chest is pressed against the couch cushions. In one fell swoop, Jaehyun kicks off his underwear, and you can see a flash of white hit the ground. Jaehyun’s fingers grasp the waistband of your sweatpants and underwear on your hips and pulls it down to your ankles, removing it effortlessly and throwing it away. You whine as Jaehyun repositions himself on top of you, your body between his legs, his hands gripping your ankles and moving up your calves, your thighs. He can feel wetness on your bare pussy. 

“Wet so soon?” He murmurs in your ear. You nod, and Jaehyun forcefully takes off your underwear and throws it carelessly. “I’ll take care of that later.” Jaehyun squeezes your bare ass affectionately. He is in absolute control, and he loves it. The dominance he feels in the office with the way everyone works under him isn’t enough, and he needs to establish his dominance in sex, his dominance on you, who have been making him horny for years behind closed doors.

You’re not at all prepared for the way Jaehyun thrusts you from behind. You scream so loud that you’re pretty sure that your neighbors heard you.

“One thrust for every year you’ve worked for me. Two,” he continues. You squeal out in pain at how rough he is, at how tightly his hands grip your skin, at how he shows you no mercy as he satisfies his erection, his craving to make you as submissive as a child. You thrash around, but with the way Jaehyun is perched on top of you, he can have his way with you.

“Four,” he counts. He takes off his sweatshirt and it lands on top of his underwear. He takes off the shirt under his sweatshirt and flings it over the couch; he is completely naked.

“Five,” continues methodically. His hands are on your back as he has a good view of the clasps of your bra, and he unhooks them. He cleanly brings the straps down your shoulders and your arms, and after he removes it from your body, he yanks the article of clothing from under you, throwing it on top of his other discarded clothes. 

“Six.” His fingers become the barrier between the couch cushion and your stomach. They trail up your hot skin until he squeezes your breasts. You feel hysterical at the pleasure that’s coursing through your veins. 

“Seven, eight,” Jaehyun finishes counting, yet he doesn’t stop. 

“You cheated,” you whine feeling his continued hard thrusts. Jaehyun doesn’t let go of your breasts, only leaning in closer, and bringing his lips to your ears. 

“No, I didn’t. I make the rules, darling.” You’re screaming with pleasure, and you start to feel dizzy with the way he is groping your breasts, rubbing your nipples, and thrusting into you, all at the same time without a break.

“Call me Mr. Jung,” he mutters into your ear. “Then I’ll stop.” 

“Yes sir, Mr. Jung,” you say obediently. 

“Nice bonus,” Jaehyun says. He relaxes his grip on you as you turn around as a means to face him. Jaehyun is completely naked, and you don’t hurry as you gaze at his bare body. Jaehyun is somewhat of a working-out aficionado, so his arms are muscular, and his stomach is toned. The sheer power that you’ve been imagining under his dress shirt at work is no longer a fantasy but something completely real as Jaehyun is naked in front of you. 

His dick is dripping with fluid, and as you watch this, Jaehyun roughly takes your hair. You yelp as his grip doesn’t slacken until he lies down on the couch and brings your head to his dick. 

“You know you want to do it, my dirty little slut,” he says. You carefully place a hand on his thigh as you wrap your lips around his cock, sucking whatever is left. You gulp the whitish fluid down obediently, and you can hear Jaehyun moan. The foreign sounds from your boss make you hesitate as you suck his cock, but Jaehyun spanks your ass. 

Hard. 

“More, baby, more.” He continues to groan at the pleasure of your lips on his cock, and after a few minutes of sucking, you unwrap your lips from his cock, a few drops of his fluid dripping on your chin. You stare at Jaehyun with wide eyes, eyes that are ready for Jaehyun to command. 

“Good girl,” Jaehyun mutters in a raspy voice. You both sit upright as he pets you. “Don’t you think it’s time for me to return the favor, baby girl?”

You don’t say anything. 

“That’s not the answer I was looking for.” Jaehyun pries open your legs as he dives in, deliciously squeezing your thighs as he brings his mouth into your pussy, kissing it. This was the same dominance that ran a huge company that Jaehyun brought home with him, and you want more. 

You giggle at the sensation of someone’s lips being at such an intimate part of you, and you loosely wrap your legs around his neck. You feel wetness trickling down your thighs, and Jaehyun laps it up. You can’t stop yourself from laughing and moaning as hard as you do at Jaehyun’s rough tongue on your skin, steadily licking.

Jaehyun’s done eating you out, and he forces you against the arm of the couch as he starts kissing your neck. You feel his dick rub against your leg rhythmically as he nips and sucks your neck, and your breasts bob under his chin as you pant, your back arched. He squeezes your thighs so hard that you think that you’re going to wake up with bruises tomorrow morning. Jaehyun enjoys manhandling every single part of you, touching you as if he’s never going to touch you again. He hasn’t dated in so long, and that’s because he’s only had eyes on you, on your firm ass as you walked around the office oblivious to your own sexual power. 

The rage at how he didn’t fuck you sooner consumes him, and Jaehyun brings his hands back to your breasts. Your back is arched over the arm of the couch as you feel Jaehyun’s hands once again, at how his thumbs brush your breasts. His lips let go of your neck, and he feathers you with kisses along your collarbone, down down down. 

He brings his face close to yours, continuing to massage your breasts. Your waist is between his legs as his dick crushes your lower stomach.

“I’ve waited a long time to do this.” Those tight blouses that your closet was full of, God those drove him crazy. The neckline was deep enough to still be considered modest for work, but he could still see some cleavage from your perky breasts. If he was lucky, the office was chilly, and your nipples would stick out of your shirt. 

Jaehyun buries his face in between your breasts, leaving long, open-mouthed kisses on the hot skin as his face kneeds the delicate flesh. His face slowly moved to the nipples, which are proudly sticking out now with enough arousal. He sucks your nipples, his hand finding a way in between your legs. He gently traces designs on your legs with the wetness from your pussy, and it takes him a good three minutes for him to start sucking at your other breast. 

“Why are you so obsessed with my boobs?” You giggle at the feeling of Jaehyun’s teeth gently nipping at your full breasts. Fourteen-year-old boys are less obsessed with breasts than Jaehyun is with yours. “It’s so childish.” 

Without a rush, Jaehyun stops sucking on your other breast and brings himself close enough that his bare chest touched your breasts. The feeling was intoxicating, your hard nipples against his skin.

“Are you calling me a child?” Jaehyun asks. 

“N-No, Mr. Jung,” you stutter.

Jaehyun runs with your hesitation and sticks his first and middle finger into your dripping cunt. You scream an ear-shattering scream.

“Mr. Jung! Sir!” You say, trying to appease Jaehyun.

“That won’t help you now, girl,” Jaehyun says in a sultry voice. “If I want to do something, I’ll do it.” He sticks his fingers into your cunt over and over again, and it feels like you’re drowning in a pool of pleasure. 

Suddenly, you don’t feel hard fingers, but you feel Jaehyun’s fleshy, aroused dick. You gasp at the feeling of Jaehyun inside you again. 

“I wanted to look into your eyes this time, baby,” He says. “Can you keep focused on me?” 

You nod, whimpering again. Jaehyun’s brown eyes are lustful as he thrusts his dick into you over and over again, and you can feel him fill you up inside, compared to the last time, where he was only releasing pent-up sexual desire. 

You have a hard time keeping your gaze fixed on him as he pleasured you, so Jaehyun grabs your face, holding your cheeks with one hand. 

“Y-You’re so big,” you groan. The walls in your pussy trap around his dick, as if forcing him to squeeze his cum inside of you. 

“I know babycakes,” He murmurs. Jaehyun leans in and kisses you, and this is a messy, open-mouthed kiss as he takes your lips inside his mouth. Jaehyun is dripping all over your couch, spilling his seed all over your stomach and your thighs, but you don’t care, you just want him in you over and over again. 

“Mr. Jung,” you whine, “more. Please. I want more.” 

Jaehyun does as he is asked, and it feels so delicious to have Jaehyun’s seed inside of you. You’re so dizzy from lust that you can’t stand the feeling of Jaehyun not touching you. 

“Jae, Jae,” you moan as he continues to thrust. 

“It’s Mr. Jung. I told you a million times,” Jaehyun smacks your thighs hard. 

“Mr. Jung, Mr. Jung sir,” 

To get a more powerful thrust, Jaehyun separates from you, and you whimper. 

“It’ll only be a second.” He takes you by the legs and drags you in a way that you are completely flat on the couch. Jaehyun now straddles your hips and thrusts himself inside of you. 

“Mr. Jung,” You whine, your vision becoming hazy. He needs a place to put his hands, and what’s a more apt place than your squishy breasts?

In between your middle and ring finger, a bulbous nipple protrudes from Jaehyun’s hands. From the sheer feeling of it all, you can feel yourself climaxing, your vision turning black despite your eyes being wide awake. You feel cups and cups of cum leave your pussy and moisten the couch. 

“I can’t,” you whine. At the glazed look in your eyes, you’re orgasming, and after a few moments of leading you to complete ecstasy, Jaehyun stops. Slowly, you return back to Earth, back to the completely naked Jaehyun and completely naked you. You feel your cheeks flare up. 

You don’t know how you let this happen but at the same time, you know exactly how this happened. Immediately, you want to kick Jaehyun out and hide in your room in shame after having sex with your boss, but suddenly, you hear a loud crack of thunder and aggressive rain pattering against the windows. From the look of the roads, pools are collecting in divots; It’s been like that for some time, but you haven’t bothered to notice until now.

You shudder. You didn’t want to send Jaehyun home in this bad weather, yet at the same time, you feel too embarrassed to see him right now. 

“Y-You can stay the night,” you say. “I heard thunder, and I don’t want you to go home in bad weather. You have an important interview tomorrow.” You crack a smile, forgetting that you’re completely naked. Jaehyun hears your words, but his eyes shamelessly remain on your shapely body, your big breasts, how small your waist was compared to your ass. 

“Yeah.” Jaehyun says, finally looking you in the eye. 

“So, do I sleep on the couch?” Jaehyun asks. It’s stained, and you look at it bashfully, at how much cum you both spilled. You make a mental note to put the couch covers in the wash later. 

“No,” you say softly. “You can sleep on my bed.” 

“With you?” Jaehyun asks hopefully. He comes closer and caresses your naked back. His cheeks are against your collarbone as he stares at you in a soft manner.

“Yeah,” Jaehyun sits upright and you kiss him with passion, the passion that you tried to hide for so long, the passion that’s been lying dormant since you’ve been working for him. 

“One night.” You murmur against Jaehyun’s nose. “Tonight, I’m completely yours.” There was no point in trying to pretend that these sexual feelings that you had for Jaehyun didn’t exist anymore. And if he was going to spend the night anyway in your apartment, it was like the heavens above wanted you to spend even more time with Jaehyun.

You’ve already dug a deep enough hole for yourself the second that you stopped fighting against Jaehyun’s kiss. And there was only one way to get out of this hole. 

You weren’t going to like it, and Jaehyun wasn’t going to like it, but it was the only way. 

-

 That night, you and Jaehyun indulged in fiery, passionate sex. Jaehyun was in you more than he was out of you, and that wasn’t a problem. Your bedsheets were soaked by the time the pale rays of the sun penetrated your windows. Jaehyun is still fast asleep, and it would be one hour before his alarm would go off. 

Carefully, you displace his arm that is slung over you, and you put on your slippers. You’re sore and completely naked, but since no one else is awake, you pad out of your bedroom and into the living room. In the mild morning light, you can see bruises forming around your neck, around the rest of your body as Jaehyun bit you and bit you as a way he could claim you as his little slut, at the way he tightly clawed at your flesh as he forced his member into your throbbing, dripping cunt. 

You want to keep reliving the night, reliving Jaehyun’s open-mouthed kisses and his hands kneading your soft breasts like dough, but you stop yourself, shaking the thoughts away as if they were pesky flies. You don’t take the time to sift through the pile of discarded clothes and take the first thing, which is Jaehyun’s shirt he wore under his sweatshirt. 

Your apartment is a bit chilly this morning as you find your laptop on the kitchen counter. But first, you make yourself a pot of coffee. 

With the bubbling sound of coffee brewing, you take a deep breath, find a mug from the cupboard, and pour black coffee. 

This morning, you needed especially strong coffee, you think as you take a seat. 

You open Microsoft Word on your laptop and place your fingers on the keys. 

Dear Mr. Jung, 

I thank you for the years of employment you have given me as your secretary, and I value the professional friendship that we have kindled. Unfortunately, we must part ways, and you know the reason why. My parents have taught me to be a professional, and due to the nature of some of my actions and yours, I am unable to maintain the professionalism that I strive to maintain at any job that I hold. At 5 PM today (8/15), my resignation is effective.

I hope we can meet again under different circumstances. 

Your’s truly, 

Y/N. 

After you press the period and space key, your resignation letter feels complete. The words needed little re-drafting – they were vague enough so that any nosy people at HR looking at your resignation letter won’t know the true context to your letter: although, it can give them a pretty good idea. But as long as it’s not written blatantly, like ‘I am resigning because you came over to my apartment, and we had some of the hottest sex I’ve ever had in my entire life’ will completely tarnish your’s and Jaehyun’s reputation. It’s better that you and Jaehyun now can at least deny sexual relations. 

“You made coffee?” Jaehyun asks in a tired voice. His alarm hasn’t gone off yet. The scent of coffee must have woken him up from a slumber. He’s completely naked, and you try not to look, closing your laptop abruptly before Jaehyun has the chance to see what you were doing. 

Jaehyun saunters into the living room, looking for his shirt, only to find out when he looks a little closer that you’re wearing it. 

Jaehyun has a cheeky look as he approaches you sitting down by the kitchen counter.

“You’re wearing my shirt,” Jaehyun chuckles in a deep, manly way. You sniff him. 

“And you used my shower.”  

He bends down and kisses you on the lips. He nibbles your lips as he brings his hands to your waist, bunching his shirt in one first and squeezing your thigh with another. You stand up after indulging in his sweet, soft lips. 

“Hey, I only said you had the night,” you say weakly.

“It’s not fair,” Jaehyun gripes. He presses you against his body and fondles your butt. “I want to be with you every night.” Jaehyun picks you up and places you on the kitchen counter. Now, you’re at eye-level with him as he holds your neck gently, sucking on your soft, cherry-flavored lips lustfully. His hands get bored of your neck as he moves his lips there, licking the purpling bruises; he grips your waist, holding your thighs and wrapping them around his waist. You can feel his dick in between your legs, and you can already feel your pussy starting to get wet, how it begs for Jaehyun to come in you once again.

This was a slippery slope. 

“I’m going to shower,” you say abruptly. Before Jaehyun can say or do anything else, you scurry to the bathroom and strip of Jaehyun’s shirt before hopping in the shower and rubbing bodywash on yourself. When you’re done, you take Jaehyun’s shirt and put it in your room with only just a towel on your body. You change into a high-necked blouse and pencil skirt, your purse slung over your chest. 

After fifteen minutes, you reappear into the kitchen. Jaehyun is sitting at the dining room table, playing with his fingers. 

“Should I make breakfast?” You ask kindly after you pull away, in a disarming voice that didn’t give away any of your future plans. 

“Absolutely. Does it include you?” Jaehyun flirts. You roll your eyes. 

“No. We have to get to work soon,” you say, looking at the microwave clock. You should be changed and ready to leave your apartment in fifteen minutes.

“Oh, right,” Jaehyun’s voice sounds deflated as he gazes at your figure, wearing your regular uniform of a blouse and a pencil skirt, but of course, this was a high necked blouse that hid any of his markings. Of course he had been thinking about how it would be like to go back to work, with the secretary he banged sitting outside his door. He just didn’t think it would be this soon.

Jaehyun didn’t even realize that you were scouring the fridge for something. “I have milk. Maybe we can have cereal.” You say to yourself. 

“Sure,” Jaehyun says. You whip your head around to face him. “We do need to get going soon.” You nod, grabbing a cereal box from the pantry. 

“Fruit Loops?” Jaehyun asks. 

You wrinkle your nose at him in good humor. “It was on sale.” 

Without another word, you and Jaehyun eat two bowls of Fruit Loops between you both.

“By the way,” you tell Jaehyun, who is now wearing the pants he discarded in your living room last night. “Your shirt is in my room.” Your tone didn’t mean to seem cold, but slowly, you were turning on ‘business professional’ mode in your brain. 

Jaehyun nods in response and goes into your room. You take this as the perfect time to email your resignation letter to yourself on your work email so you can print it out later.

Before Jaehyun can ask you what you’re doing when he comes out of your room, you close your laptop loudly. Jaehyun stares at you quizically. 

“Just checking my email.” He seems to believe you. 

You leave five minutes before you initially plan on leaving. Jaehyun takes his white Kia back to his penthouse, and you wait for him in the front passenger seat as he goes to find a suit and fix his hair. He comes back out and sits in the driver’s seat; he’s probably opted out of his driver taking him to work so that he doesn’t know about the situation with you. 

You’re thankful for that consideration. 

The two of you make the fifteen-minute drive to Jung Industries, and Jaehyun parks his car in his designated parking spot. 

You don’t know what sparks you to do what you do right now – maybe it’s the finality of the resignation letter burning a hole in your purse. You’re doing what you’re doing because you care about both your careers, but that’s not necessarily what your heart – or pussy – wants. 

After both of you unbuckle your seatbelts, you grab Jaehyun’s wrist. You climb over the parking brake and spread your legs so that Jaehyun’s legs can fit in between. Your skirt is hiked up to your waist, and you kiss Jaehyun one final time.

You pull away, but Jaehyun doesn’t let you go for long. He grabs the back of your head and shoves your face in his, and he messily kisses you. At the way your face changes its angle while kissing Jaehyun, trying to taste every milimeter of his lips, your body shifts against his, your back gently hitting the steering wheel, but the animalistic urge in you doesn’t mind. Jaehyun lifts up your skirt, and your ass is sticking out as he gropes your butt shamelessly.

You can already feel yourself starting to get wet at the way Jaehyun’s dick becomes aroused at this activity, and you pull away. Your breasts are tucked under Jaehyun’s chin as you sit on his lap, shifting to feel his erected member against your pussy one last time.

“I thought you said it was only for the night.” 

Your index finger traces his lips. “I felt bad leaving you hanging like that his morning.” You feel confident in your lie.

“You’re so sweet,” Jaehyun murmurs. He lets his hands slide up and down your bare thighs one last time before he looks around. At this point, everyone has already clocked in for work, so the parking garage is practically empty. 

Jaehyun opens the door. “You go first. I’ll join you in twenty minutes.”

-

It’s the end of the work day. 4:58 PM. In two minutes, you will officially be leaving your post as secretary to CEO Jung Jaehyun. After using the printer, you haven’t left the letter at his desk because you’re afraid that Jaehyun will see the letter before 5 PM and confront you about resigning. In a way, you weren’t being fair, but this was for both of your well-being. 

Seven minutes have passed, five minutes after you have quit your job. Since Jaehyun is away at an interview with TIME magazine, he won’t be back for another thirty minutes. That gives you enough time to drop the letter at his desk so that it won’t get lost in all his papers and leave Jung Industries for the last time. You knew that he would first try your apartment when he saw the letter, so you planned to go to the lake on a long-needed vacation. And if Jaehyun tried to call you, you wouldn’t answer his calls. By the time you got back in town, Jaehyun would have found a new secretary and would have forgotten all about you; he must only have had sexual urges around you because you were friendly and well dressed, prancing around him for eight years. It was the perfect escape plan. 

You follow the first part of your plan: you drop the letter on Jaehyun’s desk. Then, you packed your desk using a small trash bag you found; despite working for Jaehyun for eight years, you weren’t fond of having personal possessions at your desk. 

Then, you took the elevator with other people who were leaving work. 

Everything seemed to be going according to plan until you saw Jaehyun on the first floor of Jung Industries talking with the doorman. You freeze. The TIME interview was supposed to last longer! 

Jaehyun, after finishing his conversation with the doorman, starts walking to the elevator. You make a run for the bathroom on this floor. As you watch him wait for the elevator, you don’t move a muscle until you see him get inside and the doors close. 

You then scan your keycard for a final time and walk out of Jung Industries. The parking garage is on the other side of Jung Industries campus, and it was about a five-minute walk. If you walked fast enough, then Jaehyun might not be able to intercept you.

You’re walk-running in your platformed shoes as you head to the third-floor parking garage where you parked. It was a reserved spot just for you, but before you can open your car, you hear someone calling your name. 

“Y/N!” A breathless Jaehyun shouts. Your fingers are nervous as you click the unlock button of your car, but before you can get in, a hand snatches your keys, putting it in his suit pocket. There goes your perfect escape plan.

Jung Jaehyun is standing in front of you, his hair windswept and his suit wrinkled. You’re pretty sure you see a dirt stain on his socks. 

“What’s the meaning of this?” Jaehyun asks. He holds up a crumpled piece of paper, your folded resignation letter. 

“Exactly what it says,” you say stiffly. “I’m resigning.” 

“No you’re not,” Jaehyun says. 

“Jaehyun, I can resign whenever I want.” 

“Then who’s going to be my secretary?” 

“HR will find you a new one,” you say. To Jaehyun, this seems like blasphemy. 

“A new one?” Jaehyun echos, confused. 

“Yeah, a new one,” you reply. “I’m just your secretary.” 

“You very well know you’re not,” Jaehyun says pointedly. “Y/N, when I asked you on a date, you seemed thrilled. When we went on said date, you were thrilled.”

“I’m allowed to change my mind.” 

“Don’t lie to me,” With his free hand, Jaehyun grabs your wrist and pins you against your car, crumbling your letter and throwing it on the ground. You’re glad no one here is able to witness this. 

“I’m not lying to you.” You argue. 

“Then yesterday,” Jaehyun brings up. “What was that?” 

“I indulged a bit. I realized I was wrong, and I can’t work for someone that I had sex with!” You whisper-exclaim. 

You take a deep breath, composing your thoughts. “It’s the most professional thing to do. It won’t look good for you or me if we ever date. I realize that now.” 

“I don’t care about professional,” Jaehyun says. “In the papers, it looks like I haven’t dated after eight years because I am so focused on my career,” Jaehyun says. He tilts your chin upwards, forcing you to face him. “While that’s a part of the reason, it’s also because of you.” His voice becomes quieter. “After me and Yeonjoo craashed and burned, I only wanted you.” 

“Can I tell you something?” You ask Jaehyun. He nods in acknowledgment. “On our date, Yeona asked me if I was going to be her new mom,” you say. “I-I don’t know, I sort of freaked out after that. I wasn’t sure if I was ready to be a step-mom or even a recurring maternal influence in her life. She’s a sweet girl, but I…” You lose track of your words. 

“So that’s what changed,” Jaehyun murmurs. 

“And then I thought about my reputation. And yours. What if people think that I’ve been sleeping with you for years?” You ask. “If anything, my reputation will suffer more than your reputation.” You laugh wryly. 

“If that’s the case,” Jaehyun says, “then I must really not know you at all.” 

You look at him, confused.  

“I only know the strong, independent Y/N that doesn’t care what anyone thinks, not even me.” Jaehyun smiles a dimply smile. “If she loved something or someone, then she would dive headfirst into the chaos.” 

“Love?” You ask dumbly. 

“Isn’t it obvious?” Jaehyun asks. He laughs. “You’re so oblivious, it’s adorable. I’m so, completely, utterly in love with you Y/N.”

It’s as if the world just… stopped. Jaehyun, a big fish in the corporate sector, is in love with you? His secretary? 

“The question is,” Jaehyun asks slowly. He takes both your hands in his. “Do you love me?” 

You think. Of course, you had sort of a crush on Jaehyun; who didn’t with his good looks! Many publications even recognized it, calling him the most handsome CEO. You admired how he was able to run a Fortune 500 company and raise a daughter and be in her life. You admit that he’s a great kisser. You love how he treats you as his equal despite you being his secretary, you love how there was barely ever an awkward moment in your relationship. You love his voice, you love how kind he is to his employees, you love how he’s a hard worker despite being born into money, and he never gives up. 

You do, in fact, love Jung Jaehyun.

“I love you too,” you say. You look into his eyes, his beautiful eyes that you just want to keep staring at until the world ends. 

Jaehyun pushes you against your car and steals a famished kiss from you. He puts his knee in between your legs, and you loosely sling your arms around his neck as his nose bumps into yours at the different angles he’s kissing you, making sure he fully kissed your plush lips. 

“You’d make a great stepmother,” Jaehyun murmurs against the shell of your ear. 

“Should we take this somewhere else?” You ask, noticing the way Jaehyun snuck his hand under your shirt. 

“Sure.” You and Jaehyun decide to go to the closest place you can think of: Jaehyun’s office. It’s in a secluded part of Jung Industries, so any people working late wouldn’t be able to see you or hear you. Plus, people still thought he was at the TIME interview, which means less people would be by his office now.

Today, that works in your favor because no one in other departments will be around for another forty minutes. 

You and Jaehyun manage to keep your hands off each other as you take the elevator into his office. Only a few people see you, and it was commonplace for either of you to be around each other. You and Jaehyun walk to his secluded corner office, and when he closes the heavy glass door, his gaze is pinned on you, sultry and lustful. 

You weren’t leaving this room until Jaehyun fucked your brains out. 

Every step Jaehyun takes, you take a step backward until your butt meets a wall. Jaehyun shrugs off his expensive suit jacket and throws it to his desk, displacing some papers. He takes a few steps back, observing you as if you’re a specimen in a science experiment. 

“Strip.” He says. 

“Wha–” You’re at a loss for words. 

“I said strip.” 

“Y-Yes sir,” you say hesitantly.

You bring your hands to the buttons of your blouse, eyeing Jaehyun as you do; the building could be on fire, and Jaehyun’s penetrating gaze would still be on you. 

You feel a little anxious at how he’s staring so intently, waiting for the show to start. 

“Don’t be shy,” Jaehyun says in a sultry tone. “You know you want Mr. Jung to take care of you.” He bites his lips, and all you can think about is how you want him so badly.

You first kick off your platform heels, standing barefoot in front of him. Then you unbutton your silky, white, high-necked blouse. Jaehyun stares lustfully as he gets a better view of your cleavage, your red bra bleeding through your cami. You pull off your cami, leaving Jaehyun to ogle your full breasts. You take the zipper of your pencil skirt in your hands and pull it down, and you let it fall to your ankles. 

You pull of your underwear, and unclasp your bra, revealing your naked breasts. Jaehyun stares as if he hasn’t been groping, gripping, biting, kissing, and spanking your body in the last twenty-four hours, and he eyes the light bruises starting to form from the hours and hours of rough sex, evidence that you’re his and only his. 

He’s more turned on than ever before. 

“On your knees.” He says. When your knees hit the carpeted ground, he curls his index finger, instructing you to him. 

“Crawl.” He says. You crawl like a child who hasn’t learned to walk yet. Jaehyun watches as you do so, watches how your breasts bob up and down, how your ass moves. Your head is inches away from his dick when he tells you to stop. He undoes his belt and throws it on the ground. He lets his unbuttoned pants fall to his ankles. 

“Suck,” He points to his erected penis, and he leaves you to take off his underwear. You suck like you’ve never sucked before. 

Jaehyun’s groans at your innocent lips around his cock, and he massages your hair. 

“Good girl.” He says in between moans. He has a warm look on his face mingled with lust.

“You’ll continue to work for me, right?” He asks. 

You nod, your legs folded under you as you look up at Jaehyun in complete submission. “Yes, Mr. Jung,” you say obediently, knowing it’s the answer he wants to hear. 

“And you’ll never quit?” He asks softly. 

“Never Mr. Jung.” You shake your head violently. 

“Good. But just in case you do,” Jaehyun looks down on you. “This is what you’ll get.”

His hands grip your shoulders as he forces you down on the ground. The couch in his office is only a few feet away from you, but he wants you on the ground, wriggling under him as your waist is in between his legs; he wants to express his full power. 

Jaehyun holds your wrists above your head with one hand as he pins you down, watching how you look meek under him. You struggle a little at his strength, but you’re no match for Jaehyun. With his free hand he grips the sides of your clit and pinches it. You think you’re seeing stars in your vision as Jaehyun’s fingers become forceful, bruising such a delicate area of your body.

You’re screaming uncontrollably in pain and pleasure, but Jaehyun puts his palm to your mouth. “Do you want everyone to hear how much of a little slut you are for Mr. Jung?” 

You shake your head. 

“Then you better keep quiet, baby girl.” Jaehyun brings his head in between your legs after he holds your thighs apart. He rubs his face against the hot skin of your thighs, and you shudder and moan loudly at the pleasure. Suddenly, Jaehyun’s teeth sink into your meaty thighs, and you scream shrilly.

Your shrill voice is muffled under Jaehyun’s hand, and he narrows his eyes. 

“You want the whole world to know that you’re Mr. Jung’s pretty little toy.” He stands up and grabs you, forcing you against the glass walls of his office. 

Your breasts, stomach, and legs are squeezed against the glass as Jaehyun starts possessively biting the side of your neck, leaving fresh bruises to cover the bruises from last night. You whine loudly, and that is when Jaehyun starts thrusting from behind. 

Stars and flashes enter your vision as Jaehyun does this thrusting, groping your waist tightly, his knuckles hitting the glass as he starts to squeeze your bulbous breasts. Jaehyun has the ultimate power, and you can’t think of any other way you would have it. 

You moan loudly, turning into wails. 

“That’s right, let everyone hear. Let them come this way and think you’re a little slut who’s good for Mr. Jung.” 

“Mr. Jung, sir!” You whine. You’re silently praying that no one sees you like this, so weak for the man most people (including you) call “boss.” 

Jaehyun bangs you against the sturdy glass. He stops for a moment to untie his tie and drop his dress shirt onto the ground. He turns you around and grabs your deliciously thick thighs, forcing you ass to rub against the glass as Jaehyun holds you up. The wall makes a loud squeaking sound, but the throbbing in your ears, the obsession with Jaehyun groping you, was louder. You wrap your legs around his waist and sling your arms around his neck as you kiss him and kiss him and kiss him, with more fervor and passion than you felt like you’ve never felt before. 

You tilt your head every few moments to snatch Jaehyun’s mouth into yours, at the pleasuring feeling that Jaehyun’s hands are giving you as they wander around your body, moving up your abdomen, squeezing your breasts, shoulders, then wrapping around your neck. 

The act of choking you isn’t what gets him off but that he can at any time.

Jaehyun forces you down a little, and your cunt is wide open for him to force his dick inside. You gasp at the sudden sensation of his dick fully inside of you – not mere thrusts to enforce his power. You can feel him fill you up, feel the bliss if him inside of you. 

“You’re not leaving this office without a baby in you.” 

“No sir Mr. Jung,” you say. “I want a little Jaehyun.” 

The stars in your vision return as Jaehyun’s seed brings you to climax again for probably the twentieth time in the past twenty-four hours.

“Fill me more,” You say breathily. At the way your walls close around Jaehyun’s dick you want to scream again at the pleasure, but you only let out a few weak moans. 

At the glazed, ecstatic look in your eyes as his seed flows in you, Jaehyun can tell you’ve reached your limit and reluctantly pulls out. He lets you go, and you stumble, so he carries you bridal style, back to his desk. You feel sleepy – you barely got a wink of sleep last night with how much Jaehyun pounded into you, and you can’t help but feel that you’ve overextert yourself now. 

“Jae,” you murmur softly. Jaehyun smiles a soft smile, showing his dimples. This was the Jaehyun you fell in love with, the Jaehyun who’s romantic and sweet and hard-working.

“Yes?” He murmurs, dipping his face into the crook of your neck. He moves his face along your collarbone and leans down to plant his face in your breasts, giving your chest loud smooches. 

“Nothing,” you pant softly. You couldn’t express in words how much you loved how Jaehyun was dominant, in his work as a top CEO and in sex. The bruises on your skin are starting to show, evidence of his rough handling that felt so delicious, that you suddenly feel like you can’t live without. 

“You’re still my secretary, right?” Jaehyun murmurs, his lips still between your breasts. 

You giggle at the sensation of Jaehyun’s face buried in such an intimate, womanly part of you. But Jaehyun made you feel like a woman who was in love with a man. 

“Mmh?” Jaehyun hums in a throaty voice, still waiting for a response. 

You couldn’t think of working for someone else, now that you think about it. All that was on your mind after Jaehyun gave you the sex that has made you feel the giddiest you’ve felt in a while was resigning, but you didn’t know what you were going to do after that, truthfully. Maybe send your resume to some places, but you weren’t sure.

Now, you were ready to embrace the love that has been wrapping your heart for eight years like vines on a tree, slowly, without you knowing it was love. You relish the fact that you know a Jaehyun that no one else has ever met, a Jaehyun that you want to hang on to. 

A Jaehyun that you still want to work for. Sure, it would take some getting used to, to show up to work, seeing the man who banged you from front and behind, who ruthlessly yet deliciously grabbed and groped you from lust as if you were a play-thing, but there’s a part of you that doesn’t want to leave him, to not see him every day in his crisp suits, even though you could still date if you quit being his secretary. 

“Yeah,” you say. “I’m still your secretary. That notice was invalid,” you say professionally, which is jaring compared to the situation you’re in. Jaehyun has his chin mounted in between your breasts as he stares into your eyes. 

“Good.” Jaehyun says in his brisque CEO voice. “I don’t have to teach you again what happens if you quit.” With that Jaehyun moves his face to kiss you, a long loud kiss as his nose bumps into yours. 

He sets you down on his desk after he pushes some papers away, spreading his legs to trap your knees. He holds your waist as he stares into your eyes, a soft, loving look on his face before he presses his forehead against yours. 

“I think I broke a record,” he says in a deliciously deep voice. “Most times to bang secretary in a twenty-four hour period.”

a/n (2): thank you so much for reading! this was way longer than i expected it to be, and the series isn't even over here! hopefully, i will get around to writing a third part. let me know what you think in the comments or in an ask! don't be shy!

#nct #jaehyun #jung jaehyun #nct fluff #nct scenarios #nct imagines #jaehyun fluff #jaehyun scenarios #jaehyun imagines #nct smut #jaehyun smut #nct reactions #nct 127 smut #nct au #ceo au

[lbodraws]

Villain Agent 4 AU - Updated 04/04/2024

Agent 4 (pre-villain era)

Made friends with Eight.

Started romantic relationship with Three.

Works full time at Grizzco when not doing Agent work.

Does modelling and magazine cover shoots on the side.

Goes back home to visit their grandparents often. Gives them money earned through working at Grizzco.

Checks in on Marie and Callie when they have free time (even when not on Agent duty).

Also checks in with Agent 3. (Four noticed a change in their behaviour after Octo Expansion and worries about them a lot.)

Visits Eight at Pearl and Marina's mansion. (Four likes to spend their extra money on gifts for Eight.)

Four (build up to villain era)

Marie, Callie and the rest of the New Squidbeak Splatoon (except Eight) head off to the Splatlands on an emergency mission. Agent 4 is kept in the dark about it. (The others worry that Four will work themselves ragged if they bring them along, so keep them posted at Cuttlefish Cabin.)

Four loses all contact with the New Squidbeak Splatoon for the next four years.

Eight starts going on tour with Off the Hook. Four rarely sees them anymore.

Relationship with Three fizzles out from lack of communication.

Starts working more hours at Grizzco. Becomes their top employee. (They spend the money on their grandparents since Eight isn't around.)

Gets an update from the New Squidbeak Splatoon. Agent 3 got promoted to Captain and Neo 3 got recruited. They saved the world! (Isn't that lovely? Isn't that cool? ((From FizzyPawp's Drift Away Agent 4 animatic, go watch it if you haven't seen it already!!)))

Four heads to the vault in the agency. Finds the hypnoshades.

Starts work on reproducing the hypnoshades in the form of bracelets.

Hypnobrace lore dump

One pair controls the other pair of braces.

The braces use energy from the Zapfish to generate vibrations. (very loosely based on infrasound and how it affects the body, but without the sound part.)

These vibrations are strong enough to disrupt the brain signal to the rest of the body and overwrite it.

Overwriting the original brain signal with the hypnobrace signal allows the manipulator to control their subject as they see fit.

Question: Why was Captain 3 wearing the hypnoshades as well as the hypnobraces?

A: Captain 3 has the strength to ignore the vibration signals and rip off the hypnobraces. Four used the hypnoshades to be extra safe to ensure Cap wouldn't break free from her control.

Villain 4 (villain era baby)

Captain 3 gets an alert over their headphones saying the vault has been broken into. They head back alone to Inkopolis to investigate. (They don't tell Callie or Marie because they don't want to bother them about it. Prefers to work alone.)

The agency HQ is wrecked. Everything from the vault has been taken or destroyed.

Captain 3 finds Four slumped against a container. They're fine but shaken up pretty bad.

Cap reassures Four that everything is going to be fine and that what happened isn't their fault. (Keeps apologising to Four for not coming back sooner, "I should've been there for you", etc.) (Four destroyed the HQ and pretended to be injured to capture Captain 3.)

Four puts one of the hypnobraces they designed onto Cap's wrists while they're distracted. (Cap more or less accepts what's about to happen to them ((feels guilty and blames themselves for Four's decline)), and gives in to Four putting on the other hypnobrace and hypnoshades ((thinks this will make Four feel better.)))

Four plants fake Captain 3 signals throughout the Octarian region for Callie, Marie and Neo 3 to follow. (The real one being in Cephalon HQ's final boss kettle.) (Marie forces Callie to stay behind. Doesn't want her to revisit bad memories.)

Part 1 begins, followed by Part 2.

Part 1

Marie and Neo enter the final boss kettle in Enchaphalon HQ.

Both Agents encounter Agent 4.

Marie asks if Four has been searching for Captain 3. Four responds with a smile. "Don't worry. I found them."

(Insert villain monologue about being abandoned by everyone you loved.)

Marie shields Neo as V4 lunges for them.

V4 slams Marie onto the floor. She lands on her arm badly.

The lights in the kettle go out briefly. When they turn back on, V4 is gone, and Captain 3 has superjumped onto the stage behind Neo.

V4 orders Captain to destroy Neo 3. The two tussle as V4 antagonizes Marie, preventing her from assisting Neo with Cap.

Fight Scene

Neo takes on Captain. They're out matched and without a weapon.

Cap swings first. Neo manages to dodge just in time, but is left with a slash on their face.

Making Neo off balance; Cap twists onto the floor and performs a leg sweep, knocking Neo to the floor.

Cap swings back around to perform another kick, this time to Neo's midriff. Neo manages to block with their arms.

Camera cuts to V4 and Marie dancing.

V4 holds Marie's head in place with her hand, forcing her to watch Neo get beaten.

Camera cuts back to Neo.

They're stumbling to their feet after being launched across the floor by Captain.

Realising the only way to get the hypnoshades off is to get close; Neo launches themselves directly at Captain, knowing full well it won't work.

Neo swings at Cap, but Captain ducks. Realising they messed up, Cap shoots a smirk at Neo before pinning them to the floor.

Weighing them down with their body, Cap prepares the finishing blow, but Neo, now close enough to the shades, knocks them off their superior's face.

Shot of hypnoshades hitting the floor.

Part 2

V4 witnesses Cap being knocked unconscious by Neo.

Seeing her chance, Marie breaks free from V4 and creates a physical barrier between V4 and Neo.

Feelings of abandonment and betrayal wash over V4 as she watches Marie choose Neo and Captain over her.

Consumed by grief fueled rage, V4 breaks down, accusing Marie of abandoning her.

V4: "It's over, isn't it? Why can't I move on?"

V4 disappears into plumes of light. The only thing left of the NSS' confrontation with V4 are the hypnobraces.

Part 3

V4 gets sucked into the Side Order simulation, which is run by GHOST (Genetic Hosting Operation System Transfer). (Info dump time: GHOST's primary directive is to put humans and other living organisms into hyper sleep to preserve life in the face of a mass extinction event. Sort of like Noah's Ark. Since human beings are extinct during the events of Splatoon, GHOST hasn't received any commands to wake their patients. So they're all in limbo. Forever. The lack of contact and loneliness has made GHOST possessive of anyone they find. They believe they can stop people from hurting by removing their individuality and making them puppets of their will.)

GHOST picked up elevated distress signals from Four and uploaded them to the Square, where they begin processing Four's memories.

GHOST feels empathy for V4, and wants to end their suffering. (They end up doing it in the most sadistic way possible by mimicking Marie.)

Four gets jumped and silly stringed by GHOST, who puts them through the emotional trauma of reliving all their memories again. (Particular focus on being abandoned and betraying their friends.)

Under GHOST's control, V4 encounters Eight and Pearlbot. (End of Part 3)

Part 4

While ascending the Tower of Order, Eight and the gang encounter V4. (Pearl immediately clocks that something is wrong, while Eight only wants to help Four escape with the rest of them.)

GHOST monitors the situation through V4. They see another soul in need of saving. (Queue "you should totally join my side" sales pitch from V4 ((aka GHOST)))

Unaware of the extent of V4's corruption, Eight tries to persuade Four to join them and the gang in escaping.

V4 proposes they should follow them further into the Tower instead.

V4/GHOST knows that Pearl is on to them. They opt for the direct approach.

Eight gets silly stringed into Memory Space, where V4 invites them to step into the OE Tartar blender. (GHOST knows this is Eight's biggest trauma, and is trying to emotionally shut them down like they did with V4 so they can take control.)

Red lines appear in Eight's eyes. (GHOST is almost in control.)

Eight snaps themselves out of it. "I have to save Four."

Pretending to be mind controlled, Eight takes V4's hand and both go together towards the blender.

While V4 has their back turned Eight rips out their silly strings.

V4 retaliates and pushes Eight away with force.

GHOST starts to lose their grip on V4. Four starts to come around from the mind control.

Dazed, Four looks up as they hear Eight's voice.

Eight runs to Four and hugs them tight. (Four is still dazed and confused, but the hug from Eight ((hasn't been hugged in 4 years since the New Squidbeak Splatoon left for the Splatlands)) brings them round.)

Eight and Four collapse to the corridor floor whilst still hugging, crying.

Part 5

Four gets rushed to hospital after escaping Side Order.

Callie, Marie, Captain 3, and Neo 3 all get the news that Four is alive. (They all presumed they had died when the light engulfed them in Part 2.)

Major surgery to stop the coral from spreading further into Four's head. (They were unable to save Four's right eye and ear, but managed to stop the spread.)

Four remains unconscious for a week and a half.

The New Squidbeak Splatoon visit Four.

Neo 3 is the first to see Four. They're still unsure what to think of Four, since Four was the one who made Captain 3 attack them, leaving them covered in scars. (Neo 3 hangs out by the window during their visit. Still doesn't trust Four.)

Eight is the second person to visit, closely followed by Captain 3. They both begin to argue about who is to blame for abandoning Four and being responsible for this.

Callie is the last visitor for the day. She stays awake all night drinking coffee in case Four wakes up. (They don't wake up.)

Lastly, Marie visits Four. She stays the longest.

Four scrunches their remaining eye. Opens it. Their eye is unfocused and cloudy.

Four is breathing heavily and focused on something at the end of their bed. G.H.O.S.T. true form jumpscare.

Scene of Four sat huddled on the bed. They're hugging their knees to their chest while looking at their fluids line. The whole room has coral and oil coming out of the walls and floor.

Captain, Eight and Neo 3 use sign language to communicate with Four (their hearing is still damaged from the coral and operation at this point.)

G.H.O.S.T. "Marie" jumpscare.

Four goes into a panic attack due to PTSD.

Marie hears Four screaming from the hallway and rushes in. Slams the door open and clambers onto the bed to reach Four.

The attack subsides thanks to Marie's intervention. Something between a hug and clinging for dear life.

Marie apologises to Four and promises to be there for them from here on out.

Captain Snaps

V4 meets with Captain 3. They discuss recent events.

Things get heated when V4 brings up their relationship.

Cap gets upset at themselves for being a terrible partner and projects their insecurities and frustrations onto V4 in the heat of the moment.

After realising what they've said, they try to apologise, but V4 doesn't want to hear it, and promptly tells Captain to shut up.

Cap tries to hold her hand to make her stay so they can apologise, but V4 pulls away. "Don't...do that. Just don't."

V4 walks away and superjumps.

Cap, now alone, feels the weight of what they've just done, and crumples to the floor sobbing.

"Faker"

At a low point after their confrontation with Four, Captain begins to have doubts about themselves.

Believing they're only purpose in life is to destroy and hurt the people around them, Captain contemplates being brainwashed again, so they don't have to bear the crushing guilt anymore.

Alone in their office, the thoughts become overwhelming.

Cap can feel a meltdown coming on, so they quickly put some music on through their hero headphones to calm down and distract themselves from their thoughts.

A song they've never heard before washes over the speakers. Cap can't understand the lyrics or the voice, but it's soothing.

The lights on the hero headphones turn bright red. Captain's eyes turn black.

Cap finds themselves in Memory Space. G.H.O.S.T. looms in the distance, singing the song from earlier.

> "Som30ne's aT A l0Wpo¡nT."

> "Fe3l¡ng guIltY f0r oU4 actIon5?"

> "0r shoUld I saY; lA<k ther30f?"

G.H.O.S.T. mocks Captain's ineptitude. This gets a reaction out of them, much to the super computer's amusement.

> "You're not real. You're just a fake phantom playing on people's fears."

> "FaK3? Ha."

> "If I'm fAk3; what do35 tHat maK3 y0U?"

> "..."

> "WhAt'5 th3 matT3r? In3pt¡Tud3 g0t y0U4 t0nGu3?"

Captain does their best to hold back their anger. They know the machine is right.

> "No w0nder Amb3r leFt y0u. Y0u cAn'/ ev3n re5p0nd t0 ba5¡c qu35Ti0n5, l3t al0n3 a r3lat¡0nshIp."

> "...Enough. What do you want?"

> "Or do you like playing with your food before you eat it?"

> "Y0u hav3 n0 valu3, l3t al0n3 nutr¡ti0nal valu3, t0 b3 cons¡der3d f0od."

> "H0wev3r... I hav3 a us3 f0r y0U."

G.H.O.S.T. proceeds to ensnare Captain with its cable body, immobilizing them.

Looms over Captain. Advances closer, neurolinks at the ready, as Cap looks up helplessly.

Back at Captain's office, Cap is no where to be seen (got uploaded to the Side Order Sector by G.H.O.S.T.). Only their headphones remain. They're still flashing red and playing the eerie song.

K¡ll the Sound

Cap trying to fight their neurolink control.

Cap surrounded by Parallel Canon that look like pre-villain era Four. They gradually get closer and swarm Cap until they're completely smothered.

"I'm trying! Not. To. Drown!" - Cap screaming up at the ceiling as the PC's engulf them.

"Two voices in my head." - Close up of Captain's face. Their eyes are completely taken over by G.H.O.S.T.

"And I want one of them dead." - Uncharacteristic smirk.

"So I can focus on remembering the words you said." - Tilting Parallel Canon's face up towards them.

"KILL THE SOUND!"

#splatoon #agent 4 #villain agent 4

[boxturret]

Pikmin 2 Batteries Wip

For my next project I wanted to do the batteries featured in the Japanese version of Pikmin 2. I made some interesting discoveries when looking up them and the cans that really recontextualised all the treasures for me, might write about that at some point.

I printed out a pair of C cell batteries

...then proceeded to make the D cell labels... There wasn't really a reason, just poor planning on my part.

originally I was planning on trying to cut out the parts where the metallic shows through...but its way too much, maybe if I had one of those fancy vinyl cutters but with just a knife...nooooo.

Guess now its time to either print a D cell, or make the C cell label. Or both.

Keep reading for too much battery knowledge:🔋

Okay so I said there was no reason why I printed the C battery first, but the D label first, well...the reason is I wanted to do the C battery, but the thing about the in game model is that...its not real.

The SUM-1 number there is actually the type of battery. Japanese batteries are numbered, so D=1, C=2, AA=3. They did modify the text in the lower left to say two, but not the upper. All the text and graphical elements are pulled from the D and AA cell battery. Maybe they couldn't find a sample of a 20-50 year old* C cell, finding images on ebay was hard enough now. Its Ironic that they used so many bits of the AA cell when an actual C cell's layout is almost identical to the D cell.

So that's a long winded way of saying that to make the C cell label I had to make the D Cell first. lol.

Okay some more battery facts:

The (NG) there is only for the black NEO versions, the red should have (DG), so likely the NEO one was made first and just colour swapped. Also the 単二形 kanji match the colour of the battery, so they should be red instead of black. And finally there's one too few white stripe in the middle white band.

A week ago for all I knew you could just go out and buy a National Hi-Top battery in a store, now I know too much.

Another fun fact: Matsushita Electric is nowadays known as Panasonic

*yes...the battery design is that old, in fact with one exception no treasure is from beyond 1990🪫

#Pikmin #treasure #wip

[fff777]

Watched the next neo model lol (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)

Part 1

I'm guessing this is a spoof of the next top model franchise

Based on the intro: The guys who are here to be goofy: Taeyong, Haechan, Mark, Johnny, Jungwoo The guys who are serious only because their goofiness has limits: Jaehyun, Yuta, Taeil The guys who are only here to win: Doyoung

Now that they're actually doing their catwalk thing, the ONLY guy who's not going to be goofy about this is Doyoung lmao, what a square.

Ohh Jungwoo and Johnny are the MCs and that's why they're dressed all fancy. Figures.

Doyoung's been blessed

Ohh, Doyoung's playing the arrogant one, so that's why he's all serious.

Both Yuta and Jaehyun said Johnny weren't that special either, maybe Doyoung, Yuta, and Jaehyun are supposed to be the frontrunners lol.

The "Coming up next" previews lol

Mark getting blurred because his pose was ???

All of the 'aside' voiceovers are really helping the immersion lol. Very reality TV of them. Though it's mostly the contestants shit talking each other.

Jungwoo's trying to be serious and giving a lecture but no one can take him seriously.

Johnny taking his role very seriously as a fashion mogul lol.

Doyoung and Taeyong rivals story line???

Johnny: I think I know why they were best friends, those weirdos

Jungwoo and Taeyong under-the-table deal subplot?

Mark returns (from wherever he went) while singing

Jungwoo said Yuta's knees were sexy

Taeil is always so shy about this kinda stuff lol. He just kind of panics when he hears the theme for the pose. But he has such dad energy so anything he does makes the others laugh.

Theme is 'nervous bunny.' Taeil went with bunny, while Jaehyun went with nervous, in the 'hands up!' way.

Rock, but make it sexy (theme here was a silent rock)

So Haechan is the arrogant heavyweight lol

I forgot to mention this earlier but it made me laugh how they have the intros/outros for the fake commercial breaks.

Part 2

LOL they even have the 'collaboration challenge' part of the show :P

Johnny doing the squat

Just. On the floor.

Part 3

Oh there's a final mission. The first video didn't have a "Part 1" anywhere in the title so I had no idea this series was longer than one video. Instead we're getting three videos of them clowning.

Is it just me or is Jungwoo quite flexible? (while he was doing his weird poses lol) Or does it just look that way because he has long limbs lol.

He wants to win so bad

Kind of unfair that all of these guys look good with the random glasses they picked. Good looking people do have it easier ToT I struggle every time I need to get glasses.

Taeil with his big fur coat and low hat is a hit

#screencaps & commentaries #nct #nct 127

[gemtvusa]

Best 8K TV 2024 | Our top picks from LG, Sony, Samsung, TCL, Vizio and more

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- Supports Dolby Vision and Atmos - Expansive soundstage CONS - Missing HDR10+ compatibility - High price point SPECIFICATIONS Brand Name‎LGItem Weight‎229 poundsProduct Dimensions‎11.1 x 77.2 x 57.3 inchesCountry of Origin‎MexicoItem model number‎OLEDOutput Wattage‎80 WattsColor Name‎BlackSpecial Features‎Wide Viewing Angle; Pixel Level Dimming; Perfect Black; Billion Rich Colors; Game Optimizer; G-SYNC Compatible; FreeSync Premium; VRR; ALLM; HGiG; Cloud Gaming; NVIDIA GEFORCE NOW; Sports Alert; Art Gallery; Room to Room Share; Hands Free Voice Control Amazon.com Price: $24,996.99 Buy LG Signature 88-Inch Class OLED Z2 The best 8K TV with OLED: Taking 8K resolution and pairing it with OLED technology seems to be LG's exclusive domain currently. And based on what we've seen, more companies should be venturing into this territory. The visuals are extraordinary, displaying colors and brightness levels typical of premium OLED displays, and the sound is remarkable given the TV's sleek design. So, why isn't this the number one pick? The grandeur of this TV is mirrored by its equally grand price. The 77-inch model demands a sum upwards of £10,000 / $12,000 / AU$19,000, positioning it at a higher price bracket than other TVs on our list. However, if your budget allows (and you've got the space for it), the LG Z2 epitomizes luxury home entertainment. It has improved from its predecessor in numerous ways: it's wall-mountable, boasts an even more powerful Alpha a9 processor with enhanced upscaling and tone mapping capabilities, offers superior surround sound, and provides an immersive depth of field for more lifelike visuals. The inclusion of four HDMI 2.1 ports is just the cherry on top. While there is a newer Z3 model offering even brighter visuals, we haven't had the chance for an in-depth review yet.

Samsung QN800B: A Budget-Friendly Entry into the 8K Realm PROS

- Sleek design complemented by the One Connect box - Vibrant, bright, and captivating visuals - Strong support for gamers CONS - Occasionally over-processed visuals - Uneven backlighting SPECIFICATIONS Brand Name‎SAMSUNGItem Weight‎68.8 poundsProduct Dimensions‎11.7 x 56.8 x 35.3 inchesItem model number‎QN65QN800BFXZAColor Name‎Stainless SteelSpecial Features‎100% Color Volume with Quantum Dot; HDR10+; Real Depth Enhancer; Works with Google Assistant and Alexa, Quantum Matrix Technology Pro; Neural Quantum Processor 8K; Motion Xcelerator Turbo Pro; Infinity One DesignSpeaker Type‎4.2.2CH Amazon.com Price: $3,297.99 $2,597.95 Buy Samsung 65-Inch Class Neo QLED 8K QN800B  The best 'cheap' 8K TVs: Samsung's QN800B stands out as an exceptional 8K offering. It boasts dedicated gaming capabilities, an expansive smart TV interface, commendable audio output, an external box for physical connections, a mini-LED display that ensures superior backlighting compared to traditional LCDs, and a design so slim it rivals the thinnest OLEDs available. The display is nothing short of magnificent. As noted in our review, the "TV shines with its bright display, commendable black levels for a backlit LCD, a rich color spectrum, and impressive edge-definition and motion handling." However, its backlight control does fall short compared to other top-tier non-8K TVs. Our tests revealed occasional inconsistencies in how the screen adjusts its brightness, resulting in variable viewing experiences. Another limitation arises when the TV upscales non-4K content, leading to potential display issues. This wouldn't be a significant concern if 8K content was widespread, but that's not the reality just yet. Its saving grace is its affordability. The 65-inch variant is priced around £2000 / $2531 / AU$3878, making it a relatively affordable 8K TV. While this price might be appealing, for 4K content, superior alternatives like the LG C2 and Sony A95K are available. Though we rank the Samsung QN900B as the top 8K option, the QN800B remains a worthy contender for those seeking quality without breaking the bank.

Samsung QN900B Neo QLED 8K: The Best of Today's 8K TVs PROS

- Enhanced backlight precision - Vibrant and accurate colors - Dolby Atmos integration for immersive sound CONS - No support for Dolby Vision - The revamped 'Smart Hub' UI feels like a downgrade - Scarce 8K content available SPECIFICATIONS Brand Name‎SAMSUNGItem Weight‎120.8 poundsProduct Dimensions‎13.4 x 73.9 x 45.1 inchesItem model number‎CRT2SAMQN85QN900BRBBatteries‎2 Lithium Polymer batteries required.Color Name‎Stainless SteelSpecial Features‎100% Color Volume with Quantum Dot; Real Depth Enhancer; HDR10+; Works with Google Assistant and Alexa, Quantum Matrix Technology; Neural Quantum Processor 8K; Motion Xcelerator Turbo Pro; Quantum HDR 64xSpeaker Type‎6.2.4CH Amazon.com Price: $4,946.99 $3,897.95 Buy Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN900B  Samsung's QN900B Neo QLED 8K TV revolutionizes home viewing with its cutting-edge mini-LED panel, offering unparalleled picture clarity, vivid colors, superior brightness, immersive audio, and remarkably deep blacks. Even when powered down, its elegant design remains a visual treat. The innovative 'Quantum' Mini LEDs, being 1/40th the size of traditional LEDs, allow the incorporation of thousands more LEDs into the backlight system. The result? Exquisite dimming zones and black levels that rival the best OLEDs in the market. These miniature LEDs promise meticulous accuracy, minimizing the blooming effect, which is when brighter sections overlap onto darker areas of the screen. In our testing, such an issue was non-existent. Further enhancing its prowess, the QN900B comes equipped with Samsung's Multi-Intelligence AI upscaling, ensuring images always surpass their original quality. However, not all is flawless. The updated Smart Hub UI, in an attempt to refresh Samsung's formerly seamless smart TV experience, feels more cumbersome. Direct adjustments to settings or toggling between view modes have become a bit tedious. While this hiccup is likely to be addressed soon, it's something to bear in mind for now.

Should You Buy 8K OLED TV?

Wondering whether to dive into the world of 8K OLED TVs or just pick a TV that boasts one of those features? There aren't a plethora of 8K OLED TVs in the market as of now, but a few models like the LG Z Series mentioned above and the 88-inch BeoVision Harmony we highlighted last year do exist. If your goal is to experience an awe-inspiring depth of detail on an expansive screen, 8K resolution is the way to go. However, it's essential to understand that the true advantage of 8K shines through only on larger screens. Ideally, to truly discern the difference between 8K and 4K, you'd need a sizable 77-inch / 88-inch screen or be relatively near to one of the top-tier 65-inch TVs. A smaller 55-inch 8K TV might not offer a noticeable difference. On the flip side, OLED TVs are known for their impeccable deep blacks and brilliant highlights – a feat challenging to achieve with traditional LCDs but becoming achievable with Mini LED backlights. Expect to witness vibrant colors and a level of brightness control that eliminates any unwanted light artifacts. In essence, if you're leaning towards reaping the benefits of only one of these technologies, it might not be economical or necessary to invest in both, especially considering the premium price tag.

Is 8K better than 4K?

8K screens boast a staggering 33 million pixels, quadrupling the pixel count of 4K screens. However, there's a noticeable scarcity of 'native' 8K content out there. And for lower-resolution videos to appear decent on an 8K screen, potent processing is essential. Does Netflix support 8K? Currently, standard streaming bandwidths can't accommodate 8K content, and major streaming platforms like Netflix don't offer it. However, as technology evolves, this scenario could very well change in the upcoming years.

Which 8K TV is the Most Wallet-Friendly?

The term "wallet-friendly" takes on a different meaning when discussing 8K TVs. They typically carry heftier price tags compared to their 4K counterparts, with some even soaring to five-figure price points. However, as the technology becomes more mainstream, prices are gradually decreasing, rendering top-tier 8K TVs more accessible. At present, considering both availability and value across the US and UK markets, Samsung stands out with its QN800B model. The 65-inch version is reasonably priced, averaging below £2,000. Older Samsung 8K models may be available at an even more reduced cost. However, you'd be compromising on the benefits of the newest tech advancements. In the world of televisions, even a year can bring significant changes. For the majority of consumers, we'd suggest holding off on investing in an 8K TV just yet due to the high costs associated with them. As with all emerging technologies, prices tend to decrease as the market evolves and competition intensifies. While 8K is a tantalizing prospect, it's currently best suited for early tech enthusiasts. For many of us, an 8K TV in our living rooms might still be a few years away.

How to choose the best 8K TV

Thinking of Buying an 8K TV? Here's What You Should Consider First: Before diving into the world of 8K TVs, you might want to pause and reflect: do you genuinely need one? While 8K is undeniably the direction in which TV technology is headed, and the availability of 8K content is gradually increasing, the current landscape might still lean favorably towards 4K TVs until more mainstream content is produced in 8K. Should you be set on experiencing the unparalleled clarity of 8K resolution, a key factor to prioritize is exceptional upscaling. Given that not all content is available in 8K currently, a TV that can adeptly enhance 4K or even HD content to near-8K quality should be on your wishlist. Size is another major consideration. Although the allure of a colossal screen is undeniable, especially when investing in 8K, it's imperative to strike a balance. While you'd want to maximize the immersive experience with a larger screen, ensure it aligns with the space constraints of your room, whether you're placing it on a stand or mounting it. Lastly, while many top-tier 8K TVs boast stellar built-in audio capabilities, to truly elevate your viewing experience to match the grandeur of 8K visuals, you might want to invest in a high-quality soundbar or surround sound system. Ensure the sound system complements the size of your TV; for instance, a massive TV will be better paired with a larger soundbar like the Sonos Arc. In essence, make sure the auditory experience is as breathtaking as the visual.

Which Brand Best in the 8K TV Arena?

Choosing the best in 8K TV tech largely boils down to individual tastes, but some models undoubtedly stand out. In our assessment, the Samsung QN900B Neo QLED takes the crown as the pinnacle of 8K TV offerings currently. Samsung's distinct QLED technology truly shines when delivering 8K resolution, and when coupled with its exceptional brightness capabilities, it becomes a top-tier viewing experience. Read the full article

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Sustainable, innovative and smart: 3 trends at IFA 2023

Exciting technologies, entertainment solutions and the latest devices are IFA classics. But something has been added: the technology fair takes a closer look at the environment, resources and energy.

Fully booked: The IFA[1] (September 1 to 5) couldn't always claim that. But this year the 26 exhibition halls are completely occupied with 2059 exhibitors from 48 countries, according to the organisers.

The exhibition areas House of Robots and Sustainability Village are brand new at the IFA. This leaves no doubt as to what topics consumer electronics, household appliances and the like are currently dealing with. An overview of three trends under the Berlin radio tower:

1. Sustainability and renewable energy

Many new devices will be shown at the fair that contain reused or at least recyclable materials. Because in order to be able to survive in the saturated smartphone market, manufacturers need new sales arguments. The industry association and IFA co-organiser gfu[2] analyses that “sustainability is a key element in securing growth”.

The market researcher GfK has observed that manufacturers are now increasingly addressing environmental aspects, also in marketing: the most common issues are ecological packaging, recycled material in and the CO2 footprint of products.

Durable, repairable and recyclable

Of course, the longevity of devices must also be taken into account when considering sustainability, which depends to a large extent on software updates, basic repairability and the availability of spare parts. And devices should of course be recycled at the end of their life cycle.

The smartphone manufacturer Fairphone[3] has made these points its business model. The latest Fairphone 5, which costs 700 euros, can be seen at the IFA. It is largely made from recycled materials and, like its predecessors, has a modular structure so that you can repair it yourself with just a screwdriver.

The manufacturer's promise to deliver the next five operating system updates for the Android 13 device and eight years of security updates is downright spectacular.

The Harman brand JBL[4] uses fully recycled fabric, 85 percent recycled plastic and 50 percent recycled aluminum in its three new WiFi speakers. The design of the devices called Authentics evokes associations with the 1970s. They offer streaming support for Airplay and Chromecast, as well as room-specific, automatic sound optimization.

Two language assistants can be used at the same time

Brand new is the possibility of using two different language assistants more or less simultaneously, namely Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant, which even cooperate for this purpose. The top model Authentics 500 (630 euros) also delivers Dolby Atmos surround sound.

Renewable energies are also a hot topic at the fair, especially for consumers in the form of small solar power plants. The manufacturer Technaxx,[5] for example, has developed a table (700 euros) for balconies and terraces, the top of which consists of solar modules that deliver up to 410 watts when the table is not in use. And Jackery[6] brought the solar generator 300 Plus (450 euros) to Berlin. It consists of a small, foldable 40-watt solar panel with a battery station for storing electricity.

2. Display and audio innovations

According to GfK, high-quality products with innovative features are also in demand. This is clearly evident in new TVs with OLED displays, but also in general in new TVs with innovative features. Some of these will be presented at the IFA, such as the Auracast technology[7].

Auracast makes it possible to stream the sound from a device wirelessly via Bluetooth to any number of nearby receivers, such as headphones, at the same time. So far, this has worked via Bluetooth with a maximum of two receivers at the same time.

Samsung has announced corresponding updates for current smart TVs (2023 Neo-QLED and Micro-LED series) and the in-ear headphones Galaxy Buds 2 Pro. And Philips is bringing the technology to its new Fidelio L4 headphones and Fidelio T2 in-ears. Generally, devices must support Bluetooth 5.3 with Low Energy (LE) audio to play Auracast,

Things are also working at Dolby[8]: the audio laboratory is demonstrating Atmos Flexconnect[9] in Berlin, a new technology that expands the TV sound system with wirelessly connected additional speakers. The Atmos spatial sound is then to be intelligently adapted to each room and each box placement and performance. From 2024, cooperation partner TCL[10] will supply compatible televisions, as well as the necessary loudspeakers.

The technology company Xperi[11] is setting up a similar system with DTS Play-Fi Home Theater. Compatible TVs should come from Philips first by 2024.

New camping TV with WiFi

Speaking of televisions: they usually run on 220 volts at home from the socket. Because campers on the road can do very little with this tension, Thomson builds a camping TV (24 or 32 inches) with WLAN that can be hung on the caravan wall or placed on the camping table with two adjustable feet but also runs with 12 or 24 volt on-board power.

LG has also come up with the lifestyle display Stanbyme Go[12] for on the go, which comes with a speaker system in a stylish case and has rechargeable batteries for up to three hours of operation. When you open the case, the adjustable screen turns on automatically. Laid flat on the table, digital board games also run on the touch display. Otherwise, videos, films or music can be streamed from the smartphone to the suitcase display without any problems.

And the IFA would not be the IFA if there were no gigantic new televisions to see: Under the motto "Big in Berlin", Samsung is presenting two new 98-inch models (4K QLED Q80C and 8K Neo QLED QNC990), which with their almost 2 .50 meters screen diagonal are now really wall-filling.

The new Samsung projector "The Freestyle 2"[13] offers even more powerful images but saves space. Couple two of these together and you get a 120-inch portrait image and a 160-inch landscape image, which should result in a huge 21:9 cinema screen horizontally.

3. Connected and smart living

The Sustainability Village also houses the House of Smart Living, which focuses on intelligent energy control and automation of devices and buildings. A lot here revolves around the smart home standard Matter,[14] which has been ready for almost a year.

Matter is now waiting to be integrated into as many devices as possible so that they can be easily set up via QR code, used across manufacturers and combined. Technically, Matter is based on LAN, WLAN, the Thread network protocol and partly on Bluetooth LE (from version 4.2).

For a long time, consumers had to commit themselves to one smart home provider and its components. But now the chances for Matter are good in the smart home world, which has so far been fragmented in terms of standards. Amazon, Apple, Google, LG and Samsung are also active in the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA)[15], which has several hundred member companies and has defined Matter.

These manufacturers have already made many of their devices, from televisions to smart displays, as well as their operating systems and smart home apps, fit for Matter so that compatible switches, door locks, sensors and lamps, as well as household appliances from a wide variety of manufacturers, can be controlled via these control centres can.

Or smart sockets: a switchable WLAN socket for 15 euros is the first Matter product from accessories specialist Hama. Admittedly a simple part, but one with which almost any device can be integrated into the smart home.

There is also news from Signifiy[16], whose smart Philips Hue lights are widely used. The manufacturer is adding security cameras and a contact sensor for doors, windows or cupboards to its range, but above all has announced Matter compatibility for autumn 2023: for all Hue products via the Philips Hue Bridge[17].

Source

Dirk Averesch, dpa, Nachhaltig, innovativ und smart: 3 Trends auf der IFA 2023, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 31-08-2023; https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/messe-ifa-nachhaltig-innovativ-und-smart-3-trends-auf-der-ifa-2023-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-230831-99-26827

[1] The IFA or Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (International radio exhibition Berlin, a.k.a. 'Berlin Radio Show') is one of the oldest industrial exhibitions in Germany. Between 1924 and 1939 it was an annual event, but from 1950 it was held every other year until 2005. Since then it has become an annual event again, held in September. Today it is one of world's leading trade shows for consumer electronics and home appliances.

[2] Eleven leading consumer electronics companies founded gfu in 1973. The name of the organisation at that time was also its goal: The Society for the Promotion of Consumer Electronics in Germany. Since then, many companies in the home appliance industry have become gfu’s partners, reflecting the changes in the industry. This also prompted the company name to change to gfu Consumer & Home Electronics GmbH.

[3] Read also:= https://www.tumblr.com/earaercircular/664410703921381376/the-fairphone-4-in-practical-trial?source=share

[4] JBL is an American subsidiary audio equipment manufacturer headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. JBL serves the customer home and professional market. The professional market includes studios, installed/tour/portable sound, cars, music production, DJ, cinema markets, etc. JBL is owned by Harman International, itself a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics.

[5] Technaxx is a German manufacturer of solar / energie safing products, multimedia, security and lifestyle products as well as car accessories with its headquarters in Schöneck. We have been on the market since 2002. https://www.technaxx.de/about/

[6] Founded in 2012 in California, USA, Jackery was born with a vision to offer green energy to everyone, everywhere. In 2016, Jackery launched the world's first outdoor portable power stations and, two years later, developed the world's first portable solar panels. Having introduced solar generators to the great outdoors, Jackery fulfills the power needs of every nature-lover, inspiring them to explore further and seek more extraordinary experiences than before. We encourage global adventurers to enjoy the outdoors sustainably, working together to protect our planet and build a better future. https://www.jackery.com/pages/about-us

[7] Auracast™ broadcast audio is a new Bluetooth® capability that will deliver life-changing audio experiences. It will let you share your audio, unmute your world, and hear your best, enhancing the way you engage with others and the world around you.  https://www.bluetooth.com/auracast/?gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwusunBhCYARIsAFBsUP_0Pt_9Pff07GPpaTE0VF-SnMhtQHFVhwwxFPPngXGVa4HYk2cBdmwaAqGOEALw_wcB

[8] Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (often shortened to Dolby Labs and known simply as Dolby) is a company specializing in audio noise reduction, audio encoding/compression, spatial audio, and HDR imaging. Dolby licenses its technologies to consumer electronics manufacturers.

[9] Dolby Atmos FlexConnect delivers the flexibility to place your wireless speakers anywhere you choose, intelligently optimizing your Dolby Atmos experience for your seating location, TV, and speaker setup. https://www.dolby.com/technologies/dolby-atmos/dolby-atmos-flexconnect/#gref

[10] TCL Technology (originally an abbreviation for Telephone Communication Limited) is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Huizhou, Guangdong Province. It designs, develops, manufactures, and sells consumer products including television sets, mobile phones, air conditioners, washing machines, refrigerators, and small electrical appliances. In 2010, it was the world's 25th-largest consumer electronics producer. It became the second-largest television manufacturer by market share by 2019.

[11] Xperi Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in San Jose, California, that develops software solutions for consumer electronics and connected cars, as well as media platform solutions for video service over broadband. The company is organized into four business units: Pay-TV, Consumer Electronics, Connected Car, and Media Platform. Xperi’s brands include DTS®, HD Radio™, TiVo®, and IMAX Enhanced (an IMAX and DTS partnership). Xperi Inc. was formerly part of Xperi Holding Corporation,[2] which was itself the result of significant M&A over many years, including publicly traded firms such as DTS, Inc. and TiVo Corporation

[12] Few people will go on holiday and put a television in their suitcase. Still, there may well be a market for the LG StanbyMe Go, a television that is equipped with AirPlay 2 and is already built into a case as standard. It will be on sale in the United States from August and in Europe from September. This television is remarkable: it is a 27-inch 1080p LED touchscreen TV with a built-in battery that lasts up to three hours. There are also 20 Watt speakers. The size is a bit small, but the specs are very reasonable: the StanbyMe Go offers support for HDR10 and Dolby Vision, something you often only see with the better TVs.

[13] Samsung’s original Freestyle portable projector had a ton of promise, but it really fell apart in the execution and was severely overpriced for the hardware specs on offer. Still, the blueprint was encouraging, and it seemed like just the kind of product that Samsung could nail the second time around — or so I hoped. But back at CES in January, the company showed off a barely changed revision of the Freestyle that addressed virtually none of my quibbles with the original. It was updated with Samsung’s latest TV software, which meant owners would be able to access the Gaming Hub and various cloud gaming services from Xbox, Nvidia, and more. Samsung also demonstrated a neat “smart edge blending” trick whereby you could combine two Freestyle projectors for a massive 150-inch picture. https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/17/23835667/samsung-freestyle-gen-2-portable-projector-now-available

[14] Matter originated from the Zigbee Alliance, a protocol that users of Philips Hue lamps, for example, have been familiar with for some time. Matter allows devices to communicate with each other, regardless of who the manufacturer is. Apple, Google and Amazon have had a partnership since 2019 under the name 'CHIP'. Matter originated from this group. Matter will ensure that almost all your smart home devices work together seamlessly.

[15] The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), formerly the Zigbee Alliance, is a group of companies that maintain and publish the Zigbee and Matter standard, along with several others. The name Zigbee is a registered trademark of this group, and is not a single technical standard. The organization publishes application profiles that allow multiple OEM vendors to create interoperable products. The relationship between IEEE 802.15.4 and Zigbee is similar to that between IEEE 802.11 and the Wi-Fi Alliance.

[16] Signify N.V., formerly known as Philips Lighting N.V., is a Dutch multinational lighting corporation formed in 2016 as a result of the spin-off of the lighting division of Philips, by means of an I.P.O.[2] The company manufactures electric lights, light fixtures and control systems for consumers, professionals and the IoT. In 2018, Philips Lighting changed its name to Signify. The company still produces lights under the Philips brand.

[17] The Hue Bridge is the brain of the Philips Hue smart lighting system. You can connect up to fifty lamps and accessories with it. Plug it in and use the Hue app to set routines, timers, custom light scenes and much more.

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Top 5 Upcoming Cars in 2023

TOP 5 UPCOMING CARS IN 2023

The year 2023 is full of car launches. Coming from top brands like Suzuki and Hyundai, all are set to launch their upcoming cars. A lot of people are buying cars since the end of the pandemic. Seeing the demand, manufacturers are launching one new car after another. This launch spree is not going to stop in the coming days, with several new cars expected under Rs 20 lakhs. In today’s article, let’s talk about the top 5 Upcoming cars in 2023. Click here to check our home page.

1.    Maruti Suzuki Jimny

Maruti Suzuki holds almost 50% of the market share in the Indian car market and has sold over 10 lakh units in the financial year 2022. The company is a joint venture between Maruti Udyog and Japanese automobile manufacturers Suzuki Motors. Carmakers have been a prominent brand in the Indian car market since the early 1980s and have developed cars that cater to the requirements of almost every customer. Maruti Suzuki is known for launching affordable cars and providing their customers with exceptional after-sales services. In the next few months, Jimny will be their upcoming car, a 4×4 SUV that is already a prominent name in popular car markets such as UK and Australia. Recently at auto-expo, Suzuki unveiled its SUV. Now, Jimny is set to hit the Indian Roads. It will launch within the price bracket of 9L and 14L INR.

2.    Hyundai Next Generation Verna

Hyundai Motors has come a long way since the launch of the Santro in 1998. The carmakers held 16.30% of the market share in the Indian car market as per the records of the financial year 2022. Hyundai has 2 manufacturing plants in the country and each of them can manufacture approximately 6 lakh units every year. The carmakers have a service network of nearly 1,000 facilities. In almost 2 decades, Hyundai has managed to launch a wide range of vehicles right from entry-level hatchbacks to high-end SUVs. Some of the popular car models include the Grand i10, Verna and Creta. Now, Hyundai is expected to launch its 4th generation Verna in march 2023. As of now, Hyundai India has displayed a concept image of Verna which clearly shows its dimensions and design language. Hyundai Verna is a much-loved car among the car lovers because of its good looks as well as practicality.

3.    Mahindra 5-door Thar

Mahindra and Mahindra started off as a steel trading company in the 1940s. Shortly after India gained independence, the company ventured into the production and distribution of  MUVs and later moved to tractors and light commercial vehicles. Mahindra Motors is still the largest manufacturer of tractors in the world and is one of the leading car manufacturers in the country. At present, Mahindra has widely captured the SUV market in India which includes popular names like XUV700, Scorpio Classic, Scorpio-N, 3-door Thar, Bolero Neo and Xuv300. To add on, Mahindra is set to launch its upcoming 4×4 car, 5-door Thar which will directly rival the Suzuki Jimny. According to Mahindra, 5-door Thar will be more practical than 3-door. The car is most likely to launch with both petrol and diesel engines which are already offered in 3-door Thar

4.    Hyundai Stargazer

Hyundai has never launched an MPV in the history of the Indian market. Finally, Hyundai has decided to launch its upcoming MPV Stargazer. The car is expected to launch at the end of 2023 and will rival the segment king Suzuki Eritga and Kia Carens. Hyundai Stargazer offers a very unique design that will surely attract the customers and will be a feature-loaded car with spacious interiors.

5.    Honda HR-V

Honda Cars India Limited is the Indian subsidiary of Honda Motors that entered the Indian auto industry in 1995. At present, the carmakers have 2 manufacturing plants in the country and have the capacity to produce 60,000 to 1 lakh units a year. Currently, Honda is offering 2 popular sedans in Indian Market namely City and Amaze which are much loved by Indian Buyers. Apart from that, Honda is unable to sell its cars in good numbers plus Honda has not launched a new car in India in the last few years. Hence, Honda has finally decided to launch its upcoming Crossover SUV, HR-V in the most competitive segment of the Indian Market which will rival popular cars like Creta, Seltos, Tiagun, Kushaq, Grand Vitara and Hyryder. Honda’s engines are considered very much reliable and therefore, Honda HR-V is expected to get massive demand. The car is expected to launch in 1.5L petrol hybrid and diesel engine.

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Looking for a Commercial Bowl Chopper machine for your food processing manufacturing company. The Bowl chopper/cutter range starts with the Table Top K15 NEO Models that are available: K15neo • K30neo • K50neo • K80neo • K120neo • K135neo • K200neo. This machine has variable speed, and 3-knife heads with the option to extend to 6 knives for an additional cost. The Talsa K15 NEO runs from a 1ph electric supply. This bowl cutter can hold between 15 liters or 4-12 kg of product at a time. The K30 NEO bowl chopper cutter features 3 knives, 3 knives, and 3 F electric supplies as standard, with the option to raise the 6-knife head. Bowl cutters have a capacity of between 30 liters or 5–22 kg of soft product. The K50 NEO bowl cutter also has variable speed, but comes as standard with a 6-knife head and requires a spacer to make a 3-knife head. This bowl cutter comes as standard with slow mixing speeds in two directions, both front and back. This bowl chopper/cutter can hold between 50 liters or 7-37 kg of product at any time. The next machine from the K50 NEO is the K80 NEO bowl cutter/chopper. This bowl chopper/cutter is slightly different from the previous two bowl cutters in that it comes with variable speed control that can vary speeds from 1000 rpm to 4000 rpm in steps of 100 rpm at a time. The bowl chopper converts into a 3-knife head with spacers again with 6 knife heads. The K80 NEO Talsa Bowl Chopper comes as standard with slow knife mixing in two directions, but with the option of a motorized unloader. Advantages and Features of Bowl Chopper K15neo, K30neo.

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These Are The Top 5 Architectural Designs In Bangalore

Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka, is also India’s third most populous city. It is one of the country’s major economic and cultural centres and is home to some of the most important and iconic buildings in India. From religious temples to government buildings, Bangalore has a variety of architectural styles on display. In this blog post, we will take a look at five of the most notable examples of architecture in Bangalore.

5 Architectural Designs In Bangalore

There is an endless list of reasons why Bangalore is one of the most liveable cities in India. The city has a rich culture, diverse food options, great weather all year round, and most importantly, some of the best architectural designs in the country.

From ancient temples to modern high-rises, Bangalore has it all. And if you’re looking for some inspiration for your next home design project, here are some of the top architectural designs in Bangalore that you should check out:

1. The Bull Temple: Located in Basavanagudi, this temple is dedicated to Nandi, the sacred bull of Lord Shiva. The Bull Temple is one of the oldest temples in Bangalore, and its distinct architecture is a must-see.

2. Vidhana Soudha: This massive building is the seat of the state legislature of Karnataka. Vidhana Soudha is an excellent example of Neo-Dravidian architecture and its imposing structure is sure to leave you awestruck.

3. Lal Bagh Botanical Garden: Spread over 240 acres, Lal Bagh is one of the largest gardens in India. It was built in 1760 by Hyder Ali and features a variety of plant species from all over the world. The glass house inside Lal Bagh is also worth a visit – it was modeled after London’s Crystal Palace and was used as a venue for exhibitions and flower shows in the past.

4.Tipu Sultan’s

Why These Were Selected

Each of these buildings has been selected for its unique architectural design. These are not simply the tallest or the most expensive buildings in Bangalore, but rather a selection of some of the most interesting and innovative designs to be found in the city.

The first on our list is the Infinity Tower, which features a distinctive curved design that is said to resemble a giant question mark. This striking building is located in the heart of Bangalore’s business district and is home to a number of high-profile businesses.

Next up is The Carlton, another iconic building in Bangalore. This towering structure stands out for its hexagonal shape and its use of glass and steel to create a sleek and modern look. The Carlton is also home to a number of luxury apartments, making it one of the most desirable addresses in the city.

If you’re looking for something a little more traditional, then you’ll want to check out Vidhana Soudha, the largest legislative building in India. This massive complex is built in the Indo-Saracenic style and features an impressive central dome that dominates the skyline.

Finally, we have UB City, a mixed-use development that includes office towers, residential apartments, retail space, and even a hotel. This massive project was designed by famed architect Hafeez Contractor and features a contemporary style that sets it apart from anything else in Bangalore.

The Design Inspiration

When it comes to architecture, Bangalore has a lot to offer. From traditional Indian designs to more modern and contemporary styles, there is something for everyone in this city. And with so many different design firms and architects working in Bangalore, you’re sure to find the perfect fit for your next project.

Whether you’re looking for inspiration for a new build or a renovation, these are the top architectural designs in Bangalore that you need to see.

1. The Secret Garden by Studio Panka

This stunning home was designed by Studio Panka and is located in the heart of Bangalore. The Secret Garden is a perfect example of how traditional Indian design can be blended with more modern elements to create a truly unique space.

2. The Glass House by Doshi Levien

Located in the same neighbourhood as The Secret Garden, The Glass House is another standout home designed by a renowned firm. This time, Doshi Levien were the architects behind this incredible property that features floor-to-ceiling windows and an open-plan layout.

3. Villa Nagarjuna by Anagram Architects

If you’re looking for something a little different, Villa Nagarjuna is definitely worth checking out. Designed by Anagram Architects, this one-of-a-kind property features two separate wings connected by a sky bridge. It’s certainly an eye-catching design!

The Style and Design Influences

Bangalore, India is a bustling metropolis with a rich history and diverse culture. The city is home to many architectural wonders, from ancient temples to modern skyscrapers. The following are some of the top architectural designs in Bangalore.

The Kempegowda Tower is one of the most iconic structures in Bangalore. The tower was built in 1537 by Kempegowda, the founder of Bangalore. The tower is adorned with intricate carvings and has a unique octagonal shape. The tower stands at a height of 4 stories and is a popular tourist attraction.

The Bull Temple is another popular tourist destination in Bangalore. The temple was built in the 16th century and is dedicated to the Hindu deity Nandi. The temple features a large statue of Nandi, which is said to be one of the largest statues of the deity in India. The temple is also home to a museum which houses artifacts from the historical period when the temple was built.

The Vidhana Soudha is the seat of the state government of Karnataka. The building was constructed in 1954 and is one of the largest legislative buildings in India. The building is notable for its grandeur and imposing size. It covers an area of over 2 acres and has a capacity of over 1,000 people.

The Lalbagh Botanical Garden is one of the oldest parks in Bangalore. The park was founded in 1760 by Hyder Ali, and expanded by his son Tipu Sultan

5 More Architectural Designs In Bangalore

There are many more incredible architectural designs in Bangalore that didn’t make it onto this list. Some notable examples include the Vidhana Soudha, the city’s administrative headquarters; the Bangalore Palace, a striking example of Tudor-style architecture; and the Kempegowda International Airport, which features a beautiful rainforest atrium.

These are just a few of the incredible architectural designs that can be found in Bangalore. With so much to see and do in this vibrant city, it’s no wonder that it’s become one of the most popular tourist destinations in India.

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Top 5 recently launched High-Speed Electric 2-Wheelers

Transportation is a basic requirement of modern life, yet the traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) is fast becoming obsolete. Gasoline or diesel vehicles are highly polluting and are rapidly being replaced by fully electric vehicles. Electric Vehicles (EV) are more efficient, and this, combined with the cost of electricity, makes charging an electric vehicle cheaper than filling up on gas or diesel for your travel needs. The use of renewable energy sources can make the use of electric vehicles more environmentally friendly. Electric Vehicles have lower maintenance requirements than conventional ICE vehicles. Governments and industry players are making efforts to improve public charging infrastructure, involving private and public agencies (BEE, EESL, PGCIL, NTPC, etc.). Many private enterprises are also installing EV charging stations to develop a viable charging network and gain consumer confidence. Indian Government's policy initiatives has accelerated the adoption of e-mobility – Hon'ble Road Transport and Highways Minister, Shri Nitin Gadkari outlined recently - 5,44,643 are electric two-wheelers while 54,252 electric four-wheelers. Attractive economics and push by government has already increased the demand for EVs substantially, and the industry is set to grow to USD 150 billion by 2030, according to estimates by RevFin Services – financial technology (FinTech) digital lending platform focused at increasing EVs' adoption for under-banked & underserved. In the backdrop of the growing adoption of EVs, there is an increase traction in launches by brands; here we look at a few: Simple One: Simple is India's first affordable premium electric vehicle from Bangalore. They recently launched an electric scooter called "ONE". It has a range of 236 km on a single charge and accelerates from 0 to 40 km/h in just 2.77 seconds. The Simple Energy 'One' scooter has a practical range of about 190 km. The Simple Energy One scooter has a real-world range of around 190 kms. While the country is taking small steps towards electric mobility, Simple Energy also aims to contribute to this revolution. As they embark on this journey with the common goal of reducing our carbon footprint, Simple Energy aim to partner with like-minded people like us who can drive the electric revolution faster. Although the scooter has its own limitations and drawbacks in terms of product quality, it is today, nonetheless, the fastest and highest range of electric two-wheelers in India. Oben Rorr: Oben is a passion driven company, focusing on building something which is consumer centric. They claim a range of 200km on its first electric vehicle, a motorcycle called 'Rorr'. The Oben Rorr is equipped with a massive 4.4 kWh non-removable battery and has three driving modes: Eco, City and Havoc. The electric bike has a top speed of 70km ph. It has a neo-classical design with a round LED headlamp, an integrated LED DRL ring and a sturdy cover on top of the battery. What makes Rorr different is its performance, design and range. The Oben logo is modeled after Eagle wing, which signifies leadership. The manufacturing facility is located in Bangalore, with the annual capacity of 3 Lakh vehicles. HOP OXO: A team of passionate engineers, designers and marketers working towards a common goal of providing sustainable products and technologies in the everyday lives of ordinary people. HOP is building a next-generation New Energy Mobility ecosystem that will facilitate the transition to electric vehicles. HOP OXO with youthful and funky styling has streamlined bulb-type headlights, a curved integrated seat, and a slightly sharp body. OXO's feature list includes LCD, regenerative braking, reverse assist, kickstand sensor, smartphone connectivity, anti-theft alarm, USB charging, Bluetooth and more. It also has a 3.75kWh lithium-ion battery pack combined with a 3kW motor. Also, three driving modes: Eco, Power and Sport. HOP OXO has a range of 150 km in ECO mode, with a top speed limited to 90 km/h. The specified charging time for HOP OXO is 5 hours. The company is developing a second generation intelligent battery and exchange station. Ola S1 Pro: Ola claims to manufacture more than just electric vehicles. They are envisioning a change in mindset. It is the fundamental vision that feeds the Futurefactory. The Futurefactory is a symbol for people of a variety of experiences that gather to reach the impossible. Ola S1 Pro has a 3.97kWh battery and boasts an ARAI-certified autonomy of 181km. The electric scooter has it's four driving modes: Eco, Normal, Sport and Hyper. Ola states that the S1 Pro reaches a maximum speed of 116 km/h. In terms of functionality, you get a 7.0-inch touchscreen console with Bluetooth connectivity, browsing, music, cruise control, and more. As they rapidly expand to become world's largest all-women plant, they are also investing strategically in training and upgrading basic manufacturing expertise for more than 10,000 women. Together, they created the plan to bring about a revolution in the hearts of billions of people around the world. Ather 450X: Ather 450X has been one of the most capable electric scooters on the market for quite some time. But slowly and steadily competitors are catching up to the Bengaluru-based startup, and in terms of range numbers, many surpassed this second-generation 450X. In fact, one of the scooter's limits was the 85km "true range" figure. That was enough to get the job done, but not enough to completely defeat the range anxiety. For the 450X Gen 3, Ather offers a larger battery pack (2.9 kWh to 3.7 kWh), increasing the actual range from 85 km to 105 km. Ather 450X doesn't match the number of competitors, but it offers better customer service, build quality, and reliability than most of the competition. Read the full article

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The Neo Qube 2 supports up to an E-ATX motherboard (up to 280mm wide) and supports a lot of cooling posibilities, you have the option to install a triple (3x) 360 radiator (these can be installed Show your system how and where you want it with the NEO Qube 2 from Magnium Gear. Version, but at the front it creates an endless Digital-RGB view inside.

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The new Tizen interface feels a tad cumbersome compared to previous versions, but it's still extremely good.Īll in all, the S95B is a brilliant argument for QD-OLED TV technology. Better yet, it offers a level of brightness that we haven’t seen before on any regular OLED TV.Ĭonnectivity is superb, audio quality is pleasant enough, and Samsung has included no less than three built-in voice assistants (Bixby, Google Assistant and Alexa). It's also displays a wide selection of digital artworks on the screen when not watching TV.īut, why would you not be watching TV when the S95B serves up such phenomenal contrast, delivering the sort of immaculate, ultra deep blacks long associated with the best of the OLED world. It's incredibly thin over the vast majority of its rear – just a couple of millimetres deep. While not always the most subtle performer, the S95B QD-OLED delivers thrills aplenty. So if you like the idea of immersing yourself in a brand new TV technology, the Samsung QN65S95B is well worth considering. The Samsung S95B is one of the world’s first Quantum Dot OLED TVs (along with the excellent Sony A95K). We've not yet reviewed these versions but you'll see the latest, lowest prices below. It's also available as a 50-inch, 75-inch and 85-inch model. We tested the QN94A in its 55- and 65-inch sizes. This is a great TV and a terrific buy at this price. There’s still no Dolby Vision support (Samsung backs it's own HDR10+ format) but you’ll be getting so much from HDR10 alone that it will hardly be on your mind. Picture quality is compelling and the sound is decent enough.

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From next-generation gaming potential to a full suite of apps and services, it’s more than ready to impress. One of Samsung’s top 4K TV for 2021s, it's practically bursting with features as well as raw performance power. We’ve every reason to expect the same from the QN94A. It’s added a care with contrast that’s led to a more nuanced on-screen image, with a more solid, three-dimensional depth than ever before. The extra-fine level of lighting control that mini LED brings has put LCD’s high peak brightness to sophisticated use. Samsung’s first flush of Neo QLED TVs has been nothing short of revolutionary to date. Bigger isn't always better – if it towers over your sofa, you might want to reconsider. This is because they upscale 4K content using Samsung's processing tech, and generally do it very well. As for size, measure where you'll put your TV and see which set will suit your space best. Samsung was the first to sell 8K sets in the UK, and while there's still no 8K content available, 8K sets are worth considering. And do remember that no Samsung sets support Dolby Vision – they plump for Samsung's own format, HDR10+. 4K and HDR will improve the picture quality drastically, but only when fed compatible content, so check your source. How to choose the best Samsung TV for youīefore you lay down your cash, there are a few things to consider. From monster sets to moderately-sized models, affordable to expensive, Samsung has TVs to suit all tastes, spaces and budgets. Obviously it makes sense to shop around when buying a new TV, especially during the Prime Day 2022, but if you've previously owned a Samsung and want to stick with what you know, we're here to help.

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