엔하. imagines!

stuck in denial; kim sunoo

title: stuck in denial

genre: fluff, roommates to lovers!au, fake dating!au, idiots to lovers!au 

pairings: sunoo <33 reader

word count: 3.5k

warnings: mayhaps some cussing, and alotta scene changes too,,

a/n: reposted from my enha writing acc @faeriesun00 on insta !! will edit these when i feel like it :pp

[i.]

As much as you want to deny it, your brain is composed of mainly two things: ice-cream and Kim Sunoo. 

But in the current predicament that you are in, you find yourself wondering how your brain wired itself that way. I mean, minus the ice-cream part; how could you simp for a guy who is Kim Sunoo? Totally not simp-worthy material.

If only you weren't lying to yourself, you thought. 

"Okay, Sunoo, I think we need to take a break," Sunghoon advises in a deadpan tone. 

You look back to the boy across from you attempting to toss his the ice-cream up in the air for the hundredth time only to make it face plant into the floor once again. 

But the boy doesn't stop, and scoops out another mint choco ice-cream and tosses it into the air, only for you to catch it in his stead. Yep, you definitely enjoy teasing him. 

Sunoo looks back at you with a crestfallen expression, and grabs the cup in your hand, only for him to take another bite. "I almost had it."

"Well, you didn't." You retort with a grin, then you snatch his ice-cream scoops and dunk them into water. "Almost half of the mint choco ice-cream has either ended up on the floor or in your stomach, you can try again tomorrow." 

Sunghoon takes a peek at the mint-choco container, then sighs. "We need to make another batch." 

During morning shifts, you barely experience a work rush as people seem to prefer having a nice warm coffee over brain freeze, which is understandable. So the rest of you pass the time by trying out ice-cream tricks or packaging some cakes.

Since Sunoo was still a rookie, both of you gave him the benefit of the doubt. But honestly, the man eats more ice-cream than he works, so you are completely stumped on how he got hired. But if it gives you an opportunity to tease him and to look at him all day, then it's a chance that you wouldn't dare turn down. 

"Sunoo, can you please get one cake from the blast chiller? We have a cake that's due today." You command while preparing the chocolate ganache and shavings on the counter. Sunoo quickly rushes to give you the cake and stays by your side to watch you pour the chocolate ganache. His mouth is probably drooling just from the sight of it. 

While he is closely watching, you feel your hands shaking at the proximity of his breath on your arm. Curse your hands, if you could've just stayed still for a moment. 

The boy takes a tiny mouthful of the chocolate shavings after getting consent from you, which isn't even consent because he basically begged you with puppy dog eyes, which softened your eye for judgment. Curse you again for being soft. 

Then, after piping the frosting and the decoration, all that's left to do is the writing. Which you are not the best at. You pull Sunghoon along with you and push the piping bag into his hands. 

Sunoo is by the machines, for now, making new batches of the mint choco ice-cream that he's wasted. You idly watch your coworker perfectly pipe out the letters onto the cake that you previously decorated.