Hello (IZ*ONE Yena x M!Reader)

Chapter 45

The next day...

The days continue but the relationship between Yena and Y/N is only sour in the eyes of others. It feels like they're just a kilometer apart even though they're always close to each other.

Ever since Yena confessed to him, there has been some gap spaced between them, and it all was pushed by Y/N himself, who wish to put some distance between them.

'I can't make the same mistake again. My heart wouldn't be able to take it.' He thinks deeply as he tries to focus on his work.

While he is in his train of thoughts, Yena approached him with a cup of coffee she initiatively prepared for him.

With a mind filled with contemplation and avoidance, he scurried through the papers and time and walked away from the girl.

"Sir, I brought you your coffee-"

"Leave it on my table. I have something important to do." He briskly walked through the door and corridor to anywhere away from where she stood.

Yena just stood there with a bitter and forced smile upon receiving a cold treatment from Y/N.

"Calm down, Yena-ya. It's bound to happen anyway. It's alright." She said to herself before walking back to the office.

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He returned to his office after he had his mind cleared out after a while. Yena is not dumb enough to just ignore the fact that Y/N is ignoring her. She excitedly rushed to his desk with a paper in hand to hand to him.

"I have the report you asked me to sort, sir." She handed the piece of paper.

He examined it closely, but only briefly before returning it to her.

"I don't need to read everything, and I can already see typos from the first few lines." He scolded her.

"Fix it. Now."

His eyes turn cold, and his words are loud, perhaps his lecture was too severe for a clumsy mistake.

The rest of the employees could only watch her returning to her seat with her head kept low in pity.

The hours keep passing by, and the further they get through the clock, the busier it seems everyone is.

Yena noticed how Y/N has been yawning more than usual and that his coffee cup is empty. She took the initiative to leave the office and brew another one for him.

'I hope this will do...' She prays as she brings the coffee to where her boss sits.

"I made your favorite, sir." She presented the coffee by the side of his table, somewhere distant from his working area.

Y/N averts his eyes away from her, who is busy preparing his coffee. While taking glimpses of her delicate fingers fiddle with the cups, he realized he might've done it a little too far again.

"Have a drink, sir. Don't fall asleep, okay?" She giggled brightly. He blushed a soft red tint and hid it.

"Thank you. Continue your work."

"Alright, sir." Yena goes back to her seat and smiled at him one more time before continuing her work.

Y/N almost smiled back until a sudden realization hits him. He takes a piece of paper and crumples it as he tried hard to not have feelings for her.

Seonghyeon who was looking at them from his seat could only shake his head and let out a sigh.

"Ah that paper is precious. Why you gotta waste it like that? Poor tree." Seonghyeon continued typing on his laptop and filling out the spreadsheet.