Limitless (NCT one shots)

My sweet librarian (Renyang)

"Good morning beautiful, a cup of sweet coffee for my sweet librarian." Renjun rolls his eyes as his nemesis flirts yet again.
"Good morning Yanyang, thank you for the coffee but you really didn't have to." He says trying to sound polite but this man's excessive flirting really annoys him.
"I'm trying to win your love." He says sweetly.
"With coffee?" Renjun asks with a giggle.
"Coffee is the first step in my master plan, and look I got you to laugh today." Renjun frowns.
"Sorry Yangyang, but maybe you should just give up?" He shakes his head no.
"I don't give up, now you have a wonderful day while I go to class."

Renjun sighs before taking a sip of the gifted coffee. He would never want to admit that it's perfect every time, Yangyang is already too full of himself. He goes about his day by first putting away books dropped in the over night bin. He usually doesn't get students until around nine AM so he uses this time every day to tidy up. He dusts a different shelf of books every morning until he's back to the first one and does it all over again. Renjun loves his job, while his parents wanted him to be a successful doctor or something else that pays well, he wanted a quiet life.

When the first class of the day comes in he smiles nicely at the group. Of course it is a bunch of pre-teen angst filled children, but who isn't at that age? Their teacher Kim Doyoung walks in and smiles as he walks over to visit.
"So did you get a visit from him again?" Renjun rolls his eyes.
"Yes, he's so annoying." He says with a sigh.
"Maybe he genuinely likes you? Maybe you should flirt back?" Renjun gasps.
"Absolutely not. First of all I am not attracted to people who flirt like that. Second of all I would never reciprocate. But mostly if someone likes me they should just offer nice gestures and be friendly, then eventually tell me they like me and ask me out." He says firmly to which the older laughs.
"I like the fact that you have standards but not everyone is able to express themselves that way. Besides, you must be dying for some release? It's been what? A year since you've last had sex?" Renjun slaps his arm.
"You don't need to tell everyone." Doyoung laughs again.
"Maybe just try to have an open mind, maybe you'll see something you haven't before. Maybe you could find him to be a nice, and even interesting person." Renjun scoffs.
"Doubtful, but for your sake I'll try." Doyoung pats his shoulder.
"That's all I ask."

After his long day he only has one class left and this one belongs to the English/German teacher, who happens to also be the flirt himself. He sighs as he sees him walk through the door but figures he will take Doyoung's advice and try. He continues to go through books that the last class returned as the new ones drop theirs in the slot. A lot of people think being a librarian is boring but he actually keeps busy all day and when he does get a quiet moment, he reads.

"How has your day been pretty boy?" Renjun cringes and tightens his fist.
"Ok, that's it. I was going to try to give you a chance but I can't fucking take it. I'm not interested, I never will be interested so please just leave me alone." He sees hurt flash across his eyes and for only a split second, feels bad. Yangyang nods.
"Sorry, I'll leave you alone." He says before walking away.
Renjun turns and goes on with his work, ignoring the nagging feeling in his gut, telling him he should feel bad.

As he walks through the door of his apartment his heart sinks. It always does. He's lonely. He doesn't really know what he's looking for in a man but he's sure it isn't someone like Yangyang. He wants someone quiet, more reserved like Doyoung, but not him because they are friends and that would be weird.
He takes a shower and slips on his comfy sweats before deciding what to make for dinner. Afterwards he washes his dishes and makes a cup of tea. He watches a little tv then heads off to bed.

This is his routine for the next few weeks, only now he's feeling a little weird because he thinks he actually misses Yangyang and his silly flirtatious conversations. He decides today to be the bigger man and apologize for what he said.
"Yangyang?" He says getting his attention from one of his students.
"Do you have a minute?" He sighs.
"Yeah, just give me a second?" Renjun nods and goes back to his desk and nervously straightens it up.
He sees him walking up out of the corner of his eye and takes a deep breath.