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"Make yourself at home" Jaemin sighed as he watched her sluggishly tread into his apartment and lazily kick off her shoes. He watched her stumble towards his living room, placing her bag and jacket against the couch before planting herself down with an impact against the cloud like sofa.

"Tired?" Jaemin asked, walking into the living room and picking up her bag and jacket before placing them neatly by the side, following his own clean freak habits which they clearly didn't share. She mumbled out a response and he smile, patting her head

"The bed is comfier" Jaemin said, trying to get her to move to the bedroom but she only groaned

"Couch smells like you" she mumbled through the strands of her hair that he pushed behind her ear

"Yeah...I wonder why" he chuckled, rolling his eyes at the fact that she made him sleep on the couch last night out of anger.

"I'm gonna make some dinner, okay?" Jaemin said, placing a blanket over her body as she slowly drifted off into sleep. He chuckled a little as he heard light snores in a matter of seconds before he walked towards his room. And like every day after work, regardless of the hour, he took a shower to relax himself from the stress of working and being up on his feet all day.

He had a pretty structured life before and after work, making sure he didn't use up too much energy on things that aren't related to work since it took up most of his life anyway. Inviting a girl who takes up his clean and organised space was not something he did regularly yet in this case it somewhat didn't matter anymore. He smiled as he placed a new toothbrush for her next to his new one as well. His was the pink one of course—he was ready to fight with her for that one.

He sluggishly walked back out to his kitchen, trying to do his tasks of cutting vegetables and meat while simultaneously trying to not wake up the girl on his couch that still seemed far from all levels of consciousness. And to his surprise, he would himself happy enough to cook with the soundtrack of her lazy snores and light mumbles instead of his radio blasting an Ariana Grande album. It was all new to him, but not at all either.

Areum felt her eyes slowly open as the scent of freshly cooked meat invaded her senses, She honestly couldn't remember the last time she had smelled such a healthy and hearty meal. She sat up slowly while her eyes still squinted, looking over to Jaemin who hummed lightly as he set down cutlery and bowls for serving. Almost as if he knew she was awake, he turned around with a smile to greet her.

"Hey, I was just gonna wake you up. You hungry?" He asked and she practically melted at a sight infront of her, seeing two places set by the table while moved around the kitchen to plate the food.

"How do you even have the energy to make this?" She asked as she stood to her feet slowly and approached him

"Coffee. Which you clearly need right now" Jaemin chuckled, holding up a fresh cup of coffee for her and she groaned

"I hate the taste of your coffee" she said and he knowingly smiled, placing the cup into her hands

"That's why I got the lighter roast" he said, planting a light kiss against her temple. She raised her eyebrows in surprise as she looked past his body to see two jars of coffee grounds by the counter.

"Thanks...for that" she said with a light chuckle, placing an arm around his neck before he could go back to arranging their dinner

"You know, doing all this won't stop me from using your toothbrush" she said, hearing him lightly chuckle as she walked past him to go freshen up. She stood by the sink of his bathroom purely amazed at the blue toothbrush still in its plastic wrapping

"Fair play Jaem" she whispered with an amused chuckle before brushing her teeth and rinsing her face with some water.

"Better not have used my brush" Jaemin said with a playfully warning tone as she joined by back by the dining table and she giggled like a little girl, too caught up by how romantic the setting looked all of sudden with the golden hues of the sun spreading into his apartment while a single candle was lit at the table.

"Okay...I might actually move in now" she said as her mouth watered for the steak that was perfectly cooked in front of her. Jaemin sat across from her with a proud smile, acting as if making his house appealing to him wasn't even what he was attempting.

"This looks really good" she said with dreamy eyes and he let out a pretty laugh that sounded like music to her ears until the loud beeping of a pager caught the two off guard. Their smiles fell immediately as they turned towards the sound that emitted from their jackets that slung against the neck of the couch

"Rookie mistake, keeping your pager on while you're off" Jaemin said and she groaned, pushing her chair out before digging through the jacket to find her beeper which was surprisingly turned off.

"Rookie mistake" she teased, going through his jacket instead to find the little beeping machine

"You can't be serious" Jaemin said with a sigh, running a hand through his hair as he stood up to his feet

"Room 402...isn't that the VIP wards?" She asked innocently, watching his eyebrows furrow as he approached her quickly, grabbing it out of her hands to take a look for himself

"New patient?" She asked, crying to crack his now serious exterior and he cleared his throat before tucking his pager into his sweatpants, reaching for his jacket

"I have to go, it's important" Jaemin said quickly, slinging the material onto his arms and shoulders.

"What—but you haven't eaten anything!" She said, eyes widening with light worry, grazing over his tired eyes and expression

"I'll grab something at the hospital" he said, rushing to grab his belongings and slipping on his shoes while she tailed him

"Do you want me to drive—"

"No thanks, I don't need any more scratches" he said with a light chuckle to ease her worrisome attitude and he smiled before reaching for the door handle

"I'll be fine. Get some rest" Jaemin said quickly, planting a small peck onto her temple before leaving her frozen in place while he rushed to the hospital at the sudden and unforeseen message.

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