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"nice to see you again."
namjoon nodded with no verbal response. wow what a blunt hoe. i assumed it was because he was tired since he had only landed in korea yesterday but this way too quiet for namjoon. he would normally insist on going somewhere to take pictures or even ask for any of my concept ideas but here we were in silence with the only sound being the creaking floorboards.
there was a sudden knock on the workshop door before someone walked in. i turned my head to witness a smiling mitsu enter. i chewed the inside of my cheek as i looked at her, not even understanding why she was here. namjoon explained that she was only in simple use for the japan tour but that was clearly not the case.
"i haven't seen you in ages areum! i have to apologise about last time too. i wasn't really thinking straight about what i was saying but i've gotten better at taking pictures."
"oh it's okay. no hard feelings." i pretended to laugh along as she proceeded to take a seat next to me.
"mitsu is it okay if you could please excuse us for a while? you can wait in my office." i smiled before she nodded and made her way out.
"what the heck is she doing here?" i whispered as soon as she left.
"okay okay i'm sorry but she somehow magically got really good at taking pictures and the company was like oh she's great and now they're having both of you on like some sort of trial for who's the better one and taehyung sort of has a thing for her." namjoon blurted out.
"there is no way i'm getting fired again and you said it yourself when i first joined that this has nothing to do with your company. you started it with your own contract so just tell your company that and i had a thing for taehyung first." i whined. mitsu was really out here about to snatch tae away from me and that was the last straw.
"hey it's not my fault. i'd pick you over her any day but when bang pd speaks he speaks. he said she has an alternative style to you and stop mentioning taehyung. you two will never happen." he glared at me whilst shaking his head before looking down at his phone again.
as if things couldn't get any worse. "you're the one who always makes me take the same types of pictures. just open a tumblr account if you really want to be overly aesthetic."
namjoon sighed back. it seemed as if he was getting pissed which made zero sense since i should clearly be the one who's angry right now. i mean i am on the verge of being fired and being replaced by someone who couldn't even adjust the tripod a month ago.
"lady do you wanna fight or some shit. i told you that i'm sorry."
namjoon was being incredibly rude for someone who he should feel sorry towards and the fact i had to sit in this tense atmosphere was too much for me. i grabbed my purse and got up to leave. i didn't want to be near namjoon the slightest bit. i felt ignored throughout the months he was gone and he only came back to be like this.
mitsu entered the room shortly after. her ass couldn't even stand the thought of namjoon being with a presence that's not hers for more than five minutes
"namjoon why do you have a folder with pictures of areum in your computer?" she giggled.
i suddenly stopped struggling with my purse zipper as it opened so soon when i heard what she said. obviously, mitsu would bring up something as irrelevant as that in a moment like this.
namjoon rose from his seat and began shaking his head frantically. "no i don't. what do you mean? i told you not to go on my computer." he whispered the last part but this wasn't something that i wasn't aware of so i couldn't even act surprised.
"you also have one with naked girls though."
"wait you have pictures of me in a folder?"acting areum was now officially in place.
"why would i have random pictures of you?" he wheezed into fake laughter. what a lame boy.
"it's because you like me namjoon. i know you like me. i wish you would be more straight up with me so please talk to me when you finally grow some balls."
