𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘 | 𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐌𝐈𝐍

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after that morning, renjun just wanted to go home. and to his luck, he worked a later shift. a few coworkers lingered around the office as well, but other than that it was empty. jeno and haechan were long gone so renjun had their office to himself.

taking jaemin's advice into consideration, renjun decided to finish one of the stories he had trashed before. so far, he was pretty proud of himself for what he had written. of course he had a few typos here and there, but to correct them was far too much work for him at the moment. why he was suddenly able to write smoothly was beyond him. maybe it was because jeno and haechan were gone.

bringing the male back to reality, someone knocked on his office door before opening it. it was johnny. "renjun? i'm surprised to see you're here so late."

"huh? i work a later shift today." renjun said looking at the time. eleven o'clock!? renjun gasped. how did he even sit there for that long?

"yes you do, but your shift ended at nine thirty. no worries though, im glad to see you're working. we're shutting down the office soon so wrap it up." johnny said as renjun nodded. once he left, renjun printed out what he had typed up before stapling the papers together. collecting his things as usual, renjun left alone this time.

it seemed that renjun and johnny had been the only two left inside the building considering the cold silence. the loud dinging sound from the elevator rang throughout the first floor as renjun stepped off, making his way to the front. just as he was about to push open the glass doors, he was stopped.

"renjun?" the male turned around and his eyes met with his editor.

"mr. na," he bowed.

"it's alright, call me jaemin. you're older anyways." jaemin said as the two left the dimly lit building.

"what are you doing here so late?" renjun asked. he wasn't too keen on the idea of fraternizing at the moment, considering his exhaustion. though he wanted to be polite.

"i could ask you the same question. i've just been making a few edits to some more scripts." renjun hummed at his answer.

"i've been working as well. on that story you wanted me to finish." renjun saw jaemin smile slightly as they walked.

"how's it going?"

"really well, actually. your advice really helped." renjun replied. the younger's smile only widened as he nodded. renjun couldn't help but stare for little bit before going back to staring at the sidewalk a head of them.

"you live nearby?" jaemin started.

the two continued to talk about miscellaneous things as jaemin walked renjun home. renjun wasn't sure if that was his intention in the first place but whatever the reason, it was yet another kind gesture.

"thank you for walking me here. especially since it's so late."

"of course, i don't mind it. that was a pretty long walk though, i can always give you a ride to work if you need." jaemin offered, looking the older in his eyes. renjun tried to hide his embarrassment as he responded.

"that..that would be nice, thank you.." the two males exchanged numbers, bid their goodbyes, and went their separate ways. jaemin continuing along the sidewalk while renjun went inside his apartment. he decided to take a shower since it was almost midnight and he didn't hesitate to curl up into his bed to go to sleep.

—

it was saturday afternoon. renjun had woken up not too long before, feeling refreshed. he was finally able to get in some more hours of sleep. even though they weren't invited, haechan had shown up with jisung, jeno, and chenle. who were now playing video games on his tv. suddenly renjun's house phone rang loudly from the kitchen, silencing everyone.

"sorry about that, ill be back." renjun left the boys to play.

"hello?" renjun answered, bringing the telephone up to his ear.

"hello, renjun." a deep yet charming voice replied softly.

"oh, jaemin! how are you?"

"i'm doing well, thank you. i was wondering if you wanted to go to one of my work events tomorrow? it's for the editors but we're able to bring another person. i figured you might be interested in some of the things we discuss." jaemin explained, hopefully waiting for the older to reply.

"i'd love to. i really appreciate the invite," renjun said smiling, "okay, see you then. bye." renjun turned around, instantly bumping into someone's chest as he did so.

"jaemin? as in na jaemin?" haechan asked nosily.

"shut your mouth, idiot. what do you know?" renjun rolled his eyes, making his way back to the living room with haechan following close behind.

"that's the name of one of the editors who work on the eighth floor."

"what happened?" jeno asked. chenle and jisung continued yelling and chanting despite what was going on beside them.

"renjuns got a date with our manuscript editor." haechan teased, jeno's mouth formed an 'o' as he looked at renjun for confirmation.

"it's not like that at all. he's inviting me to an event for the editors to attend. so it's obviously for work purposes only."

"it's obviously for work purposes only." haechan mocked childishly.

"must be nice..." jeno thought aloud, "i hope you enjoy yourselves."

"thank you, jeno." renjun said glaring at the tanned male across from him.

"it's not that i don't believe you. it's just that it seems a little sus."

"can we order pizza or something?"

"yeah, i'm hungry." the two high schoolers continued to beg until haechan gave in.

"yeah, sure. i'll go feed these younger idiots so i'll see you later, ren. jeno, you coming?" jeno looked to renjun as if he was asking if he wanted him to stay there with him, but renjun just shook his head and waved him off.

"you guys be safe, okay? don't come back without those two, again." renjun said referring to chenle and jisung. just as the door closed, renjun sighed to himself. this was going to be a long weekend.