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jaemin was livid. he had tried to conceal his anger as best as he could when he assured renjun that everything was going to be fine. he just wanted him to focus on his writing and not stress himself out worrying about  that. as soon as jaemin finished his work with the fourth floor, he went straight to johnny's office. without even knocking, he opened the door.

"jaemin?"

"listen to me, don't say anymore nonsense to my client ever again. as an upcoming writer, they face enough stress and you're making it worse and causing a distraction." jaemin hovered over johnny's desk.

"what are you talking about, jaemin? please understand that—"

"i understand you care about our image, mr.seo. it is important but so are our workers. i notice that what you said to my client, affected him which can affect his work. keep this up, no one is going to be getting anything done. our company will be seen as cold hearted upperclassmen whose workers do a half ass job," johnny blinked, "if that's the image you're striving for. keep it up, because you're doing a great job."

to say the least, jaemin was pretty proud of himself for what he said to johnny. not only that, but he did it for renjun. glancing at the time, jaemin walked down to the fourth floor and just as he had guessed, renjun was on his way out.

"hello, renjun." jaemin said, watching the older boy bow before him.

"hello, sir. what are you doing here?" he asked. jaemin followed renjun into the elevator.

"i wanted to give you a ride home and tell you that i handled the situation." jaemin explained, expecting to see the older relax but he did the complete opposite.

"what? why would you do that? he's only gonna pester me more! how can you risk your job like—" the elevator stopped, ringing out loudly. renjun hushed himself as they entered the first floor since there were people at the front desk as well as people in the waiting areas.

"renjun i didn't talk about you specifically. i didn't say you were complaining or anything like that. i told him to watch his words or else it will affect the whole company. it'll stress them out and it will show in their work and that will be our new image." jaemin explained as briefly as he could. renjun nodded slowly.

"i appreciate you looking out for me, jaemin." renjun smiled softly. jaemin returned the smile, relieved he was able to get through to the other male. the two walked out to jaemin's car and relaxed during the ride to renjun's apartment complex. just as renjun got out, jaemin rolled down his window.

"hey," he said causing the other to turn around, "wear something nice. i'll pick you up at seven." jaemin pulled off before renjun could react. when he looked at the time, he panicked as he went inside. five thirty? he needed to pick his outfit.

—

"where are we going?"

"don't worry, i'm not taking you to the middle of nowhere to murder you or anything." jaemin chuckled but renjun just glanced at him, "what?"

"that was oddly specific." jaemin began to protest against the older as renjun laughed.

"i'm kidding, i'm kidding." he said. he found it hilarious at how worked up jaemin got whenever it seemed like he was doing something that wouldn't have a good outcome for the other. not only was his reaction funny, but it made renjun feel warm.

"am i dressed too casually?" renjun asked as they walked up to the restaurant. jaemin shook his head, used to renjun panicking over things like this.

"you're perfect. you look as handsome as always." jaemin complimented, smirking when he noticed the other's face heating up. the two were seated and they ordered there food. renjun scanned the place, enjoying it's ambience.

"thank you for bringing me here." he said, jaemin hummed. shortly after, their food arrived and they began cooking in the small stove. the only thing that could be heard from their table was the sizzling from the meat.

the sound covered up the comfortable silence. after renjun stole some meat straight off the stove, jaemin leaned in. the older male froze, as he inched closer. reaching his napkin up to his face before wiping it.

"there," jaemin grinned, "all gone."

it took renjun a while to come back from his daze when he did, he laughed at how cute jaemin's response was.

"already making cliche romance moves on me, huh?"

"confident are we? you sound disappointed, but your smile says otherwise." jaemin replied. renjun just giggled. he knew all of this was wrong and johnny would be beyond mad if he saw the two males hanging out yet again.

but jaemin was not only motivating renjun, but making him happy. and because of that, nothing and no one else mattered to the older male whenever the two would laugh, tell stories, and eat amazing food during evenings like these. renjun loved it.