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"i knew it!"

haechan said as he stood up abruptly. jeno and renjun didn't bother to ask haechan about it. it was their week off and they just wanted to relax.

"i told you it would be a bad idea to invite him." chenle said beside them. haechan gave the younger a glare before further explaining what he discovered. despite no one asking.

"you hung out with that guy again, the editor, even after johnny told you not to." now haechan had renjun's attention. the tanned male smirked at that.

"who told you that?"

"chenle works at that restaurant now, remember? i always pick him up." renjun facepalmed. how could he forget? haechan tsked as he sat back down.

"at least take some interest into your friends."

renjun didn't reply but the younger's words caught him off guard. he has been really busy with his work lately, and when he did have free time he spent it with jaemin. renjun felt guilt wash over him. he really hasn't payed much attention to his friends.

renjun knew he had to change things, he cared about these four idiots too much to just not do anything. standing up, renjun walked over to the door and put his shoes on, "come on," he said, grabbing his car keys.

jisung and chenle didn't even question it, they just put on their shoes and followed renjun to the door. "where are we going?" jeno questioned.

"i'm taking you guys out today. i've been so caught up with work and—"

"mr. na"

"yeah," renjun shot a glance at haechan, "i haven't spent much time with the people i love and truly care about. so let's go shopping at the mall and i'll buy you guys anything you want." renjun smiled as he watched their faces light up with excitement. all except haechan.

the mischievous male narrowed his eyes, stepping towards the older, "you think you can just use money to manipulate us? to use as affection? buy our hearts?" everyone grew quiet, looking at renjun for a reply.

"yes?"

"intellectual, let's go." haechan said, leading them out. chenle's dolphin like laughter blared throughout the hallway as jisung covered his sensitive ears.

"this is absolute chaos." jeno sighed and renjun agreed.

—

even though renjun was glad he got to spend time with his friends and make them happy. seeing how much stuff he bought for the boys and how much he had spent, he regretted his decision.

"ah, i should have just taken you guys to see a movie or something." renjun sighed, running his fingers through his bangs.

"don't worry, i'll be playing this game for a long time so your money didn't go to waste." chenle laughed.

"i'm glad we could spend time together again," jeno started and they all agreed, "just like old times."

once they arrived back to renjun's apartment, they ordered pizza and decided to choose a movie to watch.

"memoirs of a geisha!" renjun picked, the others groaning. of course it was renjun's favorite movie, but the others hated it.

"no, we watched that last time." jisung protested.

"fine, infinity war it is." renjun rolled his eyes.

the group sat silently, cuddled up on the couch, some on the floor. their eyes wide and fixated on the screen before them. renjun on the other hand, brought out his laptop and began working. the loud sound of his typing caught jisung's attention.

"can you like - be more quiet?" renjun exhaled, laughing a bit at the youngest male's cute charms. he gave him a nod though when he began working again, it was jeno who stopped him.

"you're working again?" he asked.

"yeah, i only have one more chapter to write," renjun squealed in excitement, "i only need a thousand words."

"a thousand words!" haechan was soon shushed by chenle and jisung who continued to watch the movie, "come on, renjun. it's our week off. do half of it now and do the rest at work." renjun agreed, turning back to his laptop.

renjun had written a little more than half but he was glad he got it out of the way. when he closed his laptop, he was met with two sleeping faces sprawled out on the floor.

"the babies are asleep," renjun simpered.

"m'gonna go home..." haechan yawned, rubbing his tired eyes. jeno doing the same as he watched jisung and chenle sleep peacefully.

"no, don't. you guys can just sleep here, yeah? you're all tired anyways." haechan nodded in agreement, leaning his head on renjun's shoulder once he sat down. jeno made himself comfortable lying on the couch as well, his head in haechan's lap. and that's how they fell asleep.

—

"you can't just make excuses for your blatant disregard of bureaucracy, mr. na. i told renjun to keep away from you already!"

"and i told him not to." jaemin sassed. johnny sighed, shaking his head. he could never win with this one.

"what work does he have anyways? you're always talking about the story his writing and i've seen nothing so—"

"jaemin! i—" renjun ran into the office, a stack of papers in his extended hand. he soon paused as he noticed johnny standing there. johnny glared at jaemin, after renjun's words.

"jaemin?" he asked. jaemin smirked, knowing that johnny wasn't too fond of renjun calling his manuscript editor by his first name. it seemed too casual and too close.

"that's right." he walked over to renjun, taking the stack of papers from his grasp. that smirk never leaving his lips.

"what is it, handsome?" he whispered, renjun blushing in return.

"i- uh...i finished the story." he said sheepishly. jaemin's sly smirk turned into a wide grin.

"did you?" renjun nodded as the younger flipped through the pages, "that's amazing. you see? i knew you could do it. i'll start editing immediately." he smiled, turning back to his desk. jaemin's eyes locked with johnny's. the younger's gaze almost threatening, almost like he was testing him to see what he was going to say next.

"i'm proud to see you advancing, renjun. when you do publish it, it's going to be hard to get noticed at first, but i wish you luck." johnny said shaking the smaller male's hand.

"thank you, sir!"