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everyone got along with jaemin just fine and renjun was thankful for that. he didn't think he could date someone if his friends didn't approve. the fact that they laughed and joked with jaemin as if they've been close for years was more than anything renjun could ask for.

jeno and jaemin were laughing together for so long renjun even had to break them apart, "okay, you two have been talking all day!" renjun giggled, "it's getting late we can't stay here on the couch all day."

"watch me." haechan slouched into the couch, giving the older a challenging gaze. renjun rolled his eyes as he ignored him.

"i'll take these two home so i'll see you guys at work tomorrow." jeno stood, trying to get chenle and jisung to leave but they protested loudly. their eyes not leaving the screen in front of them.

"one more round, i told you that there were four rounds in one game!" chenle yelled. jeno glared at the younger, ready to attack but to chenle's luck, jaemin stopped him.

"you take them home everyday?"

"and pick them up, and feed them." jeno tsked.

"hey! i have to feed them too! not to mention i have to take this one to work." haechan said flicking chenle's head. jaemin just laughed enjoying the everlasting chaos. finally jisung and chenle finished their game and left with jeno after bidding their goodbyes.

"i should be leaving too. i don't wanna have to witness anything gross." renjun was about to fire back at the tanned male but he had left quickly, leaving the two lovers alone.

"and then there were two." jaemin smiled, turning to the older, "i don't think i've ever seen your apartment before." he said looking around. he was right, after taking renjun home so many times he had never actually came inside.

renjun hummed in agreement as he realized, "yeah, it is. i'm sorry it's not as amazing as yours." he chuckled. jaemin shook his head, taking renjun's hand.

"no, no, i love it. it's cozy, clean, and simple." the two boys ended up playing on jisung and chenle's game console and falling asleep on the couch. being together for so long made them forget about having work so early in the morning.

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and like expected, they were late that morning. rushing into work before johnny had noticed their absence. renjun had a lot of meetings scheduled and even an upcoming interview on tv soon. jaemin was just as busy himself so the two had no time to speak to each other. they would be so caught up with work, they didn't even notice when they would be walking past each other.

"ten, can you copy these for me?" renjun asked, the older nodded taking the stack of papers and putting them into the copy machine. "ten can't be your real name, why does everyone call you that?" ten smiled slightly at the younger's curiosity.

"there are ten letters in my real name. chittaphon." he explained, watching as renjun's mouth formed an 'o' as he attempted to spell it in his head.

"anyways, how are you and jaemin?" renjun was slightly startled by the mention of his name, especially being at work. his cheeks flushed red as he answered.

"good." he said shortly.

ten just smirked, "i heard he gets along with your friends well. haechan has a big mouth but i made sure he didn't blabber anything else to the rest of the office." ten assured. renjun was surely going to kill him when he got back into their shared office.

"thank you, ten. i don't wanna seem nosy but are seeing someone too? you're just really kind and i'm surprised you haven't picked someone up already." ten's teasing smirk never left his lips as he handed renjun the copied papers.

"why thank you, ren. and yes i am seeing someone, you actually know them quite well." the two began walking out of the copy room. as soon as the entered the hallway, they met with their boss.

"hello, renjun.., ten." johnny greeted, his face slightly reddened. the two bowed slightly, though ten continued walking pass the older to go to back to work. but not before giving renjun a hinting wink that caused renjun to instantly understand who he was referring to.

renjun had left to go back to his office, ready to slice haechan's big lips off when he saw jeno and jaemin talking by the bathrooms. they soon noticed him as the smaller boy walked towards them.

"hey, handsome." jaemin poked renjun's sides. even though he wanted to engulf renjun into a hug, he knew renjun would surely murder him considering they're in the middle of the hallway.

"hi, guys. is haechan in the office?"

"yeah, mr. seo just yelled at him for playing papa's bakeria so he's just sulking about it now." jeno informed, "why?"

renjun answered a little late due to the slight surprise of what jeno had just told him. papa's bakeria? he had to laugh, "no reason, i was just wondering where he was."

"papa's bakeria...i remember that game..." jaemin thought aloud. renjun rolled his eyes, laughing.

"i'm going back to work. don't miss me too much." the older teased before leaving. when renjun walked into the office, it was just like jeno had described. haechan sat his his desk, arms folded over his chest, pouting.

"can you believe that guy? he yelled at me as if i've never done any work here." haechan complained, renjun just gave him a knowing glance.

"okay maybe not a lot of work, but i still have handed in a few drafts to that one editor. that mark guy."

"you used to let me read your stories all the time, haechan. what happened to all of those amazing plots?" renjun asked. haechan was genuinely a good writer, he just doesn't give himself credit for it.

"nothing really, i just get stuck on a chapter or i start other stories." he shrugged. renjun smiled to himself, this was all too familiar.

"i understand completely, but i learned some really good advice." renjun murmured.

"what was it?"

"instead of writing exactly what you want, write what you feel in the flow of writing. you might even include your own thoughts a bit but that's what makes it your story."