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"what do you know? are you apart of this too?"

"apart of what? you two are suspiciously creeping around, we've all noticed by now. and just to find out why the guy was hired?" jaemin chuckled, shaking his head in disbelief. renjun's face flushed red in embarrassment. he didn't appreciate the younger laughing at him as if he was stupid.

"just stay out of the way, jaemin." renjun turned around and continued to walk to johnny's office. ten was tempted to tell jaemin off too, but he knew it was best for him to stay out of it.

jaemin obviously knew what they were looking for, so he asked lucas himself. and the reasoning behind jungwoo joining the company again was completely unexpected and unfortunate. it was none of renjun's business either so it didn't make sense as to why the older was so eager to find out.

renjun on the other hand wanted to figure this out because he suspected jeno was trying to sabotage him yet again. meeting up with jungwoo, someone that doesn't get along with many people here, and suddenly he's hired? he was doing this for his own sanity and concern. what if he was trying to get renjun fired?

"come on, i'm tired of waiting for answers." ten said as he barge into johnny's office. the two froze when they saw two other men in the room with him. renjun hadn't recognized either of them, but by the looks of ten's face, it wasn't good. "m-mr. qian...mr. jung..." ten gulped, forcing a smile onto his face.

"just as i suspected." mr. jung gave johnny a glance. "why are you two running around like this? don't you have an interview soon?" he motioned to renjun who nodded nervously.

"we were just...um.."

"it's about jungwoo, is it not?" mr. qian spoke up. johnny just buried his face in his hand that was resting in his lap. now before things got any worse, ten had to take a deep breath and answer the men before him, so they didn't get into anymore trouble.

"not necessarily, mr. qian. it's about jeno, the one who quit." mr. jung and mr. qian looked to each other for an answer but got nothing.

"so we're missing something. something obviously happened that you aren't telling me, and it's  causing these two to get into our business." mr. jung said to johnny. before johnny could reply, the situation just had to get worse. "oh, thank you for bringing him up, mr. wong."

everyone turned their attention to the door and watched as both jungwoo and lucas entered. and just by looking at who was in the room, lucas started to panic. "you can stay here too." mr. jung said to him. jungwoo stepped forward and stood next to ten and renjun, lucas stayed close to the door. "did you know they wanted to know why you were hired?"

jungwoo nodded, "after a while, i figured that's why they kept questioning me." not only was mr. jung and mr. qian confused, but johnny was too. why would ten, out of all people, be questioning jungwoo?

"questioning you? kun, johnny? did you know about this?" the two males shook their heads. "why did jeno quit so suddenly, hm?" everyone was too afraid to speak up. all except for jungwoo.

"he felt terrible for ruining his friendship with renjun. that's all." everyone was surprised by the fact that jungwoo didn't tell him the details about the situation.

"kun? you hired jungwoo back, yes?" kun nodded, "why? aren't you in a relationship with lucas?" now jungwoo was nervous.

"jaehyun, can we please discuss this alone? just the three of us? it's no one else's business as to why jungwoo was hired." johnny said taking jungwoo's side. kun nodded in agreement so jaehyun gave in. lucas and jungwoo both visibly relaxed as the tension was slightly lifted. though, ten looked as if he was about to explode.

"you knew why jungwoo was hired?" he asked through gritted teeth, johnny shuttered. from the look ten was giving him, he knew he was sleeping on the couch tonight. "johnny seo, you lied to me!"

"so what? it's not your business anyways." jungwoo said. and that sent ten over the roof. he turned to the orange haired male beside him and raised his fist. renjun couldn't even process what was happening with all the commotion that was going on. but he did see the door open revealing jaemin, who soon left after he saw what was going on.

lucas and johnny jumped out of their seats, rushing to stop ten from hitting jungwoo. there was yelling and arguing in the midst of lucas holding jungwoo back, johnny doing the same for ten.

"don't touch me, idiot!" ten shrugged johnny off of him. and johnny knew better than to not listen to ten. especially now, so he stepped away from the male. lucas still stayed in the middle, using all of his strength to hold jungwoo away from ten. ten looked around at everyone, breathing heavily.

no one said a word. jaehyun and kun just watched the scene unfold, standing too, just in case it got worse. renjun, lucas, and johnny just stared, wide eyed, waiting for ten's next move. ten would be lying if he said he wasn't embarrassed. so after thinking long and hard, he sighed as he came to a conclusion.

"ten, what are you doing?" renjun asked as he watched ten pull off his lanyard and slam it on johnny's desk.

"i quit."and just like before, no one could find the right words to say. they were completely shocked but they didn't want to say anything that would make ten mad even more. the aforementioned stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind him. renjun gave johnny a disappointed look before he chased after the older.

"ten! wait!" ten wasn't running but his pace was hard for the smaller male to match. he finally caught up to him as he jogged, making their way down the stairs. "why would you quit? after all it took to get you here?" ten turned to younger, his eyes glossy but not yet filled with tears. the situation was all too familiar to renjun. but this time, the roles were reversed.