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"i understand why he didn't tell me since it isn't my business, but he embarrassed me in front of jungwoo!" ten practically growled, feeling himself get angry all over again. renjun just shook his head, unable to process anything.

"i get it, but you have to see johnny's side of it too. i mean, i bet he's been facing a lot of pressure lately." ten scoffed, rolling his eyes

"i don't want to be here if jungwoo is going to be here and that's just it," ten said, "you can tell johnny to have fun finding a place to sleep tonight because he's not sleeping with me." ten was stern and determined with his words. renjun just watched as ten stormed down the rest of the stairs. mostly likely going to his office to pack up his things.

as renjun stood in the middle of the staircase, his mind filled with many thoughts, he remembered what johnny had said before. he had said he didn't know why jungwoo was hired at all, so why did he know now? jaehyun didn't even know why either, only kun. johnny said that kun didn't tell him, so that only leaves a couple of people. lucas, jungwoo, and jaemin. those were the people that renjun knew that were aware of the whole jungwoo situation. so to tame his wild thoughts, renjun went straight to jaemin's office.

"renjun?" jaemin was shocked to see renjun in his office, especially when there was no scheduled meeting. he wasn't complaining though, he loved his presence anyways.

"jaemin, you know why jungwoo was hired?" renjun asked as he closed the door. jaemin sighed, of course renjun wanted to know that.

"why are you so concerned with him?"

"just answer the question!"

"yes! i do know why he was hired. now answer mine." jaemin's voice was hard and deep now. renjun got chills by just listening to it. jaemin had never raised his voice like that to him, or to anyone.

"he's...he's been talking to jeno a lot lately. he joined the department because jeno quit. doesn't that sound suspicious to you?" jaemin was silent for a moment. even though he was fully aware of why jungwoo was there, he never heard about any of that.

"how can you be so sure?"

"jungwoo told me." jaemin's eyes were wide. that did sound suspicious, but it couldn't have been bad if jungwoo told him so easily. i mean, there's no reason for jungwoo and jeno to plot against renjun.

"if he told you, i doubt they're plotting anything."

"but he said—" renjun paused, remembering what jungwoo had said in the office earlier. 'he felt terrible for ruining his friendship with renjun. that's all.' renjun couldn't believe that, his mind just wouldn't wrap around that fact. it was simple and easy to understand but, renjun couldn't help but be suspicious.

"i think you should think about jeno now. you've known him the longest, so you would know him best. from how he thinks and how he copes with situations." jaemin stood up and walked towards the older, "if want answers, go to the source. it's not my place to tell you jungwoo's business." jaemin was now inches away from the smaller male's face, looking down at him. renjun met his gaze and they stayed like that until jaemin turned back to his seat. he knew if he stayed so close to his lips like that, his body would betray him.

without looking back, renjun quickly left the office. his face flushed after his close encounter with him. as soon as he exited the office, he met with haechan was coming out of mr. lee's office next door. "what are you doing in jaemin's office?" haechan's jaw dropped as he ran over to renjun, scanning his face. renjun pushed him back as he tried to get by him.

"nothing, haechan. i could ask you the same thing."

"you're blushing!— ouch!" haechan gripped his arm tightly after renjun punched him, hard. "okay, okay! jeez...i was gonna ask you if you wanted to hangout later." after all this mess at work, renjun needed to decompress so he agreed.

—

haechan had dragged renjun around for hours now. they went from the mall, small thrift stores, and to a record store. now the two walked through the busy streets of seoul, their hands full of bags while they munched on some food they grabbed after their shopping spree.

"hey, i don't remember this being here." haechan pointed to the club that they were approaching.

"me neither. it's probably new." haechan gave renjun a smirk that he knew all too well, "absolutely not."

"come on, it'll be fun! plus a drink would help relax you a little bit." haechan tried to be as convincing as possible but renjun just rolled his eyes. the tanned male sighed, he didn't want to do this but renjun left him with no other choice.

"please, come to the club with me! i won't make fun of you anymore if you do! i'm begging you." haechan cried out dramatically as he dropped to his knees. he faked out some more cries as he gripped onto renjun's legs, earning weird stares from those walking by them.

"okay, okay! just get up and shut up already!" renjun practically growled, pulling haechan up to his feet. immediately the younger stood, brushing the dirt off of his knees. his expression going back to normal as if he didn't just cause a scene.

"alright, loser. let's drop these bags off at home and come back in an hour."

the pair did just that. they brought their bags home and freshened themselves up a bit. renjun began to regret agreeing to go with the younger since he wasn't a fan of clubbing or any sort of parties in general. it was literally just being surrounded by horny and drunk people in the dark.

"you ready to go?" haechan asked, renjun shook his head. "well you can't go out looking like that." renjun looked down at his clothes. a white supreme t-shirt and black sweat pants might have been little too casual for the club but renjun didn't even want to go in the first place.

"what else should i wear?"

and that's how renjun ended up wearing black skinny jeans, a low necked t-shirt, and a black jacket that sparkled when the light hit it. renjun didn't think it was much different than what he was wearing before, but haechan couldn't stop staring at his work. "now you're ready." he grinned. not only did haechan choose renjun's outfit, but he dyed his hair.

"don't you think this is a bit much for the club? i mean it's just one night." renjun shrugged, looking at his now platinum blonde hair that slowly merged into a rich purple color. it was nice but he thought it was bit over the top.

"no way! you look amazing plus you'll feel good with this new look after everything that's been going on."