"I'm telling you, honey. There's a possibility!" Jeno chuckles at her, opening the upper cabinet to search for the coffee sachets.

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Lia."

"Here we go again," the ravenette lady sighs in exaggerated despair, rolling her dark orbs at her colleague.

"Come on, have some hope! Lighten up a little, will you?" She whines, eliciting a giggle from Jeno.

"You guys went on a lunch date because he basically asked you out," Jeno blushes at the mention of that while trying to open the sachet.

"You guys got to know each other a bit more but had to cut it short because of time— screw time! I'm pretty sure Mr. Na could have canceled his schedules if he wanted to."

"That would be unprofessional of him, Lia. The reason for that is ridiculous and surely–"

"Doesn't matter, what matters is that would have been so romantic! I think he only didn't do that because he thought he would freak you out... Which is not wrong."

"And didn't he say he makes time for his loved ones despite being a busy man?" Lia recalls knowingly so, "Jeno that's so hot!"

"How is that hot? That is literally just him being a good guy." Jeno remarks with a look.

"Don't you find good guys hot?" Lia says while raising a brow, although her gaze was obviously teasing the brunet boy.

Cheeks now flushed, Jeno clears his throat whilst carefully pouring his cup with hot water.

"Don't you have some files to check?" He deflects by changing the topic instead of retorting back to what Lia had said.

He knows if he did the latter, there will be no end of this conversation.

"I already finished them," Lia grins widely, obviously proud of herself. "I have nothing else to do, that means I can–"

"Jisu unnie!" As if on cue, a red haired woman walks in the room with a smile, "we need your help with something." She beckons before waving at Jeno.

The brunet boy waves back with a giggle after seeing Lia's annoyed look, sipping his coffee leisurely as he watches Lia reluctantly follow the younger lady.

Sooner or later, another person walks in scanning the lounge for a moment before his lips curl up into a smile.

Walking over to where Jeno is, the latter doesn't pay attention to his surroundings as he was on his phone for a while.

However, he almost drops his gadget as a shriek escapes his parted lips once a pair of hands rests on his hips.

"Hi there." The blue haired man greets with his charming smile, pearly whites showing.

Turning to meet his eyes, Jeno gulps at how close they are. The phone in his hand was squeezed tightly from his growing nervousness.

He's just glad he wasn't drinking his coffee as it happened, that would have been super embarrassing.

"H–hi, Sir Na." He stammers and instantly curses himself for that.

Why is he suddenly so nervous again? After what happened two days ago, he's acting like they're back to stage one.

However, it seems like his nervous state didn't bother Jaemin. The elder man continues to smile widely at him and then looks at the cup of coffee Jeno was drinking a minute ago.

"Are you just going to drink coffee at this break time?" He asks in a more concerned manner than a teasing one.

It has the butterflies in Jeno's stomach beginning to wake up.

"Uh... I think so..." Jeno replies while fiddling with the phone in his hand.

Jaemin's smile then disappears as a sigh escapes his lips, moving to stand beside Jeno but still remains to rest his hands on the younger man's hips.

"Don't worry about your tasks as my secretary, Jeno. I also have a feeling today is not a busy day." Jaemin says as he takes a cup nearby.

"That's why... I want to invite you."

"Pardon? For what may that be, Mr. Na?" Jeno tilts his head to the side, clueless.

Jaemin chuckles at him before grabbing a sachet and tearing it open with ease. "Another... Date, I suppose?"

"But lunch is already over, Sir..." Jeno trails off, utterly confused as to what Jaemin is trying to say.

Glancing at Jeno's flushed cheeks, Jaemin looks up to make eye contact with him. "That doesn't mean we can't have some time together, right, Jeno-yah?"

And Jeno freezes for a second as Jaemin continues to elaborate. "Would you like to join me for a moment? Cup of coffee and some sandwiches, perhaps?"

Seeing how the blue haired man gently shakes the cup in his hand before pouring hot water in it, Jeno couldn't help but smile shyly.

"Are you sure we're not busy today, Sir? Especially you?" He couldn't help but ask for confirmation. "I mean, I really don't want to disturb you."

"Fret not, my schedule right now is not hectic. I promise you, I made sure of it." Flashing him a wink, Jaemin bites back another wide grin when Jeno looks away due to being shy.

Leading him to the nearest couch, Jaemin places the plate of sandwiches on the coffee table along with their cups of coffee.

"What if someone walks in on us, Sir?" Jeno innocently asks before widening his eyes at himself.

Crap, that sounded awful– fix it!

"I mean, not in a bad way– I'm not ashamed of being seen with you, Mr. Na, it's just– err... I–"

Jeno's words get caught up in his throat once Jaemin places a hand on his thigh. Rubbing circles with his thumb in a gentle and comforting manner.

Jeno tries his hardest to not let a squeal escape his lips and remain calm in front of his boss despite the erratic beating of his heart.

"I understand what you're saying," Jaemin softly says. "Don't worry about them, let's just spend our time together while we can, all right?"

Giving him a small nod, Jeno takes his time to regain his calmness as Jaemin gladly lets him be. Starting off the conversation slowly but surely until the brunet man was seemingly loose now.

Seeing him laughing, smiling with his eyes curling into crescent moon shapes, blushing at every compliment or action Jaemin gave, the latter was just as happy as Jeno is.

They spent their entire break time sitting there on the office lounge bonding, flirting (mostly Jaemin) while feeding themselves, Jeno couldn't believe this was happening.

Again.

And he hopes it continues, because having Jaemin around him may make him nervous at first, but later on thanks to his kindness and charms, Jeno feels free.

He even forgot to check his phone again and contact someone, but it's not like it was actually important. So of course he isn't bothered.

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"You guys knew?!" Lia shrieks staring at her other colleagues once she arrives at the third floor with Ningning.

"Who wouldn't? They literally held hands and Mr. Na has been flirting with him in plain sight. No shame but mad respect." One of them replies.

"Wait– so you're telling me, you dragged me away from Jeno just so he could be alone with Mr. Na back in the fourth floor lounge?"

Getting several nods and positive answers, Lia grins widely. "Awesome!" Sharing a few high-fives with the others, she then glares and points a finger at them.

"But Jeno cannot know about this!" She warns straightforwardly.

"Copy that, ma'am."

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Thoughts?? :DD