Jaemin knocks on Jeno's office door at lunch time, the brunet man signaling him to wait for a moment as he finishes up a phone call from a client.

Minutes later, Jeno exits his respective office as Jaemin greets him with a sweet kiss on the cheek. "Where do you want to eat lunch?"

"Anywhere is fine," Jeno replies with a cute smile.

"Wow, eating lunch without me?" A familiar female voice says sarcastically behind them. They turn around to see Lia shaking her head at them in mock disappointment.

She tuts, "my fear has come true. Mister Na will snatch my best friend away after I help them get together."

"I didn't even get anything in return, not even free food." Being vocal about her complaints as Jeno face palms in response.

Jaemin snorts, "all right Lia, you can come with us if you'd like."

"Don't mind if I do, Sir." Lia grins and walks pass them as she swings her bag on her shoulder.

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"So what's been happening?" Lia tilts her head to the side after she finishes her meal, taking a few tissues to wipe her mouth clean.

Jeno blinks, "pardon?"

"It' has been a while since I've heard any news, you guys have been quiet. And honestly, I only don't like it because I'm bored." Lia elaborates.

Resting her chin atop of her interlocked fingers, she smiles teasingly. "So, care to share some news?"

The couple shares a look to each other, Jaemin silently asking and making sure if Jeno is okay with this. The latter replies with a small yet reassuring nod.

"Well... Jaemin met Johnny..." Jeno starts off.

"Who the fuck is Johnny?" Lia makes a face, already inserting a comment as per usual.

"My ex husband..." Jeno smiles sheepishly, the ravenette lady drawling out an 'ohh' quietly. "I'll spare you the details about him and I for now."

"Anyways, he wanted to meet Jaemin after my eldest son kind of... Spilled our relationship out to him out of anger or something..."

"Sorry Jeno, no offense. But your eldest son is a snitch in this situation." Lia's sassy look is on display, Jeno snorts in return.

"I asked Jaemin if he was okay with it because I of course, don't want to force him in any way."

"And I did the same for Jeno," Jaemin quickly adds up, chiming in the conversation. "Although, he was more hesitant about it than I was."

"Can you blame me?" Jeno rolls his eyes.

The blue haired man pats his knee gently, "of course not. Just saying."

"Then what happened?" Lia instinctively leans in more, very intrigued with the topic. Low-key forgetting about her supposed duties after lunch.

"I gave in after Jaemin's reassurance. And also decided to have the kids out for the night– which wasn't that hard for fortune timings."

"Understandable." Lia nods along. "Did the meetup go well?"

"Uh..."

"It was fine, not the best but at least no one got into a huge fight." Jaemin answers calmly.

Jeno snaps his head to his way and raises a brow, "you really think it was fine?"

"Well–"

"He literally bugged us the whole night, and if it weren't for you switching away from the confidential topic, I'm pretty sure he would go as far as I could predict."

"I didn't even expect him to insist on sharing you our history!" Jeno exclaims.

Jaemin shushes him softly, "calm down, take a deep breath, honey."

"You said there wasn't any arguments?" Lia crosses her arms as she sends him a glare.

Jaemin sighs, "there wasn't a huge argument." He repeats, emphasizing his words carefully.

"Yeah and thank goodness for that. Also thank fuck for Jaemin's patience because honestly, things could've took a bad turn." Jeno shuts his eyes for a moment.

Then he opens them again to frown at Jaemin, "I'm sorry about Johnny by the way... The things he said on your first meetup– the audacity he has, I'm truly sorry, love."

Jaemin frowns back and tuts, "honey, you should really stop apologizing for everything Johnny does... It wasn't even your fault, you weren't a part of his doings."

Lia nods in agreement, growing quiet but still supporting and listening to them. "I kind of feel like I was..." Jeno mumbles, ashamed as he diverts his eyes away from Jaemin's.

"How so?" Jaemin pried, wanting to hear Jeno's thoughts that has been surely bothering him for who knows how long.

The brunet man swallows, somehow there's a lump in his throat. "It is hard to understand and for me to even explain, but I guess all I can say for now is that some of Johnny's doings are because of me."

"I'll explain soon... I hope."

"We will be waiting, patiently so." Jaemin glances at Lia, sharing a nod of agreement as he reassures his lover, cupping his face gently.

"I guess we should head back to work for now, right?" Jeno smiles thinly.

Lia purses her lips and reaches out a hand to rest on Jeno's, "babe, I know I usually act like a bitch even at serious times. But just remember that's kind of an initial silly reaction."

The corners of her lips curling up to a small smile, she cups Jeno's hand in between hers. "I'm always here for you and for Jaemin, don't hesitate to drag me into this because trust me. I'd do anything to help."

"Thank you, Lia..." Jeno smiles back, interlocking their hands and giving it a small squeeze.

"Oh, I'd love to meet your kids by the way." Lia suddenly adds.

"Soon." Jeno giggles.

"Also, I would want to meet Johnny as well, so I can beat him up or something."

"Oh God..." Jaemin laughs when Jeno sighs, mumbling to Lia about brushing it off for now as usual.

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Thoughts??

I haven't been active nowadays, sorry for that.

I'm in a mixture of busy irl, lazy to write and also not quite in a mood for ideas.

I guess I'm a little tired, so I apologize for not being active like before (literally 24/7).

I'm still thinking about new books to publish (low-key needing help) lmao.

But for now, the empty slots on my schedule cycle in Wattpad are my resting days... I hope that's okay/a good idea...

Love you all, moonbubbas 🤍✊