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( song of the day :
easy love - lauv )

seoyeon paced back and forth at the office's empty washroom during her lunch break, contemplating whether she should make this one certain call.

because after that, there would only be two possible outcomes. one would bring immense joy, while the other dealt with crippling pain. nothing in between.

with shaky fingers and overflowing thoughts, she clicked the green call button, pressing it to her ear once it rang. when he finally answered, seoyeon already spoke nervously, not even caring to mutter a small hello.

"babe, guess what?"

"you're calling me babe now?" johnny chuckled at her speaking pace, oblivious to the panic she held. "and why are you calling? aren't we at the same offi━"

"i'm pregnant."

he said nothing.

the silence continued for approximately three minutes.

seoyeon's eyes brimmed with tears all of a sudden, the tears of failure threatening to pour. the fear of johnny leaving already grew more than she thought, and knowing that it was (possibly) unfolding right before her shattered her heart into pieces. she realized his mere importance to her everyday happiness . . and now she thought she fucked it up.

please don't leave.

"i'm sorry . . i'm a coward who can't say it to you directly, i know. and maybe i knew it like, two days before and i was just too nervous to tell you because i'm afraid of━"

"i managed to do it with one functional arm huh?" he interrupted, and it brought unusual brought relief on her end. despite it being a simple call, she could already sense his smiley aura radiating everywhere.

and how could she not answer that with the signature, "shut up."

"i'm happy and you shouldn't worry about me leaving about that because i'll always stay."

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jaehyun and nixie were the last ones to enter the meeting room while the other seventeen employees were already inside. they halted their extra activities after realizing their completion.

once silence begging to be broken filled the air, everybody's eyes suddenly darted to ahn who sat at the center chair. he looked back at his colleagues' stares with a puzzled expression, unable to process information on how he was supposed to lead today's meeting.

he wasn't even told beforehand.

nevertheless, he had to go.

"oh . . . ummmm . . yeah uh . . ." ahn began stammering as he stood up from the office chair, grabbing a marker by the whiteboard. in the most monotonous tone ever, he said, "this meeting about . . the networkly stalker who is ought to ruin our titles here in the office. they receive information even in our own houses and━ you know what this isn't working.

"can i speak informally?"

they all nodded yeses, curious as to what he would say next.

"good, because we're gonna catch that son of a bitch and we won't take it easy."

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