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( song of the day :
adrenaline - lauv )

yuta carried a smile that radiated pure excitement while waiting for his tinder date outside the restaurant. after a good month of messaging on the dating app, he already had countless visualizations on the beauty he'd be struck with upon seeing the girl in person. everything about her seemed so attractive.

this eagerness increased once his eyes caught a woman walking towards his direction. her straight black hair caught up with her brisk way of walking using baby pink doll shoes. she wore a floral wrap dress which length was a little above the knee, exposing her milky skin. a small purple sling bag completed her outfit.

the woman abruptly stood in front of him after that short walk, hypothetically having the same goal as him. she then proceeded to take off her cat eye sunglasses and gray face mask, only to reveal . .

"you are shin saebyul?!"

. . the janitress who laughed at him and called him a 'whiny bitch' when he slipped on a wet floor back at networkly.

yuta's excitement got replaced with absolute dismay in an instant. byul exhibited the same expression of distaste. she never thought the man she deemed 'hot japanese boy' would be equivalent to an annoying bitch boss.

"you look much much better in your profile picture. i advise you to cover your face up more to get the ladies," she said, sarcasm rolling down her tongue like a waterfall. "damn, i was wrong when i thought i'd finally be getting my lovely sugar daddy tonight. way to ruin a girl's lifelong dream, mr. nakamoto."

he harshly rubbed his forehead, letting weird gibberish noises slip out of his lips because of the frustration. "you think you're the only one who's unsatisfied?"

"i'll get going then━"

"wait, no!" he stopped her from walking away after thinking about the pride he had left. "i already broadcasted you coming here to the whole group, so it'd be kinda embarrassing if i come back alone. just help me this once, won't you?"

byul hesitantly nodded a yes, only because she was very hungry and the pork they were serving in the restaurant seemed really good. "i'll agree if you pay for me."

"deal."

they walked inside, approaching their team's table. the two of them actually did a pretty fair job in covering up the cringing.

"i thought you were gonna bring your tinder date? why is the office's janitor here?" mark asked. none of them gave a response, leaving the younger embarrassed. "never mind."

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Today 8:32 PM

TAEIL 🌙
I'm out with my colleagues
for celebratory dinner. >

YOUNGMI ☀️
< ohhhhhh
< i hope u hve fun :)
< if u dont
< u can always call me
< dont drink n drive!
< ill pick u up if
ure drunk
< im only 1 call away
< krringg krringg 📞
< hehe ;))))

typing . . .

"look at how wide taeil's smile is," johnny whispered to seoyeon before snatching the device from the man's hands to view who he was texting. this of course, earned a reaction of irritation from taeil, who desperately tried reaching for it from across the table.

johnny first laughed at the formality of his message pattern, then checked youngmi's contact profile. most of them crowded around him, since they were curious on what this source of happiness was. "oh wow, taeil has taste."

"give it back!" he whined, still desperate in his attempt of reaching for his phone. his demand was unheard, and now this moment just looked like one of those high school movie scenes with a girl's diary being stolen by her friends.

"what if we━" johnny halted his talking after seeing the next man to enter the restaurant. his sunny face disappeared. he lowered his voice while asking, "haneul, why is jaehyun here?"

all their eyes darted from their ceo who was currently calling somebody on his phone, to the silver haired girl sinking into her seat. "oh come on, guys. don't blame me for this. he invited himself over."

"and you didn't say no?"

"he gave me that look. what could i do?"

taeyong decided to defensively say, "he's actually not that bad."

"yeah he's not that bad, he's the bad." ryot rolled her eyes, sipping the contents of her beer bottle. "no more fun for us because you included his strict ass, secretary yoon."

seoyeon shushed all of them once he started walking towards the table. all of the bowed politely after his seating, sneaking haneul glares. the awkward silence lasted for about four minutes.

"the waiters are making the other customers leave," saerom pointed out, seeing how the restaurant started emptying, "should we move to another place?"

"no, no, stay!" jaehyun exclaimed. the suddem enthusiasm in his tone surprised all eighteen of them. "i rented the place all to ourselves."

everybody looked at him as if he was god, their mouths left agape.

"well? drink up!"

the deafening atmosphere was again brought back to life, a series of whoops and cheers fading in the background. this particular thing was a little too fascinating to not be enjoyed.

"you know sir, i'd say i love you," jace stretched his hand out to pat jaehyun's shoulder as he continued, "but that's haneul's job."

he was attacked by haneul's shoulder punches and filipino swearing for the entirety of the gathering because of that statement.

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♤ gabrielle's note

^ they REALLY had to drop this while I was writing huh,, IT ALSO HAS AN OFFICE CONCEPT OMG MATERIAL I NEEDED :')