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( song of the day :
heavenly - cigarettes
after sex )

[ hello : nct's music tastes are just 👌🏻💯🤩👏🏻🙌🏻 ]

haneul walked inside jaehyun's office, unconscious of how her cherry lips formed into a pout. she tightened the ponytail that the strands of her silver hair was compiled to, then fixed the collar of her blouse underneath an olive green cardigan.

"i'm still mad at you," she found herself blurting after recalling their instant ramen incident last night, accompanied by a glare that was nothing near to intimidating. to be frank, jaehyun found her intense gaze adorably laughable.

he extended his right arm and pointed towards the chair in front of his desk. in curiosity, haneul sat down with little hesitation, then saw him scribbling god knows what on an empty yellow sticky note with his black sign pen. after finishing his writing, he pulled out a flourishing red box. "here, take it as a sorry."

once the material came in contact with her fingertips, her eyes visibly lit up with a sparkle. it was that skittles 36-count box she always used to nag her mother to buy when she was younger. she wanted to laugh at the fact that he was the one to actually get it for her. the sticky note had a sorry written on it.

"how did you━"

"don't you want it?"

"no, no, no, no i do! thank you," she breathed out with a wide smile. she's been craving skittles for a long time now, but she had a promise to not buy another pack of candy until she finishes the numerous tubs of chewing gum mark gave her for an exchange gift last christmas.

"are you still mad?"

"i don't think so."

"good," he said, leaning back on his office chair. "now schedule me a meeting with yuta, ahn, and the board of directors. tell them it's about our sales increase for this month."

before standing up, haneul squinted a little and decided to say, "i have one last question though. do you have problems with your blood pressure?"

"no. what makes you think i do?"

"your ears," she explained further from the observation she made, "they're really really red."

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"jungwoo, you're late," kiki said in an unusually monotonous tone, her eyes not leaving the screen of her computer. despite the heaviness she carried, she still decided to go to work and pretend nothing happened. nobody except jungwoo seemed to notice her bloodshot eyes.

after a few unresponsive minutes with the boy still standing in front of her, kiki decided to look ahead, and it was an excellent idea. claps and cheers from the four other members of the pr team were heard.

secured by jungwoo's fingertips was a pristine pink bouquet with an aromatic fragrance like one of lingering perfume. it consisted of flowers beginning from soft white roses to dazzling pink lilies. the whole bouquet felt celestial to her touch.

he felt jubilant to know that the innocent twinkle in her eyes was somehow regained. he couldn't wish for anything better but her happiness in this particular moment.

"please don't be sad anymore."

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♤ gabrielle's note

I was pretty inactive today since my parents kept me in their sight for abour the whole day, but I'll get back soon :)