𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐔 ─ lee jeno

𝟒𝟓 | 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬

So much for gentleman etiquette.

Jeno stepped into the passenger seat of the car, heaving a deep breath of air. Jiyeon narrowed her eyes toward him as she stepped on the gas pedal to begin driving, "What is wrong with you?" She asked.

"Nothing, I just bumped into someone and spilled my coffee on them," He quickly replied, letting out a nervous chuckle.

"Well, did you at least apologise and offer to give them a favour?" Jiyeon inquired. Jeno let out a nervous chuckle, and if Jiyeon understood correctly, it meant he did not do that. "What happened to all those etiquette classes? Jeez, jerk move, if I do say so myself," She remarked.

Jeno scoffed, "What do you know about proper etiquette? You were so mean to Yangyang before you got married."

"I wasn't mean, I was just experimenting with challenges. Plus, that's a whole different topic, you were rude to a stranger. I was rude to someone I knew," She reasoned, her eyebrows contorting in realisation.

Yeah, stranger.

-♡︎-

Jeno dragged his feet to his office, plopping down into his desk chair. The events of today in itself were practically catastrophic in his opinion, and all he really wanted to do was take a nap. Though, Secretary Xiao wouldn't allow that since he still has to read up on the final trainee evaluations - though Jeno could argue back saying he could do that at home, but Secetary Xiao was always a bit more persistent when it came to these matters.

For now, however, Jeno had a slight break before he assumed Secretary Xiao would barge in with the reports. Jeno laid back and day dreamed in his head. He dreamt of a ferris wheel, and an amusement park. He dreamt of the laughter that filled the youthful atmosphere, and the wishes he felt to return to this nostalgic place.

"Dude, are you there?"

Jeno snapped out of his great day dream, awoken by the sound of Renjun walking right into his office. "It's common courtesy to knock, just so you know," Jeno commented. Renjun merely just shrugged and sat on one of the lounge chairs in the room. "Your secretary let me in, I thought he let you know," The Chinese boy simply said.

"Well, he didn't. And don't you have a painting to work on anyways?"

Huang Renjun. The boy was the only one in his entire friend group that had a clear path as to what he wanted to do. Ever since he was little, Renjun aspired to be an artist. And as soon as he finished college, he was able to work for famous Korean contemporary artist, Kim Heecheon. After three years of mastering his own artistic voice and style, Renjun was ready to display his artwork for everyone to see. His work was quite a sight to see, and he grew in fame. Leave it to Renjun to be set in success.

"I'm on a break. I finished my exhibit already, and the gallery show is a week away. I need to relax before I get too stressed, by the way, you're coming right?" He answered

Jeno nodded, "But then, why are you here?" He inquired.

"You always think I have an ulterior motive," Renjun sulked.

Jeno chuckled, " Am I wrong though?"

"No," He shyly smiled, "I have a friend. He was like my older brother when I lived in China, but he moved to Korea a couple years before me, and then went to America for work. We reconnected a couple months before graduation, and he told me he's back in Seoul to start his fashion business with some of his friends under Ko Taeyong's internship. Ko Taeyong! Can you believe it!" Renjun exclaimed.

"Really? Ko Taeyong almost never gives out internships, not to mention global ones," Jeno remarked, eyes opened wide in astonishment.

Renjun nodded, "Anyways, he asked me if I wanted to come visit them and catch up. I wanted to see if you wanted to come, considering you've always had a soft spot with the finer works of art."

"I'm down, I'll just tell Secretary Xiao to bring my files home to work later," Jeno noted.

Renjun smiled, "Cool, I'll meet you downstairs. Jaemin left his keys to his new Pagani at my house yesterday, so you're in for a treat."

-♡︎-

"Remind me to never allow you to drive me around ever again," Jeno said, shakily getting out of the car.

"What do you mean? I'm a great driver, I'll have you know," Renjun questioned.

Jeno rolled his eyes, "Yes, because going pass two red lights means good all of a sudden," He sneered,

"Okay, in my defence, I don't drive Paganis."

"Sure," Jeno chuckled. He looked at the building in front of him and then back at his friend. "Is this it?" Jeno confirmed.

Renjun nodded, "Yep, hurry up they're waiting for us."

As they walked inside, the two were greeted with the sight of a taller, probably older boy than them "Oh, you must be Myungho's friend," He said, "I'm Johnny. I'm co-designer and CEO with him," He introduced.

Renjun and Jeno bowed out of courtesy, "I'm Renjun, and he's Jeno. Where's Minghao-ge?" The Chinese boy introduced.

"He's upstairs getting his coffee right now, he'll be down soon. In the meantime, you can take a seat, be comfortable," Johnny replied, guiding the two to a lounge area.

"Renjun! You're here!" The boys heard from behind them.

"Minghao-ge! How have you been? Oh, by the way, this is my friend, Jeno," Renjun exclaimed.

"Nice to meet you, Jeno. Gosh, I've been good, take a seat," Minghao said, a smile on his face, "Goodness, if I knew it wasn't just you, I would've asked Soo to get more coffee for everyone," The older Chinese boy mentioned.

"Soo?" Renjun questioned.

"She's our Marketing Director, sweet girl. Pretty sure she's your age as well," Minghao explained, the two younger boys nodded.

"Oh, there she is," Johnny stated, looking at the stairs, "Soo! Come over here!"

Jeno smiled, Renjun's friend's company had a bunch of nice people. It was no wonder they were able to get an internship with Ko Taeyong. Their relationship was amazing. Jeno turned around to face the girl who went by 'Soo.' But, his smile slowly faded off his face into utter shock.

Please tell me this is a dream.

hello i'm back im done with all my aps which means more updating which means more books and stuff idrk lol but enjoy three chapters to make it up to yall. also expect kinda a cool new book tmr lol maybe