Read 'em and Weep! {NA JAEMIN}

TWO

"This guy's an engineer, why would he be an assistant on the side," Jaemin muttered to himself. He was eating breakfast on the kitchen island that morning, Hendery's LinkedIn open on his laptop when Yangyang sat down next to him.

"Finder x Locator before your class tonight?" Yangyang was eating an apple Jaemin left on the counter for him, since Jaemin was always up before his roommates and he absolutely hated it when his friends didn't eat something for breakfast.

"Hmm I can't, I'm meeting with a classmate at her place before to work on a project," Jaemin hummed, picking at the last bits of cereal in his bowl.

"Oh she invited you to her place?" Yangyang's mouth was hanging open in shock despite it being full of the apple he was already halfway done munching on. Jaemin sighed and reached out, forcing Yangyang's mouth closed.

"You're gonna catch flies leaving your mouth open like that."

"Dude, is she hot?" Yangyang prompted. Jaemin stopped picking at his cereal and turned his head away from his roommate, trying to hide the sudden blush rising to his cheeks and ears. "Oh my god she's hot and she invited you over? You are so in."

"Who's in what?" Sungchan asked. He stepped out from his bedroom now, dressed for his own class for the day as he grabbed the sandwich Jaemin made for him off the counter.

"Jaemin is gonna blow a girl's back out later," Yangyang chuckled, earning a gasp from Jaemin.

"Th- That's not true! We're just working on a project!" Jaemin sputtered out, running his fingers through his hair in frustration.

"Oh, you mean y/n? Good for you man- neither of you guys have gotten laid in ages," Sungchan added between bites of his breakfast.

"Yeah, y/n hasn't gotten laid since you," Yangyang was still munching on his apple.

"You slept with y/n?" Jaemin's voice came out as more of a whine, certainly not helping his case.

Sungchan furiously shook his head, "n-no! We went on one date and that was forever ago! Stop messing around, Yangyang." Sungchan glared at Yangyang who was giggling to himself, enjoying the frantic looks he caused to appear on the faces of his roommates.

"One date doesn't mean they didn't sleep together," Yangyang loudly whispered to Jaemin, who in turn furrowed his brow and knocked the finished apple out of Yangyang's hand and onto the counter.

"I don't care that she fucked Sungchan-."

"We didn't fuck!"

"We're just working on a school project, it's not like I'm into her anyways," Jaemin scoffed, trying to refocus on Hendery's LinkedIn account despite the pairs of eyes he felt on him.

"Oh, he likes her," Yangyang stated.

"For sure. Why do you like her? She's so mean to you," Sungchan wasn't able to hold in his laughter anymore, finding it sweet that Jaemin had a crush.

"I don't- she's not- ah forget it," Jaemin slammed his laptop shut and stomped back into his room and away from the teasing laughter of his friends.

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Later that day you tucked the storyboards under your bed neatly, making sure to properly tabel them beforehand. You didn't want to risk Jaemin seeing them, especially since you were unsure if he was the one on the case to figure out who Patches was.

Ireh was touching up her make-up for work in the living room mirror, glancing at you with suspicion as you wiped down the counters in the midst of cleaning up the shared areas.