Taemin yawned, pushing back the huge frame that kept slipping off his nose. He was done for the day but there was still time for the clock to strike 5. He usually did the system checkup in this free time, cleared his system of the temporary files and junk that made the software lag at times. He found that there was a new update he could apply so he left it to install but before he could have pushed back his chair and head to the canteen for coffee, a small pop-up made him halt. He had an email.

He straightened up immediately because he hardly got emails without knowing beforehand that he was going to receive one. His colleagues called out to him across the room from their cubicle, explaining they sent him an email and needed some file or something related to that. It was his work email so it was protected from spam. His friends didn’t email him and even if they ever would, they wouldn’t know his work one. So that left only one person who could email him.

His boss.

Taemin dreaded getting his emails because they usually carried a lot of work to be done. There was barely half an hour left for him to clock out...he really did not want anything new to come up at this time of the day. He already had a slight headache from how messy the construction project’s files were.

He sighed and clicked on the notification, his irritated dread resolving on reading the sender’s name. Choi Minho.

Thanks for dinner last Friday and the tutorial on how to work the software :) Thanks to you I finished my tasks in almost half the time! As a celebration, I will treat you to coffee. From a coffee shop, not the instant one we get in the canteen. Is today alright?

P.S I suddenly realized...how did you know I enjoy that kind of dramas? It was my secret but you already knew!

Taemin smiled at his email, remembering how he had invited Minho to his place to help him out with certain things at work. They had finished early and Taemin had put on a melodrama half expecting Minho to not like it. But Minho was trying to act like he didn’t like them and was trying to pretend he was not paying attention to the TV but a few more minutes in and he had given up after one of the characters started crying- his eyes wide and engrossed as he watched the drama, his food forgotten.

Taemin had been too engrossed in watching Minho because when the drama was done, Minho turned towards Taemin, catching him staring. Taemin had turned away, embarrassed at being caught staring so shamelessly.

A soft knock on his cubicle wall broke Taemin from his daze and he turned to the side, finding Minho standing in his own cubicle, peeking into his, ready to leave, “Still thinking?”

Taemin swiftly closed his inbox, embarrassed at being found out that he had been staring at his email for so long. He began wrapping up and when done, he picked up his office bag. He walked out of his cubicle and Minho joined his side, “So? Is today alright?”

“Yeah,” Taemin answered, feeling his face heat up in coyness, which he tried hard to not let it show.