"Good morning, sir. I'm Lee Jinki, the apprentice. Please, take good care of me!" Jinki bowed and introduced himself. He was early because, of course, it was his first day.
"I am Kim Heechul, Jungsoo's business partner." He introduced himself and Jinki bowed again.
"Nice to meet you, sir."
"Come with me." Heechul invited and he followed.

He brought Jinki to a small and stuffy room. It was where they store their old files and documents.

"Those papers on the top shelves, please, arrange them by date. Once you're finished, go to the front desk and take the calls. This afternoon, we have a client coming so I'm hoping you're a great entertainer." Heechul told him his tasks for the day.
"I'll do my best, sir." Jinki bowed before Heechul left him.

He started immediately because he didn't want to be stuck in that stuffy and suffocating room. But even if he was stuck in there, he was still inside the building. He was finally inside working in the Blue Sapphire Architects with Park Jungsoo and Kim Heechul. He couldn't wait for the day that he'd actually get to work side by side with them if that were to happen.

It took him an hour and half before he could finally get out of the room. He went to the front desk and sat down beside the phone. It was quiet. He could hear Heechul's voice from upstairs probably talking on his phone and once in a while, he could hear Jungsoo shouting at Heechul for talking too loud. He couldn't help but laugh. But after a while he got bored because the phone wasn't ringing. So he tried to find something else to do, like cleaning. He easily found the storage room and took out the vacuum, the pail and the mop and started vacuuming the ground floor. He was making some noises but not loud enough to disturb those upstairs. Once he was done with the vacuum, he then mopped the floor. In between the cleaning were a couple of calls but other than that, nothing.

"Hey, Jinki. Why are you doing all the cleaning up? We pay someone else to do that." Jungsoo saw him as he went down the stairs.
"I've got nothing to do so..." Jinki stopped cleaning for a moment.
"And I can do it myself. If you want, I can also clean your office." Jinki said it happily.
"Really? Then can you cle—"
"Kim Heechul!" Heechul was just behind Jungsoo and so he cut him off.
"Stop mopping, Jinki. It's past midday anyway so have your lunch already. Just come back at 1.30." Jungsoo took the mop from his hand and passed it to Heechul before he patted Jinki's back.

Jinki had packed lunch that he prepared himself with the help of Taemin. It was a lunch for two. Well, he prepared it on purpose so he could invite Soojung to have lunch with him. He called her and asked her how long her break time was. She had an hour from 12 to 1 so Jinki made her exit the coffee shop only to find Jinki in front of it holding the lunch box. The sky was darkening but it didn't stop them to go to the park and to have lunch there together.

They had an earphone each and they were listening to some songs that had summer feelings to them as they started eating.

"How was the first hours?" Soojung remembered to ask.
"So-so. I'm not really working in the field yet but I'll get there." Jinki didn't want her to worry.
"Are they nice to you? That Mr Park, is he nice to you? And the other guy, does he bully you?" But Soojung couldn't help but worry. She was afraid that maybe she didn't help him but only made him suffer.
"They're both very nice. They don't treat me like a slave and they give me light works." Jinki amswered and smiled.
"If they're mean to you, you have to tell me, okay? So I can break both of their necks." Soojung pouted before she put a spoonful of rice in .
"Jung Soojung, why are you so worried about me?"
"Why? Can't I?" She asked as she chewed.
"I'm glad that you are but I'll be fine. Thank you so much for caring." Jinki patted her head.

"Hey, Jinki, Soojung," Someone suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Qian," They uttered in unison as they took off the earphones in their ears.
"Your workplace is way far from here, what are you doing here?" Jinki asked out of curiosity.
"It's my rest day so I came here. So are you on your lunch date?" Qian sat down next to Soojung.
"Yeah, kind of. We're both working during the day and I know that sometimes she doesn't even have lunch so I came here to make sure she eats well." Jinki was telling the truth.
"How did you know? Lee Jinki, did you ask someone in the cafe to spy on me?" Soojung furrowed her eyebrows. She didn't want Jinki to know that cos she knew he would worry.
"Maybe. Soojung, put your health first before anything else. Do you want me to come here everyday just to make sure you're having lunch?" Jinki asked and wiped off a piece of rice on Soojung's cheek. She shook her head.
"Your work is not that close here either. On second thought, if we always have lunch together, it'll be fun! So yes, please come everyday or if you want, I can come to you." Soojung had the change of heart so Jinki laughed. Qian felt a little out of place as if the two forgot she was there.
"You two are really sweet. Really like new couple. Jinki, I didn't know you're this kind of boyfriend." Qian stated to get noticed again.
"I didn't know I'd be like this either. Maybe, it's just Soojung that's making me act this way." Jinki patted her head again. He didn't really know how to act towards a girlfriend since he never had one but ever since they started pretending and acting like couple he just kept acting sweet towards Soojung. Maybe, that was just his intuition but he wasn't really sure.

He then looked at the time and realized that it was 5 minutes to 1.

"Soojung, drink some water. I'll accompany you to the cafe." He handed her a small bottle of water and she rushed when she knew the time.
"We have to go, Qian. Sorry." Soojung said as he helped Jinki put everything in the lunch box.
"No, it's okay. There's always next time." Qian smiled at them.

Jinki grabbed Soojung's hand and pulled her. They ran back to the cafe. Jinki didn't want Soojung to be late and get told off because of him.

Qian sighed. She thought that maybe they were really dating. She shook her head. She didn't even know why she was so interested in their relationship in the first place. She thought that maybe she should stop and mind her own business.

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Jinki went back to the office and instantly grabbed a rag and wiped his desk to keep it clean. He remembered that they were having a client later that day so he must keep, not just the front desk, but the whole ground floor clean. He stopped when he saw a car parking in front. He guessed it was their client so he opened the door and stood by it and waited for the client to walk in.

"Good afternoon, sir. Welcome to Blue Sapphire Architects!" He bowed and smiled.
"Good afternoon," the man just responded.
"Please, sit down for a moment, sir. I'll just call Mr Park." Jinki showed him the leather black sofa and so he sat down.

Jinki hurried upstairs and called his boss.

"Sir, please come with me." Jinki was ordered to accompany their client to Jungsoo's office.

Once the client entered, he prepared them some coffee. He was asked to entertain so he was doing what he thought of entertainment should be. He could try singing or dancing but he knew that wasn't the kind of entertainment they wanted.

He went down again and sat at the front desk and waited for the calls he should answer. Then bowed at the client as he left the building.

"Good job, Jinki." Jungsoo said as he walked towards the front desk.
"Hmm?" Jinki stood up didn't know what he did good.
"You easily adjusted in here as if you've been working here for a while."
"He must've put some hidden cameras here in the past." Heechul joked that made Jungsoo shake his head.
"We didn't even need to tell you what to do. You just do it. I like that." Jungsoo continued on complimenting him.
"But Mr Kim told me about the client coming." But Jinki felt like he didn't deserve all the praise.
"Still, you did really well." Jungsoo patted his shoulder.
"Ah, thank you, sir." Jinki bowed.
"Why don't you go with Heechul tomorrow in the new location? Help him with the design." Jungsoo suggested.
"Jungsoo, I can do it by myself." Heechul nudged Jungsoo a little.
"I know you can, but Jinki could assist you. Don't you want an assistant? You've always wanted one." Jungsoo explained to his friend.
"So, Jinki. Are you in?" He looked at Jinki again.
"Of course, sir!" Jinki answered without any hesitation.

"We'll leave you here. You can go home at 5."

Jungsoo didn't want to waste Jinki's talent. He didn't want him to clean the office all the time and not use his hands in the way that he was supposed to use it. Making him go with Heechul could also be a test of his skills.

Jinki was so happy because in just one day, he'd get to work in the field. And so he thought it was a cause for celebration so he invited almost everyone in their flat so they could all eat pizza and chicken together. He only invited Kibum, Amber, Sunyoung, Soojung and Jinri. He couldn't get himself to invite Minho and Qian over. And he honestly didn't want to act all lovey-dovey with Soojung when he just wanted to have fun. And they had already seen Qian that day and he thought that was already enough.

They got together in the living room, the food was on the table, Taemin plugged in his phone to the speakers and played some dance music. They gathered around the small table, some sitting on the floor and some sitting on the couch. Although the music was playing, it couldn't be heard because of heir loud chit-chats.

"Jinki, can't you fake break up with Soojung and hire me instead. I need the money." Jinri asked and they all laughed.
"Too late, Jinri. Didn't I suggest you do it but noooo, you pushed me to do it." Soojung did a fake evil laugh.
"Eh, you just want me all to yourself. You don't want to share." Jinki mocked her so she punched his arm really hard.
"Don't worry, Jinri. If I ever need one, I'll call you first." Jonghyun said and patted Jinri's head.

"Wait, wait, Amber and Kibum are now living together, right? Amber, why???" Taemin asked with a really frustrated expression as if he couldn't really believe Amber's decision. They all laughed again.
"Like, Amber, are you seriously serious?" Taemin repeated and Kibum looked at him badly.
"Lee Taemin, I'm the perfect boyfriend and live-in partner. Amber's lucky to have me. Our apartment is always clean and organized. And at least I don't lose things easily unlike you." Kibum teased the youngest boy.
"I don't lose things easily!" Taemin defended himself but Jonghyun and Jinki looked at him raising an eyebrow each disbelieving Taemin's defense.
"Okay, so maybe, I do lose some things, but not everything!"
"Oh, yeah? Where's your phone?" Jonghyun asked and Taemin instantly stood up and looked for his phone everywhere.
"It's plugged into the speakers, you idiot!" Jinki shouted and so Taemin went back to the living room scratching the back of his head. Everyone laughed again.

"Sunyoung, how is Soojung as a roommate? She doesn't clean, does she?" Amber turned to the still laughing loudly Sunyoung.
"She's cleans the dishes every night and the bedroom on saturdays. She's a good girl." Sunyoung responded but Jinki snorted.
"What?" Soojung was giving him the evil eye.
"Soojung cleaning? Don't make me laugh." Jinki chuckled so Soojung elbowed his stomach.
"I clean in the coffee shop too!"

The night was just full of shouting and huge laughters. That was what Jinki wanted. He just wanted to relax his mind by having fun. They didn't stay till late since some of them had jobs and a busy day ahead. They just decided that they would have a get together once in a while and just mock each other the whole time like that night.

Sorry I've only updated just now. I was away for a week. I was in England! Yayy!!! I'm currently living in Italy but our school had this project thing and well, I of course joined. One of my dreams finally came true. ah. Such a wonderful experience.

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