The office had been quiet for the past 3 days.

 

Neither Jongin nor Kyungsoo had spoken to each other since their fight and Kyungsoo wanted to keep it that way. Because right now, he was in his office working without Jongin interrupting him or Jongin calling him to do stupid things. However, being Jongin's secretary and not communicating with him was surprisingly easy. Considering that fact that as a secretary you need to communicate with your boss and tell them everything they need to do for the day. But for Kyungsoo, he just prints a schedule for Jongin and leaves it on his desk. 

 

Simple as that.

 

Suddenly Kyungsoo hears the door of Jongin's office opening and Kyungsoo figured maybe Jongin needed to go to a meeting or have a break at the company lobby. What he doesn't expect is Jongin panting, as he walks towards him. Kyungsoo was going to ask what had happened but he didn't want to lose his pride and just continued on with his work.

 

"We have a problem." 

 

Kyungsoo looks up, still unwilling to talk to him and Jongin takes this as a sign for him to continue. "My mom wants to have dinner."

 

"She wants to have dinner with you. Just you."

 

"What?" Kyungsoo asked, now alarmed at the situation. He stands up and walks towards Jongin, shaking his head. "There's no way I'm going. You can forget about it." 

 

"Oh yes. You are."

 

"Hell no!" Kyungsoo replies. "I dont even know what to say or do when I'm with your mom. What if she asks when we first met. Our first kiss. Our pet names for each other-"

 

"Pet names?" Jongin smirks. Kyungsoo is so naive. "My mom is not going to ask about our pet names. Do you think a sophisticated women like her uses pet names for her husband. I've never heard the work 'babe' come out of . Ever."

 

"Fine. Maybe she's not going to ask that but what if she asks other questions related to you? I dont even know you that well yet." Kyungsoo continues and he's almost on the verge of tears. But then Kyungsoo comes across a brilliant idea. "Come with me."

 

"What? No! I'm busy."

 

"You're free the whole day! Dont lie to me. I know your whole schedule!" Kyungsoo pouts and Jongin simply crosses his arms, still unwilling to accompany him. He was glad to get rid of his mom the past couple of days and he wasn't just going to go to dinner with her just because Kyungsoo tells him to.

 

"Please. There's no way she'll believe our relationship is real if I go there and screw up everything." 

 

"That's excatly what you need to do." Jongin scoffs. "You need to be everything that she hates. Unmannered. Rude. Annoying. Cocky. Messy."

 

"And how do I do that?"

 

"Just act like yourself." Jongin responds, earning him a wack in the head from Kyungsoo. He rubs his head, gently. Because that really hurts. And Kyungsoo was about to punch him again until Jongin stops him and sighs. "Fine, I'll go with you." 

 

Delighted by the outcome, Kyungsoo still punches Jongin anyways.

 

-

 

"To the left!" Luhan shouted enthusiastically, as Baekhyun followed his commands. "Come on Baek, if you want to lose some of those pounds you have to give it your best effort!"

 

"Woo! I'm feeling the burn now." Baekhyun replied, swaying to right this time because the instructor on the television had instructed them to do so. Their plan of 'hanging out' wasn't supposed to turn out like this. However, when the two were at the mall, looking for new clothes. Baekhyun felt a little down because he was now slowly gaining weight because of his pregnancy. So in an effort to make Baekhyun feel better, Luhan decided to show Baekhyun some of his tips to staying slim and fit.

 

Zumba.

 

"What the-"

 

The two were halfway done with one of the lesson videos, when Sehun suddenly entered the room, holding 2 bags of Chinese take-out. When the two saw him, they immediately hid their bodies behind the couch. And Sehun could only eye the two suspiciously. Because this is what they really do for fun?

 

"What are you doing here!" Luhan questioned, still unwillingly to show his face to Sehun. Right now, he just wanted to cry. His boyfriend just walked in on him sweaty and gross while he was working out with his bestfriend. To make it worst, the two were wearing matching neon shirts. How embarrassing is that? 

 

"How'd you even get in here? The door was locked." Baekhyun continued.

 

"Luhan gave me a spare key to his apartment. So that when I get bored, I can stay here. And I'm certainly enjoying myself right now." Sehun chuckled. He then swayed his body to the left and then the right trying to impersonate them. "To the right! To the left!"

 

This only resulted in him getting attacked by pillows from both Luhan and Baekhyun. He continued to laugh because who wouldn't laugh when you walk in on your boyfriend and your boyfriend's bestfriend working out in matching neon shirts? Well Sehun thought it was hilarious. He only wished that he had brought his camera with him.

 

Because he was going to remember this moment forever.

 

-

 

"So." Jongin's mother starts, as she watches Jongin cut Kyungsoo's steak into small pieces so it could be easier for the latter to intake. Jongin's mother only rolls her eyes, because who were they trying to fool? Everything had probably been staged beforehand.

 

"When did you guys meet?"

 

Kyungsoo nudges Jongin's shoulder, in an attempt to make him talk. Because of this Jongin almost chokes on his chicken. However, Kyungsoo's plan backfires when Jongin puts his arm around him and fakes a smile. "Kyungsoo will tell you. He just loves telling everyone the story. Isn't that right babe?"

 

It was either Kyungsoo strangles Jongin's throat in front of his mom or Kyungsoo lets it go and makes up a fake story about how the two met. Kyungsoo liked the first idea. However, Kyungsoo just looked at Jongin and faked a smile. He decided to have fun with this.

 

"You see, Mrs. Kim we both met at the park."

 

"It was a very sunny day and I was walking my dog. When I suddenly see a guy with a bright pink tank top running on the track. The pink made Jongin really stand out from the other runners. Back then I really pitied him because out of all the other runners out there, he was already tired-"

 

"Honey, that was because I was already on my 7th lap." Jongin continued and Kyungsoo glared at him. What happened to letting Kyungsoo tell the story? "Actually mom, after I finished my final lap, I was drinking my water bottle, when suddenly I see Kyungsoo staring at me like I was a piece of meat-" 

 

"That was because that wasn't your water bottle. Someone accidentally switch my dogs water bottle with yours. Remember? That's why it tasted like canned dog food." Kyungsoo blinked, innocently at Jongin, who just tried to keep calm in front of his mom.

 

"I tried to apologize but Jongin was really mad-"

 

"I wasn't mad, I actually found it really cute because I love dogs. And it reminded me of kissing Monggu." Jongin smiled, thinking about his beloved pet poodle. "Anyways after that I asked Kyungsoo if he needed to go to the hospital. Because it looked like he was about to collapse. I thought that because he was so tiny, and skinny he was actually anorexic-"

 

"Honey, I was just really tired. I wasn't anorexic." Kyungsoo faked a laugh, as he punched Jongin's shoulder. Hard. "Anyways suddenly my dog started barking at him and I was confused because my dog only barks when he sees a -"

 

"Right! I forgot about that part. Thanks for reminding me, honey! There was also a girl dog there!" Jongin said cutting off Kyungsoo in a hurried speed. When he saw Kyungsoo open his mouth once again, Jongin stuck up an egg roll in it, as a way shut him up and continued on with the story. "Then he told me that he thought I was handsome and invited me to lunch. Thats how we met."

 

"Thats-" His mom stared at the two confusedly. "different." 

 

"Yup, that's how our love started." Jongin faked a smile and pressed Kyungsoo against him. "Isn't that right, love?"

 

"Of course." Kyungsoo smiled, wanting to kill Kim Jongin so bad right now. 

 

-

 

"I would love to stay and chat but I have to excuse myself. It's a little late." Mrs. Kim announced, as she gathered her things.

 

When they all said their goodbyes, Jongin announced that Kyungsoo and he were going to stay and have dessert. Kyungsoo wanted to reject Jongin's offer but it was too hard to resist. And he knew that if he rejected Jongin's offer, the two would get into another fight so Kyungsoo took it. Plus who doesn't love dessert? 

 

"He'll have a chocolate mouse." Jomgin told the waiter and returned the menus back to him. When the waiter wrote the order, he bowed politely and left to place their order to the chef. 

 

"Your not going to get anything?" Kyungsoo asked and Jongin just shook his head. "Then why did you tell your mom we were going to have dessert. If you told me that you weren't going to get anything, I wouldn't have agreed to this."

 

Jongin took a sip of his wine. "I just wanted to. If we all left at the same time, my mom would probably make an excuse to have me drive her home or something. So I figured that if we stayed behind, she would have to call her driver to pick her up-"

 

"Isn't that your friend?" Kyungsoo interrupted, as he pointed at two male figures, who had just entered the resteraunt. "Chan-sung? Chan-soo? Chan-"

 

Jongin scoffed. "It's Chanyeol."

 

"Whatever. I was close." Kyungsoo replied.

 

Then after a couple more minutes, the waiter returned to their table with Kyungsoo's order. After the waiter placed the chocolate moose on Kyungsoo's plate mat, he smiled and told them to enjoy. Kyungsoo was delighted because he had never tried chocolate moose before. He only ordered it because Jongin recommended it and plus the name sounded really fancy.

 

When Jongin grabbed his fork and took a piece of the moose, Kyungsoo gasped and slapped his hand away. "What?"

 

"Who said I was sharing with you?" Kyungsoo furrowed his eyebrows and moved the moose closer to him, protectively.

 

"Who's the one paying for tonight?" Jongin fired back, trying to get another scoop but failed because Kyungsoo kept slapping his hand away. 

 

"Don't touch it. It's mine."

 

Jongin only rolled his eyes and crossed his arms in response. "Fine. Eat that whole thing. That probably has more than 3,000 calories anyways."

 

-

 

"Thanks for inviting me out to dinner today." Lay smiled.

 

Chanyeol smiled back and returned his attention to the menu. Today, Chanyeol's dad had forced him to take his arranged bride out to dinner. This was the first time the two had met and Chanyeol found the other to be genuinely kind and pleasant to be around.

 

However, he wasn't his type.

 

Lay was very handsome and kind. But not only that, he was incredibly wealthy. Lay's family owned a successful buisness back in China and if the two get married it could bring Parks Cooperation out of banruptcy. However, Chanyeol didnt belive in arranged marriages and would rather not be here. He was just here to make his dad happy. Something he had been trying to do since he was born.

 

"So, why don't you tell me something about yourself." Lay suggested, as they patiently waited for their food to arrive. "I already told you about myself."

 

"There's nothing much to tell." Chanyeol replied, shortly. "I'm a very boring person."

 

Lay smiled. Doesn't his face ever get tired of smiling so much, Changeol thought. "Look, I know you don't want to be here. Honestly, I dont either. Just like you, I dislike the idea of us getting married so fast. You seem like a great guy, but I'm already interested in someone else-"

 

"Thats great!" Chanyeol smiled. "I'm happy for you."

 

"But we both know our parents will always get what they want. Your parents want money and my parents want a son-in-law that could one day take over the company. Why don't we just try it out first."

 

"What do mean?"

 

"Lets not rush into marriage. I want to experience dating before we do get married. And if we really like each other then maybe we can get married, but if we dont let's cancel it and I can invest millions in Parks Cooperation instead."

 

"Okay?" Chanyeol replied, hesitantly. He didn't excatly know what he was getting himself into but he was willing to try.