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“My cat’s a dick. He was up at 4 this morning causing a racket with the wifi cable. Then he knocked over the picture frames on the dresser.” Wonwoo sighs into his lunch. Today it was 8 chicken nuggets. And the classic cosmic brownie.
“Oooh. What’s your cat’s name?” Seokmin looks up from his phone at the mention of a pet.
“Tony Tony Choppurr. My husband’s idea. He loves One Piece.” Only 3 pieces of chicken nuggets are left.
Seokmin audibly gasps that the whole table hears him. “INGENIUS. WHEN. CAN. I. MEET. THEM?”
“Aren’t you a dog person?” Mingyu sends Seokmin a betrayed judgmental look.
“A soft cuddly pet is a pet worth meeting and petting.” Seokmin states without missing a beat. “Also, I love One Piece. Wonwoo’s cat has a fantastic name.”
“Thanks, I’ll tell Jun.”
“How come you don’t want to hear about my dog?” Mingyu pouts.
“Mingyu, you talk about your dog all the time. All. The. Time.” Minghao emphasizes the last part as much as possible.
Jihoon puts down his spoon, “Have you seen your desk?”
Mingyu’s desk is covered in photos of his dog. That photo calendar on his desk? His dog models for all 14 months. Mingyu himself took the photos. The quote of the day book, his dog is the background on every single page. All 10 framed photos on his desk are of him and his dog (don’t tell his family).
“My dog is great and I can’t believe you guys are tired hearing about her.” Once again, the dog owner pouts.
“Okay, he pouted for the tenth time during lunch today. I think I’m sitting next to a kid.” Minghao announces to the table. Mingyu’s bottom lip sticks out more. Jihoon and Wonwoo are both snickering. Jeonghan sends Minghao a look, that the latter purposely avoids looking at. “I’ll see you guys later.” He exits the cafeteria as fast as possible while the others wave bye.
The remaining five men disperse into their own conversations.
Jihoon whispers to Jeonghan “Did you cause that?”
“Does Paula Dean pour an entire bottle of ranch into her layered dessert because the recipe called for it?” Jeonghan sips his tea.
“Why is it cooking show host references with you? And at least show me the video you’re referring to before making references.” With Jeonghan, all you will get are cryptic responses with cooking show hosts when it comes to him and his meddling ways. Jeonghan pulls out his phone with the video ready.
And no. The recipe called for ¼ bottle of ranch. Does Paula care? Paula only cares that she loves ranch so much, the 7-layered dish gets a whole damn bottle.
Which is to say, Jeonghan cares for his juniors, whether they need his help or not is another thing.