(Ship requested by JenkookForeverLilly)

(Concept by author: Sana and Jimin have been working under the same company together. Although they're not very close, Jimin somehow developed a major crush on Sana)

(Jimin POV)

I always got distracted at my desk. I actually got more work done at home. Sometimes I telecommute, but I had to come in today for a meeting.

I kept finding myself glancing over towards her desk.

She was seated facing away from me, but I could still see her through the reflection on her monitor.

I keep trying to deny it.

But to be honest, I think the more I try to fight it, the harder I fall.

I have a crush on her.

But I obviously can't tell her.

She's just...so beautiful and hardworking and friendly and amazing....

But we're coworkers. These are long term jobs. I don't want us to feel weird around each other if we're gonna be here for a while.

I had been texting my friend, venting to him about my girl problems.

I lost track of time and was almost late to the meeting.

It was a company-wide meeting. I had one topic to present in front of everyone. In front of her.

I had my presentation loaded onto my phone because I didn't bring my laptop in today.

It was my turn to present about twenty minutes into the meeting.

I connected my phone to the projector to display the PowerPoint I had prepared.

It started out good. Everything seemed to be going smoothly. I felt confident and I got all of the info across clearly.

I was wrapping up the final points and answering questions. I thought I was going to finish without any problems.

I didn't even notice it. It was the look on everyone's faces that got me to turn around and look at what was on the projector.

A notification had popped up on my screen. It was a text from my friend who I was talking to earlier.

I only saw it for a second before it went away, but that was all I needed to read it.

****: So when are you gonna tell Sana you like her

I pretended that I didn't see it.

"Uhh....a-as I was saying..."

I finished my part and sat back down.

I felt like everyone was still looking at me. I wanted to get up and leave so badly. I didn't even dare to look over at Sana.

I'm dead. She knows. There is no other Sana working here except for here. Sana isn't exactly a common name either. Everyone in this room that read that text knew it was about her.

As soon as the meeting ended, I kept my head down and escaped from that room as fast as I could. I didn't go back to my desk. I went and hid in the restroom for a bit. I waited until I collected myself to go back out again.

I sat back down at my desk quietly, hoping no one else would talk to me today.

I texted my friend back after more than an hour.

JM: she knows now

JM: thanks to you bro

JM: really couldn't have texted at a worse time

I sigh, sliding my phone away from me on the desk.

I ended up subconsciously avoiding her for the next few days, which was pretty hard, considering that we were working in the same division.

I was packing up my things to go home one evening. I looked up from my bag and she was standing right there. My first instinct was to turn in the other direction, but I didn't. Because she spoke to me.

"Jimin-ssi, are you heading out already?" She asks.

"Uh...yeah...I'll see you around." I tried to keep our conversation short.

I started walking away, but what she said next made me stop in my tracks.

"If you're avoiding me because of what happened at the meeting, I get it."

I turn around slowly.

"I didn't think much of it when it happened, but after you started acting different..." She trails off.

"Look, Sana...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to ignore you like that." I clutch my bag tight, "I just...got scared. I'm sorry if I made things awkward between us." I bow my head.

The thought kept crossing my mind.

Just tell her. Own up to it. Tell her yourself this time.

"The truth is, I really like you, Sana." I say as I bring my head back up, "I understand you don't feel the same way."

"Who ever said that?"

It took me a second to understand what she meant.

I look at her, confused, and she nods, like she could just read my mind.

I asked her on a date and we went out together, more than once.

We didn't want to deal with labels right now. Technically, we weren't boyfriend and girlfriend. We were just dating.

Dating a colleague is risky a lot of the time. I had forgotten whether or not our company had a rule against dating coworkers so we kept it professional at work.

But the more we tried to hide it, the stronger my feelings for her got. I went from liking her, to loving her. I loved her even more after seeing how far she's willing to go for us.

But if we do get in trouble, or worse, fired, we'll still have each other. That's not gonna stop me from seeing her.