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I Almost Kissed You

The office was unusually quiet as Jisoo walked in. The lights were on but there was no one around. She checked the schedule on her phone and glanced at her watch. It was definitely a normal working day. Perhaps everyone was late due to the heavy snow earlier in the morning.

Pausing in the middle of the walkway, Jisoo looked wistfully at the department's cubicles and rooms. She had submitted her resignation a few weeks ago and was currently serving her notice. She missed the fun and laughter, as well as, the tears and pain they shared. However, the lure of better prospects and pay proved too appealing. In her current position, she knew she wouldn't be able to rise in the ranks.

After settling down in her room, Jisoo headed for the pantry to get coffee. Just as she turned the corner, she almost dropped her mug in shock.

"Whoa, I almost kissed you!"

Right in front of Jisoo was Jennie. The Marketing manager was just inches away from Jisoo and she had an equally stunning look on her face. Jennie was holding her iPad with one hand and a file in the other. Behind Jennie was an odd scene. Everyone was frozen in various poses, it felt like time had stood still. Joy was bending over to pick up scattered papers around the photocopier, Lisa and Rosé were tangled up in silver and gold tinsel, Nayeon was flashing her famous bunny-smile while taking a selfie in front of the tangled duo, Seulgi was in the midst of falling off her chair and Yeri was sharpening pencils.

"Chu, freeze!" Irene shouted. "Hold up your mug!"

Jisoo did as she was told, wondering what was going on. Her eyes were scanning the surroundings and locating the origin of the loud commanding voice. At the same time, she was getting a little warm under her collar due to the close proximity between Jennie and herself. She couldn't look at Jennie straight in the eyes and she was trying to hide her smile.

Irene was walking around the office in a haphazard manner, holding a video camera in her hand as she filmed closeups of each person. When she came to the corner where Jisoo and Jennie were standing, it was evident she was stifling a laugh.

Irene tapped Jisoo on the shoulder and used hand signs to tell the shorter girl to mimic what she was doing. Irene was pouting her lips and moving them very close to Jennie. Jisoo's furrowed her brows as she shook her head.

Under Irene's fiery glare, Jisoo had no choice but to oblige. She knew how scary Irene get if no one listened to her. Jisoo's heart was beating doubly fast and her cheeks were warm. She avoided looking at Jennie's lips, choosing to focus her attention on her eyes and nose. Those lips were too attractive and were drawing her in.

Using her fingers, Irene asked Jisoo to look at Jennie in the eyes and for Jennie to look back in shock. It was obvious both Jisoo and Jennie were very awkward but decided to comply.

Irene gave a thumbs up and continued filming while holding in her laughter.

"Everyone, we're done! Great job!" Irene declared before bursting into laughter.

Everyone unfroze themselves and the usual noisy atmosphere resumed.

Jisoo and Jennie took a step backward each. Jisoo heaved a sigh of relief while Jennie hurried back to her seat.

"You almost kissed her, if not for me," Irene grinned, draping an arm around Jisoo as she accompanied the Operations senior manager to the pantry to get her coffee. "Or would you rather you did?"

Irene broke out into another burst of laughter. It wasn't until Jisoo jabbed the pretty lady hard in her ribs that she stopped and yelped in pain.

"Am I the only one who's unaware of the mannequin challenge?" Jisoo asked icily while trying to calm her heartbeats.