•The Ghost of Flowers• {[Nomin]}

✨🌸 Chapter 75 🌸✨

They brushed shoulders every once in a while but it all felt so natural, going back to being close, keeping each other by one another's side. Everything seemed suddenly so sweet.

"After you madam," Jeno said and swung the door open while bowing his head at Jaemin, the honey haired curtsying in response.

"Thank you sire."

"AYE wassap homies!" Chittaphon screamed from behind the counter the second he saw the two boys, making them both grin as they walked up to the counter that surprisingly wasn't busy.

"I think you know what I want," Jaemin said and smirked, making the man behind the counter gag as he shook his head.

"One rat poison, coming up. And for you, sweet Jeno."

Jeno snorted at the sudden change in attitude when Chitta turned to him, smiling to himself and ordering. "I'll have a caramel latte with extra whip and drizzle please."

Chittaphon nodded and Jeno caught sight of Jaemin staring at him, eyebrows furrowed with mouth agape. "Oh, don't act like mine's terrible when you order what you order."

Jaemin stuck out his tongue and wrapped his arm around Jeno's shoulders, walking them both to the end of the counter as they waited for their drinks patiently. The coffee shop wasn't very populated today so it was nice and quiet, and the sunshine was beaming through the windows and creating a surreal glow.

"Aight, here's the two coffees!" he said and smiled at Jeno, looking to Jaemin and dropping his expression as he shook his head in disgust.

Jaemin couldn't believe the attitude of this man and just huffed, taking a long sip of his drink before Jeno had to drag him off to find a table.

There was a cute table for two next to the window, completely vacant since everyone else sat in the booths. The two boys sat across from one another, acting like yin and yang except it was more like extra sweet and extremely bitter.

"I can't believe that someone like you actually can down something so bitter," Jeno said and shivered, and Jaemin only kept a flat face to show he wasn't scared of judgement.

"Oh yeah? What are you tryna say then? That I'm sweet?" the honey haired smirked and Jeno stiffened a bit, but then raised his eyebrow.

Suddenly, Jeno clasped his hands together like an anime character and blinked his eyes. "Only the sweetest of sweet~"

Jaemin almost choked on his coffee, not knowing whether to cringe at what he said or how loud he said it. He just prayed no one is looking at them.

"What the heck? You're so dorky," Jaemin laughed and set his coffee down, trying to compose himself a bit.

"Well, it's true."

The tone suddenly wasn't as joking anymore as Jaemin found his laughter slowly subsiding, gazing up slowly to meet genuine dark ones staring back.

"Jaemin... can I talk to you?"

The honey haired cracked a smile again and shrugged. "I mean, you are already aren't you?"

Jeno huffed and shook his head. "You know what I meant."

Jaemin nodded and stopped his chuckling, now waiting for Jeno to continue and talk about what he needed to. He saw the dark haired boy shift a bit as his eyebrows slightly furrowed, gazing from the floor to the window as Jaemin could practically see the millions of thoughts running through his mind.

"I..."

Jeno swallowed his spit and finally managed to look towards Jaemin again. And when he did, he felt his heart jump.