BITTERSWEET | Nomin

INTRO

Jeno Lee was not some regular guy you would see everyday. He was more than that. He was one of a kind. Mysterious yet so beautiful. He was almost every girl's crush and boys envied him because of that. The popular crew often tried to befriend him, but Jeno wasn't satisfied with the recognition and the influence the squad had. He had been asked several times to sit with them but he kindly denied. They'd invite him to parties and trips, Jeno wasn't interested. They even wanted him on the football team after they saw how skilled he was during PE, even the coach tried to talk to him. Sure, Jeno was sportive, he'd usually go for a run in the forest to clear his mind,but running while people were watching and cheering and stressing over some scoreboard wasn't really his thing.
Girls often tried to get in touch with him as well. Who wouldn't fall in love with Jeno Lee after all. It was hard, though, because Jeno never paid attention to them. He had had several girlfriends before, and he liked them. He really did. But it wasn't love. And he knew that. That's why he was always the one to break up. After a while he didn't feel like dating anymore. The boy never liked to be the center of attention. He'd rather go to the library during breaks and he'd listen to some music or read an interesting book. The crew eventually stopped trying, they were friends, but not close friends. They never bullied him for his choices. Why would they? He never did anything wrong, he never hurt anyone. There was no reason to hate the golden boy.
Jeno had one friend since elementary school and that was enough for him. Lee Donghyuck, who prefered the name Haechan, was his best friend and he couldn't wish for a better one.
Haechan knew that pretty much everybody liked Jeno, yet he never hated him or did anything against him. He stayed loyal and didn't change when everyone around him did and Jeno appreciated it a lot. Haechan would often tell him things like "You're so dumb. You could be friends with literally anyone but you choose to stay with me" to which Jeno would reply with an annoyed sigh. Haechan was joking, of course. He was thankful his best friend was always by his side and didn't turn out to be an asshole and leave him because of all the people that liked him.

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Na Jaemin was the typical bad boy in every high school. Looks? Yes. Captain of the football team? Of course. Girls drooling over him? Absolutely. Selfish and arrogant? That as well. He was known as the best football player. His team was also the strongest and almost impossible to defeat. Not only was he one of the best players on the field, but Jaemin was also known to be a real player outside football. One might say he was an actual fuckboy. He didn't care, though. He enjoyed it and that was all that mattered. He was bisexual, so that added more to the fun. "The best of both worlds" he liked to call it. Everyone knew what kind of person he was, but then again, they were attracted to him.
Jaemin was rich and his clothing, cars and the way he acted showed that. He had enemies for sure, but even that didn't stop him. Jaemin lived the perfect teenage life, a life everyone could dream of. As you can tell, he had his reasons to walk around proudly.

They both lived their own life until one day the football team of Jaemin played against Jeno's school. Things started to change when the golden boy met his antagonist. Opposites attract, right?