react | nomin

13

jaemin made an 'o' with his mouth shuffling in his seat to look straight in front of him, eyebrows furrowing as if he was thinking.

as for jeno, he kept both hands on the wheel focusing on the road. although he really wanted to hold jaemin's hand like he used to, he resisted the urge to do so.

one, because jaemin's safety was important. and two, because jaemin barely knew who he was.

so jeno just sighed and kept driving.

and the drive only got longer from there.

it was suddenly nine in the morning, the clouds were slightly fogging up the sky, but flocks of birds could be seen flying in v shapes as if they were migrating somewhere else. the freeway was unexpectedly almost empty which was weird to jeno because they're usually full. especially on the weekends.

by that time though, jaemin had fallen asleep. after asking jeno a couple more questions to no avail, he simply decided to take a nap and told jeno, his exact words being:

"when i wake up, i'll remember who you are and what you were to me."

which was dumb because jeno knew jaemin was going to wake up crying because he still wouldn't know who he was other than 'lee jeno lee the man meme man man meme'

it wasn't long before jeno had finally pulled up to the ferry line, paying for his and jaemin's fare before pulling the vehicle into the line to board the boat.

by that time, jaemin had finally woken up, rubbing at his eyes with a small yawn.

jeno looked over at him with a small, sad smile.

when jaemin usually woke up from his naps, he would immediately tell jeno what happened in the dream he had while jeno slipped his hand into jaemin's own, feeling the latter squeeze it out of excitement

those were the days when jeno's world still turned perfectly, where nothing was ever wrong. it was perfect. he really was living the life.

it took jeno a couple minuted to realize that his world hadn't stopped completely though. because even if this meant he could only ever have jaemin as a friend and he'd have to move on and find someone else, he'd take it.

after all, a na jaemin was a na jaemin no matter what he was towards you.

"jeno, are you okay?" jaemin asked worriedly when he saw that jeno had spaced out.

the black hair boy nodded, snapping out of his thoughts as he began to move the car forward as the line was moving.

"what was your dream about jaem?" jeno then asked so there was no awkward silence, and man did he miss the way jaemin's eyes lit up.

"well," the younger started straightening himself up in his seat "i had this dream about, i think his name is park jisung?" jaemin questioned and jeno nearly had a heart attack.

but instead of saying anything, jeno let jaemin continue.

"and we were at this party! the music was loud and he dragged me into a corner. i think i was drunk?" he questioned before speaking again "but there were lots of colored lights and people. we were in a secluded corner and i was about to kiss him until another figure came in, and after that, i woke up."