Broken | Jaeyong

chapter 25

"I-I mean..." Jisung stuttered. He chased his mind for someway to get out of the situation.

"You know where Jaemin is?" Jeno questioned, his jaw tensing. Jisung was panicking. He looked at Chenle, he was confused and silently asking him the exact same question.

"Y-Yeah..." Jisung grimaced like he was ready to get hit.

"Why have you been lying to us?" Chenle frowned and Jisung was quick to defend himself.

"I had to. Jaemin's staying with us because he's under police protection. I don't know why, so don't ask me. I'm not allowed to tell you but well..." Jisung told them and it simmered them down.

"I understand." Chenle smiled at him and Jisung felt a wash of relief fall over him.

"Easy for you to say. I've been going nuts. I thought he was ghosting me but he just wasn't replying because he can't. God, thanks Jisung for screwing with my mentality for the past few days." Jeno scuffed angrily.

"If it makes you feel better he's been asking about you too." Jisung spilled hoping that would brighten the older's mood and it did.

"What did he ask?" Jeno chirped, his food being left alone for the first time since they sat down.

"If you have asked about him and I said you didn't stop." Jisung said as he looked at him unimpressed. "And he asked if you had someone else now."

"Why would he ask that?" Jeno asked in both offence and slight heartbreak.

"I don't know if you've ever realised, Jeno, but you kinda have a fuck boy reputation." Jisung deadpanned.

"That's true." Chenle agreed in a quiet voice.

Jeno knew that but Jaemin was different. He thought Jaemin knew that. God, he thought it was obvious because the feeling was. It wouldn't leave him alone. Whenever he tried falling asleep all he could ever think about was the way the ends of Jaemin's lips curl upwards like rose petals when he smiles or how the ends of his eyes creased when he laughs. And don't even get him started on the way Jaemin's eyes always sparkle every time he catches Jeno looking at him from the other side of the room.

"And what did you say?" Jeno asked the younger in somewhat of a threatening manner.

"I said you didn't. If you had you wouldn't ask about him all the time." Jisung answered, taking Jeno's relaxed shoulders as the sign that he had answered correctly.

"Come on then because I know exactly how fucking freezing your house is." Jeno said as he stood up.

"My house isn't fucking cold!" Jisung argued. Chenle quickly put a hand on the younger's shoulder, massaging it lightly in a gesture to calm down. Jisung looked down at him and thanked him with a small smile in which the smaller smiled back.

"Jaemin's always been sensitive to the cold." Chenle chuckled as they followed Jeno to the closest clothing store. "And now you don't have to pay for it because I'm sure Jeno will buy it for him."

"True." Jisung grinned making the older laugh. "Or he'll probably just give me a hoodie he has lying around in his car or something and say that none of the ones in the store were good quality." And that's exactly what he did.