| t h i r t y - t w o |

2.3K 82 10
                                    

jeno sighed as his phone made a sound, indicating someone texted him. why was jaemin texting him when he was in the same house? the first couple of days he kept his hopes up, always hoping to see that the text was from you, or one of the other boys. now, a week and a half later he had learned to not hope, the crushing feeling of disappointment feeling heavy every time he saw it wasn't you.

instead of calling out for jaemin, his throat feeling slightly sore from crying, he decided to check his phone instead. jeno felt stupid as he sniffed slightly. he didn't understand why he'd still be crying even after a week and a half. yes, he had feelings for you, but not once did he expect it to affect him for that long and that much. he didn't understand why it kept hurting, deep deep inside, the two of you were never even together.

his eyelids were heavy, another side effect of having cried, but despite his droopy eyes, he saw who had texted him. he saw the contact name. jeno pinched himself, slapped his cheek lightly, rubbed his eyes, but the name still lit up on his screen proudly. his phone made another sound.

"did chenle and y/n text you too?" jaemin came running from his toilet break, his hand clenching the device in his hand. jeno kept his head down, not daring to tear his eyes away from the phone in fear of the names disappearing if he looked away. just the sight of your name popping up on his phone screen almost made his eyes well up again. jeno nodded, yes.

-

jeno's phone
thursday 7:35 pm

oof 2

lele <3: hey guys

nana <3: holy shit hey

wow hi

hyuck <3: so we talked about stuff
uhm

lele <3: would you like to meet up
for coffee or whatever idk

lele <3: tomorrow?

deadass?

nana <3: for real?

lele <3: yeah man

no wait

legit?

nana <3: actually legit?

hyuck <3: let's put this stupid shit
behind us

jisung?

sung <3: under one condition

sung <3: jeno you make up with
my sister

sung <3: and you better treat her well

sung <3: you do what you promised
me in the beginning that you
couldn't manage to keep before

sung <3: i am not doing this for you
jeno, mark my words

sung <3: she loves you dude

sung <3: as much as i hate to say it

sung <3: you make her happy

sung <3: and i am a bit hesitant but
i'll give you a chance to make things
better

oh

thank you

sung <3: don't thank me

sung <3: just talk to her

sung <3: the five of us we'll talk
things through tomorrow

okay

right

hyuck <3: go get your girl

sung <3: jaemin you better apologize
to her as well

nana <3: yes sir

-

jeno's phone
thursday 7:37 pm

y/n's bitches

gorgeous: hi

nana <3: hi

hello

gorgeous: so

gorgeous: how are things

nana <3: fine

lonely

nana <3: well damn you went straight
to it huh

gorgeous: oh

gorgeous: i see

gorgeous: i wanted to talk to you

nana <3: oh about what?

gorgeous: that bet

gorgeous: jeno you told me it was
over after we went to get ice cream

yeah..

gorgeous: so everything that
happened after

were conversations, texts, plans
and so on

that weren't because of the bet

nana <3: and the same goes for me

nana <3: as much as we messed up

nana <3: you're great

nana <3: we were just a bit too stupid
to realize at first

you're more than great

gorgeous: okay

gorgeous: thank you

gorgeous: i missed you you know

gorgeous: i fucking hate you both
but like damn you two are so lovable

nana <3: i missed you too

me too

i miss you so much

nana <3: uhm do you two need a
moment or smth?

gorgeous: oh shut up

gorgeous: i heard you're meeting
up with the boys tomorrow

gorgeous: can we meet up as well?

gorgeous: afterwards for a bit?

yes

nana <3: yeah i think that's a good
idea

yes

a very good idea

nana <3: jeno your excitement is
showing

shut up

gorgeous: amazing! i'll see you
tomorrow then!

yes

yes amazing! see you :)

nana <3: wait

nana <3: about everything that
happened, i'm so sorry

gorgeous: let's talk tomorrow, alright?

yes

yeah, we'll talk tomorrow

-

jeno took a deep breath, the pain and loneliness that before was dominating in his chest quickly getting replaced by nervousness.

"jeno, let's fix things." he finally dared to look at his friend, jaemin staring at him already with hope in his eyes. jeno nodded, "yeah, we have to."

ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴡɪɴ | ɴᴄᴛ ?Where stories live. Discover now