Twinkle ➵☽║ Nomin FF

스물여덟 ➵ 28

nana: chenle are you upset about something?

nana: are u okay?

lele: no. I mean. I don't know

lele: I guess

nana: chenle...

nana: it's your birthday, we know

nana: I wasn't gonna spoil this surprise but seeing you sad over text just made me wanna blurt it out.

lele: you remembered?

nana: of course I do, everyone did

lele: but jisung went somewhere to perform something...

lele: it's not the same without him here

nana: oh? Performance?

lele: yeah. He and the dance crew went somewhere to perform something

lele: I don't wanna know any further

lele: im quite hurt

nana: oh...

nana: well, there's still a surprise for you at the dance studio

nana: or we could cancel and come to the dorm for you

lele: no it's fine

lele: im going there

nana: alright, if you change your mind, call me okay?

lele: okay

nana: be safe on the way here

Read 8:09 pm

Chenle locked his phone and laid there on his bed for a bit. Feeling a little too lazy to get up, he rolled around and rubbed his eyes with both hands, trying to get some energy in him.

Finally after a few minutes of staring at the ceiling, he got up and tried to get ready, trying to look his best.

He walked out in the cold, it's mid-autumn but he only wore a layer of clothing with sweatpants to go with. It was cold, but he forced himself to be comfortable in that cruel temperature.

He was going slowly with his steps, unable to fasten up his pace, and the cold breeze kept blowing onto him keeping his bangs away from his face.

And after a few minutes, he reached the campus. Hesitating to open the door and going inside. In the midst of hesitation, he took a glimpse at the sky. Somehow, it calmed him down a bit. He flashed a smile at the sky before entering and making his way through the hallway and to the dance studio.

It's actually been so long since Chenle came to the dance studio, the last time he came here was 5 months ago, and that's because Jisung made him accompany him for his first day of dance club.

Now he's going to go there again, but this time without his clingy Jisung. He sighed as he thought of something and shut his eyes for a few seconds while walking. Soon enough, he reached the dance studio. He let out a breath he didn't know he was holding and walked in to a surprise.

"Happy Birthday, Chenle!" As the door swung open, he saw all of his close friends there. No Jisung...

And as if it's like a motherly sense, Jaemin went up to him to hug him, he hasn't hugged anyone in so long he couldn't remember what a hug feels like. He melts into the embrace, taking in everything.

Once Jaemin lets go of him, he took his time to observe the dance studio. It was fully decorated with balloons and decorations, and a picture of him on the wall. He smiled in satisfaction and appreciation, thanking everyone for the birthday surprise.

"Jisung won't be here tonight." Jeno said with his tone a little low due to not wanting to make Chenle sadder.

"I know."

Just then, Renjun came with a lit up birthday cake. Walking towards Chenle and they all sang the typical legendary birthday song.

After blowing out the candle, they all devoured the cake and played some games to get rid of boredom.

It was all fun and games, just a chilly night for them but then the lights went off, very promptly, very suddenly.

Chenle looked around trying to find a source of light. It was really dark in there and he barely heard a sound. No voices of his friends were heard, it's like they disappeared into the dark.

"Jaemin-hyung?" He called out. He started to get anxious and panicked. He's just been in the dark for a few seconds but he felt like it's been hours. He stood up and roamed around, little steps were made so he wouldn't bump into anything.

But then the grey curtains covering the big mirror on the wall of the studio opened up, revealing the mirror. A spark of light shone through the window and strike onto the mirror, reflecting a bit of light inside the room, his eyes adjusted a bit and looked straight ahead into his reflection on the mirror.

He inched closer and noticed a familiar figure in the mirror, he was about to turn around and run to hug the figure, figuring it would be any of his friends. But the thought stopped when he felt a weird aura coming from it.

He turned around and suddenly the lights went on again, the face he saw made him tear up.

"Jisung..."

Jisung swayed through the melody of the music and danced to it, performing something just for Chenle. The sight made Chenle overwhelmed and teared up, his face reddened as he cried silently. He's touched that Jisung did this for him.

Soon enough, the song faded down and as Jisung happened to finish his dance, Chenle ran up to him and hugged him tight, tears fell as he hid his face in the crook of Jisung's neck.

Jisung stiffened but relaxed his body in a twinkling of an eye once he felt the familiar and loving arms around his waist, embosoming him with love.

"I..."

"I miss you, Chenle."

Chenle parted himself from the taller, still holding tight on the other's forearm. "You told me that you went performing somewhere else... I thought you wouldn't be here."

"I'm sorry for lying. I was actually going to perform here, for you." Jisung kissed the top of the shorter's head, smiling in the process.

"You planned all of this? All of this was your idea?"

"Yes. I was going to surprise you." A tear left Jisung's eye and Chenle frowned at that, "Why are you crying!" Chenle whined and bawled into the other's chest, sniffing as he held the other close to him.

They were alone for a long while, both sitting down on the floor in tiredness after crying for a while together.

An hour later, the others came in with Jaemin slowly opening the door, just to find the two lovebirds already sleeping soundly in each other's arms. Haechan smiled at the cuteness they served and took pictures of them, not forgetting to send it in their groupchat.

Jaemin gently shook both of them awake, with Jisung startling into an awake state and Chenle slowly opening his eyes, still a bit dazed from sleeping.

They all readied up and cleaned up the studio before going back to their own dorms to have some deserved sleep after going through a very hectic day.

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Published on 22 November 2020

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