letting out an obnoxiously loud sigh, renjun plopped down onto jeno's bed and tossed his phone somewhere else on the soft mattress. he had a really busy day today, and majority of it consisted of going to the airport and bringing chenle back home.
the red haired chinese male didn't know why it was necessary for all twenty of them to go and pick up chenle, similarly to how they had dropped him off, but there wasn't any way he could complain. his brown haired roommates had dragged him out of the house and forced him to go along, despite it being nearly four in the morning and the chinese male complaining the entire trip there.
after that, they had to go through the entire drama of chenle's suitcase being lost, causing them to wait another two hours at the airport for the employees to try and find it. and after the returning boy got his suitcase back, he opened it and realized that the gifts for his friends weren't in the suitcase anymore.
the chinese then spent a good hour arguing with a group of employees and demanding his merchandise to be returned to him immediately, which then took another hour to find and return.
after all the drama that occurred at the airport, the twenty one boys were headed back to the dorms, but traffic had taken over majority of the highway on their way back due to a bad accident that occurred along the way, causing them a good three hours on the road.
now, it was nearly one in the afternoon and the red haired chinese male was beyond tired and exhausted, and the day was just now half gone. jaemin and jeno walked into their shared dorm room as the shortest male plopped himself in a seated position on his roommate's bed and watched as one of the brown haired male's close the door. chenle's gift to renjun was still in his hand inside a red paper bag. the red haired male hadn't opened it yet, wanting to wait until he got back to his shared dorm room.
"scoot," jeno said to the chinese as he tried to make space for him to sit as well. renjun just rolled his eyes as he moved to the side for the bed owner to sit on the mattress. the other brown haired male sat on his own bed opposite of the two and immediately opened up his phone to play a game, setting aside chenle's gift on his desk as he passed by.
"don't you wanna know chenle's gift to us?" renjun asked jaemin, who looked up from his phone when hearing his roommate's voice.
the two of them were able to make up from their fight pretty quickly. it only took a serious moment, where renjun talked about his feelings for jaemin and jeno, and everything was patched up. however, that was the issue. even with jeno's confession towards the red haired boy, the three of them are completely disregarding the conversations they had, although taken separately. it was as if they were ignoring the fact that they like each other.
ever since the brown haired male's confession, renjun had never actually thought back to it even once this past week, and that wasn't a good thing. same for jaemin; after that day, he didn't think about the chinese male's confession, acting as if they never had the conversation.
the three boys were well aware of this, but no one could bring it up. it was as if a silent rule was implied between the three of them to never talk about their feelings again.
shaking his head, the brown haired male just focused his attention back on his phone as he readjusted his pillow to become more comfortable in his bed. "i'll open it later. i'm in the middle of something really important right now."
rolling his eyes, the other brown haired male opened up the green paper bag that was handed to him by chenle. the chinese male was always bringing things back from his vacations to give to his friends, and by this point, it didn't surprise anyone. the light brown haired male was just that rich.
"no wonder why the bag was so heavy," jeno said as he took out a box from the paper bag. renjun turned his attention towards it and began to make sounds.
"oooo~ looks like someone has a new phone~" renjun hummed as the brown haired male looked inside the bag and back at the white box in his hands. "and it's the latest one, too."
"seriously, zhong chenle?" jeno mumbled to no one as he gave renjun a look, seeing the chinese male have a playful smile on his face. upon hearing about the brown haired boy's gift from the returning chinese, jaemin gave a quick glance to his two roommates, who were seated so close to each other on the other brown haired male's bed. he quickly looked away to not be caught by either of them, but never checked out from their conversation.
renjun took ahold of the green paper bag and looked inside of it, seeing a small sticky note right at the bottom. he reached in and pulled it out, flipping it over to see words written on it.
"hey," he called for the brown haired male, slapping the younger's arm with the back of his hand and gave him the sticky note. "this was inside the bag."
spending a minute to read what was written on the paper, jeno just shook his head and let out a sigh. "how did he find out about my cracked phone?"
speaking of his old phone, the brown haired male took it out of his pocket and observed it, not sure what to think about chenle's overly expensive give that he gave to him. even though it may be somewhat difficult to see what's on the screen due to two large cracks that decorated it, jeno was perfectly fine with the phone he had now. it was still fully functional and wasn't that old either.
then again, the fall that his phone had to go through that day was pretty bad, seeing as it hit the hard floor from about three feet in the air.
"jisung probably told him," the chinese male commented, answering his friend's question and shaking his head at the younger's whipped nature. "that guy tells everything to his boyfriend."
jeno could only nod and agree since it was true. he put his old phone aside and began to open the box with the new device. the chinese male next to him watched carefully as the brown haired boy took his precious time in peeling off a plastic wrap that covered the outside.
"hey, jaemin," renjun turned his attention towards his other brown haired male, breaking the silent atmosphere of the dorm room. the said male looked up from his phone at him before raising a brow as if asking 'what?'
"you cracked your phone, too, so maybe you also have a new phone from chenle," the red haired male said, using his context clues to take a guess as to what the younger's gift may be.
a shrug was what replied to his statement. "i mean, i'm perfectly fine with mine right now, though." the brown haired male showed the chinese his phone from where he was sitting to prove his point before turning the screen back to him, glancing at it to see his process in his game.
silence settled back into place in the room as jaemin looked back up in the direction of his roommates, looking from jeno to renjun, and locking eyes with the chinese male. even though the two were across the room from each other, they could still see each other's eyes clearly, and no matter how far they were, they could still feel the depth.
renjun and jaemin remembered the first time they had actually looked into each other's eyes this deeply, and it was the day that chenle was leaving for china, when renjun had tripped and fell to the ground, bringing the brown haired male with him. since then, they never looked into each other's eyes this deeply, and experiencing the moment again, despite being in a different setting and context, brought butterflies to renjun's stomach and caused jaemin to gulp down the urge to get lost in the red haired male's eyes.
realizing the situation and where this was going, the older male teared his eyes away from the brown haired boy across the room and ended their eye contact game, placing his attention towards the paper bag he had in his hand and breaking the silence in the room. "i'm going to open mine now."
opening the two sides of the bag, the red haired male looked inside and saw a black piece of clothing that was folded neatly inside, a small sticky paper laying nicely on top. he grabbed ahold of the note first and read it to himself before taking out the shirt and taking a look at it.
"oh shi-" renjun stopped his words as he was in shock at what chenle had gotten him. it was the black t-shirt that the chinese male had wanted at the mall that day, but wasn't able to get it. a smile made his way onto his lips as he absorbed in all the detail of the shirt.
the article of clothing was made in china, and renjun had wanted one since he first saw his cousin wear it in one of his photos that he posted on instagram. along the front, it read the words 'live your life' in chinese in big, bold, white characters. there were white hems of the sleeves and a character reading 'happiness' written down both sleeves. and on the back, there was an image of a globe, colored blue and green.
"hey, isn't that the shirt you wanted from that one store we went to one day? the one you couldn't afford because you were, quote on quote, 'fucking broke despite attending the most prestigious high school in seoul?'" jeno asked, taking his attention off the new device in his hands and turning it towards the chinese male and his gift from chenle.
the red haired boy gave his friend a look, holding the shirt close to his chest as if he was hugging it. "the fact that you still remember exactly what i said that day," renjun retaliated, quite shocked that the brown haired boy remember what he had said in complete detail.
and jeno had said he didn't know what renjun was ranting about that day.
"the fact that i'll remember anything and everything you say," jeno said back, looking towards the chinese male and taking his attention away from the shirt.
a playful scoff was heard from renjun as he just rolled his eyes, not taking any deeper meaning into his friend's words. "what are you, a voice recorder?"
by this point in time, jeno was regretting what he had said back to the chinese, about remembering everything he would say. luckily, renjun didn't seem to notice the meaning behind the brown haired male's words because that most likely would've caused an extremely awkward moment between the two of them.
the younger male turned away from his friend and focused his attention back to his phone, trying to make it seem as if he was more interested in the new device rather than what he had just accidentally blurted out.
but renjun appeared to not enjoy that since the chinese just huffed at the brown haired boy while crossing his arms. their conversation ended so abruptly, and they were even having a fun little argument between them. these were the kinds of things renjun enjoyed: playing around with his friends.
reaching over to jeno's hands, which held his new phone that he was already trying to set up, the red haired male snatched the device from his hands before holding it behind him, causing jeno to lunge for it and try to get it back.
"hey! give it back!" the brown haired boy tried to reach around the smaller male in an attempt to grab his phone back, but the older just switched the hand he was holding the device with. he leaned back farther to put most distance between him and jeno, which subsequently caused the other male to move forward.
"you're gonna drop it!" the brown haired male exclaimed as he once again tried to get a grip on his new phone. by this point, renjun was half leaning off the bed, holding the phone above his head to get it farther away from his friend, while jeno was practically hovering above the older. the other brown haired male in the room glanced at his friends playing around before focusing his attention back to his game, finding it more amusing than the event that was unfolding on his roommate's bed.
"you're gonna have to get it!" the chinese male teased, stretching his arm out farther the closer the brown haired male got, until more than half of his body was now off the bed. at first, the chinese male was okay with him practically floating in midair.
however, this time, the brown haired male lunged for his phone a bit too hard, causing him to put his weight on renjun. the chinese male lost the only grip he had on the bed and immediately felt himself falling to the floor.
as a reflex, the red haired male reached out to wrap his arm around his friend's neck to stop himself from falling. even the brown haired male stopped with his phone and wrapped his outstretched arm around the older's waist, but these things seem to never work for renjun, since once again, he had brought jeno down with him.
the sound of a thud followed up the fall of the two boys and now, renjun was laying with his back against the floor, the hand with jeno's phone still positioned above his head while the other was wrapped around the brown haired male's neck tightly. the younger of the two had one of his arms wrapped around renjun's waist while the other was pushed against the floor on the chinese male's side, holding the taller up.
it didn't click to the two at first what kind of position they were in, since the initial shock caused them to freeze and remain unmoved. but maybe it wasn't just that.
maybe it was the fact that they were in this position again, and in the same way as well. the day the two accidentally shared a kiss was the first time they were stuck like this, and the chinese boy thought it would be the last, seeing what had ensued afterwards. then again, things like this were unexpected, so you wouldn't know they would happen until they happen.
a few moments had passed, and now, the initial shock and surprise was gone. but why weren't the two of them getting off the ground? why were they still laying on the floor, getting lost in each other's eyes, and not nothing to move?
renjun didn't know about jeno, but for him, he became confused. looking into jeno's eyes, those chocolate brown orbs that were deeper than the ocean, the chinese male suddenly didn't know what to think anymore. the eyes that were looking back at him seemed strange, foreign, as if the chinese male had never seen them before, when clearly, he had. the feeing he got while looking into jeno's eyes were mesmerizing and intriguing, bringing the chinese male in more. he knew it was jeno's eyes he was looking into, he was sure it was the eyes of the brown haired male on top of him.
but instead of jeno, renjun saw jaemin's eyes.
and no, this didn't have to do with his two roommates looking similar or having the same eye colors. that didn't matter. what did matter, however, was the fact that the red haired male had a feeling looking at jeno's eyes, the same feeling he had when looking at the other brown haired boy's eyes.
they both had the same type of gaze towards him.
since when did that happen? from what point in time did jaemin and jeno begin to look at renjun the same way when initially, their gazes were completely different? how come renjun was being drawn in with jeno's eyes just as much as he was drawn in with jaemin's eyes? how did it suddenly become so difficult for the chinese male to tell the difference between his two friends? what was the reason behind their gazes? renjun didn't know.
but one thing he did know was that jaemin had completely ruined the moment that the two were sharing on floor. in an obnoxiously loud voice, along with a voice crack, and not taking his attention off his game, jaemin had asked the two boys a question.
"are you guys making out on the floor or what?"