"Lele, I'm back", Jisung calls into the apartment.
A pink-headed blur rushes at Jisung, almost knocking him down. He can barely move with how tightly Chenle is holding onto him.
"I missed you", Chenle mumbles into his chest.
"I missed you too. I couldn't wait to see my beautiful boy."
When Chenle doesn't react, Jisung kisses the top of his bed and gently ruffles his hair. He waits and then starts waddling them into the living room.
He's not surprised when Chenle takes a place on his lap and wraps his legs around his waist so he's koala hugging him.
"It's so annoying when I can't kiss you", Chenle mumbles.
"I agree. But now I can give you all your kisses."
Chenle smiles as his boyfriend pecks all over his face, saving his lips for last.
The kiss is soft and slow, both just wanting to savor the moment. Chenle barely moves his lips, just wanting them to touch Jisungs but not needing anything else. He inhales, breathing in Jisungs familiar warmth.
He laughs when Jisung sniffs his hair, that he's been told always smells good.
"Did you get a blanket and pillows?"
"Mhm. Almost got in a fight with this older lady for it."
Jisung chuckles. "Of course you did. What happened?"
"So I go into the store to get the blankets and pillows and I looked at the blankets first and found one insanely soft and then I went to the pillows. I only focused on the furry ones and so there was, like, five different ones. I kept trying to find the softest and this older lady seemed to be doing the same thing. And in the back, I found the perfect pillows. I grabbed two and placed them in the cart and I kid you not, she was glaring at me. I tried to ignore her but this bitch is staring at me. And I was still looking in case I wanted another and she let out the biggest sigh. So I looked at her and was like 'Can I help you?' and she shook her head and was like 'Just keep looking. And take all the pillows'. I almost bought all of them just to spite her."
"I don't think we need that many pillows, babe."
"That's not the point, Jisung!"
"I know."
"Be proud, though. I got one of those soft pillows and handed it to her. She took it but didn't say anything. And when I was leaving, she was like 'Finally'. So I called her a bitch."
"Lele!" Jisung exclaims through his laugh with wide eyes.
"She had it coming. I was just tryna buy pillows. And it made the teenager who was in the aisle with us laugh."
"Don't cuss in front of teenagers!"
"It's nothing that girl's never heard before. You know teenagers cuss just as much as I do, if not more."
"Fine. But don't cuss in front of children."
"Can I cuss in front ours?"
"Lele!"
Chenle just smiles, admiring his flustered love of his life. He leans in and kisses him shortly before pulling away to rest his head against Jisungs. "You didn't give me an answer."
"Not when they're small. Maybe when they're twelve but they're not allowed to insult people and call them bitches like you do."
"Okay", Chenle says softly, more focused on the fact that Jisung didn't oppose having kids.
"I love you."
"I love you more."
Jisungs mouth falls open at the sentence. "You do not!"
"I do too!"
"You do not", Jisung says, seriously.
"I do too."
Jisung smirks when an idea forms in his mind. He watches panic flash through Chenles eyes. But then Chenle raises an eyebrow, pretending to be much more confident that he feels.
"Shall I prove it?"
"Kinky", Chenle teases.
Jisungs face burns with embarrassment but he's glad they're not in public. "Lele!"
➳
Jeno
Hey
Haechan
Hey
Jeno
Wanna go to a movie?
Haechan
Sure
Which one?
Jeno
You can pick
My request is that I pick you up
Haechan
Okay but why?
Jeno
You'll see
Haechan
Is it too soon to call you a weirdo?
Jeno
Just get ready
Haechan
Fine🙄
➳
"Am I supposed to understand?" Haechan asks when Jeno arrives in front of his apartment building.
Jeno grins. "Not yet."
"Okay."
"You can listen to whatever", Jeno says, pointing to the radio. "No sad songs, please."
"I would never put on sad songs in the presence of another person. I wanna get emotional in private."
"I see. I listen to sad songs half the time and played at one of my mom's get-together things and well, basically, it made the atmosphere very depressing."
"I can imagine. Did anyone cry?"
"Mark's mom did. They're all emotional people. Mark's family, I mean."
"Your parents are friends?"
"Yeah. Our parents knew that me and Mark are best friends with Chenle and so they'd see the three of together and we'd always get invited and invite each other to stuff. But when they realized how uncomfortable me and Mark were by ourselves-my fault by the way-they stopped making us go so they just hungout by themselves."
"My mom would've made me go every time and act like we're best friends."
"They tried. It just didn't work."
Haechan glances forward, still having no idea what else Jeno has up his sleeve. He raises an eyebrow when they pull into the grocery store parking lot.
Jeno chuckles but doesn't say anything. He still doesn't talk when he goes over to Haechans side and opens the door for him.
Haechan blindly follows Jeno, aisle after aisle, snack after snack.
"Are you getting stuff to sneak into the movie theater?"
"You could say that."
"Um, Jeno, we can't hide all this."
"Well, I want these anyways. Get stuff you like, I don't like to share."
Haechan gapes at the male. When Jenos figure vanishes down an aisle, he snaps out of it and hurries after him. Doing as he suggested, Haechan puts in snacks he likes, mentally trying to keep track of how much he's gonna spend. He's sure his wallet hates him but he's having fun so which is really more important?
Pretty soon, they're in the checkout line bickering about Jeno paying.
"I already said you could pay for the movie."
"I don't want you to pay for all of this, though!"
Jeno leans in, smiling annoyingly. "But I want to."
Haechan leans in even further, narrowing his eyes. "But I don't."
"Too bad, Sweetheart."
"If Jaemin is Princess and I'm Sweetheart, what's Mark?"
"We'll see. Sweetheart."
Haechan sighs and folds his arms as he watches Jeno take out his wallet and pay.
Jeno knows he's probably annoying the male but he just can't stop smiling (and he kind of wants Haechan to smile back at him).
"You look like a kid who just got ice cream."
"Ooh, we should get ice cream later."
"If you want."
Jeno nods and places the bags in the backseat of his car, instead of the trunk, further confusing Haechan.
Haechan stays quiet, staring at the window, wondering if he's missing something.
He's not complaining about Jenos adorable smile, he just wants to know why he's so smiley.
All they're going to do is watch a movie.
As they get closer to their destination, Jeno reaches around in the back for the scarf he put there.
"Can you get the scarf back there?" He asks when he can't reach it.
Haechan turns and reaches for the dark gray scarf that's on the seat. He holds out to Jeno but he doesn't take it.
"Put it on."
"What?"
"I have a surprise for you and I don't want you to see it. Just block your eyes with that, it'll be like five minutes."
"Um, okay."
This is really weird
Jeno feels delighted when the drive-in movie theater comes into view. He turns up the music to distract the blindfolded male, who's obviously very curious about their location.
He sighs when he gets to the entrance, knowing Haechan is gonna hear him ask which screen he should park in front of.
"Which movie?"
After Jeno tells him and gets pointed in the direction of it, he finds a parking space.
"Jeno."
"Hm?"
"Are we at a drive-in?"
"Maybe."
"I'm taking off the scarf."
"Wait!"
Haechan freezes, not expecting such a reaction. "Okay. Sure."
"Just give me a minute", Jeno says before getting out of the car and hastily are arranging the snacks in the backseat.
Then, he goes to the trunk and looks over the two chairs, two throw blankets, and extra hoodie he brought. He ends up grabbing the hoodie and leaving everything else for now.
"Okay", he says as he gets back in the car. "You can look now."
Haechan removes the scarf and feels himself start to smile when he gets his confirmation that they're at a drive-in theater.
He looks into the back as he throws the scarf onto the seat and gasps.
Jeno might be imagining it but he's pretty sure Haechan is blushing. But he's not too focused on that when he gets to see his cute, shy smile.
"Thank you", he says, quietly.
Jeno glances down at his chest when he feels his heart beat irregularly. He looks at Haechan again and realizes why he feels such a way.
Already?
Jeno shakes out his hands, trying to relax himself and communicate to himself that he just wants friendship right now.
"Want popcorn?"
"Don't we have enough snacks?" Haechan asks with a laugh.
"Yeah, but I kinda want it."
Haechan practically jumps out of the car, startling Jeno until he tells him, "I'll buy it."
Jeno laughs and nods. He watches Haechan walk over to the concession stand and get in line behind two other people. He doesn't take his eyes off of him until Haechan is back inside the car with a tub of popcorn on his lap.
"Am I that attractive or something?" Haechan asks after realizing that Jeno is staring at him and feeling slightly uncomfortable by it.
"Yes", Jeno responds without thinking.
"Oh."
"I was also...trying to make sure you got back to the car okay."
"Oh, um, okay."
An awkward silence passes over the two, not breaking even with the small disruptions of their hands in the popcorn tub or crinkling of snack packages being opened.
Haechans not sure why he's chosing this way to express his gratitude but he's also a bit excited at the idea.
When he gets a chance, he leans over and pecks Jeno's cheek.
He smiles at the blush that makes its way onto the males face.
"I have no problem, I'm just wondering why."
"Affection is my second language."
"Oh."
Jeno thinks over his words, subtly glancing at the brunet. When he thinks he's completely distract with his chocolate chips, he slowly leans over and quickly kisses his cheek, not expecting his skin to be so soft and smooth.
He clears his throat as he stares at the steeling wheel, trying to stop himself from kissing Haechans cheek again.
I was not supposed to enjoy that this much
"Keep it up", Haechan says, breaking him out of his thoughts. "Cheek kisses will become a regular thing."
"I don't mind that."
"You will."
➳
Mark
Lele
Favorite Person😊
Yes my cute little baby?
Mark
Are you busy?
Favorite Person😊
Not at all
Mark
I keep thinking about October
21st
Favorite Person😊
Don't think about that
I don't want you to torture
yourself with that
Mark
I don't want to but I just can't forget
I remember that day no matter
how badly I wish I didn't
Favorite Person😊
You deleted all traces of her right?
Mark
Except for my memory
Favorite Person😊
I know it hurts and it's annoying
that you still think of her but it's
okay. Just because you still
remember her doesn't mean you're
not moving on and it's okay to
miss her. I know you don't want to
but she was your friend and you
liked her a lot
And your breakup came out of
nowhere
Just remind yourself that even
though you liked her, you didn't
like your relationship.
Mark
But that wasn't even her fault. We
just care about people differently
Favorite Person😊
But you didn't like it
You might've liked her a lot but that relationship still hurt you
It's even harder that you didn't get closure and she disappeared but
none of it's your fault, okay?
Be proud of yourself cause you
seem a lot better than you were
before
Mark
You mean when I would cry
almost every day?
Favorite Person😊
I'm not gonna say that to you!
Markkkk
Mark
I know, I know
Favorite Person😊
Does my baby want company?
Mark
I'm not Jisung
Favorite Person😊
Hush, everyone's my baby
You're just one of my favorite
babies
Mark
I'd hope so
And yeah, you can come over
Favorite Person😊
Already on my way
➳
Mark should've known that Chenle would jump on him as soon as he answered the door.
He laughs as his best friend presses kisses to his cheek. After a minute, he gently pats him, glad that Chenle finally pulls away so he can breathe properly.
"Now let's forget all about She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, shall we?"
"You just brought her up."
"Not the point, Mark."
I will never not write ChenJi fluff. It's just not gonna happen.
I don't care what book it is either. If they're not in a romantic relationship, boom! Platonic fluff
By the way, I forgot how drive-in movies work since it's been so long since I've been to one. I just don't remember my parents paying and I looked it up and one website said they make sales through the concession stand so maybe that's how the one where I live works.
And idk how you're supposed to figure out which screen is playing the movie you want 'cause we always went after we saw a movie we wanted to watch playing when we drove past it.
My memory is also terrible so...
I love these chapter, it has one of my favorite moments in it.
I'm so excited to write more of it.
Only 'cause it's late and I've been procrastinating on doing homework am I not even gonna try editing right now
I love youuuuuu!💙💚