[No One's POV]
"...and so now we're here!" Jungwoo explained the whole hospital ordeal.
"That guy was really handsome," Jaehyun said to Jeno.
"I don't approve of him," Taeyong's motherly vibes came out.
"Guys, they're not even dating--" Yuta rolled his eyes.
"Oh?" Moonbin raised a brow. "Wait, I think he's Hendery---"
"WE MUST SAVE THE SHIP!" Lucas loudly interrupted.
"You can't even build one, Xuxi," Kun rolled his eyes, referring to his zero braincells.
"Anyways, let's try to help Jeno instead," Doyoung said. "Do you guys honestly think Jaemin has a thing for someone else?"
"I actually highly doubt that," Jaehyun brushed his bangs out of his face. "Before we moved here, Jaemin barely knew what it was like to have feelings for someone. He was very dedicated though. I'm pretty sure he's the type to stick around."
"Then we have nothing to fear," Taeyong concluded. "Let's think of ways to ask him out."
"Did you have anything in mind?" Jungwoo softly asked Jeno.
Jeno was rather flustered by the question.
"U-uh... n-not really, actually."
"How did you guys get together..?" Doyoung pointed at Mark and Haechan with a questioning stare.
Haechan burned red, "u-uh... t-t-that's...."
"The hyungs went out to a hotel!" Chenle innocently chirped.
"They didn't come back until morning!" Jisung added.
"They left us in the middle of the night," Renjun aided in exposing the couple.
"...oh?" Doyoung raised a suspicious brow.
"N-no! It's n-not l-like that!" Mark lit up pink. "W-we just went to the park."
"Well you know what they say," Ten grinned. "Walks in park can lead to--"
"Dumbass cumass higgily giggly hoe, no one says that," Renjun gave his hyung a 'really?', face.
Doyoung sighed, "Child, if you don't stop--"
"So you every tried laying him?" Ten casually asked.
"Ten!! No!!" Doyoung facepalmed.
"Why don't you just tell him?" Chenle piped. "Its not that hard---"
"He wants it to be special, silly!" Junguwu explained. "We gotta make it like nothing before!"
"You're right..." Jaehyun nodded. "But how do we even..."
President Chenle grinned.
"I've got an idea."
---
"You're my everything, and I love your smile," Jeno smiled. "I want to be with you."
"But... why all of a sudden..." Renjun widened his eyes in surprise. "...why me..?"
"Because I love you."
Renjun tried to process the information. The Chinese boy was rather uncomfortable and nervous all at once. Jeno shifted closer to him, brushing their bodies close.
"...would you... be my boyfriend..?" Jeno asked softly, a red tint on his cheeks.
"I---"
"OKAY, CUT!!!" Chenle screeched into a megaphone.
The rest of the boys shook their heads at Jeno and Renjun, watching from the other side of Moonbin's living room. They all had judgemental faces on. Several of them were evaluating the practice scenario, while others were trying to mentally develop their own.
To make the situation, or 'practice confession class', all the more ridiculous, Chenle was using a megaphone in doors when he OBVIOUSLY knew his normal voice was glass-shattering already.
"What the hell was that? This is not some bland movie Jeno!" Chenle remarked from a high stool--- his director's seat.
Jeno groaned.
"GOD, WHY THE FUCK AM I DOING THIS!?!?" Renjun yelled in annoyance. "This is the most uncomfortable shit I've done in my life---"
"Junnie, watch your mouth!" Kun-mama shouted.
"There was no one else, hyung," Jisung walked over and shamelessly sat in his boyfriend's lap. "Sorry~"
"You know it's awkward because I only like my little chick and baby dolphin," Renjun pouted and pinched Jisung's mochi cheeks.
"S-sorry... it's just that I can't--" Jeno was just as awkward in his seat.
"NEXT TAKE! JISUNG, GET OVER HERE!" Chenle's voice sounded from across the room.
"Aww~" Jisung stuck out his bottom lip and sighed.
"Go join him, JiJi baby," Renjun just shook his head and gave his baby a peck.
Jisung whinned as he got up from Renjun's lap and walked back over to the rest of the boys.
"OKAY! NEXT TAKE IN 3! 2! 1--"
"WAIT!" Taeil piped, making everyone pause. "What if we tried..."
---
"Hey Jaemin."
"Yes Jeno?" Renjun put forth his best acting.
"Knock knock."
"Who's there?" Renjun asked, abruptly confused.
"I love," Jeno replied with an awkward tone.
"I love who?"
"I love you."
*cricket noises*
"CUT!!!!!!!!" Chenle screamed, to end the silence.
"Fricken GOOD IDEA? That was dry as fuck! You could soak up the tears of all my haters and still be dry!" Ten fired at Taeil.
"Don't attack my Taeyomi!" Doyoung wrapped Taeil in his arms.
"It was dry as fuck though..." Johnny sighed.
"This was a horrible idea," Jaehyun face palmed.
"My ears are bleeding!" Jisung ran around with his ears covered.
"Stop attacking me!" Taeil cried. "At least you still love me, Doyoungie--"
"Babe, it was still dry as fuck though."
"Bitch, I thought you had me."
"Honey, I would've rejected you if you asked me the same way."
Chenle tapped his megaphone impatiently against the side of his stool.
"Okay, anyone else got an idea?" Chenle asked.
There was a moment of silence within the group.
Haechan grinned, "Heh, y'all called Taeil's idea dry, but your brains right now be the Sahara Desert--"
"I've got an idea!" Johnny blurted.
Ten furrowed his brow, "You do?"
"I am the most romantic one here," Johnny winked.
"That is true..." The group agreed.
---
"JOHNNY'S IDEA. TAKE ONE! ACTION!"
"Hello Jeno!" Renjun greeted Jeno, who was obviously done with the idea of rehearsing by now.
"I have a poem for you, Jaemin," Jeno nervously held the paper that Johnny had written on.
"Oh really, what is it?" Renjun tried to sound more enthusiastic than he actually was.
"J is for Jaemin, my one and only love.
A is for Amazing, like your ass-- oh no-- err....
...E is for your Everything, because it's all I dream about at nigh--- what the fuck?!
M is for... M-Master-- I'm not reading the rest of this, holy shi--
I is for Intellectual, because you ship Johnten--!?!?!"
"Okay, what in the ACTUAL FUCK?!" Renjun grabbed the paper and read it, horrified. "Johnny-hyung, what the hell!?!?"
"CUT!" Chenle blasted, rather distressed.
"What~? It was romantic--" Johnny walked over and took the poem back from Renjun.
"Really? Can I read hyung?" Jisung innocently asked.
Johnny handed it over.
Jisung read it eagerly.
"J is for--"
"KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!" Doyoung leaped in and grabbed the paper away from the underage baby. "WINWIN, QUICK! DISPOSE OF THE UNHOLY!"
Winwin sighed and grabbed the poem, crumpling it emotionlessly and tossing in in the bin.
"NOOOOOO! MY MASTERPIECE!!!" Johnny cried dramatically as he knelt in remorse beside the trash can, shaking it like it would give it back.
Haechan stood beside him solemnly, "In the arms~ of~ the angels~~~"
"Ten, please clean up your mess of a boyfriend," Taeyong pointed out.
"Sorry. I don't know him," Ten shrugged, blatantly disowning his partner at the minute.
Taeyong turned to the boyfriend of the singing Haechan, "Mark--"
"I am single. I am single. I am single. I am a pringle--"
"Oooookay then," Taeyong put his hands up in defeat.
"This is all going downhill..." Moonbin said as he was having a mental break down at the whole thing.
"Its okay Binnie-baby," Eunwoo comforted his boyfriend. "Its okay... we'll get our living room back soon."
Winwin groaned, "This is so bad... anyone got tickets to hell?"
Haechan's ears perked at his anthem, "I'M ON A HELLAVATOR--"
"NEXT IDEA!!!!??" Chenle rolled his eyes at them.
"I'll show you how it's done, bitches!" Queen Ten flicked his fingers.
Jeno and Renjun gulped.
---
Renjun yelped as he was pinned down to the sofa. Jeno's strong arms prevented him from moving any further.
The blonde was about an inch away from the Chinese boy, looking him right in the eye.
"...you...belong to me? Right..?" Jeno asked in a low whisper.
Renjun gulped nervously, deeply bothered.
"W-w-what...." Renjun turned his head away, disgusted.
Jeno turned his head back though, coming closer. His breath warmly brushed against Renjun's cheeks, making him shudder.
"I will make you mine--"
"GET OFF MY BOYFRIEND, YOU PERV!!!" An angry Chenle shoved Jeno off Renjun and threw the megaphone.
"Chenle wait-- AHHHHH!" Jeno cried as the megaphone nailed him right in the man parts.
"Jeno!!!" Moonbin ran to comfort his assaulted brother, who fell to the ground dramatically, gripping his area.
"You molester!!!" Jisung shrieked as he tried to protect his boyfriends from Jeno.
"Don't harm my children!!" Eomma-Kun ran to join Jisung.
Hansol chuckled at how cute his boyfriend was from the side.
"How was this any better....?" Doyoung face palmed.
"Sorry. At least my ideas aren't bland!" Ten shot. "Put some spice in this, will ya?!"
"Jaemin's in THE HOSPITAL, Ten," Jaehyun complained. "What are you planning to do to my brother? Give him more cramps?!"
"Okay okay! Fine!" Ten backed down. "Who has an idea now?!"
"LETS DO THIS, MAN!" Lucas cheered. "I got you Jeno! HWAITING HAEYADWAE!"
Jeno's groans of pain seemed to get louder as he heard that Lucas had an idea.
---
"M-my l-lady.. My l-lady...."
"No! No! Sing it with more power, my friend!" Lucas encouraged. "My lady~ my lady~~ my lAedYiiiiiieeee---"
Renjun banged his head into the wall.
"NEXT!" Chenle called.
---
Taeyong shook his head, leading Jeno.
"No, that's not how you do it! Whips are used like this---"
"NO!" Jaehyun snatched the whip away from both of them.
"NEXT!" Chenle screeched.
---
(4 hours later, because the author is lazy and sore from laughing)
[Jeno POV]
Jeno was at a loss.
It was 6 PM and they had eventually ended up with nothing.
It worried him.
How am I going to confess?
Will Jaemin even accept me?
This is going to be so embarassing--
"Hey, you okay?" Moonbin asked, concerned for him.
"I'm okay hyung...." Jeno sighed.
The apartment was now silent, as the other boys had left not too long ago.
"Shouldn't you go see Jaemin..?" Eunwoo sat down next to his brother. "If I were Jaemin, I'd be wondering where in the hell you are."
"That's true," Moonbin agreed. "Go see him Jeno. He probably wants to see you."
"B-but I'm nervous..." Jeno stuttered.
"He may say yes if you make him happy, Jeno," Moonbin reasoned. "Don't let him be angry."
Jeno thought about it.
They were right.
He was always letting his worries and fears rule him.
He had always wanted to be with Jaemin.
"I'll be back late!" Jeno slipped on his shoes and ran out the door.
"There he goes," Eunwoo smiled as the door shut.
"He's sure grown up," Moonbin cuddled close to Eunwoo.
"I wonder how he'll pop the question," Eunwoo thought out loud.
"Well maybe I should ask when you will?" Moonbin grinned and elbowed his boyfriend.
---
[Jaemin POV]
To say Jaemin was hungry was a grave understatement.
OH MY GOD I'M STARVING!!!!
SOMEONE.
SOMEONE GET ME FRIES AND A PIZZA, LIKE....NOW!!!!
Jaemin had only been visited by his parents (who basically drowned him in Stray Kids merch) and Hendery with his boyfriends.
Xiaojun and YangYang were even prettier in person. It was adorable watching the trio cuddle and talk.
Sadly, they had to leave because they were having dinner at a friend's place. ---A couple by the names of Jaebum and Youngjae, if he remembered correctly.
So here Jaemin was.
Alone.
Hungry.
And... hurt...?
"I'm so hungry..." Jaemin tried to convince himself to not think about a certain blonde boy too much.
But even if he tried to distract himself with food, the truth was still eating him up inside:
From the time Jaemin had awoken, the only person he wanted to see was Jeno. He missed him the most.
Trying to think of fries and pizza was useless. His mind always drifted to Jeno walking through the door, box of pizza in hand, ready to feed him--
WAIT, JENO WALKED THROUGH HIS DOOR WITH PIZZA?!?
"H-hey, N-nana..."
Jeno...?
After all this time...
"Jeno!!!" Jaemin smiled widely at the blonde who was in front of him.
There he was.
Smiling.
Beautiful.
Jaemin remembered the events of the fright night.
All of a sudden, he forgot the pizza existed.
"You dummy!!!" Jaemin cried, tears stinging his eyes. "Why didn't you come earlier?!"
"S-sorry..." Jeno looked down. "I-I... I was planning some thing."
"I w-was w-worried a-about you, idiot!" Jaemin carefully raised his hands to wipe his tears.
He ignored the aching pain in his chest and cried fully into his hands.
"I-I w-was w-w-wait-t-ting for you!" Jaemin was a bit frustrated.
His crying made his speech all confusing and stuttery.
"I-I'm sorry... I don't know if you'll forgive me..." Jeno nervously said.
Jaemin was too overwhelmed to say anything else. He just cried and cried. A little from relief and a little from frustration.
"N-nono..." Jaemin made grabby hands from his laid-down position. "H-hug m-me..."
Jeno's heart melted right then and there.
He walked up to the feeble younger, needy for his touch.
Jaemin instantly clung onto Jeno like a teddy bear, crying and hugging him close. His warmth was everything.
Jeno was-- no, is his everything.
"I was scared you were going to die..." Jaemin faintly whispered as he sobbed into Jeno's shoulder.
"I'm here... I... I'm with you..." Jeno held Jaemin tighter.
Jeno realized it.
Jaemin wasn't even angry at him for not coming.
He was worried.
Jaemin's heart beat rapidly as he couldn't feel more warm and loved.
The two held eachother for a long, long time.
The pizza turned cold; at this point very much forgotten.
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(a/n:
I'M BACKKKKK
I'm alive and I'm praying y'all don't hate me for the SUPER LATE update.
I don't wanna say it, but....
This book is ending soon!!
I don't want to, yet, I'm ready to.
I've been stretching it out updates a bit because I want to put my full effort into the end.
I hope you all will support me until then. 😢😢😢😢💗💗💗💗
Question: What are some low-key NCT ships you WISH would happen?
Answer: Oh boy. Jaewoo anyone? (Jaehyun X Jungwoo) Those two slayed Jack and Rose for Halloween! I really ship RenHyuck. They're cute!!! Weirdly, there's one more ship: Yuil.
No words. Just:
My weird brain ships. What if all the moments where Yuta is stopping a Winil moment is just Yuta being protective over Taeil? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Here are some things that made my day:
Also, look at how pretty Doyoung, Ten, and Johnny are in glasses:
Until the next/last few updates, my lovelies! 😢😢😢💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕 )