"Did you guys hear that Huang Renjun from the art department killed someone?"
Jeno and Jisung looked at each other first, and then at Mark who was laying on the edge of the bed gripping Jeno so he wouldn't fall off. Mark stared back.
"What?" Jisung said, wanting to facepalm himself but not wanting to take his hands out from under the warm comforter.
"Who?" Jeno asked, looking between the two of them with a confused look on his face.
"Oh yeah, I heard that he killed someone from these two people behind me in line while I was waiting to order the food." Said food was sitting neglected on Mark's desk as no one was willing to escape the warmth and grab it.
"That's a load of bullshit Mark," Jisung scoffed and shifted so he was curled into Jeno's side, "There is no way he killed someone, he's too cute." Mark put a thoughtful expression on his face and shrugged when he couldn't find a flaw in Jisung's logic.
"Can someone please tell me who this cute but deadly guy is." Jeno huffed, pouting as he drew Mark and Jisung closer to him.
"Well he's from the art department and supposedly he's a really shady character. There are a lot of rumors going around that he's some kind of drug dealer or thug. I really don't know how long these rumors have been spreading though." Jisung explained and Mark cut in.
"I think they started a year or two ago when he beat up that one student," Mark added and Jisung nodded his head vigorously, showing his clear agreement.
"Well, why did he beat up that student?" Jeno questioned, not wanting to believe that this stranger beat up someone for no reason. The two boys that were curled into his arms shrugged, not providing an answer.
"So are you guys gonna eat that food or can I?" Taeyong interrupted, pointing at the abandoned food on Mark's desk. Mark and Jisung quickly bound up to snatch the food and started to rummage through whose were whose but Jeno stayed laying down.
Why do I feel so intrigued by this kid? Jeno wondered about the mystery art student before a pack of chips came flying at his face.
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It was the next day and Jeno was comfortably seated at a table with Mark and Jisung in the Neo Zone University cafe.
Well, comfortably was a bit of a stretch. At least for Jeno.
"Please Jeno you're no fun," Jisung whined and Mark nodded his head.
"Come on, It's not every day we're invited to go to THE Nakamoto Yuta's house for a party." Mark also whined, bringing his hands up in a begging position.
"I don't like parties, parties are too loud and all people do is have sex," Jeno complained, steadfast and stubborn in his decision.
"Please Jeno we won't ask you to do anything else and you wouldn't want to leave us by ourselves at the party. We could get raped! Or drugged! You wouldn't want that to happen to us!" Jisung argued and Mark shook his head looking at Jeno with a disappointed expression.
"There is no way I am going to this party, you guys are old enough to look after yourselves."
"We'll be responsible!" The two chorused together.
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"Alright let's party!" Mark yelled as he dragged Jisung up to Yuta's open door.
"Responsible my ass," Jeno muttered as he reluctantly followed after the two grinning boys. As soon as he crossed the door frame into the house he felt dizzy. The stench of alcohol overwhelmed him and the blasting music hurt his eardrums. "Jeez, the music is this loud is so you can't hear your fucking thoughts." He complained and then realized that was probably the fucking point.
He wandered through the bodies pressed together and scanned the crowd looking for his friends. He quickly spotted Jisung's blue hair and a giggly Mark next to him as they both took shots. He grimaced, continuing to see if he could just wait in the kitchen for the night to end.
No luck. As soon as he opened the kitchen door to see a red-haired guy pressed against the counter by a taller brown-haired guy passionately kissing the shorter he turned and headed right back out.
He sighed and headed out the sliding doors to the backyard. He saw several other couples making out but realized this was as much space as he was going to get and sat down on the porch steps. He drifted off into his thoughts. He didn't know how long he was sitting there until someone sat down next to him.
Jeno looked up and was met with a toothy smile. The brown-haired stranger was wearing a blue hoodie and black pants, kicking his feet back and forth off of the porch edge.
"I'm Doyoung," the stranger introduced, "friends drag you here?" He questioned already knowing the answer.
"Of course, who would go to a party just to sit outside by themselves." Jeno joked then gave Doyoung his best eye smile. "I'm Jeno nice to meet you."
"Well, how about you join me and my friends in a game of truth or dare?" He offered and laughed at Jeno's 'are you serious' expression. "Before you say anything about it, truth or dare can get pretty serious around here. And you have nothing better to do." Jeno sighed and stood up, Doyoung following suit.
"Why not." Jeno smiled and followed an ecstatic Doyoung upstairs.
Doyoung led him to a door about halfway down the hallway and opened the door to reveal around five other people lounging around. They all looked at the door and he heard three of the guys yell "Jeno!"
"Mark? Jisung? Taeyong?" Jeno exclaimed at the two beaming faces. "What are you guys doing here?" He questioned but was interrupted by another one of the guys.
"Doyoung you left me! I searched everywhere for you but I couldn't find you!" One of the guys lamented before throwing his arms around the boy. All Jeno could make out was silver-blondish hair as his face was buried in Doyoung blue hoodie.
"He didn't leave the room." Taeyong exposed and upon further examination, Jeno realized that Taeyong had been one of the guys from the kitchen, the brown-haired one sitting right next to the other. Jeno wondered why he didn't automatically realize it was Taeyong, he has bright-red hair.
"Thanks, Taeyong." the silver-blonde guy grumbled and Doyoung pried him from his body. His eyes shifted over to Jeno and he smiled brightly. "Hi, I don't know you!" He said bluntly and Doyoung smacked his head.
"This is Jeno. He's playing with us." Doyoung explained and turned to Jeno. "This is Yuta." Jeno's eyes widened at the introduction and he cautiously smiled at Yuta.
"Uh hi?" he said more like a question and Yuta laughed.
"Don't be shy, I'm sure we'll learn more about each other as the night continues." Yuta wiggled his eyebrows and all the faces in the room turned into disgust.
"Absolutely disgusting, sit down Yuta." The brown-haired guy stood up and pulled Yuta down to sit next to him. He then turned to Jeno and smiled, showing off his dimples. "Hi, I'm Jaehyun, nice to meet you." Jeno smiled, trying desperately not to think about how he saw Jaehyun and Taeyong making out downstairs in the kitchen.
Jeno responded with a shy 'Hello' before Mark and Jisung pulled him down between them.
"Now that everyone's here," Yuta smirked pulling out several bottles of alcohol, "Let's play."
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"I'm so fucking gay for Taeyong." Jaehyun slurred and leaned against said boy who was blushing profusly.
"Give him a kiss!" Yuta and Mark yelled with their arms around each other and Doyoung, Jeno, and Jisung yelled in agreement. Jaehyun planted a sloppy kiss onto Taeyong's mouth and all of the guys erupted into applause and cheers.
"Why can't you love me like that?" Yuta pouted and started making kissy faces at Doyoung who scrunched up his face in disgust.
"Leave me alone you baby." Doyoung stuck his tongue out and laughed at Yuta's dejected but pouty expression.
"Jeno's turn!" Jisung yelled and everyone turned towards the said boy. "Truth or Dare?"
Jeno sighed. He really didn't want to answer. It had already been several hours since they had started playing and everyone was wasted. Well, almost everyone. Surprisingly, Jeno had an extremely high alcohol tolerance.
"Uh, dare I guess?" He answered sheepishly as Jisung responded with an approving 'that's my son' and put his hand on his chin, thinking of a dare. Jisung's face quickly lit up and a devilish smirk spread across his face. Everyone noticed Jisung's expression change and leaned closer to hear what Jisung was going to say.
"I dare you to get a mystery tattoo!" He demanded and everyone's faces dropped in shock. Someone had uttered a soft 'holy shit' and Jeno looked around confused.
"What the hell is a mystery tattoo?"
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And so the plot thickens!
I know I've been writing with Renjun and Jeno's POV's but don't worry! I have a specific plan for Jaemin's point of view.
Now onto the next chapter!
And remember! take care of yourself!
Until next time :)