yestoday {kim doyoung}

08

jealousy only appears if you care about someone

"jirin where are you going?" taeyong and jaehyun asked the same time as jirin appeared in front of them after walking down from the room she now occupied. 

most of the 127 boys were seated on the couch in front of the tv, lounging around since they didn't have a mission to attend to at the moment. 

jirin was always pretty but since she had been staying at the nct house, she had been wearing an assortment of sweats that she had stolen from the boys and so most of them forgot just exactly how pretty she could be.

so when jirin appeared with her hair curled in soft rings and a oversized blazer that she had turned into a dress with a belt wrapped around her waist, all of the boys immediately sat up straight and stared at her. 

jirin looked at taeyong with wide, pleading eyes, "taetae, i have an important lecture today at school and if i miss it i'll probably fail my exams. can i please go? i've been getting my other assignments online but i just can't miss this one."

it's not like taeyong was going to say no to her. he gulped and turned to look at doyoung, who stared back at his leader.

doyoung knew exactly what taeyong was about to ask him to do and he inwardly smiled.

"doyoung go with her and make sure she's safe," taeyong said and doyoung had to prevent the smile from showing on his face.

"why can't anyone else do it?" jaehyun asked and doyoung instantly scowled at him.

taeyong smiled, "because no one will protect her like he will, now go."

taeyong was right of course, there really was no one that would protect her as much as doyoung was willing to. all the boys adored her of course and jaehyun really liked her as well, but for doyoung it was love. and love makes people overprotective and doyoung would be ready to put his own life on the line for her sake.

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"doyoung will you please stop staring him down?" jirin whispered to doyoung, who had to squeeze in and share jirin's chair with her. 

they sat uncomfortably close to each other but doyoung didn't seem to be bothered. in fact, he was to busy staring down the boy that sat to jirin's left. 

"who is he?" doyoung whispered to jirin.

"he's my friend and he's also my lab partner so you better stop," jirin told doyoung and turned to find the boy smiling at her.

"hey jirin, are you okay there? you've been gone for quite some time." the boy seemed genuinely concerned.

jirin flashed him a smile, "yeah i'm okay, thanks for asking felix, some things have just been going on so i won't be able to be in school a lot."

doyoung gritted his teeth, this felix guy was a little too friendly for his liking.

felix glanced at doyoung, "who is that?"

jirin sighed, "this is doyoung, he said he wanted to sit in on the lecture with me today so i let him come."

"he's your-?" felix asked, wanting her to complete his question for him.

"friend," jirin said firmly, "oh and thank you for texting me all the homework and listening to me rant in the middle of the night," she chuckled, referring to how felix had been her sole contact with the outside world for the past few weeks.

felix smiled at her adorably, his cheeks a little pink, "no problem."

to doyoung, it was pretty clear that felix was harbouring a little crush for jirin and he wasn't liking it at all. as soon as the lecture ended, doyoung took jirin's hand and dragged her out of the lecture hall before felix could even utter goodbye. 

jirin yanked her hand when he had dragged her out to where his car was parked, "doyoung stop pulling you're hurting me."

doyoung blinked, not regretful since he had successfully taken her away from that felix boy's radius. 

"what's wrong, is everything okay?" jirin asked, looking into his face with concern.

doyoung sighed and opened the car door for her, gesturing for her to get it. as she sat down, he leaned down a bit to get to her eye level.

"look at me," doyoung said and almost regretted it when he saw the stars in her eyes, "don't look at other boys okay?"

before jirin could process his words he had already shut the car door and was getting into the car on his side. 

she turned to him, "what?"

"i won't say it again."

jirin bit her lip and nodded, "i have a question..."

doyoung started the engine, "shoot."

"do you? have like a girlfriend or anything?" it was a question that had been on her mind nonstop.

he gave her a look. his voice broke a little when he answered, "i wish i could."

he shook his head and leaned over her, tucking her seatbelt in, "let's go home."