EXTRICATE * lee jeno

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"you went WHERE?!?!?"
"hyung, don't shout, you're making it seem worse than it actually was."

"jeno, you could've gotten like jumped, or raped, or killed or something. why would you do that?"
"i'm fine, i just wanted to get some help."

jeno had been trying to explain to mark for the last few minutes why turning to a bunch of criminals for help wasn't at all a bad idea.
"jeno... why didn't you just wait? the police would've been able to do figure it."

"the police don't give two shits whether i did it or not. no one actually cares enough to find out."
"but this isn't a solution. come on, jeno, if anyone finds out you know this is only gonna get worse. you keep shooting yourself in the foot with these kind of things."

he nodded. jeno knew that this was bound to happen. mark, or someone, was bound to tell him he was making things worse. but what option did he have?
it was only ever going to go downhill from here on out, might as well speed up the process.

the younger boy got up to start practicing yet again. he had been joining mark on his early morning practices, late night practices and even midday practices.

he had basically been practicing almost as frequently as he had been breathing.
"jeno-a, you've been practicing a lot lately."
"i'm not gonna let a few rumours get to me. if they won't believe my words, let them believe me through my dance."

mark sighed, "jeno, seriously. let's go get something to eat or something. it's my duty as not only your leader but your best friend to make sure you're taking care of yourself."

jeno gave in, sprawling on the floor with exhaustion for a few seconds before allowing mark to pull him up.
"come on, let's go get some coffee."

the two grabbed their coats and caps and left the company building. they talked a little about everything as they walked towards their favourite cafe.

"nct dream?!?!!"
the two boys sighed simultaneously as a fan ran up to them. they loved their fans, of course, but to even get coffee with being interrupted was a struggle.

"mark? can we take a picture?" the girl handed the phone over to jeno to take her picture with mark. she smiled happily and mark hugged her shoulder.

mark took the phone next, "i'll take one with jeno for you."
"uhm, no thanks, just a picture with you is fine."

if inner bodily sounds could be heard, loud shattering sounds would fill the room as jeno's heart almost broke. he knew that the current situation would leave him in a bad place with some people but it hurt to know that people who were supposed to be his fans weren't able to trust him because of this.

he smiled still though. of course he wouldn't be upset by this, it wasn't that big of a deal. or at least he tried to convince himself of this.

when the girl had left, mark enveloped jeno in a warm embrace to which he barely responded. "hey, jeno, it's okay dude, maybe she was just busy."
"if she was soo busy and actually cared about me then she would ask for a selca or something.

she doesn't care for me mark, none of them do."

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jeno bby, i want a selca dw :3 also happy april fools y'all