(s)he's hot | NOMIN

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"Jaemin!" Although the younger had clearly heard him, he didn't want to give Jeno any of his time. Last time he called him over, he almost hurt him, so no thanks.

Stubborn as he is, he kept his back towards Jeno, he was only a few metres away from the classroom where he needed to be.

"Jaemin." Jeno fastened his pace towards him and grabbed his wrist, Jaemin turned around swiftly, his chin up in the air and an arrogant expression on his face. He didn't say a word.

"We need to settle things. Last time it got out of hand and I feel like we should talk things out." Jaemin internally scoffed, he turned his head away slightly and let his eyes wander over the walls of the school. It wasn't his fault Jeno got angry, he just told him the truth. Jeno was the one who got physical with him, not Jaemin.

Finally deciding on saying something back, Jaemin opened his mouth. "No."

With that Jaemin tore himself from Jeno's grip and marched to the chemistry classroom. Jaemin was nearing his seat and since Jeno wasn't in his class and became one of the girls' favorites over the past weeks, whispers arose from every corner.

When the teacher entered the classroom with a thick book in her hands, she was surprised by seeing one of the top students in front of her, even more because he didn't belong in this class. "Lee Jeno, to what do I owe your visit?"

Even though Jeno changed his attitude and appearance drastically, he was still the teacher's pet. "Ma'am, me and Jaemin need to hand in an assignment but due to circumstances we didn't get to finish it on time. I was wondering if you'd mind if I steal Jaemin from your class to complete the assignment."

A flawless excuse.

Despite the teacher being completely okay with the offer, Jaemin could only puke at his groveling. He turned back to the class and saw Renjun in his usual seat. Jaemin fake puked, to which Renjun giggled, he was just as disgusted at Jeno's behaviour as the younger.

"Of course Jeno. No problem, good luck on your assignment."

"Thank you Miss." Jeno grabbed Jaemin's wrist again to which Jaemin had a rather sudden reaction. His skin started to itch, the spot where Jeno's hand met his wrist got sensitive, leaving him with a lingering pain. Jaemin tried to pull away from Jeno's strong grip, but the moment Jeno felt him try to escape, he only tightened his grip.

The unknown pain he now felt, made his legs give up on him, he had never felt such a thing before but he knew for sure he would never want to feel it again. His knees buckled and he rolled his ankles about two times now.

"Jeno..." Jaemin's voice was high pitched, it caught Jeno's attention and the moment he saw the younger in pain on his knees, he let go of his arm.

"I'm sorry." It was only then that they both realised they were already in the vast school's garden. It was used by the townspeople as their vegetable garden and local park.

They stood under a giant tree which was planted when the first ever class graduated, fairly 150 years ago.

The branches and leafs created a huge shadow for the two to hide under. Jaemin used his other hand to feel around his other wrist, when he touched it, there was no pain, merely a dull tingle.

Jaemin didn't answer.

"I just want to know why you lied to me." Jeno began. The moment Jaemin heard this, he started to get anxious. Did he know he lied about Minyeon and Donghyuck having sex? Did he lie about something else?

"Why would you say we kissed when we didn't?" The colour on Jaemin's face disappeared. Memories of that night flashed in front of his eyes. He started to sweat, his hands started to shake and he had a hard time breathing since his chest tightened.