EXTRICATE * lee jeno

『chapter』 『¹²』

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"angel?..."
"yeah..."
"any particular reason why?..."
"no, just because. when people speak about you, the way they paint you, i think they always miss the part about you secretly having wings."

heloise was rarely a sweet person. it was a bit of a hassle for her to be able to think of nice things and compliments to give people. but when speaking to jeno, it seemed to come naturally. as if the words had thought themselves into her brain.

"oh jesus- are you actually flirting with me when i'm barely recovered from passing out."
"i'm not- it's not flirting dumbass, i just- i'm just implying that if you're an angel then if i kill you, i can just say i was helping you get back home."
"wow."

the boy pouted at heloise, causing her to roll her eyes and sniff loudly.

"but seriously, what happened? i know there's been a lot of... stuff, going on recently but i didn't realise it would get this bad."

jeno began to sit up, squinting in the light a little.
"neither did i, i guess. i think i was just a little out of it because the company went behind my back and decided to hiatus me."
"oh... that's not good. i hope it's not for too long."

"what does it matter anyway though? its not like my so called fans even want anything to do with me anymore, i'm sure even my band members are tired of all the bad things i'm causing for the group."
"some people care, jeno, you mustn't say things like that. if you really need to give up, give up. but only because you can't go on, not because you think others don't care. someone always cares."

for some reason, he immediately felt sorry for saying that. jeno wanted to apologise but he felt like it wouldn't fit correctly in the moment, so he didn't.

"is the patient awake?"
a man in a long white coat appeared.

"patient? am i in hospital?"
jeno finally looked around but didn't see anything in his surroundings that resembled a hospital. no funny beeping equipment, or sharp needles or scalpels or anything.

"nono, this is our medic, zhao dejun. this is the underground still, but erm, i guess it's kinda like actual living areas down here."
heloise pointed to dejun before moving from where she was sitting at the edge of the bed.

"hm, did you take any drugs recently?" the medic asked.
"why? would you put that in an article too?"
"just answer the question, angel."
the girl intercepted, not wanting jeno to make the poor medics life difficult.

"how can i even be sure that you're legit? did you even get trained or go to school?"
"well i mean, the last medic drove himself off a cliff in my car so you're gonna have to trust me on this one."
dejun answered his question truthfully.

jeno was a little bit more compliant after that. there weren't too many other options after all. and it's not like he could just go back to the company, not right now.

"jeno?"
heloise asked to get his attention. he hummed in response.

"do you wanna stay for a bit? jaemin lives down here i'm pretty sure, i can ask him to make space for you in his room. but that's only if you want to..."

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WAIT- XKWBIWIXBW
i hadn't even realised she started calling him angel lmao... i forgot lolz