Rain ~ Nomin

21 • cute//true

"Achoo!" Jaemin sneezed as he rolled over in his bed, clinging onto the bedsheets. It had been around a day and now both him and Jeno had caught awful colds.

"It's your fault for coming home at 10pm when it was raining. You both were so soaked you left puddles everywhere you stood!" Jisung said as he carefully placed a warm drink on Jaemin's bedside table. Jaemin simply nodded, half-asleep, as he snuggled his head into the blanket.

"Thank you, Jisungie." Jaemin said quietly and nasally.

"Yeah, yeah. Drink it before it gets cold. I'm not your mom or anything." Jisung teased before he left to go play with Chenle.

In another room, Jeno rolled over in bed, also clinging onto his blanket.

"Jeno, drink this before it gets cold okay." Chenle said, placing the same warm drink Jisung had given Jaemin on the bedside table. "Why did you think it was a good idea to go out so late, and in that weather? What were you thinking." Chenle sighed.

"Whatever, mom. Thanks for the drink." Jeno said, sniffing a little due to his blocked nose. Somehow, teasing that a member was his mother didn't hurt him anymore. It always used to sting his heart, but for some reason he only felt a hint of happiness. Not at calling Chenle his mother, but the fact he can say those words without every bad thought coming through. He felt a sense of pride that he had grew a little.

"I'm not your mother! Just take care of yourself!" Chenle shouted, before laughing and then leaving to play with Jisung.

The two stepped out of the rooms, waited for the door to close, and then spoke at the same time.

"They went together."

"Was it a date?!" Chenle said excitedly as he ran to sit on the couch.

"Why would they go on a date in the rain? It makes no sense?" Jisung said, confused as to why a couple would choose to become ill the day after their date.

"It's romantic, right? They probably biked in the rain, danced in the rain, kissed in the rain..." Chenle said, daydreaming a little about his new favourite couple.

"You're as bad as the sasaengs." Jisung sighed, rolling his eyes.

"Well, I'm the number one shipper. I knew about them first!" Chenle said, sticking his tongue out at the younger boy.

"Whatever, anyway I don't think I could imagine them kissing." Jisung said as he sat next to his friend on the sofa.

"It's natural. I mean, they're a couple. They probably get up to worse~" Chenle teased. Jisung blushed a little at the thought.

"You're as bad as Renjun!"

"Wait- what?" Chenle tilted his head in confusion, taking a sip from his straw causing a small slurp noise to be created.

"He always says they'll probably... you know."

"Oh so he's jealous!" Chenle said, slamming his drink onto the coffee table in excitement. Little did he know, there was a presence behind him.

"Um... Chenle."

"What is-" Chenle went silent as he looked behind him.

"I am not jealous you hear? Why would I want to want to go bicycle in the rain, get a cold, and have to be babied by you two." Renjun said as he squeezed Chenle's shoulders. The two boys laughed awkwardly as Renjun pressed a little harder into his shoulder blades.

"YAH IM SORRY!"

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A few days had past since Sicheng told Yuta about the new group, and now he was finally leaving. He placed all his suitcases at the door, ready to be moved away. The young man went back into his room once more just to check nothing would be left behind. Of course, the only thing that would be left behind were his memories with the 127 members. But, a fresh start is a fresh start and, thanks to Yuta's words of encouragement, he was looking forward to it.

As he left his room, closing the door behind him, he saw all the 127 members gathered in the living room. When did they get here? Sicheng thought.

"Ah Sicheng! Come, sit." Jaehyun said, lightly tapping the space next to him. Sicheng did as he was told, sitting next to him.

"We made notes for you, as a parting gift. Of course we'll see you again, but I don't know how long until that." Doyoung said, playing with the piece of paper in his hands.

"What Doyoung means is that he will miss you so much he wants to say things to you. Meaningful things I promise." Taeyong teased. The two had another little fight whilst the others laughed, including Sicheng. Damn, he'd sure miss this chaos.

"Winwinie~ open mine!" Haechan said as he handed him the note. Sicheng opened it and smiled at the message the young boy had written. Sure, he was younger than him, but he felt like such a close friend, even if he was a little too loving at times. "Aaah, Sicheng smiling is so cute~" Haechan said as he pinched Sicheng's cheeks, the older boy moving his head a little at the touch.

In fact, most of the notes went like that, or until we got to a special person, Yuta. The older man got up and smiled at Sicheng, handing him the note. It was significantly smaller than the other ones. Sicheng wondered what he could have exactly wrote. Sicheng carefully opened the note to reveal a few words.

I love you so much, I really do. Wo Ai Ni.

Sicheng looked up at Yuta who simply smiled back. He felt his cheeks swirl with red, and his eyes forming small tears that never fell. None of the others noticed this. None of them could truly grasp at the love they had for each other. None of them could see the small details in their actions to show how much love they have for each other.

"Oh, Yuta confessing his love as usual." Jaehyun teased as he looked at the note. All the members laughed, but the two lovers kept their eyes on each other.

"Sicheng, open mine." Johnny said, handing him a larger note. Sicheng squinted his eyes and shook his head a little, bringing himself back to reality. Yuta smiled at his cute action.

Goodbye, my love, my light, my Sicheng. Oh how I'll miss you. How I'll miss teasing you in front of the members. How I'll miss your cute smile, eyes, cheeks. Oh how I'll miss you. I could say I love you every day and it would never be enough. Maybe for you it would be, but to me it's not. I'll always be there for you, holding you, looking after you, loving you. My love, my light, my Sicheng. Oh how I'll miss you...

...is what Yuta wanted to write, but he couldn't exactly write that in a note that everyone will see. He couldn't exactly pass it off as showing his cute love, no, they'll think there's more too it. He doesn't want them to know just yet.

Little did he know, Sicheng knew his true words behind the one sentence. And, Sicheng too, felt the same about Yuta.

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