Rain ~ Nomin

23 • again

• Please read the TWs if you need to

"Woah! Jeno look!" Jaemin said excitedly as he held the whipping cream over his head. "It doesn't fall!"

Jeno smiled at the younger boy who was enjoying making his cake decorations. The two were recording a video, and of course Jaemin had to drink his usual coffee before. Jaemin probably wouldn't realise for at least a few hours, but Jeno knew that once this video went out, the ship between them would be 'confirmed'. Who wouldn't think that? Jeno thought, they're both being too close but neither cared.

"Wah look! There! There! Cake! Cream! Cake-"

"Shush." Jeno said, poking Jaemin's side gently. Jaemin exaggerated an 'oooh~' sound before continuing to decorate the cake.

Eventually, the two finished the shoot and sat down to eat their cakes. Jeno gave the now sleepy Jaemin a fork before sitting down next to him to eat it.

"I think I'm about to crash." Jaemin said sleepily, picking at the cake with his fork.

"Not yet, we have to get home first. You can crash then." Jeno said, eye smiling at his cute and sleepy Jaemin.

"Whyyy? Can't I sleep now?" Jaemin whined, leaning on Jeno's shoulder.

"Nope!" the older smiled as he dipped his finger into the cream.

"What are you- Jeno!" Jaemin said as Jeno smeared the cream on his nose. Jeno smiled at his work of art, and began to spread more cream on Jaemin's cheeks.

"Cute." Jeno said, as a jokingly annoyed Jaemin took cream and put it on Jeno's nose and cheeks. Jaemin laughed at his creation and the slightly shocked Jeno.

"I would say you're cuter... but..." Jaemin teased the older. He played with his cute and now grumpy Jeno. Jeno pouted a little at Jaemin's words.

"So I'm not cuter?" Jeno said, mimicking an annoyed expression. Jaemin smiled as cupped Jeno's face, smearing the cream even more. Jeno became flustered a little. "Jae, we're in public-"

"No, you are cute. Very cute." Jaemin said as he pressed their foreheads together, noses touching one another as the cream spread. Jeno blushed a little at his words. Sure, he was used to this affection, but there was something dangerous about it being in public.

Jaemin continued to stare into Jeno's eyes. The older moved his hands to hold them over Jaemin's. Jeno interlocked his fingers with Jaemin's, moving them away from his cream-covered face.

"I know you want to kiss me, but just not in public." Jeno whispered, smiling at a blushing Jaemin.

"You know me too well."

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Jeno and Jaemin stepped into their new dorm. Jaemin no longer shared a room with Jisung, much to his disappointment, and Jeno still slept alone.

"You come home late, have cream over your faces, and have half eaten cake." Renjun said, hands balled into fists on his hips.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever mom!" Jaemin teased as he put the cake on the table.

"There's cake?" Jisung said excitedly as he entered the living room cautiously. Jaemin immediately ran up to Jisung, rubbing his cheek affectionately on Jisung's.

"There's always cake for you, Jisungie~"

"Yah Jaemin, you're getting cream everywhere! Go wash up!" Jisung said, trying to get out of the older's grasp.

"Yah! Go clean up! Kun brought dinner over so send him a thank you message when you're done." Renjun said as he ushered the two lovers to wash their faces. Once they were out the room Renjun sighed, relaxing a little.

"So you're jealous?" Jisung asked, tilting his head a little.

"What do you- no I'm not jealous. It just annoyed me they just come home late and messy. Especially after the cleaners came by today." Renjun sighed, heading to heat the food Kun brought round.

"Sure~" Jisung teased. "It's obvious you don't like their relationship."

"It's not that I don't like it. It's just... I just feel like it'll get in the way of work, and our normal routine. It'll bring crazy fans that ship them too hard." Renjun said as he sank into the sofa.

"So you're being an over protective mother." Jisung said as he scooted himself closer to Renjun.

"I guess you could say that. Maybe I'm like Chenle, I don't want them to get hurt by the public." Renjun said as he grabbed his sketchbook.

"What's in that?" Jisung said curiously as he moved himself to be sat shoulder to shoulder with Renjun.

"Oh, just some sketch book." Renjun said as he opened the book carefully, gently flicking through the pages.

"Oh? That ones cool!" Jisung said, pointing to a bird with large wings. "You draw these from your imagination?"

"Oh yeah. He's only a sketch though. I'll draw him properly soon." Renjun smiled, thinking about the possibilities of this bird.

"Does it have a past? Or like, a background or something?"

"I guess you could say it has a description. You wanna hear it?" Renjun asked Jisung. No one had really taken that much interest in his art, and so he was happy when someone like Jisung did.

"Yeah! Tell me all of them!" Jisung said excitedly, looking at Renjun.

"Okay okay, but I might not remember them all." Renjun said as Jisung rested his head on his shoulder. Renjun opened the book a little wider.

"Then try to!" Jisung said excitedly, ready to hear the stories of these animals.

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1 new message : Unknown

"Jeno! You have a message!" Jaemin said as he waited for Jeno to finish washing.

"Yeah, from who?" Jeno said, shouting from the bathroom.

"It's an unknown number." Jaemin said as he saw Jeno walk out the bathroom. He wore a black hoodie and some shorts. His hair was all wet and messy, brushing it dry with the towel. To say Jaemin was not in awe with his boyfriend in front of him would be a lie.

"Oh, weird." Jeno said as he unlocked his phone. His eyes scanned the message before his face dropped.

"Jeno..." Jaemin said worriedly. He was worried, he'd never seen this Jeno before. He had never seen the worried, shaking Jeno before.

"Jae... tell the others I've gone out." Jeno said, putting on sweatpants and a large puffer coat.

"Jeno? Where are you going?" Jaemin said as he grabbed Jeno's hand. Jeno shook his grasp off, tears in his eyes as he looked towards Jaemin.

"It's happening again." was all Jeno said as he left the room. Jaemin followed him.

"What do you mean? What-" Jaemin stopped mid sentence, understanding what he meant. Jeno headed to the front door, put on his shoes, and left.

"Shit, shit, shit." Jaemin muttered under his breath as he headed back into his room. He didn't know what to do.

As he sat down, he felt something hard. He got up to see Jeno's phone. It was still unlocked. Jaemin read the message which caused Jeno's pain.

Dear Mr. Lee. You're father, Mr. Lee, is currently under urgent care at *** Hospital at the urgent ward after being involved in a car accident. I would advise you come visit him when you can. I'm sorry for this news.
*** Hospital, Seoul, S Korea

Jaemin read the message over and over, constantly heading Jeno's words.

"It's happening again"

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