Matryoshka Doll - NoRenMin ✔︎

Chapter 3

"Everyone aboard!" A loud voice rang out, catching everyone's attention.

Everyone stopped talking and turned to look at the person they would be sending off. The parents all hugged their child that would be leaving and immediately left to sit in their vehicles and sulk.

Jaehyun realized that. That all the parents had left and the siblings were the ones saying goodbye. Either everyone got along with their sibling to some extent or, the sibling was their emotional plus one attachment or their parental figure more than their own parents. He couldn't speak for them but he did know that that was the case for him and Jaemin. He knew Jaemin would struggle more without him than without their parents.

"Okay, Jaem. I know this is the first time you'll be by yourself so don't panic if something doesn't seem to go right. You can always ask someone or you can just send me a text if you're allowed to use your phone whenever you want, okay?"

"Yes."

"And remember to eat because I don't want to find out you skip meals because you're nervous about whatever."

"I'll remember."

"Mayhaps he can become friends with my brother," Taeyong said, walking over to the two and smiling at Jaemin. "Maybe even with my cousin but he's really loud so I'm not sure if you'd like that."

"Your brother seems nice. Mayhaps they can," Jaehyun agreed, looking at Jaemin with a reassuring smile.

"Hey, Jeno. Come here," Taeyong called out, attempting to have them acquainted there and then.

Jaemin saw the white haired boy walk over to them and he instinctively grabbed onto Jaehyun's arm as a form of protection and reassurance.

"Hey. Don't worry," Jaehyun whispered. "I'm sure he's nice."

"But he looks scary," Jaemin whispered back. "Maybe he's just pretending to be nice now and then he'll be mean."

"That's not likely."

Jaehyun looked at Taeyong who had an amused expression listening to the two brothers whisper. Jeno waited for Taeyong to speak, not seeming to realize Jaemin was in a crisis and when his brother made no effort to make any speech, he just left to make sure his servants had put everything inside the boat for him.

"Look, he didn't even want to hear anything. He just left," Jaemin said with a pout. "Don't worry, Jae, I'll find someone to befriend."

"Okay then, but make sure you won't be a loner, alright? I want you to have fun at school. Have a safe trip."

Jaemin nodded and waved bye before boarding the boat wearily to start his journey to the mysterious school.

._._.

Still arguing on the dock were the three Huang brothers.

"Kunhang and Yukhei, I don't give a fuck about the shirt anymore because I HAVE TO GO!" Renjun complained.

"No. You stay here until we find a solution," Yukhei snapped, still mad and still shirtless, not giving a shit about the girls and guys that gawked at him.

"Kunhang! Just agree to pay or give him the business card so he can get his damn payment! I don't fucking know!"

"Yeah Kunhang, just give me the card or pay in replacement for your crush!"

"That shirt wasn't even THAT important! Why'd you like it that much?"

"Kunhang, you just asked the wrong question," Renjun whispered, stepping behind Kunhang to hide from the angry Yukhei.