silence - nct, norenmin

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both renjun and jeno had their eyes glued on jaemin's bare torso.

they had heard about the boy's scar from the rumours, but they never thought it would be this impressive to see it for real.

jaemin's beautifully clear and smooth skin was cut across by a long and thick reddish line that went from the middle of his collarbones to the bottom of his ribcage.

the scar was a little swollen, making it even more visible.

renjun allowed his fingers to run on jaemin's tummy before delicately tracing the contours of the scar, making sure not to get too close and hurt him.

however, he got startled by jaemin moving under his fingers.

both renjun and jeno looked at jaemin's face, smiling softly when they saw that the shy boy had his eyes opened.

when he realised the position he was in, jaemin crossed his arms over his chest, trying his best to hide his body while tears formed into his eyes.

"don't hide, jaemin. you're beautiful." jeno whispered, caressing jaemin's shoulder with a hand. 

jaemin didn't move his hands one bit.

he looked at the two boys, frightened, tears finally rolling down his cheeks.

"baby, don't cry..." renjun spoke, using his thumbs to wipe jaemin's tears.

"w-why...?"

"because you have no reason to be ashamed of this. it's part of you. it's beautiful."

jaemin cried harder as renjun pulled him against his chest, making sure not to tighten the hug too much not to hurt his chest.

jeno approached the crying male's back, caressing his side with a hand.

"it can't be beautiful..." jaemin told. "it's the ugliest thing existing. it makes me ugly."

"of course not, jaemin. you are far from being ugly..." jeno told, planting a kiss on jaemin's scalp.

"it proves that you are a warrior." renjun told. "our little warrior..."

jaemin continued crying for a minute. he managed to calm down after, not stopping to cry, but managing to control his sobs.

"it hurts me deep in my sould each time i stare at my reflexion in the mirror. i see him again. i see everything again. and the scene gets clearer every time..." jaemin spoke slowly.

jeno and renjun exchanged a worried glance.

none of them knew what jaemin was talking about.

they knew how broken he was.

but they didn't know what had broken him this much.

anyway, they were willing to fix him.

"you don't even know what i'm talking about..." jaemin whispered after a sniff.

"we are willing to listen baby." jeno reassured him.

"we are willing to help you." renjun added.