breathless heart - nct, norenmin

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jaemin was sobbing hard, sandwiched between renjun's and jeno's bodies, his phone long forgotten on the cold-tiled floor.

"jaemin, calm down..." jeno whispered.

"i-i... i don't want... t-to leave nct..." the boy replied, more tears escaping his eyes.

"but your mother is right, jaemin... as much as it hurts me to say so, you won't get better if you keep practicing and performing every day..."

jaemin stared sobbing louder, threatening to wake the other boys up.

jeno pulled the boy more against his body so that his sobs were muffled.

"jaemin, you don't have to leave the group..."

"i-i don't w-want t-to..."

"we know... it's okay, you don't have to..." renjun said.

"b-b-but... i'm s-so sick..."

"you'll get better." renjun told, rubbing his back.

"we'll help you getting better."

the three boys stayed there for an hour, jeno's want to pee completely forgotten.

renjun and jeno comforted the sobbing male, whispering soothing words, showing him how much they cared for him, and how much they loved him.

jaemin eventually fell asleep, his head leaning against jeno's chest, and soft snores leaving his mouth. 

"we should go back to sleep." jeno told, glancing at jaemin's angel-like face.

"yeah."

renjun stood up, helping jeno stand up himself while holding jaemin into his arms.

it took some time, but they eventually did it, without waking the sleeping boy up. 

jeno walked to jaemin's room, opening the door silently and walking to jaemin's bed.

he tried setting jaemin inside his bed, but the boy kept whining in his sleep and gripping onto jeno's body.

"seems like you'll have to sleep with him..." renjun whispered, leaning against the doorframe.

jeno picked jaemin up again and left the sleeping boy's room to head towards his own room.

there, he slid inside the bed with the help of renjun, trying his best not to wake jaemin up. 

after long minutes, they were both comfortably set inside the bed, jaemin clinging to jeno's body while sleeping soundly.

renjun sat on the edge of the bed, facing jeno.

"he looks ethereal." renjun spoke low.

"he really does." jeno said, looking at the boy in his arms.

renjun and jeno both looked intensely at the younger, the way his chest rose and lowered steadily, the was his lips were curved up, the way his eyes were closed so lightly... just everything about him.