sin𝙽𝙰rs - nct, nahyuck

𝙽𝙰 - 12 - 𝙽𝙰

"jaemin!"

the teenager turned around, seeing a girl wearing a bright pink outfit hopping towards him with a big smile.

"you're back!" she said when she got next to the boy. "i missed you yesterday!"

yeah, jaemin hadn't gone to class the day before.

after burning down the lab, he had had a very long night, talking with donghyuck, and then crying. he hadn't been able to wake up to go to school in the morning.

so, he didn't go.

but he did the day after.

"yeah, sorry." jaemin smiled sheepishly. "i had another appointment for my thigh."

"i hope it's getting better!" mina exclaimed, clingling onto the boy's arm.

"slowly, but it is." jaemin replied with a smile.

his heartbeat unconsciously fastened at the girl's clinginess.

also, he had found himself staring at her a bit more than usual.

let's say he found her really pretty today, with her pink set.

"that's good to know! now let's go to class!" she beamed, making jaemin chuckle and follow her towards their classroom.

they sat behind their desks as mina was telling jaemin everything he missed the day before.

she eventually mentioned the fire at the lab, explaining that because of that, NA wouldn't be caught easily, and that he was still hanging around, ready to kill people.

jaemin felt uneasy when she mentioned this event, feeling the urge to throw up once again. but he managed to keep it in.

"you okay?" she asked with her brows furrowed slightly.

jaemin looked at her, swallowing his saliva. "yeah..." he let out.

"you look a bit pale..." mina told. "did you catch a fever?"

the girl used the back of her palm to measure the temperature on jaemin's forehead before cupping his cheeks and looking at him deep in the eye.

"you don't have a fever, but you look tired..." she stated, their faces a few centimetres apart.

she didn't seem bother by their proximity, and jaemin wasn't either.

in fact, his heart was beating at a fast pace in his chest, and he found himself wondering if the gloss she had on her thin lips was strawberry flavoured.

"do you want to go back home?" she asked worriedly.

jaemin woke up from his trance, trying to calm his erratic heartbeat.

"no, no." he replied with blushing cheeks. "it's okay. i'm fine."

"and now you're red..." she added, inspecting jaemin's face. "are you sure you are okay?"

"i am, mina. don't worry..." jaemin replied, looking at her in the eye.