Dream (Norenmin)

Epilogue

After five years together the trio is still going strong. For the most part life has been good. They have ups and downs of course but they still thrive. They've gone through judgement and criticism of their relationship but they hold their heads up high and move on.
Jeno's dad has finally found a person to keep him company, ok he got a dog but that's beside the point, he's not lonely and has been talking to a woman that works at his local grocery. He's finally got a promotion so he no longer has to work the night shift and has more time to spend with his son.

Taeyong and Jaehyun still have their bar and it's doing well enough that they were able to hire more workers and take time off together. Their wedding was a small sweet affair, just the way they wanted. It was set at a pretty cottage on a lake where all their close family and friends were in attendance. They have since adopted a beautiful daughter and a puppy.

Mark and Haechan's wedding was as elaborate and expensive as the proposal and they are enjoying a life of adventure and travel. They want to have children someday but will wait until they are ready to settle down.

Chenle and Jisung are still living together with plans to marry later in the future. Chenle is taking over the Korean branch of his fathers business and Jisung is still schooling to be a pediatrician.

Most of their friends stories are happy except the day they all got news of Doyoung and his love Taeil dying in a crash. They were told that their fingers were tightly laced as they left this world together. Taeyong and Jaehyun were devastated obviously since Doyoung was one of their best friends and of course they had developed a fondness for his sweet boyfriend too. This day was hard for all of them and especially Jaemin, to be faced with your own mortality through the loss of a friend is hard to handle.
Some days he's wanting to live life to the fullest and others he's extremely cautious and worried, on those days he has a hard time letting his boyfriends go. It's been only a week since the funeral so it's hard to say how long this will last but the others are trying to help as much as possible.
On this particular day he wakes with a start, his breathing labored, sweat pouring, his eyes instantly puff up with the amount of tears he's crying. He gets to his knees and examines his boyfriends to make sure they are still there.
"Baby, we're here, we're ok?" Jeno says huskily before pulling Jaemin into his arms and petting his head while holding him close.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I don't know what to do, I'm so scared." Jeno just holds him more as Renjun comes over to join them making Jaemin feel even better.
"We are not planning to leave you anytime soon" Jaemin shakes his head.
"They weren't planning to leave either." He says as Jeno hums.
"They were young and in love and had their whole lives ahead of them. It's not fair." He continues to cry.
"What would I do if I ever lost you two? I couldn't live, I..."
Jeno shushes him and rolls over so Jaemin is now on his back, so Jeno hovers over him and kisses his heart long and soft.
"Life is unpredictable and sometimes very unfair. We just have to live and love everyday like it's our last and if some day in the future one of us leaves the others behind we will get through. It's what you have to do. You find something or someone to grab onto and you love that thing. My father had me, when my mom died he focused his time and energy on me and that's what got him through." He kisses his heart again while Renjun strokes his face.
"Renjun and I will always be in here." He says as his lips once again touch his chest.
"Just like you two will always be here." He says pointing at his own heart and Renjun nods, a little choked up and touches his own.
"Jaemin if we spend our whole lives afraid of what if's then life isn't even worth living. I love you, both of you and I always will, wether I'm here or up there." He says pointing to the sky.
Finally Jaemin clears his throat.
"Can we have babies? Can we be parents, somehow? I want that with you, with both of you. Please?" His tears have slowed to almost a complete stop as he looks expectantly at his boyfriends who are a little stunned.
"I would love to be a parent with you." Jeno says then looks at Renjun to see if he agrees. He nods furiously and kisses Jaemin on the lips.
"I'm sorry I woke you guys again." He looks down sheepishly.
"We only want you to be ok, we love you and will do anything for you. We will even wake up a four am to talk about our children for you." Renjun says smiling wide. They haven't really ever talked about children one way or another and they are all so happy it was brought up now.
For the rest of that early morning sleep never came, they all were excitedly talking about future plans. Jaemin was happy to think about new life wether through adoption or an egg donor and surrogate rather than death.

It was another year and a half when they got married after Jeno decided to propose to both of them at the same time. He knew that was the next logical step if they want to adopt children.
The wedding plans were a little more difficult because they all three had opinions, in the end it was perfect with a blend of all of their tastes. Renjun's parents, after hearing their would soon be grand children finally stopped pestering him about marrying a woman and even accepted the invitation to the wedding.

When they bring their first child home for the first time it's like heaven. He's a sweet little boy who's at the age of two, who lost both his parents in an accident. Jaemin held a soft spot for him after hearing this, he still thinks fondly of the pair of friends they lost in such a horrific way. Of course time has softened the blow but he thinks of them often.
The boy named Jin has all of them wrapped around his tiny little finger.
They don't stop until they have four. It was just a decision they arrived on mutually at one point and that was the final number.
They always will have a hurdle that will pop up from time to time but they get over them together.

Thank you so much for reading! I'm great full to every one of you. 💚