𝐼𝓃 𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒟𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈 ~| Huang Renjun

二十

"We're staying in that house?" Jihyun shockingly expressed as she caught sight of the house everyone except Haechan and Ryoko were to share. 

Chenle, the driver, simply gave a fond smile and nodded in response. "Would you look at that? Jeno and Mark already arrived. Seems like they've been waiting for us."

The boy parked the car while the people from the other two started opening their doors. From Jeno's car, Jaemin, his partner Seohee, and Jeno's partner Yoosung, walked out among giggles. Jihyun saw her friends Hyejin and Soyoung walk out from Mark's car along with him and Jisung. "Jisung invited Soyoung over? And she didn't bother to tell me?"

"Wait, Jisung has enough courage to ask someone on a date?" Xinghua teased, gaining a small laughter from the other three.

"You'd be surprised. Jisung may seem shy and awkward, but will do anything and everything if he's jealous enough," Chenle replied as his date opened the door and the rest followed shortly after.

Renjun's eyes were attacked by the sunlight once he walked out, and he quickly covered them with a noise of pain. "You okay there?" Jihyun giggled at his expression. "Do you need sunglasses? I could give you mine."

"No, it's fine. It's fine. I just didn't expect it to be this bright in here."

"Jihyun-ah! I didn't know you were coming!" Seohee called from some steps away and rushed to the girl along with Soyoung. "Oh my God, did Jisung finally ask you out?"

Soyoung smacked the other's arm with a frown. "No, you dumb bitch. Jisung asked me to come with him."

"Oh, for real?" Seohee's mouth shaped into an o in shock. "Park Jisung talks to you? Damn, I thought he only talked with the boys and Jihyun."

"But then who are you here with? Chenle?"

A loud laughter came out of the other two girls in mockery, driving almost every set of eyes to them. "No, no. I'm here with Renjun."

"With Renjun? Girl, you have no idea how many girls at school would give their soul to be where you are," Seohee voiced in a low voice as she noticed Renjun was close to them.

"Hey, ladies! Will you help put your stuff down from the car or nah?" Haechan called, carrying a bag he had gotten from Jeno's car. "I'm not your servant."

Seohee rolled her eyes and groaned dramatically. "Ugh, fine. Let's go, Young. Or else, Donghyuck might throw a tantrum."

"Excuse you, ma'am. How dare you think so lowly of me?" The boy let out a dramatic gasp as he kept walking to the house, not even looking back at them.

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"Y'all were so fast bringing your stuff down and didn't help me, I cannot believe you." Jihyun approached them at the patio table with her bags and an exaggeratedly sad expression.

The others were sitting, talking to each other. Jeno shrugged his shoulders at the girl and voiced, "I didn't invite you. Not my problem," as he eyed Renjun.

The boy stopped taking a sip from a cup and looked up at the upset girl. "I brought down my own stuff and you didn't help. You were too busy talking to Soyoung and Hyejin. Why do I have to help?"

"Because she's a girl?"

"Being a girl doesn't make her any weaker than anyone else. Look at Hyejin. She's stronger than Chenle."

The mentioned boy gave him a look before wowing. "Is that how it is?"

"I'm gonna go for more lemonade," Renjun uttered as he stood up, completely ignoring Chenle.