Our Treehouse (MarkMin)/ EDITING

OUR🌳TREEHOUSE: ONE

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"Jaemin! Jaemin!" Renjun called going through all of the students, squeezing his small figure in between the crowd just to catch up with the other boy who is across the hallway, walking as if no one is calling him, his bag were loosely hanging on his left shoulder, walking in the straight lane of the hallway.

"Hell, are you deaf? I was calling you" Renjun heaved a breath, catching some more while leaning down his knee, finally he had caught up to his friend. Jaemin didn't seem to be so surprised seeing Renjun, nonetheless he just plainly wait for Renjun to speak. "I thought my bones will get crashed going through those huge dudes".

"Sorry, my mind is a little cloudy today " Jaemin apologizes, Renjun stood up straight, raising his brows.

"Why?" Renjun asked, it was a sunny day, obviously it was summer and class had just started like two weeks ago. " Your birthday just passed, you should be happy you are now eighteen!" Renjun chirped, in this country eighteen years old people can go outside even though it's already curfew hours, meaning more freedom.

Jaemin look down, bit his lips, and hesitated to speak up to the smaller guy. He grips the handle of his backpack in weariness.

"Have your results come out?" Renjun whispers, consciously as he speaks up out of suspicion. Fortunately got replied with Jaemin's small nod.

A realization came down to him, he immediately pulled Jaemin away from the crowd, regardless of their height difference Jaemin got easily dragged by the smaller.

The two guys place themselves in one of the cubicle rooms of the boy's restroom. That was a weird move but Renjun can't think of a room where they will have real privacy to discuss this

Renjun holds Jaemin's arms and looks up at him with wonders and fears for the latter.

"So have you revealed?" Renjun asked and Jaemin hesitated to answer nonetheless biting his lips in worry. Renjun examined his friend's attitude as Jaemin seemed anxious, it was already a hint. If Jaemin were a beta he would be totally and if he is an alpha he would have bragged about it to Renjun who was a beta, so the only one left is...

"Are you a ..." Renjun haven't finished his sentence when Jaemin vaguely nodded, agreeing to what Renjun had to say and he would not rather hear that term because it breaks him apart.

Renjun moves backward as his back hits the door of the cubicle, mouth ajar as he gasps and clasped his hands together to cover his mouth. His eyes widen in shock, he can't even utter any proper word.

"H--how come, your built is normal, it's-- there's no any resemblance of you being that" Renjun panicked, Jaemin's lifeless eyes just stare back at Renjun, yet those lifeless eyes have tears falling down, crawling on Jaemin's cheeks.

"Renjun please, don't tell anybody else " Jaemin suddenly kneels down on the dirty tiles of the restroom that making Renjun flinch, and immediately tries to make Jaemin stand up, Renjun is also on the edge of crying. His friend, his friend will suffer.

"No, I wouldn't tell them. I don't trust anybody on the higher court, they say that they hospitalized those gender and change their second gender but-- but any single one of them are nowhere to be seen" Renjun cried, the world had turned cruel to people they probably don't understand. He doesn't fully understand but he will not let anything happen to Jaemin.

"I-- I just don't know what to do anymore, I don't know anything, W-what should I do " Jaemin cries, stuttering on his words as he sniffles. Renjun unconsciously holds his hand and felt the small trembles it makes. Renjun slowly pulls the man for a hug, comforting the male, making him a little bit better by showing that even there's a little hope it's still comforting.