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One Day: NoRen

▹prompt: nothing, this is a little drabble I just wrote at school because sitting alone at lunch sucks :< someone give me a Jeno🥺
▹word count: 391
▹genre: light angst
▹warnings: n/a

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Renjun hates being alone.

It's at the very top of the list of things he hates and, considering that he seems to find himself sitting alone every single lunchtime, it only pierces his heart to prod at the darkest of emotions.

One day, he wishes as he erases the sketch he's been working on, he won't be alone. Tears prick his eyes and he rubs the paper so hard that it begins to flake and rip from the friction, then he drops the eraser into his pencil case and despises the way his muscles sigh out in despair, not even close to relief.

He doesn't know what he's done wrong, he thinks, eyeing the students playing football nearby. The ball lands next to him and he nudges it away with his foot, avoiding the boy's glare when he jogs over to retrieve it.

Renjun doesn't want to play football with them. It's too rowdy, too energetic. But he doesn't want to sit in the library and discuss the latest computer models, either. Everyone else is too cliquey for his liking. He doesn't know what he wants, apart from that he just wants some company. He eats his food in silence and hopes he blends into the shadows in the corner of the playground.

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One day, his wish comes true.

"Hi." A boy appears next to Renjun. Out of instinct, Renjun lowers his head and snaps his sketchbook shut to wait for the other to spit out whatever he has to say and leave.

But the boy stays. Renjun finds himself daring to look at him. His jaw is sharp for their age, but his eyes are soft, outlined by delicate glasses and a sweeping mop of bleached hair.

"I'm Jeno." The boy smiles, and Renjun lets his guard down a little at the sight of the crescents forming from his eyes. He senses the way those eyes watch him, expecting an answer.

"Renjun." He manages, fiddling with the corner of his sketchbook.

"Nice to meet you!" Jeno is soft at the edges, heart pouring kindness that helps Renjun sit up and give him a chance.

And as they launch into a discussion about their cats, Renjun knows a lot of good days are to come.

Out of all the things Renjun loves, Jeno's company soon reaches the top of the list.

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