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Donghyuck throws himself on his bed. This weekend was supposed to help him take his mind off, instead, it caused him a total disaster.

He turns his phone on again.

20 missed calls from Mark. 50 from Renjun and Jeno combined. And almost a hundred messages from all of them.

He clicks on Mark's chat. His heart starts burning like crazy.

Donghyuck please let me explain myself

You saw it all wrong

She asked me for the last date night, to finally get over me

I'm sorry I should've said no I know

I should have told you at least

I'm sorry Donghyuck, please

I love you!  Donghyuck, please

.. and even more messages that confessed his love for Donghyuck.

Tears were rolling down Donghyuck's cheeks. He starts crying harder and harder. He was betrayed by his best friend, again. Everyone was right about him. He cries his heart out, why was everyone fooling around with him?

He realizes that Jeno and his half-brother were the only people he could rely on.

So he calls Jeno. Jeno is quick to answer.

"Donghyuck, I heard what happened, I stopped by your house but you weren't there, where are you? I'm so worried", he hears his best friend crying.

He must have been so worried.

"I need you right now, can you come over?", is all Donghyuck can say before hysterically crying.







Jeno arrives ten minutes after the call. He brought a lot of chocolate and a much-needed box of tissues.

Donghyuck's crying in Jeno's arms. They both are cuddled up in Donghyuck's bed.
„I'm so sorry Hyuck, I should've prevented this", Jeno blames himself for letting someone break his best friend's heart again.
„Why is everyone betraying me Jeno? I don't deserve this", he cries even harder. Jeno's heart is breaking.
„You don't, you're the best person I've ever known, Hyuck. You deserve the best.", he comforts him.

Donghyuck cries the whole afternoon. The sun is setting as he finally gets a hold of himself again.

„Jeno, I need to tell you something."
„Huh?"
„I slept over at Jaemin's.", he mumbles and looks away. Jeno sighs. There is a moment of silence before Jeno speaks.
„You know, he took better care of you than I did and I'm so sorry I wasn't with you when it happened. The news broke to me a long time after it happened. As much as I despise Jaemin, I'm glad he took care of you", he says softly.

Donghyuck is relieved that Jeno isn't mad.
„It's totally fine, Jen, you couldn't have known", he says.

The room falls in total silence. Jeno caresses Donghyuck's hair for some time.

"I have something more to confess."

"Spill."

Donghyuck fumbles nervously with his fingers.

"See, I think I never got over Na Jaemin."

Jeno looks shocked. He needs a moment to comprehend what his best friend just said.

 "Donghyuck, I don't know what to say besides..", he stops and looks at Donghyuck's wall of photos. "..I kind of knew that already", he chuckles.

"Huh? I didn't know myself, how could you know?", Donghyuck's puzzled.

"Best friends just know, Hyuckie, I just knew when I saw the way you look at him. It never changed. You're a total goner.", he smiles.

"Just be careful with Jaemin, I can't stand seeing you hurt. After all the things he did, I'm surprised that he has the audacity to even speak to you.", Jeno hates Jaemin's guts.
Donghyuck is just grateful that Jeno is always accepting his feelings, not making him feel bad for the way he feels, even though Donghyuck knows how bad it is to fall for his Ex again.

They both cuddle a little more, and eventually, Jeno goes home after making sure his best friend is feeling fine for the night.


Donghyuck's laying in his bed, his mind is racing.
He isn't even that heartbroken about Mark, all he thinks about is how embarrassing he behaved in front of Jaemin.

He pulls out the piece of paper Jaemin wrote on from his pocket and decides to text him.

to: Na Jaemin
Thank you for last night. -ldh

He sends it without thinking too much about it.
Not even a minute later he gets a text back.

from: Na Jaemin
It's my pleasure, love.
How are you doing?

He curses at the word love. He is embarrassed to the maximum.

to: Na Jaemin
thank you, I feel a little better at least.
Don't call me love again.

He screams into his pillow. Why did a simple „Love" cause so many tingles in him?

from: Na Jaemin
I'm glad! Good night.
See you tomorrow, my love. ;)

He's going to die from his heart beating so damn fast and he hates it so much. He hates how he misses the boy that broke his heart the most. He is well aware that Jaemin doesn't deserve his attention. But he can't help himself. His heart does what it wants.







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