GATEWAY 🝔 LEE JENO

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"Jeno, can you go speak to Jisung? He's kind of avoiding me" Jia whispered into the boy's ear. Nodding, Jeno stood up from the breakfast table grabbing the plate of food Jia handed him.

It has been 2 days since Jisung and Jeno heard the appalling truth that Jia had been hiding from her children. He hadn't returned home since until this morning. He stormed into the house not even greeting his mother and ran up the stairs.

It hurt her watching her son treat her so coldly but she felt like she deserved it.

Furrowing her brows, Ga-eun watched in astonishment, shocked to see how close her mother suddenly became with Jeno.

The chopsticks were still hanging in her mouth. Her eyes followed the boy's footsteps until he disappeared. "Staring at my son-in-law I see" choking, Ga-eun slapped her chest before snapping her sight towards her mother and glaring at her laughing state.

I'm so glad Jeno wasn't here to hear that - the girl let out a gust of air

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"Eat! Stop being a kid" Jeno slapped the back of his head making Jisung grunt at the pain facing away from him. Shutting his eyes briefly, Jeno placed the plate down waiting for the younger boy to stop being stubborn.

Crossing his arms, he bored onto the younger boy with a displeased look. But Jisung just pushed the plate of food away making Jeno click his tongue. However, this time he did not push him to eat the food noticing some sort of troubling look floating around him. "What is it?" he calmly questioned in a soft tone which contrasted his demands moments ago. Glancing upwards, Jisung looked between the older boys concerned orbs before falling back to lye down completely on his bed. Screwing his eyes shut, Jisung said no word.

Not wanting to force it out of him. Jeno perched on the edge of the bed staring at the empty wall patiently.

"I told her to tell Noona but mum is refusing" he eventually let out. Wordlessly Jeno let out a small hum indicating that his whole attention was on the worried he was letting out. "But I'm . . . scared"

Knitting his brows Jeno spun his head over to Jisung in utter confusion. He found his pupils now open staring up at the plain ceiling. "What do you mean?"

"What if . . what if mum and noona leave me. Noona has the right to find out but I don't want them to leave m-"

"They won't," Jeno interrupted while speaking in a confident tone. Slowly Jisung flickered his eyes over to the older boy. "Even if they do want to come to the Republic of Korea they will never leave you here" he gave a reassuring smile patting his shoulder.

"But wouldn't that mean I would have to leave my life here. The life that I am most familiar to. The life and world that I call home and grew up in" Jisung mumbled out stressed out. Averting his gaze over to his fiddling fingers, Jeno took in everything the younger boy said. He knew exactly what he was feeling. Entering a new world where you know nothing about. A world which you have never called home. Leaving your friends and whole life behind is definitely a tormenting thing to feel. But for Jeno he has a chance to go back to where he is originally from because he has no one forcing him to stay. His family if in Republic of Korea. But Jisung on the other has it far more worse. If his family leave then he would have no choice to as well. Jeno believed that Jia would never make Jisung move against his will but he also knew that Jisung would never want to leave his family behind.

"Your mother hasn't mentioned to me that she wants to leave. So you have nothing to worry about" a part of Jeno wished that they can come back with him to Republic of Korea where they are originally from. He hates the fact that Jia is still hiding for something that she hadn't done anything wrong. However he didn't feel like it's place to speak his opinion as to where they should live.

Rubbing his forehead he chose to change the subject so that they both don't have to dwell on something that they can think about later. Glanced over to Jisung he pushing the plate closer to him. "Eat!" he ordered in a stern tone, his voice falling down an octave. Undeniably sending a shiver down Jisung's spine. Which bewildered the boy because he had never experience this sort of emotion from the older boy. It was obvious that he wanted to deal with his stubborn behaviour.

"So demanding" he grumbled but still sat up and took a spoonful of the oats. Observing how messily the younger boy was eating, Jeno couldn't help but smile finding him cute. "Here, a tissue" he handed it over to the boy so he could wipe his lips.

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"So you know where it is?!" Haechan stared at the boy pouting. "You're kidding me. I just got to know you as well!" he sulked, running over and embracing Jeno into a bone-crushing hug. Sighing, Jaemin pushed his chair away, launching himself over to the two wrapping his arms around them. "Aww I'm gonna miss you!!" he cried out.

"H-h-help m-me" barely a whisper left his lips while he reached his arm out asking for Ga-eun to pull him out from the two weeping boys. Cringing, she stepped away just staring at the three from afar.

Suddenly, Haechan planting a kiss on his cheek. "AHHH GET OFF!!" Jeno yelled out crying for help feeling the tanned boys tears stain his shirt. Holding her stomach Ga-eun bent over laughing at his agony cries caged in between both Haechan and Jaemin.

"I can't believe he has to leave! Who else is gonna do my work now" Haechan muttered while stepping away and wiping his eyes dry. "What?" Jeno monotoned glaring at the boy. His voice falling a mile stone lower sending a shiver along Haechan's limbs. Regretting even opening his mouth he let out a squeal before running for his life as Jeno chased after him.

"You know I'm actually gonna miss him" Jaemin folded his arms glancing over to Ga-eun. "But you're probably gonna miss him more." he wiggled his brows nudging her shoulder. Biting her bottom lip she looked over to spot Jeno squeezing Haechan's hand with vast amount of strength making the tanned boy kneel on the floor letting out small whimpers and cries.

Smiling lightly she nodded as a hint of pink hue traced over her cheeks. Alarming Jaemin who didn't expect her to actually agree with him; however, noticing the joyful glimmer in her eyes made him chuckle lightly before ruffling her hair softly. "Looks like our Ga-eun is all grown up now huh? You even have a crush~" he teasing making her clear her throat and avoid his gaze.