Chapter 18

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And I'm just tryna play it cool now
But that's not what I wanna do now
And I'm not tryna be with you now, you now

Crush by Tessa Violet


Ten POV

"You should've seen the look on Johnny's face when he saw you and Jungwoo dancing together," BamBam laughed. "He looked ready to murder someone."

"Maybe he was just surprised. He did expect us to perform together today," I replied.

We had come to Cherry Bomb Diner after classes had ended early. We were still waiting for our scores on our choreography, and we had been discussing it. Sicheng came over to our table with our food in his hands and balanced on his forearms. He set the plates down and brushed his hands off on the apron tied around his waist.

"Who's Johnny?" He asked.

"Ten's crush," Lisa replied.

"He's not my crush!"

"Is he hot?" Sicheng asked.

Everyone turned to me and I rolled my eyes. "Yes. He's hot," I sighed.

"So you admit it?!" BamBam pumped his fists in the air.

"I feel targeted, singled out, distinguished, individualized, and other adjectives that I can't think of right now," I grumbled.

"Damn straight," BamBam smirked.

"That's funny coming from you," Yugyeom said to his boyfriend.

The door to the diner flew open, and we saw Renjun with his arms looped through Jaemin and Jeno's. They squished themselves into a booth, and the two men looked at the shorter man that they may or may not have kidnapped with adoring eyes. Renjun looked over at us with a face that screamed for help, but Jaemin then started playing with his hair and Renjun blushed.

"Ten don't look now but Johnny's coming in here," Lisa said.

I whipped my head around and saw Johnny walking up to the door. The bell above it jingled as he entered, and he looked around the restaurant before he spotted us. I turned back around and looked at the wall as he approached. He sat down beside me and I felt him tap my shoulder. I slowly moved to face him, and he smiled when our eyes met.

"Hey," He said.

"Hey," I replied.

"Johnny! Thanks for coming," BamBam said. "I figured that since you and Tennie are getting close that you should hang out with us more."

"Makes sense," Johnny said. "I'm happy to hang out with you guys."

"So charming," Yugyeom fanned himself. "If only you were my boyfriend."

BamBam and I both glared daggers at Yugyeom. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Johnny look at me, then he laughed nervously.

"I'm flattered, but I have my eye on someone else," He said.

Lisa and I exchanged a look saying 'did he just say that?!' Sicheng had come out of the back room and was passing by our table when Johnny spoke. He backed up and eyed Johnny.

"Is this the guy Ten's dancing with?" He asked, and when Johnny nodded he said, "He really is hot."

I dropped my head against the table and groaned. Yugyeom laughed as Lisa reached over and picked out noodles that had gotten stuck in my hair.

"Was I not supposed to say that?" Sicheng asked with a tone that indicated that he didn't give a damn about the fact that he just exposed me.


Hey everyone! Sorry for the delayed update. I had been dealing with something and didn't have much motivation to write this chapter. I still didn't feel like it, but I had to get it done, so that's why this chapter is kinda bland.

The next chapter will be the second NoRenMin special, and after that a new character will be introduced. I think y'all will like them. Feel free to speculate who it might be. All I can say is that they have a connection to one of the characters that has already been introduced.

 All I can say is that they have a connection to one of the characters that has already been introduced

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See y'all in the next chapter! 😊

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