IN A HEARTBEAT ⋮ nomin

𝟮𝟭: more kisses

Jeno is nervous about the kiss. He thinks that maybe it was rushed and Jaemin wasn't ready for that yet.

But guess what?

After that one kiss, Jaemin starts demanding Jeno's wake-up kiss every morning just when he stays over. It flatters the half-demon and he fulfills his boyfriend's wish and does kiss him.

He's enjoying morning kisses, but he hopes that one day, they'll start other types of kisses. Not with tongues, of course! The other type Jeno thinks about is a hello kiss or goodbye one. Then the I love you one.

But Jaemin is quirky and Jeno shouldn't be surprised. Instead of those kisses the half-demon expects, Jaemin starts a new kiss type. He pecks his boyfriend's lips whenever he thinks that Jeno is cute.

That happens with Renjun around too. Jeno is glad that Jaemin is too busy love-bombing him that he doesn't see how Renjun snaps his fingers and gets the journal out of nowhere.

"That's progress," Renjun narrates the kiss he saw.

When he finds out that they have a morning kiss, he wants to write that into the journal again, but Jeno stops him, laughing.

"Will you write every single kiss that happens between us?"

"Maybe."

➷

The I love you kiss happens all of sudden. Jeno doesn't have it planned but it looks like Jaemin does.

The pink-haired boy kisses his boyfriend just as they step into his room. Jeno is taken aback, but the lust inside him goes ahead of his mind and he answers the kiss right away.

The problem with their kiss is that Jaemin's is romantic with just lips. Meanwhile, Jeno is closer to a passionate one and he wants to involve their tongues. Also his hands... Jeno has already included touches, one-sided, I must add.

Before anything else could happen, Jaemin draws back and confesses.

"I don't know if I'm ready to make out."

"That's okay... Don't feel pressured," Jeno smiles but his mind is racing and he hates that.

"We can still try," Jaemin also smiles. "I'm okay with you teaching me stuff."

"Are you sure?"

"Let's just try."

"Give me a sign if you don't want it anymore, okay? I might get carried away."

"You're not an animal, Jeno," Jaemin laughs. "You're human. You have self-control for sure."

"I'm only half of a human," Jeno blurts out before he could stop himself.

Something flashes in Jaemin's eyes. He then laughs.

"Me too."

"Really?" Jeno widens his eyes.

"Yeah, I'm half of an alien."

"Hahaha," Jeno fakes a laugh.

Jaemin is his boyfriend and he knows that it's fake.

"No, really. People think I'm from a different planet."

Jeno sighs as he glances at Jaemin's lips. "Shall we start?"

Jaemin nods with no hesitation. He sure loves Jeno. He trusts him too.

They start the kiss as Jaemin likes it. Soft and simple. They do short breaks in between which Jeno uses to talk about the further actions. They repeat the soft kiss but then Jeno changes it with a passionate one.

Tongues get drawn in and Jeno can see that Jaemin struggles with that. He thinks of doing another break but Jaemin shakes his head. He wants to continue.

They do. Jeno leads the process and his boyfriend follows. They're sure are different. One is avoiding stepping over the line, the other is trying everything out slowly.

But they're both happy overall.

"It's not that bad as I thought it would be," Jaemin explains. "I think it's because of you."

He sits on his bed and checks his lips with the front camera of his phone. He gets terrified at first but calms down when Jeno explains that it's natural.

"Maybe I'm not asexual... I don't know."

"There's plenty of time to figure it out. Sexualities can differ."

"They sure can," Jaemin nods. "There are plenty of people who find something new when they're already in their maturity."

"It's never too late to find yourself," Jeno adds.