• not so perfect | renmin

74-69 = thirty nine

renjun stayed inside of his room, reading some books and then heard knocks on the door that shook his attention away from the story to look at the door. "come in." he said.

the door was opened by someone and a guy peeked his head in. "hello?"

the brown haired dropped his book as soon as he saw the person. "nana!" he said excitedly.

jaemin got inside completely and closed the door from behind. "do you miss me that much? we just met yesterday though."

the older just laughed at it before questioning. "why are you here at this hour?"

the orange haired took a seat on the older's bed next to him and answered. "my mom came as well, she wanted to give some stuffs to your mom and now they're taking forever to finish the chitchat."

"what are they talking about?"

"i don't know. i went to the bathroom for a minute and came back to them pushing me upstairs so, here i am."

renjun chuckled and closed the book before scooting closer to jaemin. he linked his arm with the younger"s and placed his head slowly on his shoulder. "you're graduating tomorrow. are you nervous?"

"i don't think so?"

"really? that's nice. i would be sooo nervous if i were you."

the younger placed a peck on renjun's head and caressed the back of his hand softly. "i'll always be there and support you when you graduate. don't need to be nervous."

the older felt his cheeks burning. he put on a little smile and spoke. "thank you nana, i love you."

jaemin widened his eyes, renjun widened his eyes, both of them did it at the same time.

"what did you say????" jaemin said loud, almost screaming.

the older let go of jaemin's arm and stood up, not look at him. "nothing." he replied and wanted to walk outside but jaemin reached for his waist on time and pulled him back to sit of his lap.

"nana, what are you doing?" he asked not making eye contact as he side profile faces jaemin.

the younger gave a soft peck on his ears before whispering. "say that again... please."

those words sent chills all over the older's body. he slightly gulped and only stayed quiet the whole time. all they could here was just each other's breath. renjun felt like he was about to explode.

after a minute passed, jaemin let out a soft chuckle and hugged the older tighter. "you're blushing so hard right now. i didn't know you love me that much."

renjun closed his eyes and threw his face onto the younger's chest, shaking his head while hitting him with his free hand. "stop mentioning it."

the orange haired couldn't help but to laughed at how adorable his boyfriend was. the love of his life, in his own arms. it felt like a fever dream. he is his happinesses.

"by the way, i wanted to do something." jaemin let out and the older looked up at him.

"what is it?"

"i wanted to invite you to the neos show tomorrow after the graduation ceremony. it'll be the last one since we're all graduating. will you go?" jaemin's voice sounded so calm and unsure at the same time. they used to have problems about this and it was a bad memory for both of them. however, a part of jaemin wanted to try it one last time. it'll be the first and last chance to be able to see renjun in the audience zone, watching him.

renjun was also thinking about the same thing. because of him last time, he wasn't able to see jaemin perform as promised and even broke their second time friendship. it was horrible. now the chance was in front of his face again. we will not let it go.

"i'll go, i promise. it's my first and last chance to watch you perform. i won't let anything stopping me again."

"really?"

"really, nana. i promise you, i'll be there."

a big smile appeared on the younger's face as he let out a soft relief sigh. he pulled the older to his chest and hugged him gently. "i'm looking forward to see you then."

( ᵕ̤ꈊᵕ̤ )

"hyuck, why are you shaking?" jaemin asked, holding the older's hands.

"why didn't you tell me?" donghyuck asked and the younger furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

"tell you what?"

"TELL ME THAT YOUR PARENTS WILL BE HERE. NOW THEY'RE OUTSIDE AND IM SO UNPREPARED RIGHT NOW. WHAT IF MY VOICE CRACK—"

"YOU STUPID ASS." jaemin shouted. he placed his hands on the older's shoulders and spoke calmly again. "just perform like how you practiced. you are always amazing. what are you scared of? besides, my parents can't sing like you so they won't judge, i promise. you're still gonna be my soon to be brother in-law, don't worry."

"shut up!" donhyuck said as he shoved the younger's hands away.

the other two the walked in together a second after. "we're ready." mark said and jisung nodded after.

jamein took a deep breath and pulled donghyuck with him, walking towards the two. "this is our last show now. i just want to say... thank you to all of you for making these memories with me."

"and don't you dare forget me after the graduation. i will find your house and haunt you at night if you do." donghyuck added.

mark chuckled softly and nodded as an agreement. "i won't forget any of you. i love you guys so much."

"sap." donghyuck added and mark just laughed it off before turning to jisung.

"say something." he said, hitting the younger with his elbow. 

jisung looked at each of them awkwardly and cleared his throat, trying to think of what to say. jaemin stood there and stared at him fondly, waiting for his speech.

"thank you everyone." the youngest started. "especially you jaemin." 

the said guy jokingly gasped and chuckled. "i thought you would never say it." 

"well now you know. i'm really thankful for all the things you've done for me, all of you. no matter how shitty a person i am, you're still here for me and encourage me to be better. it means... a lot. thank you." he finished speaking and took a deep breath. 

"you did it. i'm so proud of you." mark said, clapping for the tallest. 

"stop saying all of these. i don't want to ruin my makeup." donghyuck spoke. 

"alrightttt. the audiences are waiting, let's go?" jaemin cut in.

"yes!!!" 

- 39 -