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Chapter 5

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♡ "this time, this place." ♡

-unknown

"Donghyuck?" Mark called out the younger's name. They were currently sitting at a round table in their college's library, both having nothing to do that day due to their class-free schedule. Earlier that morning, Mark had suggested going to the library to work on their physics project together, seeing that they were already lab partners. Donghyuck agreed, of course. He enjoyed spending time with the older. Furthermore, Jaemin was busy with classes, and Renjun made plans to sleep in late because he was tired from his 8 am lectures.

"Yeah?" He lifted his head from his textbook. Mark was looking at him intensely, but Donghyuck knew it was a look of worry. No one knew the older better than Donghyuck, and he took pride in that.

"You haven't eaten anything for the day," Mark frowned, "you're gonna get a headache if you keep working without food."

"But, I did eat," Donghyuck titled his head in confusion.

"Water doesn't count..."

"Oh," the younger slowly pushed the cover for his blue highlighter back on, "that's because I'm on a diet."

"Why?"

"Because I need it. What do you mean why?"

"You don't need it tho?" The older retorted, "you're fine just the way-"

"Mark," Donghyuck interrupted the other, "let's finish working, yeah?" He continued to say with a smile.

"Yeah-okay."

∗∗∗∗

"Weren't you skipping today's class?" Jaemin turned to his friend, who was aggressively sipping on a cup of coffee.

"Surprise," Renjun sarcastically said with an eye roll, "I was forced by Lucas to come today. Trust me. If he hadn't woken me up, your friend, right here, would've been on his sixth dream."

"By whom?" Jaemin raised an eyebrow.

"Huang Lucas," the older rolled his eyes again, "my roommate."

"Do I sense animosity?" Jaemin snickered, taking a notebook from his bag and his favorite kawaii cat pen.

"Oh no, not at all."

"Are you being sarcastic?"

"I don't know," Renjun smirked with the straw in his mouth, "am I?"

Both boys stared at each for a few seconds before bursting into a fit of giggles. Shortly after, their professor arrived, quickly erasing the board from its previous lesson and heading it up for their class session. Renjun fell asleep five minutes into the lecture, a new record for him, while Jaemin drew small doodles at the corner of his notebook pages. He liked them. They were admirable, free to do whatever they wanted to while his book was open and his pen was moving. But when he was satisfied, the latter would close the book, no longer giving them the freedom to explore their own reality.

Jaemin knew it was odd to imagine his drawings coming to life, but it was a way to keep his mind occupied. If the latter was, to be honest, his mind was already busy with many thoughts, but imagining those scenarios, was used as an escape for him.

"Why is Jeno standing outside our class's window?" Renjun questioned in a hushed tone due to his sleepy state.

"Huh?" Jaemin looked at the window opposite their seats, and indeed, the other was standing outside their classroom, subtly waving his hand while showing the two his famous eye smile.