"should we buy some snacks?" jaemin asked his friend donghyuck as they walked out of class together, talking about the party a classmate of theirs are hosting.
"yeah of course, it's a party."
"we can just go to the convenience store. easy, right?" the younger asked as they walked down the streets to get to their destination: the nearest convenience store.
"let's just grab our favorite things and get out of here, i wanna play valorant."
"games games and games. that's why your ass is flat as a stick."
"wha- i'm paying for all these and this is how you treat me?" donghyuck as in disbelief as he pretended to be shocked and acted like he had been shot in the chest. jaemin beside him deadpanned and shook his head in embarrassment as he walked past him.
"come on, i'll take your killjoy if you don't help me pick the snacks."
"NOT MY KILLJOY!"
a few minutes later of a few debating sessions between the two friends, they finally succeeded to head to the counter and pay for the stuff they chose.
"anything else?"
"uh nope, just these." the cashier nodded but as soon as he tapped the first product, his phone rang.
"ugh mom, i'm working right now. i ca- what? alright i'm coming i'm coming wait for me please. oh shit, lee! can you cover for me? i got an emergency! sorry, my friend will take over i apologize deeply, i'm so sorry." then the guy blasted out of the convenience store without even taking his bags or changing.
"i hope it's a good thing..."
"i sure hope it is." jaemin followed as he sighed and stepped messily, waiting for the co-worker the previous cashier guy told them.
as the guy walked out, jaemin's world froze right there.
standing right outside the staff room was none other than jeno, the guy he had been thinking about these past few days.
"j-jeno?"
"jaemin..."
"jeno my dudeee how have you been?" donghyuck said exictedly, kind of ruining the moment but got jeno to avert his attention to the latter.
"uhhhh good hyuck, how bout you?" jeno smiled back and responded to the tan skinned male's high five.
"never better." the younger responded.
"hey by the way, we got a party to catch up to tonight, mind if you join?"
"h-huh? i don't know..." jeno said as he peered over to jaemin over donghyuck's shoulder. he could see jaemin's thinking face as the brunette furrowed his eyebrows.
"aw come on man, it'll be fun!"
a few pauses later and jeno finally answered, "yeah. yeah okay i'd like to."
"GREAT! lemme just text yangyang and you'll be good to go." donghyuck giggled and took out his phone. before that. he turned to jaemin, then back a jeno.
"oh yeah right, this is jaemin, jaemin, that's jeno."
"hi."
"hey." jaemin answered softly.
"... you guys know each other?"
"uhm....."
"we're all from the same uni, remember?" jeno nervously chuckled out before jaemin could say anything reckless.
"ohh rightt. small world." the younger said one last time and continued to text yangyang.
"here's the change, jaemin. have a nice day you two!"
"wait you're not joining us?" donghyuck asked as he helped jaemin carry the stuff together. jeno shook his head and smiled.
"in a bit, my shift just started."
"right! right right. okay got it, let's go jaem!" then the two ran out of the convenience store and into the streets to walk back to jaemin's home.
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"dude i swear if you don't come out i'm going to aban- woah why are you dressed like that?"
"like what?"
"like... THAT." donghyuck spreaded his hands as if he was astounded by what jaemin was wearing.
in reality, jaemin was just wearing black ripped jeans with striped brown shirt and a white and black checkered outer. he looked normal as ever. but what made donghyuck react like so was how jaemin changed his hair style and, surprisingly, color.
he wasn't a brunette anymore but had colored it pink, which was a rare color and possibly one which donghyuck thought jaemin would never pick.
"ugh stop being extra and let's go. we don't want to be late, right?"
"y-yeah okay let's go." the older said as he opened the door to his car for jaemin and let him enter.
arriving at the destination, all jaemin could think about was to search for jeno and jeno only. and donghyuck seemed to understand this well as he just made his way to the dance floor and pour his heart out to it.
he pinkette moved through the crowd with a few sorrys and excuse me's as he had been bumping people here and there because of the crowded situation. but somehow as if jeno was a magnet that attracted him, he found the older sitting with some of his friends, talking about sports and some other stuff that jaemin couldn't make out from.
"jaemin." the ravenette called as he landed his eyes on a certain pink-haired boy. jaemin smiled shyly.
"jeno! you made it."
"i'll get back to you guys later." jeno said as he stood up from the sofa filled with his friends and pulled jaemin along with him.
the timing was perfect as if it could sense the current mood between the two. slow music started to play as jeno continued to drag jaemin with him and started to dance with him.
what made jaemin's heart beat at an inhumane pace wasn't the way the older was holding his waist and arms. but because of how close they were between each other.
they were practically only centimeters apart, their lips almost touching each other's and nose barely in contact. jaemin didn't know why, his cheeks couldn't help to show a bright cute red. and jeno too somehow thought it was cute how jaemin could be flustered by just that.
"you're blushing." he teased.
"shut up, i didn't ask for this."
"you love it, though." jeno continued teasing the younger as they moved slowly side to side. but in the midst of that, jaemin was the one dragging him outside this time. he had tons of questions inside his head.
how? how did jeno return without the necklace? how did he remember him? and why did jeno give him the necklace he worked and thought hard for so easily when he needed it to?
"why did you drag me here?"
"i-i.." jaemin couldn't speak. his thoughts were running wild full of questions ready to be asked but he just couldn't seem to form the words right. and as if jeno could read his mind, the ravenette chuckled and replied,
"you want to know, don't you?"
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Fanfiction"who are you and why are you in my garden?" "i-i was following a butterfly in a garden and ended up here, your highness." jaemin never expected that an old merry-go-round lullaby can make him travel back in time to meet the one and only king lee, an...
