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🟢 All an Act [Renmin]

Jaemin hated Hwang Injun.

But Jaemin loved Huang Renjun.

You cannot tell Jaemin that those two were the same person. Hwang Injun was strict, cocky, and very much a better actor than him. Huang Renjun on the other hand, was a sweetheart. He was the love of Jaemin's life, his mortal anchor.

If you tell Jaemin that they were the same person, he'll curse you out. How can someone he hate so much be the same person that he loved so much. That was impossible. You can ask the two boys themselves. They'll tell you the truth.

"I am not like Huang Injun." Jaemin's lovely boyfriend, Huang Renjun tells him. "I'm not like that boyfriend of yours, Na." Huang Injun replies when Jaemin asked. Jaemin came to the conclusion that they are in fact, not the same person.

They may have the same face, same height, same voice, same clothes, same parents, same actions, same mind, and same blood- but they are not the same person. Jaemin will forever love Huang Renjun and forever hate Huang Injun.

Jaemin's fans know of his rivalry with his fellow actor, Hwang Injun. They know how much Jaemin hated him and how much the other hated Jaemin back. Whenever they see the two near each other, they would do anything to separate them.

The last time they let the two cross paths, it was a disaster. All over the news. Both fandoms of Jaemin and Injun were attacked with the news of the two of them being quite hostile with each other in public. They wish for that to never happen again.

And so that is why everyone was confused to see a photo, a stolen photo but a photo nonetheless, of both Jaemin and what seems to be Injun together one evening. Both boys in the photo were in hoodies and masks but it's definitely them.

They looked like they were on a date, holding hands and laughing- all that gist. What made fans even more confused was that a day after that photo has been leaked, Jaemin came out with the statement that, he was not with Injun that night.

"That is me in the photos but, I was not with the actor you all thought." Jaemin says. "I was on a date with my boyfriend- who I shall not disclose, not with Hwang Injun. Please stop spreading those lies that I was with... Hwang Injun. Thank you."

That seemed to settle the issue with Injun and Jaemin. Not only did it settle that issue, it did create a new issue, well- a new news headline about Jaemin and his secret boyfriend who everyone mistaken for Injun.

When Jaemin saw the headlines 'Na Jaemin and his secret boyfriend- Is it Hwang Injun, his rival?' he laughed. Are they being serious. He showed it to his boyfriend and he too laughed. How wrong and inaccurate could these news sites be?

"Can you imagine? Me! With Injun?" Jaemin scoffs. Renjun just laughs as his boyfriend continues to rant about how much he hates Injun's guts and the audacity for news sites to say that his boyfriend was that actor. How dare they?

As Jaemin rants went on and on, a sudden ring of a cellphone cut him off of his train of thoughts. "I'm sorry, love." Renjun apologizes, holding up his phone to show that it was the source of the ringing. "It's fine. Go answer it. Must be important."

Renjun still gave the boy an apologetic look before leaving to take the call. Just then, Jaemin's own phone rang. "Yes, manager-nim?" Jaemin listened attentively to what his manager has to say. It seemed very important as his manager sounded serious.

"You are being casted as one of the leading characters to a new movie." His manager says. "You'll be partnered up with a boy, not a girl this time." Jaemin had to stop himself from sighing in relief. Don't get him wrong, he liked girls.

Just not in the way everyone hoped. He was 100% gay and in love with Huang Renjun. The first time he acted and had a leading lady act along side him, he wanted to cry and throw up whenever they kissed. It was part of the job but still.

"Are we not going to have a general meeting about the movie or are you going to tell me every little detail I need before we start shooting?" Jaemin asks, laughing lightheartedly. His manager laughed as well, though with a different type of laugh.

"You're going to be acting with someone you're quite familiar with..." His manager says. "Is it Jisungie? Aw, that little boy's all grown up now! Can you believe he's 20 already?" Jaemin says, gushing over one of his friends. "No, not him."

Jaemin stopped talking for a while. If not him, then who? Maybe it's Lee Jeno? Or perhaps it's Lee Donghyuck. The possibilities are endless but who could it be. "Who is it then, hyung?" It was silent on the other end. "It's Hwang Injun."

Jaemin was not looking forward to working on this movie. It brought him good money but with the price of having to work with his rival, Hwang Injun. Not only that, because he was working with the man, he won't be able to see his boyfriend!

"You'll do great." Renjun told him before his shooting started. "I know you would." That made Jaemin feel better but his confidence soon disappeared, remembering who his other main lead was. He hates to admit it but Injun was a better actor.

His personality can switch from on to off, from hot to cold. He was an unstoppable force when it came to acting and Jaemin was envious of it. He wanted to be as good of an actor as he is but he was not good at embodying the character.

Don't get me wrong, Jaemin was a great actor. Injun though becomes a whole different person. It was like he wasn't Injun whenever he acts. The character and him only share a face and that's all they had in common. That's what made him a good actor.

"Don't forget that I love you no matter what, ok?" Jaemin nodded and allowed the boy to kiss his forehead. He laughed when Renjun had to wipe his mouth in disgust due to the makeup that was applied to his face prior to this moment.

As Jaemin was laughing, the director called out. "HWANG INJUN! I NEED YOU ON SET." His laughs abruptly stopped. "Good luck." Renjun says before walking away. As he walked away, Jaemin could see how his sweetheart self turn stoic.

From the soft warm aura Renjun had prior, it turned serious and cocky. Jaemin watched how his lovely boyfriend turned into his biggest rival yet. "Na Jaemin, you're needed on stand by." Jaemin watched as Injun acted amazingly on set.

Jaemin really hated Hwang Injun.

But Jaemin will never stop loving Huang Renjun.

12/27/22