My Sleep Paralysis Demon Gave Me an STD [RENJUN • JAEMIN • JENO] ✔️

🫧 28. The One Where It Ends 🫧

3:47 am
(Three months later)

They sit together in Jeno's basement, watching She-ra and the Princesses of Power (yes, it was Jisung's idea) and sprawling out lazily in the summer heat. Even in the middle of the night, that shit was toasty.

Renjun dug his face farther into Jaemin's neck and purred gently, his tail swishing sleepily against the sofa's leg. Both of them were asleep and Jeno smiled softly, squeezing Renjun's hand and kissing Jaemin on his forehead.

It was serene and Jeno could have stayed like this forever... if it weren't for Donghyuck fake gagging on the floor.

"This is why it didn't work out!" Donghyuck rolled his eyes and gagged again. "You're such a cornball!"

"Yeah? Well you're such a horn... ball?" Jeno tried to make a come back, but all that led to was Shotaro snickering from where he sat on the floor, in Sungchan's lap.

"What kind of come back was that?" Shotaro asked rhetorically, Jeno scoffing.

"I bet he's fucking Mark under that sheet! $20!" Jeno pointed accusingly at Donghyuck, who practically turned red in a blush.

"No?" Mark peeked up, although his voice was shaky and unsure and his ears blushed pink. Donghyuck kept his mouth shut and stayed really still and Jisung screeched.

"Nasty! Go do that in Mark's car, not here! Ew!" They threw an empty can at Donghyuck's head and his hit him with a hollow thunking noise.

The noise of the can made Renjun shoot up out of his sleep, afraid. Jaemin, who felt the sudden movement, flinched out of his sleep as well and rubbed his eyes.

"What the fuck?" He groaned.

"Language." Mark reminded, though it was totally fruitless. Even he cursed now, like it was a second language. His reminder didn't hold the same level of scolding it once had.

"You're one to talk." Yangyang snickered, yawning and playing Minecraft on his cracked on destroyed iPhone 5, like a loser.

"Jun, I noticed you haven't eaten any inanimate objects lately! Are you okay?" Jeno noted out of the blue. Renjun nodded shyly.

"I mean... I only do that when I am hungry. For energy. And I think that I... we make enough energy pretty often, no?" Renjun purred, making Jeno and Jaemin both blush.

It was true; the three of them were closer than ever. Their little situation worked far better than either thought it would. And Renjun's hunger was definitely sated with not one, but two boyfriends.

Donghyuck must have overheard what Renjun said, because even in his state of half-consciousness, he'd hit Mark's arm and giggled about something. Nobody heard when he muttered "I'll bet we make more."

"Can you guys believe it?" Jaemin's voice was pretty quiet, but everyone who was awake heard it. "Next year's our last year. And then that's it."

"Speak for yourself, I still have two more years!" Jisung whined, Chenle giggling and snuggling closer to them.

"I know what you mean. I've got another year! I can't believe I got held back because this one" Mark swatted at Donghyuck's leg. "Made me skip too many days. Fuckin' truancy laws."

"You didn't have to, dipshit." Donghyuck stuck his tongue out at his boyfriend before cuddling closer to him. Jaemin looked at the two, remembering how he felt about them months ago- which was less than pleasant. Now, he couldn't imagine their dysfunctional little group without either of them.

The two started to fall asleep and so did Jaemin, because of the lack of noise. One by one, the friends succumbed to sleepiness, the moonlight and sounds of the night and low hum of the TV lulling them away.

"Mm... night, night Jeno." Renjun kissed his boyfriend chastely and snuggled up farther between him and Jaemin. He didn't have to sleep, but he found out that sleep was amazing and he quite liked it.

Jisung had picked up the remote and queued the next episode of She-ra. Jeno looked around at the sleeping figures next to and around the room, then back to Jisung.

It was just them left.

He had one question. It had been eating at him for MONTHS, and he's just so nosy, he couldn't help it.

"Can I ask you something, Sungie?" Jeno's voice was hushed. Jisung clicked the remote twice as the screen turned black, then colorful with a new episode.

"Hm. Go ahead, shoot."

"What did you hex Donghyuck with?" Jeno asked, his own eyes droopy with sleep. Donghyuck snored heavily on the other side of the room and Jisung perked up, staring at Jeno with a sort of mischievous glint in their eye.

Jisung looked from Jaemin, to Renjun, to Chenle fast asleep on the arm of the other sofa, to Shotaro and Sungchan, to Donghyuck and Mark, to Yangyang and back to Jeno with a wild grin. Everyone was asleep apart from Jeno and Jisung themselves. The youngest winked and placed a finger up to their lips.

"Herpes."

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A/N: Oh, the end of an era! I'm crying... or maybe that's just eye sweat, who knows?

So, Jisung hexed Donghyuck in the first place and made everything happen. Things are (sort of) full circle, how are we feeling?

Thank you so much for reading, guys. It means a lot, and I hope you enjoyed this silly, wild ride as much as I enjoyed writing it.

If you'd like to leave me a funny comment, a critique, or another type of message, feel free to! Even though it's over, I love hearing what you all gotta say!

I really hope you all enjoyed this story, as it was my favorite thing to write so far. This story is my pride, my joy, my baby, and my love. And I hope it's been as fun of a ride for you guys as it was for me!

This is your author speaking, finally signing off of this book, y'all! ✌🏽

- Love, Mark (previously Max) 🌸