Ruthless | Nomin

Chapter 25

"You guys have been missing for like two days! What the hell happened? And why is Jaemin limping?" Jisung whined as soon as he saw his favorite hyungs, other than Chenle, approach their usual table.

"Don't worry, Jisungie. I'm fine." Jaemin beams at him.

"So...how was it?" Donghyuck asked smugly. Everyone else giving them a knowing look.

"Jeno's a weirdo. His rut does absolutely nothing but increase his libido and give him a fever." Jaemin says annoyed.

"Hold up. Rut?!?" Mark exclaims.

"Uh duh! Why else would we skip school for two days?" Jaemin asks, feeling as if Mark was overreacting. They all knew he and Donghyuck had done the same over break.

"What can I say? I truly am just that guy." Jeno says smugly, seating himself in the last available chair with a shit eating grin.

"Eww. Don't be cocky. You aren't all that." Jaemin muttered as he went to Donghyuck's seat.

"Today's your lucky day." Jaemin smiles coyly at Donghyuck and it takes Donghyuck a second to realize what his friend means before he's excitedly grabbing Jaemin by the waist and seating him on his lap. He embraces Jaemin tightly with the widest smile and Jaemin smiles as well, petting Donghyuck's hair. That didn't last long however because Chenle was weaseling his way in between the two with evident jealousy.

"Hey! Don't leave me out! You chose this smug bitch over your favorite bestie?!? It must've been pity, right? Not everyone can get this treatment." Chenle scolds and whines trying to steal Jaemin away. Jaemin just giggles at his friends' antics. Yukhei then comes and picks Jaemin up and carries him over to where he and Renjun were seated.

"You're welcome. I saved you from those vultures. They don't understand that you're a person, sometimes." Yukhei sighs. Renjun giggles and Jaemin just shrugs and snuggles into Yukhei. They engage in quiet conversation, barely hearing the bell ring for class as they get lost in their own little world.

"Alright! It's time for us to go, babe." Jeno says as he removes Jaemin from the Luren couple and carries him bridal style so he can dump Jaemin's stuff onto his stomach.

"Bye guys!!" Jaemin waves at the rest of their friends over Jeno's shoulder. They wave back and then go their separate ways.

They get through the first few classes peacefully but then third period comes.

The bell rings and everyone gets seated. The teacher comes in and clears their throat.

"Attention, students!" She begins. "I have been instructed to give you guys the following information: there will be a dance on Valentines Day along with a variety of services provided by the staff, PTSA, and student council the week of Valentines Day. Those services include telegrams, sweets deliveries, personal performances, announcements, anonymous card sending, and Valentines proposal services. For further information on how to access or request these services, there is a poster in the cafeteria. That is all. Now pull out your notebooks and let's begin."

Only no one was listening to the teacher they were all gossiping about who would do what for who and how and what they would do for their special someone.

"Maybe you and Jeno will stop your useless games." Donghyuck pokes Jaemin jokingly. Jaemin just giggles. He already has so many plans for this week. Hopefully Jeno does too.

The week of Valentines day finally arrived and the school was a buzz with anticipation. Everyone hoping that someone will send them something.

Jaemin and his friends are all in the cafeteria as usual when someone approaches the table.

"Hello! I'm one of the anonymous letter delivery person! I have a delivery for Na Jaemin! I also have a delivery for Lee Jeno!" The boy says happily. He was carrying a bunch of letters with him and Jaemin jumped up to help him put the letters down on the table so he could search for the right ones to give out.

"Thank you for delivering these letters. I'm sure you'll make a lot of people happy today! Let me help you sort them!" Jaemin exclaimed. The boy smiled sweetly at Jaemin with a subtle blush on his cheeks.

"There's no need for that. I couldn't fit all of the letters for today in here. I just knew you and Jeno were attached at the hip so I figured if I found him, I'd find you. I just need to find Jeno's letter and the rest are for you. I also have some for your other friends but they also had multiple and there just wasn't enough space." He says sweetly.

"All these are for me?" Jaemin asks, appalled at the amount of letters he'd received. The boy nodded.

"All but one. You can use this sack to carry them around." He confirmed. He finally fished out a baby pink envelope and handed it to Jeno before waving goodbye to the group and leaving Jaemin with a large bag of letters.

"Damn, Nana. Did you get one from every person in school?" Chenle gaped at Jaemin's bag.

"I hope not. That's so much to read. Where would I even store these?" Jaemin whined.

"You're gonna keep them?" Jeno inquired.

"Well, duh. You should know more than anyone how much of an attention whore I am. And also, these people would be really hurt if I just threw their letters away." Jaemin scoffs and explains. He can smell the jealousy, borderline anger, radiating off of Jeno and he smirked subtly.

"Why don't you open yours?" Jaemin prompted. He knew it had to be his letter and was excited for Jeno's reaction. Jeno side eyed him but opened the letter nonetheless. When he finished reading he sighed.

"So....what'd you think? Great letter, right? You're welcome." Jaemin beamed proudly. Everyone chuckled at his actions. Jeno cracked a small smile as well.

"I would let you figure out on your own, but that'd take ages, so I wrote you one too. It's somewhere in that bag of probably hundreds of letters." Jeno informed him and Jaemin's eyes practically spewed the endless love he had for the man seated beside him. He leaned over and promptly kissed Jeno on the nose, causing the aforementioned boy to scrunch his face cutely.

"Aren't you worried about the precious hearts of all your admirers?" Jeno whispers to Jaemin who hasn't moved back yet.

"Of course, I am but I've got my priorities straight, Daddy." Jaemin whispers back, confidently closing the space between their lips.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! No PDA, just yet. You can kiss publicly when you're official. God knows you've already crossed far over that line behind closed doors." Renjun states boldly as he separates them. They both just smile at each other like they are each other's most prized possession.

Renjun pinches Jaemin's arm harshly to snap him out of his trance but the entire table falls silent when Jeno experiences the same pain and lets out a yelp, looking down at his arm in bewilderment.

"No fucking way."