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Chapter 29

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♡ "i think i like him more" ♡

- unknown

it's past 1:00 am on a saturday night at the neo frat house. a place jaemin thought would be the last anyone would ever see him. yet here he was, sitting opposite of a slightly tipsy lee jeno. lee jeno who was so perfect to him and even more perfect as the moonlight cascaded through the room and highlighted his face just enough for jaemin to see the glimmer in his eyes.

it was pathetic how much he missed the other but who could blame him? who could actually blame na jaemin for missing the boy he had liked for so long with having shared a kiss only a few weeks ago. and he was desperate. desperate to feel those same lips again that jeno continued to lick  subconsciously each time he went to say something.

his only fear was the alcohol. were they only expressive right now because of the poison in their system? jaemin thought it was a possibility, the most accurate possibility, yet he wanted to ignore it. he wanted to ignore anything that could strip him away from this moment.

"i think you haven't been listening to anything i've said, sweetheart." he suddenly heard jeno chuckle over his words as he said as a matter of fact. "do i bore you that much?"

"what— no- what?"

and jeno laughed. he laughed at the confused yet cute expression the younger wore on his face. "you're good with me."

"i promise i was paying attention." jaemin defended himself.

"oh yeah?" jeno gave him a challenging look as if he knew exactly how to catch jaemin in his lie. "what year did i get my braces remove?"

"what type of shit question is that? how am i suppose— seventh grade?"

"nope." jeno gladly said, a loud 'plop' following. "you claimed you were paying attention to me yet got such a simple question wrong."

jaemin stared at the other in disbelief, a loud scoff leaving his lips because jeno was teasing him. just by the small grin on his face jaemin knew that he never mentioned anything about braces tonight. "i hate you."

jeno chuckled again, his back relaxing against the cold walls of the small room. "i just wanted to mess with you, sweetheart."

"idiot." jaemin answers and for a moment he could've sworn jeno went to say something else but quickly closed his lips again. maybe his vision was just blurry and it was past his bedtime or maybe the slight migraine was affecting him more than he thought, but he choose to ignore it, taking a deep breathe and allowing his body to relax in their comfortable space with the sound of music fading in a distance.

"i- uhh, i've been thinking about it..." jeno finally says.
"a lot actually."

"about what?" jaemin lifted his head from the wall. he could see the thick gulp the other took...he could see everything, the small sweat that trickled down jeno's forehead, his slightly damp hair, and his dilated pupils.

"the kiss...our kiss."

fuck. yeah, their kiss. the sole reason why jaemin couldn't resist the sudden desperation for wanting jeno's attention just so it could happen again. sure he was avoiding him since then, but that didn't mean he hadn't hoped...hadn't wished for the older to pull him out from his cowardliness and claim his lips once again.