Story - Nomin

Confusion

"I was staying with my Grandmother. In a village... Why did you ask Jaemin?
"Mmm... no it's nothing. That got into my head all of a sudden."
"Okay.... But what was the dream you had to be scared like this?" Renjun looked curious about Jaemin's dream.
"It was~ it was about-..." Jaemin didn't know what to say.

"He was dreaming about a haunted school!"
Jaemin turned to see who answered instead of him.
It was Jisung.
Jisung Park.
Most people called him 'Andy'
He was a cool guy.
Girls in school will do anything for him.
He was like the center of everyone's attention.
He is a guy who can do anything.
Anything without being distracted by other things.

But how did he know about Jaemin's dream?

Was it a coincidence?

"What? A haunted school?" Renjun asked Jaemin.

"Aaaaa~ no.... why? And how could he know about my dream?..." Jaemin shattered.

"Then what did you dream about?" Jisung asked.

"Mind your own business man!" Jaemin rolled his eyes.

Jisung is Jaemin's cousin brother. So it was a usual thing for them to talk like this.
Unless it's Jaemin no one will talk to Jisung like a friend.
Because other people saw him as a treasure?.... As a Prince? As a handsome, popular, perfect guy?

Renjun looked quite uncomfortable.

"Um.... Jaemin did you forget about the work we have to do? You asked for my help?" Renjun smiled awkwardly.

Jaemin saw that Renjun was uncomfortable.
He can't ignore him. He used Renjun before.
"Ah, yes. I almost forgot about it. Let's go Junnie!" Jaemin smirked at Jisung who had no emotion on his face.

"Did you just call me Junnie?" Renjun chuckled while walking to the classroom.

"Why? I think it's a cute nickname" It was Jaemin's pure intention.

"Yeah... That's cute. Mmm... Soo...." Renjun seemed to be struggling with something.

"What's wrong Junnie?"
"I was thinking about a nickname for you"
"Oh, no one has ever given me a nickname. So I don't know what will suit me"
"What about NaNa? May I call you NaNa?"
Jaemin stopped walking for a moment.
"Why?"
"I think.... The name you gave me......it's really cute! I love it so much" Jaemin did a little dance to express his happiness.
"Woaah~ I thought I did something wrong! That's good to hear!"
While they were walking they saw Mark and Haechan sitting at a table in the café.
Jaemin's heart is jumping and beating so fast. He was so proud of them.

"You...., Like to see them together right?" Renjun whispered into Jaemin's ear.
"Wow! You gave me chills! Um...yeah, Haechan is my best friend. So I'm happy when he is happy.
Actually.... Haechan kind of likes... Mark... In that way...." Jaemin spoke.

"I knew it." Renjun said.

Jaemin stared at Renjun.
'who are you, young pretty boy?' That was what Jaemin was thinking about.

The rest of the day went smoothly.
After school Jaemin was riding his bike.
He usually walks home alone.
But today he had to go somewhere else.
Tomorrow is his aunt's, Jisung's mother's birthday.
The reason for Jisung to come to Jaemin during the interval was that Jisung needed help from Jaemin to arrange a suprise party.
Because of Renjun, Jisung and Jaemin couldn't have a proper conversation.
In the previous day, Jaemin was planning to go to Jisung's place and help him with stuff, but Jaemin couldn't inform Jisung because of what happened during the interval. Jisung doesn't know that Jaemin is coming to his place now. He texted and tried to call Jisung before but the younger one will not read his messages, or answer his calls.

'where are the people?' Jaemin knocked on the younger's house's door.
No one answered.
Jaemin really wanted to help him because he loved his aunt, who cared about him while his parents were having arguments, and problems every day. That's why he planned to visit them today.

Jaemin turned the door knob without expecting anything but ...
It opened.
So he entered the house and walked to Jisung's room.
He hasn't been there without anyone.
"Jisung? Ya! Park Andy! Where are you?"
No one answered.
'why was the door open if no one is at home?'
Jaemin walked into Jisung's room.
It was so.... messy.
He always warn the younger to keep things in order but because of Jisung's focus on work, he will not care about other things such as neatness.

Jaemin sighed and started to make his room better.
He grabbed some books and charts that were spilled all around the ground.
He saw few papers flying away from the bundle he grabbed.
After placing things in order Jaemin picked up the few papers he saw falling.

They were drawings.

'I didn't know that this kid is interested in art' Jaemin giggled and unfolded the papers.

They were portraits.
They looked familiar to him but they weren't good enough to identify who it was.
He flipped the pages to see other drawings.
They all looked same...
Until he found a Polaroid like photo.

Jaemin didn't want to believe what he saw...

That was clearly the Renjun he knows....
And Jeno was with him....
It explains why Jeno was sad when he was in that room...
So Jaemin could guess that it's Renjun, who suicided in the story.
But who's this Renjun, alive here with him?
And also....

What is this photo doing in Jisung's room?
'Do they know each other? Then why hasn't Jisung talked about this with me?'
Jaemin felt like he was dealing with something mysterious, all alone.

He took the photo and a drawing with him and walked out of the Jisung's house.
He ran out of the premises and rode his bike to the park.
He sat on a bench to analyse the stuff.

"So... Things are like this...
A new student came to our school, a few days ago.
I saw a similar ID card of him in the story.
And in the story he is a dead person now.
And now my cousin has a picture of him and Jeno and also has drawings of Renjun!
What is going on?!"
Jaemin was talking to himself.
'Should I go and meet a doctor? I think I have lost my mind....'

Ok guys, that's it for the chapter.
What do you think about Jisung's and Renjun's relationship?
What does Renjun have to do with Jaemin?
Let's see!
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