Limitless (NCT one shots)

Play with me (JaemLe)

Some talk of abuse and disassociation.

Jaemin comes home from a twelve hour shift at the hospital to a dark house. It's late, he was supposed to be home four hours ago. He sighs as he walks into the kitchen to see his plate of food in the fridge. He's really not hungry but he doesn't want to hurt Chenle's feelings so he heats it up and eats alone. He's tired and wants nothing more than to sleep.

He trudges up the stairs with what little energy he has. Sometimes he wonders if this is really all worth it. He works himself to absolute exhaustion just to keep his princess happy, to provide for him, above and beyond what he needs.
He quietly opens his door and sees Chenle curled into a ball sound asleep. He turns on the bedside lamp knowing Chenle will sleep through it and makes his way to the bathroom to shower. He doesn't linger, even though his aching body wants nothing more than to do just that.
After drying himself he walks over and crawls into bed and kisses the back of Chenle's head before shutting off the light and falling into a heavy sleep.

When morning comes Jaemin is awoken by his phone obnoxiously ringing next to him. It dawns on him that he's late for work as soon as he sees the time. He picks up the call with a groan.
"Yeah, I'm not sure what happened but it seems my alarms were shut off." Just as he says it Chenle saunters into the room without an ounce of clothing on. Jaemin's eyes grow dark as he watches him crawl up onto their king sized bed and curl into a ball. He frowns.
"I've got to go, yeah. I don't think I'll be in today." He hangs up before there is any argument and diverts his attention to Chenle.

"Chenle? What's wrong? Did you shut off my alarm?" Chenle doesn't respond.
"Baby?" He tries but still nothing.
"Kitten?" At this Chenle whimpers.
"Oh kitten. I'm sorry. Do you need your master right now?" He whimpers again and now he knows he fucked up. Chenle is in his headspace and this usually only happens when he's upset with Jaemin.
"Come here kitten, let me take care of you." Chenle lifts his head slowly and looks at Jaemin with a pout. He gets to his hands and knees and places small licks on Jaemin's ankle. Jaemin smiles.
"Oh kitty, my love. Thank you for the sweet kisses but I want you to come up here." Chenle doesn't seem to be listening as he kitten licks all the way up his legs.

He skips to his tummy and continues his little licks. Jaemin giggles when it tickles which brings a small smile to Chenle's lips. When he gets to his chest he licks along the bottom of his of thick muscled tits.
"Kitty likes my tits huh?" Chenle sighs as he keeps poking his tongue onto the firm flesh before he barely touches his hardened nipples with the tip of his tongue. Jaemin groans, but decides he's had enough as he pulls him up into his arms and holds him close.
"Talk to me baby. Tell me what's wrong." He is quite shocked when all he gets from him is a soft meow. He's never gone this far into his headspace before and it actually frightens Jaemin.
"Baby, you know I love you so much right? Whatever I did, I'm sorry. What can I do to make it up to you kitty?" Chenle tilts his head to the side and looks at him with big eyes and a pouty lip.
"Play with me master." He whispers soft, and broken. Jaemin frowns as the realization hits him hard.

Jaemin has spent countless nights in a row working late. Every home cooked meal he's come home to in the past month or so has to be reheated because Chenle has already eaten. At first Chenle would lie awake and wait for him to come to bed and cuddle into him or make fruitless advances because of Jaemin's exhaustion. After a while Chenle stopped waiting and while Jaemin noticed, he didn't think there was anything wrong. Most days they would talk on the phone whenever they got the chance and he never mentioned being upset by this. His heart lurches in his chest when he remembers the crest fallen look on Chenle's face just two days ago when he showed up at his work for lunch. Jaemin didn't have time. He pecked his lips quickly and ran off to his next patient. Chenle even apologized for bothering him, which he didn't agree with but also never bothered to correct him on that thought either.