without you || nct dojae

chapter 13

when lessons ended, Donghae and Sungmin tailed Doyoung to Jaehyun's classroom. they let the latter go inside, patiently yet cunningly waiting at the corridor and turning their backs away to avoid suspicion. since there was also a water cooler, they took turns to drink water and fill up their bottles. strange huh?

Doyoung and Jaehyun came out a few moments later, but horror horror !!

just as Jaehyun turned to his left, he bumped into Sungmin and got water all over the latter. Doyoung looked stunned as Jaehyun just shrugged his shoulders, unknowingly grabbed his arm and stormed away, leaving the other two hyungs speechless.

the rest of the students who passed by them offered to clean up the wet area and help Sungmin refill his bottle again. the both of them stared at their once dongsaeng, who was so innocent and never did such a 'juvenile' thing (in their funny context). their eyes followed Jaehyun until he was out of sight, and Sungmin huffed.

" istg i'll kill that little brat one of these days... " he stormed off in the opposite direction without thanking anyone. Donghae bowed his head at a slight angle and ran off after him.

meanwhile, Doyoung just followed Jaehyun until he walkes even past the bus stop they were supposed to take the bus from.

" uh Jaehyun ah, where exactly are we going? " Doyoung asked politely, not wanting to worsen the situation. Jaehyun halted, turned around and let go of Doyoung's arm. he sighed and squatted, before bursting into tears so silently it scared the hyung a lot.

" hey hey~ dont cry. if you feel uncomfortable talking about your current situation its ok. i'm always opening my doors to welcome you ok? so stop crying and lets go home or get some food, " this didnt work on the dongsaeng, whose current state of mind was filled with nothing but the horrible moments of his step hyungs beating him up, cursing and falsely accusing him. he couldnt get rid of them even in the hospital, and he would wake up from his sleep with tears in his eyes and his hand clutching his stomach tightly.

Doyoung gave up in the end, and pulled Jaehyun by the arm. he stood up and the roles switched - dongsaeng following hyung home instead.

as soon as they got to Doyoung's house, Doyoung sent Jaehyun into his room, avoiding all forms of contact with his family since the previous week. he rushed down again after setting his bag by his desk to get water and make ramyun for the both of them. he carefully split the portions and even cooked eggs to go well. adding in a dash of salt and Doyoung was up in his room again.

" here. drink this and eat. you'll feel a hella lot better than just now, " Jaehyun began to eat like he was being ordered around. he gobbled everything down in less than 15 minutes which surprised the hyung.

Doyoung had never seen nor heard that side of Jaehyun before, so to experience it first hand allowed him to see the non-innocent side of a really popular guy at his school. he mostly heard comments on Jaehyun made by girls, like 'Oh he's so handsome!' or 'He's such boyfriend material.'.

this was no different from the comments made on him back in his previous school. he was set up on blind dates that were all unsuccessful and did not even continue after the introduction. Doyoung was a first-impression person, so everything from style to personality to attitude mattered a lot to him.

he found himself so immersed in his thoughts that he didnt realise the dongsaeng staring at him.

who knows how long their relationship could last as guy best friends ?

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