trio / jaemin + jeno

07

a few days after jaemin's suspicious behavior, the trio found themselves back into school. jeno and jaemin were engaged in a conversation as usual while haeryeong was stuck in her own universe. a few times, jeno caught her humming to some songs and paid no attention. jaemin heard her muttering gibberish but decided to not comment on it. it was during these situations where jeno and jaemin let haeryeong be free in her own world, while they both just watch her from afar in case anything happens.

haeryeong was too deep in her own world to even realize that someone had sat on the seat beside hers. she tuned out the noise around her and attempted to drown herself in the song she was singing in her own mind. however, a voice snapped her back into reality.

"do you know donghyuck?"

haeryeong's head snapped up, suddenly feeling wide awake despite how she almost fell asleep only a moments ago. her head turned sharply to her classmate who was seated beside her, named kim jinae. haeryeong eyed her suspiciously and leaned forward.

"how do you know donghyuck?"

jinae smiled smugly to herself, showing off her braces. haeryeong didn't want to get mad at jinae; she was an amazing girl, very entertaining during those times when classes were a bore. definitely one in a million. but the way she's acting right now, it makes haeryeong clench her fist while smiling stiffly at her.

"how, do you know donghyuck?"

jinae continued being silent and smiled to herself. haeryeong huffed and frowned, calling jaemin and jeno's names to attract their attentions and called them to where jinae and her were sitting. jaemin and jeno pulled some chairs and sat opposite them, eyeing them curiously. jeno spoke up, "why'd you call us here?"

"she," haeryeong gestured to jinae, "claims that she knows donghyuck." she looked up and thought her words over. "well, she didn't, but she knows him in some ways and she refuse to tell - "

jeno slammed his hand onto the table, making jaemin jump and looked closely into jinae's eyes, obviously intimidating her. "tell us how do you know donghyuck."

jaemin slammed his hand onto the table softly, mocking jeno's actions. "yeah, tell us how do you know donghyuck."

"well..." jinae pretended as if she was checking her nails, the little smirk on her face growing higher as seconds pass. "i have a friend who also happened to attend the same school as him, and also happened to be his classmate."

"well then - "

"who also happened to be the assistant class monitor and his best friend."

jaemin and jeno eyed jinae, a hint of hurt in their eyes. jinae had succeeded in getting their attentions and she was feeling ecstatic inside. haeryeong turned away and crossed her arms, refusing to open her mouth and speak. no one spoke for a while, until jaemin decided to break the silence.

"well. i suppose that's great."

"yeah, it is great." jeno's gaze flicked up. "why would you bring this up, anyway?"

"i have a news for all of you." jinae leaned forward, suspense in the air once more. that was what she thought, anyway. the air was irking the trio and they couldn't wait until this talk about their old bestfriend ends, so that the pain ends too.

"i'm his girlfriend."

jeno and jaemin eyed each other as if to send each other signals telepathically and eyed jinae up and down. jinae was talented in ballet, sure, but her personality was as fake as an artificial flower. beautiful on the outside, but fake.

"okay, thanks for your time, jinae, but i don't think that donghyuck's standards would be that low."

jinae stood up with her jaw hung open, ready to shoot back at jeno for his offensive statement but the two of them had already went back to their seat. haeryeong's laugh was unmistakable and they all high-fived each other while jinae was still in shock, not able to move an inch.

"you - " jinae pointed accusingly at haeryeong who just shrugged. her eyes travelled back and forth from jaemin and jeno to haeryeong, still trying to produce a sentence. "you.. you." (a/n: ITS YOU YOU GIRL)

eventually, she walked away after a few minutes of standing in silence. the classes continued smoothly as the day passed by, and jinae never knew that messing with the trio comes with a consequence. that night, she couldn't sleep well as what jeno had said kept on replaying in her mind. his words could get him far someday.

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(a/n)

#happyjenoday!

yes i decided to change the ending i hope everyone is fine with this

and yEAH this means more frequent updates! yeah boi yeahhhhh i'm so excited to bring these three dorks back oh man i missed trio so much

i hope everyone has been well! i hope everything will go smoothly for you for the whole month :)

p.s. #redvelvetinmy almost had me cryinf