Homeless ➹ 2jae [✓]

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Jinyoung sat alone in the cafeteria, texting Mark and Jackson while eating his lunch. It was weird to see the large room so empty. There were only two small groups of students that somehow made the quiet worse. He laughed at his phone, continuing to send messages to his friends who would return the next day, when it rang suddenly.

Mrs. Choi

He answered it, the smile going away, and said, "Hi!"

"Jinyoung..."

"Hm?" All he heard on the other end was the nail biting static of the background noise. "Everything okay? Have you settled in?"

"Yes, everything is fine, thank you."

"Eh- Do you need something?"

"Oh, no, no. I'm just- I'm wondering if you know whether Youngjae is busy tonight, that's all."

"Um." He thought for a moment, remembering the image from the morning and wondering if Youngjae would be up to no good once again. "I'm not sure, I'll have to call him and ask."

"Okay, please do... I- I only have this room for two days, you know, and I really want to see my Youngjae..."

"I know you do," Jinyoung said gently. "You realize that it will be hard for him, though..."

"Oh, I know, I just—" She stopped for a second and breathed in deeply. "He's my son, Jinyoung." The boy nodded, spooning more rice into his mouth.

"I'll see if we can set something up for tonight."

"Thank you so much." With that, she hung up, and Jinyoung breathed in deeply. Ignoring Jackson and Mark for the moment, he bit his tongue and called Youngjae.

"Hey!" the younger exclaimed, as if he forgot the previous phone call he had with Jinyoung. "You sneaky shit, I saw your suitcase!" Jinyoung laughed loudly at the greeting.

"Well I saw your fuck, so we both have secrets," he chuckled.

"Fuck?" The other end was silent for a moment before he heard, "Y-Yah!" Jinyoung laughed more at his friend naivety. "Yah, I'm out with Jaebum, what do you want?"

"Are you busy tonight?"

"Um... No. Why?"

"Your uh... Your mom—"

"Oh... Yeah, okay."

"Sorry, I don't want to bug you too much. She just really wants to see you, and she's only gonna be here until tomorrow." Youngjae sighed on his end.

"I just don't want it to feel awkward..."

"Youngjae, it will feel awkward anyway. I'll be there with you, okay?"

"Hm... Okay."

"Is seven okay?"

"Yeah."

"We'll meet at the dorm and I'll bring you to her hotel room."

"Alright. See you," Youngjae began. Then, as if his mood changed entirely, he mocked Jinyoung and said, "Nyeh, we both have secrets, meeh." They both laughed before the call ended, and they continued on with their days.

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a/n: sorry for all the filler shit and inactivity, i'm just meh rn but i'm getting back into it lol i promise <333 thank you so much for supporting the story though, it really means a lot!!