Sins Are for Angels || 2Jae fanfiction

Nine - Improper Intensity

Day 20 – Tuesday

"Mark and I might slag a little but the dance team is worse. They never do anything but sit around and talk," Jackson teases Yugyeom, whose smile falls and eyebrows furrow.

"We do practice! You guys just don't see it," Yugyeom defends. Youngjae spots Jaebum across the yard and he stops listening to the playful argument. He is sitting on a bench snacking from Jinyoung's lunch, who kindly feeds him a couple of bites here and there. Jaebum is munching peacefully on a mouthful of noodles when the JB & gang's official fan club steps up to them. Youngjae gives BamBam, who is talking, a nudge and points to the scene. It grabs the attention of all four boys.

"Wonder what they want from him."

"You and that Youngjae kid are hanging out after school, aren't you?" Jaebum sighs at the girl with the fake blonde hair (whose name he still has no clue about). He's starting to wonder why they care so much about what he is doing.

"No, we aren't. Don't know where you got that from," Jaebum speaks indifferently, stealing a slice of apple from Jinyoung's rich lunchbox.

"Everyone says so."

"Well if everyone says so," Jaebum comments sarcastically as he munches on the apple slice.

"We're gonna find out what you're doing," says the blondie. She leaves with her friends.

"That was an invasive statement," Jinyoung comments, eyeing her as she aggressively walks back towards the main building "What's up with that?"

"Apparently, it's a big deal who I talk to." Jaebum rolls his eyes.

"And even if it's ridiculous they can't know." Jinyoung looks over at Mark, who has decided to speak up. "It'll give Youngjae a lot of attention which can easily hurt him because those girls are way too jealous and a little bit fanatic," Mark analyses and Jaebum slowly nods, although his face expresses annoyment.

"That's why we don't meet in the auditorium anymore. They barged in there on Friday. It was damn close."

"You take good care of Youngjae," Jinyoung observes.

"We're friends," Jaebum responds with his monotone 'don't care' voice. He scans the grounds to find a pair of eyes staring at him from across the yard. They crease before fleeing the connection. Jaebum huffs and Mark smiles to himself because Mark always smiles at strange things.

Day 21 & 22 – Wednesday, Thursday

They successfully meet in secret all week. Jaebum grows increasingly more free-spirited as the days go by. His mood goes up and he blames that on Youngjae, who also seems to be happier than ever. They speak their wise words to each other about the good and the bad and it brings them closer together each time because things like these aren't talked about with anyone else. The things they do are special (and sometimes a little illegal, which worries Youngjae). Their hugs stay long, a fact Jaebum would like to keep between the two of them.

Jaebum is changing the most. Even if Youngjae is learning to be harsher, he stays the sunshine he always has been. Jaebum, on the other hand, is changing every day. Now he can play the piano and yell out in happiness without a care in the world when he would have refused in the past and broken something in the room before leaving without another word. He would have left Youngjae sitting there with tears in his eyes and a broken guitar to pay for.

At school, Jaebum keeps getting eyed by the groups of fanatics and Youngjae feels a lot more staring than he is used to. They pretend to only be temporary colleges if they see each other in the crowded hallways. A nod, nothing more, nothing less.