Paint, Flowers, and Dirty Laundry ✔️

twenty two

“HI GUYS! WHO MISSED HYUCKIE?!” Donghyuck hopped into Mark’s car excitedly. Jeno sat in the front passenger seat, while Jisung and Chenle sat on the back. Renjun and Jaemin said they would go with Jaehyun, who turned out to be one of Mark’s friends.

“Donghyuck, love, please put on the seatbelt,” Mark sighed. Since their parents were back, the party was moved to Johnny’s apartment, outside of the town. They played Christmas songs all the way to the place, and arrived twenty minutes later.

Johnny’s apartment, which was located on the tenth floor, was really packed with college guys. Jeno knew some of them. He knew Johnny (of course), Taeyong, Yuta from Japan, and Doyoung. He’d already met all of them. It’s his friends’ turn to be nervous. But thankfully the older lads treated them well. Half an hour into the party, his friends were already hanging out with Mark’s friends. Jisung was chatting with Taeyong about God knows what. Chenle was having a very horrible rap battle with Yuta and Chittaphon. While Donghyuck…

He’s being Donghyuck. Playing spin the bottle with the other. He’s a bit tipsy and red on the ears, probably Doyoung-hyung gave him some vodka.

Finally, Jaehyun arrived with Jaemin and Renjun.

“Do it tonight,” Jaemin winked.

“If I may suggest, the rooftop had a very beautiful scenery,” Jaehyun added.

“What?”

“What are you guys talking about?” Renjun asked, a glass of God knows what was in his hand.

“Ei, give me that,” Jaehyun snatched the drink away and sniffed it, “What do you think is this?”

“Eh… Iced lemon tea?”

“This is whiskey!” Jaehyun shook his head, “Where’s Johnny, I gotta talk to him. We have underage kids for goodness’ sake!” Then he left to find the tall man.

“I think I’m going to join Chenle,” Jaemin added, “Bye guys!”

He ran towards Chenle, leaving both Renjun and Jeno alone. Renjun didn’t know what to do. He was about to follow Jaemin when Jeno spoke, “Hey, I need some fresh air, it smells like liquor here. Will you… will you go out with me? For a moment.”

“Yeah, sure.”

Jeno decided to follow Jaehyun’s advice and went to the rooftop. There’s nothing special about it, but the scenery of the city is amazing. They stood on the corner, leaning against the high borders.

“I didn’t realize there were a lot of alcohol,” Renjun laughed, “I almost drank that one! Imagine how drunk I would be if I chugged it all before I joined you, Jaemin, and Jaehyun-hyung.”

“You should sniff the drink first, if you’re having a party with college students,” Jeno said with a smile, “Thankfully Mark only drinks beer in cans at home, so I just have to watch out for the label.”

“Jaehyun-hyung never drinks, at least under  not under my family’s roof. But I remember one of his friend—”

“Renjun, I need to tell you something.” Jeno blurted out.

The reddish-brown haired boy blinked a few times, “Yes?”

The anxiety attacked him, and Jeno panted hard. He inhaled and exhaled the air, creating white fog from his mouth. “Promise me, you won’t get mad at me… no, that’s fine. Don’t hate me.”

“Jeno, is there’s something wrong?”

Well, it’s now or never, isn’t it?

“Huang Renjun, I like you.”

Neither of them made any sound, it’s like they got frozen by the cold winter air outside. Jeno stared at Renjun, which took so long to process it.

“I like you too, Jeno, you’re a good friend.”

Aish, this kid, Jeno mentally face-palmed.

“No, you don’t get it,” Jeno scratched his nape, completely frustrated, “I like you, like you. Ever since that day I met you in your laundry and blurted out about the sunflower! And when we argued on the street, it’s like, the worst day of my life because I’m scared that you’ll hate me! Huang Renjun, I like you more than a friend do.”

Renjun frowned, “What? Wait, what? I don’t get it…”

Jeno groaned, this kid is way more innocent than what he thought. Either he’s innocent or just a dumbo. So, Jeno closed the gap between them and planted a soft, small kiss on Renjun’s lips. He didn’t break the kiss for about five seconds. But when he did, he saw the shock written all over Renjun’s face.

“Fine,” Jeno said bitterly, “Fine. Sorry. Now you’re free to go… you’re free to hate me for what I’ve done.”

Renjun didn’t make any sound, he just stood there, shocked. Jeno sighed and walked away, back to the lift, leaving Renjun alone. A moment before the door closed, Renjun turned his head back and their eyes met. But the door finally shut, and Jeno couldn’t help but slide to the ground, hugging himself so he didn’t fall apart.

Wtf jeno that was rude

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