Rain and Outer Space ✔️

26

Jaemin was happy for the rest of the week. He told Jeno the next day after Hansol came, and the eye-smile boy gave him a bone-crushing hug in the middle of P.E. class, which earned them five laps of running around the school ground.

Jaemin was not the only one who was happy. The moment the youngest of the friends group sat down on their usual table, Jaemin could already guessed.

Chenle had his arm around Jisung's waist and he rested his head on the boy's shoulder.

"Who said it first?" Jeno asked while snickering.

"Jisung did," Chenle said, his eyes were closing, "This moron came to my room in the middle of the night."

Jaemin paused his meal to ask, "You didn't do anything, right, kids?"

"We're not kids," Jisung's ear went red.

"You're still a kid, baby chick," Chenle yawned, "Now, please stay still. I'm trying to take a very, very, very short nap."

Jisung pouted, but caressed the blond's cheek in a soothing manner. Jeno couldn't help but let out a small squeal. Jaemin was glad of his babies, but he kept asking to himself.

Where's Renjun?

"Yo, man, can we sit here? The others are getting annoying, they won't let me and Donghyuck sat next to each other without getting teased."

"N-no, go ahead, Mark-hyung," Jaemin scooted closer to Jeno, giving a space for the new comers.

Mark, the basketball team captain, flashed a dashing smile and Donghyuck just stared at Jisung and Chenle.

"So you're the uke here, Jisung?"

"Aish!"

"No, it was... cute," Donghyuck shrugged and started to open a bag of potato chips he brought.

Jisung turned to Mark with big eyes, "Hyung, what did you do to Donghyuck-hyung? Why is he tamed now?"

Mark glanced at Donghyuck, and the tanned boy glanced back. They kept on looking at each other before Mark winked, making Donghyuck blushed and focused back on his chips.

"I think we don't want to know the details," Jaemin laughed.

"Enough of the lovey dovey stuff, Jaemin and I are singles," Jeno scoffed, "Hyung, I heard another school invited us to do a sparring next month?"

"Oh, yeah, that's right," Mark said, "It's a high school from another district. They're pretty good, so we have to intensify our practice session."

"Nice," Jaemin nodded, "When are we going to start?"

"Is Friday after school okay? The others don't have any plan, on that day."

"Sure, we're free," Jeno smiled, "Hey, Jaem. Sleepover after practice, how about that?"

Jaemin smirked, "It's on."

×××

Going to the lavatory when you have a boring class was almost a culture for students. Including Jaemin, who was fixing his hair in front of the mirror above the sink. Jaemin had Civic Education for that period, but the teacher was boring and barely paid any attention towards the students. She just kept talking about the sub-chapter C.

Jeno was fast asleep on his desk so Jaemin was alone. He took his time, combing his hair with his fingers until the door opened.

"Hey. Haven't seen you in a while."

Jaemin turned to face Renjun and a smile crept up to his face, "Hello, there. Enjoying the drama club?"

Donghyuck told Jaemin earlier that Renjun was the co-writter of Doyoung's new play. That's why he was busy lately.

"You can say so," Renjun chuckled, "It's tiring but hard work will pay off. How are you?"

Jaemin wanted to tell Renjun about Hansol, but he buried that desire deep down. He would save it for another day.

"I'm grand, thanks for asking," Jaemin answered, "It's been a long time since we have lunch together."

Renjun scratched the back of his head and he croaked out, "Sorry, I—"

"That's fine. I just... missed you."

Jaemin didn't dare to look him in the eyes. Renjun didn't say anything, so Jaemin kind of panicked.

"I-I mean, Jeno sometimes got preoccupied with teasing Jisung and Chenle. Those couple are in a lovesick state, and so are Mark and Donghyuck who now joined us. Which is great, they are—"

"I miss you too, Jaemin," Renjun chuckled, "Why did you become a blubbering mess? It is okay to say that."

Jaemin smiled wider and added, "I miss you, Junnie."

Written: March 27th 2018
Published: May 28th 2018
I may not be able to update on Wednesday, so here's a Monday update for you. I hope you have a great day, and I hope you will have a great week! Love you all! 💛