Rain and Outer Space ✔️

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Everyone was buzzing around, talking about the new play that Doyoung and Renjun had been working on. Jaemin smiled whenever he heard people chattering about the play, which would be held soon. He's so proud that Renjun took part of the process.

Though, that meant less and less time spent with Renjun because he's really busy. So, that day, Jaemin sat on their usual lunch table without Renjun.

"Will you guys stop sucking each other's faces off?" Jisung asked in annoyance.

Donghyuck let go of Mark's face for a split second, "Stop Chenle from sitting on your laps, your boner is peeking through the zipper."

"I do not have a boner!"

"Can you stop touching each other? I'm disturbed. This is traumatizing, ew," Jeno cringed and pushed away his half-eaten lasagna, losing his appetite.

"Just because you're not so interested in anybody, doesn't mean you have to be salty about it," Mark chuckled at his friend, "We all have things we enjoy too."

"I wonder if Jaemin-hyung enjoys staring at Renjun-ge so bad," Chenle, drapped over Jisung, said in a soft tone, "He always turned red when he does that, Renjun-ge too when he found out."

"Can I be Renjun's bridesmaid?" Donghyuck followed.

"We both can," Chenle giggled, "I hope they'll have an outdoor wedding with fairy lights and macaroons."

"Guys!" Jeno knocked the table, "Earth to Chenle and Donghyuck."

Both boys looked at Jeno, glanced at each other, before finally let out small, joyful giggles. Jaemin couldn't help but smile at the sight. How could they think about marriage if Jaemin himself was struggling to talk to Renjun because of his busy schedule?

"Hi, guys."

Jaemin got a little bit startled when suddenly Renjun slammed his tray next to Jaemin and sat down. The boy looked like he just ran ten laps around the school non stop, out of breath.

"Gosh, what happened to you?" Jaemin quickly fixed Renjun's messy hair, which earned looks from Chenle and Donghyuck.

"Ran from the... The auditorium," Renjun wiped his forehead, "Didn't... Didn't want to miss lunchtime with you guys."

"Jaemin missed you, Renjun." surprisingly, Mark was the one who blurted this out.

"Hey!"

Renjun didn't respond to Mark, but he continued chewing his sandwich. Jaemin patted his back, "Good, you need the energy."

"And I need to hurry," Renjun said, "Doyoung-hyung still needed help."

"But, Renjun-ge, we have Math after lunch!" Jisung's eyes widened, "Are you going to ditch Math?"

"I already had my permission slip. Teachers let me and Doyoung-hyung work on our play, since apparently people from outside of our school are going to see it too. They want us to work hard."

"Take care of yourself, you're getting skinnier," Jaemin said sadly as he examined Renjun's wrist.

"Of course," Renjun stood up, "Gotta blast."

"So soon? You haven't swallowed the food in your mouth!" Jeno exclaimed.

"Doyoung-hyung needs me," Renjun walked away with a wave, "Text me if you need anything, guys!" And with those words, he ran until Jaemin saw him turning right and out of sight.

"It's okay, buddy," Jeno caressed Jaemin's back, knowing that he was disappointed that Renjun didn't stay longer.

"Hey, we have practice after school," Mark put his hand on top of Jaemin's, "He's busy with the play, you're busy with basketball. It's normal, and worth it. When you both finally have the time to be alone together, you'll be much closer than before."

"I'm sure Renjun missed you and he missed us too, otherwise he wouldn't be here earlier, even if it's just a couple of minutes," Chenle added.

"I'm here if you ever want to hang out," Jisung smiled.

"Pro tip from me, just keep on sending him texts. It shows that even though you both aren't seeing each other very often, you still care about him," Donghyuck winked, "You can do this, Jae."

Jaemin smiled sadly, "You guys... I'm okay. I'm not in a relationship with Renjun."

"But you're in love with him. Come on, Jaemin, we all know that," Donghyuck rolled his eyes.

"You're not going to lose him because of Doyoung, Hyung," Jisung said, "I can guarantee."

It hit Jaemin right in his heart. He's afraid that Renjun will somehow got too attached to Doyoung and...

"Dude, seriously, I'm grand. Please just drop this," Jaemin chuckled.

When the other finally moved on from the topic, Jaemin's smile faded and he clenched his fist under the table. Jeno noticed this small action, and without stopping his conversation with Jisung he held Jaemin's hand. Even though Jeno wasn't fond of skinship, he understood his bestfriend enough to actually touch him to ease his mind.

Written : April 5th 2018
Published : June 9th 2018
Not a lot of you know where I come from, apparently ㅋㅋㅋ Hi, I'm from Indonesia 🙃 Any Indonesian reader here? ㅋㅋㅋ

Anyway, here's a question for you:
What do you think about LucasXRenjun (Luren/Casren or whatever the ship's name is)?