Paint Me A Rainbow (JJ Project)

Red

Notice: I changed the rating to mature because there's a short sex scene ahead. Sorry! I just want to practice haha. The mature scene will be aligned to the right so you can skip it if you want. Enjoy reading!

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The swing clinked, bearing Jinyoung's weight as he sat on the wooden board. He sighed, dropping his head as low as his slumped shoulder. He didn't want to go home. He couldn't help himself getting scared of Jaebum being mad at him. He still wasn't able to erase the shocked and disappointed look Jaebum gave him.

Jaebum had been doing well with his therapy, and his eyes got a lot better. He was back to his dance routine again. However, he was still taking a break from performing. He also started painting again, although it took him much longer to finish one painting since his eyes got tired easily. Hence why Jinyoung went to his campus studio this afternoon since they promised to have lunch together. When he reached there though, he couldn't bring himself to step inside. Jaebum's conversation with his friend stopped him.

Jaebum sounded so enthusiastic, talking about painting and colors, with many terms he didn't understand. It was something Jaebum could never talk about with him, a side him he would never see, and he felt a prick of envy toward the stranger. He wanted to be someone closest to Jaebum. He wanted to understand him the most. And the stranger just had to rub salt into his wound.

"Hey, I heard you're dating someone. Aren't you and Ayeon a thing?" he heard the stranger said.

"Yes, and no. Why do you think me and Ayeon are together?"

"Well, everyone thought so. You're always together, you match well and look good with each other. You even performed together with her every month, right? It's only natural we thought that way."

"Well, we aren't, we never are. We're just good friends."

"I wonder what kind of person you're seeing to ignore such a nice girl beside you. She's quite popular, you know. The only reason why no one making advance at her was because they thought she was taken by you. Look at all the boys flocking around her now after the news of your relationship spread."

Jinyoung's heart twisted at that time. He was right, it was only natural if Jaebum were to date that girl. If it she met Jaebum first, maybe that was what would happen. That stranger, and all Jaebum's friend must've had high expectation since Jaebum chose him over Baek Ayeon. What if they got disappointed when they found out he was his boyfriend? That was why when Jaebum finally noticed him and his friend asked him who he was, he only introduced himself as Jaebum's roommate. And like a coward he was, he ran away.

He kicked the ground, swinging himself up high, wishing the wind would blew his thought away. He always hate that side of him, a side he found within himself after meeting Jaebum. He was never jealous or feeling inferior toward anybody before. And everytime he felt that way, he hurt Jaebum. He really had to do something about his insecurity. Just how many times Jaebum could take getting hurt before he got fed up and left him? Jinyoung wouldn't bet on that.

The swing slowed down and his feet stepped on the bed of sand below him again. He dragged his foot on it, gathering his courage to go back home. He had to be someone worthy of Jaebum's love, not that coward who ran away everytime he was cornered. However, suddenly a pair of small feet entered his line of sight. He looked up, to find an elementary boy standing before him. He smiled to the boy.

"Hello, do you want to use this swing?" he asked. The boy shook his head and held out the hand that had been hidden behind his back. Jinyoung stared at the single rose in the plump hand, puzzled.

"Is that for me?" Jinyoung asked, pointing at the rose. The boy nodded, so he took it. He thanked him before the boy ran off to somewhere. There was a card tied to the rose, with a chibi version of him squatting down in the rain, holding an umbrella. He chuckled. There was only one person who could draw this. He turned the card around to find a familiar writing.