soft spot // zhong chenle

10. finale

author: this chapter is REALLY confusing and long, so read it carefully, if you want to understand!!

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'sure, but let's go fix your makeup.' i chuckle and take her to the bathroom.

she washes her face, dries it, and looks at me. i nod approvingly, as she looks like a goddess without makeup.

'i don't know about this...'

'well, i know. and you look amazing, let's go!' i grab her by the hand and go to the venue.

jaemin almost instantly found us, checking if we are okay. such a gentleman. but chenle is nowhere to be seen. even though i wanted to ask, i knew i shouldn't, as it would definitely make eunbae uncomfortable and sad. no matter how much she tries to hide it, she still misses him. but does he miss her? probably not. he probably doesn't care about anyone or anything at this point. well, i hope so.

'eunbae, want to drink something? you seem worried, why?' jaemin asks. i gently punch him with my leg and come up to eunbae myself.

'if you need anything, you can just say. don't be afraid, we are having fun here!' she nods and starts looking around, looking for something. or someone.

'hey, jaemin! come here, i wanna show you something!' jeno calls. he is one of jaemin's closest friends. both me and eunbae nod and let him go have fun with his friends, while we can have quality time together without thinking about guys.

'okay, eunbae, what do you want to do first? there is just a lot, and i want to do everything, so depends on you!' i hold both of her hands and stare into her eyes, making her chuckle a bit.

'let's try the photobooth! photo memories are precious, am i right?'

i look around and find a photobooth just a few steps away. i grab eunbae by her hand and go inside. we started making goofy faces, gesturing, sitting in just simple and cute poses. i finally saw eunbae genuinely smiling. she was having fun, and probably forgot about chenle, even if it is going to last for a couple of minutes.

after we finished taking pictures, we left the photobooth to pick up our photos. we got two copies for each other, and drew two hearts on each of the copies as a symbol of friendship. cute, right?

'hey, i heard there is a kissing competition going on right now, you and jaemin should go!' eunbae said, looking at the guy on the stage, presenting the rules of this competition.

basically it is like, you know, the cutest kissing couple wins? that's what i understood.

'what?! no! we are not even dating!' i object. she shakes my shoulders and stares directly into my eyes.

'do you like him?'

'wha-'

'do you like him?'

'yeah..'

'then go on, talk to him, i think he likes you too! want me to go with you? of course you do, let's go!' she then grabs me by the hand and drags me to jaemin.

he stood near the buffet table with his friends.
and guess who was there too?

chenle.