Photographs; Noren NCT

♱•Twenty-Four•♱

As soon as Jeno left the apartment he couldn't wipe the smile from his face. He had just kissed Renjun. And even better, Renjun didn't push him away or look completely disgusted afterwards.

Jeno steps out into the cold air. It was pretty late and the breeze was cool against his skin. He wraps his arms around himself to keep him warm before turning down the street, beginning his walk home.

Before he could even take two steps he hears a voice yelling for him. He closes his eyes tightly for a moment before turning on his heel, his eyes meeting Renjun's.

"What are doing? I promised you a ride home" the giddy smile on Renjun's face was exactly how Jeno imagined his own to be.

"I thought you might have changed your mind since...well you know" a smile plays on his lips "I forced you to watch the note book".

Renjun laughs and walks a few steps closer to Jeno, reaching out and gently taking his hand. "I actually rather enjoyed that movie". With that he pulls Jeno back slightly towards his car.

Without another word he unlocks it and they both get in, but Renjun doesn't start the engine. It was quite for a moment, Jeno stealing small glances towards the older whilst Renjun kept his gaze fixed in front of him.
"Jeno" he breathed, finally moving his eyes to meet the younger's.

"Yeah?" Jeno's hands were fidgety, a sudden panic settling over him. It had seemed okay when they were outside, a good five foot gap between them. But now, in the car, they were sat side by side and the silence was deafening.

Renjun swallows thickly, trying his best for think of the right way to say what he wanted to say.
"I, um-" he cuts himself off with a nervous laugh, biting down on his lower lip to stop it. "I like you" he rushes out, he tried his best to keep his eyes on Jeno, but the nerves caused him to look down.

Jeno let's out a sigh of relief, a smile making it's way back onto his face. "Renjun I really like you too"

The brunette's eye widen slightly "r-really?" He looked generally shocked. Even though it was Jeno who had made the first move and kissed him, he still had doubts that the other boy wouldn't like him that way.
"C-can I kiss you again?"

Jeno smiles widely before leaning over and crashing his lips against Renjun's once again. The older boy moves and climbs over onto Jeno's lap, their chests pressed together, hands tangled in hair and these small, deep sounds that escape from their throats, muffled by the others lips.

All those moments spent admiring one another from afar built up to this moment. Soon the cold car seemed to become to hot to breath and both boys pull away, completely out of breath. "Sorry" Renjun lets out a breathy laugh, biting his lip and looking down to hide his flushed cheeks.

"Sorry for what?" Jeno whispers, his finger hooked under the older boy's chin to lift his head back up. The car was dim but Jeno could see the blush that dusted Renjun's cheeks.

Renjun shakes his head, slowly pushing himself from Jeno's lap and back into the drivers seat "n-nothing, I just didn't know what else to say" he mutters, his eyes glued to the steering wheel, not wanting to look at Jeno in that moment.

"Your so cute" Jeno blurts causing Renjun to blush even more, if that was even possible.

The older boy coughs awkwardly before turning the engine on and pulling his seatbelt over his body. "We- um, I should get you home"

However Jeno was already distracted. He watched as Renjun's neighbor left the building. The man looks around for a moment, his eyes meet Jeno's before he pulls his hood over his head and runs off in the opposite direction.

Jeno slumped back in his seat, his mind trying it's best to think of where he had seen that guy before. His eyes wander over to Renjun who was focused on pulling out of his parking spot and driving down the road. His neighbour seemed to leave an unsettled feeling in Jeno's stomach and he didn't know why. He knew it was wrong to judge a person on how they looked, but each time Jeno saw the man a feeling of pure dread seemed to fill him up and he had no idea why.

"Renjun?" His voice was louder than it had been before, more confident and less shy.

"Yeah?" Renjun's eyes didn't move from the road. The passing streetlights cast deep shadowed over his face.

"Promise me you'll stay safe"

Renjun was quite for a moment, his gaze quickly moving to Jeno before he focuses back on the road ahead.

"Jeno are you okay?" His voice was full of concern. Sometimes Renjun forgets that Jeno had gone through such an awful experience, even if that's how they had met in the first place.

"I'm fine, just promise me" Jeno rests a gentle hand on Renjun's knee, rubbing it slightly.
The brunette was silence for a heartbeat. He couldn't promise that he would stay safe, anything could happen. He could crash the car right now and that would be the promise broken. But in that moment, he would say anything that would make Jeno feel a small amount of relief.

"I promise"

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A/N: I'm thinking of making an NCT oneshot book but I don't know if anyone would read it??????

Anyway thank you so much for reading, some of your comments have me cracking up I love them~♡