stray letters | nct jaemin.

five | cotton candy.

"I brought your cotton candy! Jaemin?" Angela hops into the room but halts suddenly as she sees Jaemin in a weird position on the bed (read: his hands and feet flat on the bed with his bum in the air).

"It's called the 'Downward Dog'," Jaemin mumbles nonchalantly, as if his behind wasn't on display for Angela to see, "my back hurts so I'm just stretching it."

"Are you sure that's a good idea...?" Angela tilts her head as much as she can, in order to meet Jaemin's upside-down face. He simply hums in response, before letting out a long groan.

"Maybe not." His face is contorted painfully, but instantly lights up when he eyes the cotton candy in the girl's hands. "COTTON CANDYYYY!!" He squeals childishly, earning a chuckle from Angie.

She joins him on the bed and searches through Netflix for a movie or show, and settles once she finds 'Adventure Time', sighing in satisfaction.

Jaemin suddenly turns to her, their faces uncomfortably close as he wiggles his eyebrows suggestively, "You wanna Netflix and Chill?" His eyebrows continue wiggling as if they're having a seizure of their own.

Angela's cheeks flush red and she freezes in her spot before hitting Jaemin on the chest.

"To Adventure Time?? How disrespectful," she frowns, and Jaemin just laughs, finding her face adorable.

She laughs along nervously, unaware that her heart has sped up its rhythm by 100 beats per minute.

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"Yooo Jaemin!" A loud, husky voice causes the both of their eyes to snap away from the TV, where Finn was just about to eat ramen straight from the packet without even cooking it (episode: What Was Missing).

"Xuxi? What are you doing here?" Jaemin raises an eyebrow.

"Why do you think?? I WANNA BE PART OF DREAM!" He screams, raising his fist in the air as if he just won the presidential election.

"I mean, you're the same age as Markie Hyung, right? So don't worry, you will be some day." He gives him a reassuring smile, not missing the sparkle in Yukhei's eyes at the thought of it.

"Thanks, boi, I'll get going now. FIGHTING HEYADWAE!" He raises his fist once more and runs out of the dorm, his fist still in the air.

"Is that all he came here for?" Angie says in between her laughter. "Lucas is funny." (cue Winwin's voice)

"You're funnier," Jaemin spurts, in attempt to flirt with Angie. After all, who is Jaemin without his flirtacious character?

"Then you have a horrible sense of humour," she clicks her tongue, finding his comment completely unnecessary as she hasn't cracked a single joke since she appeared in this book.

Jaemin simply shrugs and turns back to the TV only to see Marceline turn into a vampire and attempt to murder her friends, all in good fun, after all.

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Jaemin's POV

I look at Angie's face and see her eyes heavy and about to close. She struggles to keep them open and eventually, her head drops onto my shoulder.

The many colours emitting from the TV screen reflect on her face, resulting in a multitude of rainbows dancing joyously as they illuminate her perfect features.

Her small, round nose; so perfectly 'boop'able. Her heart shaped lips parted slightly as she gently snores. She smiles in her sleep and I can't help but hope it's me she's dreaming about- woah, what?

Her head lolls off my shoulder and I wince at the thought of how uncomfortable that position might be. I gently place her head on my lap and unconsciously comb my fingers through her hair.

"Woahh, what happened here while we were gone?" Donghyuck walks in with a smirk. My eyes widen and I abruptly stop stroking her hair and accidentally yank my fingers out, waking her up in the process.

"What? No I didn't eat the NOODLES!" She exclaims as she jolts up, before running her hand through her hair, where my hand previously was.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to um, pull your hair..." I mutter the last part, hoping she didn't actually feel that.

Well, she did.

She rubs her head with a pained scowl on her pretty little face and Donghyuck just watches us in amusement.

"Why are you guys in bed together?" He wiggles his eyebrows, them looking like they're attempting to do the worm but failing.

"Whatever, you girl, join us for dinner." He points at her and says it in a tone that clearly shows she has no choice but to eat Donghyuck's gross ass food tonight.

Just kidding, he's an amazing cook.