Caution || Chensung

Chapter 8

Chenle's pov:

Jisung was hiding in his room. Renjun and Jeno seemed the least bit concerned. Because since I lived with my parents he seemed to spend time to himself in his room a lot.  It seemed like he didn't want social interaction anymore.

"Lele." I looked up and around for the voice. To find Jaemin behind me. A smile on his face. As per usual.

"Nana-hyung." My voice sounded unlike me.

"Lucas and Ten - hyungs wanted to know if you want to come with us to the ice cream palour and then the park. Even though it seems childish." Jaemin spoke. His words like soft honey. No wonder everyone crushed on him.

For a moment, I wanted to say no. But then rethought that if I got out of the house, perhaps I'd stop thinking about Jisung and worrying so much about him. He could take care of himself.

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The day was passing. Everyone having something to do. But the one text that I was waiting for came through.

From: Li-Wei

Dolphin 🐬 my little ball of sunshine ☀ that was scary. I'll never do that again. Party tonight? You can stay at mine. None alcoholic beverages only. It'll be like a house party without the American twist of being drunk but instead hyper from a sugar overload. Then you can stay and sleep whilst watching dumb comedies? Yes or no? Answer me soon Dolphin-boy.

Laughing, I ran to the kitchen. I'd tell Taeyong a white lie. Not telling him the whole truth but not a full lie. I was only skipping the part about the party really.

"Taeyongie-hyung. Can I sleep at my friends Li-Wei's house. Her parents don't mind. There'll be her brother and her parents there." Okay. So I played the white lie out a bit more than expected. But Taeyong wasn't to know that.

"Yes. Stay safe. No alcohol. No drugs and no sexual activity." Taeyong stated sternly.

I cringed at the idea of any of the things he said. I don't mind being safe. But the others. I couldn't even bare to think about. I liked our laws here in Korea. They kept us safe. Prevented idiots from making idiotic children. Not that I can say much for Lucas-hyungs parents. They created a big dummy.

Thanking Taeyong. I let my friend know, and headed to my room to grab my overnight bag. Throwing everything I needed into it. Making sure it was packed. About 5 times. Getting Taeyong and Kun to triple check it. Before I even left the house.

Jisung's pov:

I heard Chenle was leaving. For how long I don't know. He was going somewhere and that hurt more. That he didn't even attempt to say goodbye to me. Maybe I was overreacting and he wasn't going for long. But the pang of sadness wouldn't leave. I couldn't help but feel bad for shutting myself away.

I buried myself in blankets and carried on watching my favourite shows. Hell. I know I was beginning to smell. And my hair was becoming a greasy mess. But lately I was lacking motivation to do much. I was tired of everything.

Tired of trying to get someone that I couldn't blatently tell that I loved them. The kiss in the closet should have been enough for Chenle to realise. I put my passion into it even though it was a silly game.

Chenle's pov:

Everyone was on a massive sugar rush. Giddy wasn't the word. Hyper wouldn't even account for how much sugar was in our system. We laughed at the smallest thing. Played stupid party games. And ended up taking dumb pictures together.

Li-Wei took some cute pictures with me. Only meant with friendly intentions as she knew I was gay. She also knew of my crush. She was my only trustable female friend. And the only friend I could confide in without feeling crushed.

Posting the pictures on social media, we joined the party and drank some more sugary drinks. Before dancing like maniacs to the music and pretending we remembered the dance when half of us we're doing every members part at the wrong time because we lost track of timing.

As a dancer I should have been able to keep up. But I wanted to act stupid and have some fun by being silly. It took my mind off Jisung. And gave me the adrenaline and wild rush I enjoyed when having fun whilst I wasn't under supervision constantly.

Music was blaring out of the speakers. And we all ended up shouting to speak to each other. It was rather funny but hard to hear if everyone kept shouting at once. So you didn't know where anyone was.

I lost Li-Wei about 5 times that night. Because people kept dragging her off to wish her happy birthday for the next day.

Everyone went home. So it was me and Li-Wei. "Happy birthday LiLi." I had a big smile on my face.

I handed her present, and sat down. She opened the box and inside was a bracelet with charms and letters that spelt out: Best friends forever (in Chinese). 永遠最好的朋友 (Used google translate. Sorry if this is wrong.)

She looked up at me and threw her arms around me. Before putting it on her wrist and posting a picture of it. With a paragraph about how much it meant to her. And how much it gave her a fantastic birthday.

Having known this girl most of my school life, of course I'd know what she likes.

We both started nodding off. So she invited me to sleep on the air mattress she had set up in her room. So we stuck a movie on and I drifted off. Dreaming about being in the movie with Li-Wei, Lucas, Kun, Sicheng, Renjun and for some reason Jisung.

A/N - Hello. Sorry if this is all over the place. It's a filler chapter. I'm not trying to make it all soppy and sad. But it's soft and sad because I feel like that's what helps make a good book build up. Before the drama really starts and everything either goes right or wrong.