dazed and confused - norenmin

five

renjun

they were in the car now, jeno navigating the way round the twisty, coastal roads,
while jaemin and renjun sat together in the back.
there was an atmosphere of peaceful silence, no one was contributing to any sort of conversation,
but no one minded the quiet.

renjun stared at jaemin.
he noticed the loose white shirt, unbuttoned enough to reveal a sliver of honey skin,
which renjun found beautiful.
he noticed the delicate, shell-like ears, the sweeping curve of his jawline,
the rosy hue staining his cheeks - renjun attributed this to slight sunburn.
he noticed the soft-oh so soft-looking hair, and longed to touch it.
above all he noticed his lips.
wow.
pink and perfect,
he had already seen them curved into a smile,
and parted in a laugh.
now as jaemin sat pensively his lips had unconsciously formed a pout.
renjun wanted nothing more than to *boop*
that adorable mouth (preferably with his own).

without being aware of what he was doing renjun had turned in his seat
so that he was now fully facing jaemin.
tentatively, he raised his hand and tapped jaemin on the shoulder.
when jaemin turned to face him renjun thought he might have a heart attack.

god he's good-looking
shit renjun focus
now he's gonna think ur a weirdo

"so, uh...what's your favourite ice-cream flavour?"

jaemin blinked in surprise at the unexpected topic,
then began to ponder on his answer.
he sat for about two minutes in a pose of great concentration,
while renjun began to regret asking the question in the first place.
finally jaemin answered triumphantly,

"strawberry!"

"oh..."

"what's wrong?"
"renjun?"

"it's just...my favourite flavour is chocolate.
so i don't think we can be friends."

he looked so serious as he said this that jaemin's shoulders slumped,
and he turned his head to look blankly out of the window,
fighting the unexpected urge to cry.
renjun was surprised at jaemin's reaction,
and quickly reassured him.

"don't worry i was joking,
i really want to be friends with you"

jaemin turned back to look at him, eyes glistening with tears on the verge of falling.

"really?"

"of course!"
"anyway, you know what they say...
opposites attract"

he panicked as jaemin's eyes widened.

"not that i'm attracted to you, i mean not that you're like hideous or anything,
you're actually really good-looking...sorry that came out weird, fuck...
what was my point?"

at the unexpected profanity jaemin began to chuckle, which soon developed into a full-on laugh,
as he looked at renjun (dazed and) confused beside him.
jaemin's laughter warmed both the heart of renjun,
who smiled sheepishly, and of jeno,
who glanced away from the road momentarily to see what had made his best friend so happy.

he met eyes with renjun,
and it felt as though a bolt of electricity had shot between them.
renjun didn't know precisely what it was about jeno,
who had so far been pretty quiet and shy,
but he had this insatiable desire to find out more about him.

plus he was really hot.

the way he had one, somehow muscular, hand
relaxed on the wheel,
made renjun feel some things.
he also appreciated the way jeno would sweep his silky hair back with the other hand,
the way his eyes would become crescents when he smiled.
the way his denim jacket fit his broad shoulders perfectly.
renjun could talk about jeno for hours.

before his thoughts could get too carried away on the beauty of jaemin and jeno,
renjun reminded himself that
a. they had literally just met twenty minutes ago
b. they were way out of his league
and c. they were most likely straight.

he supposed that they were really popular at school,
and probably both had girlfriends.
he retreated into himself a little at the thought, and looked down at his hands,
not noticing that both jaemin's and jeno's gaze was fixed on him.

*****

renjun's thoughts:

ok so i literally think both of them are gorgeous
but
let's be real
they're defo straight
i mean look at them, like greek gods.
i bet they've dated a lot.
unlike me.
'greek god. good god.' (if you get it i love you)

jeno's thoughts:

how am i supposed to drive
when renjun and jaemin are sitting in the back
and LAUGHING
why are they so friendly all of a sudden?
do i like that?
am i jealous, and of who?
i don't even know anymore.
all i know is:
renjun's laugh is cute.
jaemin's laugh is cute.
facts.

jaemin's thoughts:

who the hell prefers chocolate over strawberry???

author's note

this is the longest chapter so far,
cause ChAraCteR dEveLoPmeNt is happenin.
we now know that everyone thinks everyone is cute.
what's gonna happen next?...

honestly i'm making this up as i go along,
so sorry if it's a bit random.

xxx