dazed and confused - norenmin

fifteen

jaemin

that morning everything felt new,
fresh as if the world had only just come into existence.
dew glistened on the grass,
each droplet illuminated by the sunrise,
and reflecting the pale colours of the sky.

jaemin walked up the short path to jeno's house,
a spring in his step and a song on his lips.
he smiled to himself as he opened the front door,
thinking of his two boys.
practically skipping, giddy with excitement,
he burst into the bedroom.

his smile faltered.

there was jeno, and there was renjun.
they were close together.
very close together.
jeno's fingers were in renjun's hair,
and renjun had his arm wrapped around the dark-haired boy.
and the way they were looking at each other...

jaemin gulped, his breath shaky,
and backed towards the door,
his hand fumbling blindly for the handle.
he turned to go, bravely hiding the tears that welled in his eyes,
when a voice stopped him.

"minnie!"

he turned back, and renjun smiled at him happily;
the pure joy at jaemin's presence evident in his tone
warmed the younger boy's heart,
and pushed away the clouds of doubt that were all too quick to appear.
he smiled back.

"uh, excuse me!?!"

both boys looked at jeno,
who had sat up and was now looking appalled.
the mood became tense,
jaemin felt the pressure of anxiety crushing his hopes,
as he thought of what could have upset jeno.
was it him? for interrupting?

"actually, renjun sweetie,
i think you'll find it's nana."

jaemin sighed in relief,
and laughed softly at his best friend's oddity.
renjun, on the other hand,
looked baffled.

"who is NANA?"

now both jaemin and jeno stared at him incredulously,
wondering how such an intelligent boy could be so dense.

"who do you think?"

"it's me. na jaemin. nana.
jeno's always called me that"

there was a good few seconds where renjun,
brow still furrowed, didn't quite seem to catch on.
finally he let out a gasp of realisation.

"oh YoU arE nANaaaa!!!"

"yeah no shit."

"shut up"

"anyway i prefer minnie.
it's cuter."

"no it isn't"

"nana is obviously superior"

"says who?"

"me!"

"and who made you judge?"

jaemin - who had been grinning broadly at their back-and-forth -
was taken aback when jeno suddenly turned to him,
a persuasive gleam in his eye that jaemin knew all too well.