Too Innocent ~ Jeongchan

Chpt. 13

Chan was astonished. The boy who once had braces, no longer had a metal mouth! He looked perfect to Chan. Of course he thought so before the younger's braces had been taken off, but now he looked so much more breathtaking. Now his smile wasnt hidden beneath metal that stopped the full shine from coming through. His teeth sparkled and so did he.

"Channie hyung! Do you not like my smile without my braces? You've been staring," Jeongin said with a pout. Chan panicked, what would he say? He decided to be a bit more or a confident gay and try his luck.

"Of course I love your smile! With or without braces Innie!" Chan said. It might not have seemed all that much of a 'confident gay' move, but for Chan it was.

"Thank you Channie Hyung!" Jeongin said, smiling with a light blush on his cheeks. Chan swore he could feel his heart melting at the sight.

"Alright, lovebirds, class starts in 5, let's move!" Minho said with a smirk at the two boys that now had flushed cheeks. Jisung hit Minho lightly for making the two uncomfortable and decided to step up and talk as they walked.

"Hey Jeongin, what nickname can I tease you with now? I cant call you brace-face anymore," Jisung said with a fake pout.

"Ha! Now you cant call me anything but my real name, sungie hyung!" Jeongin said with his tounge out playfully at Jisung. The squirrel-like boy just fake scoffed and then ruffled Jeongin's hair.

Chan watched Jeongin with heart-eyes. Changbin noticed and walked over to him.

"Shorties really changing you, huh? It's nice to see you having a reason to smile. You seem so much happier ever since he came into your life," Changbin said with a small smile. Chan blushed.

"W-well yeah, I think I really him. Hes helped me through so much without even realizing it. I'm almost a week clean," Chan said looking at Jeongin who was explaining to Hyunjin and Seungmin why waffles were better than pancakes.

"Man that's great! I'm proud! Seems like he means a lot to you."

"Yeah. He does," Chan said with admiration in his voice.

"Well, I was told not to tell you this, but..." Changbin trailed off, not sure if he should say or not.

"Yes?" Chan asked, confused.

"Well uh Jeongin li-" Changbin was in the middle of talking when the bell cut him off. "Heck, I'll tell you later, Chan, bye!" Changbin said before rushing off to walk to Felix to his science class.

Chan just stood in the middle of the hallway, confused. He then saw a fluffy boy in front of his face.

"Channie hyung! We gotta get to class, come on!" Jeongin said before grabbing Chan's wrist and dragging him to the other end of the hall to get to their classes. Chan felt sparks prick his skin. They felt magical coming from Jeongin's soft hands. Jeongin then stopped next to Chan's first class, AP English.

"Now go on Hyungie! Learn how to use big words!" Jeongin said with a smile. Chan smiled back.

"Sure thing, Innie. Go learn how to subtract big numbers," Chan said with a laugh.

"You have a nice laugh hyungie, you should do it more often!" Jeongin said right as the bell rang. "Oh! I gotta get to class, bye byee!!!" Jeongin said.

Chan blushed and walked into class. He sat in his seat that was next to his not-so-close friend, Jae. Jae was basically a meme. He resembled chicken little and said "LEZGETIT" a lot. Jae also had his moments where his looks just screamed "MEME." However, the kid was also a sweetheart and liked to play guitar and sing.

"Chan, my man, hows it going?" Jae said with a smile.

"Its pretty alright, Jae. How about yourself?" Chan replied.

"Man it's great! My friends and I went to a concert last night and it was insane!" Jae exclaimed happily.

"Ooo, who'd you go see?"

"Monsta X! It was so fricken good! Their voices mixed with their bodies and personalities, ugh it's so gooood," Jae said while grabbing Chan's arms. Chan chuckled and nodded.

"They are pretty good, my guy," Chan said with a smile. Then the teacher walked in and they both turned to face him. He started to teach but all Chan could think about was Jeongin.

He thought about his cute eyes, his blinding smile, his boopable nose, and his soft hair.

Chan also thought about what Changbin said. What did he mean?

   Soon the end of the day was upon Chan and he made his way to his locker. He had just finished putting his books away when he heard a cute voice from behind him and hands on his eyes.

   "Guess who, Channie hyung?" Chan put his hand on his chin, pretending to be thinking very hard about who was behind him.

   "Hmm, William Howard Taft!" Chan said with a lopsided grin.

   "Gasp! How did you know?" Jeongin said, making his voice sound dramatic.

   "It was a gut feeling. But can you move your hands now? I've always wanted to see a William Howard zombie!" Chan said goofily. Jeongin then moved his hands and made jazz hands. "Wait, you arent William Howard Taft! Eh, you're still real cute so I cant complain." Chan said with a blush. Jeongin also blushed and giggled. Jeongin's giggle caused Chan to giggle and they stood there in a giggle fit.

   It was rudely interrupted by Jeongin's phone. The small boy looked at it before frowning and typing a quick response.

   "Do you have to go?" Chan asked with disappointment in his voice.

   "Yeah, I'm sorry Hyungie. Hyunjin wants me to help him pick put an outfit for the gala the band is holding. Seungmin asked him to go so he needs a fancy outfit," Jeongin explained.

   "Ohh, it's all goo, Innie! Go have fun!" Chan said while he ruffled the younger's hair.

   "Bye hyungie!" Jeongin said as he walked away with a smile.

   "Wow, that was so sweet it gave me cavities," Changbin said from behind him. Chan blushed and turned around to face him.

   "W-when did you get here?" Chan asked.

   "Right after Jeongin did," Changbin replied, nonchalantly.

   "O-oh," Chan said before remembering he had to ask Changbin a question. "Hey, what did you mean this morning when you were gonna tell me something? You were saying I couldnt tell anyone something."

   "Riight, well, promise me you wont tell anyone what I'm about to tell you?" Changbin said with seriousness in his voice.

   "Promise," Chan said with confusion lacing his thoughts like poison in kool-aid.

   "I'm really not supposed to be telling you this, but the soft boys had a sleepover a few days ago. Felox said that Jeongin confessed to liking you as more than a friend," Changbin said.

   Chan was shocked. Did his crush really like him back?

A/N IM SO SORRY I HAD TO REPUBLISH IT WATTPAD DELETED HALF OF THE CHAPTER UGHHHH but either way thank you all for the support! Also the next chapter for Delicate should be out tonight if all goes well!!!!

Songs for this chapter:
Song 1: Chikichakachokocho ~ Dok2
Song 2: Shine ~ Pentagon

(P.s I'm sorry my updates have been lacking, I'm in a bit of a rough spot right now)