dazed and confused - norenmin

sixteen

jeno

jeno sat huddled in his seat,
clutching onto renjun's hand for dear life, knuckles turning white at the strength of his grip.
he didn't dare open his eyes,
as the lurching of his body hinted that he wouldn't want to.
how had he let this happen?

renjun was looking forward,
seemingly more composed
but the fear in his eyes was evident,
and his heart was beating just as quickly as when he first laid eyes on his two boys.

jaemin was driving.

he had insisted on doing so,
reminding jeno that he had only failed his test four times.
jeno had handed over the keys reluctantly,
(who could resist a pouting jaemin)
and in that moment knew that he was signing his death warrant.
jaemin was...not a cautious driver.

now they were hurtling along the narrow road,
overtaking and swerving,
and nearly being hit too many times to count.
jaemin yelled aloud in a cry of joy,
and renjun joined in,
leaving behind his crippling fear,
and enjoying the feeling of recklessness.

jeno, on the other hand,
had been in the passenger seat with jaemin at the wheel
too many times to feel anything but abject terror.
he remembered that this was his mother's car, and that if he didn't die in the inevitable car-crash,
she would kill him instead.

jaemin, with his eyes off the road for a stress-making length of time,
fiddled with the radio until a splutter of noise burst across the speakers.
he shouted in approval as his favourite song filled the car and began singing (screaming) along.

"Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want
So tell me what you want, what you really, really want
I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want
So tell me what you want, what you really, really want
I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha)
I wanna really, really, really wanna zigazig ah"

jeno groaned.
ever since he had known jaemin,
the younger boy had had an obsession with the spice girls,
especially their song 'wannabe'.
he couldn't count the number of times jaemin had forced him to sing it with him at karaoke.
he suddenly opened his eyes in surprise as another voice began to sing the chorus.

"If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends
(Gotta get with my friends)
Make it last forever, friendship never ends
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give
(You've got to give)
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is"

wow.
renjun hadn't seemed like the kind of guy who liked the spice girls,
but here he was belting the lyrics with a grin on his face.
plus he could really sing.
his honey-like voice slipped into the hearts of his listeners and stayed there.
jaemin turned around and flashed him a brilliant smile, before shooting a warning look at jeno.

"your part's coming up!"

feeling renjun's curious gaze on him,
jeno sighed inwardly before launching into mel b's famous rap verse.

"So, here's a story from A to Z
You wanna get with me, you gotta listen carefully
We got Em in the place who likes it in your face
You got G like MC who likes it on a
Easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady
And as for me, ha you'll see