summer seekers || nct dream

10 | mailbox?

renjun walked through the halls with duri. he and duri were in art class together, and they got along very well since they were seated next to each other. duri was a muscular boy, tall and handsome. he was the type of guy renjun would fall for at an instant, but for some reason he felt relaxed when spending time with the boy.

they were in the middle of a conversation on their way to their next class, when they were interrupted by another alarm coming from the speakers. both of the boys let out an irritated sigh.

donghyuck came running towards renjun, because he knew they had p.e together the next hour. "yo! renjun!" he yelled but renjun made him shut up, so they could listen to the announcement.

"dear students. the teams that got into the music program are published. they can be seen on the tv screen at the reception in the main building. for the people who got in, you'll receive all the information in your mailbox today."

"we have a mailbox?" donghyuck asked, but renjun and duri shrugged. "did you sign up, renjun?" duri asked, and renjun nodded excitedly. "together with this headass." he added, catching his friend in a head-lock and ruffling his hair.

"i did too! let's go check out the results." but renjun hesitated. "but we have p.e." "we'll pass that screen as we walk there. who's the headass here now." donghyuck said and he hit the back of renjun's head. he hopscotched through the hallways with the other two following his steps.

the three boys felt the curiosity run through their whole body as they entered the main building with a fast pace. as soon as renjun spotted the screen he ran there and stopped right in front of it.

chenle and jeno joined them, also curious about whether they'd get in or not. "dream team! we're in!" renjun squealed. those words on the screen made four of the five boys smile. duri didn't smile. his team didn't get in.

renjun noticed the boy's drowsy look and immediately knew the reason. he put an arm around his friend, almost standing on his tippy toes, also ruffling duri's dark blue dyed hair. duri put his arm around renjun's waist as well. "i'm sorry, duri. maybe you'll get into another program." renjun said, and his friend nodded.

"i'm happy for you and your team," the blue haired boy told him, smiling. jeno walked over to renjun, not liking what he was seeing. before he thought about his actions, he put an arm around renjun as well, slowly pulling him away from duri.

"it's a pity you didn't get in, duri." he said, but actually sincere. jeno had his eyes on the boy ever since he saw him walking with renjun in the hall the day before. he didn't like renjun around him, even though he had no idea renjun was actually into boys. he had a premonition.

"it's okay. i'll see you later, renjunnie." he said, patting his shoulder before dissapearing into the hallway. renjun watched him as he walked away. jeno let his arm slip off renjun's back, feeling quite ashamed as he looks back on it.

"i'm so sad, i was actually looking forward to spending time together with him." renjun mumbled, not with any intention of someone hearing it. but jeno did, of course. "is he your boyfriend?" jeno suddenly wondered, forgetting that could be an option as well. even though the thought itself made jeno's heart ache, he had to admit renjun and duri fit perfectly together.

"no! no, he's not my boyfriend. i don't," renjun denied, but took a break from talking to stare at the ground. he doesn't, what, exactly? he doesn't like boys? that's not true.

"oh, don't worry. the thought just popped up in my head," jeno said, snapping renjun out of his thoughts.

he put his arm around the smaller boy again, like it was the natural order of things. but you can probably already imagine, renjun felt nervous under jeno's touch.

mark, jaemin and jisung joined the group and looked at the screen as well. "we got in!" jisung screeched, his arms flying in the air. just like jeno, he put an arm around chenle. but, they were just best friends, is what jisung's thoughts said.

"what do we do now though?" mark wondered. "they'll give us the information in our mailbox." donghyuck answered, but he still had no idea where his mailbox could possibly be. "mailbox?" mark asked, sharing the confusion.

"pfft, they just slide the papers underneath your door." jaemin said, kind of laughing about the expression of 'mailbox'. "when?" chenle asked, he couldn't wait any longer and wanted to start packing already.

"today, i suppose." renjun said. "but now we have to go to p.e. come on, hyuck!" he and donghyuck walked off towards the changing rooms. the other boys also split up and walked to their next class.

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the dodgeball game was full in progress and renjun was glad he was on donghyuck's team. the boy was extremely good at hitting and dodging. they were with five left on their team and three on the other team.

renjun picked a ball up which rolled next to him, getting ready to throw it at ilsung, the best player of the rival team. renjun was not really good at aiming, but somehow he managed to hit ilsung's knee.

"you're out!" renjun yelled, high-fiving donghyuck. "good work, renjunnie."

"no fucking way! renjun is seriously too weak to even hold a ball." he yelled back, which made donghyuck look up. renjun felt the comment hit his heart. he knew he wasn't strong or muscular, but he wasn't weak.

"sad that such an insult has to come from such a whimp as you, ilsung!" donghyuck yelled back, and he sweared he saw the steam coming out from ilsung's ears.

"shut the fuck up! go make out with your fucking boyfriend, dirty cunt! we all know you're gay!" ilsung yelled, pointing between renjun and donghyuck.

"ilsung! out of the field right now!" their teacher ordered.

donghyuck saw the boy being sent out of the gym hall, he guessed he had to go to the head teacher. he sighed. but gay? what made him think that?

"lesson over! you can all go!" the teacher said, not wanting to hear any more insults.

donghyuck put an arm around renjun to comfort him. "you okay, bud?" he asked, renjun nodded. "thanks for standing up for me. you're a good friend." renjun patted the younger one's back.

people who were still in the gym hall were left rumouring. donghyuck heard all kinds of words like gay and homosexual. the curiosity grew as fast as his confusion.

two girls came running up to them. "donghyuck, we just wanted to say we think you two are really cute together, and that it's very cool you dare to come out as gay." one of the girls said. donghyuck's mouth fell open.

he immediately took a step back, distancing himself from renjun. "cute together? come out as gay?" donghyuck asked them, but the girls just nodded. "first jeno, and now you two. you're really brave."

"no! i- why do you think i'm gay? renjun is not my boyfriend." donghyuck said. this time the girls were surprised. "you're not? but everyone's talking about it." "i swear, renjun and i are just friends."

"but you rejected jia?" that comment made donghyuck sigh. "i rejected her because i'm not into her. but i'm still into girls. so you still have a chance," he winked at the two girls, who started giggling. they started walking away, sticking together and blushing because of donghyuck's wink.

"but thanks for supporting the lgbtq+ community!" renjun yelled. he felt intensely happy about them accepting their sexualities, even if it wasn't completely true.

"sorry." donghyuck said to renjun, but renjun didn't get it. "what for?"

"for making them think we're boyfriends." renjun laughed. "i don't care, donghyuck."

the two boys made their way back to the changing room where all the eyes were focused on them. renjun let out an sigh. he patted donghyuck's shoulder, who didn't notice it at first. "i think all of them have the same idea."

donghyuck looked around the changing room when he was taking his shoes off. he threw them in his bag and climbed onto the small bench, towering over everyone.

"guys, me and renjun are not dating! but remember to keep supporting anyone who identifies as other than heterosexual!" he yelled, his hand around his mouth to make it more dramatic.

he jumped off the bench again and smiled at renjun. renjun laughed at him.