𝔩𝔦𝔪𝔦𝔱𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰 (𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔲𝔫𝔤) ✓

五

"open your eyes"

by the time lunch rolls around, the only thing jisung wants to do is crawl into bed and never come out.

trudging towards the cafeteria, he pulls the hood of his plum coloured hoodie over his blond locks, slipping his earbuds in. he scrolls through his playlist until he finds the song he's looking for, tapping and letting the sweet melody of jet lag fill his thoughts. grabbing a chicken wrap and walking to the counter, he taps his debit card before heading towards their table. the dreamies' table.

mark and haechan are holding hands underneath the table, attempting to eat spaghetti with only one hand each. even from here jisung can hear mark complaining about how unfair it is that he has to use his left hand, but everybody knows that he's whipped for haechan and would probably carry the boy on his back all day if he asked. jaemin's head is resting on jeno's shoulder, pink hair hanging in his eyes as he takes another bite of his sandwich. jeno, of course, is the same shade as the marinara in the pasta on today's menu, his signature eye smile plastered on his face. renjun is facetiming his boyfriend in china, xiaojun, whining about how much he misses him and can't wait to go back. and chenle? he's staring at jisung, blush creeping across his cheeks as he watches jisung's head bob slightly to the music streaming from his headphones, a smile tugging at his mouth as he walks to the table.

"hey guys."

jisung mutters as he slides into the seat beside chenle, flashing a grin as he unwraps his, well, wrap.

"how was the chem exam?"

jaemin asks, glancing over to jisung as he groans, pointing a finger gun to his temple.

"that was absolute torture. i would rather do push-ups for an entire class than write that again"

chenle rolls his eyes, nudging jisung with his elbow as he pulls the fake gun down from his head.

"that's because you're a jock. i can barely do 25 push-ups before passing out."

"still. i still can't believe i got put in advanced chem. i swear they messed up my paperwork."

you see, jisung's not lying. he's just barely passing, with his highest grade being a 72, and lowest a 56. but considering that most people have dropped out of university by this point, it was fair to say that he was doing okay.

all of a sudden jisung becomes aware of chenle's hand resting on his thigh, pointer finger drawing tiny circles as chenle chatters avidly with renjun in mandarin, undoubtedly making fun of jisung's grades.

"他要是有我的妈，早被揍死了！"
(if he had my mom, he would've been beat to death a long time ago!)

renjun exclaims, and both he and chenle burst into uncontrollable fits of laughter.

"我也是！我的爸妈真的太可怕了！"
(me too! my parents are honestly way too terrifying!)

chenle replies, trying to catch his breath.

jisung rolls his eyes, but he can't help but smile as he looks at chenle's bright smile and flushed cheeks. he wraps his arm around chenle's shoulders, and giggles when his face reddens even more.

renjun looks at the pair with a smirk before turning his back and shouting for the entire cafeteria to hear.

"海豚喜欢小鸡!"
(dolphin likes baby chick!)

chenle gasps and lunges for renjun, chasing him around the cafeteria while the other chinese students whoop and holler, being the only ones who understand.

the others at the table just look at each other confusion, the exception being xiaojun's laughter coming from renjun's phone speaker.

jeno picks up the phone, trying to ask what renjun said using his limited mandarin.

speaking of the devil, renjun rushes to the table, snatches his phone out of jeno's confused hands and sprints out the cafeteria doors.

chenle arrives back at the table panting and out of breath, collapsing into his chair and laying his head in jisung's lap dramatically.

"what did i do to deserve this disrespect?"

"scream dolphin laughter into renjun's ear."

the entire table recites in unison, laughing as chenle launches carrot sticks at them.

jisung watches the chinese boy fly around the table, attacking each and every one of them with various components of his lunch. that. that is the boy he loves. and he wouldn't trade him for anyone else in the world

a/n
here's some fluff for y'all! i figured you deserved it after the last two chapters haha

also, any ideas about how this story should progress?