frenemies // jaemin

t h r e e

s o o y e o n
i huffed while putting up posters on the windows of the cafe. mr yoon thought it would be a great idea to hire a few part timers considering how i acted yesterday.

i didn't do anything wrong. all i did was put a jar of salt into an asshole's drink. okay wait nevermind maybe what i did was wrong because i think i just made him even more salty but i have legitimate reasons as to why i did what i did okay?

he was so furious yesterday it looked like he had smoke coming out of his ears. real scary, i know.

"looking for part-timers?"

    turning around i am greeted by jeno, today he's wearing a black hoodie with his usual cap and mask.

"oh yeah, it's getting pretty lonely with just me here," i chuckled.

     we walked into the store together and i start preparing his order. at this point i dont have to ask what he wants to order as it is always the same everyday.

"i'm sorry for what my friend jaemin did yesterday. he can have quite a temper sometimes," he sighed apologetically.

yeah i know. i start getting flashbacks to when we were in kindergarten when he screamed when i 'ruined' his colour pencil.

on that day he learned that when you break a pencil lead, you can sharpen it with a pencil sharpener. giggling, i remembered his reaction when the teacher gave him his pencil, all sharpened and good as new. he realized he got worked up for nothing and we started laughing till our stomachs hurt. and that was also the day we became inseparable.

"hello?"

    "oh it's okay it doesn't really matter" i shrugged, putting all those thoughts away.

he left the cafe and i sat back at the chair, letting out a sigh.

we used to be such good friends. see, i really do hate jaemin but i wish things didn't turn out the way it did.we were inseparable and the bestest of friends.

    i got up on my feet and start cleaning the tables,snapping out of my depressing thoughts. pfft i am a strong independent woman who lives with no regrets. why am i getting sappy from some petty thing that happened years ago? i thought, shaking my head in disbelief.

j a e m i n
sitting on the floor, i wiped my sweat from dancing. we are currently practicing for our upcoming comeback and are currently stuck on a challenging move. we have been practicing for awhile and are now taking a break as some of us already got frustrated.

  "hey" jeno smiled, taking a seat next to me. returning him the smile, i took a big gulp from my water bottle.

  "were you and that girl from the cafe friends or something?"

i choked on the water, earning a curious look from jeno.

   "well we were friends..." i trailed off remembering how close we were.

back at school, we always sat with each other in class and we would chat non-stop, even when the teacher is teaching. we also had these terrible inside jokes that only we would understand and people would stare at us confused when we bring it up and start rolling on the floor laughing. i miss that.

we were so close and the bestest of friends. we were inseparable. until one day,we started to drift apart and she started to act cold towards me. i never knew what i did wrong. what did i do wrong anyway? that little bitch was just being bratty and ended our friendship.

"and then what happened?"

i tensed, completely forgotten that jeno was still there.

"it's a long story," i chuckled.

"it's weird though, she doesn't even recognize us," jeno added.

his statement took me aback. does she never check what i'm up to? it's impossible that she never heard of nct.

s o o y e o n
"sooah, can you tell me the names of nct dream's members again?"

"uh... mark, renjun, jeno, haechan, jaem-"

  "jaemin as in the jaemin jaemin we know, right?" i cut her off, staring straight into her eyes.

  she hesitantly nodded, knowing how much i despised him.

  "i think he's changed though, he looks more mature than he was before." sooah eyed the picture frame on the desk, displaying a picture of me and jaemin arm stretched around each other while doing peace signs.

"i saw him recently," i blurt out seriously before bursting into fits of giggles, remembering the incident.

"unnie...what did you do?" sooah asked confusedly.

"so basically..."

a/n:howdy 🤠 this is the longest chapter i have ever written but there u go sum information abt their past real shocking i know.