love blooms ¦ renmin

015

"Seriously! They held suspension right after we arrived at school?! This is fucked up. Make it make sense." Donghyuck rants to Renjun, who is just busy reading Pride and Prejudice inside the mini library.

A tropical storm is expected to arrive today but the school got the weather forecast late. And since their school is also autonomous, their decision to suspend the class or not took 3 hours.

"I want to go home." Donghyuck groans.

"Then go."

"But it's raining so hard outside!"

Renjun sighs and glances at him, "I seriously don't get you sometimes."

Donghyuck pouts before putting his head on the table dramatically, causing a loud bam on the wooden table.

"If you'll just make some noise in here then please just leave the library." The librarian shouts from her desk and then she taps her desk bell three times. The other students, who also stayed, are disturbed because of the two.

Renjun rolls his eyes, not for the librarian but for his whiny best friend. He closes the book while standing up and walks to the return shelf to place it back. He already read that book anyways.

He goes back from where he sat and gets his bag, making Donghyuck snaps his head up.

"Where are you going?"

"I'll continue my project in the art room while waiting 'til the rain stops."

After the school announced that the classes are suspended for today, they let the students go home. But since they both don't have the luxury to have their own driver and a car to fetch them, they decided to wait until the rain subsides.

Surprisingly, Renjun wasn't even annoyed when the school announced it late. He is aware that it's hard to commute so they are technically stranded by now but he can patiently wait inside the school because of the school libraries and his favorite, the art room.

"What about me?" Donghyuck asks dramatically.

"I don't know. Eat a grass or something." Renjun jokes rudely.

Donghyuck scoffs, "I don't get why you look so calm! Can't you see that this is so frustrating? How can we even go home? For sure the public transportation are full."

"I can walk."

"You want to walk in this kind of weather?! Are you stupid?!" And because of Donghyuck and his loud voice, the librarian shouts at them again. Renjun apologizes, pulling his best friend so they can leave the mini library already.

"We should protest to bring Uber back in South Korea."

Renjun shakes his head at  his best friend's ridiculous ideas, while walking calmly towards the stairs. He knows Donghyuck would be so bored the moment they get inside the art room 

And he's right, Donghyuck is whinier than he is awhile ago.

"You know what, I'll just leave. I'll hail a cab even though it's costly."

Renjun hums, too busy as he paints his project. He just hears the door closed, signalling that Donghyuck left already and now he is alone inside the art room.

Their first semester final project is about a painting of yourself.  He decided to paint a single rose in a field full of daisies and its background is soft pastel sky in a warm sunset.

He visualizes himself as a rose. A deep red rose full of thorns. While everyone, everything is a daisy.

Renjun thinks of himself as different. He is different that is why no one even dares to touch him. No one dares to pick him. No one dares...to even try.

He doesn't want to admit it but he wants someone to willingly take the risk and get the rose, him, despite of how prickly it is. For someone to admire and love no matter how dangerous it is.

Renjun halts, heaving a deep sigh.

Love? That's stupid, he thinks.

After how many minutes, he notices the sky outside the window, the rain has already stopped yet the clouds are still grey.

He stops painting his work and decides to just continue it on Friday. He fixes the materials he used carefully so the brushes and paint won't smear his hand. He leaves it on his place before standing up. He switches the light off and goes out the room.

As Renjun walks out the room, he hears two angry voices at the other room, obviously the door is left open. He knows it's coming from the dance room. And he knows whose voices are that.

Instead of being nosy, he walks the way to the other staircase since there are two stairs, the main one and the emergency one. Renjun will take the emergency stairs because if he take the main stairs, he will surely walk past the opened room and he doesn't want that to happen. They may see him and think that he is eavesdropping or what.

Renjun takes light steps away and as much as he wants not to hear it, he still hears the angry voices.

"You are a fucking liar!"

"But I still did try-"

"Whatever. You are the fucking worst."

Because Renjun can't take to hear it anymore, he starts to run towards the emergency door, opening it with a force and slams his back as he closes it.

His heart is beating so loud, his breathing is rapid.

He shakes his head, Just pretend you didn't hear anything okay? It's their fault anyways, they should have closed the door.

Renjun gets startled when the emergency door opens, he immediately turns his head and sees Jaemin who is also startled like him. Behind Jaemin is Jeno, whose crying face is evident. 

Silence envelops the three of them.

Then Jaemin's face turns into stoic, he walks past Renjun. Renjun didn't notice the aura of Jaemin, too furious and cold. Only the sound of his harsh footsteps make Renjun snaps back from his state.

Jeno remains infront of Renjun, not following Jaemin anymore.

Renjun don't know what to do.

"This is awkward." Renjun blunts.

Jeno emits a low chuckle, "Sorry."

"I'll take the other stairs, go follow Jaemin or whatever. I don't care."

Jeno hums. Renjun nods his head in return.

"If you ever heard our fight, I hope you don't hate me."

Renjun raises his eyebrow, "I already do hate the both you."

But Jeno knows this is just what he calls the-Renjun-attitude.

"Whatever you say, shortie." Jeno teases him with a smirk.

Renjun rolls his eyes at him before starting to walk past him. Without looking back he continues to walk fast to the main stairs.

Jeno glances at his way before heaving a hurt sigh. His smirk turns into a frown and walks down the stairs, not wanting to follow Jaemin because he knows his ex-boyfriend doesn't want to see him anymore.

Today is emotionally exhausting for Jaemin, Jeno and Renjun.