= The Man In the Mirror = {[Nomin]}

• Chapter 5 •

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The sun shone brightly that morning as Jeno slowly opened his eyes. His back felt just as stiff again as he slowly raised himself, finding himself to be in his living room.

But it was all reversed.

The sudden realization made him stand up violently, looking around at the twisted around room with wide eyes. It was just like that nightmare he had.

But what really caught his attention was the figure that was laying on another one of his couches, seeming to be passed out as light snores resonated through the open air.

Jeno stared for a second before slowly creeping over to the sleeping boy. He first thought it was Chenle, thinking the boy gave his room to that Jisung boy and went downstairs, maybe pulling a prank on Jeno by moving his furniture. But even the doorways were switched, which shouldn't be possible.

He saw a black mask on the boy's face that has soft designs of red roses that surrounded the rim, following along the boy's eyebrows all the way around the tops of his cheeks.

Jeno remembered his dream, thinking that the boy reminded him so much of the one he saw. But for some reason, when he thought back to it, he couldn't remember everything about his face. But the mask he didn't recall, only remembering seeing him with nothing on his face.

Jeno hovered over the sleeping boy, taking note of how peaceful he looked. His eyelashes appeared so long through the holes of his beautifully made mask, his skin looking so smooth as it ran over his cheekbones like waves of amber. The only feature that Jeno could see clearly was the bottom of his face that wasn't covered, staring at the boy's mouth that was slightly parted with slow breaths coming out of his plump lips.

The dark haired man felt something weird flip in his chest, immediately taking his gaze away from that portion of the boy's face. His eyes then landed back on the mask, suddenly feeling the urge to take the thing off.

Even though he couldn't see his face clearly, he still assumed this man to be very attractive, given the features he could see. He wanted to know who this was, wanted to see this person for who they were and not being hid behind a mask.

His fingers slowly crept up to his face, fingers slowly landing on the material of the mask, feeling soft but hard at the same time. Jeno's fingertips slowly grazed the outside before he slowly brushed his thumb on the sleeping beauty's cheek, trying to get underneath the material.

Unfortunately, this caused the boy to stir as the eyes beneath the mask slowly opened, scaring the bejesus out of Jeno.

The boy got scared as well, sitting up fast which unfortunately caused a collision against each other's foreheads. Jeno fell back on the floor and groaned in pain as the unknown boy laid back down, gripping his head.