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" 내가아닌다른사람빤히
쳐다보는눈빛 "
"and during this time period, the-"
the teacher paused as the classroom door opened, particularly because that door was very creaky, and immediately sighed upon seeing who had entered. "jaemin, you're late."
"really? i'm shocked." jaemin responded, mocking the teacher's tone. he raised his eyebrow at the boldness coming from his student, who then proceeded to blow a bubble with his gum. "spit the gum out." the teacher gave jaemin a stern look. ".. nah."
"now." the boy rolled his eyes and got up to throw his gum away, only doing so because if he misbehaved in this class one more he would get detention. not that he was going to go anyway, he just didn't want the hassle of having to sneak past teachers trying to leave. jaemin sat back down and held his head on his hand, sighing.
".. no thank you." a voice near him said. jaemin turned around to the seat behind him, and saw jeno talking to some other new kid next to him. the two ended up meeting eyes again, the younger briefly observing him before turning back around with a slight giggle; and that slight giggle was all it took for jeno to be astonished by him again, for the rest of class.
when the period was over, jeno headed out with jisung, who was in that class but sitting off in the corner with his boyfriend. jeno walked a little bit more in front of the couple, not wanting to disturb them.
and everything was going normally, until jeno was pushed into a locker.
the boy furrowed his eyebrows at feeling a body push him to out of the way. "watch it." he called out, to which the entirety of the obnoxiously loud group stopped dead in their tracks. they were all taller than jeno, and appeared way too old to still be in high school. one of the tallest ones pinned jeno to that row of lockers he was just pushed into.
"what did you say to me?" he growled, jeno immediately catching the try-hard and wannabe badass attitudes from all of them. the boy gave a slight face of discomfort, seeing as how they were all trying to corner him at once. "i said, what the fuck did you just say-"
"he said to watch it." another voice said, making the group and jeno all simultaneously turn their heads towards the source of it.
jaemin stood lazily against the wall of lockers, scowling at the group infamously known for flunking their senior year again and again. jaemin swore they were in their twenties already. he approached the one still holding onto jeno, and pushed his arm away with disgust. jaemin now stood in front of the older, blocking him from the group. he crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow at them, unfazed.
that group knew of jaemin, because honestly who didn't in that school? he topped all of them when it came to the one who caused the most trouble. and they were known for being the absolute worst before jaemin came around. the boy was on a whole other level.
jaemin did nothing but stare the group down, almost like he wanted to see if they dared tried to do something to either him or jeno. but eventually, they mouthed off to him and walked away, leaving him amused. that group was really all bark and no bite.
the younger now turned to face jeno from behind him. and again, he met those eyes of his that just set something off in him. ".. are you alright?" jaemin asked, his soft voice back in the older's ears. he was caught so off guard with jaemin actually defending him, that he was at a loss for words. the younger could see he was having a hard time speaking in the moment, and it made him let out a silent chuckle. jeno ended up just nodding his head before embarrassing himself any further with his stammering, something that jaemin smiled slightly at.
and just like that, he walked away again.
when that whole situation deescalated, jisung and chenle came back to up him and the three continued to head to the cafeteria. the couple had already received enough hate and torment from that group of seniors, that their instinct when they saw them was to just stay out of their sight.
"he really just saved you.. that's weird." jisung mumbled. after being in this school for so long, he got to know a lot about jaemin. he never stood up for anybody. he never cared for anyone, because he never talked to really, anyone. jaemin flew solo, and minded his business. it made all three of them wonder why he defended jeno.
jeno didn't comment on anything that jisung was saying, not because he wasn't listening, but because he was trying to get his jumbled thoughts together. what was so special about jaemin? why did he get this way because of him? why did his breath stop at the sight of him? why did he always lose himself whenever he was around him? why was this happening?
"why is this happening.." jeno mumbled to himself, really just in deep thought about everything. this was only the second day of this new school; how was he going to manage staying here for the rest of his high school career if he turned to mush at the slight mention of jaemin?
jeno sat down with jisung, chenle, and their other friends. the boy quietly introduced himself to the new people he hadn't met, but then turned his focus away to everyone else in the cafeteria. he watched as other students grabbed their lunch and sat down with their friends, eventually catching jaemin walking through the cafeteria doors. he wanted to avert his gaze to something, anything else, but he just couldn't.
"damn jeno, quit staring!" the said boy heard jisung say, to which he teared his eyes away just to glare at him. "i'm not staring." he responded, a little too quickly. "literally, you can't keep your eyes off jaemin." jisung deadpanned, to which jeno was about to say something to that before he was cut off by a laugh. a certain laugh he was so quick to become intrigued by.
"who's that girl?" jeno asked, seeing jaemin cuddled up in her arms as they talked, their faces so close to each other. jisung didn't even have to turn to know who it was; if jaemin did ever talk to anybody, it was always her.
"shuhua." jisung replied, watching as jeno scanned everything little thing about her and how she was touching jaemin. "they're bestfriends, jeno. calm down," the younger chuckled. "shuhua's got a girl. those two.. they're just touchy like that."
jeno saw jaemin smile at shuhua as they were laughing; and he had such a beautiful smile.
