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" 아무것도모른단얼굴로넌
내맘을흔들어기회를노려 "
a few days had gone by after the altercation with jaemin and that one boy, and there was no sign of jaemin. it felt weird without him. or at least, jeno thought so. he wanted to act like he didn't know what he was feeling, when he knew and he knew damn well what it was.
he missed jaemin.
currently, the older was walking to his locker after a few periods. he realized he was pretty much late for his next one, so he didn't bother trying to rush anymore. jeno took his sweet and slow time going through his locker gathering his things, before hearing someone walking in the hallways. the boy was alone, seeing as how everyone else was already in class. so, he turned to the source of the noise.
jaemin walked breezily past jeno and towards his locker, just scrolling through his phone the whole time and paying no attention to the boy next to him. again, he felt the curious stare on him, and felt the want to smile because of it.
"h-hi.." jeno spoke, mentally facepalming himself for stuttering. jaemin opened his locker, eyes averted to only that. "hey." he responded. also again, that short pause of silence. jaemin already knew; it was like jeno was afraid of talking to him and he was always contemplating on what to say.
as usual, jeno broke the silence not long after, ".. why haven't you been in school?" jaemin took a textbook from his backpack and put it into his locker. "i got suspended." he replied, jeno's eyes widening slightly again. it was the other boy who started everything, yet he was here everyday after the altercation, how come he wasn't suspended.
".. oh." the older said quietly. jaemin shrugged and walked to the cafeteria again, even though he knew class was to the left and not to the right where the cafeteria was. jeno wanted to continue talking to him, about anything really. he just wished he could find it in him to actually talk to jaemin like a normal person and stop being so timid and shy, because he knew this was not how he used to be.
jeno ended up heading to class after watching jaemin disappear, taking a seat next to jisung since this was one of the only classes where he wasn't with his boyfriend. and it's not that jeno didn't want him to be with his boyfriend, it was just that he was getting so tired of third-wheeling. jisung had taken notice of how jeno longed to talk to jaemin; he could see it written all over his face.
"where's jaemin?" the younger asked, making jeno shrug. "he took off again." "really? where?" again, jeno shrugged. "i honestly have no idea."
jisung decided to let jeno be for the moment so they could both redirect their attention to the lesson being taught. over half the period goes by, and again that squeaky door abruptly opened, knocking everyone out of their focus.
"you are late, again, jaemin." the teacher sighed deeply, truthfully so done with dealing with his student. the said boy didn't give a response, just his usual mean mug. except today, it was a little meaner than usual and it lasted throughout the class.
"i mean talking to jaemin is fun and everything, but he's got a look like that on is face, he's just scary." jisung whispered, carefully observing jaemin from across the classroom with jeno. the older frowned; he wanted to know why he was mad, so then he would know how to make him feel better. and why exactly he wanted to make him feel better, he didn't know either.
jeno walked to his locker after the period was over, and saw jaemin was also there at his. but jaemin wasn't actually moving or doing anything inside his locker, if anything he was just staring inside of it.
"hey..." jeno greeted quietly. this time, for the first time, jaemin didn't say anything; instead, he just turned towards jeno. the two looked into each others' eyes for a good moment, the longest moment jeno has counted yet. the younger's eyes were shiny, reflective and bright.
jeno could see jaemin's expression soften for just a split second, before returning back its menacing stare. the boy slammed his locker shut and walked off, making jeno slightly flinch as he was left alone to this thoughts.
something was definitely wrong now; and jeno really wanted to talk to jaemin about it.
