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" 널알아가면갈수록내취향과
패턴그모든게바뀌어 "
today was friday, everyone's favorite day.
jeno was sitting with jisung, jisung's boyfriend, and their friend group. they tried including the boy into what they were talking about it, but honestly he was out of it.
instead, jeno was focused on jaemin and shuhua at the table in front of him.
how on earth was he going to find a moment to be alone with shuhua if she was always with jaemin? jeno buried his head into his arms on the lunch table and sulked, thinking about everything.
why was he so attracted to jaemin? why did he want to get to him so badly? had he truthfully and utterly caught feelings for this boy, already and so soon?
"yes.." jeno mumbled silently to himself, shaking his head, which was still down on the table. he asked himself plenty of times, 'how did this happen? when did this happen?' but never came up with any sort of answer or explanation.
love just worked in very mysterious ways.
in the midst of jeno dwelling over his feelings, the intercom in the school suddenly rang and jaemin was called into the principle's office. jeno saw the annoyance on his face when the lady on the intercom called his name out, and saw shuhua scolding him as well as telling him to go. so, he did.
but only because of shuhua.
jeno watched as jaemin left the cafeteria towards the main office, leaving shuhua by herself.
this was his chance, but why was he hesitating so much? what if the girl was just like jaemin? what if she wouldn't let him talk about jaemin? what if she completely rejects talking with him then goes and tells jaemin everything he said?
shuhua pulled her phone out, reading a message that had popped up before putting her phone back into her bag and getting up. she gathered her things, and was about to head out before she was stopped.
jeno didn't know why he panicked seeing her get up, but his feet moved quicker than his mind and now there he was, right in front of shuhua.
the girl got startled, looking at jeno with slightly widened eyes. she knew of him since he was new and had seen him in the hallways a couple times, but they've never spoken. they stood in silence for a while, shuhua offering jeno a warm smile. "... may i help y-"
"i like jaemin!" the older blurted out, freezing in place the moment those words left his lips. again, a moment of silence set between the two. jeno's face had turned a shade of crimson, so he plopped down on the seat jaemin was just at with shuhua and hid his face. "i like jaemin..." he muttered again, feeling some of sort of relief that he got to get that out of his chest. jeno felt shuhua also sit back down in her seat, and remain quiet until the boy eventually picked his head back up and faced her.
shuhua smiled lightly again. "... so, you like jaemin?" the girl giggled slightly at jeno's reaction. "okay."
jeno held a face of distress, "i don't know what to do.." he mumbled, shaking his head. shuhua could see the plea of help that was in his eyes, and began setting her things back down on the table.
"yeah.. jaemin's a tough one to get through. when people get too close to him sometimes, he can be real mean and push you away." shuhua's voice was actually pretty dainty, and soft. of course she understood jeno's troubles; he wasn't the only one coming to her about jaemin. because with her best-friend, nobody where what to do first. she also knew that this boy had fallen hard for him; other than the fact that it was written all over, shuhua never failed to notice the gazes jeno would have on jaemin.
the boy nodded in understanding at shuhua's words. "i-i don't know how to tell him.."
was jeno thinking rationally? did he even want to let jaemin know he had feelings for him? what if everything backfired on him?
"well first, you're gonna have to get to know him better than a few words a day. you should probably invite him to hang out with you someday." shuhua suggested, like it was nothing. it looked like jaemin was going to beat jeno up for greeting him most of the time, how on earth was he supposed to ask him out?
"don't be nervous," shuhua smiled, noticing the way jeno seemed to stiffen at the advice. "jaemin thinks you're cute too."
"wait.. what?" the boy's eyes widened. "really..?" shuhua nodded, remembering when her best-friend talked about how 'adorable the new kid was' and how he pretty much gushed to her about how their lockers were next to each other. shuhua's phone suddenly went off again, to which she opened her bag and quickly checked the message. the girl shook her head, putting her phone away and turning to face jeno.
"i gotta go see what kind of trouble jaemin's into now." shuhua sighed. the boy nodded, helping her gather her things and bidding her goodbye before eventually watching her take off.
jeno was left alone to his own thoughts, his mind only wrapped in jaemin thinking he was cute.
jaemin thought he was cute!
as much as he wanted to fanboy over that, jeno was much more worried about how he was going to tell jaemin how he felt.
yet who knew the next day would catch him way off guard?
