BLACK | jung jaehyun [on hold]

eight

the burning sun shining through the blinds was the reason jaemin opened his eyes this fine, saturday morning.

he laid in bed, his head pounding from all the alcohol he had the previous night.

on the floor mattress with a blanket was a shirtless jeno, still dead asleep.

jaemin scrunched his face as jeno softly snores.

"even when you're sleeping you're ugly."

he says to his best friends though he knows jeno wouldn't hear.

jaemin entered the bathroom and looked at his hair in the mirror.

even though he looked as if his hair could be the next generation grass for plants to grow, he knew he was still cute.

he washed himself up and took a nice, heated shower.

jaemin just felt so disgusting after partying too hard last night while they were wildin over uno cards.

he wrapped a towel around his waist and began to brush his teeth before jeno came in the bathroom with a towel around him, too.

jaemin gagged a little at jeno.

"what? you don't like it then look away. i'm just gonna shower."

jeno defends, getting into the shower as jaemin finished brushing his teeth.

"wasn't planning on staring, dickhead."

jaemin spit out, running out of the bathroom to get changed.

jeno only laughs as he turned on the water, shuddering when the cold water hits his skin.

• • •

"last night was wild, guys."

chenle says during breakfast as all the boys eat.

"you don't even know. you fell asleep before midnight."

jisung says, drinking water from his cup.

"you did, too, idiot."

chenle points out, angrily shoving hangover soup into his mouth.

he and jisung were the only ones without a hangover since they didn't drink but everyone else was suffering.

even jaemin and jeno, who had hangovers, didn't want to cook.

so they ordered in from a nearby restaurant.

"i'm so fucking tired i can't even open my eyes or charge my phone."

jaemin complains, drinking the soup from his spoon.

"i bet no one remembers whatever happened last night."

mark says, laughing as looks around at the boys.

"i do, i remember everything."

jeno says, quietly spooning soup into his mouth.

"oh, yeah, what happened?"

mark asks, quirking a brow at the younger boy.

"we all played uno and we all suck except for chenle, renjun, and jisung."

jeno reponds, smiling innocently and mark's grin drops.

"i don't suck. i just wasn't motivated."

he defends, returning contact to his soup.

"i ate skittles from a cup full of what i thought was water but was vodka this morning."

haechan interrupts, his statement leaving everyone confused.

"you just said 'skittles'. why'd you eat more than one?"

renjun asks, confused but unbothered by the younger boy's quirks.

small laughter is heard around the kitchen table.

"dude, skittles are skittles."

haechan replies, causing laughter to grow from every side of the table.

"what about you, jaemin? what do you remember from last night?"

chenle had targeted him specifically and that was what caused jeno's heart rate to quicken.

jaemin smirks and looks at jeno, winking discreetly though he saw.

"yesterday night, jeno slipped on juice that i spilled. it was hilarious."

jaemin answers and everyone joins in on the topic to continue the conversation but jeno stays silent.

he could not get the memories of last night out of his mind.

anything he tried to think of just wouldn't come up.

jeno found himself staring at jaemin's soft lips over and over again.

it was getting so difficult.

he didn't even know the feelings he had last night or why he was so attracted to his friend in a way he had never recognized before.

why was this only happening now?

and why when his best friend was already in love with a girl?

why did his best friend have to be the one to soften his heart?

"jeno, are you okay?"

chenle asked, making small conversation with him.

jeno spaced out for a split second.

"yes, i'm okay. it was nothing."

he assured and chenle nodded before eating again.

• • •

jaehyun didn't even want to go to this party.

the last time he was there, he was so wasted that he couldn't even remember what had happened last time.

so he ended up losing the thing most precious to him.

but somehow he found it in your hands as if it was meant to be; destiny.

he didn't mean to steal it from you but it was rightfully his first, right?

it was a ring that meant the most to him.

it was everything he had hoped for in exchange for what he lost.

and he just had to lose it at that party.

jaehyun couldn't believe he was attending another crazy party of his friend's.

this time, he won't make the mistake of losing it again because he won't take it,

because he didn't know if you were going to be there to keep it for him as you had done all these years.