double sided | noren

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Jeno woke up on his couch the next day.

He looked at the time. 

9:30.

fuck.

He hurriedly got off the couch and went into the bathroom to brush his teeth. He must have fallen asleep yesterday while he was watching the movie. 

Jeno scolded himself while trying to get a shirt over his head. Picking up his bag at the front door, he immediately ran to school, not even bothering to have breakfast.

School had started over an hour ago! He had missed his whole first period class.

He got to school a few minutes later, rushing to his second period class.

"Jeno!" he heard someone call.

it was Jisung.

"hey Jisung," Jeno greeted the younger.

"Why weren't you in class?" asked Jisung.

Jeno smiled sheepishly. "I woke up late...?"

Jisung just laughed. "you can't be serious right?"

Jeno just nodded. He couldn't possibly explain what had happened yesterday. He should at least wait a little while, or wait for Jaemin so that he could explain it to the two of them at the same time.

"Well, this morning I overheard Renjun talking to Chenle about you. He said that if this continued he would seriously consider moving back to China," said the younger.

"What!?" Jeno exclaimed. He was shocked. Renjun hasn't even been here for a full week yet and he already wanted to leave?

Jisung nodded. "I just wanted to let you know. Maybe you've been a little too hard on him?"

Jeno just sighed, not sure what to say. he avoided the question and instead, told the younger that he had to go.

As Jeno walked away his mind was filled with a million different thoughts.

If Renjun went back to China, wouldn't that be a good thing for himself? Jeno wouldn't have to worry about the other boy finding out about his true self. But at the same time, there was a part of him that didn't want the boy to leave. He didn't know why, but there was something about Renjun that made him seem special, or different than the other people he had bullied before.

Jeno shook his head, walking into class and sitting down. 

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It was now lunch. Jeno was sitting at his normal lunch table again with Jaemin and Jisung. The two were currently bickering over whether hamburgers or cheeseburgers were better.

"obviously hamburgers are better! I hate cheese!" said a very angry Jisung.

"but the cheese makes it so much better!" complained Jaemin.

Jeno closed his eyes. "I'll be right back you guys, I just need to go grab something quickly," he said.

Jeno quickly ran out of the cafeteria and into the hallway. And of course, Renjun just had to be there.

Renjun was currently standing next to the door of the library, leaning on the wall with a book open. 

"hey pretty boy," said Jeno, putting on a teasing tone.

Hearing this Renjun looked up and almost dropped his book.

"Jeno," he said, looking down.

This made Jeno more confident. Losing his thoughts and standing up taller.

"so, what have you been up to today," he said.

"n-nothing," Renjun stuttered.

Jeno pushed Renjun onto the wall, causing Renjun to drop his book.

"look at me," said Jeno raising his voice. Renjun did. And all he saw was a pair of cold eyes staring at him. 

Renjun eyed Jeno's hands, which were currently clenched into fists. It took the smaller boy all his courage to finally ask Jeno the question that he had wanted answered since two days ago.

"Jeno, why do you do this?" he asked. Renjun had asked the exact same question yesterday as well, but he hadn't gotten an answer.

hearing this question brought Jeno back to his senses. Jeno unclenched his fists and for a split second, Renjun thought that he could see a little bit more than just a cold pair of eyes staring at him.

Hearing the smaller boy ask the question again only reminded Jeno of how Renjun seemed different and special in some way.

"that's none of your business," said Jeno. But to Renjun, Jeno's voice somehow seemed softer than the one he usually heard.

Jeno turned around and walked away, leaving Renjun to think about what he might've just seen.

Could there possibly be a different side to Jeno that no one knew about?

no.

This was Lee Jeno they were talking about. 

He was nothing more than a cold-hearted monster.

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