•The Ghost of Flowers• {[Nomin]}

✨🌸 Chapter 48 🌸✨

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Jaemin felt something tickle his wrist as he glanced downward, noticing a collection of small marigolds growing around his hands. He raised an eyebrow at himself since he hadn't even meant to grow them, but he shook his head and continued on his way to Jeno's house. He pulled his sleeves over the flowers, but weirdly they kept blooming and trying to peek from under the fabric.

The sky was starting to cloud over with large pillows of grey, wind levels beginning to rise which made Jaemin worry it was about to pour any second. But despite the warning signs of bad weather, Jaemin couldn't help but stop when he came level with the ice cream shop.

Jeno has been acting off all of today and maybe he could bring him over a treat along with the news. That would definitely cheer the boy up, and Jaemin smiled at the thought of possibly having a rainy day with the older as they celebrated the end of the school year with a movie marathon.

Jaemin smiled and grabbed a five dollar bill from his pocket, quickly walking up to the ice cream stand and ordering both of their usuals. One vanilla, one Superman. The boy thanked the cashier and grabbed the cones, still trying to hide the flowers. But upon turning, he spotted someone unexpected.

"Jaehyun?" Jaemin asked and walked up to his roommate, tapping his shoulder to grab his attention. The older turned around with a distressed look and phone pressed against his ear, causing concern to rise in Jaemin's chest. "What's the matter?"

Jaehyun only looked at the younger, mouth slightly parting as he withdrew the phone from his ear. "I think somethings wrong. Taeyong just called and asked for me to come over, but I could tell in his voice he was upset."

Jaemin bit his lip and shook his head. "Let's go to his house then. I need to meet Jeno anyway."

Jaehyun nodded and they both walked together, mostly off in their own worlds. Jaemin couldn't help but feeling like something was wrong and that there was a sour scent in the air. With Jeno acting extremely distant on the last day of school and saying something about Taeyong being sick. He just hoped everything was alright.

But hopefully the ice cream and audition opportunity would cheer the dark haired up, and maybe the next day they could hang out with their little friend group to celebrate new beginnings. Jaemin tried to smile based on this information, but his gut still twisted under his will.

About ten minutes passed when Jeno's house came into view, and thank god because raindrops were starting to fall from the angered clouds. The car in the driveway slowly pulled out when they were a house away, turning in the opposite direction and racing off. Jaemin wasn't entirely sure, but he's almost certain that was Mark's.

Shrugging it off, the two continued to head closer to the house, Jaehyun being the one to knock while still maintaining a worried look.

When the door swung open, they were met with a red haired man with eyes matching the hue. Jaehyun immediately hugged him and asked in a whisper what was wrong.