silence is bliss,, renmin

four.

the first month of being at school was semi-decent. renjun always had lucas with him and mark would tag along sometimes. 

the only time he got to spend alone, was the time when mark was in class and when he didn't need lucas to be his voice. 

lucas would normally drive home after classes were over, and pick renjun up after an hour or two, along with mark. 

renjun sat in the art department. he had a median canvas in front of him and started to paint strawberries and sunflowers. 

he was listening to the previous night's episode of night night dream as he painted. no one really came to the art department so renjun was alone most of the time.

he would go home with paint splattered on his blue jeans and smell of strawberries, mint, and acrylic paint. 

he always seemed to have those three scents on him, no matter what. the apartment they lived in was decorated solely with his own art and the other two would always fuss when he took one down to replace it with a new painting.

most of renjun's clothes have paint stains on them, and he's okay with that, it gives them a personality of their own. 

he often paints the back of jean jackets or his jean's and it always brings him some level of joy. 

as the episode came to an end, renjun looked out one of the windows to see a group walk by, one sticking out with his bright pink hair. 

renjun's eyes trailed after him. before he could look back, the boy turned his head as glanced at him. renjun tumbled down from his seat and his cheeks became hot. 

he waited for them to walk by before sitting back on his seat. his phone vibrated in his pocket, he looked and saw mark saying he was going to leave campus early as he had a group project to start with a few others.

renjun replied with a simple,'ok' before putting it away. he sat and touched up the painting, before letting it sit to dry. he took the painting apron off, before signing haechan once again on his painting.

his eyes drooped at the name, but he kept moving. he grabbed his backpack, before turning the lights out. he stepped out of the room and walked down the hallway, to the exit.

he stepped out into the crisp evening. he walked down a few steps before stopping and sitting. 

he pulled his phone out and texted lucas that he was done. the older responded quickly saying he would be a bit longer that day than normal. renjun was okay with that.

he could see the sunset perfectly from where he was sitting and the damp air invaded his lungs.

the lamp posts on the pathways around campus slowly started to flicker on as it grew darker. 

he heard footsteps walking up to him. he saw the boy with the pink hair walking back from where he was walking before, this time alone. 

he seemed to notice the small boy on the art department steps as he slowed his paced down, a smile filled his face and he came to a stop at the bottom of the steps. 

"hi," he said with a big smile and small wave. renjun just gave him a small wave in return. jaemin walked up the steps slowly and sat slightly below the small chinese boy.

"im na jaemin," he said with that wide smile still on his face.

renjun's eyes pulled away from him as he noticed lucas's car pull up on the main road. renjun grabbed his bag and phone, standing up, giving jaemin a small bow before running to the car.

jaemin watched as he ran, slightly confused, as he had no idea why the boy didn't respond to him at all.