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HUANG RENJUN。

i heard a faint knock on the door which made me groan and shot an annoyed look towards the door, "who is it?" i grumbled.

the door opens and i saw a grinning jaemin walking in. i deadpanned, "what do you want?" i uttered and looked back to the canvas.

jaemin huffed, "you're painting here? didn't you get scolded for painting in your room?"

i chuckled dryly, "i would paint at the art room, but... too far."

honestly, i wouldn't mind painting at the art room, but it was really far from our bedrooms and i had no energy to go there by now.

"well, anyways, do you want to roam around with me?" jaemin offered with a smile.

i hummed, "rather not. i have a painting to finish." i looked down to my painting, i always paint whenever i had a chance to, and father would always be glad to hang it up in the walls of the palace.

"seriously? come on! you need some fresh air!"

"i already got some fresh air awhile ago." i sighed, remembering how jungwoo literally pleaded me to go, but since i really had no intentions of going, he just gave up on me.

i pursed my lips in curiosity. i don't even know where they went, but my other brothers informed me that they have arrived. i really don't understand what jungwoo was fussing about, he kept running all over the place, watching him made me feel tired.

"yeah," jaemin shakes his head in disapproval, "that wasn't one bit what you could call fresh air."

i shot him a side glare, "just leave me alone."

jaemin frowned, "what's gotten you so grumpy anyways? you're not usually this annoyed."

i thought about it. squinting my eyes, i think the reason why i'm easily irritated was my lack of sleep. i couldn't really sleep these days, it's like my mind was a mess. a huge mess that just keeps thinking about nonsense things.

"i'm just... the lack of sleep... that's all." i mumbled and started putting away my paint materials.

from the corner of my eye, i can see jaemin's mouth tugging up into a smirk making me scoff, "don't look too smug." and that made him drop the smirk he had.

i raised a brow, "i'm just gonna go get myself something to eat."

"that's like the same thing! we can go eat then roam around." jaemin pointed out and i sneered, "not really in the mood, jaemin."

"what is even keeping you up all night?" he grunted, crossing his arms over his chest.

i shrugged, "i... don't really know." muttering, my wandering eyes got lost amongst the corners of my room.

hearing jaemin scoff, i averted my gaze back to him and he gave me a displeased look, "yeah, i'm not believing that."

i groaned, "okay fine! i was thinking about jaeyoung, are you happy now?"

his demeanor immediately changed from a foul to a pleasant one. a heartfelt laugh was released from his mouth, "so you do happen to care about her."

"i don't."

"you do."

"definitely don't."

"definitely do."

i scoffed and made my way out my shared room with donghyuck, jaemin following closely behind me.

"where the heck are you going?" jaemin asked loudly as we walked through the halls of the castle.