New Students // NCT Renjun

I get caught cheating

May came and my study session with Leo approached. I was going to meet Renjun the same day for another sleepover (I was really hoping these would become a habit), but Leo would be gone by the time Renjun would have arrived, so I didn't stress about it too much.
Finally, Friday came. Two weeks ago Renjun and I had kissed each other for the first time and had started dating the day after. 6 days ago I had woken up in his arms. His mumbled "Don't go yet" and his little kisses on my neck still gave me goosebumps when I thought about it. Even though we'd only been dating for two weeks, Renjun had become a part of my life I didn't want to live without. But still, after months of friendship and a really uncomfortable time in which we both didn't know how to express our feelings to each other, our relationship felt so fragile and foreign to me. Everytime we tried something I would get excited, but at the same time I was scared of ruining everything by moving too fast. I knew Renjun well; well enough to know that there were sides of him that I yet had to explore, even though I was scared of what would happen to us if I did.
The doorbell rang and I opened the front door for Leo.
He immediately greeted me with a smile. "Hey, Sofia."
I pointed over my shoulder towards the living room. "Hi. Follow me."
Leo followed me into the living room, sat down on the sofa and unpacked his things. I plopped down next to him and looked into his open book. "So what do you need help with?"
He pointed to something we had recently talked about in class.
"Oh, it's actually not that hard, you just have to-" I started giving a lengthy explanation, but the way Leo was staring at me was distracting. I tried to ignore it and kept talking. "Do you understand it now?"
"Sorry, no, can you explain it again?"
So I started again -  but I stopped in frustration when he kept staring at me instead of looking into his book. "Are you listening to me?"
"Yes, of course I am! Has anyone ever told you before how smart you are?"
I shot him an irritated glance and thanked him. When I started explaining for the third time he slowly started inching towards me. Does he think I won't notice if he does it slowly enough?
"I'm sorry, I didn't get that last part, could you explain it again?"
With a sigh I started explaining for the fourth time; only to immediately stop when Leo suddenly put his hand on my thigh.
I let out a deep breath. "Leo? What exactly do you think you're doing?"
He smiled brightly. "You're really pretty, Sofia!"
"So?"
"I liked you since the day you came here."
"Does that give you the permission to touch me? Get your hands off me immediately or I will kick you out of this house right now."
His hand didn't move, no, he leaned even closer to me. "Just give me a chance, I swear you won't regret it."
"I told you to get your dirty fingers off me. Do you even know that I have a bo-"
"Sofia? Are you in the-"
Renjun froze in the doorway. In a heartbeat I realized how this scene had to look to him. I promptly shoved Leo away from me, but the damage had already been done. "Sofia? What is this?"
"Leo, leave. Now." This time Leo listened, grabbed his stuff as quickly as possible and ran out the front door, leaving me and Renjun staring at each other in shock.
"Renjun, look, I can-"
"I finished homework fast, so I decided to come here early. I used the spare key because you're usually in the shower around this time. I thought you would be happy to see me, but I guess I was wrong."
"Renjun, please listen to me, okay? I can explain. Leo asked me if I could help him study for the English exam, so I just said yes without thinking too much about it and suddenly he started hitting on me!"
"Yeah, I can tell that you weren't thinking a lot."
"Stop being sarcastic and believe me! I swear this is what happened! I told him to stop, but he just kept touching me!"
Renjun scoffed. "Even if it's true, is that supposed to make me feel better?" He turned around and walked straight to the door, grabbing the bag he had thrown into the corner earlier and reaching for his shoes. "I think I shouldn't hang out with you today. Why don't you ask Leo if he wants to come? How about you sleep with him tonight?"
I grabbed his arm and dragged him back into the living room before he could leave. "I already told you the truth! I didn't mean for it to go this way, why are you so upset?!"
Again Renjun let out a scoff in disbelief. "Why am I upset?"
With shaky legs I sat down on the sofa again, looking up at Renjun, who was standing in front of me with crossed arms and a clenched jaw, his voice getting louder with every word.
"I'm upset because you invited some guy over without telling me anything first! Don't you think you should have some kind of talk with your boyfriend before you let him into your house?! Did you seriously think he would ask someone he had never talked to before to help him study, even though everyone in class knows exactly that he isn't even bad in English class?! What would have happened if I hadn't walked in? Would you have let him keep touching you? Would you ever have told me? Probably not because apparently in your mind it's unnecessary to tell your boyfriend when another boy is hitting on you! You let him touch you against your will, all of which could easily have been avoided if you had taken two seconds to write me a short text asking how I feel about this, and now you're asking me why I'm upset?!"
I took a deep breath, trying to keep calm. I had never seen Renjun this angry and he had never yelled at me before. I knew that if I started speaking now I would start crying, both out of sadness and anger. I felt stupid for not asking Renjun first, but at the same time I was mad at Renjun for making me feel stupid. Although I tried to keep my emotions in check, after a few more tries of taking deep breaths, I stood up (which didn't have quite the effect I was hoping for since he was over 5 inches taller than me) and started speaking.
"I'm sorry. You're right, I should have told you, but it's not my fault that Leo tried to make a move on me. I was trying to stop him and about to kick him out when you walked in. Stop making it seem like it's all my fault when I was just trying to help him."
I ignored the tears streaming down my cheeks and stared back at Renjun just as stern as he was staring at me.
I didn't know if we stood there for minutes or seconds, but his expression softened at last. "You're right. I'm sorry."
I sobbed into his shirt as he hugged me. "It's not your fault. I'm sorry for yelling at you. I shouldn't have overreacted like that."
"It's okay. I understand why you got mad."
"Can I have your phone for a second?"
Confused I pulled away from the hug. "What? Why?"
A smug grin appeared on Renjun's face. "I just want to talk to Leo real quick."