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⋘ 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 – 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎... ⋙

Ⰶ║ June 27 2020 ║Ⰶ

Jaemin, although very tired from staying awake all night, wouldn't budge as Mark insisted on him driving and Jaemin resting.

"Jaemin seriously, it's been two days. You need to sleep."

"Mark I'm fine–"

"Jaemin." Renjun's voice breaks through their conversation from the doorway of the hospital. They decided to camp there for the night, so that Jaemin could keep an eye on Hyuk. "You. Here. Now." His demanding yet high pitch makes the teen sigh and nod, giving a small wave to Mark as he follows Renjun inside.

"What is it?" Jaemin follows closely behind the shorter male, who was walking towards the CT-scan room at the end of the first hall. 

Renjun doesn't say anything until they're inside the room, finding Jeno sitting on the scanning bed. "I can't deal with your guys' petty little fight. So talk it out, and don't come back out until everything is settled. Understand?" He looks at each boy dead in the eye, only leaving when they both give him a nod.

The door closes and Jaemin turns to Jeno, face expressionless. "...I'm sorry." He takes a seat on the floor, Jeno's eyes watching his every move. "I shouldn't have overreacted when you were just trying to look out for me." He sighs, fiddling with his fingers. "Just..yeah. I'm sorry. I didn't want to bring everyone else into this tiny issue but I guess my attitude did that for me anyway. And I really shouldn't have gotten annoyed like that. And thank you for worrying about me." His voice is quiet, just loud enough for Jeno to hear.

Jeno gets up from the scanning bed and sits himself next to Jaemin, their knees now touching. "I understand where you're coming from, and I'm sorry too. I know how degrading it can feel when someone says you're too weak or not good enough for something. But I think you're really strong, and amazing...I guess the way I worded it and my attitude didn't come off in the best sense. I just want you to be safe, and I know you can take care of yourself. So I'm sorry." Jeno puts his hand palm-up on his knee, waiting only a few seconds before Jaemin interlocks their fingers and begins to rub his thumb over Jeno's knuckles. It was a habit Jaemin always had when he felt guilty or nervous, and Jeno quickly grew to learn the best thing was to just let Jaemin calm himself down. "You're crazy strong, and can take a lot. I never meant to put you down."

"I know..."

"I'm sorry."

"It's ok. I am too."

Jeno nods, letting the silence take over the room. It was comfortable, just him and Jaemin sitting alone; sure, maybe the dirty floor isn't the best place, but boo hoo they don't care. But that silence was soon put away when soft sniffles could be heard from the honey-haired boy beside him. Jeno knew Jaemin was emotional, and always had strong feelings when it came to these sorts of things, but he still didn't want to see the boy cry.

"Hey..it's ok Nana." He gently brings his hand up to rub Jaemin's back.

"I know...I just feel bad that I couldn't accept your concern and had to blow it out of proportion."

Jeno sighs, bringing Jaemin's head to rest on his shoulder. "It's fine Nana. I would have done the same thing, as would the others. Don't stress yourself over it, ok?" Jaemin nods, finally calming himself down.

"Ok."

Jeno smiles. "Let's go back to the others, Sungie probably misses you." His comment made Jaemin chuckle as he stood.

"I'm his mother, of course he misses me," Jaemin says confidently, opening the door and walking out.

"What? Did you birth him?" Jeno rolls his eyes playfully.

"Yes in fact I did."

"Mmm, sure."

⋘ Tʀᴀɴsᴍɪssɪᴏɴ ᴇʀʀᴏʀ. Pʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴛʀʏ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ. ⋙

⋘sorry this is so bad. I wasn't feeling it today. been distracted⋙