meaningless [i love yous] [COMPLETED]

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"ya!" chenle screamed, chasing after jisung through the hallways, and jisung just laughed at him, making a face. they were filming an episode of chenji's this and that, and it was a competition.

whoever got the armband of the other first got a scooter backpack, and neither wanted to lose.

do you know how awesome it would be to own one? and all they had to do was get an armband off the other.

they had gone to a school on the weekend, so jisung and chenle were running around in socks and comfy clothes.

"get back here zhong jisung!" chenle screamed as they pounded up the stairs, the camera crew following them.

"catch me if you can!" jisung teased, sticking out his tongue cutely.

"i will!" chenle skidded up the stairs and saw jisung ducking into a classroom, and chenle followed, only for jisung to be waiting behind the door.

luckily, the staff had told jisung which room to go into since they had put mats on the ground, knowing the boys would wrestle.

they were right. apparently the want for a backpack that turned into a scooter was far more important than their friendship and idol image, because jisung quickly had chenle pinned to the ground, tickling him, and chenle was flailing like a fish out of water as he screamed.

jisung was mere centimetres from getting chenle's off when chenle suddenly stopped struggling and smirked, holding up jisung's red armband in his hand.

"how -"

"i won!" chenle crowed, wiggling our from under jisung and bouncing up and down. "see? see? i'm legend! i get a scooter backpack!"

jisung was just sitting there staring at chenle with disbelief, and the crew couldn't contain their laughter at the confused look on jisung's face. "how?"

"magic!" chenle giggled, jumping up and down.

in all reality, it had fallen off during their tussling and chenle had picked it up before jisung had noticed. but it was still a win.

"good job you two," the manager said, and they nodded. "you have some time now before you have another schedule, so why don't you take some time to unwind? just make sure you stay together, but there's a mall two blocks away."

they nodded, putting on masks and chenle pulled up his hoodie as jisung put on a cap. as they walked out, chenle and jisung both checked for their wallets and phone, which they thankfully had.

somewhere along the walk, chenle grabbed jisung's hand, more as a comforting tool than anything else. he did it often in unfamiliar places, and jisung only laced his fingers with his and pulled him closer.

"where are we going first?"

"i wanted a stuffed animal," chenle mused. "but i also want a chocolate milkshake."

"we have enough time for both," jisung laughed, and chenle looked at him fondly. "let's get the plushie first." chenle nodded, tugging jisung towards his favourite store - a cute little stationery shop named treasure.

luckily, fans hadn't spotted them, and so they were able to peruse the selection without much difficulty. jisung, while chenle was very seriously trying to figure out if he should get a lion or pudu stuffed animal (he had the rest of dream's animals, he was just missing haechan and mark's. the chick he had was the first one he'd ever gotten, and he had named it sungie), went over to the counter.

"whatever he wants, pay for it with this card," jisung said softly, pointing at chenle who was playing eeny, meeny, miny, moe with his eyes closed.

"yes sir," the cashier said just as quietly. "is he your boyfriend?"

jisung paused, part of him wanting to say yes, but he shook his head no. "just a friend." the cashier raised an eyebrow, but didn't press further.

"jwi," chenle whined, using jisung's nickname. "which one?"

"both?" jisung asked, making his way over, only to get distracted by cute stationary. "ooh look! it's dolphin and chick themed!"

"you love that cartoon huh?" their company had turned the two boy's antics into a cartoon with their voices, and they were played by a cartoon dolphin and a cartoon chick.

chenle always thought the chick was cuter. just because who would want to see a dolphin? jisung, that's who. "i love that it's us in the cartoon," jisung replied cheekily, choosing a pen that had blue ink and the dolphin character as a topper.

"o-oh," chenle managed, hugging the two animals closer.

"c'mon, just get both," jisung laughed, and chenle nodded mutely, going up to the counter and handing over the plushies that were too big for any bag.

"don't you need my card?" chenle asked when the cashier wished him a good day, and the cashier shook his head. "why not?"

"your friend over there paid," the cashier responded, and chenle looked over to see jisung still staring intently at the dolphin items.

"oh." chenle blushed, shyly taking back the items. "thanks."

when he toddled over back to jisung, jisung could only smile at the blush on chenle's cheeks. "you shouldn't have," chenle muttered, and jisung just shrugged, startled when chenle used the two stuffed animals to squish him into a hug. "thank you jisung."

"of course," jisung smiled, patting chenle's hood.

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i just finished a day of work and now my entire foot is swollen from who knows what