heartbreaker | nct dream

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even after that incident, renjun, jeno, chenle and jisung still spent time with jaemin. although they were disappointed by his actions, they couldn't leave him alone after all the memories they've created. mark and haechan were still angry at him, but they mentioned that they'd make up one day. and that day was today.

"are you sure about this? we've been blatantly ignoring him for weeks," haechan asked mark, contemplating his decisions.

"yes, we'll just go find him and i don't know, talk it through?"

"you're not even sure about this yourself." haechan deadpanned, placing his hands on his hips.

"do i look like megamind to you or something?" mark rolled his eyes.

"well, you have a big head-"

"there he is! let's go," mark dragged haechan along with him, coming out of their hiding spot which was behind a student's locker. now there they were, standing in front of jaemin.

"oh hey guys," jaemin smiled. as much as haechan wanted to believe that it was forced, anyone could see the sincerity behind it.

"hey... we just wanted to say that we're sorry for ignoring you the past few weeks..." mark looked down at the floor, ashamed.

"don't worry, i didn't take it personally. i could see why you guys did so." jaemin replied calmly.

"how are you so chill about this?" haechan scorned.

"haechan, we're here to reconcile with jaemin not-"

"i wasn't talking to you." haechan told mark, his words coming out unintentionally harsh. mark was taken aback by his sudden change in demeanor. but before the two could start fighting each other and disregard the fact that they came here to rekindle their friendship with jaemin, jaemin cleared his throat.

the two looked away from each other and looked at jaemin instead. "feisty now, aren't we." he laughed.

"shut up and tell us why you're so calm about this," haechan sneered, patience running low.

"i don't see the need to be angry at the two of you," jaemin shrugged.

"why is that so?" mark asked.

"after all, i'm the one in the wrong. and i understand how much haeyoung means to the both of you. she's the closest to you guys out of all of us anyway."

haechan could only scoff. "then why did you cheat on her?"

"i'll answer that question another time," jaemin shifted around in his position, clearly uncomfortable.

"fine." haechan agreed.

"so...ᶠʳᶦᵉⁿᵈˢ?" mark asked softly after a few minutes of silence.

"friends." jaemin extended his hand out, waiting for a handshake. a smile creeped upon mark's lip and they shook hands, sealing in their friendship. haechan was looking at them from the side, feeling slight jealously.

"we can be friends too," jaemin extended his hand towards the jealous male, not leaving him out.

"who said i wanted to be friends with you again?" haechan tried maintaining a serious face, but soon failing miserably as a smile broke out. "friends!" he giggled.

finally, the boys don't hold grudges against each other anymore. now, all that was left for the group to become complete again is that haeyoung and jaemin would make up and be friends again. but you know what they say, it's hard to be friends with someone you had feelings for.