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thirteen

My mother gives up; mostly because I get up and leave without caring about her words.

"I'm not done yet," she says.

"I don't care," I hiss, "I am. And this is about me after all, isn't it?"

I go to my room, my whole body trembling in anger. I didn't know I'd ever be able to be seriously angry at anyone. But with my mother accusing Jeno of causing all of this... I guess the boyfriend in me is able to be angry.

I calm myself down by taking deep breaths, and I check my phone while doing that.

There's a message from an unknown number. I open it hesitantly.

Jaemiin! This is Donghyuck! I asked Jeno to send me your contact and here I aam! Renjun's going to text you later, too hehe~ Sorry we aren't coming over today, and sorry we can't tell you – that's on Jeno, and I guess he hasn't done it yet, has he? Anywayyyy, since we couldn't visit you today I'm sending you the papers as pictures so you can look at them! Good luck with chemistry though, oh gOD that was horrible!!! Get well soon, bunnyy

I smile at his message and answer to distract myself from the anger still boiling inside me.

Hey :) It's okay, you'll have plenty of time to come over another time since I won't be coming to school for the rest of the week hehe...^^" Jeno hasn't told me, exactly, the principal did. Well at least I think that's what you're talking about... I'll check the papers later, thank youu!

Coming over. That's it. I'm going to Jeno's.

But someone could see me, on my own, without anyone to protect me.

I send my location to Donghyuck. If I'm not at Jeno's within the next twenty minutes or something, please come and get me.

That'll do, I guess.

I go downstairs and put my shoes on, when my mother's sharp voice suddenly appears.

"What are you up to?"

"Checking on Jeno."

"You can't–"

"As you can see, I can. I'll be home by eight or something."

"Jaemin?!"

I take a deep breath to keep myself from exploding before turning around. "I need him with me right now. I need to make sure he's okay. I need to know what happened. And since he won't answer my messages nor my calls, I'm going to check on him personally."

"Please, at least take the bus."

"I will. I'll be back in time." With that, I leave the house.

Please be okay, Jeno.

❃

I'm nervous when I reach the front door and press the doorbell, hearing footsteps approach quickly. His sister, Yeeun, opens it and smiles as she sees me.

"Hello, Jaemin, come in."

"Thank you," I mutter, entering the house.

"I'm assuming you want to talk to Jeno," she sighs, "but he doesn't want to talk to anyone right now. You can try it. You're his boyfriend after all, I guess he'll talk to you."

"I'll try," I mumble, "thank you." She smiles gently. It reminds me of Jeno's.

"It's okay. Please be patient if he refuses at first, I'm pretty sure he'll give in eventually."

"Thank you," I say, the third time in a minute. She chuckles and I rush upstairs to avoid embarrassing myself more in front of her.

Jeno's door is closed, I can hear music coming from the other side of the wood.