BLOSSOMING | NOMIN

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The next morning in the Na house was just like any other, slow and quiet. Usually, his father worked from home. However, his new job required his attendance at the office. His mother also worked out of the house, but was not forced too. Jaemin didn't know exactly what they do for a living, but it was something along line building businesses and getting lots of money for it.

Jaemin currently was wasting his morning reading a large book he forgot he had, imaging the scenarios happening in his head. He enjoyed reading in his free time, just as long as the book was interesting.

He was in the middle of reading a sentence when he heard a thunk in his window. He knew what it was whenever another one hit it not long after the first, and closed his book. He got out of bed to walk over to the window, and opened the curtain to see none other than the boy he met last night leaning over his own window. It looked as though he was about to throw another rock. Jaemin unlocked his window, and opened it to lean out of it as well.

"Good morning!" Jeno chirps with a smile, throwing over in the corner of his room the rock he was about to throw.

"Morning." Jaemin greets back.

"What are you doing?" Jeno asks curiously, setting his chin on both his hands.

"I was reading." Jaemin admits.

"Really? You like reading? You have books of your own?" Jeno inquires, surprised at the hobby.

"Yeah, I do." Jaemin smiles a little, feeling a pride come up in his chest at the boy being so curious.

"Well, since you like reading, there's a library down the street. You wanna go together?" Jeno asks.

"Um, lemme go ask my mom real quick." Jaemin says and quickly turns around as he jolts out of his room into his mother's office space. He finds her writing down on a piece of paper in front of her laptop.

"Hey mom. Can me and a friend hang out at the library?" Jaemin asks.

"Oh, sure honey. Just be safe of your surroundings. We're not from here." His mother warns, and starts writing down something on the piece of paper again.

Jaemin nods and runs back up to his room, entering it he sees Jeno daydreaming with the birds.

"I can go!" Jaemin interrupts.

Jeno pops back from his daze and smiles as he realizes what Jaemin said.

"I'll meet you outside!" Jeno yells, and rushes to be down first.

Jaemin does the same, grabbing his shoes as he putting them on goofy. He rushes downstairs and flies out the door. Getting outside, he sees that the other boy got their first. Jeno was his height, however the boy had a smaller frame than he did. Jeno's face up close, Jaemin could see the long eyelashes and cat like eyes that disappeared when he smiled. He also pointed out a small mole beneath his left eye. Jaemin also spotted a small dark spot on his lower lip, he didn't know what it was. However, to him it looked to be maybe a bruise.

Jaemin wanted to ask Jeno something, but stayed quiet.

"Beat you!" Jeno giggles.