against the rules - nct, markhyuck

ϟ 16 ϟ

when jaemin and donghyuck had talked about jaemin's feelings for their two friends, both boys had agreed that jaemin had to start getting closer to them if he wanted to have a chance to conquer their hearts.

and that's what jaemin did.

as soon as he left donghyuk's house, he got back to his own to have lunch and he sent his two crushes a text message, asking them if they were available for a hang out together in the afternoon.

it had taken 5 minutes for renjun to answer that he could, and a minute more for jeno, which made jaemin smile brighter than ever.

after lunch, jaemin had made sure to get ready as he should. he changed outfit five times to fit with his preferences, he carefully combed his usually messy hair and he even borrowed his mother's face moisturizers to have a beautiful skin – and that's how he realised that he had truly fallen deep for his best friends.

it took him an hour and a half to get to the front door of his house, all dressed and ready to go.

"bye mom, bye dad. i'm going to the park with renjun and jeno!" he said, waving at them.

"aww. look at you all grown-up and beautiful." his mother cooed before he gave her a smile and closed the door.

minutes later, he was walking in the nearby park alongside jeno and renjun, a blush visible on his cheeks.

"what do you want to do?" jeno asked.

"i don't know. i brought some books if you want to read." renjun said, showing the bag he was holding.

"very smart of you." jeno ruffled his hair, making him giggle.

"we just need to find somewhere to settle then." jaemin smiled.

the boys searched for the perfect place for a few seconds.

"there!" renjun exclaimed pointing at a patch of grass under a tree.

"perfect." jaemin smiled at him before rushing to the cozy place.

renjun raced jaemin there – but lost because of the length of his legs compared to the giant boy – and jeno joined them. each of them picked a book and sat down.

jeno sat with his back against the trunk while renjun sat next to him, his head on his shoulder. jaemin took the opportunity to lay comfortably on their laps, as none of them seemed to be against it.

they stayed in that position for some time, enjoying each other's presence, and not caring about their surroundings. they were in their own bubble.

however, this bubble had just been poked and exploded by some teenager screaming a bit too loud for their liking.

jeno raised his head, looking who was the owner of that voice that had disturbed him, and his eyes widened like saucers at the sight.

"isn't that donghyuck?" he asked.

the two boys that were comfortably settled on him sat up immediately and looked at the teenager running around.

"yes. that's him." jaemin said, squinting his eyes. "but what..."

"he's followed by some weirdo." renjun gasped, his own eyes falling on the boy wearing all leather and black that was running behind donghyuck and obviously, the reasons of his cries.

"shouldn't we intervene?" jaemin questioned.

"what for?" jeno raised a brow. "this guy is one of the bikers from school. he'll beat us all in a quarter of second. we have no chance against him."

"but we're three and he's alone." jaemin pointed out the evident.

"don't you remember the rumours?" jeno scoffed. "they say that one of their gang almost killed someone because he walked too close from his motorbike. and he would have ended that poor boy if the principal hadn't stopped him."

jaemin nodded, remembering the first time someone had told him that story.

"but why is he after donghyuck?" renjun asked.

"donghyuck is a clumsy mess." jeno sighed. "he could have bumped into him, or spilled something on him. or just walked too close to his motorbike as well."

"which means he doesn't have much to live." renjun scratched his head.

jaemin still had his eyes wide open.

"what do you think he's going to do to donghyuck?" he asked, tears almost falling from his eyes.

jeno looked at him and passed an arm around his waist as renjun put his chin on his shoulder to comfort him.

"i have no idea, jaem." he replied. "but we should absolutely do something."

"do what?" renjun asked. "we can't fight him."

jeno thought for a second.

"let's call hyuck's parents. they'll come and scare him off."

the two other boys nodded, taking their phones out and opening the contact app.

they scrolled down for an instant before raising their heads almost simultaneously.

"none of us have it, isn't it?" jeno asked to which jaemin and renjun shook their heads.

jeno nervously passed a hand in his hair, pulling them back.

"then we need to run to them." he said, rising to his feet, taking renjun's bag and pulling jaemin and renjun up by their hands before sprinting towards donghyuck's house.

and what jaemin noted was that jeno was holding his and renjun's hands the whole way.